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The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20
GRESHAM NOT COMING BACK.
Kept for Service on the
Atlantic.

Three revenue cutters, built for use
on the great lakes, and which were or
dered to be sent from Cleveland
through the great lakes and the ST.
Lawrence river before the breaking
cut Of the war, to be fitted UP as aux
iliary naval vessels. will soon be re-
turned By the navy department. to the
jurisdiction Of the treasury depart
ment. where they belong in time of
peace. They viii, however, not be
used on the lakes, but will become a
part Of the revenue-cutter feet on the
Atlantic.
These cutters are the Onondaga, the
Algonquin and the Gresham The lat
ter is now at Boston. The Onondaga
is at Montreal, where it was detained
on its trip up the river by the declara-
ton of neutrality by Great Britain,
which forbids the use of the ST. Law
renee canal for war purposes. The
Algonquin is at Ogdensburg, where it
was held up for the same reason.
The treasury department has in
creased needs for revenue cutters on
account of the territory acquired in
Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines.
The McCulloch, which was intended
for the San francisco station, and was
there when she was directed to join
Dewey's fleet at Hong Kong when the
war broke out, will be used as a rev.
enue cutter at Manila.
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20
As Nervy as He Was Brave,

The poor wounded in Cuba have had
a hard time. Apparently the powers
thought that there was not going to
he any wounded; and. without doubt.
few on Cuban soil dreamed there would
be so many. Nowhere were hospital
preparations complete enough, in
tents, medicine, nurses, or surgeons,
on the field, or ir the rear. At Sibonev.
according to John Fox, Jr.. in his let
Ter to Harper's Weekly, the surgeons
had not time enough to get the names,
or even to count the number brought
in. The men not seriously wounded
lay for hours awaiting their turn after
The men who were seriously injured,
and vet few complained, and they were
usually the men slightly hurt. He tells
of three men brought in from San
Juan. The surgeon took the one who
was groaning. He had mere scratch
on his leg. Another was dressed as
the third sat silently on chair; still
another was attended, and another,
before the surgeon turned to the man
who was so patiently awaiting his
turn.
Where are you hurt ?"
The man pointed to his left side.
Through"
"Yes, sir"
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20
A Substitute for n Fell.

When Bismarck was Prussian am
bassador at Frankfort an interesting
incident occurred to him. At that mo-
ment he lodged in the house of a mer-
chant who detested the Prussians.
Bismarck asked the landlord to put a
bell in his room. The latter replied
that it was not in the lease, and that
Ii Bismarck wanted one he would have
to put 1t up himself \ few days after
the whole house was suddenly aroused
by pistol shot fired in the room, The
landlord rushed to the apartment out
of breath and found the ambassador
quietly smoking large pipe seated in
front of pile of documents. On the
table was the pistol which he had just
fired. "In the name of goodness -
cried the landlord. ''what has hap
pened?" "Oh, nothing" replied Bis
lnarck; "don't be alarmed. l have
simply called my servant to come and
speak to me. 1t is quite an inoffensive
SIGNAL, TO which you would do we'll to
Get accustomed, for l shall no doubt
make use of it more than once" The
landlord took the hint, and Bismarck
got his bell.-London Globe.
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The narchmert of the best banjos
is made of wolfskin-
One hundred new words are annual
~ added to the English language.
There are 10 mountains i'll Colorado
whose peaks are over $4,000 feet above
the ocean level.
TIE basin Of the ST. Lawrence river
covers $50, 900 square miles, of which
100000 are in Canada.
The average weight of a brain is
greater in China than in any European
country excepting Scotland.
Corks for bottles were first manu-
f2ctured in Spain and Italy, some time
during the fourteenth century. Cork
screws were contemporaneous with
corks.
The southern boundary of Cauada
stretches over fully 1900 miles, along
which southern Ontario has the lati-
tude of central Italy, Manitoba and
Vancouver that of Germany.
The London Of the future will, if
Frederick Harrison s vision is realized,
have no coal. no steam engines, no
horses. and all heavy traffic will be
sent along deep underground electric
railways.
During the most peaceful years
| there are in the world 100000 men
who are withdrawn from productive
occupations to act as soldiers. The
pay, equipments, food, and clothing Of
these men cost the worlds taxpayers
sum amounting to nearly $8,0o0,oG0
a day.
Among a mass of odds and ends in
4 the shop of an Essex furniture dealer
/ the first work ever exhibited by Turner
! has been discovered. 1t is a drawing
/ OF the archbishop's palace at Lambeth.
/ executed when the artist was about l6
CT II years old, and exhibited at the
Royal Academy exhibition of 1890. It's
! pedigree is said TO be indisputable.
! There are II metals more valuable
than gold, viz; Iridium, valued at 60
I per pound troy: gallium, e75; rhod-
! lum, E85; osmium. 100; ruthenium.
4 A2o0; palladium, about c PIG; barium.
ESQ; didymium, C 500; cerium, e 5s5;
/ yttlum. 6 ESQ; strontium, 6 670; call
ii' - 'Vo' : SluCiHluH Io21; Hthlum.
tl,Oo0: zirconiunl G1,115; rubidium.
I'll, 400; vanadium. 1.725.
A compiler of statistics is authority
for the statement that less than ocO
persons out of every 100000 Gle from
! old age. Out of that number 4s, 900 are
victims of scarlet fever, 10000 of ty-
Phoid and kindred fevers, $4,000 of
whooping cough, $4,000 of measles,
1850 of consumption, 1000 of rheuma-
tlsm and the same number of erysipe-
las, while 2,70o are carried off by apo
plexy and 1900 are victims of gout.
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20
AN Ell CANEY HERO.
A Huge Negro Who Single-Handed
Routed a Squad Of
Spaniards.

Wandering about the post in a suit
of pink pajamas is Titanic negro. six
feet tall and of like proportions. His
name is Americus Johnson, and he is
"a private in the Tenth regular cavalry.
his Buffalo" as the colored soldiers
OF the army are faniliarly called,
sought the bubble reputation at the
oannon's mouth" at El Caney, and sir
-glehanded succeeded in overcoming
squad of the enemy and capturing
a six-pound raoid-ire gun, shot three
with the butt of his carbine and the
rest ran away in terror. Johnson was
twice wounded, one ball passing
through his left shoulder and another
through his left leg. but neither re-
nalned in his body, and no bones were
broken. He speaks of his wounds con-
temptuously as ''pinholes.v They are
healing rapidly, and he will soon be
able to return to his home in Texas
and receive the honors due the brave.
He has already received great deal,
and | grieve to relate that glory and
admiration are confusing Johnson's
memory. He is becoming somewhat
Inaccurate and inconsistent in his
statements. He sits allday long under
the shade of tree clad in bis pink
Eajamas, like the. sultan of Senegam-
bia, and relates the story of his
achievements over and over again to
throngs of colored people and strag-
Cling whites,who stand withboth their
ears and mouths wide open, paralyzed
with awe. Like the editors of the yell
low journals, Mr.. Johnson has discov-
cred that the public taste demands
something hot and bloody, and he does
lis best to crafty that craving. BY
the time he gets to Texas Johnson will
have captured an entire battery; per-
1aps captured MORO itsef.-William
E. Curtis, in Chicago Record -
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20
GRAB POSTAL RECEIPTS.
SDaniRraZs in Puerto Rice ~st-alning
Every Nerve 10 Get Money to APP
proprt2te to Their OvvI, Use.

Active competition exists in Puerto
Rico in the sale Of postage stamps.
stamps for registered letters and a
general F0s,al business, the Spaniards
and Uncle Sam being the competitors.
anding the fact that this
island has been ccded to this govern
meEt. the Spanish officials are making
an effort 10 get possession Of the re-
eelpts, and 10 some extent have sue
ceeded. Assistant Postmaster General
Heath said; ct seems to be a race for
receipts. II we do not go down there
at once and break into their cash draw
ers and safes we will be robbed of a
good many thousands of dollars be-
fore we know it. Since the island
passed out Of their hands the Spaniards
have shown a great deal more enter
prise in their postal service than they
did before
The postal commission now in Puerto
RICO will investigate this matter, and
make recommendations to the postmas-
ter-general with view to ending this
abuse
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20
AhnlY STORES LEFT.
Hundreds Of Tons OF provis ons in
Hold of Transport.
Had Been Apparently Forgo4fea-
Were Loaded About Four Months
Ago for Caba and Were
Never Discharged

At the beginning Of the war the
steamship Ia Grande Duchesse was
chartered as q government transport
from the Plant steamship line. She
took on troops at Pert Tampa, and was
one Of the fleet that carried Skaters
army TO Cuba. Some time before it
sailed II also took on large quantity
OF subsistence stores
Since then the vessel has been con
stantly in the government service. A
few Gays ago it arrived at Montaull
folnt with troops from Santiago
Later It reported for orders at this port.
says the New York Sun, to Col. Amos S.
kimoall, deputy quartermaster gen
erai. As the government had 70 fur
ther use for it, Col. KimbaiI was or
dered 10 return the ship to its owners.
~ the terms of the charter it was 10 be
discharged from the service at Sa-
vannah. The captain was ordered.
therefore, to take ii to that port. On
Saturday the captain walked into the
office Of Maj. Summerhayes, quarter
master l. S. A., one Of Col. Kimbalrs
assistants, and is reported to have re-
marked:
I'm ready to sail, but l thought I'd
tell you that there's lot of provisions
on board my ship belonging to the gov
ernment. Perhaps the government
would like to take them off"
The case of La Grande Duchesse was
reported to Col. Kimball, and he re-
ported the facts to the quartermaster
general at Washington, recommending o
that boarG Of survey be ap-
pointed to find out why the stores
had not been unloaded in Cuba.
Brig. Gen. George L. Gillespie.
commanding the department of the
east, was ordered TO appoint such a
board, and in his special order doing
this, il was specified that the appointees
were ito determine when and where
the stores were loaded, to whom or
what port they were shipped, and fix
the responsibility for their condition
and non-delivery.'
1t is reported that between 100 and
200 tons of all kinds of subsistence
stores were slowed away in the La
GranGe DUchesses hold There were
hard bread and bacon, canned meats,
canned vegetables, and what not that
should have been retired on a pension
long time ago.
After looking over the stuff the board
took the affidavit Of the captain, in
which the time and place Of loading the
stores were given as well as the name of
the officer TO whom they were con-
signed and the port of consignment.
1t is learned that the captain of the
steamer stated in his affidavit that the
stores had been aboard the ship for
about four months
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20
PEACE UFFURLs GID FLAG.
New jersey Woman Celebrates End
ing Of the vsas yvi5la an EN-
sign Made il. 1861.

Mrs. Emma Z. Barnes, Of Vineland.
\. j., highly prizes en- "Old Glory" with
history which She owns. When Fort
Sumter was drod oa in 1851. Allegheny
City Pa, was all atiame with patriot
ism ard Mrs. Barnes soL2ht a store
and purchased material for a Aag.
She and her husband worked ali the
following night cutting cut the neces-
sary IS Stars and getting the red, white
ard blue seWed together in the shape
cf flag. Early the next morning the
Barnes flag waved from tie top Of
high building on an eminence in the
city SO that all the people could be
hold it.
The flag waved all during the war.
Several times when rebel prisoners
went throcgh the city the fag headed
the crowd HAT gathered at the depot
to see ths enemy. Once when Mosby
was thought to 0e coming u2 through
West Virginia breastworks were
hastily thrown up outside of Allegheny
and the Barnes flag was planted on top
CT them.
When the war broke out with Spain,
says the Philadelphia Press. Mrs
Rarnes declared that when the Span
;ards went Down and victory came the
old flag, though frail and not able to
stand much of a breeze, would wave
again. So, early in the morning. when
the news papers brought the intell-
9once thar peace had been declared,
the flag. after 80 years CT honor, was
again ulfurIed to the breeze in front
of the Barnes residence.
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20
MAKING PEACE.
This boy Wisely Removed the Cause
of Contention Between Two
Combat taMts.

One of my friends has theories on
the subject of bringing up boys. She
has also boy TO put the theories into
practice On, and she thinks she suc-
ceeds Just the other day she was
sewing in her sittingroom. The boy
was looking out the window. Present.
ly he said, reports the Washington
Post:
Mother, there are two kids fighting
out in the street, little fellow and q
pig fellow $&F
"WeH, my sor," said the mother,
you know what have always told you
it is your duty o do when you see the
strong depressing the weak
The boy did know and he dashed into
the street to put his knowledge into
practice He returned half an hour or
so later.
..What was the trouble ?" asked the
mother.
'.They were fighting about an apple,s'
answered the boy.
"And what did you do, my son?"
asked the proud mother.
80" said the boy, II just took it and
eat it,"
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20
THE YOUNGEST BUGLER.
Is Scarcely 15 Years Old and Yet He
Has Served with the Fourth
Illinois Infantry.

Jimmie Spelman, Of company A,
Fourth Illinois volunteer infantry, is
believed to be the youngest bugler in
Uncle Sans army. Young Spelman
blows the calls for Capt. Barricklows
command. He is scarcely Is years of
age, is of slight build and tips the
scales at 100 pounds. He enlisted in
company A, Fourth regiment, I. y. c..
as bugler three years ago, and when
the war with Spain began it was
thought he was too small to go with
the army. However, he was allowed
TO enlist in the regular service. Young
Spelman's home is at Arcola, III.
Kid" the bugler, is the pride of COM
pany A.
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20
SPANISH GUNNERS.
why did They Make Such a Poor
Showing at the Battle
CT ETaEila:

Lieut. Bradley A. Fiske, U. S. N, of
the Petrol. writes an article for the
Century. On Why We Won at Manila. :"
Lieut.. Fis!ie says:
Considering that there were about
30 Spanish gun captains, one may
reasonably ask: Was there not even
one of them who could shoot straight?
There is 10 apparent reason why a
Spaniard should not be able to shoot
as well as anybody else. Is bad shoot
ing an inherent trait in Spaniard? :?
II not. was the bad shooting due to a
lack Of discipline? There is no reason
to believe it; and the usually accepted
idea of the Spaniard would tend to
make one suppose hat the4e might
have been too much discipline rather
than too little. Was il due to lack Of
intelligence on the part Of he officers?
The officers of both the Spanish army
and navy represent the best OF the
blood cf Spain where the ordinary vo-
cations of trade and. in measure, the
civilian professions are deemed be-
meath the patriciau families; and the
literature Of both services bears con
vineing proof Of the excellent instruc-
ticn which their officers have received,
and Of their deTotion TO and interest
in their service. Was ii due to Tack Of
courage? The 6paniard IS, and always
has been. brave; and he was brave, very
brave. IN Manila, on the lst OF May.
Was the had shooting due 10 the con-
stantly changing direction Of the ships.
necessiiated by the naneuvers? Net
at all for the ships remained in col
umn. and nearly motion!ess, for the
greater part OF the tine.
But he'd there been enough drill Of
the men in The handling and firing OF
their guns under way. and under cir
cumstances Stimulating battle? This
question we are unable to answer def
nitely: but the impression which we
receive frcl1 civilians, natives and o.h-
ers does not lead us to believe that
there WAS the same labor ard time
spent on practical gunnory drilis at sea
as III car service.
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20
WILL BE EASILY ADJUSTED.
in CIiga and Puerto Rice TO BE
AGj j1aSte<l q go New Conditions.

Among those occupying high official
position with the Catholic church it is
said ti-at Jne ana lgamation of the
Catholic communities Of Cuba, Puerto
Rico AID c,4cr Spanish colonies pre-
sents 70 serious difficulties. The first
requisite, i, is pointed out, is TO termi-
rate the coGcordat by which Spain and
the vatican Jointly conduct the church
administration OF these colonies. The
concotl-at is a formal agreement, =,
someNhat like a treaty, by which the
Spanish government and the vatican
carry on relations OF mutual advan-
tage. Under the concordat the Span
ish Cover Eent names the bishops to
be APPOINTED in the Spanish colonies,
and tHelr names, Being sent to Rome,
are fo1n a J appointed BY he pontiff.
With tie termination OF Spanish SOW
ereiGI $ il Cuba. Puerto Rico and the
AntAac9, his provision for the Spanish
nomination Of bishops becomes in
operative and some system must take
its place. Fer the present, it is said
that the change VIII cause nc violent
upheayal among The bishops and clergy
Of these colcEies. They wiz bcIeft in
theN places and the change Ct systcm
VIII be inaugurated gradually as those
now ia service Grcp off and are sue
cee6cd. The new system will probably
hetha under which bishops are chosen
IN the United States.
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20
One casse for Pocr Teeth.

recent article in the American
Kitchen Magazine gives as the opinion
Of a dentist that the poor teeth of chill
dren are often due to lack of exercise.
Much of the modern food given to chill
dren is in the form of soups, purees, and
mush made from cereals, and not
enough work is given to the teeth in
mastication to draw the blood in large
quantities TO them. 1t does not. there
fore. give up its Strengthening qGali-
ties in sufficient quantity to make
strong teeth. The dentist recon
nenaed that things hard To chew be
given TO the cEiIdren..
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20
London Residences.
The residences of London are calcu-,
lated to be worth e7o0 c00G00. -
KIND WORDS FOR CERVERA.
Message Sent to Spanish Admiral by
Soldiers and SaiIors' Families
Protective Association.
The following kilograms have passed

The following kilograms have passed
between Admiral Cervera and the New
York Soldiers and Sailors Families
Protective association:
Admiral Carvera, Annapolis, Nd: The
citizens Of the city of New York. vcicing
he sentiment OF the people OF TIE Uhited
states, meeting in the Metrop cttan opera
house, under the auspices OF the Ncs5 York
Soldiers and Sailors Families Protective
association, Lieut. Richmond Ioarson
Eobson presiding. desire to express 10
you their profound appreciation CT YOUR
fnagl2alliI}ic Gus, ch.valIic conduct toward
Lieut.. Hobson and lis gallant men on the
occasion Of the sinking Of the steamship
Merrinac in the harbor Of Santiago. Greet
ng and good health
JOHN BRINE, President"
Mr.. John Bryne, resident New York
Soldiers and Sailors Families Protective
Associations: Your telegram did not reach
me until yesterday 1 feel grati.ied at your
manner OF approaching my Eehavior to-
ward the gallant Lieut.. Hobsan ard his
men / seize with pleasure the o8portu-
nifty Of expressing my grautude 10 the
PeopIe OF the United States Ior the marks
d sympathy they have always Shown me,
Whlcn L SHAH remember as lolg as 1--we
''CEhVERA."
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20
81.

At the great meeting in St. James
hall in the summer of 1853, to protest
against the disestablishment Of the
Irish church, some Orange enthusiast,
in the hope of disturbing Bishop VIII
berforce, kept ipterrupting his honeyed
eloquence with inopportune shouts Of
"SpealI up, my !ord!' Il am already
speaking up" replied the bishop in his
most dulcet tone; Railways speak up,
and l decline to speak down to the
level Of the iIl-mannered person in the
gallery. San Francisco Argonaut.
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20
LlFGG WAYS.

The ways are long | walk alone
The fields are Gull anddreary;
MY pa ths are sCt with thorn and stone
My heart is worn and weary.
But skies are all tender blue,
And filled with sunny weather,
When in the paths of JOY we two
Walk, hand in hand. together.
l hear the happy thrushes tune
Their song in bush and bower;
! hear the bees their story croon
From honied flower to flower
The music s;irS me with distress
| cannot kindly bear it;
For. . there is no joy unless
Your ear With mine may share It,
0 come with me and glad the way
With eyes of beauty smiling,
December seems as glad as May
In your divine beguiling.
FOR. though we stray through gardens fair,
Or weary wastes of heather,
The paths are good and golden where
We two may walk together
NIXON waterman, W in l.. a. W. Bulletin.
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20
THE wGaeI Sh;n-

The Oregon will probably take rank
as the model ship for future building
in the United States navy. There will
of course, be an effort to improve en-
some Of her points. but she has present
ed so much that is desirable that she
must he regarded in the light Of a pat
tern. The Oregon steamed $4,000
miles ana was ready to 60 into battle
at the end Of the journey. Capt Clarke
sets down as two OF the principal les
sons Of the war. smol.eless powder and
warshipa without woodwork. Then
comes speed.
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20
"rhem Faces and Them Eyes. y

A civil war veteran, who saw the
First battalion of the Seventy-frst
New York regiment land at Montaub
Point, said: 1--WE seen ragged regi-
ments in my day, boys; I've seen some
Iretty tough looking regiments, but
] never saw 'em look like that; not
!Hst like that-Eot. with them faces
t7t' ihem eyes. Why, :eIl ycu, half
Ct EN- ought to be OF ,;,.ers!"
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20
Perennial Smell og Musk,

The mosque of ST. Sophia, in Con-
.tantinople, is remarkable, among
other things, for the fragrance Of
musk which continues through the
ages, though it is never renewed.
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20
a Tea F;rEt.

One development of the fight be-
tween the English tea firms has been
their taking up the sale of wines and
liquors as part of the business. Now
one Of the chief contestants announces
that newspapers, books and maya
zines will be sold in all its tea stores.
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20
says He 2uilt coethe,s Coffin.

A cabinetmaller in Frarkenberg, in
saxony, now 81 years of age, boasts
that he helped build Goethe's coffin in
1882. and saw the poets body laid away
in It.
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20
work Of british ParIiament.

The British parliament during its
existence has passed about 10000
statutes, 5000 OF which are still in
force
The Winslow mail., 1899-05-20

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The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1899-06-23
CHINESE SIMPLICITY.
Even the Great Ii Hung Chang Dis
plays a Lack of Proper
Understanding.

The Chinese are said to be very much
like children in their thought and &C.
ton. The commerce Of one Of their
principal rivers is greatly impeded by
a ledge of rocks, on which myriads of
junks and other kinds OF vessels have
been wrecked or badly damaged during
the years of many centuries. In fact
il is almost impossible for any sort OF
vessel 10 pass this obstruction without
being hurt in some way. Recently sew
eral British men-of-war lay AT anchor
for some weeks in the river and the
commanders offered TO blow up the
rocks and create safe channel vii hout
cost to the government if permission
were given. The matter was referred
to Lii Hung Chang. China's greatest
statesman. who. after mature delibera.
ton. declined the offer, ON the r FOUND
that if they took the rocks out Of the
river il would deprive western China of
water and flood the eastern part Of the
couniryl This reminds us of the phi
losopher who opposed the building Of
the Nicaragua canal because he
claimed hat the Pacific ocean was sew
cal Feet higher than the Atlantic and
that if the canal should be opened the
western ocean would flow into the
eastern and produce another Noah's
HoOdt