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The Winslow mail., 1899-06-29
4 REMARKABLE WOMAN.
Although Forty-Three Years of Her
Life Have Been spent I'm Bed,
She Finds siuch Work.

WAY back in ~ little family
crossed The great Atlantic from Eng
land to make home for themselves in
the great new country beyond the sea.
The father was strong and robust, bat
the little mother was weak and gentle
aud white of face. The bairrs-there
were several of them-were taught TO
help themselves, for mother was not
strong enough to give them the many
attentions that mothers deal out with
such sweet unselfshness.
just outside the city of New York
they made for themselves little home.
The father went to work, and at night
helped the little woman with the house
hold cares that sometimes tried her be-
yond her strength. Things went hap
PLY for them, and, after few years.
they moved into the great city. But
there their luck changed. The father
was taken i'll, and, after a short illness,
died The little mother dried her tears
and began the plucky fight for exist
ence. But only few months after the
father was laid away dreadful acci-
dent befell her. and she was put into
bed, never again to leave it.
Her sufferings were intense, but her
courage never faltered. Some friends
stood by her, and cheered her On the
pathway that would have looked so
dark to one less brave and plucky. AS
her strength came back little by little
she began to sew, making little knick-
knacks that women are always pleased
10 buy. She pieced silk bedquilts for
her patrons. and every stitch was like
every other stitch, not hairs breadth
longer nor hairs breadth shorter.
Finally the fame of her work spread.
and her customers increased to such an
extent that she no longer had need to
fear the wolf of poverty. Some one
was found who was willing TO attend
TO her few wants and to cook for the
children.
And now, after 43 years, Mrs. Bella
COok-for that is her name-is in bed
in the same little room and the same lit
tie house that stands in Second avenue.
New York city. She has never left her
bed, yet she has supported her family.
raised her children, and is now deeply
interested in charity and church work
The children are grown up men and
women, and there are bright little
youngsters who look upon grand
mother" as the incest woman in the
world. But the remarkable part of the
story has yet to be told.
Mrs. Cock is happy and cheerful and
contented. She is more than that. for
she bestows her cheerfulness upon all
who meet her. Her little house is filed
each day with visitors Of all classes.
who come and seek her advice and en-
couragement. Although the woman
has not risen from her bed for nearly
half a century, she is possessed of SO
much sweet hopefulness and good heart
that people flock to her for consolation
and sympathy. Surely this is remark
able case of human endurance and
resignation.-Chicago Times Herald.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-29
HINT Ger pe,rcS Relies.

The house in Montpelier, Vt, which
DR.. Julius Dewey occupied and in which
all of his children were born was orig
i-ally small, but was several times
added to. Within the last two Or three
years, wishing to replace this modest
structure with a handsomer, moro mod
ern edifice, Edward Dewey, the second
son. sold the dwelling and barn (retain-
ing the grounds) for $3.50. Three days
af{erward the buildings were resold for
s4oc, the last purchaser, VINO paid the
cost of removal, placing them On q lot
on State street. Since the battle OF
Manila this house, as the birthplace and
early home of its hero, has been en- OBJ
isct of interest to tourists and relic
hunters. The latter, indeed, have
threatened to carry it away rlecemeal,
a souvenir fiend in one instance wrench
ing off a silver-plated faucet and leav-
ing the water running in the bath
room with the pressure OF the full sys-
TEN OF 15s pounds.-DOston Transcript.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-29
LIISCZLLAaE0UC ITEMS.

The per capita cost of maintaining
convicts al The Michigan prison is 38H,
cents 4 day. and the average daily earn
irSs are 25Ils cents.
4 new nail box is designed TO prevent
tamper;ng When person tries to re-
move the contents. his action Is record
ed in the main office by means of an cleo
tric circuit.
ELCrscs giraffes ard ostriches have
the largest eyes Of all terrestrial mi
mails. but among marine animals there
are cephalcpcGs. or ink-fshes, which
have eyes as large as Z plate.
y trained Dare dog acts as ar assist
ant to a gang Of Chinese highwaymen,
1t springs uFcn he victim. but does net
bite him. When the victim holdsup his
hands the dog ceases its attack, but
watches him closely while the robbers
plunder him.
BY experimenting with a dead man s
ear, Frof Alexander Graham Bell hit
upon the idea which led to the inrcntion
Of the telephone. lie found that the
dead mans ear was sensitive to the Vi
bratiOns of sound. and he contrived a
mechanical device which is equally SEN
sitiye.
One hundred sneezes a minute is the
record of a schoolgirl in Washington,
patient of DR.. w. NJ. Borton. She
sneezed almost constantly for 10 days,
and some days. it is estimated, she
sneezed $4,000 times. After an abscass
had been removed from the interior Of
her nose by the use of electric needles,
the sneezing stopped.
Aquatic flowers open and close with
the greatest regularity. The white
water lily closes its flowers at sunset,
and sinks below the water for the night.
In the morning the petals again expand
and float On the surface. The Victoria
regia expands for the first time about
six o'clock in the evening, and closes in
a few hours. 1t opens again at six
o'clock the next morning and remains
so till afternoon, when it closes and
sinks below the water.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-29
COOKING AND MORALS.
Lack of Stimulating and Nutritious
food CFten Leads NEan Into
Entenperance.

When man does not get the stimu-
lating nOurishnent which his nature
Graves he resorts to liquor to supply
the want. With this fact staring one
in the face, is it not wise to teach that
unfailngly good food, with all the ele-
ments that stimplate and nourish the
body and brain, has its moral as we'll as
it's physical benefits? There are cases
on record proving the benefits Of public
school cooking, where the domestic
sky has been perfectly cleared of
clouds simply because good food was
offered, where before it had been bad
ly cooked, and consequently did not
properly nourish. In one home the sub
stitution of a well-cooked cup Of cocoa
for the sloppy, herby tea that had be-
come component part of every morn
ing meal, and nice Indian cake or
plate of mullins for the dry bakers loaf,
began a work Of reform. The father
was proud of the daughters skill as a
cook; the mother who had grown care
less and shiftless and Indifferent, was
shamed by it. The consequence was
better provision on the part of one, and
more care and preparation on the part
OF the other. The mother was by no
means above turning to account some
of the practical knowledge the daugh-
ter had acquired under such competent
training, and she began also to brush
up her own knowledge that she had
carelessly allowed to fall into disuse.
The result is a happy home, united
family, a cheerful, contented wife, and
a man who puts into the family larder
what formerly went to the saloon
Sallie Joy White, in Woman's Home
CoroDop;OD
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-29
YANKEES DYING OUT.
Falling Off of Native Births and In
crease Of Deaths.
Facts Shown by Board of Health
Statistics i'm the Old New
EGCpand States - New
Population.

By startling leaps the old Yankee race
seems to be dying out in Connecticut
and in most of the old New England
states. Every report of vital statistics
compiled for several years in Connecti-
cut and all the New England states ex-
cept Maine bears witness to the fact,
but none has proved it so thoroughly
as the annual report of the Connecticut
state board of health. The decrease
shown in the number of iuha bitants of
American pacentage, not alone of the
descendants of the old English or Pill
grim settlers, but the second, third, and
later generations of descendants of
other nationalities, is startling. For
this class of population the death rate
is shown to exceed the birth rate. The
Connecticut Yankee appears to be
marry and preserve the family Stock
while the foreigner who has just ar
rived records the same increase in fam
lily as the neighbors he left in Europe.
In Connecticut country towns the de-
crease in the birth rate is most signifi-
cant. In six towns in New Haven coun-
ty, with total population Of $3.50, there
were last year let deaths and Sc births.
In AZ country towns of the state, with
population of 56,449, there were 1,030
deaths and 800 births.
From 1855 to 1897 there were 3O,183
American and 20,CS2 foreign women
who were mothers of at least one child
among the residents Of Connecticut.
There were HOSP foreign women and
1885 of American birth who had borne
three children during that time, but
only 7S4 American women had borne
ten children, while 1,535 foreign moth
ers had borne that number during their
life.
Between the eight years mentioned
the percentage of births of American
parentage fell from 452 to 4O.9 per cent.
and the percentage of births of foreign
parentage rose from 35.7 to 42.2 per
cent.
The number of children born in Con-
necticut of native parents in 1897 was
S,425, of foreign parents 6,687, and of
mixed foreign and American parents
3,246. This is the first time that the
number of children of foreign parents
ever passed the number born of Ameri-
can parents in Connecticut.
Although the American families of
the state have furnished less than half
of the births they have given the rec
Ords Of vital statistics material for more
than half the deaths for the last ten
years. In 1897 10,037 American born
persons died in Connecticut to 1914
persons of foreign birth. The fact that
the foreign-born residents of the state
furnished only about a fourth of all the
deaths is one of the remarkab BILE facts
brought out by the report.
The problem of the relation of the
birth to the death rate in Connecticut
has not assumed serious proportions,
as there is a large-sized increase in the
total number of births. The feature of
the question which furnishes food for
thought is that, at the present rate,
an entirely new set of inhabitants will
populate the cities and towns of the
Nutmeg state within half a century,
Chicago Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-29
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

There are II metals more valuable
than gold.
A man walking day and night with
out resting would take 428 days to jour
ney round the world.
More newspapers are printed IN the
United States than in England, France
and Germany combined.
Queen Victoria has seen every throne
in the world vacated at least once, and
some of them several times.
The largest building is the Coliseum
at Rome. 1t is 615 feet in greatest diam
eter and 120 feet high.
The work performed by the human
body in day, in circulating the biooos
breathing and other involuntary proc
esses. is equal to that of % horse-pow-
er for one minute.
The largest loaves of bread baked IN
the world are those of France and Italy.
The pip" bread Of Italy is baked IN
loaves two or three feet long; WhllelH
France the loaves are made in the shape
Of very long rolls. four or five feet IN
length ana III lHdi1 Sp9eS
Remarkable Discovery OF BANK
Note.-Mrs. James Blaylock, provision
dealer, Howard street. Blackpooi, re-
Gently purchased box OF onions from
a wholesale dealer named Wilson, ana
whilst examining the contents OF the
box she found piece of paper indorsed
with a foreign name. The paper was
taken to local bank, and there identl-
fed as Portuguese bank note, when
has since been cashed for & sc.
The negro baby, when it comes lnto
the world. presents delicate pink cor
or; the second day it is Elaci ten Gays
afterward il is the color Of tanned
leather; and at Is days il is chocolate
color. The coloring matter which hes
between The layers Of the epidermls
is seminuid. or in the form of fine
granuIafons; in the Indian it is RED
and in The Mongolian yellow. 1t IS IN
fuenced not only by sun and by eil-
mate, but by certain maladies. and the
negro changes in tint just as the "nl'e
nerson does
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-29
Crime md Disease.

Science, the final authority, had long
since decreed crime to be Il disease. Ac-
cordingly, when a man killed his wife
and children his friends were very APP
prehensive for his health. In no small
anxiety they waited the progress OF the
maiady. But the neXt day the man
killed only his grandmother and one of
the servants; it was plain he was mend
ing, The attending physicians issued
hopeful bulletins, predicting that with
n a week or SO the man wouldn't be
<illing- anybody to speak of.-Detroit
journal
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-29
plenty of Girls Like Ker.

eve stopped economizing," said the
girl with the violets, as she stirred her
chocolate. Il cant afford it. trimmed
myself this hat I'm wearing last month
and saved ever so much. ! saved so
much that I felt able 10 buy new
Gown. and it VIII cost three times what
! saved before it's finished. It's always
the way. If save a car ticket by walk
iDr downtown I spend one dollar for
vi0lets before | get home In going
70 stop trying to save, and I've painted
= prove-o to go on my mantel to remind
me Of It: 4 penny saved IS a dollar
wasted "-Washingtun Post.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-29
SPRING COLOR FANCIES.
New Fabrics Designed for Dainty
Costumes for Up-fo-Date
DrcaS crs.

The fabrics Of spring are as soft and
delicate as the dainty attire of nature
herself on Easter morning.
Crisp, rustling silks have had their
day. The new spring silks are all soft
and Of wonderful beauty.
Satin is in favor again, and the nov
city Of the moment is liberty satin,
wrought with lace designs. The ex-
quisitely soft liberty satins now come
plaided and striped with lace inser-
tiOns. The lace is appliqued upon the
satin and decorates it in transparent
bands.
The most beautiful material which
has been displayed for many a long day
is tie new liberty satin scattered with
true lovers knots in guipure lace
Charming effects may be obtained with
this lace-wrought satin A black lib
crty satin, with lovers knots Of white
lace, is effective made up over lettuce
green lining, the green showing plainly
through the ilmy lace. White liberty
satin striped with bands Of black lace
insertion and lined with white silk also
make a striking gown. These lace ap-
pliqued satins come in all the new fash
ionable shades, especially the tints suit
able for evening wear.
Another new spring fabric for ones
very best gown is creped silk. The silk
has glossy finish and is mass of
crinkles. Peau de Sole and eros-grain
satin will renew their old-time poPu-
larity this spring, and for their wear
ing capacity these silks are unequaled.
Among the new colors are the wedge
wood blues, the fern greens, prune,
which is a rich, reddish violet, and rose
wood are attractive names for new red
with a brownish tinge. = Chicago
Chronicle.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-29
The UnconqueraDIe Sparrow.

The sparrow has kept up cheerful
campaign against the human race for
thousands of years. While all the big
game is beirg exterminated in both
hernisphrrcs. mis- CHEEKY little bird bids
fair to outwit his enemies and so on
chattering down the ages. All Boston
is now arrayed in two camps, for and
against the sparrow. But he does not
ask quarter from his enemies or favors
from lis friends. Christian Register.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-29
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I'LL Neu Potatoes.

Peel and cut into slices three large
notatoes. place frying pan with two
ounces of beef fat over the fire; wnen
hot put in the potatoes, season with
one-half teaspoonful of SALT one-qnar-
tor teaspoonful of pepper, stir often
and fry till done without cover then
serve. If the potatoes are alio"eo 10
stand in cold water half an hour be-
fore cooking they will be much nicer.
Chicago Evening News.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-29
business.

Steady Company latter a running
conversation on business success in
generaD-I :nust say, Miss Florence,
that if there is one thing particularly
admire it is business enterprise.
Miss Florence-So do I. There's
young Rushman. for instance. Hes
only been calling on Miss Sparks two
months. and they're engaged already.
Dispatch.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-29
PPrSiu 70 COUtpsf

The shah of Persia is profound be-
lever in the possibility of his country
once more assuming the proud posi-
ton it once held. The Persians ought
to rule the world, in his opinion; the
power Of Great Britain will wane ere
long, and there will be contest among
the nations for the place. Persia, he
says, will be in that contest.-N. Y Sun.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-29
A British Cruisers Narrow Escape.


Her majesty's ship Eclipse narrowly
escaped the experience Of the American
cruiser Maine during her stay at Bonn
bay recently. 1t appears that while the
officers were at dinner in the wardroou
an explosion occurred beneath them.
followed by sounds Of numerous slight,
er conclusions. The sounds were To-
Gated in the shellroom of the l2-pound-
er quick-fring gun. This was at once
flooded, and after pumping out the in
spection showed that three l2-pounde1
shells from the top tier had exploded
the fragments being scattered all over
the room, though little damage was
done to the room fittings or to other
shells. These shells are of a highly ex.
plosive character, but no others showed
signs Of injury. \ court Of inquiry was
ordered, but no information beyond
that already known WAS ELECTED, the
only explanation OF the mystery being
a theory Of spontaneous explosion
Advocate of India (Iombay).
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-29
Not TIL After Lent.

May-Oh, Ethel sing that beautiful
song. When Again We Meet
Ethel can't. ! mustn't use meat in
any form till after Lent. All can Fay
now are the scales.-JuGge.
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-29
irving to he Funny.

"14enry, it has been discovered that
there is poison in al! wall paper"
"Yell, don't worry about that; we
may not have to ea; anv."-puck. -
The Winslow mail., 1899-06-29
MANY PEOPLE.
Guard the German Emperor in Sc
cret When He Goes Driving
in Berlin.

Whenever the young emperor OF Ger
many goes driving in Berlin telephone
message is sent to the police station and
within five minutes policemen are scat
tered all along the road over which the
emperor will appear. These men must
be in the center of the roadway when
the elnperor's carriage drives by and
keep one whole side of the street clear
for him. At the same time other men
strew sand on the asphalt pavement so
that the horses driven by the emperor
shall not slip and fall, for the emperor
is q very fast driver and thinks great
deal of the royal horses, which, of
course, are the finest in Germany.
All at once, with clatter of hoofs
and scattering Of sand, a carriage shin
ing brightly in the sun comes da, :aing
down the street drawn by beautiful
coal-black horses who arch their necks
as proudly as if they knew they be-
longed to the greatest man in Germany
and carried golden harness on their
backs worth fortune. You have only
time to see a HANDSOME and richly
dressed young man and the white
haired empress in the carriage, when
it is gone, and the 200 men who have
been sent out to look after the safety of
the emperor in few minutes have left
their posts as quietly as they came. So
easily is all this done that strangers do
not notice anything strange, only per-
haps remarking that there are more
policemen than usual on the Streets
Cincinnati Enquirer.
touches OF Black.
A black lace train has an excellent ef-
feet mounted over white lisse and worn
over a white lisse dress; and novelty
in artificial flowers is a black rose with
green leaves, and black pansies are also
to be seen with green leaves. A train
of soft black liberty satin, rnwdered
with jet sequins, bearing a We led bor-
der of chenille and jet, is very lovely,
and a study in violet may be well
achieved with dress of three shades
of mauve tulle and a train of violet
panne, lined with mauYe and trimmed
with trails of orchids. What an exceed
ingly becoming color violet is; it ex-
ercises beneficial effect on the com
plexion alike of the blonde and of the
brunette. / believe most implicitly in
the value of the bunch of violets in
the center of the spring toque, al
though, as have previously mentioned,
the rarer blossoms are the more in ia
vor.-St. Louis Republic.
Leave Room for the Wild Flowers.
If you are a lover of the truly beauti-
full, reserve a north, northeast or north
west corner of the yard for ferns, wild
violets, aquilegias and cypripediums
etc, which on your visits to the woods
you may bring home with you. A col
lection of this kind, including a good
quantity of the daintiest ferns, such as
the maidenhair and rock ferns. and a
number of our prettiest wild flowers,
ba source Of Ialioh+
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-07
THE G.. A. II. ENGAGEMENT.
Significant sparring Over Pension
Nntter-Johnson Commander.

PHILADELPHIA, September G-The
Grand Army Encampment elected Senior
ice-Commander-in- Chief w c. johnson
as commander-n-chlef, to serve the I'M
expired term Of twenty days Of the late
Colonel Sexton, and selected Chicago for
the next annual oncampment. The days
proceedings included also numerous al
dresses and reports. and a Significant
/ sparring over the report OF tho Commit
tee on Pensions
This report was held I'm tho greatest
/ secrecy. 1t complains OF the construc-
| ton OF the act OF 1880. for the relief or
the civil war veterans and their Widows
| and orphans. not conditioned upon evil
! dence OF service disability IL says the
| original construction OF this was altered
/ I'm 1898 by unjust and arbitrary rules, but
expresses the confident belief that res
/ ident Mckinley will take measures To
bring about different ruling In the fu-
! ture.
! It asks that the limit OF income sufii-
| Gent 10 debar widows be put at not less
than $3.50 a year. and that other rigid con-
ditions be revoked. II repudlates the
charges Of imitation OF the pension roll
1 by Lfduuuienl SiaihS' hhu N"1''S"bN"
! assertions.
The report was discussed four hours to-
day, many delegates favoring immaculate
| adoption. but the committee was frally
| Instructed TO submit IL again tomorrow,
with recommendations and resolutions.
p, The annual reports show 2s7,9H MEMBERS
/ In good standing on June Soth; nsses by
death aggregating 1894. and that 1,e72 de-
serving sick and manned are not rcceiy-
ing pensions A plea was made for gov
/, eminent attention TO 66S2 soldiers graves
unmarked.
Numerous auxiliary associations held
4, their annual meetings here to-day.
The National Association OF War Nete-
rams voted against admitting Spanish war
veterans 10 membership. and two deiega-
tions from Newark. n. j., bolted, ana
| threaten an opposition association.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-07

Dr. ]. T. Wade. who had several rela-
tives and q number Of friends in this
city. died at Arlington, Neb.. on last
Sunday.
He was for several years manager or
the Keely Institute at Ashland, and re-
sided there. He was IN this city almost
daily during his residence there. lie re-
moved 10 Nebraska about four years ago.
and had been very successful In the prae-
tlce OF medicine there.
Sunday evening last he went home short
" before midnight and retired. His wife
was aroused by the sound OF heavy
breathing, and before she could get up
Or. Wade was about t3 years old. He
was the son OF the late Colonel Wade. OF
Christiansburg, Va, who once owned
Montgomery White Sulphur Springs. He
married a Miss Van Meter, or West Vir-
ginla She survives him with no Children.