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The Winslow mail., 1899-01-07
THESE INDIANS ARE RICH.
A Family Of Ten Osages Have an
Annual Income of $500
Each.

The Usage Indians, according to Gen.
Pollock's annual report, own over 500
acres Of land for each man, woman ard
child, each receiving an annuity Of over
5000. AS an illustration, if IN Indian
and his wife have eight children, the an
nual cash income of the family is over
$4,000
Indian Agent Stephens. of the Grow
Creeks, reports that serious nuisance
and detriment to progress is intertribal
visiting. demoralizing to the Indians.
Capt. Cornish, of the Uintah and
Ouray agency in Utah, complains in his
report that there never has been any
settlement of the claim of the Uncom-
pahgre, White River and Southern Utes
on account of the cession of about
8,0G0,00o acres of land to the United
States under treaty of 1880 in consid-
Grafton Of certain benefits. The treaty
required that the land should be sub
ject to cash entry only and that the pro-
ceeds after reimbursement to the
United States for sums appropriated
ard set aside in the Ute act and paying
for lands which might be ceded to the
Utes by the United States, outside OF
their reservation at $125 per acre,
should be deposited to their credit in
the treasury, the interest payable to the
Utes annually with the rest of their an
nuity money. This claim is still un-
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-07
LONG RUN BY WOUNDED DEER.
The Animals Carcass Found Four
Miles from the Spot where
the Shot Was Fired.

! have often found evidences in the
woods of a game animal which has
escaped the hunters after being NOR
tally wounded by them, said an old
hunter who. according TO the New York
Sun, has shot over the neighbOring
ground of the three states radiating
from the tri-states monument in Fort
Jervis, Y. Y. An animal wounded by
A gunshot that does not prove in
stantly fatal may travel fD- miles be.
fore it Crops dead. Once when after
birds in Sullivan county. near night
fall, | came across very recent signs OF
deer. | FASTENED to cover a nearby
runway, hoping to get a chance shot
! always carry a few loads of buck ir
my belt. Within 10 yards of the place
a splendid buck broke cover and GarteC
Ike shadow across a little cleared
PLACE. | fired, but upon careful exam
ination OF the ground could find nc
signs of having hit. 1t was quick work
but there was no reason for man with
good eye to miss. I followed the
trail for a short distance without find
iEg any trace of blood 1t was quite
dark by this time, and / gave up the
search.
The next day l took it up with anoth-
er man who knew the ground well, and
although we searched for hours we
could lind no trace of my charge Of
buckshot, which always creates consid-
cradle havoc in the brush and sap
lings. am too old hand at the game
10 shoot at the treetops when | see n
deer, and we concluded that the aGi
NAL had departed with my uncom-
Portable load of nine buckshot con-
cealed somewhere about his person.
Two weeks later I heard that, on the
morning following my adventure, a
farmer living within four miles of the
place had found a dead buck only a
few yards from his barn. He shipped
his find to New York and received fer
it $40. Until this moment I have with
held my lamentations.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-07
HOW IT FEELS TO BE SHOT.
One of RoosevcIt's Rough Riders Re-
Iates His Experience at
Santiago.

A member of troop i, of RCosevelt's
rough riders, John Hammer, Jr., came
from Ardmore, l. I. He had served
under his father as deputy United
f7iuol1 and perseverance, We're CURED
He IS only about "a years of age, and,
u, H. orDoDiODOO
in letter describing his experi ience
before Santiago. gives an inside
glimpse Of a soldiers life. He says:
''Brother, this old hero's life isn't
what it's cracked up to be. 1t seems
sometimes that it is fOolishness to
think that I will ever get home alive.
exploded just in front of and a little
over me, and ore of the grape shot
hit the ground right in front Of me,
then struck ME right square on the
shin bone. The same shell killed one
man about four feet in my rear, and
shot another to my left. They were
shelling US pretty hard, but we had to
take it. There was an old house there,
but l would not go into it, for fear of
falling ti1nbers, though it was just
about as safe outside. I was lighting
a cigarette when / was struck, kneel-
ing down on one knee. 1t paralyzed
my leg fer awhile. 1t was just as ii
it were asleep, and every time I tried
10 step I went down. a friend of mine,
q San Antonio (Tex.) boy, named Race
Smith, helped me to the field hospital,
then went back to the firing line and
was torn all to pieces by shell. He is
not quite dead but is in terrible
shape. l am going to see him to-day,
and will try and mail this to You. had
one letter written you when we had
the ether fight, and wore it out in my
pocket, SO will try to get this one eff.
I am not having much fun out of this
life. | would love to see you all, love
to eat one good square meal, with
clean dishes and table cloth, and
cream ard sugar in my coffee. 1t
would be a great treat. Think Of me
when you are eating those good bis
cults, steak and gravy. Stay at home,
where you can eat."-Leslie's Weekly.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-07
CAT KILLS A TURTLE.
FUss Meets with a Eew KIND OF Crea-
t0re and Has Hard Time
CT 1t.

Farmer Egerton has a large cat
named Scrapper which has long been
the terror Of all the dogs and cats in the
neighborhood. One day lately he met
his match in a large turtle. Discover
ing he queer creature taking leisure
per Ieapel on its bach ana Ella SSe,I way
at lively, rate. The turtle seemed to
Ill 1 lIl6IE IQIG. INC tuIut otc1nco 10
rather enjoy the performance. 50 Sc1 aT.-
per changed his tactics. He soon saw
where the turtles head came out, and
he sat down to watch the spot, reports
the New York Press.
Presently The turtle peeped out tc
see if his enemy was gone. Scrapper
made grab and missed. This was e
peated three times, and then the turtle.
keeping his head safely inside the
shell, put cut his feet and attempted
to crawl away. Then Scrapper caugft t
foot of the turtle with his teeth, and
the fight began in earnest. The turtle
pulled and struggled but, finding itself
being pulled away, put out its head
and with quick snap caught one of th4
cats hind feet in its viselike jaws.
Scrapper pulled, bit and scratched,
and doubtless would have called the
fight off, but the turtle held on in tri-
umph.
Finally Scrapper secured good
hold of the turtles head. and the turtle
would have withdrawn if he could
But the victorious Scrapper was il
short time limping home with the tur-
ties head in his mouth, as trophy {
bis hard fought battle.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-07
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

There is TnethC1 Of destroying the
life of trees by boring a hole into the
trunk in downward direction and fill
ing with sulphufic acid.
The average yield from potato-patch
farming in Philadelphia this year was
$240 an acre. For each dollar exDerGed
from $3.50 to IS worth of produce was
realized.
1t has been found that the moss Of
the tamarack swamPs in Minnesota is
as good as that of the south for up
holsterers' use, and there is premise Of
an extensive industrial development in
the preparation OF the new commodity.
Returns to the geological survey
show that the total production of lead
in the United States from all sources
in the last six months Of 1898 was 1885,
113 net tons, compared with 289. sos tons
in the year 1897, and 2G4.994 tons in
1896.
Contrary to a widespread belief that
hard woods give more heat in burning
than soft varieties, it has been shown
that the greatest power is possessed by
the wood of the linden tree, which is
very soft. Fir stands next to linden and
almost equal TO it.
Prof. Lindley estimates that single
frond Of the hart's tongue, Scolopen-
drum, which is a small fern. will pro-
duce 100000 spores or seeds. ''If all
should grow they would in a few years
cover the whole continent. "Many of
our native ferns produce seeds in great
er abundance than the hart's tongue.
The felt mills at '-,olgeville, n. Y,
which became famous en- account of
Alfred Dolge's social experiments, and
which closed at his failure some months
ago, have reopened under a new man
agement. The proft-sharing schemes,
the ''model housing" and the short
hour experiments of Mr.. Dodge have all
been abandoned.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-07
A MODERN JONAH.
The Yacht That Is Being Built In,
land by Man in Mary
land.

A steam launch rs feet long. being
built 2R miles from water, is the un-
usual sight which may be seen on the
road from Pomona to Quaker Neck,
Kent county. The boat is building
within few feet of the public road, and
many Of the original timb have
routed away during the tedious con-
unuance of the work. About Is years
ago says the Baltimore Sun, Capt. A,
'uuSon' man who had gone down TO
me sea in ships" for many years, came
10 hent and opened store. After me~-
chandising for short time he bought
pretty little home near the village of
Fomona and started a sawmill. Finally
the old sailorc conceived the idea CT build
ing his yacht. The keel was laid, the
rIos slowly assumed position, and win
Ter and summer the work dragged on.
Years passed. The first timbers began
10 decay, and before the completion Of
one part the timbers were of necessity
replaced by new, and yet the pet scheme
was not abandoned, and now the dry
iand ship is nearing completion. The
yacht is to be IS feet in length. IL feet
oeam and feet hold. She will be pro-
Peiled by steam, and, the captain SAYS.
VIII turn off 20 miles an hour. 4 cabin
40 feet in length will be built and fitted
up for long cruise, the intention of
the captain being to revisit many scenes
f---i'is early sailor life. The p1zzling
question to the casual observer is: How
is this craft to be gotten to the Chester
river more than two miles away? The
captain says that with one horse tho
launch will be quickly and easily moved.
The boat now has the deck on and =
is expected that the launch will bo
made next summer. The launching day
Will be made memorable, and the spon.
sor Tor the novel craft has already beef
chosen.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-07
A NATIONS GRATITUDE.
MoEument to Americans Who Tough,
for Venezuelan Inde-
pendencs,

Nearly century ago ten American
citizens fell cu the field OF honor, fight
ing for Fenezucla's independence.
Led on by Gen. Francisco de Miranda
these ncble-hearted men, failing to
achieve victory. elected to die IS
heroes, and were shot on the beach at
Puerto Cabello, OF the 21st of July 1896
ever since when the untiring waves.
who, like a faithful lover, received
their farewell kisses, their last adieuX.
their dying accents, had perhaps alone
preserved their sweet membrance Of
them and GstCnished at the forgetful-
ness Of men had continued in the face
CT Heaven, without pity nor. relaXa-
tion, without fatigue ncr repose. to
cry aloud their names to posterity. but
alas! unheard. undecided. Was it ever
to continue thus? Were their names
to disappear like those Of so many
noble heroes? Impossible, among a
people where the memory Of the dead
is held sacred, and where the recollec-
tion of great deeds is deeply revcr-
enced.
1T gives US therefore great pleasure
TO be able to mention that on the &C.
casion of the elaborate ceremonies
which took place in connection with
M:randa's APotheOsis, Gen. Ignacio
Andrade, president CT the state of Mi
r2nda, issued ere of his usually we'll
timed cecrees which provides that a
monument shall be erected TO the
memory of those large hearted citizens
of the United States Of North Amer
ica."
The above excerpt is taken from an
article which appeared in the Vene-
zuelan Herald On the ed CT August.
1886. The monument to the memory OF
our noble compatriots has now been
erected and its Inauguration viii take
place at Maracay-the rev capital of
the state of Miranda On the 30th and
31st Of August and 1st Of September.
The president of Miranda has officially
invited the American minister. Hon.
Z. u. LoCTais, and the members OF the
legation to take Part in the Gedica-
ton Cf the monument. Gen. Ignacio
Andrade, now the president of the re-
public. has also promised to assist.
thus giving new proof of the high
esteem in which he holds the American
nation,-Nenezuelan Independence.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-07
Heat as a Medical Measure.

Medical journals occasionally take
up the subject of treatment by means
of heat. The method has not met with
extreme favor because OF errors in ap-
plying it. This form Of aueviating
pain and curing disease is by no means
new, having been successfully prac-
ticed by some of the laity for many
years. The heat must be extremely
dry to have the best effect: steam or
moisture is incompatible with success,
for as soon as a sufficiently high tenn
pcrature is reached the steam renders
it unbcarable to the patient. Cne OF
the best and simplest ways to apply
dry heat is 10 fill bottles or cans with
boiling water, wrap them in pieces OF
cloth and place them as near to the
patient as can be borne. Neuralgia,
rheumatism and digestive disorders
have been known to vanish as If by
magic under this treatment. All that
is necessary is to refill the vessels as
often as required. They must be abso-
lutely water-tight and not q drop of
moisture must touch the wrappings,
as this would create the steam, which
is so Objectionable. CongestiYe head
aches and severe nervous attacks have
been removed at orCe by this means.
| Where medical facilities are not easily
kept expressly for the purpose of hold
ing hot water will be found of great
advantage y. Ledger.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-07
inexpensive sa.a.r,acr Dress.

To have q summer dress which is
light in weight as well as airy in ap
pearance is the principal object dur
ing the sultry days of July and August.
These dresses can be made at home of
white or printed organdies and are in
expensive. Two narrow ruffies edged
with baby ribbon finish the bottom OF
the skirt. The waist has Ike and a
slightly bloused effect in the front. til :
back fitting somewhat snugly. The
sleeves are gathered, narrow rufle
to match those on the bottom cf the
and making a pretty effect \ white
belt or sash ribbon to match the baby
ribbon is often worn with this cos
tume.-Chicag Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-07
HE LAUGHED TO TIE LAST.
Red Cross Nurses story of n Sol
dier witt, Smile OF His
Dead Face.

Some one has said that trained
nurses grow hardened to their work,
out the sudden gush of tears which
now and then blinds nurse in the hos
oital wards at Montauk would prove
the contrary. Especially hard upon
these nurses are the night experiences
when life Gibbs low and the strain Of
silence and darkness is over them.
Said one soft-eyed night nurse:
''Oh, if you could have seen my first
patient! He was a lovely boy Of 10
from somewhere cut on the Mexican
border. In the four days in which he
was under my charge 1 grew very at
tached to him, but suddenly, when /
was perfectly sure he would soon get
well. violent change came and in
spite CT every care he died. My heart
failed me completely, but there was
no time for weakness. Too many
cases were needing attention.
81 was put in another ward tenn
oorarlly and took especial charge of
one very peculiar patient. He lay
stolidly staring at me without par
ticle of expression in his eye, and by
his apathy rather than by real opposi-
tion refused all nourishment and medi-
cine. l couldn't induce him to speak
at first, ard it took ten minutes CT
coaxing to persuade him to swallow
teaspoonful of beef tea. Finally he
did so, however, and after another
Eve minutes he consented to take an
other and then another, the stolid ex-
preston presently changing into one
Of intelligence.
eff you could have seen the change!
Why, he laughed and joked and made
such grimaces that my ord srly and
were convulsed with laughter, and
even the weak men on the neighboring
cots feebly Joined in the laugh. His
nonsense was absolutely cOnta gious.
so much so that at last was obliged o
slip away into the dizPensary to give
III uua1 ...
him an opportunity to sober down ard
Incidentally TO prepare some matted
milk. When | returned five minutes
later his expression was still a laugh
ing one, and the orderly, although at
tending another patient, gave me a
knowing smile as L leaned over the
weak mans cot. But this time the pa
tient did not speak. He was dead. with
the smile still on his lips and Il strange.
half-mischievous wink lingering about
his eyes. s."5Collier's Weekly.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-07
A RED MANS DRINK.
Red Ink Is Favcrite Beverage
Among the Indians of In
dian Territory.

Vigilant as the deputy maTshals are
in Indian territory, and drastic as the
application of the prohibition law by
the courts may be, several kinds of in
toxication safely defy all statutory pro-
visions. Amazing quantities of Jamaica
ginger are consumed in the territory.
The stores handle ginger as a legiti-
mate drug. A teaspoonful will cause
choking and coughing for several min
utes in throat unaccustomed to swal-
lowing the powerful stuff. But there
are men in the territory who drink two
or three bottles day with apparent
satisfaction to their educated stomachs.
More Jamaica ginger is sold in the IN
dian territory than in half a dozeTS
states where whisky selling is licensed.
Red ink is another favorite territ ory
tipple. This is not nickname for
something else. The ordinary red ink
which the bookstores of the states sell
for writing purposes is beverage in
parts Of this country. The ink drinker
of cultivated tastes will buy bottles or
the half dozen al time and swalloe,
the contents with relish. Essences
which sell elsewhere for favoring pur-
poses are drinks under this civilization.
Anything which has a basis of alcohol
is in demand. Intoxication is craved ,
and the stomach of the Indian terri
tory drinker does not quarrel with the
form in which it comes. Wood alcohol,
accounted poison in most parts of the
country, is consumed in considera BILE
quantities. The peddlers buy it in Okla
homa, dilute it with water, and sell it by
the pint on this side ofthe line.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-07
THE PASS ON SHAKE.
"F' Uozsieoy Makes Few Scatter.
ing Observations Upon
Fresh Subject. sAa

There are various kinds of hanu-
shakes" said Mr.. Gozzleby, according
to the New York Sun, among them
the pass-on shake. which is used at
receptions and one place and another
where there's lots of people coneioe ',,
! all the time and where it wouldn't he
possible for the man that the people
had come to see to stop and take half
day with each person. So, if the man
in front gives signs of being a slayer,
the man receiving shakes hands with
him heartily and says:
Why, my dear sir, 1 am delighted
to see YOU He imparts to his hand at
the same time, with what grace and
skill and tact he can command, a slight
sidewise motion. in the direction in
which the line is moving. This is the
pass-on shake.
Il got it once in church. Passing
down the aisle after the service. was
met at the end by one of the officers,
who shook me cordially by the hand
and spoke most pleasantly giving me,
however, the Pass-on handshake I
think l didn't quite expect it. l sort
of imagine that l had always thought
it the Christians duty to put up withN
anything. bores and anybody else, al
ways, and wait the other mans pleas
ure and be more than patient, be agree
able and polite besides. But I don't
think that just now. think now, for
instance. that a man would have no
more right to block up passage in a
church and make other folks uncom-
Portable there than he would have any
where else; and when such a man does
come along. why, it is perfectly proper
to give him, in due time. with firm but
gentle kindness. the pass-on shake"
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-07
HOLLAND HOUSE.
A London Establishment That Is
Unique Among the Homes
Of

Englisnmen have no idea of society in
DnS nDnnon nae ..a4a...
the continent tai sense Banquets balls
and parties, public and private, have
always formed an accompaniment to
the parliamentary session; but the Sc
lect coteries which meet almost daily
in Paris-in the informal gatherings
termed salons" where friendships are
cemented with that mixture of grave
and gay conversation in which our
mercurial neighbOrs eXcel-are foreign
to the English life, says the Fall Mall
Magazine. In it's records, as we'll as in
its surroundings, Holland house stands
out brilliant exception in this respect.
1t is unique among English homes,
standing as it does in its own lovely
gardens, surrounded till lately by the
fields of kensington. now in the middle
of densely populated district and
within walk Of the center of London.
1t has ceased for half a century to be
a country home and, though it has
changed hands repeatedly, its treasures
remain intact. It's architecture is char
acteristic; its portraits and busts recall
all the most interesting personages
who have lived there Every room is
flied with rare objects and historical
relics; it has neither been robbed to
pay death duties nor spoiled by vandal
taste. 1t possesses, moreover, a special
interest as the center round which re-
volved for nearly half century all that
was brightest and most intellectual in
an age of strength and great achieve
menrs-those whose influence so pro-
foundly affected the political events of
the dov
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-07
LONG DRIVE FOR WAGER.
An Indiana Nan Rides to Portland,
Ore, Behind a Span of Year
ling Ponies.
A rather UNIQUE looking procession

A rather unique looking procession
wended its way down the main street
of Barker City, Ore. recently. on its way
10 Portland. The outfit consisted of
three covered wagons. followed by a
carriage drawn by pair cf thorough
bred yoarling ponies. 1t was the latter
that attracted the most attention, says
the San Francisco Examiner
ln the carriage sat an old man.
whose weather-beaten face showed the
influence Of the effects Of sun and wind.
10 reporter he said: My name is
Il, FL. Slytcr, My family and self
started on April II from Howard coun-
ty' Ind. to cross the country TO Port
land. We are travelling on d wager.
and this is what the wager is. Do you
see this team Of ponies. They're thor
oughbrcds.
y man in our county in Indiana said
that that team Of yearlings couldn't
cross the country to Portland and live
through the trip. We are not limited as
to tine, and just took cur Crn tirne to
make the journey. We followed the
Union Pacific to Granger, and from
there to Rawlins, WyO. From RawIins
we came across country to Boise, and
from there to this city. We are taking
it easy, still we cover good many miles
in day We hate had some pretty
tough experiences; yet, to take it al
together. we got along all right. \
one time this team I'm driving Travelled
13 miles without hay, yet you see how
they lock.
Whats the wager? Well. that's be
tween ne and the man that made it.
report to his agent when get to Port
land I'll Win the wager, then me and
my folks will 60 farming"
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-07
Queen victoria,s Havana Cigars.e

Queen Victoria has a great dislike to
smoking, and will not tolerate the use
of tobacco in her immediate neighbor-
hood. And yet the cigar bill for her
guests is a very heavy one. The prin-
cipal item is the brand of the finest
Havana cigars, which are speciaiiS
made for her, and sent to "lnosor III
glass tubes hermeticaliy sealeu-
Oueen Victoria's could not be haa even
in Cuba at wholesale prices uncer
dollar apiece. The men VINO MAKE
them receive 80 cents for eacn clgar'
and none but the oldest ana moso
slIi1i4nl workmen ere entrusted with
their manufacture. At tins rare 'Iey
can earn quite small fortune Tor
eoo CIGARS day can be turned ont by
he hest MEM. Y. World.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-07
England Crazy over Croauet

Croquct, the revival of which in Eng
land was announced not long ago, is
said to be making alarming strides, and
in places to threaten the sovereignty of
golf. They have made new game of it
three times as difficult and scientific
as the old-and the craze is ON.
The Winslow mail., 1899-01-07
Abdul Hamid as a Pistol Shot.

The sultan, in fear for bis personal
safety, has taken to revolver practice.
lie shoots at a target daily, and has, it
reported in Paris become so prof.
cient that he can fire with equally fatal
facility with either his right or his left
,or6