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The Winslow mail., 1899-07-06
PRESS COMMENTS.
crat.

Mckinley is about as good man
for the democrats to defeat as the re-
publicans can put up.-St. Louis Re-
public.
If the president can mention the
name of a republican who will have to
walk the plank under his civil service
order the country would like to have
him do it.-Kansas City Times.
The intention of the republican
members of the finance committee to
hold their conference in New York be-
hind closed doors is only another sug-
oestion of how little there will be for
the public in the entire currency re-
form programme of the administration.
Detroit Free Press.
DO those mandates" under
which Mr.. Mckinley is doing his duty"
by the Filipinos and wrecking the civil
service bear the same signature or sig
natures as the mandate under which
he is protecting Capt. Oberlin M. Car
ter from the punishment meted out to
him by a court-martial more than
year ago-the punishment for robblng
the government of upward of $1,6O0,-
oO0?-N. Y. World.
1t would have been as easy to
dam up Niagara as TO prevent the adop-
ton of a strong antitrust plank at the
Ohio republican convention, says Sen
ator Hanna. He pretends sympathy
with this action of the convention, but
when asked his opinion about the
hn
has done more for Ohio than any other
corporation doing business there-and
this seems to be his view of other trusts.
-Suringfeld (Mass.) Republican.
1t is questionable which are loud
er, the rejoicings of republican spoils-
men over the destruction of the civil
service system or the protestations of
republican hypocrites that the system
has really been strengthened by break
ing it to pieces. You cannot find re-
publican hustler who is not immense
ly pleased with the order, but they do
not make much more showing than
men like Secretary Gage who continue
to assert that there has been mo let
ting down of the bars Indianapolis
Sentinel
The president himself must by
this time see that an imperial policy is
a horrible mistake. He must realize
that war for the subjugation of an un-
willing people, to drag into the United
States a population untitled for any OF
the duties of citizenship under highly
organized government, has no logical
justification. The president knows, ior
he so declared in his Boston speech,
that imperial conquest is contrary to
the spirit of American institutions.
Knowing that, why does he not rescue
the American army from the perils of
q hostile climate by ordering a cessa-
tion of the slaughter of a people who
ask for nothing more than an oppor-
tunity to administer their own aftal,s2
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-06
TRACING BY FINGER PRINTS
System in India by Which Identified.
tiCn Is Made Absolutely
Certain.

In detective novels finger prints left
by criminals, preferably in blood, play
an important part, but truth seems
stranger than fiction in the fact that
the finger-print system of identifying
criminals in India has been made sc
perfect that it would enable any intelli.
gent person in a few minutes to dis
tinguish the individual, if necessary.
from all other persons now living in
the world, or, if data were available.
from all other persons who have lived
since the creation of man. The system
is simplicity itself, and there is none
Of the elaboration of process or the
costly and delicate machinery required
Tor the anthropometric system. All
that is needed is piece of tin, sheet
Of paper and some printers ink. The
linked impressions of the ten digits are
: taken and filed in the proper compart-
meDt Of the proper pigeon-hole, and il
is on the classification of records and
their distribution into the pigeon
holes that the success of the system de-
pends.
Every finger mark shows lines of the
''loop'' or the 'whorl" type and by
a simple table of the combinations OF
these types in the ten digits 1924 mair
classes are made. These are again sub.
divided according to minor details, and
the subdivisions can be further divided
ad infnitum if necessary, but with the
table before him any person of ordinary
Intelligence can place his finger on the
corresponding card to record in his
hand within five minutes, no matter
how many thousand cards there may
be. 1t is calculated that the chances
are about $1,000, 600 to 1 against any two
persons having single fingers identical
and the chances against an ten fingers
being identical go beyond mathematics
Observation-Disclosures Globe.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-06
WHEN A MAN STOPS JUMPING.
Clever Argument with Which a Hus-
band Managed to Silence His
Matrimonial Partner.

Henry" she said, and there were
voice as she spoke, Il don't believe you
love me-"
He took the cigar from his mouth and
looked at her in surprise over the top
of his newspaper.
Maria he said, don't be foolish"
"There!" she exclaimed; there's
evidence of the truth of what | said.
Don't be foolish!' Did you ever speak
to me that way before we were mar
ried ?''
mo, my dear, did not" he admitted.
Then she said, proachfully, my
slightest wish was law; then you never
sat like a dummy, smoking cigar and
reading paper, when | was in the
room; then you seemed anxious to
please me, and were ever on the watch
to do some little favor for me-
''It is true" he admitted
"You were never lazy then" she
went on. You were full of life and
spirits-yotu were energetic
My dear" he interrupted in that
calm, dlspasslonate tone that makes the
average wife want to get poker or a
broom, did you ever see boy trying to
get an apple or cherry that was just
a little out of his reach?"
Certainly" she answered; "but-''
''He keeps jumping and jumping un-
til he gets it, don't hep
"Of course
But does he continue jumping after
he has got it?''
Certainly not; there's no need of it."
Well he said, as he turned to his
paper again, you're my cherry, and
don't see the slightest reason why |
should keep on jumping, any more than
the boy"
She didn't say anything, but she
thought and thought, and the more she
thought the more undecided did she be-
come as to whether she ought to be
angry with him or not.-Waverly Mag
aZine
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-06
Rouuct of RfIIs.

What do you think was seen the other
day? A bonnet made of paper money
or rather trimmed with it. AS if spring
bonnets didn't cost enough already!
Why it's enough to make the tramps
come off the park benches and grat
those structures and go and buy sand.
wiches with the trimmings. The bon.
net was pretty, toO-can you imagine
it? 1t was made first of all of pale.
witty green straw, interviewer with
pure white, and was of shade to har.
monize particularly well with the bills.
as they come hot off the griddle. The
front of this odd thing was made OF
wired five and ten dollar greenbacks.
crisp, fresh, new, crinkling, and their
edges were trimmed further with soft
white narrow lace. The aigrette that
loomed out of the narrow little head.
piece was of white bobbing feathers.
and the twist that tied il of money
again. Unless you looked very close YOU
would not see that the bonnet was Sc
constructed, so cleverly had the trim.
mer done her work Mrs. Croesus is
suited at last, one may infer from this
ipnoya4iOn
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-06

Patty returned home and hugged the
twins within an inch of their lives, Il
hope the poor, dear gentleman is bet
ter"
20, he's all right, now!" said Patty.
Hes coming back tomorrow or the
next day. Is the room all ready?"
''All ready" Mrs. Hyde answered.
Mr.. MARVEL returned the next day
and once more took possession of his
old quarters.
Mrs. HYDE" said he, with little en-
barrassment. when that lady came up
stairs to inquire his wishes in regard
to any early tea, there's something L
perhaps ought to mention to YOU"
Indeed, sir!" said the wondering
Mrs. HYDE. what is it?"
Pm going to be married." announced
the bachelor, with infinite sheepish-
ness.
Married, sir! You? Dear, dear!
Then you'll be leaving me again, 1
shouldn't wonder"
"Not necessarily, Mrs. Hyde. | dare
say you and my future wife will get
along comfortably together"
Indeed, sir!"
For I'm going to marry Patty"
"Patty?" echoed Mrs. Hyde.
"Yes, Patty"
"And how about the twins?" de-
manded the amazed matron
THE twins, Mrs. Hyde, are the dear
est little creatures in the world
And, improbable as it may seem, Mr..
| MARVEL really looked as if he believed
| what he said.
1t was all true. He did marry Patty
and he was proud of his pretty, ener
getic little wife, and still more proud,
| strange to say, of the twins!
Il wouldn't believe it unless I'd seen
it with my own eyes," said Mrs Hyde.
HE as never could endure children
afore! But I'm as pleased as Punch for
Patty's sake!"
And Patty and her middle-aged hus-
band were serenely happy together
| Y. Y. Daily News.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-06
And who takes care

Poor, dear soul. And who takes care
of him?'
That's just the question" said the
visitor. Il can't. I've got my family,
as never has had the smallpox, to think
of-and the other boarders has all
cleared out, and the doctor don't know
of no one as would be willing to under
take the risk. P'rhaps you could
Gomez"
Mrs. Hyde visibly recoiled.
Mol" she answered. Il would
rather not. AS you say yourself, it's
great risk to run, and"
But Patty Smith, who had listened in
silence heretofore, stepped forward.
iii go, aunty," said she, IF you'll
take care of the twins. l have had the
smallpox. I am not afraid of it.
But Patty, l thought you disliked
Mr.. MARVEL so much?''
Il did," said Patty, with smile and
shrug of her shoulders. But it isn't
worth while to think of that now. He is
sick and solitary, and he is fellow
creature. That is enough"
And Patty packed her little bundle,
kissed the peachy unconscious cheeks
of the twins, and went on her mission
like a new variety of Soeur de Charlie.
What disconsolate scene was that!
in the midst of which lay Mr.. MARVEL,
tossing on bed of sickness. fireless
CRATE, undraped windows, through
which the sun beat with merciless bril-
j. i<.hf II
could possibly aIight, and pillow and
linen Il week old
Iii soon set all these matters
III S00H sGC NII GnC3C muttoIn
straight said Patty, moving around
with the quick decision that was natur-
al to her. And within half anshOur the
scene had assumed a more homelike
look, even to the staring, unconscious
eyes of the delirious man.
'sWho are you? An angelo" he asked,
lowering his voice to whisper.
No she answered, smiling to her
self I'm Patty"
Don't leave me- he urged. Its
dreadful to be left alone"
NO" she answered. Il won't"
Phineas MARVEL lay i'll for a month
and with slow recovery came sense of
all that Patty Smith had done for him.
''I'H tell you what" said the doctor,
on the day that he made his last profess
sional visit, ''if it hadn't been for Mrs.
Smith you would have been snugly
slowed away between four mahogany
boards by this time, my friend
81 know it, Mr.. MARVEL answered.
"Well,' said Mrs. Hyde, when at last
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-06
BABY COMFORTS.
Tying Strings Instead of Pins Con-
duce to COmfOrt-UnwhOIs
ness of Down Pillows.

1t requires considerable experience
to select baby's dress. AS a rule, plain
clothing is not only more attractive,
but much more comfortable for a little
child to wear. So long as pins are super
seded by tying strings the child will
be much more comfortable, and the
sizes of the bands can be regulated to
the rapid growth of young children al
most as easily by tying strings as by
pins. Use narrow strips of linen bob
bin. and let them be long enough sc
they can be let out as the child grows.
No trimming should be put around the
neck or sleeves of little gowns and
dresses except a mere edge of the finest
and softest lace or little ruffle Of linen
lawn as soft and fine as a handkerchief.
1t is not kindness to provide little
one with down pillow, though the
down he that which the elder duck pulls
from its own breast to line its nest. No
down pillow is so wholesome head
rest as a fat pillow of hair, which will
raise the childs head but mere trif1e
above the level of it's body. Down or
feather pillows are too heating fer the
head of an infant to rest upon. Keep
the little ones feet warm, and keep on
warm bandage as well as high-necked
and long-sleeved shirt of light wool
throughout the summer.-N. Y. Trib-
une.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-06
MARK HANNA ON SPIES.
The Republican Boss Makes n Defense
of the Administrations Which
ArOuSes Suspicion.

'We commend the president for the
iudicious notifications of the civil
service rules recently promulgated" J"
says Mark Hanna in his Ohio platform
In an interview for publication Mr..
Hanna stands by the platform and the
order. He attempts to justify the latter
by saying that when President Cleve-
land was about to 60 out he issued an
order which had the effect of giving per-
manent jobs to a lot of democrats in
positions where they could act as
'spies'' upon the republican admins
tration. He says that the present re-
publican administration is responsible
to the people for its conduct of public
affairs, and it cannot justly be held re-
sponsible if it is surrounded by dem
ocratic spies" Therefore; the pres
ident is to be commended for his ''ju-
dicious" order.
Of course Mr.. Hanna does not expect
any intelligent man to accept this state
ment as a sufficient justification for
turning over 10000 places in the public
service to spoilsmen. An administra-
ton has no business to have any secrets
in any branches of the service affected
by this order. If there is any use for
the services of spies then it is because
something is wrong which ought to be
exposed. If anything is wrong the
presence of men in the service who will
expose it is for the public>good.
Mr.. Hanna's talk about spies i'm
plies that things are done which ought
not to be done. 1t implies that there
are things which the party bosses wish
to keep secret when there should be no
secrets and everything should be open
to the public. 1t implies a purpose on
the part of the republican bosses to
convert the public service into party
machine-to pervert and degrade it to
the accomplishment of merely party
ends.
Any spying which will tend to pre-
vent such degradation of the public
service is very desirable thing. But
Mr.. Hanna and his fellow bosses are
not worried about spies. We hear
nothing about spies in the British civil
service, where the merit system is more
extended and more vigorously applied
than it ever has been here The simple
truth is that the spoilsmen want the
spoils, and their talk about spies is the
best excuse they can think of for seiz-
ing what they want.-Chicago Chron-
iola
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-06
DEBUT OF THE DOLLAR SIGN.
The Author of the Famous Character
Mt Last Discovered in nm Old
Time Vermonter.

Some weeks ago DR.. Marcus Baker, of
this city, published i'll one of the maga-
zines an account of theory which he
has to account for the origin of the IA
miliar dollar sign. This has long been
in dispute. All sorts of explanations
have been given, the most common of
which is that the initials of the United
States are crossed. But there have been
seven or eight other theories to account
for the dollar sign which is about as
good.
DIR. Baker, in his researches in the H.
hrary of the bureau of education. came
across an old book entitled. "A Com
pendulum of Federal Arithmetic de-
signed for the use of schools. and es.
pecially calculated for the meridian OF
the United States, which was pub
lished at Lansingburg. n. Y, in 1897.
Its author was Rev. Chauncey Lee, of
Rutland, Vt. In this book the author
sets forth a system of what he calls
characteristics by which one vertical
stroke was to designate the mill, two
vertical strokes the cent, these two
crossed by one s-shaped stroke the
dime, and for the dollar the sign con-
sisting of the two verticals with the
two curved strokes, now so familiar,
was proposed.
that time the people. of the conn
try We're just emerging from the use OF
DOlD92 2pIIEDIS 3D9 DGDCe NpGEC
pounds, shilhngs and pence. where
each was separated by a space from the
next denomination. IT 1ccOr(lin o. iV
seemed necessary to Mr.. Lee to have an
arbitrary mark for each of the denom-
nations OF our monetary system. But
he soon found that one character, with
the decimal point, was all that was nee
cssary, and in the latter part of his own
book all of his elaborate system of sym
bols, except the one intended to mark
the dollar, was found to have been
dropped.
Dr.. Baker certainly finds the dollar
sign in this old arithmetic, and he does
not find it in use at any earlier date.
By the time Adams arithmetic was pub
lished in 1865, the symbol had be-
come established. He therefore re.
CARDS Mr.. Lee as the inventor and
believes the sign to have been abso-
lutely arbitrary in its origin. Since the
publication of his paper in one of the
magazines DR.. Barker has received
many letters on the subject, but none
in which his conclusions are challenged.
He intends, for further verification, to
make a study of the department rec
ords to see when the dollar sign first
appeared in the treasury accounts. He
also hopes to make a more thorough
search of the old textbooks to see if by
chance any use of this sign prior to that
or Rev. Chauncey Lee can be discovered.
1t is certainly interesting to know the
origin of thing in such constant use
as the dollar sign. DR.. Bakers discov.
cries seem likely to take all the senti-
ment out of this matter, but this is the
common result of modern historical re-
search. = Washington Cor. Boston
Transcript.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-06
when senator stewart Gambred

Senator Stewart, of Nevada, tells the
following story of his only experience
as a gambler. MY first and only ex-
perience was in San Francisco in the
spring of 1850. l was youngster and
had wandered into resort called the Ell
Dorado, at which all sorts of games
were in progress, and on the tables were
piled up huge sacks of gold and silver
coin. L looked on as a green youth
would, and was attracted to a roulette
wheel. A miner was betting $1OO at
every turn, and luck seemed to come
his way. ] didn't have much money,
but concluded I'd take a chance, and
started in with silver quarter, follow
ing every bet of the miner. l ran this
25-cent piece up to S25, and though
elated with my fortune, obeyed the
prompting of prudence and quit. AS
[ went out of the place | heard an old
gambler say: The sucker will be back
inside of an hour and lose it ALL That
remark, forall | know, had great infiu-
ence on my after career, for 1 not only re-
solved not to go back, but never to fight
any game of chance in the Suture. So
quit the gambling then and there and
kept my resolution" st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-06
THE eLADNEss THAT is BEST.

I would not always have it fair,
/ would not have but summer days;
He that is never bowed with care
Must walk in uneventful ways;
The disappointments men must learn
To bear before their fortunes turn
Make doubly sweet the critics praise.
Did she but smile day after day
And ever wait your beck and call,
Your love for her would melt away,
The idol you have raised would fall,
The tender look that follows when
She weeps and tries her tears again
Is always sweetest, after all
The painted toys that lie around
In careless heaps upon the floor
Were put away awhile-you found
No sweet one waiting at the door!
But Death was cheated of his prey,
And he whose shouts you hear to-day
Is dearer than he was before.
L would not have it always fair,
Nor always walk in easy ways;
A foolish clown alone would care
To listen always unto praise!
/ fthey in heaven are truly blest
And know the gladness that is best
There, too, must be some gloomy days.
IS. E. Kiser. in Chicago Times-Herald.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-06
Fancies of a Philosopher.

The rule for happiness here below is,
to limit your wants.
Soft hearts are the worlds pincush-
ions.
tempered, confident and indifferent
If a man wants to make a name he
" man UaU0D 90 m0Ho ua110 mo
must learn to take Fate by the throat
Some men die without ever having
lived; some women without ever hav--
ing loved; some critics without ever.
having praised.
Telling the truth may be the worst.
of treachery.
Nothing is more astonishing than the
badness of good people and the good
ness of bad people.
Hard tones break no bones but are,
darts breaking hearts.
1t is impossible to be both jealous.
and just.
Some people are like nettles; if you
do not want to be stung, you must.
either avoid or crush them.
The pleasure to be had out of making
fool of oneself is at best but momen--
tary.-John Quill, Kansas City Inde--
pendent
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-06
Cost of the Philippine es.

The war in the Philippines has cost
heavy loss in killed and wounded, say
ing nothing of sickness. There have
been dispatched to the islands from
first to last over 100000 troops, men and
officers, and so far not over 1000 of
these have returned to this country.
The cost of the military occupation is
estimated at $3,O0O,O0O a month, and in
year will nearly equal the entire in
terest charge of the United States debt.
The net result is that we control Just
the small amount of territory on which
our troops stand, and yesterday a Sc
we're engagement by our military and
naval forces was brought on by an in
surgent Threatened attack in strong
force on Manila" The facts are un-
pleasant, but it is wiser to face them
boldly and shape future action accord
ingly than to be lulled into a false Sc.
curity by optimistic and edited"
official MISUNDERSTANDING Plain
Dealer.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-06
The Dinerence ExniaIned.

The other day a little boy was sent.
to shop for pennyworth of cob
bler's wax.
The shopman, thinking of quizzing
him, said:
Wont shoemaker's wax do?"
cav dooan't know" replied the lad
"Aw'n 60 an see."
He returned again directly, and, ad-
dressing the shopman, said:
''Mi father says that shoemaker's-
will do"
The shopman handed it to him, smil.
ing, and said:
What is the difference?"
'Well," said the lad, going toward
the door, mi father says theirs same
difference as ther is between you and a
donkey, and that is, they're booath.
alike"
And then he was off like shot,
London Spare Moments.