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The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13
Not So Poor,

A coaching party was passing
through bleak stretch of New Hamp-
shire country on the way to a noun
tain resort. The coach halted at a wa
tering trough opposite dilapidated
old house, and the tourists indulged
freely in comments on the dreariness
of the spot.
"Ipity the people who live here," said
one young woman, in tone unwisely
clear. "They must be as poor as pow
erty. Look at that pasture full of
powders and that discouraged
meadow"
''Well, now, ma am" came a voice
from the doorway, in which suddenly
appeared a lank man in overalls and a
bright red shirt, I'm not so poor as you
think [ don't own this land. I'm jest
a-hirin' of it!"-Youth's Companion.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13
During such conferences as these /

During such conferences as these Il
was decided that war with Spain should
be deferred until we could get powder
# va also decided that tiis. con@ress
should vote S5o,O0O,COO for the national
sBoaa sBSa 1Sfss 1Sfs $OOOONOO Be Be nsons naHons
might hasten preparations for the in
evitable. 1t was decided that prelim-
mary work should be done on the finan-
cial bill which is to be passed next
winter. Thus these midnight confer
ences prepare important legislation;
and Col. Henderson has left his impress
on all important measures for nearly
90 years in just such conferences.
Well, this is a sample of the way the
days are spent, in constant grind of
brilliant effort and consistent work.
The reader will grasp at once the fact
that a popular congressman cannot
find time for pleasure or recreation
while the congress is in session.
Now what has Mrs. Henderson been
doing all this time? She cannot have
her husband with her to lunch, at mid
day. She cannot see him from break
fast time until supper time. She can
not have him with her in the evening, to
go to theater, lecture or other enter
tainment. She and her daughters are
deprived of the company of husband
and father nearly all the time congress
is in session. 1t is only when they are
at home in Dubuque that they have him
to themselves part of the time; and
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13
FEAT OF INDIAN JUGGLER.
1t Consisted in WinnosiDg Rice
from Grain BY Rapidly Whirl-
Ing himself About.

"One day in the market place of an
inland village saw curious perform
ance," wires an East indian traveier.
in the Cincinnati Enquirer 1t was
corducted by two men one old and
emaciated carrying q native drum; the
other young and well fed. Enthusiastically
gownec with an uverskirt of colored
handEerchiefs and multitude of bells,
whicc jangled nCisily at his slightest
movement; lo2g, ragged hair-alto-
gether hideous figure
The drummer began weird TOM
toming and the other man an incanta-
ton. Then he extended a 'supra'-a
bamboo tray used by all natives-on
which anyone who pleases places a
large handful of rice and the same
quantity of grain. The two ngredi-
ents are thoroughly amalgamated, so
that it would in the ordinary way take
hours to separate them.
Now the fantastic man with his tray.
begins. He turns around slowly. grad
ually quickening his pace tthe drum
mer also keeping time), faster and
faster, in a gjddy vortex, the tray at
times almost out of his hands, yet 50
cleverly handled that not grain falls
out. 1t is very trying TO watch, but IN
a couple of minutes both stop stimuli
taneously, and the man shows to the
wondering spectators two little heaps,
one of the rice and the other grain. at
different ends of the tray. which in his
sickening gyrations he has been able
to separate by some extraordinary
manipulation
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13

While camping not far from Kisuani,
il. fat but vater1ess prairie, the artist
net tfG 5,is li0I yo=1 be PietPe iz9 fe6en12-
EDSLg5d tL0D fbG blSb GIgSS lOOEOq
emerged from the high grass. looked
at the white man and his tent, and
disappeared with truly royal dignity.
Unlike many travellers, Kuhnert has
nothing of the Munchausen about him.
He does not claim that the lion posed
for him, but he had the courtesy to
remain long enough to impress his
features on the mind OF the artist, who
completed the rough sketch made on
the spot after his return to Berlin,
using a captive East African lion as
model
After a tedious march through
swamps and marshes the expedition
reached the foot of the Kilima
Ndscharo, the highest peak in German
East Africa. After a short rest, de-
voted not to sleep but to thoughtful
contemplation of the snow-capped
mountain giant, the party proceeded
on its march and shortly afterward
encountered its only disagreeable ad-
venture. By chance the travellers en-
tered the domains of negro chief who
claims TO be a British vassal. The
dusky potentate looked upon the artist
and his servants as legitimate prey and
threatened to hold them as captives.
Kuhnert protested that his mission was
not of warlike nature and, to use a
slang phrase, put up a good bluff"
but when the old chiefs warriors be-
gan to shout and form lines for a war
dance his followers weakened and the
artist was compelled to pay tribute in
the shape of white cotton goods.
When, on the next morning, the chief
attempted to eXtort further contribu-
tons, Kuhnert replied with more en-
phasis than politeness and was suf-
fered to depart. An hour later party
of spicious-looBing natives was dis
covered by the guide of the expedition,
but few shots from the repeating RI
fles caused them to vanish almost in
simultaneously.
A COW antelope, which the artist had
managed to bring down early in the
morning, formed a welcome substitute
for the food supplies which the natives
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13
DEVOTED TO HIS ART
German Painter Visits africa t, Sc
ss-- "---..- spIcD IIIIICU q Ocs
cure Authentic Sketches.
with I'm Nuhnert Leads the ODIy Er.
petition Ever Undertaken for
Purely Private and Ar
tistic Purposes.
Especial Chicago Letter3

The other day the writer had the
pleasure OF passing an hour or two in
the company of half a dozen ar
lists whose landscapes and por-
e--StJs are known to the connoisseurs
Of two worlds. One of them was on
his way to the Rocky mountain re-
gion, where he will spend six months
or year for the purpose of sketching
the natural wonders of that magnifi-
cent country, whose grandeur seen:- to
be estimated more justly in Europe
than at home. Another one was en-
route to Hawaii, where he thought ma
terial for brush and pencil could be
found in abundance. The others of
the party were less ambitious-one be-
ing headed for the Upper Mississippi
country, the others for the lakes and
woods of Wisconsin and Michigan.
From personalities the conversation
drifted into broader channels, one be-
ing the discussion of the journeyings
of artists of note. The statement was
made that painters-eve those of great
reputation-draw largely upon their
imagination; especially in the depic-
ton of comparatively unknown lands
and the wild beasts which inhabit them.
This broad assertion caused a young
Belgian artist to speak lovingly of a
German colleague, Wilhelm Kuhnert,
whose achievements are comparatively
unknown in America and who deserves
to be better known in a land whose
people delight to honor intrepidity and
devotion to duty, wherever they may
find it.
Kuhnert was born September 2S, 1865,
in the little German city of Oppeln. He
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13
EAST AFRICAN LION

-
studying the lion, the tiger, the rhin-
oceros and other strange beasts in their
aatlve lair. No artist before him had
undertaken such Il dangerous trip on
his own responsibility. His predeces-
sors-and he had but few-who had
visited the African wilds had done so
as the paid representatives of pictorial
journals. Kuhnert went for arts sake,
giving up lucrative employment to
gather knowledge for himself and man
kind. While on his way to the Germna
EAST African possessions he stopped
or time at Cairo and other Egyptian
cities, filling his sketch books with
little treasures which afterward were
eagerly purchased by lovers of genuine
art and which the critics have pro-
nounced gems of the purest ray.
Kuhnert organized his exploring and
sketching expedition at Tanga. His
force consisted of a few carriers, a
guide and a cook, of whose natural
goodness the artist speaks words of
nighest praise, in direct contradiction
Of other travellers who have pronounced
these natives treacherous and lazy.
Whenever Kuhnert's little expedition
touched native villages it found a
hearty welcome; and eggs, flour, chick
ms, corn and sugar cane were always
offered in exchange for European tri-
fies. The negro men would stand for
lours behind his camp chair and would
accompany every movement of brush
Or pencil with eloquent gestures.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13

A couple of hours later two villains,
along the road from Lyncaster to
Seaton-myself and Hargreaves on the
warpath.
We were horribly nervous--at least,
was. A four-mile walk in mud and a
thick mist had cooled my enthusiasm,
and nervous tremors trickled down my
spine as [ thought of attacking those
rufTians alone and unaided.
Visions floated before me in fright
full procession. L saw myself and Har-
greaves a pair of mangled corpses
weltering in our gore. Horrible! Wip-
ing the cold perspiratiCn from my fore
head l stole a glance at Hargreaves.
He was stalking along in silent gloom,
his hands thrust into his pockets, his
cap tugged down over his eyes.
''Hargreaves." / began. He started
as though he had been shot. This was
encouraging.
'H-Hargreaves,' l said. trying to get
the nervous quiver out of my voice
"H-Hargreaves, DIDO you think they
have accomplices? Perhaps there is a
g-gang of them
Rubbish" from Hargreaves, saw
agely. ''Bosh. How goes the eneny?"
"Half-past ten,'' | suffered. and re-
signed myself to fate.
We reached the crossroads by II
o'clock, after which ten minutes sharp
walking brought us to Seaton hall.
The house was approached by a drive
about quarter of a mile in length.
This we followed, sneaking along. and
finally into the thick shrubbery just
where the drive swept round in front
of the hall.
We seemed TO have been there for
hours, during which my only comfort
lay in clutching the blackthorn cudgel
and a pocket pistol, to which Har-
greaves carried pair, when suddenly
Hargreaves gripped my arm.
| listened. Footsteps were coming
stealthily toward us. Nearer and near
er they drew-nearer and nearer. |
,roucheG down behind the shrubs and
oeered out.
Ah-ha. There they were-the ruff
fans! Thank goodness. only two of
them. They sneaked along on the mar
:ow strip of grass bordering the gravel
1rive, passed and disappeared into the
! 1arl<ne.s.
A few minutes elapsed. Then Ian
terms red bull's-eye cleaned out close
to the ground. Two figures reared
ladder against the house wall.
One of the men mounted and disap-
peared. l could hear Hargreaves breath
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13

at the battle of Iul1a, in 1862; there
fore it is necessary for him to take a
carriage, whereas men who are not
thus afflicted would walk. or take
street ears.
Usually by noon all of these errands
are attended to, and Col. henderson Is
IN his committee room at the capitol,
attending to public duties there. When
tthc gavel of the speaker falls. calling
the house to order at noon, he rs In his
scat on the floor of the house, and there
he remains, participating iii public de-
bates on all questions. For the COM
mittee on rules he often appears. to
state the policy of the majority con-
xserning pending bills, and his utter
anccs are always lucidly delivered and
wcll received.
The house generally remains IN ses-
sion until half-past five or SIX O'Clock,
and, when adjournments are taken, Col.
Henderson goes at once to the hotei,
where he has supper with his wife and
daughter, remaining with them untii
about eight o'clock, when he goes TO
his office room in the hotel, to write
letters TO those who have required him
TO visit the departments in the morn
ing He is generally engaged IN this
work until about ten O'Clock at night.
In the meantime from five to twenty
men have called and been seen. all OF
them having requests to make. which
will require some of his time and at
fention the next day. So. you see, the
popular congressman has enough to do
to keep him going all the time; and
ne never dreams of such thing as
limiting his days work to eight hours.
That would be impossible
Well, when ten o'clock at night ar
rives, one would suppose that the man
was entitled to little bit OF rest and
sleep. But things are different here
About ten O'Clock at night the politi
cians begin to hoid conferences about
pending bills. Col. Henderson is always
wanted in these councils. and they
usually last until midnight or one
D Geek IN 15e morning.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13
NEW ENGLAND EPIGRAMS.

The future keeps her secrets for his
tory to tell.
Touch is magic wand that stirs the
blood and rales the soul.
Mistakes pervadc our lives; they arc
our teachers, but in this school di-
plomas are withheld.
The wind makes steps at every door,
but when the friendly hinges turn the
phantom feet are gone.-Springfieid
lMass.) Republican.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13
SuOseQuentIN Confirmed.

Il always form my opinion of man
from my impression at first sight of
him." observed Rivers, ''and seldom
have to change it. Now, that fellow
who has just gone out took an in
stant dislike to him when he came in,
and nothing will ever make me think
differently of him.
y noticed he had bill against you,'
remarked Brooks.-Chicago Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13
Somewhat Ambiguous

A gentleman lately dismissed clever
but dishonest gardener. For the sake
of his wife and family he gave him a
character, and this is how he worded
it: 81 hereby certify that A. B. has
been my gardener for over two years,
and that during that time he got more
out of my garden than any man I ever
employed. .'-Tit-Bits.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13
Two Fortunes.

eft was my good fortune that my an
cestors came orer in the Mayflower," 4"
said Miss South Church.
MAY -four" replied Miss Hennepin,
who did not quite understand. Our
folks made their fortune in September
WHEAT. Detroit Free Press.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13
How she worries Him.

''Oh, L have no difficulty at all in get
ting even with my husband when he
stays out late at night" explained the
wise woman. Il just incidentally sug-
gest to him next morning that he ought
TO break himself of the habit of talking
in his sleep."-Chicago Post.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13
A Permanent Arrangement.

"Dickey, how old is your sister
Ethel?"
"Aw: she's been 20 ever since l was
born" Chicago Record.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13
from Z21s. Sumter
to Mrs. 2lnAAam.
[LErrER TO MRS. p1NKHAM NO. 76,a44l

TO MRS- PlNkI4AM No /O,@ffJ
"One year ago last June three doc
tors gave me up to dic,Nand as had az
different times used your Vegetable
Compound with good results, | had too
much faith in it to die until had tried
it again. 1 was apparently an invalid
was confined to my bed for ten weeks.
Il believe my trouble was liberation OF
womb
after taking four bottles OF the
Compound and using some of the Liver
Pills and Sanative Wash, at the END OF
two months 1 had greatly improved
and weighed 155 pounds, when never
before weighed over 13s. LYDIA T.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Is the
best medicine ever used, and recon-
mend it to all my friends. MRS. ANNA
EVA GUNTEB, HIGGINsvILLE, MO.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13
our DOmestics.

Mistress-You have no young man,
I hope?
Maid-Oh, no, MAJ am; he's so if he's a
day.-BrookIYn Life.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13
Mrs. Barnhart Enjoys Life onco Moro.

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-I had Deen
sick ever since my marriage, seve-
years ago; have given birth to tour
children. and had two miscarriages. L
had falling of womb, leucorrhoea' pans
in back and legs; dyspepsia anu q
nervous trembling of the stomach
Now have none of these troubles ana
can enjoy my life. Your medicine mas q
1uorlxed wonders for me. MRS. ..
BARNHARr, New CASTLE, PA.
The Winslow mail., 1899-07-13

I Asst autumn, toward the end of the
IL Long" Hargreaves and I went
down to Lyncaster-on-Sea to do some
Arizona republican., 1899-01-23
OUR RELATIONS WITRITKLY
Progress of The Negotiations al Rome Towards Commercial Treaty..

London, Jan. 23.-It is announced in Rome that the Italian active squadron will immediately proceed to Cadiz to take part in the ceremonies in connec- tion with the landing of the ashes of Columbus. It is somewhat needlessly added that there is no political char acter in the visit, as the fact is that It. ally is anxious to be on the best pos
 sible terms with the United States. Her trade and commerce received a tremea- dous impetus consequent upon the ter imitation of her tariff war with France, and the present government is desir- ous to gain additional glory by con- cluding a commercial treaty CT an un- derstanding with America to this end.
 Vice Admiral Canevaro, the minister Of foreign affairs, had several inter views last week with Ambassador Ora per, and negotiations may now be said to have been formally commenced.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-23
BOTHER FIGURES"
WhiCe Prove inc G0Zeffe'S
 Figures PreVdriCdted.
Water Rates in Coast Towns Under PriVafe Ownership in COmpar- ISOn With inc Phoenix Rates.

The Gazette yesterday morning un- der ,the pretense of serving the tax payers of Phoenix, but with the pur- pose cf assisting .he Phoenix Water company in the defeat Of the munich pal water and sewerage bends, re- sorted to misrepresentation. Un- der the head of Other Fig ures" it charged Mayor Adams at the mass meeting last Friday night with having brought the Phoenix Water Works into comparison with various gravity systems of the east. As a matter of fact the water works to which the mayer alluded were those of Minneapolis, Detroit, Springfield, H., Rockford and RCck Island and Cold Water, Mich, all pumping pants and all operated by municipalities. The Gazette then inquiries why the mayor did not refer to Pacific coast plants and compare the rates of them wi those charged by the Phoenix Water company. The Gazette proceeds to introduce the systems Of San Fran cisco, Sacramento, Les Angeles, Stock ton, San Jose, San Diego, Bakersfield, Pasadena, Fresno, Salem, Ore; Reno. New; Tacoma, Wash; Austin, Tex. A comparison is made which is as grossly misrepTlesenting of facts. as the cpen- ing statement Of it's article was. The figures it presents with reference t7 rates have no existence in an official record, and besides, the plants alluded tc. by the Gazette are all under pri- Vate ownership.
 Here are figures regarding the plants the Gazette puts in evidence: Reno, New, as the Gazette states has the same rates as those charged by the Phoenix Water company, but the Ga Zette neglected to mention that the people of Ren1 kicked with srCi much vigor that they passed municipal water works bonds by a vel 2 Of 800 t. 200.
 In Salem, Ore, the family Ia-e is SIP, (Fhoenix $24); hydrant rental $21.S4 (Phoenix $70); cost of extension me-
Arizona republican., 1899-01-23
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
Ernest Abs Hagen Submits Some
 Interesting Points.

Editor Republican, Sir: The city Of Phoenix today is face to face with the problem of municipal ownership of it's water supply and sewerage system. Probably at no time in it's history has this city been called upon 10 settle a question involving such momentous is sues. The whole future policy of this municipality is to be shaped by this ac- ton, and the importance of right so- lution of the question before the people cannot be too strongly set forth. From such study of the subject as has here tofore been given to it. it has become apparent that one of the crying needs of every progressive city is the transfer of public utilities from the control Of private corporations, which run them for profit, to the hands of the munich pality, which shall own them for public service. In other words, public utili- ties must he conducted in the interest of the public and not in the interest of private speculation. Whatever bears directly on the public good should be controlled by the public. MOnCpolies, according to their ownership and con- trol may be cl3ssed as public and pri- vate or actual and artificial monopolies. J. ply, sewerage, street car service, high ways and streets, electric lighting, all railways, canals, bridges, docks, har- bors, natural navigations, postal ser vice, teIegraphs, telephones and the like are by their very nature monopo- lies. The work can be done cheaply and proftably by one system only, covering the whole area under cOnsid- eration. These brancHes Of business also involve an occupation of the streets, which subjects the public to much inconvenience, and which is often secured and attended by much c3rrup- ton. Competition in these projects is attended by far more loss to the public in the way of interference witt busi- ness and comfort in the disturbances Occasioned by the laying of pipes and mains and so on, than would be com pensated by any reduction that compa- tition would bring. Therefore these businesses are mOnopolies by the logic of circumstances. They are natural mCnCpolies and as such do not respond to the pressure of natural competition, because they are not amenable to the
Arizona republican., 1899-01-23
by surplus earnings;

by surplus earnings; operating eX- penses $7,000; revenue $22,O0O.
 There are TO available figures re garding the Bakersfield rates, but the company furnishes the city hydrants and water free and is still enabled tC declare a 15 per cent dividend
 In San Diego, where reservoirs have been constructed at great expense the family rate is $12.5O (Phoenix $2D.
 Sacramento not Cnly refutes the Ga cites argument but shows shat the business of furnishing water IS Ieman- erative. Tile systemi inrluSes 3S mil s of mains and Iays all extensions ous oi the revenues which amount to $103. .O0J annually The operating experses are S35,OO0. The family rate is $15 (Phoe- nix $2D; nc charge fer closet. b1thtub, washbowl CT garden hose.
 A dascripi iCn Of the San r. aac-sco water works will be edifying to these who are wondering whether it will pay Phoenix to go intc tihe water works busint S. Tie works are owned by a private cooperation. The watar is brought by gravity from costly re--r- voi1s in the mountains fiGgee1 and twenty mics distant and pumred into the mains. A mcre expensive system could net be devised, but no other is available in San Francsco Th-ug1 the rates are so high that the ci izens and newspapers last spring rC1e in arms and succeeded in Custing for a time the supervisors fer not fixing new ones, they are still nominal in com parison with the Phoenix 1ate. They are as follows: Hydr3nts S4427; fam fly rate SIP; wafer closet $3; b3thtub S4.50. There is no charge fer garden hose. The operating eXpers s are S376 826; the Tevenu2s S1, ,548 S35 Thus this company charging an average rate equal tp atcut half the Phoenix rate is enabled t. clear annually plm-st one and one-fcurth million dollars.
 What is true of the above described plants is true of all the other plants whose figures are Obtainable, referred tr by the Gazette, which was Clly bluffing in the dark when it men ticned them.
 In the Gazette articles there is significant sentence. Contro- verting statement by the mayor on the Phoenix rate Cn bathtubs the Gazette says: "Tha fact is that cny s per annum is charged for bath ubi and nearly all private tubs are free" If nearly all ara free, CT if any are free why are ncii all free?
 But the subject Of water rates anu all other questions which have a~;ssn cut Of this water works bend cam paign will te further and finally S. cussed at the opera house ten ght. Every man who buys water O. pays taxes or is in any way in eIestcd in a new and greater Phoenix is asked to be present.