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The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
COURAGEOUS ANIMALS.
Jungle Cat Attacked a Leopard Three
Times It's Own Size-Other
Instances.

In North America one of the largest
of the weasel family is the fisher" a
very large, long-furred polecat, living
mainly by the water side, and, like
many others of the tribe, very partial
to fish, says the London SpectctoT. Il
wei ms about 16 pounds, and lis long.
richIy-colored fur is exported in great
quantities to different parts Cf Europe.
though not often used in this country.
A trapped fisher viii attack anyone
who comes within reach OF the trap
chain, and when free will beat off any
log Of twice its size. But perhaps the
most striking example of the courage
OF the smaller species yet recorded is
that shown by small variety of jungle
eat known as the fishing cat, which,
though TO relation to the Canadian
fisher" is quite as courageous. One
of these, which was kept in q menagerie,
broke through into the next cage and
there att.cked leopard which was
three times its own size.
The Indian mongoose possesses all
the courage of the poIecat, together
with alniability and & regulated" mind.
1t turns its pluck and prowess TO gccd
ends. and we imagine it to stand at
the head CT the list of the smaller ami
i92ls if quality as well as quantity is
demanded as a mark of intrepidity
There is no doubt that the mongocse
realizes the deadly nature of the cobra's
bite. It's intense excitement is strong
cTiGencc cf this. But mongocse has
been known to fight just as bravely
against other foes. One was seen to
attack and drive off a large greyhound
which it fancied was hostile to it.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
.lHL O[ llE lgl-0POnt N0Il yOm0.

hour or the Qay-abOut. we'll some
where around three q. m-when the
telephone in newspaper office rings
it generally means a police story that
is worth looking up, so the dog watch
fastened to answer the summons.
"Hello!" said a voice. as it too late
10 get something in to-morrow's pa
Per?"
NO aif it's important" was the reply.
"Oh, Fit is" assuringly.
The reporter rushed for a pad of
pi-Jer and pencil. screwed his ear up
to the telephone again and said:
"All right. Fire away, there"
Then the voice was heard again. trem-
ulous with emotion.
THE engagement of Miss to Mr.
- is announced"
There was an explosion of wrath mt
the press enl of the line, and the rules
of the telephone company restraining
nate persons from inducing in pro.
family were smashed in smithereens.
''Why under the blanketv-blapk-
blank" (that wasn't exactly what was
said. but it will do, you know, "didn't
you send in such stuff earlier in the
day?"
"But I couldn't" said the voice.
orolo@etically. ''You see. it just hap
pened. ."-Nilwaukee Sentinel.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
THEY SET GUARDS.
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Watch While They WORK ~
DD0 nDU
and Play.

1t is well known that many animals
appoint one or more of their number
TO act as sentinels to guard against Sur
prise while the rest are asleep or feed
ing or at play. Among the animals
using the word in its widest serse-that
are thus prudent may be named the
following: Wasps, ants, chamois and
other antelopes, prairie dogs, wild
horses, rocks, swans, Austrian cocka-
toos, zebras, quails, certain monkeys,
fianingoes, Nezv Zealand silver eyes,
slugs and other birds, marmots, mou-
fon and other sheep, seals, African wild
cattle, huanacoes, elephants, etc.
Perhaps the best known OF these are
the prairie dogs, who burrow their
homes in the earth in little villages,
with regular streets and everything.
All around these villages, bolt upright,
sit wise little dogs to keep lookout
while the others sun themselves at the
doors of their burrows or play. Let
strange animal or man appear and
one of the little sentries at once ba1ks,
and in another instant there is twink
ling Of heels, and not a prairie dog Is
to be seen until the danger is past
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
ADDS Pl TO HIS LUNCH.
The Tcrdy SGbarbani.e's eAorttrxirr
Struggle with the Restless
Paper Parcel
The man in the suburbs had bie lunch

Ihe man in the suburbs had his lunch
neatly tied in square paper parcei
Whlch did not look its function. H.
started from the house in orderly pre-
clslon, says the Chicago Chronicle, bu
had barely turned the corner when h.
stubbed his toe and dropped the unsus
plclous bundle to the sidewalk, split
ting the yellow paper and depositine
sandwiches and cake on the ground.
Then the train whistle sounded its
warning note, and in despair the tor
tured suburbanite crammed cake anC
bread promiscuOusly into his pockets
and started on run for the station
lie caught the last platform of the last
car and hurriedly sank intoa seat. When
the conductor asked for his ticket he
managed to extract the small paste
board without showing the contents OF
one pocket, but tugging deep into tbs
other for his handkerchief to wipe his
heated brow, out flew GRUMPY bread
and stringy ham and cake that looked
as if the frosting had been nibbled by
mice. The passengers smiled. They
could not have been human and done
otherwise. But the man made no al.
lowances for uncomfortable risibiiities.
He glared at the offending men and
women, savagely thrust back the bread
and battered cake into his pocket and
enveloped his burning countenance in
the cooling pages of the morning paper
But there was look of flint i'm his
eye that spoke the finish of the home.
concocted luncheon.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
An Appeal TO Inventors.

Sisal is fibrous plant abounding in
4ucatan, and now beginning to be cul-
tiyated i'm Jamaica, Porto Rico and
southern Florida, from which a substi-
tute for hemp is deriged. 1t is reported
that the English admiralty has adopt
ed sisal fibers in place Of hemp for
making rope cables. The fiber is OBJ
tained from the long leaves of the
sisal, which bears a resemblance to
the leaves of the century plant. But
a perfect machine for separating the
fibers from the pulp is greatly needed,
and American inventigenRss is expect
ed to supply the want. The advantages
to be obtained from such machine
have been Iikened to those derived from
the invention of the cotton-gin.-
Youths Companion.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
AIRING TlME Ga THE COAST.
when the Life-SaviBg stations in
New Jersey Have Their Stock
of Clothing Out.

Spring is airing time at the life-saying
stations along the New Jersey coast
At every station, from Sandy Hook to
Cape May Point, wearing apparel is
taken out of chests and hung out where
the fresh sea breezes can blow through
it. There is enough clothing stored at
these stations to stock d shop. There
are garments to fit men and women, and
boys and girls. Even babies are pro-
vided. OF course the stock of children's
clothing is rather limited, as there is
rarely call for it. The majority of
the, wearing apparel is for the use of
men. All this clothing is kept in readi-
ness for the unfortunates who may be
shipwrecked.
There is not government life-saving
station on the Atlantic, Pacific or Gulf
coast of the United States but what is
the possessor of such a clothing outfit.
The stations on the great lakes are SINH
iiarly supplied. There are stations
where there has seldom been need OF
this clothing, but Il springtiIlc never
passes without every garment, kat q
shoe, being well aired. This is duty
which one of the patrolmca must per-
form each year. On the other land
there are stations along the Atlantic,
especially on the New England coast,
where there is little opportunity of
airing the stock of clothing, shipwrecks
being so frequent that the supply of
wearing apparel is constantly becoIn-
ing exhausted. Most OF the clothing is
supplied by the Women's Benevolent
Seamen's Aid Society of New York.
In speaking of these contributions of
clothing, Capt. Kit Ludlam, keeper of
the Stone Harbor (N. j. life-saving
station, said: The last time / had &C.
casion to resort to our clothing chest
was in December. 1898. Every member
of my crew, in addition to seven poor
shipwrecked seamen, realized then the
great good those women in New York
were doing. In the dead CT night the
big three-masted schooner Rodman II.
Nickerson was dashed upon the outer
bar by Cne of the fiercest northeasters
j have ever witnessed. So suddenly did
the great ship strand that the eight
members of the crew barely had time
TO get to a place of safety in the torn
and tattered rigging. Here these poor
fellows clung for IA hours with the ther-
mometer at the zero mark. 1t was in
fhe rescue of these men that l made the
greatest shot with the life line of all
my 80 years experience as surfman.
Upon the first trial | sent the line over
500 yards out to sea, and it dropped over
the shattered foTemast of the stranded
ship. We brought seven men safely
ashore in the breeches buoy. All of
them were soaking wet. When we got
the rescued sailors to the station our
clothing chest was brought into requi-
sition, and from among its contents
every man was clad from head to foot.
All of my crew were soaked, too, and |
had to outfit them also."-N y. Sun.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
The Length of Human Life.

| According to M. |. Holl Schooling, of
Brussels, says Cosmos. there is an old
rule for finding the length of a mans
life if the present age lies between
IL and sc years. This is the rule: Sub
tract the present age from Sc and divide
the remainder by 2; the result will give
the number of years you have Jet to
live. This old rule was discovered by
the mathematician De Moivre, who emf
grated to England from France in 1865
and became member of the Royal So
ciety. The curves given by MIR. School
ing are interesting to examine. A first
diagram shows the chance that every
man has of living one year longer than
his present age. At birth this chance
is to /; at years, 110 to /: at 10, 5l2
to i; at Is. 347: at 20, 207; ut 25. 1856;
at 30, 100; at IS, or; at 40, IS, etc Mr.
Schooling affirns from his calcufat ions
that of 1000 individuals of so years. $50
tHa( o. 1000 lAQltlQHalS OF 90 5egl2' 0oo
viii live to be 70, 12o to so years and
II to 90; while of 900 nonagenarians
will reach their hundredth year. We
may add that for men of IS, the average
expectation of life is 10 1-3 years.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
TptIt 9Z5 !! q [ptgy yB]{lNg NB$S.

IiSI0 tII n OI OI1e7O . Iyl0 IetlNI NNI p
tries at Hinton ST. George They are
all of the renaissance period and were
made about 1870. Some of them have
the Poulett arms woven into the fabric.
As many of these splendid possessions
of the Pouletts are as much as 20 feet
in length, it may be readily understood
that they occupy great space in the
halls.
These tapestries are valued at e ! 900
each. That is their average price. Con-
noisseurs assert that several tapestries
in the collection are worth 6 5000 to
1000 each. They are all in splendid
condition, and if Viscount Hinton gets
them they will constitute perhaps his
most unique possession.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
Corean PuEfshE1ent.

A youth in Kunsan, Corea, recently
cut his hair to displease his parents.
The latter We're SO enraged and grieyed
at this conduct that they looked upon
him as dead" and, calling in their rela-
tives and friends, went through the
ceremony for the dead, sacrifices were
offered, and wailing indulged in. The
incorrigible youth was stole specta-
tor through it all, sitting quietly by
himself, and when tired he made his
way to the dispensary of DR.. Drew
(from whom the account is drawn) and
reported the progress CT the services.
For month no notice was taken of the
boy by his parents other than giving
llir his food. He has taken to wearing
foreign clothing.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
TALES OF THE INJURED.
They Troop Into the Ofaces of Down
town Physicians in
Chicago.

Doctors offices in the region Of Ran
dolph and State streets frequently wit
ness strange scenes of accidents and
disorder. More people are hurt in the
busy downt own th oroughfare han the
rest OF the concen ntrat d NVcrI d irnagiI1 $
The other morning in the vvaitines-roor
of prominent physician woman had
.0I & bEOrll6lt bnjsICIan d uomun nuu
barely entered with a limp wrist boun d
in handkerchief when a man opened
the door hurriedly, his white face
daubed with trinkling streams Of blood,
says the Chicago Chronicle.
"Tend to him first: moaned the
woman, unselishly. poor man, he
seems to need it most"
AS the doctor examined his injuries
the masculine victim told his story.
He was a painter and was decorating
the interior of a jewelry store when he
slipped from his ladder and fell face
downward through the glass top OF a
showcase, which accounted for his san
culinary appearance.
Nothing very much happened to
me-" gasped the woman in her turn.
AT least L thought it was nothing
much. 1 only slipped on an orange
peel that lay innocently on the SIDE
walk and the consequence is broken
wrist. for, of course, as l felt myself
going put out my hand to break my
fall. / don't think l would have minded
it so much either" continued the suffer
ing patient, only that three men saw
me slip and they could easily have
caught me. but they only laughed"
way with men.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
THE LAND OF OPHIR.
There Is Evidence That 1t Was What
Is Now Called MOnemOtapa,
Africa.

The Monomotapa region, in Rho
desia, is the ancient land of Ophir. The
gold mines of the ancients are now re-
discovered and the gold ingot molds
rediscovered in Rhodesia are identical
with the tin ingot molds used by the
| PhOenicians in Cornwall 1t is believed,
says the Matabele Times, that the Phoe-
nicians worked the South African
mines 2000 b. c. Scripture tells us how
Hiram, the Phoenician king, brought
enormous quantities OF gold, ivory and
slaves for King Solomon, and where
could all these have been discovered to-
gether, and in such large quantities as
described in holy writ, if not in this
portion Of southeast Africa? Jobs ref
erences to gold dust" locate the source
of Solomon's wealth in the parts, and
certainly neither the ivory nor the
slaves nor the ''apes' of Bible history
came from India, for Africa, as is we'll
known, has ever been credited in his
tory as the ivory, slave and apeproduc-
ing country. Further, there is consid-
cradle doubt whether any other coun-
try, India included, could at that period
have produced the quantity of gold
mentioned in Chronicles and Kings.
Scattered throughout the country are
colossal ruins of fortresses, temples of
distinctly Phoencian origin, identical
with the ruins now seen in the land of
the Phoenicians and built by the same
race as erected Stonehenge on Salisbury
plain and later built the rounded tow
ers of Ireland Here is the herringbone
style of building, as in Arabia, Sardinia
and the British isles. There, too, are
the gigantic monoliths, cloven stones
and stone circles, with affairs and sacred
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
FORTUNE IN TAPESTRIES.
The Splendid Collection Claimed by
n Titled Organ Grinder in
London

Viscount Hinton, the scion of English
nobility who has been earning mod
est livelihood by grinding an organ in
the streets of London, claims not only
the title and estates of Earl Poulett, but
the furniture and ornaments in the
great halls at Hinton st. George, says
London Mail.
These include one of the finest private
collections of tapestry in the world
tapestries bearing the design of Paul
Veronese and other great masters,
which renowned for their beauty
and value throughout the world of art
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
Diernose by Description,

Medical practitioners in China prob
ably 90 not banker after royal patients.
A Chinese physician who was recently
called to prescribe for the emperor was
not permitted to look at his august pa
tient, much less to ask him questions.
The dowager empress told him how the
emperor felt, as accurately as she could
describe lis condition, and the ply
sician had to base his diagnosis on her
O1,aSS
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
CROW WINTER RESORT.
Hreedy Missouri Birds Break Timber
by Their Weight and Try toDe-
vOur Drove of Hogs.

Southwest Missouri and southeast
Kansas is the most popular winter crow
resort in the world, according to the
residents of that part Of the country
What becomes Of the greedy birds in
IpO GDmm0H DO 0DO IiD0HG
the summer no one knows.
If all the crows that winter in this
pant of the country were to stay here
during the planting season they would
devour every tender shoot of corn as
last as it appeared.
The biggest crow roost in the United
States was near Bois dare, Mo, this
winter. 1t was like a pigeon roost, in
the respect that the weight of the crows
broke the timber over acres Of wood
land. Millions of the birds gathered
there every night.
During one of the heavy storms this
winter some stock shippers had singu-
lar experience with the crows at Ash
Grove, Mo- The trains were delayed,
on account of the SNOW, and lot of
hogs could not be shipped for several
days. The crows were starving, for the
snow and sleet prevented them from
getting their usual food. They at
tackled the hogs, lighting on the backs
of the fat animals and pecking holes IA
the bodies of the helpless porkers. The
owner of the hogs bought lot OF am
nunition, and employed all the boys he
could secure to shoot the crows.
But for the work of the gunners
many of the hogs would have been de-
youred on their feet.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
tN8[ Of 1000 lNQllLQQalS Of 90 3egla. 020

Soldiery of France and Germeny.
Twenty-Five years ago France was
able to put as many soldiers in the field
as Germany. To-day it falls short by
about 100000 men.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
HOT ON The WIRE.
Bit CT important Society News
That Was Unfortunately
Delayed.

The other night-or, rather, it was
early in the morning-the telephone in
a certain newspaper Office rang loud
and long Most of the workers had
gone home for the forty winks that
newspaper people contrive to put in be-
tween times, but there was one man on
the deg watch'-that is, you know,
he was the one person detailed to ST \ y
around the office and be ready for AZ, v
thing from murder to a fire At fIia +
New-York tribune., 1899-04-02

capitals just as the space is reached where the
medallions appear and these are then enframed
by small columns, decorative in effect. two on
either side. There are five medaliOns destined
for each side Of the church. The central hgures
on their way toward the walls. The smaller
medallions are in place. The chief design we
reproduce symboliZes the moon. A greenlsh
note predomnates in the flowing drapery The
balancing design across the church. sym
bolizing the sun is similar in form but Is
conceived in a different key of color the
robe taking on rich orang"-red hue. Both
reduce symbolism to the last degree of sim
plicity There is only the expression in the face
and fgure-but that is full of meaning the
color flaming or placid. the emblem behind the
head and the globe in the hands. The smaller
medallons also four grouped around each nam
circle are simply studies Of angelic types in
attitudes Of prayer and alteration. One of these
angels looks up if for inspiration To guide the
pen that rests upon an open scroll but there
IS nothing elaborately picturesque or dldacuc
about these spiritual portraits they merely sup
port and develop the more tangible symbols on
which the imaginative side Of the scheme Is
based While they do this they enrich the
decorative architectural effect in which. upon
the present occasion. we are chiefly interested.
These medallions calculated TO merge
themselves In an organism Of form and color.
They occupy a space which because OF its height
from the pavement and its relation to the cell
ing and neghboring windows would not per
NIT complexiti Of design. hence their almost
bald simplicity and hence the moderation with
which they are so TO speak, detached from their
background. They are not detached 100 far.
The story they tell. or rather the ldea the!
have to communicate is not presented IN 100
high relief one sees them as part OF TN" wall
interrupting and yet Strengthening the llhe ol
color which runs through the windows llluml-
mating the nave and is TO be carried r"uhd
through the windows Of the aIs'. MI La
Fargo from tn" start saw the interior "l 'hlS
church as q whole. His task has hech |" sup
press stridcnt accents. to give depth ana a KIN"
Of resonant unity 10 the building thus ne ana
Mr. Rancel La Fargo, in designing the clere-
story windows so important by virtue OF their
number. size. and position did not seek 10 glNe
any one Of them splendor greater IMAM tha'
of its neighbor, but gave them all the SAINT
chord of mild and cheerful color. These "lhno"s
are not barrier to the light-they transmute
u without lessening its power and So win the
New-York tribune., 1899-04-02
By permission OF John la Farge)

medalliOns to which we are referring. the beau
tiful, broad coors. the solemn blues and green's
increase the warmth and impressiveness OF the
entire building. but do 40. attract attention TO
themselves in any aggressive manner. Their
place is after all. to be- subordinate; they are 10
play part in one great effect, and in their
smallest details they testify to this fact
The apse to which they bear such close refer
ence is even now a work Of striking artistic
character The great altar is superb in its
bravery Of tawny marbles and the domed cell
ing far above is suffused with dull. golden
glow But the aim is to make this even finer
That lofty window Of royal blue, through when
the light drifts ex1uisitely softened. is t" have
its exact fellow on the other side OF the apSe
Then the treatment Of the three huge openings
back Of and above the altar contemplates an
heroic figure Of the Madonna in the centre. with
the Angel Gabriel in the window on one sue
and 81 Michael the other Ber"ath thes"
windows the wall is planned to recciN" an I'M
mcnsc decorative painting, in which many "i
the angels specifically mentioned in the Bible
viii be grouped in spacious landscape ana
thus bound together in one composition, at the
same time that their individuality Is preserved,
each angel being identified with an Incident
This painting the execution OF which lies some
where In the future, but we trust very near
brings US to the ideal now pursued In the en-
beIlishment Of this church. Father Hecker used
TO urge the Importance OF didactic elements in
art or at least of ideas which would touch the
mind as well as the emotions OF the beholder but
he was rot insenstive TO the subtler appeal. lie
wanted tie church TO be above all things beauu-
fuI ard as they watch ts development as
luildi-g under the present Influences NJ "ork'
we cannot but D.. vc th3t Father DeShon ana
his colleagues Will Doe more and more lmpued
with tie s:~.o fruitful sympathy. rms puildlhg
is pro- ,undly interesting. not only for what IL
now contains but for the possibilities IL eX-
hibits The opportunity il offers IS not often
parallelcd. It's structural character Is such thdt
il can be made one Of the most beauiiuily deco-
rated buildings in America ana IL Is no" on 'he
rirht road toward that happy consumMaton.