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The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
SOME BIG FEES.
European Physicians Sometimes OBJ
tain Fortunes for 81 Sim
gle Operation.

Several European physicians have
made fortunes by single operations.
DR.. Thomas Dimsdale, Hertfordshire
specialist, who was summoned to ST.
Petersburg in 1852 to vaccinate Empress
Catherine H., received $60,OOO and a
pension of $4,000 year. A certain Dr.
Butler, who had obtained worldwide
reputation for his operations in lithot-
omy, received lakh of rupees (then
forth $50,000) from each of six Indian
rajahs for releasing them from their
pains. The late czar of Russia paid Prof.
Zacherine, noted specialist of Moscow,
$4,000 for two days attendance. DR..
Gale, of Bristol, received a check for
$250,C00 for curing a certain prominent
nobleman of diseased knee. DIR. Gale
Gowski, who travelled all the way tc
Teheran to attend the son of the late
shah, received $4,000 and his expenses.
Sir William Jenner received a baronetey
and $4,000 for four weeks attendance
at the bedside Of the prince of Wales.
Sir Morell Mackenzie received 100000
for attending Emperor Frederick. Per-
haps the most eXtravagant fee Of all
however, is that of an English army
surgeon, who charged an Indian rajah
$4,000 for one prescription in simple
case of rheumatism.-
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
Welded TO FILTH.
Bath Tabs Are Unknown and Horses
Stabbed In the Houses of
Some CUb0ns.

DR.. John Morgan Williams, of Louis
Vile, Ky, member of the hospital
staff of the Third Kentucky, recently
csta ablished threehospitals at Matanzas,
and was one of board of physicians
to look after the sanitary matters of
that city.
Everywhere among the natives"
said DR.. Williams, 81 encountered the
greatest obstinacy and objection to the
advanced methods of the American,
from the penniless peasant to the
wealthy nobleman. They regard sci
entifc plumbing as a foolish fad of the
Americans. They seem positively
welded to filtlA I'm afraid that it will
take long time to get them to take the
precautionary measures to prevent con-
tagious diseases.
THE richer families of Matanzas.
which is a town of $4,000 inhabitants,
keep their horses and carriages under
the same roof in the houses in which
they sleep. In many cases the horse is
stabbed in the front room and can be
plainly seen from the street. A modern
bath tub is something not to be found in
the citY,'
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
OFFERS TO A QUEEN.
PeorIe who Wanted to Cure and
Pray fer Her Majesty
CT Belgium.

The queen of Belgium did not lack
sympathy in her recent illness, for, in
addition to the most patriotic express
sions from her subjects, telegrams and
letters came piling into the Belgian
court from all quarters, says the Bos-
ton Transcript. Perhaps the most
original communications were from
England.
An Englishman addressed a lette-. to
Princess Clementine Offering to for
ward some remarkable device which
had cured him cf broncho-pneumonia
iAclosing photograph which showed
into what healthy specimen OF hui
manity he had since developed. An
other, believing her majesty's illness
due to cancer, sent a triple-weight let
ter describing several cures for this dis
case. a third said his valise was packed
and he was only waiting q telegraphic
call, when he would go at his own cx-
pense, and guaranteed a cure within "a
hours.
There were also several letters from
clergyman Offering to go to Laellen to
pray for the queens recovery, averring
that on a similar occasion they had
saved the prince of Wales life by inter
mediation.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
WORMS AND CYCLONES.
Are the Greatest Trials OF the Wharf
Owners In Southern Sea-
board Cities.

Spring is the time the small white
torredo worm does business down
south in the wharf piles Of cypress
wood. The first warm day Of spring
the wharf owner looking down into the
green water tapping the edge of his
pier secs a swarm of floating insects
about an inch long and about a yard
below the surface. The next day he
looks for them and they are gone, every
one-gone into his good piles. They
will never be seen again this season;
they will come the next. and by the
third year the wharf owner will need
to put in a new lot of piling. The tor
redo worms cat away steadily until
they cut the hard logs fairly through
just below high-water mark.
In years past it was the custom in
some of the seacoast cities CT the south
to build wharves of a cribbage Of logs,
resting on the harbor bottom and
packed in with concrete. But the al
most yearly cyclones picked up these
contrivances and set them down bodily
a quarter of a mile uptown in some
quiet street. With 20 feet CT mud for a
bottom and heavily loaded wharves and
the torredo worm working persistently
Into the morning." the Lord Knows
as q Charleston wharf owner said the
other day, what holds US up.''
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
THE SWEEPER TEAM.
to Be Seen on city Horse
Car Lines,

The sweeper team, always the pride
of the car stable, is disappearing rap
idly now before the power sweeper OF
the electric and cable roads: but when.
on occasion, it does appear on the few
remaining horse-equipped lines of the
city, it is made up in the same fine
style as ever. When the sweeper team
finally goes for good it will trot away
in good form and flying colors, says
the New York Sun.
Thus there was seen the other day on
city street car track over which horse
cars are still running a sweeper team
Of eight white horses in perfectly
matched pairs and all good-sized, the
wheel pair big horses and the other
pairs tapering uniformly to the leaders,
but not running down very much, just
enough to give the big team form and
style. The names of every set of har-
ness were painted red, not a glaring
red nor muddy dark red-it was more
pinkish and transparent-and this mar
row band of bright color running
around the black collar Of each white
horse looked neither gaudy nor out Of
place; it gave the outfit just the proper
touch of jauntiness.
The horses were all good steppers ana
they moved with proper pride; the
big team was of course we'll driven. 1t
was not perhaps the greatest team ever
was, but it was something uncommon
slick,
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
INHERITED HEALTH.
There Are Men who Are SeIf-Made
Physically as Well as
Financ cially.

There is, it is true, as great an in
equality in the inheritance of health as
i'll the heirship Of wealth or brains, says
the North American Review. Some are
born with fortune of vigor and sound
ness so large that not lifetime Of eager
squandering viii leave them poor and
others enter the world paupers of need
SO dire that no charity from medicine
can ever raise them to comfort; but
most Of us have just that mediocre leg
acy of vitality which renders us undis
tinguishable units in the mass.
1t lies in the hands Of each to improve
or waste that property as he chooses,
for there are selfmade men physically
as well as financially; those who, be-
cause of ancestral wastcfulness, have
only n sixpence Of health and turn it
into a fortune; and there are spend
thrifts of health who come to as sor-
rowful case as spendthrifts of goll.
The body is realm where wise and
frugal ruler brings happiness as surely
as a foolish one insures distress, and
wisdom here, as elsewhere, lies in learn
ing and obeying natural laws.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
Crippled Feet in China,

Mrs. Archibald Little, an English
woman who lived in western China for
IL years, says there is growing senti-
ment against the practice of crippling
the native wOmen's feet. While she
was there they held drawing-room
meetings to discuss the subject and
about 200 of the best families in Chung
king and 1880 families in the adioin-
ing district agreed to discourage the
custom. Men are responsible for the
practice, for the first question they ask
in regard to = possible fiancee is about
the size Of her foot The engaged young
Chinaman, when he is dining with his
trlOD10 OttOD DnOndlH D"']"''' t"'H'
friends, often proudly produces from
the recesses of his caPacious sleeves n
shoe TO prove the smallness Of his fu-
ture- Wife's foot. Women with these
crippled feet can walk and run, but, ac-
cording to Mrs. Little, it is almost i'm
possible for them to stand still. When
they try it, they hold on to whatever
happens to be nearest to them and
sway backward and forward with
rocking motion.-San Francisco News
Letter
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
SIGNAL SERVICE.
AS Operated by the Captain and
His Bride When They We're
Separated.

The captain had not been long mar
ried when he was ordered into camp.
The long-expe cted call had come at last.
TO be sure, the camp was in plain sight
of the captains residence, which was
some mitigation of the hardship, but
then it was still separation, and to
| tighten their terrible condition it was
arranged that the bereaved husband
and wife should signal to each other
often with handkerchiefs, says the Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
1t was on the second day that the
young wife was seated on the porch
reading.
''Tell me, Jane" she said, sis Arthur
still signaling?"
"Yes, ma'am," answered the maid.
'Then keep waving your handker-
chief. | want to finish this novel;"
At the same moment, in camp, an Off
Ger from an adjoining company stepped
up to the captain.
II say, old man." he asked, "why do
you keep that man out there all day
waving handkerchief?''
"Oh, it's merely bit of signal code
practice for him." he answered. Say,
I've got some good stuff inside"
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
TOO SPANISH FOR EE2.
The TribuladioRs Of On Army Nurse
Who Didn't Understand the Lam
Euage in Cuba.

An army nurse but lately returned
from Cuba to Washington declares thai
never again will she go to countr
whose language she cannot understa1,.
reports the Washington Post. 1t W;
before hostilities had cone to deGni,
end that she was startled one day by t
unexpected visit of her Cuban LAM,
dress. The woman was intensely ex-
cited. Anxiety sat on her brow and
sorrow dwelt in her eyes. She gesticu-
lated and she talked. The nurse knew
not a word of what she said, but the
pantomime filed her with terror. The
Cutan's hands seemed to speak of an at
tack on the hOspital-of wounded men
butchered and nurses cut to ribbons. The
nurse was frantic. She must know the
worst. In the hospital was an officer
very i'll with typhoid fever She knew
he understood Spanish. Only in rat
ter of life and death would she disturb
him, but this was obviously q matter of
life or death. She led the Cuban woman
to the bedside and there the story was
repeated. The officer listened intently.
The nurse held her breath. The CUBAN
ceased. The sick man turned his head
on the pillows.
"She says" he whispered feebly, "she
says the stripes in your pink shirt waist
have run, and she doesn't know what to
do with it,
That same nurse confesses to having
been desperately homesick down in
Cuba.
1T gave me the blues" she said, mot
to be able to make even the children m
derstand me, and one day, one indigo
day, great big sleek cat walked into
my room. was SO glad to find some
thing that could understand me.
Kitty. kitty, kitty! said. The cat
didn't turn its head.
Pussy pussy!' said. The cat took
no notice. The cat-the very cat spoke
Spanish. 1t was more than could bear
I couldn't even call a cat"
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
PULLED THEM UP.
and FRANZ, the Guilty One. Was Per-
fectly Placid About the
Matter.

The woman who has a country house
comes to town these days and tells tales
OF her trials and joys, says the New
York Commercial Advertiser. She came
in from Long Island for q de; 5 shop
ping last week, and after glowing ac-
counts OF her flower beds and the won
derTul kitchen garden she had planned
fer the summer she said: We ALWAYS
have curious experiences wil1 garden
workers and farm hands; not clat we
do much farming, but we have to keep
some one to watch over the potatoes
and keep an eye on the peas.
This year we have fine man and
our garden is like an English picture.
But Franz was not SO good when we
got him. He came to help our farm
hand, Peter, and Peter set him to work
in the onion patch. The onion patch
was the pride Of my life. 1t was flour
ishing as nothing-but weeds-had ever
fiourished in my garden, and | took
more interest in its progress than
did IN my rose bower. Well, after Franz
had been busily bending over the onion
patch one morning Peter discovered, to
his horror, that his assistant had pulled
up all the big onions. Nothing but lit
tie ones remained
when the storm of questions and re-
proaches broke over his head Franz
said, placidly: Why, the big ones were
crowding the little ones. They hadn't
room to grow. l wanted to give them a
chance, and pulled up the big ones"
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
Indians Hungry for Books.

The PenobscOts offer a fair example
of what education and school training
can do for the Indian. This tribe is on
an island in the Penobscot river, near
Old Town, Me-, and still maintains its
tribal organization, elects it's chief
and council, and makes it's own laws,
Although the village is no longer made
up of birch-bark wigwams, it is COM
posed of attractively built houses, vary
ing from one-roOm shanty to the two
story dwelling of the modern American
type, with parlor, dining-room, and
kitchen on the first floor. There arc
also church and two halls, in the latter
of which public meetings and festal
gatherings are held. They have a sub
stantial and welI-planned schoolhouse,
lacking nothing but books, of proper
and sufficient kind. Not only does the
schoolhouse and its pupils feel this lack,
but the older Indians are eager for GOOD
reading matter. History is their ia
vorite subject, and next to this thev pre-
fer stories of travels and accounts Of
birds and animals. Anyone having
books which he would like to donate to
some charitable purpose may rest as
sured that they will be appreciated to
their full worth by those Penobscot In
alans. They may be sent direct to the
Indian village, addressed Penobscot In
dian Library, Old Town, Me-, or they
may be sent to Mr.. Montague Chamber
lain, Quincy hall, Cambridge, who is
keenly interested in the welfare of these
Indians-the original American stock.
Boston Transcript.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
BeiIfgerent Crabs.

The most savage specimen of the crab
species is found in Japan, seeming to
dream of nothing but fighting, to de-
light in nothing half SO much. Tho
minute he spies another of his kind
he scrapcs his claws together in rage,
challenging him to the combat. Not
moment is wasted in preliminaries,
but at it they go, hammer and tongs.
1t sounds like two rocks grinding
against one another as their claws rat
tie against the hard shells. The sand
flies as the warriors push each other
hither and thither until at last one of
them stretches himself out in the sun,
tired to death. But he does not beg
for mercy or attempt to run away,
only feebly rubbing his claws together
in defiance of his foe That foe comes
closer, and with his claws trembling with
Joy at his victory the conqueror catches
hold of one claw of the vanuuish Z
crab, twists it until it comes off and
bears away the palpitating limb as
trophy OF his prowess. Such is a bat
tie between warrior crabs.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
CURE OF OBESITY.
A SimpIe Course of Exercise and a
Restrictive Diet Accomplish
Wonders.


While general exercise is valuable, it
is not alone sufficient to aid those who
are too stout, particularly those an
noyed by embonpoint, but specific mo
tions are necessary. Here is simple
exercise which works wonders. L
must be performed with the corsets
and long skirts off. Assume perfectly
upright position-that is, put the heels
together, the arms by the side and the
head high, and the spine curved tc
throw the chest out and the hips back.
Then touch the floor in front of the
feet with the fngertips, without bend
ing the knees. Rise to the standing
position, and repeat Is times. If there
is much fatigue, raise the arms oFeT
the head before descending, to soothe
and stimulate the nerves of the back.
This simple exercise has been known
to reduce the weight 20 pounds in
three months, the greatest effect be-
ing over the abdomen.
AT first there will be a difficulty in
reaching the floor without bending the
knees, but this can be overcome by
persistent effort, which adds interest
TO what might seem monotoncus and
meaningless. Drop the arms, and by
a series of UP and down motions, Ike
pumping, the tense muscles of back
and thigh will relent, and the hands get
nearer to the floor. At the end OF a
week the difficulty should be overcome
and suppleness gained.
When it comes to diet for obesity, the
rules are so much like those for dys-
pepsia and gout that invalidism is sug-
gested. Primarily the ban goes out
against that wicked trio of sweets, fats
and starches. All are tabooed, and that
means a diet SO monotonously simple
that many one lapses into her former
state of indulgence from WEAKNESS and
impatience.
There can be no candy, no enticing
drinks from the soda water fountain.
no sugar in coffee or tea (although
saccharine can be used), no desserts;
nor can there be anything fried, moi
mayonnaise, nor creamy things, no1
farinaceous. Vegetables that grow be-
low ground-plebeian vegetables, like
potatoes and beets-must be left out
of this spartan diet, and butter is for
hidden. What is there left? Why
this: A cup Of hot water an hour be-
fore meals, none with food; fresh meats
except pork--and pulled bread, with
some indulgence in vegetables anC
fruit. This of course is severe, but il
is only necessary for a short time, and
surely will lower the weight. After 9
sufficient number of pounds have van
ished into thin air, a more generous
diet should be gradually adopted
Harper's Bazaar.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
PIDGIN ENGLISH.
The GrO:esque Cih5crish Used in
China between Foreigners
and Natives.

| The nondescript tongue known as
pidgin-English" is almost the only me-
diurn of communication between for
eigners and the Chinese, and nine
tenths of the enormous business done
in China between the English, Germans
and Americans and the Chinese is done
through this grotesque gibberish.
Mr.. Chester Holcombe, in his Real
Chinaman," gives two amusing anec-
lotes to show how absurd it is.
A young foreigner who called upon
two young ladies, also foreigners, was
! informed by their Chinese servant:
"Thal two piecey girlo no can see.
Number one piecey top side makee
washee, washee. Number two piecey
go outside, makee walkee, walkee." He
meant to say that the elder of the two
was taking a bath upstairs, and the
younger had gone out.
When King Kalakaua, of the Ha-
waiian islands, visited Shanghai, he oc-
cupied a suite Of rooms mp one fight Of
stairs at the Astor hoGGe Two Amer
lean gentlemen called to pay their re-
spects one morning, and meeting the
proprietor, inquired if the king was in.
II will see," replied the landlord, and
shouting to a Chinese servant at the
head of the stairs, asked: boy! That
piecey king top side, had got?" "Hab
got" laconically answered the servant.
Gentlemen. his majesty is in. Pray
walk up," said the landlord
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
TIE HEAVIEST TRAIN.
Great Accomplish nent OF en- Epc,;po
ON the Baltimore &
OAio RCoa.

| When the receivers of the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad began the now famous
series Of improvements of the physical
condition of the entire system, their ob-
! iect was to increase both the trainIOad
and tie number Of revenue tons FER
mile, and at the sane time reduce the
cost of transportation Much has been
done, and by the lowering of grades,
elimina ton of curves, laying CT new
steel rails and the purchase of heavy
motive power they have very materially
added to the number of cars per train
But it was not until the nth of March
last that a demonstration was made of
what might be expected Cf the new Bal
timore q Ohio railroad. Enough new
Seton capacity steel cars had been de-
livered tc give the operating depart
ment chance to experiment. Fifty
steel cars, each weighing 4,O0O pounds.
were loaded with an average of 98.0OO
pounds of coal. TO them was coupled a
new 22x2S-inch consolidation locomo-
tive weighing 168,7OO pounds and hav-
ing 54-inch driving wheels.
The start was made from Cumber-
land, Nd, and the destination was
Brunswick, Nd, on the Second division.
In his report General Superint erdent
Fitzgerald says the train was pulled
with comparative ease and that the
class of engines used will be able to
handle so cars of so tons capacity each
on that division without trouble.
Hitherto the trainload on that di-
vision has been 325 units of 6b tons
each, or about 1900 tons, a 40 per cent.
increase over that of five years ago.
The 50-car train was computed as con-
tanning 407 units, Or C,45S,1C0 pounds
gross. The net weight OF coal in the
, train was 4,756,1c0 pounds.
1t was by far the heaviest train ever
hauled over the line and demonstrated
that heavy power, modern equipment
with safety appliances, and a good
track, mean more revenue tons per mile
and decreased cost of transportation.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-08
IN FASHIONS REALM.
Handsome Costumes Of Light Mate
rails for Summer - Pretty
Shirt Waists.

Blue, white, pink and other daintily
colored organdies, muslins, bareges and
grenadines are effectively trimmed with
Iuches and ruffies of the dress fabric
edged with black lace. On the bodice
is a mixture Of these decorations with
bands Of lace insertion. or very often
there are yoke and sleeves OF net match
ing the lace in design.
Very handsome costumes of vicuna,
lightweight ladies' cloth, or soft kid
cloth, are made Of two distinct shades
of the fabric, and decorated with straps
Of the darker shade ard small round
tailor buttons; cr, if a daintier effect
is desired, straps, vest and revers of
cream or white cloth are used, with a
yoke of braidwork CT silk cord applique.
The White-cloth decorations give style
to the gown, while not adding much to
the expense, as three-Quarters of yard
of this wide fabric Will cut up into plen-
ty of trimmings for both waist and
skirt.
Very dainty and pretty effects are
devised by the modistes in finishing the
tops OF sleeves of gowns already in
preparation for the summer season, the
shape below the shoulder being, with
out exception, plain, trim, and ex-
| ccedingly close. Gowns Of net, lace,
chiffon, ETC., have narrow tucks, alter
mating with bands Of insertion, CT they
are shirred round and round the arm
spirally, or trimmed with folds and odd
ly placed designs in lace applique. In
every case, however, the sleeve is a
small one. simple in effect, and one
with which most women are now great
ly pleased.
Some pretty shirt-waist models have
been designed for the coming sum
mer, some of them showing a deep sail
or collar, joined to pointed revers that
reach the belt in front; the entire piece
of woven guipure lace, with cuffs and
girder to match. These trimmings
adorn pique, linen and duck waists, as
well as those of taffeta, foulard, or
wash silk; other styles are trimmed
with very handsome Swiss or Irish en-
broideries. Again waists are seen with
removable vests, stock collars, and
girdles OF liberty satin. Besides these
are countless morning waists formed of
India linen, percale, dimity, bishops
lawn, fine qualities Of dotted and cross
barred muslin, plain and fancy swivel
silk, and zephyr gingham. The ma
jority OF these resem bic as nearly as
possible boys shirt waist, with a
single plat down the front, few gath
ers On each side Of this plat and on the
shoulders, and double pointed yoke
on the back. The regular shirt sleeve
is shaped with but little fullness on the
shoulder, and the entire model is small
and extremely plain.--N. Y. Post.