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The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
THE ISLAND OF PALAWAN.
lt Is. Suggested as a United states Ma.
val Station In the Philippine
s Archipelago,

Palawan, the long island which lies at
the gate of the East Indies. and which
our naval experts have selected for the
Asiatic naval station of the United
States, is the object of much interest
lust now because some of the Euro
peans contend that the Spaniards have
no title to it. Although some 300 miles
long, it is very narrow. AT some places
it is only five miles between the two
coasts. 1t is covered with magnifi-
cent forest of great value. Like most
of the Philippines, it has a central
mountain chain, extending in the direc-
tion OF its greatest length. The only
civilized settlement is penal colony
at Puerto Princessa, the capital, with
military garrison. There is a fine har-
bor, and the town is surrounded by 81
fertile country. Three tribes OF natives
inhabit Palawan. The Moros, who are
Mohammedans; the Patacks. Who roam
in the north, and the Tagbanaus. who
occupy the central portion. near ths
civilized elements, are said to be an in
Il ligent and superior class of MaIay>
They practice agriculture so far as neg
essary, and have houses made Of ham
boo poles and palm leaves. But most OF
their time is spent in the forest, hunt
ing, fishing and searching for wild
honey. Each tribe has local govern
ment, presided over by petty mag
istrate, and the Office is hereditary. The
affairs of each community are directed
by council of elders, who administer
justice according to their own ideas.
The Spaniards have never attempted to
civilizs them, although a few missions
have been established by the priests.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
LUCKY DEUCE OF SPADES.
A Remarkable Run of Luck, But
1t Was All for the Other
Man.

One by one the old superstitions are
walk ostentatiously under ladders and
suffer no evil consequences. Friday is
quite a popular day for the commence
ment of long journey, and sitting
down 13 at dinner is frequently unat
tended with untoward results. A deep
ly rooted superstition among card play
ers is a belief in the lucky properties Of
the two of spades. The present writer's
faith, however, was severely shaken by
a phenomenal coincidence which oc-
Cured only a few days ago, says the
London Mail
Sitting down TO a game of whist, he
thoroughly shuflled both packs of
cards and happened to notice that the
two of spades was the bottom card of
one of the packs.
This ought to bring me luck" he re-
marked to his friends.
He then took up the second pack, and
was astonished to find that the two OF
spades was also at the bottom of that
Words failed to express his amazement
when, in drawing for partners and deal
the cards had been shufled again-he
once more drew the two of spades
The odds against this triple event oc-
curing must be enormous, but more
was to follow. The deal fell to the writ
er, and the turn-up card was the in
eyitable two of spades!
After this the dealer felt justified in
believing he was in for good evening.
AS matter of fact, he lost six rubbers
in Succession
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
AFFECTIONATE DOGS.
How an English Setter kescued His
Companion from Death by
DrOwninE,

An illustration of the devotion of NJ
mails lately occurred, the chief actors
being the two dogs of c. P. Pitkin. one
an Irish and the other All English set
ter, reports the Montpelier (Vt.) Ar
gus. The dogs are devoted to each
other, and are together almost con
tinually. The other day the Irish set
ter went on the ice on the river behind
Mr.. Pitkin's residence, and broke
through when near the opposite side.
being precipitated into the water. The
animal made desperate efforts to get
out, but the ice continued to break or
the edge under its paws every time it
attempted TO climb out. In this way
the dog moved to near the center of tn =
river, where TIC swift current com
menced to drag il under lie ice. WhcIl
the Cog broke into the river the Eng
iish setter appeared to be greatly dis
turbed, and when it failed to get out
rushed up and down. evidently trying
TO devise some pan for rescue. When
however, the dog commenced to be
drawn under the ice the English setter
set up heartbreaking howl and ran q
the barn. where George Fitzgerald was
at work, and, barking and evidently
trying to tell him to follow, at last got
him 10 the river bank, where he saw
what had happened and pulled out the
other animal from the river. When the
Irish setter reached the shore the other
seeEed overcome and barked and mad:
the most extrayagant demonstrations
of JOY, tapping the other. and very
plainly showing that il realized the
danger from which the other had es-
capped and its thank sllness therefor.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
BAZIN'S ROLLER SHIP.
Cost Over One Hundred Thousand
Dollars to DisprOve New idea
in Navigation.

BaZin's roller ship, which cost over
S1C0,0G0 to test an entirely new idea in
navigation, has recently been sold at
Hull England, and will be dismantled
and broken up, according to the Sketch,
Bazin's central idea of facilitating the
ships progress by rolling over the wa
ter instead Of forcing passage through
it was just one OF those problems which
can be solved only by full-sized trial.
and the maritime world is indebted to
him for definitely setting at rest for
ali time the impossibility Of attaining
any notable improvement in speed or
stability by the adoption of the roller
principle. The six hollow rollers are
about 35 feet in diameter and ~ feet
thick; the shape closely resembles two
saucers having the edges Joined to-
gether. About one-quarter of each
roller is submerged; no part of the
hull Of the vessel touches the water.
The deck, about 130 feet long and "A
feet wide, is elevated considera bly,
above the water line and carries the
supcTstructure devoted to passenger
accomm odation and machinery spaces.
The method of propulsion is the usual
screw, rotating in an inclined position
between the rollers and driven by a
5CO-horse power engine; the rollers
also possess independent motive power
in the form CT smaller engine con-
nected to each pair. Unfortunately, on
trial the ship hardly realized half the
speed anticipated.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
youthful! IEgen atty,

In physics and natural history there
are opportunities to direct and con-
troll the out-of-school activities of
young people of which the enthusiastic
teacher of science is not slow 10 avail
himself. In describing the ingenuity
of boys, writer in the Atlantic Month
~ gives the following: "One of the
most astonishing facts of the time is
the ingenuity of boys in constructing
electrical apparatus, but with a few
hints and out of the most meager ma
terih. know boys who have belt
lines OF electric tramways circulat-
ing in their garrets; and boy who, last
year, was in despair of his teachers
now deserved recognition in the man.
ual training exhibit as the clever in
ventor of a most ingenious electrical
beat. An Invitation 10 boys to bring tc
school products of their own ingenuity
or the natural history specimens that
they have collected will result in an
exhibition which. in variety and quail
ity, will be a revelation to one who is
not used to following them in these in
teresfs
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
"MARKED DOWN"
The Wise shopper Knows just How
to Take Advantage of This
Situation,

The phrase marked down" has great
fascination for women. This is not dis
creditable to their hearts. for while
one-tenth may hunt bargains. hoping TO
shile thereby in fnery they could not
afford at first cost, the other nine
terths are merely straining their
nerves a little more in the effort to
make their husbands earnings go even
further, and provide yet more Literally
fer him. home and the children. says
the Gentlewoman.
But women's hearts often play sorry
tricks with their heads.
There are many kinds of bargains -
Some are real. Many are spurious.
Merchants are human and therefore
fallible. They are in business to make
money for themselves, not for your ben
you go bargain hunting.
Discriminate.
Take advantage of the mark down on
goods you need that are worth buying.
Let all others alone, if you truly wish to
oe economical. The greatest reductions
price generally are on pronounced
styles that are rapidl8 going out Of
fashion and will soon be noticeably odd
and out of date.
Buy as cheaply always as you can
buy good qualities. But don't be mis-
led by grandiloquent statements into
buying poor goods at any price, and
when a tremendous mark down.
stares you in the face be sure there is
some excellent reason for the drop in
price. Perhaps the reason does not pre-
vent the article being good bargain
for you. Often the reason of the redue-
ton is one that makes the article TO
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
WEATHER BRoTHERB.s.)D. 7
City DweIIers Take Great JOY In the
Bulletins In the EeighbOr-
hood Post Office.

A city dweller who had read in the
papers about how in distant parts of
the country, where there were no daily
papers, the government weather re-
port was posted Gaily in the local post
office, where the farmers and others
interested could see it, was himself in
terested to discover that that same
weather report, or the one for this 10
cality, is put up in the post office here:
he has found it regularly in the branch
post Office where he goes to buy his
New York Sun.
There is very little farming land
around the branch post Office, the land
thereabouts being devoted principally
10 bricks and mortar; but the city
dweiler who reads the notice there feels
himself thereby put quick in touch, as
the saying goes. with the agricultural
interest, and he feels himself impelled,
if not to go and get in his hay, ct least
10 get out his goloshes.
Though he may already have read it.
in his evening paper, the weatherreport
seen here appeals to him with new
and novel interest AS he turns in here
from a busy thoroughfare and walks
up to the bulletin, he can't help think
ing of the man in cowhide boots and
slouch hat stepping, at that very mo-
ment perhaps, from muddy country
road into some far-distant post office
to sean the bulletin there. And this
sort of thing makes him feel that we re
all citizens alike in this big outfit; and
that, while the government may not
always perhaps get the prediction ex-
actly right, there's nothing mean or
skinny about the distribution OF the
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
COMPLIMENTS FOR ONE ONLY.
A New York Club Woman Proves That
She Has Humor by Telling
Joke on Herself.

There is one New York club woman
who has a sense of humor. In fact, to
be on the safe side, there are several
Who have a "claim" in that direction,
SAYS the Sun. But not all of them are
able to sense the joke when it happens
to be on them. This woman, however,
has this ability and proves it by telling
this story about herself:
"At> one. time" she says, eve had
colored butler who stayed with us for
years, and who admired my husband i'm
mensely. He thought that DR.. H
was a marvel Of manly beauty, as well
as the embodiment of all the virtues,
domestic, professional and otherwise.
Of course, | quite agreed with the but
ler on this point, but the fact is, / some
times pined to have him pass his en-
thusiastic compliments around to the
family. and not bestow them all ON the
doctor. So one morning, when Dr.
H had just left the breakfast table,
and was even then to be seen, an impos-
ing picture, as he stood On the front
steps drawing on his gloves, remarked
to James:
"'Dr. H is handsome man, isn't
hep"
"'Yes, ma'am! Deed an he is,
ma'am!' with gratifying enthusiasm.
Then, hoping to get rise from
James. l added with an absent-minded
air as if scarcely knew what l said
but was just uttering my ipmost
thoughts;
"'How in the world do you suppose
that such handsome man as DR.. H
ever happened to marry such homely
woman as | ann
We'll, James just stopped short and
rolled his eyes and shook his head as
if he gave it up. Then he CALCULATED;
'Gawd knows, ma'ar
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
Nickel Steel for Yachts.

The latest application of nickel steel
is for the construction of racing yachts,
4 German fra is to supply the nickel
steel plates for the construction Of the
the yacht which is being
built to sail for the American cup. 1t is
being designed by William Fife, of
FairIie. and the work upon it has be-
0un already
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
Turned to EARLY and Good Use.

The very first use made by the Brit
ish government of the Atlantic cable
laid down by Bright in 1858 immediate
ly resulted in saving the treasury $780,
600. The cable enabled the government
TO countermand an order for the trans
mission of troops from Canada to Eng
lind.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
Dried Bananas,

Dried bananas are now being ex
ported from Queensland. They are in
tended as a substitute for raisins in
British puddngs.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-25
Titles I'm Russia.

Russia has about 100000 titled per-
sonages out of a population of 100, Geo.
0CO.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-19

A study of records discloses many
other cold periods and blockades; in
December, 1855, a snowfall of IA inches
closed up the Northern railroad for
three days; relief train leaving the
old Foster street station at $50 a. m,
reached the Summit IA hours later In
January, 1867, after IN 1S-inch snow
fall, the time required between Boston
and Worcester was 30 hours; the start
from Boston was on the outward, or
north track, which was kept to South
birmingham, then the inward or south
track was used to Westboro. In the
NeWtons there were places where the
cars passed through snow banks as
high as the tops of the cars.
The lowest point recorded in this city
by standard instruments is 1876 degrees
on February s, 1861, Gnd on one other
occasion since. The records disclose
February, 1885, as the coolest; the
month began with zero weather and
on two occasions during the first half
of the month it was below. During
the entire month the last but one of
the "A readings, was the only one above
freezing; the daily mean was 1914 de-
grees, the mean in the coolest day was
Is degrees, and on the warmest S1.2 de-
grees while during the month there
were seven snow storms, aggregating
lip inches.
The oldest inhabitant refers to Feb
arv 1885, and January, 1874, as the cold
est in Worcester, although the 1885 pc.
riOd was the coolest of the two. The
1874 period is as often referred to, how
ever by reason of the canal ur chan.
mel 100 feet wide and seven miles long
which was cut in Boston harbor to pro.
vide a way for a Cunarder. The dali
" mean during January 1874, was 49,:
degrees. During the first half of the
month. the extremes of temperature
were 6 degrees and 40 degrees, while
during the last half there We're blu
! four days where it was above 80 de
grees and where it was from 1 degre,
| to degrees.
In 1885 Mr.. Halls attention was called
| to a record of Hartford weather, and
a claim that the coolest weather wa.
during the champion winter o
| 1886" The venture which was theI
/ made to place February, 1885 as tn,
probable leader, resulted in a search O.
Of the records of the tough old winter
of 1856. A brief of that Hartford
weather follows:
! January 81 1896, one below; Febru
airy 2, 6 a. m, 26, and for short tim,
| Is below: Sd TO- 4th, 90 9Th 49,. 9Th 20
18th q, 18th 81, 18th -. 18th 81, ant
! 18th 81 below.
The winter was conceded to be tn,
| hardest Of the 10th century, if not tn,
! equal of 1I4O-41, and 1779-S0. Tha
winter set in early, with no frost ii
! the ground when the first snow fell
! Nov. pod and 1t remained all win
4 ter with plenty of additions. IF 1
/ rained, it cleared suddenly and will
! intense cold, freezing the surface to ;
/ rough, hard crust strong enough Il
I support heavily loaded OK teams.
A Writer SAYS OF that memorable win
ter; 1.-THE cold kept right on. Their
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-19
WIN
That Have Records
For Colds.
J. BRAINE RD HALL
Has Some Interesting Facts
About Weather.

Thus far February, 1899, has been a
remarkable month from a meteorologi-
cal standpoint; low temperature with a
heavy snowfall.
1t has also been a very windy month
for great portion of the time there
was either a fresh breeze" blowing
from to IA miles, or strong wind
at the rate of Is to 80 miles, while oc-
casionally it was a high wind" all the
way from so to 80 miles an hour
The February, 1899, blizzard is fast
becoming a more prominent landmark
than the March, 1888, blizzard; the
greatest difference between the two
periods was the low temperature not
only preceding but during the Febru-
airy blizzard.
The extremes of temperature during
the March, 1883, blizzard was maximum
80 degrees and minimum % degrees
during the February, 1899, blizzard it
was maximum 10 degrees and minimum
0 degrees preceded by three days with
a daily mean of 2.45 degrees. 1t was also
the longest and the coolest period for
more than half century when the
wind was southerly.
If the wind shifts around to the
south and southwest, expect warm
weather" is a weather proverb which
has recently proven incorrect ]. Brain
erd Hall, the local meteorological, has a
carefully kept record of meteorological
observations taken in this city covering
a period Of over so years. 1t furnishes
many interesting facts, particularly so
When the oldest inha bitant has his
story to tell of no spell of weather like
the present.
An examination of this long record
discloses many days colder than any
during the present month. We also find
THAT thus far, the year 1899 has been a
cold and very windy period. During
January there were but II days when
the maximum for the day was above
freezing, and but nine days when the
mean for the day was above that point,
while the present month has been even
colder. The record also discloses thefact
THAT 1T is but II years since there was a
longer and colder period than the
present month; the dates and extremes
for these two periods follow:
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-19
DIED IN A FEW HOURS.
Barre Lady succumbed TO Apoleptc Fit
Other Notes.

Barre, Feb. 1S.-Nrs. HENDERSON, a
woman about so years of age, and
housekeeper for John w Rice, was
seized with an apopIeptic fit Thursday
at Mr.. Rice's residence and died in a
few hours afterwards. Mrs. HENDERSON
hasybeen in town since last fall, coming
here from Springfield.
BY the breaking of a trolley wire in
Palmer Thursday night, and which fell
across the telegraph wires on the Ware
River railroad, all the telegraps instru-
merits on the line from Springfield to
/ Wlnchendon and in the Barre office
were burned out by the melting of the
hard rubber on the coils. No kilograms
were sent or received Friday Friday
evening new parts were obtained from
Springfield and the damage was speed
| lily repaired.
Mr.. Gordon, who has been superinten-
dent at the shoe shop for several
months, has resigned and is succeeded
by MI. Dotey. Business is very lively
at the works, over two hundred hands
being employed, and frequently the
shop is run until 10 o'clock at night.
The warrant for the annual town
meeting, March 6, has been issued and
is on the usual line of town affairs. ex-
ceptlng two articles, one of which is TO
see if the town Will vote to purchase a
stone crusher; the other to see if the
town VIII give one hundred dollars to
the trustees of the Lincoln cemetery for
the perpetual care of the burial lot of
Samuel Gates. Mr.. Gates was the foun-
DER OF the town library and died about
~ years ago. The warrant contains IL
articles, and is about two thirds the
usual length
Mr.. Nichols of the Cambridge diyin-
lty school held services in the Unfair
IAN ohurch sunday. Rev. Mr. Bailey, the
pastor, preached in Leominster.
For several, months past visitors at
the public library have been delighted
with numerous exhibits OF scenery of
pnis and foreign countries, the last dis
play being portion of the Sella collec-
ton of Alpine views. These have now
been removed and Mrs. ]. F. GAYLORD
and Mrs. Harding Woods have placed
their valuable collection of Japanese
Photographs in the exhibition room.
where they Will remain for the next
two weeks
Washington's birthday, Wednesday,
VIII be holiday with all the schools in
town, and the pupils will observe the
day on Tuesday by recitations, si%gfng
and other exercises. The school at the
Plains will have elaborate exercises in
the schoolhouse hall in the evening.
Dr. H. j. Walcott. Jr., gave a very
lIeresting and instructive lecture in the
library course in Library hall Friday
t evening, phe attendance being large.
The next lecture will be given nevt
week by Hon. B. B. johnson of Walt
nam on "reminiscences of the civil war.
The Mugwump Club which has been
dormant for the past three of four
years VIII give a masked ball in Will
| lams hall Wednesday evening for
which extensive preparations are being,
made. The Euclid orchestra will furnish
the music.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-19
MANY ORDERS AHEAD.
Good News for Wooden Operatives in
South Worcester.

Additional evidences of increased
prosperity are daily coming to light.
An announcement made yesterday will
gladden. the hearts of many of the OPP
eratives at South Worcester. 1t is to
the effect that the Worcester Wooden
Mills Company contemplate running on
full time, beginning tomorrow. For
some time they have been running on
a 50-hour basis, ana at the beginning
of the year were shut down for sew
cral weeks. They have just received
orders which will warrant their start
ing uD in all departments ON full time
and this means employment to many
hundred hands. They have orders on
hand for many months for heavyweight
| suitings.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-19

Worcester. The opportunity should
certainly be embraced by every stu
dent Of music.
Following is the program:
NMIaoDLoWeii .,-.................S Sonata Broica
M S"b1ett Four songs
Preamble.
Serenade harlequin.
Tristesse de Colombine.
Polichlnelle (burlesque).
Pierrot reVeur.
Caprice Sganarelle.
Brahms.......(a Meme Liebe ist grun."
(b) "Sonntag."
(c) "Liebestreu.''
I'D "Feldensamkeit ="
SShhopin Two preludes
1nopln. Observation-Disclosures. Two etudeS
/ Reinbold Herman. ca Ma Mie
OBJ DINA"
(c) Elm Frublingstuck
LlSzI Tarantella
Several theatre parties are antici-
pating Miss Marlowe's presentation Of
AS You Like It." on Friday evening.
The opportunity to see this charming
actress as ROsalini, enc of her most
memorable and artistic approximations,
| VIII not be neglected by the people
more numerous than is sometimes sup
posed, who pine for Shakspere. When
MISS MarloWe was last here she was
| the recipient of considerable social at
! tention; her two days stay in the city
suggests their renewal.
The report of Miss Effie Shannon's
beautiful wedding gown in the church
scene in THE Moth and the Flame"
has preceded her. 1t is a long time
| since mere gown mas excited so mucn
attention. Miss Shannon's is said 10
be the real thing. 1t was made by the
fashionable modiste who built Anna
Gouid's wedding gown. the scene IN
which she wears it is said to be the
most realistic set of the kind ever seen
on the stage.
| Miss Ada Bell, the young colored elo-
| cutionist, who has i testimonial con-
cert in horticultural Hall, MONDAY
evening, expects to study at ShoeL-@
| ker's summer college of elocution III
Philadelphia, next summer. Altel
ward she will teach elocu-
| tiCn in some southern college tof
the colored race, probably either Lls-
ingstone College or else Tuskeegee III
| stitute.
Mrs. Tryphosa Batcheller sang yes
terday afternoon in Association Han
Boston before the Cercle de pAlliance
! Franchise. Mrs. Batcheller's slhsuls
was accorded a most cordial reception:
and she was presented with lots VI
| flowers.
A class in gymnastics for graduates
Of the normal school will meet on Tues
days at 4.45 p. M, the school gymna-
stun, beginning Feb. q. Any graz
uate may join this class