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The Winslow mail., 1899-02-11
An Editors Platform.

An Arkansas publisher an
nounced his platform as follows:
Our aim-To tell the truth,
even though the heavens take
tumble.
Our paper-Of the people, for
the people, to be paid for by the
people.
Our Observation-Disclosures, with
a belief in hell for delinquent
subscribers.
Our motto-Take all in sight
and whistle for more.
Our policy = To love our
friends and birthstone our enc
mics. If an enemy smite thee
on one cheek swipe him with
haste and dexterity at the butt
of the most convenient ear.
What we advocate-Our coun-
try, our flag and one wife at
time.
Our object-To live in pomp
and oriental splendor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-16

brings about the discharge of such stu
pendous torrents of rain on the summit.
Now, as to the marvellous records at
Cherra AS already stated. the average
annual precipitation there may be taken
800 inches. but in 1851 the total was asl
inches, in 1860 it was 400 inches, while IN
1861 it exceeded 9o5 inches. or more than
% yards, against Londor's paltry p inches
Back in 1871 Yule measured 264 inches Tor
the month of August alone, five consecutive
days contributing $50 inches to the total
July, 1865 had Dos inches and the same
month in 1861 less than BEG inches, or
more than 30 feet. Hooker mentions 30
inches in day and 800 inches during
stay of seven months. over as long q
period as five days rain falls at Cherra at
a rate of an inch or more per hour. FOR
shorter periods the rates are much greater.
IA inches in seven hours. II inches in six
hours, 81 inches in eighteen hours and so
on. The 40.S inches on June IA. 1876. ap-
pears to have been the largest amount on
any one day at Cherra. No wonder with
so much dampness. that the locality teens
with leeches. Notwithstanding the huge
rainfall the spot is considered a fairly
healthy one for almost as rapidly as 1t
falls the water flows away down the
gOrgeS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-16

and the passages you want can be found
without moments hesitation. True friend
ship for ones books, too. involves his be-
Ing so well acquaihtediwith the books out
ward appearance Tthaoi one can go in the
dark and lay onefs hand upon a desired
volume without trouble.
Ruskin says: "A curious book will often
afford you much snusement, but it Is only
friends" DIR. Johnson is said to- have call
ed books dull frier1s, But one would rather
agree with the MEN Who. commenting on
this statement, adds: But they are glori-
Gus companions, Tor. as Stoddard puts 1t:
There are ever three jolly companions,
Men, women andibooks"
The young manor woman who gathers
together, for the love fpf the books them
selves, little collection quite his or her
own-one, too, that probably no one else
would have made of quite the same books
will he richly rewarded by the growing
friendliness those volumes will develop.
Launcelot Cross says: THE truest owner
of a library is he who has bought each book
for the love he bears it, who is happy and
content to say: Here are my jewels; my
choicest material possessions
There is surely more beauty than sad
ness in the story of the last days of South
ey, who, after long life passed among his
books, of which, though never a rich man,
he had gathered together a goodly collec-
ton, came in time to lose his mind so thor
oughly that he no longer had the power to
read. Yet through 1t all he never lost his
love for books, and spent his days wander
ing about his library rearrauging and han
ding his books, and even laying his head
against them. Leigh Hunt, too. sums up
his love of books and his realization of their
friendliness in the following beautiful
words: II can keep the appreciation of
them while 1 live and love them till 1 die.
I MAJ chance some quiet day to
lay my overb cating temples on book, and
so have the death ! most envy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-16
The Home of BisQue Work,

FROM the New orleans Times Democrat
During trip to Germany last year
said a commercial traveller who makes an
annual voyage across the big pond, Il Wis
tied the quaint little province of AItburg.
which is the original home of fine bisque
work. 1t is the only place on earth where
the women wear trousers. 1 mean literally,
and the men wear skirts, a la Greek The
trousers are very baggy affairs, and, COM
blned with sort Of cloth cuirass, which is
richly embroidered for holiday wear, the
effect Is rather picturesque. The women of
the well-to-do classes are very proud and
reserved. and when l told a friend who
was with me that l was going to ask a
couple Of them to be photographed he was
ashast. l had no camera, and the only
thing to do was to get them to go to n
photographer who had a little gallery in
town. The subjects l selected We're a pair
of very pretty girls whom we saw walking
along the streets. Their costumes were
covered with superb embroidery, and both
wore extraordinary silver head dresses that
must have been worth great deal of
money. stepped up, took off my hat and
told them in my best German that / was
dying to secure souvenir of their beauti-
full country, and would be eternally CRATE
full If they would accompany me to the
photographer and allow him to take them
in their charming costumes. The audacity
of the proposition startled them half out
of their wits; but, luckily, there is a ira
dition in rural Germany that all Americans
are partially demented milionaires, and
suppose they thought it best to humor me-
AT any rate, they agreed and / secured a
photograph that 1 prize above any of my
mementoes of travel. The girls were per-
fectly docie, and posed them side by sde
but looking in opposite directions, thus
getting front and back view of the cos
tunes. Strange to say, Altburg is almost
unknown to tourists. To my way Of think
ing, it is the oldest and most interesting
nook in Europe"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-16
Effect of Flowing Ice.
From the Atlantic.

From the AtlaLtc.
The action of flowing ice, whether in the
form of river-like glaciers or broad man
Ting folds, is but little understood as COM
pared with that Of other soulpturing agents.
Rivers work openly where people dwell, and
SO do the rain, and the sea laundering on
al! the shores of the world. and the uni
versal ocean of air though invisible,
speaks aloud in thousand voices and ex-
plains its modes of working and its power.
But glaciers back in their cold solitudes
work apart from men. exerting their ire
mendous energies in silence and darkness.
Coming in vapor from the, sea- flying In
visible on the wind. deSce nding in snow
changing to ice. white, spirt-fike. they
brood outspread over the predestined land
measured ages until in the fullpess of time
the mountains and valleys are brought
forth, channels furroWed for the rivers
basins made for meadows and lakes, and
soil beds spread for the forests and fields
that man and beast may be fed. Then van
ishing like clouds. they melt into streams
and go singing back home to the sea-
Standing on this adamantine old monu-
ment in the midst of such energy getting
siimpses of the thoughts of God the day
seems endless: the sun stands still. Much
faithless fuss is made over the passage in
the Bible telling the standing still of the sun
for Joshua. Here you may learn that the
sun stands still for every devout noun
taineer - for everybody doing anything
worth doing, seeing anything worth seeing
one day is Il S a thousand years, thouSa nd
years one day, and while yet in the flesh
you enjoy Immortality"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-16
A BROOM CORN SEED.
Franklin Should BE the Patron Saint
of Housewives.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Every housewife is supposed to know how
to handle a broom, but 1t Is safe to say that
not one in ten has any clear idea of what
her sweeping utensil is made of, or how ii
is made, or where the material came from
Brooms are made from the heads OF
brushes of the broom corn, a first cousin
of our common field corn. And in this con-
nection is told very pleasant little fairy
story concerning Benjamin Franklin. Poor
Richard" by the way, seems to have been
about the biggest jack-of-a ll-trades that
ever helped the United States to become
the richest and most powerful nation OF
the world. If this story is true, he is the
patron saint of the housewife and the
broommaker, well kite flyer, light
ming catcher, printer, publisher, editor, au-
thor, philosopher, statesman and other
things too numerous to mention Now
broom corn first grew in India. From there
it was carried to Europe. The story goes
that DR.. Franklin was examining a whsk
broom that had been brought over from
England in the days before we had any
broom corn of our own He found a single
seed on the broom, picked 1t off. planted II
and raised stalk of corn from which is
descended, so to speak, all the broom corr
OF the United States.
However this may be, broom corn grows
much like it's first cousin, our maize. which
Originated here. Ing Htdu Is larger, no"
ever, and the seeds grow on the head, in
stead of in ears. The heads cut off
leaving about six inches of stalk. and the
seeds are scraped off by a machine which
does a clean job sand does not injure the
broom. The seeds are valuable in a way
They are fed to horses and poultry, anG
ground into meal for cattle.
In the making Of the brooms the corn is
put around a handle of Eastwood or soft
maple turned I'm lathe. Each layer is
wound tight with. swine or wire until the
desired size is attained. The broom is Their
pressed out fiat and sewed, TO keep it il
that shape. Whisk1 brooms are made in the
same way. T. y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-16
The Rarity of NydrOphObia.

From the Youths Co43Panieh
1t has been asserted ,by many friends of
animals. who rightly object to the annual
torture and slaughter ~ dogs. and even by
some physicians. fiat there is no such dis
ease as hydro1hobia. or rabies, as it is
more correctly called, Those who have
studied the subject carefully however. are
certain that there is a disease of dogs
which Is communicable by one suffering
from it to other animals and to man. But
this disease Is very rare, and probably not
one person in thousand bitten by dogs is
in any danger of it, and not one dog killed
among 800 supposed mad dogs is really
mad. H. .-.-
The word hydrophobia is misnomer, for
a mad dog has no fear of water, and will
run through shallow pool without the
ightest hesitation; the fear Is that of
drinking water or of swallowing any hing,
either fluid or solid as the attempt is al
most certain to throw the sufferer. man or
beast, into spasms.
/. The only way of transmitting hydropho-
bia Is by inoculating; that is, by the intro
duetion of the virus into the body throu 9Th
a wound of the skin of the mucous men,
brane. The most usual way for this rare
event to occur is. Of course, through the
bite of rabid dog, cat other animal.
But not every bite, even of a genuinely mad
dog, Is followed by .hydrophobia. If the
animals teeth, for instance. have passed
through a mans trousers leg or boot, the
saliva, which contains the virus, may be
wiped away from his teeth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-16
When Our Gal Spoke a Piece


W. Gillian in the Indianapolis News.
1 ben t doin's of an on,
Like apple-hees an spellin's
L quart-ly meetins, public sales,
Hangfn's an weddin' hellin's.
But nawthin since tn shootin' scrape
Down on Bill Jones' lease
Hez worked me up like t'other night
When our gal spoke u piece.
'Twuz down't tn old frame meetin' house
They called 1t children's day;
Tn. younguns done 1t purt' nigh all
Except TIL preachers say:
An that whole program wiggled OF
Ez slick cz melted grease
But tn place where forgot t. breathe
) when our gal spoke a piece.
The sup'intendent spoke right up
l heered i'm call her name.
An Their she come a trottin' out!
"fothers may locked TIL same.
But they want nary mother one,
Not even Thompson's niece,
That looked wuth shucks L Moll an me
VIXEN our gal spoke II piece.
Me an my woman set down front.
Right clost L tn mourners' bench:
A-hearin' that there young 'un speak
Give ME Il nawful wreach,
An when We heard 'em cheer an cheer
We set like two ole geese
Wipin' IL silly tears away
When our gal spoke a piece.
'Twuz Jest some leefle. easy thing
Like Twinkle. Little STAR
Err Mary's leetle cosset lamb,
FIR somethin' like that ar.
But 'twan't no twinklin' starlight beams,
Ner tags firm lammie's fleece
That made us blow our noses hard
When our gal spoke q piece.
I hain't ben what I'd orto ben,
I've staid away firm church.
An sometimes Mol an me hex thought
They'd left US In tn lurch.
But-well, we've kindo' rounded up
An let our wand rims cease
Sence we wuz down there t'other night,
And heerd her speak piece.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-16
A Nation of kings.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
There now remains only one people and
one little valley south of the equator whose
sovereignty has not been claimed by some
European power. 1t is the valley of Marotse,
fifty or sixty miles wide. north Of Lalui.
in South Africa And the only reason why
the Marotse. who inhabit It. have pre-
served their independence Is that England
and Portugal both claim it, and therefore
the work of civilization" is at a stand
still.
1t may not be so easy to conquer the Ma
retse when the time comes. for they are q
tall, welI-set-up race. very black In skin.
In manners they are very courteous and in
bearing dignified. Every full-blooded Ma
rctse Is by birthright a king. and takes
his place in the aristocracy Of the empire.
In fact. az every one is king. there ID no
head ruler. The bare fact that he Is q
Marotse insures the respect Of the sub
servient tribes. and a. he grows to man
hood q sense Of superiority usually implants
In the native the dignity oe sslf-respect.
All the labor In done by slaves who have
been captured from nsighboring tribes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-16
A MaaqueradeP.



Love that came in PHYS guise,
Could / say him nay?
Down he dropt his radiant eyes,
Yelled his pinjOns gay
Meath a mantle gray,
Hid his bow and arrows, too.
What was poor maid TO do
Love that came in PHYS guise,
Could 1 say him nay?
Softly knocked he at the door,
So I looked to see:
Love l knew had knocked before,
But this was not he
Pray, who might 1t be-?
"Pity is my name" he cried;
So the door l opened wide
Love that came in PHYS guise,
Could l say him nay?
In my empty heart be came,
Filled each conner. too.
Till one day, with look of fame,
on his coat he threw,
And Loves self l knew.
With n laugh Of cruel glee.
81 am master here" quOth he
Love that came In PHYS guise,
Could say him ray?
Love that comes in PHYS guise,
Who can say him nay?
Maidens, an We would be wise,
Turn the rogue away,
Lest We find, some day.
Cruel Love your tyrant grown,
And, like me, ye make your moan
Love that comes In PHYS guise
Must as master stay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-16
The Minister Plays Golf.
From Puck,

From Puck.
Its a noble game, an elegant camel"
The minister said to me,
As he took his stand with his club In hand,
While he smiled most cheerfully.
"Just watch me drive. it's an easy 1ve!'
And be moulded two-inch tee,
But he missed it clean-'.That's axfully mean."
The minister said to me.
1.-THE greatest thing Is an easy swing
And a carry through" scid he;
Then he slammed the groUnd-"Well,ru be bound!''
The minister said to me.
This turf is soft. 80 think I'll loft"
The minister said to me;
But he struck the wall and he lost his ball
That's very hard lnck!'' said he.
He reached the green in about sixteen,
''Dut 1t might be worse" said he:
Then he hit his foot in q stx-inch put
'ProvokingI" said he to me.
Now.rye heard strange talk IN that fhree.mile wan
And I've heard man f0oxle and mtsss
But not In years has there reached my earn
4 collection that eQualsd this.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-16
When Ships Put Out to Sea,

iaulSon CaWein in Truth.
Its Sweet, goodbye when pennants fly
And ships put out TO sea-
It's a loving kiss and tear or two
In an eye of brown an eye Of blue
And you'll remember me,
sweetheart.
And you II remember me-
1t S Friend or foe?' when signals blow
And ships sight ships at sea,
It's clear Ior action and man the guns
As the battle hears the battle rIns-
And you'll remember me-
Sweetheart.
And you III remember me-
It's deck to deck and wrath and wreck
When ships meet ships at sea:
It's scream Of shot and shrek of she'll
Ana hui! ard turret a roaring hell
AMI You'll remember me,
Sweetheart.
And you IL remember me-
It's doom and death and pause a breath
When ships go down at sea:
It's hate Is over and love begins
And war is cruel whoever wins
And you'll remember me-
Sweetheart.
And you'll remember me-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-16

Hiss carnlan in the Saturday Evening Post.
When that old Vendor, to whose hand
The ioveliest vAfdma4 come at last,
Shall thumb you for a Trace Of good
Enduring though yopg4F day be past.
Be not abashed at youf small worth;
HIS sense Is keen; and there may cling
ABOUT your yellowing pages still
some freshness of the northern spring;
some echo Of the whitethroat's song
From lonely valleys blue with rain,
Ringing across the April dusk
Joy and unfathOmable pain;
Some glamour Of the darling land
OF purple hill and scarlet tree,
VI TIDAL rivers and tall ships,
And green-diked orchards by the soa;
sweep Of elm-treed interval,
AND gfayelfy floors where herons wade;
sigh OF wind through old gray barns
With eeriest music ever made.
And will no hint Of this outweigh
The huity aim, the faultier skill.
10 save our credit when we come
To the Green Dwelling In the Hillf
All. trust the Vendor, wise and kinal
He known the outs.de and the In,
Ana lows the very least Of those
He tesees In the dusty bin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-16
Mt. WashfngtOn's Summer Snow Can.
Frnn, In

Mt. WashfngtOn's summer Snow Can.
From the Boston Transcript.
On the LIST day Of August the snowbank
on Mt. Washington, near the head of Tuck
erman's ravine. was plainly visible from
our home, about thirty miles distant as the
crow flies. without glasses. We have been
watching It every dear day. and were sur
prised to see how slowly it has melted. The
mountains have been ebscured since Tues
day until this morning august g.. and we
can Just see small patch of snow. which
will doubtless vanish. IN day or two l
nave no data to saaDNllhow long the snow
has remained there in previous years, but
It seems to US quite remarkable that it
to the sun and rain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-16
Asbestos Scenery.
From the New Orleans Times Democrat.

l.
''There are some decided disadvantages
about asbestos scenery" said Theatrical
Artist Theo. Behr. The first and foremost
is its enormous expense. The cost of ashes
tos canvas is almost prohibitive. and there
is no special reason for believing that it
Will ever be any cheaper. The mineral fiber
of which 1t Is made is not overabundant
and 1t Is hard to mine and difficult to
weave. Then, again, the fabric does not
afford good painting surface. 1t has an
understandable greasy feeling, and soaks up
colors like piece of blottIng paper 1t is
impossible to obtain bold, sweeping effects,
ana the paint has to be daubed on in a way
That calls for unlimited time and patience
NO scenic artist likes to work on the stuff
However, the cost is the essential handicap,
ana II the material was cheaper all large
theaters would employ 1t on account of the
reduction 1t secures in insurance rates. At
the same time its general introduction
would contribute very little to safety. Mod
ern theaters are invariably provided with
hon-infiammable drop curtains, and such
precautions are taken back of the stage
that a ire in the scenery is next to impos-
sible. Nowadays it is the rarest thing in
the world for a fire to originate in that
quarter during performance
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-04-15
Young Head. old Shoulders.

Apropos of our reference to the
German emperor's notion of placing
young head on old shoulders in
the case of an ancient headless
statue, correspondent writes, point
ing out that tradition asserts the
same thing to have been done with
the equestrian figure now represent
ing King charles II in Parliament
square, Edinburgh, which by the
irony of fate is erected close to the
grave of John Knox. He says, 1.-The
story runs that this work-in which
the horseman is represented in Ro-
man military attire and which, be-
lieve, is cast in lead--was brought
to Scotland by a foreign skipper
who had got hold of it by some
means or other unknown, was pur-
chased, decapitated (strange course
in view of the death of King Charles
u and then had head of the merry
monarch put on instead. London
News.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-04-15
STARCHY FOODS.
How They Should BE, Cooked and Who
They Are Good For.

How They Should Be Cooked and Who
They Are Good For.
Starch forms an important ele-
ment of human food in every eli
mate except the arctic, where fat, to
which starch is somewhat related
chemically, takes its place.
In many minds an imperfect idea
of what constitutes starchy foods
prevails. The various preparations
resembling powdered laundry starch
and cornstarch, such as arrowroot
and farina. form but a small part of
the starch eaten. About one-half
the bulk of wheat, rye. oats. peas
and beans is starch. OF potatoes
about one fifth is starch, and of rice
and corn about three-fourths.
The digestibility ofstarch is great
ly enhanced by proper cooking. As
a general thing, starchy foods ars
not cooked sufficiently.
Young children es ecially suffer
from insuf6ciently cooked starohy
food. Steamed oatmeal and wheat
preparations should be boiled an
hour hafora thew are served to chill.
: & \ ts,|t n RI 81 ~ II t4l 81 Y 11t Il ~ I
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-04-15
wouldn't Boil Soft.

When Mrs. Youngwife began
housekeeping among the bits of adj
vice that her mother gave to the in
experienced young woman was this;
AS to boiling, remember that the
longer a thing boils the softer il
gets. Rice, hominy and cabbage are
often spoiled by not being boiled
enough.
Mrs. Youngwife assimilated the
words of wisdom, and the night be.
fore her first essay at breakfast
she asked her husband what he
would like.
My dear, eggs are simple and
easy to prepare. Boil half dozen
and besure that they are soft boiled.
A hard boiled egg is worse than a
cold mince pie. -
Mrs. Youngwife smiles sweetly
and knowingly. and next morning
she was up early, and before George
was awake she had the water boil.
ing. An hour later they sat down
to the table, and George attempted
to open an egg with his knife, but
it resisted his efforts even as thing
that is ossified.
Dear, he said gently, but sor.
rowfully, II told you l liked my
eggs soft boiled. f
Mrs. Youngwife burst into tears.
II had them boiling 55 minutes by
the clock, she sobbed, "but they
wouldn't get softl"-New York
Journal.