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The Winslow mail., 1899-03-04
A COSTLY DINNER.
The Repast Was the First of Expen-
sive Ent ter tain m en- Is In New
New York City.

Writing of the lavish expenditures OF
New Workers Euretta Van Worst recalls,
in Ladies Home Journal, dinner given
in 1884 by man if wealth which cost
$4,000, and which astonished his most
eXtravagant associates, as it was the
most expensive feast given up to that
time.
Delmonico, the helpful resource
of both those who know and those who
do not know how to spend their money,
was at loss to know how to dispose of
this then fabulous amount upon q
single meal. There were 72 guests, and
they were entertained in the large ball
room which in Delmonico's Fourteenth
street establishment saw so many So
cial triumphs. The house had been Mr..
Moses Grinnell's, and ever bore the inn
print of gentleman's residence even
when transformed into public place of
entertainment. The table occupied the
whole length and breadth of the room;
the walters had barely space to move
about it. 1t was a long, oval table,
round which massive wreath of ex-
quisite flowers was laid guarding min
iature lake 30 feet long. The water, by
mechanical contrivanoe, undulated
gently, and on it's breast foated fourliv-
ing swans, a golden network keeping
them in place.
The Winslow mail., 1899-03-04
A TRAVELLING POST OFFICE,
One of the Latest Experiments Oi
the Government Being Tried
In Maryland.

The first real travelling post office"
started on its rounds this month in
Maryland, says Youths Companion.
1t is stout covered wagon, manned by
a driver and postal clerk, which will
leave the town of Westminster every
weekday morning, make a circuit of
more than 80 miles through the sur
rounding country and return to West
minister at night.
There are eight village post offices on
the wagons route. The travelling post
master will carry mail to them and re-
ceive it from them. His wagon is fitted
with cases and pigeonholes, so that he
can assort mail while he travels; and he
will deliver mail to all residents along
tie road who will take the trouble to
put up letter boxes or to "wGit for the
wagon" He will be authorized, more
over, to sell stamps, register letters
and issue money orders; and, d rail
road town being the terminal of his cir
cuit, the conjunction of the travelling
post office and the railway mailcar will
bring the farmer and the outside world
very near together.
This travelling post office is. We need
hardly add. one of the experiments by
which the government is trying 10
solve an imperative problem-that OF
rural mail delivery. If the plan sue
ceeds long step will have been taken
toward the adoption of "A reform which
everyone approves, and which is de-
layed merely because no one has de.
vised a practicable way TO carry it ont.
The Winslow mail., 1899-03-04
CANINE MAID OF HONOR.
Baltimore Wedding Recently In
troduceL Some Startling
Novelties.

Here is a story of q Baltimore mar
riage which simply overturned popu-
lar traditions and set all Baltimore in
conversation. The benedict, says the
Chicago Chronicle. was Francis b.
Stevens, Jr., of Hoboken. N. j., while
Miss Adele Horwitz played the Beatrice
of the startling occasion.
There was neither maid of honor nor
bridesmaid, but the bride entered the
fox terrier, Jock, around whose collar
were entwined orange blossoms, from
which streamers of white ribbon flowed.
During the ceremony Jock, after view
ing the guests, sat upon the floor at the
feet Of his mistress. Mr.. and Mrs.
Benjamin F. Horwitz gave their daugh-
ter diamond clasps for her slippers.
and her gown was so arranged that
these confections of white liberty vel
vet and their jeweled fastenings could
be seen by the'guests.
After the wedding the friends Of Mrs.
Stevens paid her back in her own coin
for the many practical jokes which she
iiStu UCSA WONt ~ Pi"0 upon NHo ~
ciety people of her native city. The
carriage which conveyed the bridal
party to the station was decorated
with various wedding articles and ere
ated a sensation as it drove through the
streets OF Baltimore. Long streamers
of white ribbon were tied at every pos
sible point of vantage and placards an
Eouncing that the occupants were
bride and bridegroom were attached
The Winslow mail., 1899-03-04
MEN STRONG IN PICTURES.
PencfIed Veins and Paint Kept
Muscles show Up Well De-
fore the Camera.

81 could tell you tale about strong
men photography Some of the minor
limbs of the fraternity depend on the
cunning of the camera for advertise
ment," said photographer to Pear
sons Weekly.
Zone fellow, who visits country fairs
and casual shows, goes through tricks
of kind wonderful to the unscientific
mind. They are merely tricks after all,
and his strength is catch. He depends
on his photos for advertisement.
In posing, he folds his arms tightly,
dilates the muscles of his neck, and
lines his veins with prussian blue. His
picture gives you Hercules in his power
of majesty; in private he is well de-
veloped man, without any swagger of
sinew or strength.
professional strong men are as
clever at making up as society act
Tess. \ few lines about the body add
pounds 10 the weight of a strong man
Tin the picture), studied pose imparts
additional formidability.
The veins of a certain professional
Hercules protrude like whipcord in the
Photographic cabinet. He dusts them
with powdered ultramarine, and treats
the high parts of the muscles with in
dian red; otherwise his picture would
appear quite ordinary.
"A strong woman, who comes here
frequently. is a marvel of paint and
stippling. She occupies her dressing
room for hours ere she faces the cam
era''
The Winslow mail., 1899-03-04

NEW WAY OF EARNING FEES.
Gotham Doctors For5idding Re
neyyal of Prescriptions with
out Orders.

Only a short time ago several physi-
,ians prominent in special branch of
practice met to decide in what way
hey could best bring TO the attention
If colleague question that interest
them greatly. This physician, says
he New York Sun, was almost the best
known in his speciality in the city, but
/ his charges, in view of his reputation,
have always been so moderate that his
associates felt the need Of protesting.
But it was decided not to protest, and
the physician received only an intima-
tion that his fees sometimes astOnishcd
his brothers in the profession. One
physician in town has recently intro
duced a practice which is said to be
increasing in popularity with the pro-
fessIon, and it is likely that the Gus
tom will be adopted widely by those
physicians who have authority enough
to attempt anything so novel. This doc
tor has his patients take the trescrip-
ton to a druggist who is forbidden By
the terms Of his agreement to renew
the prescription except upon written
order from the doctor. No patient can
get his bottle or box refilled unless he
brings the new prescription, which
means, of course, another visit to the
doctor. The bottles are of a size that
lasts for a week. In some cases the
same medicines are renewed week after
week, but with the order that comes
only from the visit to the doctor. They
are changed in few cases. The profes-
sion has not protested against this new
fashion as yet, and it is not likely that
it will. But it is only the influential
and authoritative among the physicians
that are able to attempt it.
The Winslow mail., 1899-03-04
DENS OF HORROR.
Such Are the Disease Infested Prig-
Ons of MorOcco-A vile
System.

The prison system and treatment of
prisoners is worse in Morocco than in
any other country in the world.
Men are arrested-often merely to
spite some one whom they have been SO
unfortunate as to offend, and who pos
sess some power-and flung into pris-
on, where they would be left to
starve did not their relatives or friends
bring them food, for no arrangements
whatever are made by the authorities
for the feeding of prisoners. All that is
provided is prison, generally crowded
with prisoners dying of the most loath-
some and infectious diseases, dark and
unventilated; and custodians who are
quite as brutal and savage as the prison
system itself.
Prisoners are cast into these hotbeds
of disease, generally without the most
farcical pretense of trial, to die and
rot if their crimes are light, or their
enemies impotent. Otherwise they are
probably tortured in some way or an
other. Starving merely is too good 1or
them in the opinion of the authorities.
Not long ago a merchant who had
dared to claim payment ior gooos sup
nIied IN a friend of one of the court OFF,
cials was cast into prison without trial,
and after suffering torments In the
midst of mass of diseased humanity
for months was taken out, showed into
n barrel fitted with long spikes and
rolled down high, steep hill. The bar
rel eventually plunged into the sea
with its torn and mangled cargo. I'm
prisonment, torture and death for dar-
ing TO present his bill! ----s
The Winslow mail., 1899-03-04
TABLES TURNED ON sLEurH.
ohicagO Shopper Rexcnts
omcious Interference of
women Detectives.

The tables were turned upon a vom-
an detective in one of the larue denart-
ment stores recently, reports q Cbi.
cago exchange, When woman whom
she had been following from counter
TO counter turned on her and not onlv
pulled her hair. but tore her gown. To
a policeman who was summoned by the
detective the shopper said that she was
not thief, and that the detectives
espionage was an insult. No arrest was
made. The female detectives are known
to the regular patrons of the stores
where they are employed, and it is not
improbable, when the shopper said
that it was an insult to be followed by
this woman, that she was thinking
what opinion the other shoppers might
form of her. One store in this town
which obtained a lot of free advertising
several years ago because of the energy
of its female detective has paid heavily
for it since. 1t was a store which by its
arrangement offered great temptation
to shoplifters, and undoubtedly it suf-
fered from them. The woman detect
i've was engaged, and as she was the
pioneer of her class she attracted so
much attention that she became un-
duly ambitious in her line of work. If
shopper happened to pick up an ar
ticle ard walk to another counter with
it, habit of many women, the de-
tective was right beside her, and she
felt that in the eyes of the sleuth she
was probable thief, even if no arrest
was attempted. The annoyance of this
woman's actions became so great and
the number of arrests made by her was
so large that the old patrons of the
store fell away. They felt that the risk
of being mistaken for a shoplifter out
weighed the advantage of the bargains
offered.
The Winslow mail., 1899-03-04
Some Went to Glory.

I once asked a district nurse, says a
writer in the Cornhill Magazine, how
the various sick cases had been going
on during my absence from the parish
At once the look which | knew so well
crossed her face, but her natural pro-
fessional pride strove for the mastery
with the due righteousness which the
considered necessary for the occasion
At last she evolved the following
strange mixture: "Middling we'll, sir
some of ems gone straight to glory
but | am glad to say others are nicely
on the mend"
The Winslow mail., 1899-03-04
Tie OLD TUNE.

I'm mighty weak at singin' and there's
nothin L can Play,
And, if I've az car fer music, it's def one
anyway,
I'd know "Old Hundred" from a jig,
reckon, but guess
The tunes that I could name amt more'n
dozen, maybe less,
But there is ore among 'em that'll make my
pulses chime,
You start up Yankee Doodle" and I'm
with yer every time.
There's somethin' in its snappy dash that
seems ter be a part
Of what there is a-beatin' in Yankee fel-
ler's heart,
There's somethin' in its life ard so that
thrills yer through and through
And seems ter ft the coiors of the old
''1ed, White and Blue
Until yer vart ter tell the flag a-wavin'
there sublime:
I've harl1ed to Yankee Doodle and I'm
with yer every time
It's what they played at Yorktown when
CORVALLIS inst his check.
It's what they sung in triumph On the
"ConsttUtion's deck,
1t timed the feet a-marchin' from Atlanta
to the Sea,
And rung GtApDomattox round the famous
appie-tree;
And when a soldier heard it, in the battle S
smoky CRIME,
Ills sword bcat Yankee Doodle" on the
foeman every time.
And now they say they need us once ag'in
to take q stand
And make a livin' breastwork round the
shores Of Yankecland,
To drive the ''chiIdren's butcher" from the
island il the sea
And sponge the bloody blotches off the
skirts CT liberty;
And, If the country wants my help to max e
the Spaniard climb,
Jest play old "Yarkee Doodle" and she'll
sit it every time.
Joe Lincoln, in L. A W. Bulletin.
The Winslow mail., 1899-03-04
BALLAST ABOVE DUCKS.
New idea That Is Receiving Atten-
tiOn I'm Marine Circles-A
Successful Test.

1t is only within the last few years
that sailors have discovered the great
advantage Of carrying ballast on the
decks Of empty ships, says the Man
chester Guardian. In sailing ships, Of
course, it is necessary to have the
weight as low down in the hull as may
be, for the object is to give the vessel
stiffness" and to counterbalance the
pressure of the wind on her sails. But
in steamers the weight of ballast need
ed to prevent the ship from capsizing
is small; most Of it is carried to i'm
merse the propeller and to reduce roll
ing, and as steamers center of gray
ity is generally nearer to her deck
than to her keel, ballast on deck stead
les her more than ballast at the
bottom of the hold. Some captains. it
is true, still refuse to believe that it
can be safe to carry weight so high up.
but the number of tramp steamers that
go to sea with rubbish on their decks
is steadily increasing.
The Mancunia, which has just had
her first experience of the Atlantic, is
the nrSt steamer IN WHICH provision
for carrying water ballast above the
water line. The sides are double, and
the space between the inner and oGter
skins can be filled or emptied at will,
so that there. is no occasion to cum
ber her decks with solid ballast. Her
captains statement that this voyage
in her was by far the most comfortable
of 12 made by him across the Atlantic
"in ballast" confirmed as it is by the
record of the ships clinometer is GER
tainly remarkable.
The Winslow mail., 1899-03-04
Able on the Platform.

The queen OF Roumania is perhaps
the only royal parsonage who acquits
herself as public lecturer. For some
time past her majesty has been accus-
toned to give lectures privately in her
palace to the young ladies of the lead
ing families in Roumania. These lit
erary assemblies proved so attractive
that the demands for admission have
grown inconvenient, so that the queen
has thought it expedient to lecture in
the high school for all the pupils who
cared TO attend. Before her majesty
could do this, however, she had to OBJ
tain regular professors diploma from
the king and the minister of instruc-
ten.
The Winslow mail., 1899-03-04
THE FIREMAN'S LIFE.
He Can't Always Dress Before 9
Mirror, But He's Not n Bit Dis
:. turbed by That. -

"Of course everything about the fire
department interests US always" said
Mr.. Glimby, in the New York Sun, but
there is one little thing in particular
that I've seen l suppose hundreds of
times that appeals to me more every
time l see it, and that is the fremen
getting into their coats as they go
along. You see this among the men on
trucks and on hose wagons; the men on
the engine have TO use their hands to
hold on.
Its a simple enough thing in gen.
eral to see a man putting on his coat,
but here he isn't standing up in his
room before a mirror, but he's jumped
out of bed and taken his coat under his
arm and slid down a sliding pole, and is
completing his dressing sitting on top
of rack of ladders going through the
street like mad, drawn by three great
horses, at one end, with a man down at
the other end steering this outfit with
q wheel. This sight never loses its nov
city or its interest. You may see the
same thing on hose wagon.
But what set me to speaking about
this now was seeing man on fire
patrol wagon, sitting on one of their
long seats, facing outward, pulling up
The tops of his high boots. Red wagon,
galloping horses, banging gong, men
in fire hats and rubber coats-the whole
blooming outfit on the dead jump and
this man sitting on the side seat reach
ing down for the tops of those boots
and Strengthening up with each one as
he got it and swaying back little as
he pulled it up into place, just as man
would sit on the edge of his bed at home
to put on his stockings and slippers, and
Just as cool and comfortable"
The Winslow mail., 1899-03-04
Her Humble BEGINNING.

Rosa Bonheur earned her first money
in copying the paintings Of old mas
ters, working early and late, helping to
support her family. Her first animal
picture was a goat, which pleased her
so much that she gave up copying and
took up animal painting. Models being
TOO expensive for the slender purse of
the young artist, she would tramp miles
TO farm, carrying n meager lunch in
her pocket. to sketch an animal. When
only 10 years old she sent her flrst PIC
ture to an art exhibition, and at once
was pronounced genius -
The Winslow mail., 1899-03-04
Old Church Unenrthed.

The foundations of an ancient Eng
Iish church have been unearthed at Wa
verify Abbey. near Farnham. Surrey. as
we'll as the remains of the monks
lormitories, the kitchens and the dis
culinary cells. Several old oaken cof-
fins were discovered in perfect state
Of preservation, among them that of
William Manduit, third baron of Hans
Iape and kings chamberlain, who was
buried in 1894. -s--,.-----s
The Winslow mail., 1899-03-04
Soldiers Not Liked.

Soldiers are despised in China. They
belong chiefly to the coolie classes
The German officers engaged some time
ago by the German government found
that their most important task was 10
overcome the soldiers own feelings
that they were lower order of beings
than other Cinnamon.
The evening times., 1899-04-19
MERRYMAKING AT A TOMB.
Fun and Fen-tinR Arranged for In
Will.

Petersburg Ind, April 19.-There was
the biggest funeral al White Oak. near
here. on Sunday last. that has ever been
known in this section of the State. II was
| the jolliest day of the year for all the
countryside. Everyone ate, drank, and had
| fun. There was music by several brass
part in the jubilee.
The funeral was that of William War
| ner Hayes. an old and eccentric resident.
who died two years ago. The burial was
deferred until now because Hayes had so
| ordered it in his will. He also ordered
! jollification. His estate paid all the ex-
| pense OF providing merriment and refresh
ment for the multitude of villagers and
! farmers. Here is the provision In the will
under which the executors gave the demon
stration:
Bury me for two years in a simple vault. while
nv money lies at interest. And then, when the
| two years time is up hire brass bands, make 4
grand feast. open the vault. and with merrymak
| ing follow my body to my grave, where it will
be inferred.
Hayes was a prominent man in this sec
tion and was favorably regarded by his
/ fellow townsmen. He lived to an old age.
and when he died il was found that his
estate was larger than anyone had sup
| posed. He was one of the richest men
| hereabouts. A part Of his estate was
| 1000 acres of valuable timber and farm
! ing land.
During his life he was very eccentric in
| his habits. He was very proud Of the fact
that for fifty years he was never seen In
| public without being gayly decorated with
beautiful pictures and with ribbons Of all
| colors and sizes. During his entire life be
called himself pike County Bill Hayes
| tn, 1aH oil In, hfc xri1v hat he
trees in the park where the body was to be
placed were to be decorated with red, while
and blue ribbons: five platforms for dane
| ing were to be erected; two brass bands
were to furnish the music, and the persons
present were to- be feasted on five head OF
cattle, twenty head of sheep and a large
number Of hogs and chickens. Fifty kegs
Of beer were to be given out to the crowd,
and for failure to carry out the above pro.
visions Of the will Pierce Hayes, the only
son, was to be disinherited.
| pike County Bill's always boasted Of be-
ing a Jacksonian Democrat, and it is said
that he never missed q big Democratic
meeting held in Pike county, sometimes
travelling thirty miles in order to be pres
| ent. Upon these occasions he would wear
dozens of badges and emblems represent
ing his political party. His political ad-
vice was good and could always be relied
upon.
| Upon his tomb is inscribed: Born a
Democrat, and died Democrat"
There was great astonishment when bis
will was read and II was found that he
had made the strange provision. His ex-
| ccutor said that he would follow the in
structions contained in the will, and the
people promised that they would do their
psSt In trying to make the actual funeral a
success. They did their share Sunday.
Men. women and children came In from
| every direction and filled the little town.
Bands played from dawn until late at
night: there was dancing in halls and
The evening times., 1899-04-19
INNOCENT MAN WAS CONVICTED
PardOned After Serving Four Nenrs
for q Crime He Did Not Commit.

PardOned After Serving Four Years
for . Crime He Did Not Commit.
Gouverneur, n. Y, April 19.-Mrs. Sibyll
Barnes. of Fowler, n. Y, has been notified
that Edward F. Haynes. who has been
confined in the Jail at Provo City. Utah.
since 1895, under sentence OF life impris-
onment, was pardoned on Monday.
Five years ago Haynes was living On the
shores OF Utah Lake. short distance
away there was another cabin known as
the Pelican Point ranch. where two Latti-
mer brothers. stepsons of Haynes. and an
other young man. their cousin, resided. On
the opposite side of the lake were George
Wright and his wife. Haynes had had con-
siderable trouble with the boys at different
times.
One day the Lattimer cabin was found in
a condition which indicated murder. The
rooms were spsttered with blood and de-
nuded OF all articles of value. few
weeks later the three bodies were found il
the lake.
Suspicion pointed toward Haynes on ac-
count OF the quarrels and threats. He was
indicted. tried. and although the evidence
was purely circumstantial, found guilty.
Haynes was sentenced to be hanged. but
the sentence was committed to imprison-
ment for life.
oDe night dDOut tut title VI INC hbiuch
George Wright left home heavily armed.
He returned the next day with team and
numerous household articles. a few days
later he left that section, locating in the
Utah Valley. Salt Lake City paper gave
among other details of the murder list
of the property stolen. which Mrs. Wright
saw Tailed exactly with that brought home
by her husband She left MIN. coming
East to this place.
Wright. later drifted to Freshwater,
Col. a mining camp near Cripple Greek.
One morning a miner was found dead
close to his cabin. which had been robbed.
Wright was foreman of the coroner's jury
which held the inquest and he wrote the
verdict that the deceased came to his
death at the hands of persons unknown.
few weeks later Wright sole 400 hun
dred sheep and was arrested. He jumped
his bail bond and became fugitive. Evil
dence of positive character, charging him
with the miners murder was discovered
and the authorities offered reward.
Chief Of Police Harder received one OF
the descriptive circulars and recognized the
man wanted as one who had visited Mrs.
Wright here. He learned Mrs. Wright S
suspicious regarding her husband and no.
titled the authorities at Provo City. A
sheriff came here and after hearing the
woman's story took her 10 Ltah to testify
in Haynes favor.
Wright is still at large.