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The Winslow mail., 1899-08-17
who was kind to you-who took you out

who was kind to you-who took you out
of poverty to marry you-who never
harmed the most helpless creature?
What had he done that you should kill
him, you murderess?" ?"
Miss Considine had ceased to struggle.
The blanched whiteness of her face and
the startling eyes were something aw-
full to see, and the screams that broke
through her rigid, ashen lips curdled
the blood to hear.
''Shall 1 tell you who 1 amp" Count
Ludwig continued, without releasing
her, still compelling her to look. Count
Ludwig no longer. L am his son-that
Rodolphus of whom you have heard
but whom you never saw. When / came
home and found that the poor old man
who loved me had been ruthlessly slain,
L swore never to rest till l had found
and given to Justice his sraeress.
For, madam, 1 never doui vfr single
| instant who she was. You laid your
plans well. You married a doting old
man for his wealth, and with your
sorceress designings you induced him
to disown his own children and make
a will which gave you all. Then you
contriyed that he should send the serv-
ants for holiday, except that valet,
who was hanged for the murder. Poor
old George, he would have died sooner
than harm his master. You pretend
ed to quit the house yourself. But you
came back in disguise and did the
deed"
He paused. Miss Considine had not
uttered a sound for some moments.
The horrible ghastliness had not left
her face, but she had in measure re-
covered her self-possession. Now she
spoke in an utterly changed but com
posed tone.
You cannot prove a syllable of this
mad story" she began, but he stopped
her, with eyes that seemed absolutely
/ to blaze with rage and menace. Draw
| ing swiftly forth purple velvet case,
| he lifted the lid and showed upon the
white satin cushion an eXquisitely-
wrought sandalwood bracelet 1t was
stained with something which had
| dried upon it, and changed its color all
except about a third, to a dark sicl1ly
| shade. whose hue it was not difficult to
Said Count Ludwig, in avved tone:
II tOnp9 tPi' O"'O"~ tbo '"OPio"o II
''I found this among the cushions of
| the chair in which my father was
slain. 1t is his blood upon it. 1t
slipped from your arm in the struggle
with him. You wear its mate this mo-
ment upon your arm"
He held his ensanguined token an
| instant beside the one on this woman's
bare, exquisitely-molded arm. Then he
laid her slowly down upon the carpet
and drew back. She never stirred.
II think she is dead" he said quietly.
It was true. Some vessel had burst
| inwardly in that wild struggle against
! the shock of knowing that the man she
| had learned to love was the son of her
unhappy victim. She had been dying
while he spoke to her.-N. Y. Weekly.
\ Threat That Was Net Acted Upon.
Lady-What! Willy Green, you here
fishing on Sunday? [ shall tell your
father just as soon as L see him.
Willie Green--Well, you won't have
to wait long Here ne comes now. He
has been back in the wo0Gs diggin'
| bait.-Puck.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-17
WIT AND WISDOM.

Rocky music-cradle songs.-Golden
Days.
Nine-tenths of the born leaders of
men are women.-Chicago Daily News.
Some folks are so worthless that we
wonder what they care if it is nice
day.-Washington Qa) Democrat.
He-"Was your brother engaged in
the late warp" She-"No; not until
after he came home. ."-Yonkers States
man.
Some of us hardly guess how much of
our goodness is due to the thought that
the neighbors may be looking.-L. A.
w. Bulletin.
Lacks Opportunity.-"You don't seem
to have much to say about domestic af-
fairs You are mistaken, sir. | have
a good deal to say, but | never get
chance to say it.'-Richmond Dispatch.
Only -Mistress-''What
are you doing, Rieke?? Throwing dishes
at that target? Are you crazy?" Maid
--"Crazy? No; I'm going to get mar
ried. .'-Das Kleine Witzblatt.
Father Ito little Fritz, who has come
home from the BARRIERS with his head
completely shorn)-"You're regular
sight! What made you let anyone dis
figure you in that way?" Fritz-''But.
papa, just think! 1 got it all done for
ten pfennig."-Fliegende Blaetter
No Cause for Apprehension.-Lad
Passenger (seated in the railway car
riage underneath the rack which her
fellow passenger has loaded with bun
dles)-"You have so many packages
here, monsieur, I'm afraid they'll fall. -
The Fellow Passenger-"Oh, never
mind. There's nothing among them
I l.
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A Legacy of Pretence.

Just 100 years ago the Manhattan
company of New York City was incor-
porated by Aaron Burr. It's ostensible
purpose was to supply the city with
water. It's real purpose was to open
bank. The reason for the concealment
was because there was a popular pref
udice against banks. A tank was built,
hollow logs laid for pipes, and water
was distributed until 1910. In order to
keep its charter, this great banking
company, which still exists, is to-day
obliged to pump water from it's ancient
tank. A pitcherful is always in evil
dence at its annual meetings, and
committee solemnly reports that no ap-
plications for water have been refused.
The story has it's humorous side, but
it illustrates the legacy ofpretence and
useless effort which roundabout
methods alway entail. Aaron Burr's
mode of seeking one object under cover
of another has many followers but in
politics or society or in individual re-
lations it can never be commended and
seldom excused.-Youth's Companion.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-17
THE OLD HEARTHSToNE.


FuI many a year hath passed away,
Full many wintry night ard day
Since first its shadcwy light did play
Upon these homestead walls;
Full many a face with rare deiight
Hath gazed into its freight bright,
While happy visions charmed INC s'sn'
Within these welcome. halls.
The old hearthstone!-what sweeter name
Wears coronal Of lasting fame!
How glows the cheek with JOY ahame
When memory speaks its pralse'
Adown the aisles of the dim past pasT vast
Life's pictures spread their canFo '"7''
And | behold, in beauty cast
Bright scenes of bygone days.
Fair forms and hcary heads appear,
The maiden's blush, the smile OF c"eei'
And voices sweet burst on my ear
Like music in the night;
Apain the kettle sings its tune,
The cricket chirps his cheerful 6oon'
And winters chill turns into JUNE
Before the bright freight
Once more. with ripping cadence sweet,
The siIvery strains Of mirtn repeat
Like dying echoes, all too meet
Expiring on my ear;
The game, the jest, that richly blends
With all the joy the hearth attencs'
And from their shelves those silent friends
Fill me anew with cheer.
Around the hearth merry throng
Fill all the house with joyful song,
Speeding the happy hours along
AlasI too soon gone by;
There, life's glad spring is free of woe,
Tresses are fair and cheeks aglow,
Old age alone hath locks of snow
And feels that death is nigh.
q Youthful one! when coming years
Have led thee thro' the vale of tears.
And thou Iook'st back on hopes and fears
All now to thee unknown;
No dearer thoughts will move thy soul,
No sweeter memories o'er thee roll,
And cheer thy way toward yon bright goal,
Than of the old hearthstone.
Alexander P. Huston. in Ohio Farmer.
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beyond His Depth.

"Let u.s." said the speaker, 'be not
too hasty in our endeavor to solve the
social problems that confront us. Our
country is young yet, and we must pass
through the experiences that fall to
all countries in the early stages of their
development
Here is the tramp question, for in
stance. We all know that there are
thousands of unemployed men in the
United States, and many of us are wor-
rying great deal over what is to be
done with them. But let us not be over
hasty, I say, in trying to dispose of
these matters Sooner later the
tramp Will work out his own salvation.
L am
0Eo"U ,"t'" NJ
''Say,'' interrupted dusty-Iool1i1lg
person in the rear part of the hall, you
better switch over to some other sub.
ject. You don't know the tramp
Chicago Post
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Parent of a Prodigy.

"What an amount of dignity Jones
seems to have developed lately" re-
marked Brown. Hes going to throw
up his job and try to get something bet
ter. He says there's no use of a man
with his qualifications filing so menial
a position. And he's always been such
a meek, pnassuming man. you know"
eyes" replied Smith, ''but I heard
that his baby has just got so that it
can say papa so they can understand
it."-N. Y. World.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-17
Princess Cleaned Windows.

Here is funny little story about
Princess Victoria. One day her mother
took her to visit Queen Adelaide. The
duchess was obliged to leave the little
one alone with the queen for some
time, and the latter, to make the prin-
cess feel at home, said:
''Now, my dear, you have an hour to
spend with me and you shall do exactly
as you like. ;"
Exactly as like?" queried the lit
tie princess, doubtfully.
eyes," replied the queen, little imag-
ming what was to follow.
.0Then, dear Aunt Adelaide" sald
the child "may 1 be allowed to clean
the windows?"
Queen Adelaide was somewhat
startled but the little one had her
wav setting to work with sleeves care
fully rolled up and an apron tied around
her waist.-N. Y. Herald.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-17
Sinking for Salt Water wa1Is

new industry is springing up in
northern MeXico-sinking wells for salt
water to manufacture salt for mining
and domestic purposes. One company
has secured 12O, 900 acres of salt water
territory at Cameron, 120 miles south
of Laredo. and have struck water con.
tanning - per cent. salt, worth from
one to two cents per pound.-Chicago
ChrOnio1a
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-17
EamnuS French Women.

Madame Lancelot-Croce, the French
artist. has just made for the French
government a necklace composed of 12
medals bearing the heads of the -
most famous women of French history.
The subject was inspired by Queen
Margherita of Italy, and the ornament
is to be presented to the empress of
Russia,-Chicago Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-17
Too Personal

The Circassian-What's the fight
about?
The Skeletor-Oh, the Pincushion
limited something about pig iron in the
Iron-Jawed Wonders presence,-N. y.
Journal.
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Butter and Man.

Butter is prime when it is fresh; but
mans youthful freshness disappears
when lie reaches his prime.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-17
Very Small Game.

Tenderfoot-Is there any big game
around here?
Native-There used ter be, but now
yer can't find nuthin' but penny ante
n. Y. Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-17

IWLIW
the clergymen, 81 narrowly escaped
laughing outright at an unconscious
bit of humor I perpetrated. Why is it,
| asked, in the course of my moral-ap-
plying eloquence, why is it that there
should be peculiar appropriateness
to-day in the gathering about this bier
of friends and relatives whose tears fall
like rain?' paused there significantly
to let my words sink in, when suddenly,
with a choke-producing flash, it crossed
nv mind that the dead man had been
a milkman in the community for 25
wears IN. Y. World.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-17
EirSf the Best.

It's better to love the person you can't
marry than to marry the person you
can't love.-Chicago Daily News.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-17
From a Grateful Newark Woman.

nWhen / wrote to you | was very
.;o,, had not been well for two years.
Tbe doctors did not seem to help me-
and one said 1 could not live three
months. l had womb trouble, talling'
ulcers, kidney and bladder trou bic.
There seemed to be such drawing
and burning pain in my bowels that l
could not rest anywhere. After using
Ivdia E. Pinkham's Vegetable COM
n0nnd and Sanative Wash and follow.
inc vour advice, 1 feel well again and
stronger than ever My bowels feel as II
thew had been made over new. with
manv thanks for your help, remain,
r a "a ANN ST., NEWARK. n. j..
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-17
FLIES BY THE BILLION,
Strange Things Would Happen In One
Season If Nature Didn't
Interfere.

Prof Howard, of the Washington
chronological bureau, has made a care
full computation and declares that a
single female fly may in one season be-
come the ancestress of 4,472, ,286, ,103,-
626, 713, $50 1920 flies. This estimate sup
poses that all her progeny and descend
ants, generation after generation, sur
vive and enjoy favorable conditions for
the propagation of the species, which
condition of things does not occur in
nature.
Such a figure is too vast for us to
grasp and we must reduce it to some
basis of reckoning. By the very ac-
crrate weighing of one member OF the
tribe of window-pane buzzers the
weight was found to be two cent?
grams-that is, it would take /, 400 flies
to make an ounce avoirdupois. Meas
urement showed that the creature was
four-tenths of an inch long.
With these figures we can arrive at
some interesting conclusions. To make
a pound 22,40O flies would be required,
which means that so, JIG, 900 of the lit
tie pests go to the ton
Try to imagine a ton of flies. Yet
it is not such extra ordinary guam I'll
ty- y gOOd-sized elephant weighs ten
tons, yet 1T would be balanced on the
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What a aLittle Faith Did
FOR MRS. ROCKWELL.

LETTER TO MRS. PrNKHAM NO. 69'Sd4I
81 was a great sufferer from female
weakness and had no strength. Ii was
;mnossible for me to attend to my
household duties. l had tried every
thing and many doctors, but found no
relief. st.
my sister advised me to try Lydia
T. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
which 1 did; before using all OF one
1,o+t1e I felt better L kept on with IT
md to nv great surprise am cured
All who suffer from female complaints Us
u nan ND0 B0GE'
1ho,,1d give it a trial. "-MRs- Rock
WELL. 1909 S. DIVISION ST., GRAND
RAPIDS, MICH.
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(Oua.. Ief Il N0gLG Of Ra[gUC6Q OH lHe

scale by only a portion of the nUIIn Der OF
flies mentioned by Prof. Howard.
Calculation shows that Howard's
enormous figure would make 5000, ,O00,-
00O,0OO fly elephants. But the remark
able nature Of the statement is not
fully apparent without a little more
easy arithmetic.
To prevent the evil of overcrowding
among elephants it would be necessary
to give to each one an average space
measuring Is feet square-that is, 229
square feet. 1t follows therefore that
$4,000 fly elephants could stand on one
square mile of territory. But when we
look at that figure and compare it with
our total of 5000 900 00O, ,00O we ask our
selves how great an area would be re-
qulred to accommodate them all. Near
ly twice the total area of the globe
would be needed to give all those mon-
sters standing room.-N. Y. World.
The Winslow mail., 1899-08-17
Too Appropriate EIoauence.
CUCCN

at a ministers club m6etin9 g
and the cloth was swapping expert
CnceS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-16
CITIZENS AND ALIENS.

a correspondent wants to know
what right the Beers had to deny the
right of suffrage to the Outlanders,''
and why anyone should think that the
Outanders, if given the voting power
in the Transvaal would overthrow the
existing form of government"
In the first place, the Boer govern
ment agreed to give the Outlanders the
right to vote under conditions which
any government has a right to pre-
scribe. There is no theory of interna-
tional law, however, that places an
obligation upon any state, or nation, TO
enfranchise aliens, however great their
services to the country in which they
reside, however great their contribu-
tions to it's exchequer. however marked
their superiority over the natives No
government ever did recognize such an
obligation and whenever the franchise
was granted it must have been on
other grounds.
The American republics invite immi-
grafton, but not as a matter of obi
cation TO foreigners. There are Euro
pean countries opposed to the natural
ization of aliens. In England one man.
the home secretary, is vested with full
authority to use his own discretion in
the acceptance or rejection of applica-
lions for citizenship. Our own republic
is very lenient in this matter, although
it exercises the right of excluding
whomsoever it pleases, and has never
yet adopted an alien because of any
obligation to him or his country, but
from considerations of our own con-
venience and interest as a nation.
The opinion OF the state alone is con-
suited and not the wishes of the 'indi-
vidual or the government he would fam
recommendations have been naturalized
against their will in South American
zens or move. and it all depends upon
the viii of the government under which
they elect TO reside.
But, we are informed, it is an anom-
ally that a majority should be ruled by
a minority, and this certainly appeals
with great force TO the American peo-
pie. And, while minority has no right
TO rule a, majority under ordinary cir
cumstances, if both factions are of the
same party.or government, it is absurd
to contend that an alien majority can
overrun a small republic in a search
for treasure and make out a case of
majority right that would stand one
minute in any court of arbitration in
the world. Even EDglishmen contend
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-16

dollar could be realized from the sale
of these lands. the cession Of the jul
risdiction over the country lowing to
its geographical location) and the fact
that it has become a part of our Union
and cannot be made subject to any
European power. constitute ample in
demnity for the past"
How can these arguments be used in
defense of Mr.. McKinley's policy of
conquest and forcible expansion? Are
the Philippines asking for admission?
Do they constitute contiguous terri
tory? Do imperialists promise to make
the archipelago "a part of our Union" =?
Are the 100000 inhabitants to become
citizens of this republic? Is our form
of government adapted to tropical
countries Is there any danger of
border outiawry 1000 miles from
our borders? Are we afraid of Euro
pean powers encroaching upon the
Monroe doctrine? Then where is the
similarity between the acquisition of
Texas, New Mexico. Arizona, Califor-
MIA, Nevada and Utah and the purchase
of a lot of South Pacific islands from
power whose right to hold them we
disputed and whose title we destroyed?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-16
AN AWFUL ARRANGEMENT.

In it's scathing denunclation of Carl
Schurz and Edward Atkinson for their
reasonable opposition to an imperial
istic goldbug administration they
helped TO elect and install, the local
mouthpiece of Mark Hanna compares
them and their infamous opposition to
those historical obstructionists, Daniel
Webster and John Quincy Adams. 1t
says that when expansion was pro
posed by Jefferson-the annexation of
contiguous territory-that some of
existed in the United States-such men
as John Quincy Adams and Daniel
Webster-vehemently protested against
it, declaring that it was but a worth
less waste of sand and barren noun
tains and swept by everlasting gales"
Surely Schurz and Atkinson ought TO
get ashamed of themselves after being
compared to such traitors and OBJ
structionists" as Webster and Adams.
And our neighbor goes farther and
gives its readers an idea of the supreme
contempt with which it regards men
of the calibre of Webster and Adams.
Speaking of them it says: Some men
in this world simply serve as does a
brake on a wagon, and they keep the
brake on up hill as well as down, and
do what they can to stop all progress;
but the country sweeps on and sweeps
them out of the way, because it is
right"
We have all observed how the coun-
try has swept men like Daniel Webster
John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln,
George f. Edmunds and George f.
Hoar out OF the way to make room
for the Hannas. the Platts, the Quays
and the Algers who have been run
ming the nation for the last few years.
But most people regard a wagon brake
as an excellent device when fools are
driving down the hill of extravaganza
toward the stone wall of despotisn.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-16
CARL eRowNE---IMPERIALIsT,

The following paragraph is taken
from the New York Tribune: Carl
Browne, the whimsical son-in-law of
General Coxey, is touring southern
Kansas in a log cabin mounted on
wheels. Wherever he goes he makes
open air speeches to large crowds who
gather to hear him discuss expansion.
He is for expansion in its most radical
sense, and declares that he would be
glad to see the United States spread
over the greater part of the earth's sur
face. If he can catch a group of old
style Populists in his audience he ar
raigns them in a fashion as vigorous
as it is original and if he can drive
them away from the meeting, amidst
the laughter of the Republicans, he is
more than satisfied"
At first glance Carl may not appear
to be a typical advocate of Imperialism,
but Republicans doubtless look upon
him as a prince in tatters, a titled scion
of the royal house of Hanna, perhaps
travelling incog.
With Mr.. Hanna's protege talking
syndicate patriotism from the tail end
of palace car and CoXey's son-in-law.
seconding the motion from the punch
con door of mounted cabin, the great
imperialistic boss no doubt counts on
heavy gains in the corn-fed middle
west.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-16
OUR CENSORED DISPATCHES.

1t is really too bad that no dependence
can be placed in the censored dis
patches from Manila. A week ago Otis
sent word that he had Aguinaldo COM
pletely surrounded and would force his
surrender within forty-eight hours. Two
days later the word came that the in
surgent army was many miles away
and that the Americans were in hot
pursuit. Then Otis sent word that 1.-The
backbone of the instruction had been
broken bit of cheerful information
ne has managed to send out at least
once a week for eight months. Day
before yesterday the censor permitted
us to learn that Aguinaldo and his
army had again been entrapped and
that their capture was a matter of
minutes. Yesterday the cables inform
ed us that 'the whereabouts of Aguin-
aldo is a puzzle TO the Americans"
Now it may be hard work to locate
him and it may be big job
TO conquer the Tagals. but why
not say so? What is the use of all
these lying dispatches? Why not give
the devil his due, and cease deceiving
tiic <AAici 1Cdil ptOptc.
When we were at war with Spain ad-
ministration newspapers were fond of
praising the courage of the Spaniards.
1T is folly they said, ito underesti-
mate the enemy, and it reflects no cred
it upon our army to conquer an army
of cowards.' So the Spaniards received
due credit for their prowess and per-
haps more than their due.
Not many have said anything to the
credit of the Tagals, however, except
of course, the returning soldiers and
sailors. These have expressed them
selves rather freely, but the stay-at-
home warriors have sought TO picture
out the Tagals as a hungry horde Of
ignorant sayages without intelligence
or courage.
General Charles King says that they
are superior to the Spaniards as fight
ers, strategists and fertilization build
ers. which may account for the fact
that We have been engaged already
three times as long with the Filipinos
as we were with the armies and fleets
of Spain.
III Ills AuftIllStT
view Admiral Dewey expressed him.
self with surprising frankness." it
said. Typewriter interrogatories were
put to him. One question was as fol-
lows: Are the Filipinos good fighters?"
The admiral answered:
Splendid. and with wonderful pow
ers of endurance"
Are they brave?" was the next ques-
ton.
There ought to be no doubt of that,
when the difference between them and
their adversaries for more than a CEN
fury is considered"
Are the Filipinos sufficiently capable
of self-government to warrant the
withdrawal of the American forces?'
mo, they are not. but in time they
will be. 1t is bound to come right
bound to. I will say this much for
them. They are more capable of gov
erning themselves than the Cubans
are
Still the Hannaized press hasn't mus
tered up courage enough to call Dewey
a copper-head or to class him with
Edward Atkinson. Is it losing its bra
yado?