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The Winslow mail., 1900-11-22

landscape is depressing in the ex-
treme. All the timber, except laurel,
has been cut for mine props. Sulphur
Gus smoke and washings from the
culm piles have destroyed vegetation
The dreary fall days settling down
over this terrible region, where ma
ture's works have been SO distorted
as to give an aspect of horror to the
land which was once widely beautiful,
add to the melancholy of the strikers,
who, although winter is rapidly ap-
preaching, attempt, by the only
means of which they are cognizant,
to extort living wages from their en-
ployers. The villages all present the
same general appearance. A descrila-
tion of one answers for it's neighbor
The main distinguishing feature is the
width of the valleys in which they
are built. Where these are narrow,
one long street straggles up the hill
side. When there is more room, two
or three of these streets often run
nearly parallel. Houses seem piled on
top of houses, varied by an occasional
Frequently, in winter, storms of sleet
and snow, bringing the mercury down
30 degrees in an hour, sweep over the
poor cabins, the poverty and squalor
of which cannot be conceived unless
one has witnessed them. But the view
of the exterior of the miserable how
els is hardly preparation for the
sight of the unkempt wretchedness
of their inhabitants.
Dirty, ragged, uncombed men and
women throng these villages. The
worse the quarter the greater, appar-
emily, the number of children swarm
ing it's streets, piled with reeking
waste and garbage of every descrip-
tion. Sanitary regulations are un-
known. The patch is the worst of
the two sections into which each of
these villages is divided. It's substi-
tutes for houses are said to be unlike
almost anything else evolved by man
in his desire for a home and habita-
ton. The occupants usually build
these sheds themselves, paying ground
rent. This portion of the town lies
outside. beyond the breakers, and is
the abiding place of Polacks, Italians
and Sicilans, representing the lowest
of their kind in their own country and
brought here to replace a very differ
ent class of men who were unable to
live upon the wages to which they had
been reduced.
The aristocratic members of the
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-22
HERE BEFORE COLUMBUS CAME
DIR. De Costa Says the Catholic Re-
IiSiOn Antedates the Great
DiscOverer.

Rev. DR.. De Costa delivered a lee
ture before the Catholic summer
school at Detroit recently, in which
he aroused great enthusiasm by his
declaration that the establishment of
the Catholic church in America ante
dated by hundreds of years Column
bus first landing at San Salvador. He
set out to show that the Catholic
church was established here long be-
fore the great discoverer even con-
ceived his plan. He said:
''The Catholic church was founded
in America several hundred years be-
fore the time of Columbus, and al
though said to have been established
in Greenland in the tenth century
by Eric, this was only properly re
establishment, for the church had
been in North America long before.
Rome took care of the spiritual needs
of the people of Greenland and what
are now known as the New England
states long before the new world was
known to the old, save to those who
were in the secrets of the church"
DR.. De Costa made his deductions
from what he learned about the ad-
vent of Catholic bishops into Green
land in 1926 and 144s.
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-22
HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS.
Odd Bits of Information Upon Mat
ters Pertaining to the DOmes-
tic Department.

A pretty table decoration is made
by filing shallow dish with wet moss.
On this wheat or canary-seed is thick
ly sown, and the whole set away in a
dark place for ten days. When some
two inches high the growth is brought
out and placed in sunny window, the
dish being turned about so that its con-
tents will grow evenly. The seed will
last. perhaps, two months, and in per-
fection for more than half that time,
says the New York Post.
Coarse oatmeal is an excellent food
to provide for the wild birds that are
catered to from window or doorsill.
Chopped suet is always relished-
birds are fond of fat. Indian corn,
hempseed and boiled chopped liver al
are recommended for this philanthropy
ic purpose. To avoid the onslaught of
cats, basket hung at a window, or a
box on pole may be employed
Pretty scrap-baskets are covered on
the outside with creton and lined with
wallpaper that will tone with the
eolors of the covering. They are laced
at the corners, and can be folded out
fiat by loosening the corner cords.
Their pasteboard foundations may be
arched or pointed at the top or, if pre-
ferred, may be cut off square.
In putting away summer dresses of
lawn or other thin material or thin
silk, they should never be hung nor
folded lengthwise. If placed in wide
drawer or trunk. fold once across the
skirt; this has tendency to counteract
the lengthwise wear of the skirt when
in use. In putting away dresses,
shields should be taken out. and the
seams of the bodice sponged lightly
with ammonia water on the inside and
thoroughly dried. All bits of crumpled
lace and soiled ribbons should be taken
off and separately freshened. White
silk parasols should be wrapped in blue
tissue-paper. \ handsome parasol can
be preserved from creasing and crack
ing between the ribs if. while the para
sol is he'd partly opened in the hand.
the upper part inside the ribs is stuffed
full Of crumpled tissue-paper. The
parasOl should then be suspended from
a hook in the center of closet. and pa
per laid all over the outside to shed the
dust. This treatment has preserved
delicate parasol for years in a perfect
condition,
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removing their boots and coats. Those
men who wash and change their cloth
ing on returning home, keeping as
clean as they may, meet with but poor
success, for as there are no sewers
there are no bathrooms, and degree
of cleanliness which might be enjoyed
in the worst city districts is unattain-
able there. In an occasional house
sickly plants or vines raay be seen at
window.
But the better class of the popu-
lation is being crowded out. A man
ncW considers himself very fortunate
if he has steady work at two dollars
per day, who formerly earned 500 or
$125 PEE month. The cheap importa-
tions from southern Europe have dis
placed him August was the rush
month of the year and wages were
comparatively good, but 1S0 working
days is said to be the yearly average
for a man. The laws of Pennsylvania
are supposed to make company stores
an impossibility, but still they exist
and flourish. 1t is not matter of
surprise that but a small balance is
due q man at the months end, when
rents, provisions, tobacco, powder or
perhaps medical services have been
furnished by the company at high
rates. The miner is compelled to
purchase his powder for blasting from
the company, at price 100 per
cent. higher than that of the open
market. His miners lamp is filled
with oil bought from the same source
at an exorbitant price. If bits of
slate are found in the coal he sends
to the surface its value per ton is
reduced by the "docker," from whose
judgment there is no appeal.
The condition of the women in the
"patch" is deplorable. They have
dazed, helpless look, and are the bur-
den bearers of the semblance of
home Many are sold to their hus-
bands, when 12 years old, into life
of hopeless drudgery. The girls work
hard at five years old. Murders are
frequent and seldom punished, espe
cially if the murderer is good work.
er. Court trials are expensive. When
the Polack first arrives he purchases
revolver. the Italian stiletto, or,
if very poor, he puts razor edge on
an old file Working always in the
dark blights a man mentally, NOR
ally and physically.
At the present rate of consumption
our supply of anthracite coal is ex-
pected to last 200 years longer. In
creased care is being taken that the
waste in mining shall be as light
as possible. 1t is estimated that in
1898 the value of coal mined in this
limited area was $75000,000, more
than half the value of the bituminous
coal mined in the whole country.
No other anthracite is mined except
in Wales, which annually produces
one-twenty- fifth as much as we do.
Varieties of Scotch, Belgian and West
phalian, sold for anthracite, are OF
the bituminous class. One reason for
anthracite being high in price is that
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-22

it is hard to mine. 1t lies mainly
along three rivers, the Susquehanna,
with large centers at Scranton and
Wilkesbarre; near the Lehigh, with
prominent field around Mauch
Chunk, and along the Schuylllill, with
Pottsville as chief shipping point.
Iron production would be but lit
tie affected by a dearth of anthra
cite. West-bound freight on the
great lakes would be reduced to an
important extent. The east would
suffer most severely New York is
the largest anthracite coal market
in the world and, next to London,
the largest coal market of any kind.
The railroads are said to charge
three times more for hauling anthra-
cite than for carrying bltuminous
coal. When they convey five dollars
worth of coal $50 miles to tide wa
ter they charge two dollars and leave
but three to pay the miners and op-
orators. Then they claim that their
mines do not pay enough to enable
them to raise wages. However, the
consumer is always charged full
price.
1t is said that whenever the price
of hard coal rises to over seven dol
lars per ton. the demand for soft coal
greatly increases, thus regulating the
price of the former. There seems TO
be an increasing tendency to, as far
as possible, have appliances attached
to stoves and furnaces whereby BIZ
luminous coal can be substituted
whenever it may prove desirable.
EDWARD JULIAN.
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was in and out of camp several
times that day, and it was not until
night that [ saw Smith again. When
did so it was after supper, and
Fraser had lit the evening fire, around
which we gathered to rehash the adj
ventures of the day and hear how
Smiths plan had worked upon its first
trial. Smith was one of Is men who
had failed to catch fish of sufficient
size to warrant its being kept, but a
little thing like that could not affect
Smiths good nature.
After Fraser had cleared away the
remains of the supper he, too, joined
the crowd about the fire, and we
turned to him for report of the days
catch, for it had been agreed that all
fish brought in were to be turned over
to him and he was to keep the rec
ords.
"Well, Fraser, who caught the big
one to-day?" asked DR.. Meyer, Sr. Il
know 1 didn't, for most of my bass
were bullheads. Never saw anything
like it: I'll bet l caught"
mo, you won't guess at ALL put in
Smith. "Guesses are barred; it's only
Fraser's figures that go in this con-
test"
where did you fish to-day, Ull-
mark?'' asked Sweet, without giving
Fraser an opportunity to produce the
days records. Sweet was another of
the unfortunates who had failed to
get four-pounder, and was probably
not anxious to hear about records.
ooh, just out here off the island a
little ways" replied Ullmark. ''Yorker
and I went together. he said he
didn't know anything about where the
best places were, but 1 thought it
looked deep enough out there, so we
tried it,
deep enough!" yelled Smith. ''Why,
there is hundred feet of water out
there if there is foot. You are more
of poor, innocent than had thought
for. Guess we had better increase
that handicap to pound, if that is
all you know. Yorker knew better;
he knew where the grass beds are, or
the narrows, or the different little
coves and logs. What do you think
of that for sweet innocence, Fraser"
But Fraser only smiled and said
nothing. The situation was too good
to spoil.
'Have any luck out there?" asked
King.
"A little," replied Ullmark.
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Must have" put in Zuckmeier.
May have been stray perch or two
floating about They would appeal to
your artistic temperament, though, for
they are certainly beauties. An artist
would consider their red fins and bril-
liant stripings worth fishing for, |
suppose. AS for me, / want fish more
than art while l am here"
Let's hear the report Fraser has,"
said Yorker, who had been with Ull-
mark and who could hardly wait any
longer for the fun to come to a eli
max. HE can at least tell us whether
he has fish enough for breakfast, and
what sized fish we have tomorrow to
beat the record of to-day
''How about it, Fraser, anybody get
a four-pounder besides myself?" asked
King.
There were three Others" replied
Fraser, land, besides, there were sew
eral brought in fish that weighed close
to four pounds, but four pounds don't
touch the record of the day"
''Well, what was the biggest one?"
asked Smith.
six and quarter actual weight, or
Ga if you allow the handicap re-
piled Fraser.
"Handicap! What handicap?" howled
King.
The one it was proposed to allow
Ullmark," said Fraser. ''As / under
stood it this morning, he was to be al
lowed a half pound handicap because
he was green"
"Where did you get ?' asked Bert.
"Out there off the island a little
ways" replied Ullmark, who did not
seem to realize that he had done any
thing wonderful.
That's right" put in Yorker. He
got a 6A pound bass out there in the
middle of the lake with a hundred
feet of water under the canoe. got
two four-pound bass there myself in
short time. but did not think it worth
while TO bring them in after Ullmarl' S
catch. | have seen the luck Of a green
! fisherman before, and went with him
to enjoy the fun. l have had my share
of it,"
AS the party about the fire broke up
! to go to bed Smith walked away mum
bling that he would beat that record
if he had to stay at Kah-pee-lhog the
remainder of the year.
How he did it is another story for an
| other time.
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better go home again where the beds
are SOFTER" said Zuckmeier.
I'm going fishing" began Smith,
"and before | started out l wanted to
say few words to you fellows as an
ordinary citizen. My authority as the
boss of this outfit ceased last night,
and | waited until this morning to
speak my little speech for that reason
Last year in this camp there was
more lying than L liked. 1 am some
what of liar myself, but L couldn't
keep up with the procession, and so l
determined to try to change things in
that line this year. Last year we
counted the fish, and every night some
one would start the tale of the days
catch at a figure that he thought
large enough to be safe as a record
breaker, but, if you remember, the
pastor always nad the last say, or at
least took that advantage of the rest
of us, and his records were never
beaten.
This year a kind Providence has
given to the pastor a new boy which
would not stop bowling long enough
to permit him to get to the train, so
he is not with us. 1t can be no refiec-
tion upon his integrity, then. when |
say let us go by weight instead of by
numbers this year. | want to catch
the biggest fish. 1t is an easy matter
to guess big, and | wouldn't like to ac-
cuse anyone of last years party of
eXaggerating the number of fish they
caught, but to guess is easy; it is ac-
tual and accurate figures that count.
81 have fastened to each canoe a
pair of scales, purchased from the
profits-of an extra suit of clothes
sold, and not from any of the club
funds. | move that we weigh our fish
and keep the record breakers for in
spection. 1t is the rule of the club
to throw back all fish caught except
ing such as we want to eat, and for
the present let us keep only such fish
as weigh four pounds or better When
better record than four pounds has
been established as it will be before
night, we will move up to it, and in
this way we can get back home with
a clear conscience.
GAS Ullmark is a recruit who does
not understand the ways of Kah-pee-
kog bass, 1 would suggest that we
give him handicap Of half a pound
in weight, so as to sort of even up the
race for the championship. Now, am
going fishing, and Bert can 60 back
to bed if he wants to-"
"Smith's got 'em cinched this time,'
said Fraser, the guide, to me as he
moved away to prepare breakfast.
HE always had to tell the first story
last year, and didn't have fair show
at the records, so he's fixed it so as to
bar lyin' and is wiliin' to take his
chance with the rest at results
IS for myself, believe Smith was
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old SOL was just peeping above the
" pines off in the east when Smith
pulled every inhabitant of the log
clubhouse on Crown island out of his
bunk that first morning of the years
meeting at Kah-pee-kog.
This is an injustice to slumbering
humanity" growlod Bert, otherwise
DR.. Meyer, Jr. 81 want it understood
now that 7:45 is my time for rising
in the morning. l came up here to en-
joy myself, and not to be hauled out
of bed in the middle of the night by a
ish-daffy lunatic.
'Fie, ie, my boy!". said DR.. Meyer,
Sr., 'this bracing atmosphere of the
early morning will give you new life.
I like it too much"
'If you came up here to sleep, you'd
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-22
THE FOREST.

know a forest hoar that broods
From trodden pathways far apart,
Into whose inner solitudes
You may retire with open heart;
Receive from the unbending pine
Whate'er of rectitude you ask;
And garner from the strenuous vine
The strength to cleave unto your task;
Learn patience from the tireless rill
That through the bedrock wears its way;
Draw harmony from throats that fill
The leafy traEsepts with their lay;
From the sweet bloom of mint and balm
Gather the altar of content;
And with the vastnesses of calm
Find healing for the spirit blent.
Come, let US climb the rising land
Where still dawn's dewy opals cling,
Till every tree holds out hand,
And bird and flower give welcoming,
Clinton Scollard, in Youths Companion.
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Ideal Happiness.

She-What was the happiest mo-
ment of your life?
He-Well l think it was one even
ing last week when l entered the par
Tor of my boarding house and saw
strange sign on the piano.
She-Indeed! And the sign?
He Closed for repairs. ."-Chicago
Daily New
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Chronicles Of the
KAH. .PEE-KOG CLUB
BY Wright A. Patterson.


NoTE-The Kah-pee-kog club is an Interstate organ
ization of good fellows and good fishermen, they
say who meet year in the wilds of Canada for
fishing expedition of from two weeks to month in
length. The members but ordinary citizens of
Uncle Sans territory who once year invade the
Queens domains for good time. They come from all
portions of the Union and congregate at little lake in
the Canadian wilds where the gamy bass strike hard
and often Who they of interest the reader
but they do many things and tell many stories that
interesting and entertaining to those who love
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-22
An Unanswered Problem.

II don't see,' She simpered, "how you
ever came to love me
"Oh WELL he gallantly remarked.
perhaps it would be better to waive
these puzzling leading questions
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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The T0Uch That Hurts.

Miss Goodgirl-Your dear father is
very tender to you, SUPPOSED
Miss Up-to-Date-Yes, indeed; SO
tender that l can't touch him without
paining him dreadfully.-Town Top
les.
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TOLL UNDER GROUND
Miserable Lot of Coal Miners in the
Anthracite Country.
They Have to Work for Little or
Nothing and Many Have to Live
Like Beasts-The Company
store Evil.
Especial Phnadelphia Lettcr.l

IT. HE situation of the miners in the
anthracite coalregions is of espe-
cial interest at this time, for the
present strike concerns not only these
men and their families, but also users
of anthracite coal all over the coun-
try. Practically all our coal of this
variety comes from 376 miles of wildly
mountainous, desolate country in the
eastern central portion of Pennsylva-
MIA. At the bottom of the narrow val
leys are swift streams, black as ink
from salts of iron and coal dust, in
many instances paralleled by rail
roads which often have barely room
for coal train. The aspect of the
The Winslow mail., 1900-11-22
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, 90
7 rCAS CnI-NrTv ccs

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of L. j. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the city of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dol
lars for each and every case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Halls Catarrh
Cure. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A D.
1886. A. w. GLEASON,
[Seal Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O..
Sold by druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Right Up with His Game.

81 am striving for the peace of the
world" said the first willy diplomat
(Which particular piece do you refer to
as the pece?" the other diplomat, who
was just as willy, inquired.-C Chicago Times
Herald
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scales in desire to lessen the lying
as far as possible. He had certainly
seen horrible example of unchecked
eXaggeration the year before.
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Perfectly safe

Watts-Do you really believe anyone will
ever invent a perfectly safe flying machine?
Potts-There are dozens of 'em now. They
can't get high enough in the air to be in
any danger.-Indianapolis Press.
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Minnie-"Carrie says that Fred thinks the
world of her. He actually loves her faults,
she says" Hattie-"And she has SO many
of them! What wealth of love he must
bestow upon r"-Boston Transcript.
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Making Himself Solid.

She-But how can you think I'm
pretty, when my nose turns up so
dreadfulIy?
He-Well, all I have to say is, ii
shows mighty poor taste in backing
away from such a lovely mouth.-Tit'
Pits
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MiscaIcuIatiOn in Speed.

'You know the fat policeman on our
beat?"
81 have seen him."
'Well, the other night he chased
two thieves around the block, and
they ran so fast and he ran so slow
that on the second round they caught
up with him-and he promptly col
Jared them. .''-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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According to the women, it costs as M
to get girl up to look like a simple
field flower as to dress her gorgeousl
AtchisonaGlObe.
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Picked EsPans,

String young green beans of the best
variety and cook until done in slightly
salted water; drain well, put them in
a stone jar. sprinkle with cayenne pep
per and cover with good vinegar
Home Magazine
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Good E,uCk.

While there is something in good
luck, there seems to be no doubt that
a little ability puts a man in good
luck's way.--Atchison Globe.
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How My Throat Hurts!-Why don't
use Hale's Honey of Horehound and T
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one min
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We refund 10c for every package of
PUTNAM FADELEss DYES that fails to give
satisfaction. Monroe Drug Co., Unionville,
Mo. Sold by all druggists.
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There is no individual liberty apart
social responsibility.-Ram's Horn.
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A blind man never sees anything he want
Chicago Daily News.
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The Best Prescription for ChiIIs

and Fever is a bottle of GRovE's TAsTELEss
CHILL Tonic. tits simplyiron and quinine in
a atasteleSs form. n o cure-no pay. Price, soc.
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Phosphorus and Matches.

A pound Of phosphorus heads l,030,-
600 matches,
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To Cure a Cold in One

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money ifitfails to cure: 25c
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The aristocratic members of the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-03-07
SOLDIERS NEED SLEEP.

If the English don't watch out the
fight is likely to be given to the Beers
on a foul. General Joubert complains
that they don't fight fair, as the boys
say. Only a little while ago they
planned a night attack on his camp, and
then the order was countecma1aed
without notification being sent to him.
AS a result he and his men lost an en-
tire nights sleep. This, as every
one knows, is against the rules of CIV
ilized warfare. Soldiers need sleep as
well as other people, and to deprive
them of it unnecessarily is to perpetr9te
a cruel njustice.-Chicago Evening
Post