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The Winslow mail., 1899-04-01
PIG WITH A BROKEN LEG.
Her Queer Pets Injured
Member Set.

The physicians at the city dispensary
have all sorts of patients. but new
record was made the other day.
says the Indianapolis News, when
woman brought pig there to have its
leg set. She drove up in a carriage
and exhibited five-weeks-old pig. with
q broken leg, and entered into negotia-
tions TO have the injured member re.
paired. While she was talking she
raused ever and anon 10 hold milk.
bottle 10 the little sufferers mouth, tc
stop its pitiful cries.
DR.. Kennedy informed her that it was
not in their regular line to practice OF
pigs, but the case might be taken-for
consideration. DR.. Pink asked her why
she did not go to a veterinary surgeon
and she said he would charge too much
for the work. DIR. Pink offered to set
the limb for so cents.
"Oh, you're awful high" the woman
almost screamed. "I studied medicine
myself, and have an idea of what you
ough. to charge. I'll give you quar-
ter"
But DIR. Pink would not come down,
and the woman finally consented to pay
the price. The doctor was about TO be-
gin the operation, and had given the
pigs leg preliminary pull, which
made the bottle again necessary, when
the woman was struck with an idea.
'Isupposeyou guarantee your work.
she said. 81 think so much of the little
fellow, and 1 want to know that his leg
won't be crooked when he gets WE'LL
DIR. Pink would not agree to guaran-
tee the job without additional pay. he
informed the woman that it would cost
an additional dollar to guarantee it.
This almost caused the woman to faint,
and as soon as she could recover from
the shock, she grabbed the reins and
drove away.
The Winslow mail., 1899-04-01
TWILIGHT REVERE.

Though the nights dim shadows falling
Have blurred the light,
To you dear, my heart is calling
Calling tonight.
Though no more the sunlight g!istens
III sky of blue,
In the shadows one still listens
Longing for you
AID memory-artist of truth
Paints one dear face
A face that's fair and pure in youth
Radiant in grace.
Surely death cannot enthrall you,
Making you dumb
To my voice, dear, when l call you
Call you to come?
Mother-mother. Can't you hear me?
Do those cold skies
Hold the spirit that would near me?
3 Oh, are your eyes
To earth's sorrows and pities blind?
Have you no word,
No token, dear, that human mind
May know you've heard?
Only silence. Breaths from mead
owS
Lone have found me.
Mystic silence-and the shadows
Close around me.
Eta Wallace Miller, in Atlanta Consti
tuition.
The Winslow mail., 1899-04-01
A CUBAN EPISODE.

Twas in front Of Santiago, ana the iopuiy
| screaming shell
,,omrrirgled with the canon's roar and
ringing Yarkee yen
While the rafting bullets and the cries OF
fear ard pain
combined 10 make a picture none will want
to see again.
The Spaniards held the trenches and de-
c,ared they'd never run
From all The Yankee porkers that were
roofing 'reath the sun;
We soon found they were foemen not un-
worthy of cur steel,
And some of US, I'm very sure, uneasy
quite did feel.
This was my first experience in real wars
inhuran ways,
And l fou-d ii very different from what
I'd seen in plays;
But 1 screwed my courage up and resolved
to blaze away
And do some deed of valor that would help
to save the day.
aimed at fat captain, with large and
roomy frcnt-
Big game 1 always do select when I start
out to hunt
1 pulled the trigger, and there was sharp,
resoucdirg crack,
Ard that Spanish captain doubled up, just
like a jumping-jack.
Twas then my conscience smote me ard
shivers through ne ran,
AS 1 thought how I'd deliberately shot
down a fellow man.
Yet, while my knees were shaking-my
courage almost flown
1 smiled TO think twas painless, for he
didn't even groan.
But when the fight was ended, 'mong pr!s-
ocers at the rear
1 found ny robust captain, still alive. but
acting queer
His stomach seemed to hurt him, and, ask
ing how he felt,
1 learned my shot I'd wasted-on the
buckle of his belt.
Chicago Daily News.
The Winslow mail., 1899-04-01
Five Dollars Postage .or Letters.

". F. Bailey contributes an article 10
Century On THE Pony Express from
St. Joseph, Mo-, to San Francisco.
Mr.. Bailey says: "The letters, before
being placed in the pockets, were
wrapped in oiled silk to preserve them
from moisture. The maximum weight:
of any one mail was 20 pounds; but
this was rarely reached. The charges
were originally SIS for each letter of one
half ounce or less; but afterward this
was reduced 10 $3.50 for each letter
not exceeding one-half ounce, this
being in addition to the regular United
States postage. Specially made light
weight paper was generally used to
reduce the expense. Special editions
of the eastern newspapers were print
ed on tissue-paper to enable them to
reach subscribers on the Pacific coast.
This, however, was more as an adj
vertisement, there being little demand
for them at their necessarily large
price,"
The Winslow mail., 1899-04-01
The girl waited at the tent doo1
. she heard no sound.
Not Absolutely New.

A missionary returning TO BasIe from
Patagonia brought with him a collec-
ton of Patagonian skulls. The cust ON
house officers at Les Verrieres opened
the chest, inspected the contents and
informed the owner that the consign-
ment must be classed as animal bones
and taxed at so much the pound. The
missionary was indignant. and eventu-
ally the officers reconsidered the ques-
tion. When the way bill had been re-
vised il appeared in he following form:
"Chest of native skulls. Personal eff
fects, already worn"
The Winslow mail., 1899-04-01
German Singing Contests.

The German emperor has devised a
new scheme for the encouragement of
vocal music in the German empire. 1t
will be put into operation in 1899, and it
consists of singing competition TO be
held in different town every year.
Cassel has been selected for the first
competition, the chief condition of
which is that each choir taking part
will receive an unpublished musical
composition about an hour before the
contest takes place. There will be 70
accompaniment. The kaiser's prize is
a valuable jewel.
The Winslow mail., 1899-04-01
A FRANK JAMES STORY.
Exciting Encounter of the Then
"Wanted" Man with an Un-
whiting Policeman.

When Frank James, the former out
law and train rObber. was in Kansas
City, Mo-. recently, the Star, of that
city, says, he told the following story
to one of the judges of the circuit court:
Before MY brother Jesse was killed
and before surrendered | and my wife
were staying in Baltimore, living very
quietly and under an assumed name,
because there was a reward of $4,000
for my capture. was walking leisure
y along the street one day when some
one caught me by the arm. l turned
and saw it was policeman. The po-
liceman said rather sharply: 4 want
you; come with me- The thought
flashed into my mind at once that /
was recognized and arrested. l was
heavily armed, and, of course, ! did not
intend to be taken alive under any cir
cumstances. | remember now very dis
tinctly that feeling of pity for the po-
hceman came over me, for my mind was
made up instantly to kill him and try
10 escape. But ! did not lose my pres
ence of mind. l asked him:
"'What do you want me for?'
"'There's been murder down the
street. he said.
well, / eiddn / DO it, told him.
al know that, but want you to sit
on the coroner's jury
II felt SO much relieved and so good
over it that had to laugh in his face.
| told him was not a resident Of Balti-
more, but was a stranger there visit
ing some friends. The police man apollo
gized and walked away. | went and
told my wife about it, and it made her
so uneasy that she insisted that we
must not stay in Baltimore another
day, and we did not We went from
there TO New York.
The Winslow mail., 1899-04-01
He or She.

The word ship" is masculine in
French. Italian, Spanish and sPortu-
guese, ard possesses no sex in Teu-
tonic and Scandinavian. Perhaps it
would not be al error to trace the Gus
tom back 10 the Greeks, who called
all ships by feminine names, prob
ably out of Difference to Athene, god
dess of the sea. But the sailor as
signs no such reasons. The ship to
him is a veritable sweetheart. She
possesses a waist, collars, stays, laces,
bonnets, ties, ribbons, chain, watches
and dozens of other feminine val
uableS
The Winslow mail., 1899-04-01
Lixhtest of All Liauids.

Additional experiments by Prof. De-
war have shown that liquid hydrogen
is by far the lightest of all known
liquids. It's density is one-fourteenth
that of water, and, curiously enough,
this happens TO be the same ratio of
density that hydrogen in the gaseous
state bears to air. Heret ofore the
lightest liquid known has been liqui-
fled marsh gas, which possesses about
two-ffths the density of water.
The Winslow mail., 1899-04-01
snow HurricaneE.

The Duran, or snow hurricane, of the
Pamirs is a meteorological phenome-
non of great interest. Even in midsum-
mer the temperature during a snow
Duran frequently falls TO u degrees
Fahrenheit. while in the winter of 1892
So it dropped to IS degrees below zero
at the end of January. The Duran
comes with startling suddenness, the
atmosphere growing dark with whirl-
ing snowflakes where scarcely minute
before the sky was perfectly clear.
The Winslow mail., 1899-04-01

Bill Jolley was snoring in the shade
CT the cart as the sun went down.
Little Suze lifted his hat gently and
peered into his face,
There amt no flies on dad now, an
I'm awful tired-'sides he's fast asleep.
Shoe; garn out O. that. you ugly old
goanna, an don't come 'sturbin' my
ded-if you had a dad ter fan ter sleep
yer'd give little gels like me Barcoo
start. My dads awful sleepy to-day.
Mumma says it's tanglefoot what
makes him sleepy, but dad says it's
swipes. Wonder what swipes is. I
say. dad, yer don't want yer little gel
;er stay here no more? Do yer, dad?
Do yer, dad? There now, I've asked
him three times. an he never said
nothin', so I'll go an have play with
my bald-headed child" Suze went o a
hollow tree. From it she produced an
armful of cardboard boxes, and bat
tered wax doll with no hair on.
sWas yer lonely without yer moth
er, bald-headed child?" said Suze,
fondling the doll; cause yer see had
to fan my daddy ter sleep. Daddies
is such noosances, bald-headed child
Don't you never buy no daddies; you
have God for big daddy. When go
to God I'll take you with me, an you'!!
have wings same S me, an your hair'!l
grow long again, an so curly. Moth
erll be an angel too, an SOIL daddy
but he won't get no tobacco and tan
glefoot up there; he'll be yarded up
keepin' his feather wings clean, an
playin' tunes on gold harp like a
good 'un. Stay there bit, bald-head-
ed child, an I'll make you a castle on
the road. where it'll stand without
tumbl;n' down. There amt no humpe-
ty-bumpetys on the road like there is
on the grass. You lie there awhile, my
dear, an kiss your mother fore she
goes"
Little Suze planted the doll among
the tuSsocks and ran off to make the
castle. Hot work it was making that
castle. Little Suze took eff her bon
net, pushed her curls back, and tapped
the flies from her face.
Now it's ali ready for my bald-he ad-
ed child; she will be happy and comfy
in her new house" she brought the
doll and placed ii in the castle.
"I'll gather some flowers, an make
yer a bokay. bald-headed child" said
Suze, and she ran to the river bank
where the bluebells grew long and
The Winslow mail., 1899-04-01
Shifting a Human Hair.

A Partisan has invented a machine
by which, among other things, he can
split a human hair Jengthwise into 80
strips.
The Winslow mail., 1899-04-01
Watch Ticks.

II kept continuously running a
watch will tick 1eO.144,ooQ times in q
year,
The Winslow mail., 1899-04-01

A KNOT OF JASMINE.

ID UN away Sue, love, an don't
n be stealin' mumma's raisins.
Look here. my little GEL" said the wom-
an, smiling at the child, there won't
be none left ter put in the duff fer
daddy's dinner tomorrow"
"Giv' US a han'ful, mumma, an Suzie
won't bother yer no more" said the
child, coaxingly, holding out chubby
brown hand, and jerking her pink sun
bonnet to the back of her head.
Such winsome, dimpled, little
creature she was, in her short pink
frock, bare-armed, bare-legged, and
brown as a berry, with tangle Of
yellow hair and bright blue eyes as
she stood there smiling at her mother,
her moist red lips parted, and showing
row of milk-white teeth.
There. now. Sue, run to yer dad a
bit, he's asleep under the wagon" said
the woman. as she filled the child's
hands. Bill. will ye have an eye to
the child?" she shouted.
"Aye, aye, mussus.' sleepy voice
answered from under the wagon,
where Bill Jolley, hawker and carrier.
lay with a newspaper over his face.
doing off the effects of the township
tanglefoct.
Come ere, Suze; come an stay
alongside o yer old daddy" He settled
himself comfortably, and turned lazily
on his other side. Little Sue had
pulled wisp of shivery grass as she
came along, and she slyly began tick
ling the hack of her fathers neck.
Now then, Suze, quit that there
thicklin', dye hear, yer young noos-
ance yer" said the man good-natured-
ly.
IF I'm a noosance,' pouted Sue,
'wot did yer have me fer, dad? sides,
amt a Eoosance; ants is a noosance,
cause they bite like fun; goanners is
noosance. SOS snakes an buZZflies.
an dingoes; but little gels amt no
nocsance," said Sue, shaking her head
wisely. Il didn't ask yer ter have me
God sent me. nlumma told me-
"Some little gels l know is rum
little begrars," said Bill Jolley, rolling
over, and fitting his hat, to look a. the
child. "but you amt bad little stick,
takin' yer by and large. Look ERE,
Sue, you go an cut branch off that
strychnine bush over there, my gel,
an keep the buzzflies off O yer poor
old DADDY while he has a snooze."
Little Sue ran to the edge of the
| river, and came back carrying glossy
green branch. She sat down patiently.
and tapped away the flies Till her
sturdy little brown wrists were tired
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-18
mes Hamilton Lewis

Ex-Ccngressman James Hamilton Lewis
Is expected in Seattle not later than the
first of next week. Mr.. Lewis has been VS.
ting in London, New York, Washington
and other weli-known places. In LONDON ne
told the newspaper men, ineiudsng the
Associated Press correspondents, OF his IN
terest in the claims of the American min.
ers In the Attn district who have been
deprived Of their rights, II is asserted. oy
the British Columbia alien bin.
With characteristic diffidence, Mr- Lewis
has not notified his political friends OF the
date of his probable arrival in Seattle. For
that reason, he may appear at almost any
time. like the ballet dancers VINO bob UP
from beneath the stage In grand opera He
was IN Chicago on Tuesday last, and 1t Is
believed that he viii rot delay his arrival
much longer.
Various matters political await Mr..
Lewis attention when he reaches home.
The Democracy, OF at least q portion OF II.
has been more or less At sea during the
past few weeks with questions of internal
organization confronting IL. These mat.
ters ii Is said, have not been determined
owing 10 the unfortunate absence of Mr..
Lewis. who Is expected TO act az arbitrator
In several matters a role with which he Is
toleraaly familiar.
One of the important questions which
Nr. Lewis viii be called on 10 help decide
Is the matter OF the election of new
state committeeman John L. Condor,
present incumbent of the position, IS about
to resign. as has been announced His
resignation has not been filed with the
state committee for several reasons. al
though he has publicly stated that he Is
through with politics.
Now. Mr.. Lewis was primarily responst-
bic for Mr.. Condon's election after bitter
struggle To succeed Lee Hart as the King
county member OF the Democratic state
committee Had Mr.. Condor followed his
inclinations his resignation would have
long ago been forwarded 10 Secretary Ma
lony. But j. w. Goodwin and other promi-
nent Democrats who are friendly to Mr..
Lewis have urged him to delay matters
while.
OF course IL would be the most natural
thing in the world for Mr.. Goodwin. Judge
Moore and the coterte of politicians who
compose the faction of which Mr.. Goodwin
Is the recognized head. to refrain from set
ting the momentous question as to Mr..
Condon's successor until Mr.. Lewis could
be consulted and his advice secured.
Another matter on which Mr.. Lewis may
be called in TO give advice is that of the
formation of an organization TO manage
the spring campaign. There are some DEM
ocrats who favor Citizens' ticket, with
municipal ownership Of public utilities as
the main issue. No contracts however
have been entered into by this wing of the
Democracy. and IL is given cut that no
radical steps will be taken until Mr..
Lewis can be heard from
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-18

There IS ore principle that must be
strictly adhered 10 In any successful VIII
lage musical society. there must ne no
drores TIE instant that auySne ~ admit
ted 20 membership on any other grounds
than ability the decline az the society has
begun. Regular attendance can re secured
only by arousing the enthusiasm Of tbs
members
The one wor5 that expresses the posi-
hsittieS 81 concerted instrumental music
for the village Is orchestra This word
while rather pretentious III sound. may
have aa extremely humble application
Orchestra Is mentioned "a opposed 20 band !;
the orchestra. being intended Tor indoor
practice. IS capable 81 exerting more re-
.inlng influence.
III fs 10 chorus work that the vocal en-
rssai7ly devoted. ard {; T. best rs assume a
hgxs stand from The outset and establish
Al cratic society rather than 8 chorus or
choral club For this purpose q welI-Sal-
ancei group ~ thirty ov forty vuiceS ia
sufficient II e Is composed - members ~lso
can really sing small chorus ~ unsx-
pectea volume - tone Is much ngaove efTec-
tive than a large enc with a aiSappotns-
szg voiGgae.
II nay be tust as vel to call attention
70 the fact that tire larger music ernport-
WINS, especially ghose In Boston. New York
Philadelphia aHs Chicago are always ready
70 give advise ard assistance - the selAc-
tson % music wssre fAs members ~ clues
Individually or collectively. do nGt kaow
Jest what Is D~st for sae.- yasY1gea $50
Ladies' Acxns Journal.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-18

f.egitimism In Francel is dead and Is
now represented only by such as the Mar
Guis de Kermaheue. who. for his part. can
only sneer in barren isolation. Orlesnism
is not only dead. but ridiculous Bonapart-
ism Is a name. What. then. Is left? Well,
there are a few lines in Carlyle's French
Revolution which made NJ Taina so an
CRY. till he came TO write a history OF the
French revolution which turned ont to be
one long commentary upon them. When
your negative revolution OF pure dsstruc-
ton is completed. said Carlyle what will
remain? The five unsatiated senses viii
remain: the sixth Unsuitable sense OF van
ity will remain the whole siaemonic ma
ture Of man will reuain--huried forth 20
rage blintly without rule or run: saw.
age Itself, yet with all the tools ard weap-
ons 81 civilization. a spectacle new In his
tory "-Biackwood' s.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-18

Marvin was arrested on q description fur
nished by ex-Policeman Burkman, who
has but recently returned from Nome.
When Marvin was first arrested the police
declined to give out any information be-
yond the fact that he was a suspicious
character.
Yesterday. however. Burkman pointed
out West to Officer Hubbard, who took
him into custody. Later In the day COM
plants were fled against them before
United States Commissioner Kefer who
fixed their bonds at 1850 each, and con-
tinued the hearing until Monday at which
time be will determine whether or not
there Is sufficient cause to send them back
to Nome for trial.
The story the police have Of the robbery
OF which the men are accused Is that they
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-18
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SHEEPMAN KILLS A FARMER.
They Disputed Over the Ownership
of q Tract of Land.


! LEWISTON, Idaho. Nov. IA special
to the Tribune from Cottonwood, Idaho
county, says:
A tragedy which resulted in the killing
of Charles Maughmor by Clifton Riggs. a
prominent sheepman and member Of the
firm OF Riggs Bros, occurred this morning
near Maughmor's farm, on a disputed tract
OF land where Riggs sheep were grazing
Maughmor. IL appears. accompanied by
his brother. both ON horseback, wen, to q
point where Riggs was esta blishing a
sion OF the land was revived Hot words
followed and. according to statement
subsequently made by riggs. Maughgnor
started TO pull his revolver. when he raised
his rifle and fred. The bullet entered Just
above Maughmor heart and he fell from
his horse, dying in short time. The dead
mans brother and an employee of RIGGS
were the only witnesses.
Riggs later rode 10 Mt. Idaho and gave
himself up TO the authorities. He says he
acted in self-defense. Riggs home Is in
Lewiston. where he is well known.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-18

Effect OF Eastern Capitalists Fur.
chasing Large Tracts Here.

James X. Bell OF the Bsii-Neison Mil
Company, ut Everett, Is a CUES, OF thu Sc
attie. In speaking Of the recently report
ed purchase OF i.0ic. 600 acres OF Washing
ton timber lands by Frederick weyerhaus-
er. OF Wisconsin. from the Northern Pa
ciac, he said:
There Is no one who ye. positively
knows that the deal has been made WASH
ington timber lands are fas. passing into
the hands OF Eastern capitalists. hut In my
opinion that Is not 10 be considered as
detrimental to the numbering interests on
Puget sound.
Within the past few months aside from
the Weyerhauser deal, Rockefeler's repre-
sentatives have bought M large tracts. as
also have many prominent Minnesota lusn-
hermen and capitalists who do not wish
10 have their names mentioned.
This simply means iha, whereas Wash
average sag 60 cents. within twelve
months or say two years n the most 4;
will have Increased TO double This will
have the effect of Increasing the price Of
Washington lumber. which surely will not
be disadvantage. Our timber tracts
passing Into the hands OF such men who
are surely buying for investment. means
that the AREA purchased has passed out
OF tho market as erfectuaily as though il
had been cleared up by fire. The purchas-
era will undoubtedly hold /, untl such
time as they can dictate the price OK
stumpage and sell at ii profit,
To-day there are few mills cn Puget
sound which have sufficient timber r. con-
tinue their operations Tor a year Within
that time they VIII he forced TO buy from
one or the other OF the Eastern investors
and prices on lumber viii then advance
In the pHst Washington lumber has
been sold too lew. ana the condition Of the
market was solely due IL tho fact taat
timber was NOT being held hv capit aiists
who were able "a carry S and force the
price 81 siufGpaGe upwards Heretofore
settlers have com. In and as soon as their
patent papers hsa been secured were ready
tn sell their lands at anything thai was 4
profit IL uHt this they began logging and
as Hoon as their logs were III stream they
were ready and forced 20 seil az ANY prize.
offered, This ana tho abundance Of tin
Der land 10 be Had aas kept tho Plset
sound lumber market far below what i,
shouit he.
II do not aelteve &c Is the intention az any
or the large investors - locate mills here
They will simply bold their land ter strseu-
latiun and wsn SELL ehen x can bsa iaf,e a
irohN There Is Uuthiag % bs feared ne
cause Eastern guo9eYed msn q ~ auSinS AZ,
large artsS - o&S thinker lands Ia VIII
simply raise the market pTie. of intrF,sr
which II What l. wanted on Puget SQUAD
aita The scoaer ths ,settef'