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The Winslow mail., 1899-06-15
BUYING RECOGNITION.
Honey Opens the Door TO the smart
Social Set I'm London to Al
Elost Anyone,

According to the Daily Telegraph,
many ladies of social position have in
dignantly denied the imputation that
they have allowed guests to come to
their parties on the understanding that
they should contribute something to
charitable fund. In London the con-
tributing guest is a social institution.
But he is generally expected TO con-
tribute, not to charity, but either to
the entertainer or to the entertainers
friends, or, if the entertainer is inter-
.ested in politics, to party funds. On
these conditions any he or she may
so far as going to parties is concerned
have q very pleasant time in London
as well as in country houses. The per-
sonal contributions take the form of
doing something mysterious in the city
10y which money is obtained, although
it often happens that this is mere pre-
text for giving.
An acquaintance of mine, pleasant
enough snob in his way, although lie
would have robbed church to make
money, and would have cheerfuily paid
half the plunder to secure social rec
ognition, once explained TO me the
whole process. | was surprised when
he told me the sums that he had paid.
Women" he said, ''are never salts
fed"
"Do they expect you TO make love to
them?" / asked.
'''Oh, nc" he replied. there is nothing
of that sort expected. What they want
is money against invitations. And as
they have something to sell that | want
TO buy the transaction is easily settled.
/ generally say that | have made it for
them in the city. but don't think that
they really believe it. 1t is only civil
way of explaining"
If my friend had not been married 1
should have advised him to purchase an
aristocratic bride. As it was, I recon-
mended him to take a big house and
give parties himself, hiring some lady
of fashion to invite the guests. This he
did, and he is now quite Il shining light
among London entertainers, many of
his guests even going so far as to oc-
:casionally invite him in return to their
own houses.
He asked me about politics. It was
perfectly indifferent to him. he said,
which party he joined, for his aspira-
tions were social rather than political
Under these circumstances I recon-
mended the tory party. He might
stand, l explained, for some place where
money was wanted. and whether he got
in or not he might subscribe to the
party funds. This would secure his ad-
mission to good tory club and to all
the tory political Grams. Only the other
day he thanked me for my disinterested
advice. which has borne excellent fruit.
have now suggested to him few race
horses. a cottage at Newmarket and q
yacht. / take the greatest interest in
my snob, and I have no doubt that I
shall soon see him baronet, if not q
peer.-London Truth.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-15
Sheen-Shenrirr nv Machinery.

The sheep-shearing experiment that
is being tried in Sycamore, HI, is prov
ing successful, says the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat. A gasoline engine of
four horsepower runs ten clippers,
which shear on an average 1000 sheep
day. One of the advantages OF the
experiment is that about half pound
more wool is realized from each sheep.
The test will be given to $4,000 sheep.
The sheep are sheared, the wool tied
and packed in large sacks holding sew
eral hundred pounds each and ready
for shipment at once. The success met
with in this experiment will revolu-
tionize the sheep-shearing business.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-15
AN OLD BUFFALO BULL.
The One-Time Monarch of the Plains
in Old Age Becomes the Prey
/ of Wolves.

Buffaloes, in the days when they
ibounded on the western plains, used
to drive an old buffalo bull from the
herd and abandon him to his fate. The
feeble brute sought a stream CT lake,
where he could find good grass without
too much exertion. Solitude, foreign
TO him from birth, robbed him of his
courage and made him so nervous that
the rustling of leaf, or even his own
shadow, frightened him.
Nobody" writes Gel. Inman in his
book, THE Old Santa Fe Trail" "ever
saw one of these miserable and help
lCssly forlorn creatures dying a natu-
raj death, or ever heard of such an oc-
currence. The cowardly coyote and the
gray wolf had already marked him for
their own; and they rarely missed their
calculations" The author describes n
scene ne witnessed in 1866 while riding
on the top of a divide with party of
We saw standing below in the valley
old buffalo bull. the very picture OF
]o'D0iS E"""O"H 5ipS Pin mono OOuOD
despair Surrounding him were seven
gray wolves The poor beast had deter
mined to die game. His great shaggy
head. filled with burs, was lowered to
the ground; his tongue, black and
parched, lolled out OF his mouth. At
intervals he uttered a feeble roar, to
which the wolves, sitting on their
launches in q semicircle in front of the
beast, responded with howl.
The bull made a dart at the nearest
wolf and tumbled him, howling with
pain, over the prairie. The other wolves
started for his hind legs to harstring
him. The buffalo turned to repel the
attack; the wolves turned as quickly,
and again fastened their jaws on his
heels. His hind quarters streamed with
blood; he showed signs of weakness,
but he did not dare to lie down; that
would have been fatal, although he had
killed three of the wolves. Then one
of-the hunters mercifuHy shot him. and
the wolves ate his thin, tough carcass.
Youths Companion.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-15
WASHINGTON IRVING'S LOVE.
Cherished Memory Which Re-
mained with the Gentle Humor-
fst Through Life.

No man of letters has ever held a
warmer place in the affections of his
eountrymen than Washington Irving.
When 1.-The gentle humorist" died,
commercial New York flew flags at
lalf-mast, and the city government
recognized his departure as an occasion
:or public mourning. His life felt the
.ouches of romance.
Once the hand of Washington was
aid on Irving's head, and neither as
ooy nor man did he forget the blessing
then given. He was born in New York,
!, few months before the British evacu-
ated the city, and his patriotic mother
said:
'Washington's work is ended, and the
child shall be named after him.
One day the child's Scotch nurse saw
Washington enter store, and followed
him in.
"Please, your honor" said she,
here's a. bairn was named after you"
Washington tenderly blessed the boy.
1t was while Irving was engaged in
writing his most humorous book,
'Knickerbocker's History of New
York" that there came to him the ro-
nance of a great sorrow. Miss Hoff-
nan, to whom ne was engaged to be
married, died after a brief illness. This
leath cause his life to lack "the great
went of marriage" and bequeathed
cherished memory, which neither time
activity effaced-
When Irving died, SEVENTY
sixth year, "a lock to which he himself
nxtu jcaI, II lock 10 HnlCH nG HIIHS9U
Howe, in his American Bookmen,"
was found to guard a braid of hair
and a beautiful rainiature, with a slip
If paper marked in his own handwrit-
ng, Matilda Hoffman, No lesg faith
fully had he kept her Bible and Prayer
Book throughout his life''
Irving's publisher, G. P. Putnam,
said that 40 years after Miss Hoffman's
death, he had the miniature retouched
and remounted for its possessor, then
56 years old. "When I returned it to
him in a suitable velvet case, he took
it to quiet corner and looked intent
ly on the face for some minutes, ap-
parently unobserved, his tears falling
freely on the glass as he gazed."
'Who shall say" asks Mr.. Howe, ,"that
the cherishing of such a memory as
his did not find it's direct expression
in the gentle chivalry with with he
bore himself as a writer and as a man.
towards all women?"
Yes, "some griefs are medicinable"
they humanize the soul. - Youths
Companion.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-15
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

A Partisan inventor has discovered
way of manufacturing waterproof pa
per.
Hyenas always fight kneeling, the
foreleg being the most vulnerable part
of their badly.
Thursday Island in the Torres straits
exports &510,0co worth of mother-of-
pearl annually.
substitute for rubber is now being
made from corn, and is said to possess
all the good qualities of the Para article.
The artificial product is taken from the
oil extracted from the corn, which is
condensed, mixed with certain pro-
portion Of pure rubber and then vu1-
canized.
Queensland is inaugurating a depar-
ture in the fruit trade. 1t has been
found that dried bananas are an excel
lent substitute for raisins in puddings,
and an enterprising firm in that place
mas sent consignment of bananas to
England, where it is expected market
can be opened. If the venture is sue
cess we may find American grocers pre-
vailing on their customers to take dried
bananas instead of the succulent raisin.
Aluminium is now worked on large
scale for all sorts of industrial purposes
and has taken its place as one Of the five
or six commercial metals of the world.
Weight for weight it is already cheaper
than copper and tin, it does not tarnish,
is suitable for all kinds of cooking
utensils, is largely used in shipbuilding
and is a most valuable adjunct to metal
lurgy, inasmuch as small adjunct of
aluminium to a mold of steel or brass
insures absolutely solid castings.
The liver has long been recognized as
a powerful annihilator of poisons. The
digestive system Of animals produces
ptomaines which would be deadly in
their effects except for the work of
the liver. And now the bite of animals
has been tried as a direct antidote to
snake venom with success. 1t was
mixed with the venom, and the mixture
was injected into the circulatory sys-
tenn of rabbits. The bile of snakes was
found most effective against their own
venom. It is another instance of the
antidote being found in company with
the poison.
The American and Canadian sawmills
have discovered that the sawdust which
they have been perplexed how to rid
themselves of as worthless encum-
brance is worth some eight pounds per
ton. A chemist in Baltimore has in
vented process of extracting gas from
tha sawdust, adequate to supply city
like Ottawa with light and heat at ten
cents per thousand feet. This is
thought to portend that around the
great sawmills, which have been empty
ing their dust into the Ottawa river, a
variety of new industries subsisting on
it are likely to grow up.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-15
A Punn,inE Woman.

Doubtless the female punster, guest
at a dinner party where a bishop was
present, recalled to the prelate Dr.
Holmes remark: People that make
puns are like wanton boys that put cop
pers on the railroad tracks,
"By the way" said the woman, "dc
you know that there are times when il
is dangerous to enter an Episcopal
church?'
What is that, madam?" said the
bishop, with great dignity, straighten-
ing himself up in his chair.
Il say there are times when it is Dosi.
lively dangerous to enter the church 81
she replied.
That cannot be-" said the bishop.
Pray explain, madam"
'Why," said she, sit is when there is
a canon in the reading desk, big gun
in the pulpit, when the bishop is charg-
ing his clergy, the choir is numbering
the anthem, and the organist is trying
to drown the choir. r."-B2!timor Sun. ,
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-15
Reflections of H. bachelor.

Love doesn't stay blindfolded very
long after it gets married.
From wifehood comes woman's dis
Illusions and sorrows; from mother
hood her hopes and ideals.
\ woman consults her looking glass
just like man consults his bank bal
ance-to see what they are worth.
A woman may know a good deal less
than a man, but she feels more than he
knows and feels put together.
When a woman is first married she
wonders how he came to descend to
her; after she learns more she wonders
if he ever will climb a little way up to
her.-N. Y. Press.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-15
Growth of Russian Marine.

Because of the growth of Russian
commerce by sea, a company for the
classificat ton Of ships has been formed
on the model of the British Lloyds ana
the French Bureau Veritas.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Income Of the Church of EnGtnh a.
The Church of England is supported
by income from investments, endoW-
ments and by voluntary contributions.
The total revenue Of the church is ABOUT
$35 Geo, ,0Ga.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-15
Paste for Pictures.

The best thing to use to mount pic
lures is boiled -four paste. 1t should be
entirely free from Jumps and made
about as thick as boiled starch. In ap-
plying it use a fat brush and also rub
the paste smooth in case of any possible
Jumps. If mucilage or gum-arabic and
water are used, it should be remenl-
bered that the pictures should be moist
cned on the back before the mucilage is
applied; otherwise they will dry in blis-
ters. So many good pictures are in cir
culation it is pity not to attempt the
mounting of them in inexpensive fash
ion Passe-partout mountings are with
IN the reach of everyone. and are per-
feet protection to the picture as well as
an effective method of displaying them.
IN. Y. Post.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-15
How He Defined 1t.
The quarrel had come at last
you're a fiirt!" he cried.

You're a firt!" he cried.
"a firt!" she repeated, scornfully.
why, [ don't believe you know what
a firt is"
"a flirt,' he said, bitterly, ''is a girl
who can make man think he is in
heaven when in reality he is next door
to the other place, with the door slight
" ajar. Chicago Post.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-15
CranioIogy of Criminals.

What are the differences between
the skulls of criminals and those of "re-
spectacle people?" This is the ques-
ton which M. E. Pitard undertook to
solve by comparing the crania of 81
convicts who had died in the penal col
ony of New Caledonia with the average
crania of the citizen Of Paris. Prac-
slant difference at all, unless it was
that the vertical index of the criminal
skulls was slightly higher; in other
words, the convicts were "brainier''
than the good folks. There was also
the same amount Of variation in the
heads of the criminals
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-15
england and France-Gefman View

After standing on the defensive for
many years against Frene,' aggres-
sions in Asia and Africa, England since
the Fashoda dispute. has become ae-
tive. Everybody in England desires
friendly relations with France. Eng
land has shown her friendly feeling te-
ward France by concessions in NADIA
pascor All she demands is that
France should reeiproeate this FRIEND
Iy feeling. but it is just this demand
which is contrary to the wishes Of the
French. so far as equal conditions for
French ard English trade are con-
cerred d-Ber!ia Neueste NachrichIen,
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-15
COOLING TO THEIR EGGS.
1t LIS Said the Stormy Petrels Hatch
Out Their Young in This
Manner.

The stormy petrels nest just above
the Atlantic surge on the islets near
Iona and the Hebrides. There above
the rock on certain. islands in black.
buttery soil, in which they Durrow like
little winged mice, and on a nest of sea
pink lay one white egg. AS this deser-
tion of the regions of light and air by
birds is something outside the natural
course of their lives, it leads to various
odd and unexpected social complica-
tions and domestic problems. Among
the latter is serious one, the difficulty
of keeping the underground house
clean or moderately cool. 1t is usually
very hot. Sand-martins, for instance.
do not attempt to ventilate their bur-
rows as rabbits and rats do. neither do
when they make their own burrows.
HHeN {Nf} MQNG GUtN 0HN 001l0D0'
and do not creep into chinks between
piles of stones or rocks. Evidence OF
the high temperature of this "hot
chamber where the young petrels are
hatched is seen in very pretty popu-
lar belief in the Outer Hebrides.
The people say that they hatch their
eggs, not by sitting on them, but by
sitting near them, al distance of six
inches, between them and the opening
of the burrow. Then the petrels turn
their heads toward the eggs, and GOO
at them day and night, and so hatch
them with their song" This, which
sounds like fable of the east Atlantic
islands, has really basis in fact. Mr..
Davenport Graham says that the ac-
CO .at is very correct; though never
heard the cooling noise by day, ! often
did in the evening. 1t is rather purr-
ing noise. When its nest is opened up,
the bird is usually found covering a
few inches away from its egg" Th3
hot and stuffy atmosphere may aid the
Matching of the eggs; but there is no
doubt that it brings into being other
and very undesirable forms of life. The
nests and burrows of sand martins are
full of most unpleasant insects, and
those of the kingfsher are nearly as
bad.-London Spectator.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-15
Aim Ost n Life n Day.

The Spanish-American treaty was
ratified on February 6, exactly 365 days
after the blowing up of the Maine, in
which $50 American lives were lost
Chicago Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-15
gGdtd lpe DO4 Pe0uttt4 40f9l CgD9LleS

ceded the most beautiful Of all canaries
but its song is not good s that OF the
Hartz mountain canary.
The Manchester copy is the giant of
he family. 1t is notable both for it's
great size and the peculiar crest which
Usually adorns it's head. No frsr-class
pecimens of this bird are imported,
england herself taking the pick of all
he birds of this variety at prices rang
ng from $25 to $3.50.
The Belgian canaries constitute the
Four Hundred of these feathered song
'ters, and not many of them are found
IN this country. The full-bloods have
brilliant plumage, but none of them
has the great variety of tones possessed
by the Hartz mountain bird,-Eincip-
natl Commercial Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-15
Fox Got the Birds After All.

A pet fox in West Chester (Pa.) bird
store upset gas stove and asphyxiated
a number of the birds.-Chicago Chron-
n
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-15
oncnn,s travelling Expenses.

The queens annual comings and go
ings to and from Scotland alone cost
her close on $25.0Co year.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-15
lN[gpll IgLgg OllGL2 9 2ngLL GHRICgI

IUIaDIy large, OInerS small, Gu b1c1I
capacity; these variation running par
allel to those of the general popula-
ton. NJ. Pitard's article, with abund-
ant data, is in The Bulletin of the
AnthropolOgical Society of Paris, 1898,
Ease. 3.-Science.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-15
USEFUL SCAvENGERS.
Bats a Great Help to Sections in Clean
ing and ReROvating
Churches

OuI-UTOpS dCCOuiplISu lH0IA Pun POSC
fairly well, but leave behind unpleas-
ant odors and a great deal of work for
the sexton to do in gathering up and
removing the corpses. Besides, many
insects escape the poison 1t has been
coupled with its powerful darkness
Dj0DojDQ 0IGS GH3L3DtGCS D SHLGL IT,
piercing eyes guarantees a surer re
moval OF these pests. Prof Clifton F.
Hodge, of Clark university, found by
experimenting with bats that they ate
everything from a spider to poly
phemus moth, so numerous in
churches. When seen the other day
by representative of the Church
Economist DR.. Hodge told,of his expert
ments at Clark, and how churches
might profitably domesticate these ami
mails. His attention was called to bats
through the Goblin moth, which eats
into apples and other kinds of fruit.
He said:
'In an orchard near my home found
nine of the grubs of this insect in a
minute. I went to another orchard
near by and found only four of the
II
there were nearly 100 bats. The owner
of the orchard near by told me that
his apples were always free from
worms.
81 took dozen bats home with me
and installed them in the parlor. They
made their home in the folds at the
top of the window draperies. At first
they were wild when anyone ap-
preached them, but in time they became
tame. They never, however, allowed
themselves to be handled. At night,
and even during the day, they would fly
about the room while persons were
present.
"One evening I released several nest
fuls Of night-fying insects. Not bug
remained in the morning. One bat de
voured, while l counted, 68 flies. In
short tine there was not fly in the
house. not a cobweb on the walls"
Bats frequent many churches, and it
is found that they keep the walls free
from cobWebs, and the absence of other
insects is noted. DR.. Hodge suggests
the domesticating of these animals in
churches where roosts can be provid-
ed for them, so that during the serv-
ices they can be Gagged up. Insects of
every description constitute the food
for them. They could be allowed to be
free during the six week days.-Church
Economist.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-15
One Condition.

Wheeler (who has just bought BIZ
cycle)-Do you think the bicycle has
come to stay?' '*
Sprocket-Well, a. good deal depends
upon whether you paid outright for it
or bought it on the installment PLAN
bicycling World.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-29
JACKSON SvOW.
Former Augusta Young Man Marrics Assistant
In Skowhegan High School.

a very pretty home wedding occur
red, at $50 O'Clock, last evening. at the
home Of George +. Snow on Main
street, when his eldest daughter, Miss
Cornelia Boutelle, was united in mar
rage to Rupert E. Jackson, both of this
town. by Rev. Harry W Kimbai. pas
sor Of the Island Avenue Congregations
al church. The ceremony with the ring
was used. The parlors We're Hastily
decorated with cut flowers, ported
plants palms and ferns. Winfred A.
jackson Of Augusta. brother of the
~ oom, OBLIGATED u best man. and Miss
Minnie Snow. sister OF the bride. was
bridesmaid. The bride was daintily
clad in white and carried bridesmaid
roses. The relatives and near friends
cf the contracting parties We're present.
After the ceremony was performed re-
freshments were served.
Mr. Jackson was born in Winthrop
and graduated from the High school
in that place with the class of 81. later
moving To Augusta where he was
graduated from Shaw's Business Col
lege with the class Of o. He then en-
tered the Granite National Bank. where
he held the position II b1okkeeper.
Later he entered the employ of Lewis
Anderson & On. of this town, in tha
same capacity.
Miss Snow ~ 4 native W this town.
she was graduated from the Skowhe-
gan High school In the class Of 95 ami
FIR several terms taught IN the village
schools Fer two years pest ~ has
hrid th- position " g,C.-d .. Wy IN
tha High school.
Among ih- out-of-toNn eu =t= a- $
eut We're ~. r. II. jackson 80 ~
gusta, NJ. ana Mrs Howard snow ana
Mra. Hattie Howard ~ Watcrville:
Mrs. John Howard ~ Winslow. Mrs.
George G.. Carey ~ St. Johnsbury. IT.
Mt ana Mrs. Jackson VIII ~ at home
on Main street after July -tn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-29
PLEASANT REUNION
OF The Glasses OF '68'72 Of Bloomfield hcat
enc at Sorridgewock.

The annual reunion of the classes Of
'GS-'l2 ~ the Bloomfield Academy Wa
he.d "; the QJInnebasset at Norridgc-
wpck. Tuesday. Tie party. composed ~
about 70 persons. left town on the 9
O'Clock car for Norridgewock
soon after arriving at their destination.
the following officers for the year were
elected: Pres. y. 5. Flagr: vice pres
Mrs Wallace Nash; treas. John r. Ne
Clellan; sec. Mrs. Carrie Gage: executive
committee. Mrs. Harriet Fogler. Mrs.
Fannie Wildes, Harry Dinsmnre and
Walter +. Robbins
1t was voted tina: the next annual rc-
union should be held ~ Skowhcgan.
After Mr.. Robbins hal rendered several
Graphaphone selections letters were read
from several absent members 4 pleas
ing letter was READ from ". W Cushing
Of PERKS, Cal. ana ono In tho shape VI d
poem from Charles Ireland
The party then adjourned ID The dining
rooms. where Landlord Corant served Az
unusually fine supper
Having returned 70 the rarlors. q vcry
amusing one-act farce emitted "Thc
Seven Sweet Sisters" was rendered WY
members Of the na-,y. The remainder W
the evening was socially passed ana l.4e
return 70 town was made on i special
ear. late in the evening