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The Winslow mail., 1899-02-04
THE RIGHT BEDTIME.
1t Is Not the Same for Everyone-Ten n
O'Clock for EARLY
Risers.

A physician CT courtly old-school
manners used to give prescriptions
marked respectively for early bedtime
ard for late bedtime. A discussion
arose the ether day between several
friends as to what constituted early
and what late bedtime. Some Of the
ladies maintained that ten o'clock was
the limit between the two, others
thought that early bedtime lasted until
II, and a few who believed in beauty
sleep pleaded that early bedtime Began
at eight and ended at half past nine
o'clock.
So many people are engaged all day.
and the dinner hour is necessarily, in
city life, deferred to so late an hour,
that families do not break uP from their
quiet evenings until after ten. Society
pushes its hours later ard later, and
the votaries CT fashion come near hav-
ing no bedtime at all, snatching their
rest when they can between one gay
rout and another. The invalid and the
aged person and the child must per-
fierce retire early. Fer those steady-go-
ing persons who regulate their lives by
rule, and who habitually rise at an
carly hour and breakfast punctually at
seven o'clock, ten is certainly a good
bedtime hour. Brain workers would
find their account in seeking the repose
Of the couch and the darkcned and si-
lent chamber, with preferably opaque
curtains to exclude the light of the
moon and street lamp alike, at ten
o'clock
y long sleep rests the mind as well as
the body, and prepares one for the work
of the next day, whatever it may be.
Far better than an opiate or narcotic
is the habit Of seeking the pillow at an
early hour. and quietly lying still, with
closed eyes and relaxed limbs. until
sleep, gently wooed, Genes with its
healing touch and softly weaves its
| spells of balm.
The good doctor probably meant by
early bedtime any hour between eight
| and half past nine. and regarded the
later period as between half past nine
ard midnight,
Growing children cannot too careful
y be enjoined to get plenty of sleep.
| The hoy or girl who has lessons to learn
must wallcn early after good nights
rest, and this is insured only by pune
tuality in retiring. Eight o'clock is a
| good bedtime for all young people un-
der Is, and should be insisted upon by
rarents.-Harper's Bazaar,
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-04
THREE FAMOUS STATUES.
but There Is Another In Japan, Not
of Stone, Which Represents
Duddha.

The three most famous statues in his
tory are the Colossus of Rhodes, the
Sphinx and the vocal statue CT Memnon
at Thebes, and of these the last is the
most remarkable, in consequence Of its
property of emitting sounds when it's
lips were touched by the rays of the ris-
ing sun so that it seemed to greet the
coming day. It was originally a por-
trait model of King Amenophis H., and
was one of pair of statues between go
and 20 feet high. carved out of single
blocks Of sandstone, and transported
from the quarries to Thebes, whereas
the Sphinx was carved from the living
rock in stu.
Of statues other than stone the most
remarkable is that of Buddha at Nara.
near Kioto, in Japan, which was erected
4. d. 100. 1t is made Of bronze and is
So feet six inches high and more than
rs feet broad across the shoulders. Or
its head are 966 curls, and the image is
surrounded by glory or halo rs feet in
diameter, on which 16 images, each
eight feet long, are cast. Two smaller
images: each 25 feet high, stand in
front CT The larger one. The total
weight of metal in the main figure is
about $50 tons, of which 500 pounds con-
SIsts CT gold
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-04
PUECENT PARAGRAPHS.

Richmond-''D Auber has been of
fered S25 for that last painting of his"
GIenroy -"Oh. he's had it framed, has
he ?"-Town Topics.
He-'I love you; do you love me?,s
She (faintly) Yes" He-"Ah!
Then you'll be mine?" She (irmIy)-
no. You'll be mine e"-Answers.
Softleigh-''So you-aw, don't think
the clothes make the man, Miss Cut
ting?" MissCutting-'Well, they didn't
in your case, at least."-Chicago Daily
News.
He-t'You haven't any idea how ex-
hiIarating it is to dance With the one
you love best III all the world!" She
! II gu"Du uCn mDSt lO0I
Dear me! Howfunny you must lodk
dancing all by yourself illustrated
American.
spacer- -ssscribbIer is. an odd stick
Scrawler- what way?" spacer-
"Why, he not only inclOSes a postage
ed, but also a revenue check stamp in
case it should be accepted. Town
Topics. h
Might Be Corrected.-D -Diner-''Wait-
er, l find l have just money enough to
r2y for the dinner, but it leaves nothing
in the way of a tip for yourself" Wait
-er-''Let me add up the bill again. sir -
Chicago Journal.
mike, said Flooding Pete, "did yer
hear bout Alaska ?'' Lots. Are you
t'inl<in of de trip?' 81 dunno. I'm told
dat daylight lasts p hours at stretch
Ef I could git job in DAT locality as
night watchman l dunno but I'd bewill-
ing to work. ."-Washingto Star.
a lady writes from Germany hat she
is discouraged about learning the Ger
man language. A German friend who
tried to converse with her in English
made such a mistake that she fears She
may Go as badly in German. The Ger
man gentleman innocently gave this
rendering of a familiar saying: "The
ghost is willing, but the meat is feeble
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-04
A MANS STATE.
California May Yet Ec blessed as
One Of r6rxh's Male
Lands.

California is emphatically one of
ing's classification. The first Saxon
settlers were men, and in their rude civ.
ilization women had no part. For years
women in California were objects Of
curiosity or Of chivalry, disturbing
rather than cementing Influences in
society. Even yet California is essen
tally a mans state. 1t is common 10
say that public opinion does not ex-
ist there; but such n statement is not
wholly correct. 1t does exist, but it is
an out-of-door opinion-a mans view
Of men. There is, for example. a
strong opinion about hypocrisy in Cal
ifornia, as more than one clerical rene
gade has found to his discomfiture
The pretense to virtue is the one vice
that ie not forgiven. If man be not a
liar, few questions are asked, least Of
all the delicate one as to the ''name he
vert by in the states" What we com
monty call public opinion-the cut-and-
dried decision en- social and civic ques-
tions-is made up in the house. 1t IS
essen TALLY leIlluluS III us VI S1A, tAiN.
opinion of Eouseholders as to how men
should behave. In California there is
little which corresponds to the social
atmosphere pervading the snug, white
painted, greenbinded New England
villages and this little exists chiefly iii
communities of people transported
thither in blocl-traditions, convcn-
tionalities, prejudiees and all. There
is, in general, no merit attached to con-
formity, and one may take wide range
Of rope without necessarily arousing
distrust. Speaking broadly, in Cali
fornia the virtues of life spring from
within, and are not prescribed from
without. The young man who is de-
cent only because he thinks that some
one is locking would do well to stay
away. The stern law of individual re
sponsibility turns the fool over to the
fool-killer without preliminary trial.
No fncr type OF man can be found in
the world than the sober Californian;
and yet no coast is strewn With Wrc cks
more pitiful-David Starr Jordan, in
Atlantic. -----'
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-04
PHILIPPINE INSURGENTS.
They Arc Swayed and Led On b.
Different Leaders-Aguinni-
dos Power.

The insurgents facility of movement
and indifference to hardships, which
would be uncomfortable TO other troops,
have made the conquest of Luzon a
speedy and easy matter to them. 1t
was in this conquest that the independ-
ent spirit of the different leaders has
been shown, and it was only after the
success gained by other generals that
Aguiraldo began to appreciate the fact
that, while the commander in chief in
name, he was, in the opinion of many
Of his generals, only partner in the
enterprise. For example, Gen. Maca-
bulus, young man Of about 80 years,
has. raised an army and has taken pos
session of three of the richest provinces
in the northwest. Aguinaldo proposed
not long ago, to send Macabulus to an
other part of the island. SuspectinG
that he was to be freed from his com
mand on account of his popularity in
the north he refused to go, saying his
provinces would have to be conquered
by Aguinaldo before he would leave
them. A few days later he forwarded
to Aguinaldo. as a guarantee Of good
faith in the cause of the insurrection,
the sum of $35, ,O00 in cash. This was
since the young commander in chief
moved his headquarters from Bacoor.
in the province of Cavite, to Malolos, in
the province of Bulacan. about 25 miles
north of Manila, where the revolution
airy govc rnment was formally organ
lied recently. The action of Macabulus
is not unique. Several other prominent
leaders openly refuse TO recognize the
absolute authority of Aguinaldo, each
OF them refusing to submit to his die
tatorship any further than is compat-
ible with his own personal interests
Aguinaldo's power seems to be chiefly
among the lowest class Of natives. who
have superstitious veneration for him
that is quite ineXplicable. They believe
that he bears a charmed life, and thai
no bullet or knife of the enemy can in
Jure him. Not only do they wear on
their chest in battle representations of
religious symbols rudely drawn Oh cot
ton cloth, and, carry in their mouths
bits of parchment or paper with similar
designs drawn in pencil in a magic cir
Gle (they call these charms ang-ting
ang-ting), but they even carry Aguinal-
dos name as a fetich.-F. d. Millet, in
Harper's Weekly.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-04
IEIS EUIS [IE EIl9S n [NE y{fSffcfGa OBeI SBeI=
a tCT IN owes along.
:.

81 - AtiCNtS EtioIt5
An 'ice-creeper,' for wearing on the
shoes in slippery streets, has been in
vented by Missouri lady. 1t has small
steel teeth to pierce the ice as the wear
er walks, and can be applied to the sole
in ten seconds.
a summer overcoat is q luxury, not
necessity. This is the opinion of a
sheriff in Berlin. who seized a light
overcoat in liquidation of a small debt.
The debtor brought suit to recover the
coat, but the court sustained the
sheriff
Distressing noises in her head in
duced Sarah Loura, an elderly lady, to
seek relief at st. Mary's hospital, Phil
adelphia. The surgeon discovered that
a living spider had made a nest in her
ear, and he quickly removed the in
truder.
1t has been suggested that deaths
from accidental poisoning might be
greatly reduced by compelling drug
eists to use bottles of peculiar shape
for all poisonous preparations. In
harmless drugs, bottles with smooth
sides; for poisons, corrugated bottles
An uncommon disease caused the
death of Harry Huepel, of Toledo, o.
His bones grew in bulk and length. In
nine weeks his lower jaw heightened
one inch, his fingers and toes each
heightened two inches and his height
increased many inches. All he ate
seemed to turn TO bone, and he was
almost a skeleton in appearance.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-04
Aftcrnnon-Tea nreah

Take one eupful of milk, one teaspoon-
full each of butter and sugar, one-fourth
yeast cake, one saltspoonful of salt
flour and the white of one egg Warm
the bread bowl and spoon; scald the
milk and allow it TO cool; sift the -four.
Butter the bowl and add the warm
milk; melt the butter and dissolve the
sugar, salt and yeast in it; sift in the
-four until a stiff dough is made, which
does not stick to the bowl. Beat well
Cut the beaten white of the egg into the
dough carefully Cover the bowl with a
towel, and allow the dough to rise un-
til twice its size. If the temperature
Is 70 degrees Fahrenheit it will take an
hour. Cut the dough down and beat
we'll. Shape into loaf, rolls or biscuit
Allow them to rise until twice the size.
Bake in, q. hot oven,-Good Housekeep-
ing, r-- r-t -s-
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-04
A War Incident,

While securing the Winslow to the
Hudson an incident occurred which
forces itself through the crush of sad
memories and causes a smile. One OF
the Winslow's crew was conspicuous
for his quickness, knowledge and
daptability. He knew where every
thing was and how to do everything
and he was usually there to do it. But,
from the time the first line was made
fast until we were miles out of range
of the shore. his sole idea was to get
another shot at the Spaniards. The
minute he could drop the work before
him he would jump to gun, throw in
a shell. elevate the gun as far as II
would go and let drive, caring nothing
of where the shot landed so long as ii
went in the direction of the shore
Lieut. Ernest E. Mead, U. s, r. c. S., il
Harper's Magazine.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-04
SECONDHAND WATCHES.
Commercial EE5.ses37sl CorrespoTa (. ent s
in India Make Suggestions
ia Their Letters.

Among the most valuable CORE
spondents Of the Philadelphia Com
mercial museum in India and other
oriental countries are American mis-
sionaries. Two of these, from whol'
considerable valuable information has
been received, have suggested as a
means of introducing and popular;zing
American products a floating cXposi-
ton. Their idea is that this should be
on board a vessel and should iEclude a
full and complete collection Of Amer
lean goods. After spending some time
at Indian ports the vessel could visit
various Chinese ports, and give the
Chinese an opportunity to see what the
United States has to sell.
The museums correspondent says
that there is an opening in China for
the disposal Of a limited quantity of
secondhand watches. The native
watch repairers are skillful and work
cheaply. They will take a watch that
a jeweler at home would not think
worth repairing and fix it9up SO as to
get several years running cut of it..
Old watches, the missionary thinks,
which accumulate on the hands of
jewellers could be disposed of for the
value of the silver in them.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-04
Swiss Funeral Customs.

Swiss funeral customs are most De-
culiar. AT the death of a person the
family inserts a formal, black-edged
announcement in the papers asking for
sympathy, and stating that "the
mourning urn" will be exhibited dur
ing certain hours on special day. In
front of the house where the person
died there lis placed little black table,
covered with a black cloth. on which
stands black jar. Into this the
friends and acquaintances of the fam
lily drop little, black-margined visiting
cards, sometimes with a few words of
sympathy on them. The urn is put on
the table on the day of the funeral
Only men ever go to the churchyard,
and they generally follow the hearse
on foot.-London Tit-Bits.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-04
King Daxid,s Tomb.

The GeEman emperor was. it seems,
after all, not the first unbeliever to
visit the grave of King David. Father
Winkler, parish priest of Linz, writes
to the Austrian papers to claim the
honor for himself. He says he was there
on the 29th of April last with a man
wclI known in Jerusalem, whose name
he gives as a witness. He paid one
franc only, and this, with the permits
sion he gave to the Moslem attendant
to examine his white clerical habit,
made the man so amenable that. Of his
own accord. he invited the priest to
enter the grave Of David. On the spot
which marks the grave ascatafalque is
raised covered with costly old carpet.
Through a window, without glass or
shutter, he could enjoya splendid view
OF the Kedron valley and the country
round the Dead sea. The priest was
ir the coenaeulum which adjoins the
grave of David 13 years ago, and at
that time it was not allowed even to
look through the chinks in the door of
the tomb.-London News.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-04
DEVELOPMENT of the Philippines.

There is highly fertile region all
around, with large and active popula
ton, and there are various summer re-
sorts. hot springs, marvellous. canyons
and waterfalls and several large country
houses on immense estates close to the
lake. From the eastern shore of the
great sheet cf water, which,is perhaps
"a miles across at its widest part, it is
But dozen miles or so to the ocean, and
from the summit of the ridge which di-
v;des the fresh waters from the salt the
great eXpanse of the Pacific is over
looked and the bold ummits of the
coast range of mountains vanishing
north and south in the distance. Un-
der a proper government these islands
would be the most charming region of
the tropics. Of the commercial devel-
opment of the tropics I need not speak,
because it has been often discussed.
VAtt~ut any doubt there are great pos
sibilties here, and plenty of openings
for the investment of capital and the
exercise of energy and enterprise
t. d. MIillett, in EarT er's Weekly,
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-04
TAKES THE PLACE OF SILK.
Large Quantities of Mercerized Cot
tons Coming Hither from
Europe.

a steady increase is noted in the i'm
portations from Europe of a new fab
ric designed TO replace certain grades
of silk. 1t is mercerized cotton-that
is, cotton which has been so chemically
treated as to give gloss to the surface
while ct the same time changing the
character of the fabric Within the
past year an enormous increase has
taken place in the importations OF
This fabric and customs officers say
that the constantly multiply ing orders
'll'"s bon' oOnl01 Old
for mercerized cottons have caused an
apPreciable1 dinninution in the impor-
tations Of silk goods. The mercerizing
process is applied to cotton yarns as
we'll as to the cloth, and the ''silkihed''
cotton yarns are steadily crOwding
out the silk yarns for embroidering
purposes. Experts in this line of goods
have declared that mercerized cotton
yarns are about 25 per cent. stronger
than the silk yarns.
Edwin a. Hartshorn, assistant Unit
cd States appraiser at New York, in
charge Of the division in which these
mcreerized goods undergo the official
inspection as required by the customs
law, says that he had seen some mer-
cerized cottons which in their close re-
semblarce to silk would deceive men
long accustomed to handling silk
goods. An investigation recently
made by the United States general ap-
praisers into the character of imported
merceriZed cottons resulted in the Off
cial declaration that the color in the
warp Of these goods is impaired by an
insoluble, ineXtractable coloring mat
ter inherent in the fiber, the physical
construction of the fiber being changed
by the action of caustic soda. These
mercelized cottons are coming into this
country in large quantities from Ger
many and Switzerland, and also from
Scotland They are expected from 9TH
er countries. inasmuch as United
States consular agents report that mer-
cerizing machines are being put in
operation iii nearly all of the European
countries. Dress goods in imitation of
silk can be put on the American mar
l<et about 20 per cent cheaper than the
real silk.
Importers say that these cottons are
fast supplanting silk in the manufac-
ture Of silk shirt waists for women and
as novelties in dress goods. The new
fabric is also coming into extensive use
for the covering of so-called silk UNI
hrellas. In tapestries and upholstery
silks the mercerized cotton has become
an important factor. While the mer-
cerized cloth has the gloss and luster Of
silk. it is pronounced as durable as
heavy cotton.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-04
GREATEST OF GLUTTONS.
The Sole Ambition of Apicius Was to
Discover Something New
in Dishes.

Apicius, the greatest of all gluttons,
wrote a long and elaborate work on
culinary science, which is filed with
descriptions of extraordinary dishes
and sauces. His sole ambition in life
was to discover novelties in food, and
to this pursuit he devoted all his energy
and most of his wealth. Shrimps were
at one time his hobby; and because the
marshes of Minturnae produced
shrimps of an enormous size, he set up
a magnificent establishment in that
seaport, and made himself happy with
his favorite luxury until he heard, by
chance, that still larger shellfish Of
the same sort could be found in Africa
Instantly he bought ship and set sail
for the blissfpl region. He was nearly
drowned on the voyage, but that did
not worry him. His single thou*ht
was Of the delicious monsters awaiting
him. But when the fishermen he en-
ployed could show him nothing bigger
than he had eaten at home, he flew into
a rage and straightway started across
the Mediterranean again, declaring
that the whole continent of Africa was
worthless compared with his private
shrimp bed at Minturnae. Well, Apicius
spent so much of his fortune on feast
ing that one day, on looking over his
accounts, he found he had only few
millions left. Then the strange flea
came into his hea5 that he was going
to die of starvation. And what do you
think he did?'
"Cut down his expenses"
Turned miser, perhaps"
"He committed suicide; just hanged
, himself, out of sheer terror lest the
time should come when he could not get
enough to eat, though in fact he was
rolling in wealth. ."-E. Ii. House, in ST
Nicholas.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-04
VAUNTED FRENCH TITLES.
Some of Them Are Not Worth the
Price of the Cards they Are
Printed On.

The Revue des Revues has been late
ly occupied in showing that the titles
promenaded by the members of the
Jockey club of the Pommes de Terre,
of the Union and of the Rue Royale are
not worth the cards on which they are
printed; that in France to-day there
does not exist single solitary prince
duke or marquis possessed of an au-
thentic title. The allegation is inter
esting, particularly SO in view Of the
fact that if untrue the collectible dam
ages would be heavy. The Faubourg
Saint -Germain, the mythical home Of
this mythical aristocracy, has not, how
ever, demeaned itself with anything so
uncivil as civil proceedings. But the
Gaulois, its accredited organ, has re-
piled that the allegation is unpatriotic,
and that for the delightful reason that
it is calculated to throw a scare into
the hearts of American girls, who, be-
ing heavy consumers, have largely in
creased the national wealth.
The argument has not appealed to
NJ. Francesque Sarcey. Should it oc-
cur" lie says; SHOULD the hour come
when our sprigs of nobility are no long
er bought by exotic qualls, I for one
would not weep for grief" NJ. Sarcey
adds: 1.-THE idle descendant Of Cru
sader is sucking pig. The female
Yankee is a peacock. What coed can
such couple work? There may have
been unions between them that have
not turned out badly, yet in that case
the parties have been more lucky than
wise" NJ. Sarcey concludes: Il know
Of nothing less estimable than these
bargains, which are less contracts of
marriage than bills of sale. e.'-Collier's
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-04
Beet Sugar.

The existence of common sugar in
beet root was first discovered by An
sdreas Maygraf, of Berlin, in 1747, and
the first beet sugar factory was estab-
lished in Silcsia in 1901, Napoleons
wars and his restrictive commercial pol
icy gave impetus to the beet industry
on the continent, for no other sugar
could be obtained. With his fall and
the opening of continental markets TO
British trade it languished again, and it
was not until .1830-4O that it secured a
firm footing. Since then it has become
a national industry in France. Ger
many, Austria, Holland Russia and Bel
gium. Keystone, 3 q ~ -
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-04
His Tongue His weapon.

An English writer who hkens Talley-
rand to a cat which scratches, dealing
wounds that infafae but that do not
kill, gives few examples of his irri-
tating wit. Director Rewbell, in tit
of rage, flung an inkstand ut Talley-
rands head, eXclaiming: "Vilc emigre,
your mind is as crooked as your feet "
The cripple waited his revenge. "How
are things going?" asked Rewbell one
Fay of the prince. 'Crossways, as you
see,' replied Talleyrand to the direc-
tor, whose eyes crossed. Nine. de Stael
was suspected of painting herself as the
heroine of her romance, "Delphine,
md Talleyrand in the character of the
greedy and artificial Nine. de Vernon.
They tell me-" said the wit, meeting
Ter soon after her books had appeared,
that both you and l are In the book,
na,iam, disguised as females. De-
troit Free Press. q M