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The Winslow mail., 1900-02-22
MR.. CAGES MISTAKE.
Even the Republican Press Is Up IA
Arms Over His Financial
Foley.

There can no longer be any doubt of
the fact that Mr.. Gage has irreparabiy
damaged the administration of which
he is part by his action in designat-
ing the National City bank of New
York as the general depository for rev.
enue collections.
The severity of the blow which he
has struck is best shown by the man.
ner in which leading republican news
papers have received it. The Chicago
Tribune characterizes it as foolish"
and says:
"A policy Of governmental interference
in financial affairs for the benefit of
stock market spectators is not viewed
with favor by the public. 1t prefers that
the government should remain neutral
This preference is shared by the Tribune
1t believes it neither right nor expedient
for the government to attempt to bolster
up a sagging stock market by exhibiting
gross favoritism to particular bank
1t is too big a contract. The government
may be harmed more than the stock mar
ket is helped
The Journal, of the same city, saws
Mr. Gage has done the administration
more harm than any of its enemies,
and the Inter Ocean follows:
"Should Mr.. Gage resolve to quit the
cabinet and the service of a people which
good-humoredly but firmly declines to
regard him as financial genius. no one
outside the diminishing mugwump coterie
would lament his departure; the repub-
lican party would feel sense of relief
and the nation would proceed upon its way
rejoicing"
The Philadelphia Press, of which the
postmaster general is the inspiration,
gets at the heart of the deposit deal
when it says that ''If the privilege of
receiving these deposits is wanted, 1t
is because it is valuable; if it is val
liable, the privilege should be paid for,
whether it is held by one bank in one
city OF by several banks in several cit
ies." The Providence News approves
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-22
The First He'd Seen.

A captain in a regiment stationed in
Natal, when paying his company the
other day chanced to give a man a
Transvaal half-crown, which, as one
would naturally expect, bears the image
and superscription of President Kru-
ger. The man brought it back to the
pay table and said to the captain:
"Please, sir, you've given me a bad
half-crown." The officer took the coin
without looking at it, rang it on the
table, and then remarked: 1T sounds
all right, Bagster. What's wrong with
ito" "You look at il, sir" was the re-
ply. The captain glanced at the coin.
saying: It's all right, man. 1t viii
pass in the canteen." This apparently
satisfied Bagster, who walked eff, max
ing the remark: IF you say its all
right, sir, it is all right; but it's the
first time I've seen the queen with
hiskers.''-London Answers.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-22
WASHING THE FACE.
Instead of Using Water After a walk
Ladies Should Bathe with
Lait Virginal.

MANY skins will not stand constant
Washing a practice which indeed
tends to coarsen the complexion. Thor
ough washing once a day is sufficient
for most women, and is far prefer
able to partial and careless ablutlons
morning, noon and night. Instead OF
cleansing the face in water when COM
ing in from a walk. or when one feels
that wash would be refreshing, it
is a capital thing to battle it with lait
virginal. 1t is an excellent purifier,
easily made and harmless. 1t is,
moreover, delightfully."- refreshing. L
give the recipe: Rose, orange flower,
or elder flower water, one pint; sim
nle tincture of benzoin, two ounces;
tincture of myrrh, ten drops; gylcer-
inc. ten drops. Place the rose wa
fer in a bowl, and while stirring it,
with a glass or porcelain spoon, add
drop by drop the benzoin, then the
myrrh and glycerine.
Be sure you get the simple tincture
of benzoin, as the compound tincture
contains other ingredients quite un-
suited to the purpose. Some skins will
not stand glycerine. If this is the
case with yours, all that need be done
;s To omit it from the emulsion. Never
use pure glycerine to the skin of the
face rs it tends to induce hairy
growth.
The lait virginia. should be aP-
plied with a soft rag, and one is often
surprised at the amount of dirt, un-
suspected because undetected, which
is brought away.-Philadelphia Press.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-22
HOW TO CLEAN JEWELRY.
To Keep Diamonds Sparkling and
Silver Trinkets Shining is NOT
a Difficult Task.

Diamonds may be cleaned by brush
ing them with lather of soap and wa
ter, rubbing them afterwards with eau
de cologne. If well shaken in bag of
bran they acquire great brilliancy. Cut
stones should not be wiped after being
washed. Wash in lather of white
soap, rinse and put on their faces in
sawdust until quite dry. Opals which
have become dim may be polished by
rubbing them well with oxide of tin or
with damp putty spread on chamois
leather; finish with damp powdered
chalk, also spread on leather. Then
wash the opals with soft brush in wa
ter and then immersed in the follow
ing: Salt one pine, alum one pint, salt
peter two pints, water four pints.
Leave the silver in this for five minutes,
then rinse in cold water and polish with
a leather. They should be kept in sill
yer paper Oxidized silver can be
cleaned in quarter of pint of sui
phuric acid, mixed with one quart
of water. Ordinary silver articles may
be kept bright by cleaning them with
slice of lemon and afterward rinsing
in cold water. Then wash in lather of
soap and rinse in hot water, dry with
soft cloth and polish with leather.
Nickel should be rubbed with a flannel
dipped in ammonia. Amber may be
rubbed with wet powdered chalk; then
with a little olive oil applied with fian-
mel. Ivory can be whitened with
solution of peroxide of hydrogen, or
let the articles stand in spirits of wine
in the sunshine.-Cincinnati CONNER
cia1 Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-22

Indian who followed her wherever she
went. You ought to have seen that In
dian. He belonged to the Lallapaloosa
tribe. He looked as if he had just es-
capped from a cigar store.
Bobby took a fancy to that Indian
right away. He yelled: Howl! the
minute he came on. He told Connor
that he looked like Isnayapi of the Two
Kettle band and he thought he must
be some relation. Connor tried to quiet
him, but it wasn't any use. He kept up
a running comment on the play and
the audience seemed to think it was a
good thing. Nobody mixed in, anyway.
| thought Chris Jensen would die"
did you hear about the fuss Chris
Jensen had with the Frenchman at
Cadle creek?" asked the cattleman.
I'm not through yet" said the law
yer, eproachfully.
That's right; we've got you start
ed,' said the deputy. "I'll mark the
place until Ben gets through. L
want to hear about Chris. l didn't
think Chris would fuss with anybody.
Did he shoot?'
''No, it was a fist fight. The French
man was big prospector they called
Silver Bend John. He had been
weighin' in his dust and hosting tam
arack juice at Paul Klemman's saloon
for about three days steady, when
Chris happened along. 1 think John
Just swatted him on suspicion with
out any of the formalities. Anyway,
they were rolling under the pool table
together the first thing anybody
knew, and it was a lively affair.
FINALLY the Frenchman got on top
and began to improve the occasion.
Chris stood it for awhile, but he had
to own he had got plenty. He told
John SO, but John was too busy to no
tice him and kept right on. He hol-
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-22

Tered 'Enough!' second time, but
John didn't seem to sabe. Finally
Chris makes a heave and rolls over
so'st he got his arms over his face.
Then he yells out to the crowd: Say.
amt there some one here can speak
French, an tell this fool I've got
enough ?"
''Now, tell US about Bobby Wood
and his Indian" said the deputy.
''There amt much to tell" said the
lawyer. "The only thing was that
Bobby kept on making remarks all
through the piece. l told you that.
The villain, who was pursuing the
beautiful girl, dropped a letter that
gave the snap away and the Indian
picked it up and turned it upside
down and wrong side around, trying
to make something out of it. When
he shook his head and gave up Bobby
was disgusted. He ought to have
gone to Carlisle says Bobby. He
amt nothing but a blanket Injun,
after all. l reckon he couldn't read
that if it was circus bill with moth
ing but elephants on it. Somebody's
put dirt in his medicine sack
after awhile the girl was talking
over her plans to escape with the In
dian, and the villain comes in and
hides behind a tree. Bobby thought
somebody ought to give them hunch.
Watch out, madam he hollers, that
son of guns listening to you'-just
that way all along, you know. But
the climax came when the soldiers ar
rived to arrest the girl.
They were ali got up in steel caps
and breastplates and they were heeled
and loaded for bear with blunder-
buses and swords and things. They
looked as if they were out to hold up
a train. The Indian was along, Of
course. and when the main guy start
ed in to serve the warrant, the Indian
got hostile and made demonstration
with his club. Bobby shouted to
warn him, but it was too late. One
| of the soldiers ran him through wit h
his cleaning blade and the noble red
man bit the stage with a dull, sudden
tlud. Bobby got up and began to
put On his coat. They've killed the
only good man in the outfit he eX.
planned to the audience. The dod
rotted fool! He might have known
better than to tackle crowd like
that with a club *. +. H.. in Chi
cago Daily Record.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-22
pARAGRAPHIC POINTERS.

An imperial burglar went
through the protective tariff league
and found nothing worth taking away
with HMM. Y. World.
A democratic cotemporary says
that Hannais good thing for the dem
ocrats, and that the longer he sticks
the better he is. This advice, however,
is not likely to be taken, and Mr.. Hanna
should not relax his hold on his own
scalp.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
We still have to make the ac-
quaintance of the first German-Amer-
lean newspaper which has been able to
strike up friendship with the expan-
sion policy. We will add that the great
majority of our German exchanges go
much further in the condemnation Of
the expansion policy than the Ger
mania does.-Milwauke Germania.
If it is right that our flag should
protect polygamy and slavery in the
Philippines then Abraham Lincoln was
wrong when he said: "This country
cannot exist half slave and half free"
If polygamy is sacred and entitled to
the protection of our flag in the Sulu
archipelago then it is farce to arraign
Roberts for his polygamous practice
Los Angeles Herald.
There is far too much vagueness
and cowardice on the part of those
particularly among the republicans
who are opposed to the trusts. What
is wanted is plain, straightforward Ian
guage which everybody can under
stand, and simple propositions for the
suppression of the trusts which can be
easily "comprehended of the vulgar"
N. o. Times-Democrat.
One of the many amiable charac-
teristics of President Mckinley is non
interference with his cabinet officers.
Secretary Gage is understood to be su-
preme in his judgment in the conduct
of the treasury department. Of course
the law frequently goes right over the
executive head in directing and author
izing the secretary, but there have been
presidents who had their own way.
Hints at resignation can be delivered in
a diplomatic way. but at the same time
with such color that they canno: be re
sisted.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-22
STRUGGLING YOUNG AUTHOR.
No Big Demand for Els Wares But He
Is Providing Against
Rush.

sfI have just finished" said the struggling
young author, another storage warehouse
for returned manuscripts, this being of the
same dimensions as the other, 20X60 and
four stories high, and, also like the other,
hreproof. | find it cheaper to build that
way and insure myself. 1t costs a little
more, of course, to make the structure fire.
proof, but the interest on this additional
cost is less than the insurance would be,
and the difference [ have set aside as a
sinking fund from which to pay the taxes
and repairs
You might infer from this that there
has been as yet no widespread general de-
mand for the productions of my pen; and,
If you should, your inference would be quite
correct; indeed, such unanimity of senti-
ment as appears seems to take the form
of rigidly observed neutrality, with the re-
suit that my second warehouse has already
begun to fill rapidly.
But | have still no fear Of the outcome;
else, l should throw away these manuscripts
instead of storing them; but as it is | think
| am simply putting down gold mine.
Then why doesn't somebody see at least
color in these manuscripts now? Well,
| don't know; you can't always tell about
those things, but some day the gold is dis
covered; I've built both my warehouses on
corners; so that when that discovery is
made, and the publishers swarm around the
buildings asking for manuscripts, | can de-
liver not only from doors but from windows,
too -
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-22

of 'the storm of criticism" in which it
is indorsed by the Baltimore Amer
lean, and the Milwaukee Sentinel de-
clares ''that the prejudice against
loanlng the public funds to banks at
present is too strong to be disregard
Ell" Eyen the Boston Traveller feels
called upon to protest, and the Ban
ger Commercial feels that sit is si-
gantic job" Thus we might go on in
definitely in showing how Mr.. Gage
has stepped off the line, and with pro-
against his action.-Atlanta Constitn-
tion.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-22
BAD MAN TO INTERRUPT.
Tie Demonstrated to a Certainty That
He Knew What He Was Talk
ing About.

Gwen Moses tell de sun to STAN still"
began the old deacon.
"Dat warn't Noses" interrupted a broth
er in the amen corner, ''dat wuz Joshua"
"Ez | said" continued the deacon, "w'en
Joshua tell de sun"
"You didn't say dat at ALI" said the
brother who had corrected him. Hit wuz
me dat said it! Hit wuz me dat tuck you
up to i'll"
The deacoq's patience was exhausted. He
folded his brass-rimmed spectacles, laid
walked over to the amen corner, took the
objecting brother by both arms from be-
hind, and, with the swish of a cyclone, swept
him forward toward the door, landing him
precipitately in outer darkness.
"Ez l wuz saying, fo' dis little incident
occurred he continued, 'w'en Moses toP
Joshua ter tell de sun ter stan still"
Some of the older, learned brethren moved
uneasily in their seats. They looked like
they wanted to correct him, but they did
not. They let it go at that!-Atlanta Con-
stitution,
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-22
FACTS SHOULD BE GIVEN.
4mper1aIist senators Refuse to Per-
init Protests of fAnti-Expansion-
lists to Go Through.

Friends of the administration, some
of them in official positions. have
boasted of late that the Filipino re-
bellion" is practically ended: that
Agulnaldo's forces have been scattered
and are no longer able to make an ef-
fective resistance. From their stand
POINT the Philippines will soon be
'pacifed," and. as there is now no or
ganized army to be fought, but merely
a few predatory bands" to be put
down, the situation is not alarming,
provided the administration has been
correctly informed as to the condi-
tlons in the islands. In view of these
circumstances, therefore, there ap-
pears to be no reason why the admin
istration should suppress information
concerning the Philippines or ignore
the requests of senators and repre-
sentatlves who are anxious to get at
the facts. If the situation in the Phil
ippineS is as satisfactory as it is rep
resented to be, and if Otis is really a
"conquering hero,"' it would not be
incompatible with the public inter
ests" Tor the administration to eX-
plain certain things which have here
tofore been shrouded in mystery.
Senator Pettigrew has introduced
several resolutions asking for informa-
ton, but his efforts have not been
crowned with success. When he first
sought to be enlightened Senator
Chandler objected on the ground that
if the resolution were adopted the fact
would be Immediately cabled to Ma
Mia for the aid and comfort of Aguin-
aldo" But, as it is claimed by the adj
ministration that Aguinaldo is past all
aid, with his army in flight and the
backbone of the rebellion broken,
Senator Chandler's objection has nc
longer any weight. Even if AguinaldQ
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-22

ugly at the leader of the orchestra. The
woman has still got her hands clasped,
an her back hair is down. She says
once more:
"'Claude, darling, speak,!
''And still the man hasn't got nothin'
to say. Charlie Neebo had been stirrin'
around in his seat sort of uneasy. When
the woman makes the second appeal he
says to Blakey: I'm goin' to declare
myself in right here Then he jumps
up, pulls his gun an throws, down on
Mister Man. Say. you,' he hollers,
there's lady talkin' to you! She
wants you to speak. Now speak, darn
your ornery skin, an speak quick.'''
did he speak?" asked the deputy.
"He did," replied the catt!eman;
"there was a reconciliation right
there"
.sThat puts me in mind of Bobby
Wood, of Custer" said the lawyer.
"Bobby had been down to the demo-
cratic convention at Chamberlain, and
on the way home with the rest of the
crowd he stopped over in Sioux City
you nave 10 go through Nebraska ana
Iowa to get at the eastern part of the
state from the hills. After supper we
all went down to the Booge opera
house."
''Were you along?" asked the cattle
man.
Il believe i was. now you mention it, =
replied the Rapid City man. '.They had
a great piece on. 1t was about beauti-
full girl who was accused of being a
witch contrary to the New England
statutes in such eases made and pro-
vided. 1t was supposed to be in old
Cotton Mather's time. or somewhere
thereehouts, and the girl had a faithful
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-22

skirt and yet enough to hang in grace
full folds about her.
Mrs. McKinley's gowns for this win
ter are in excellent taste. She has one
of silver-gray peau de sole, which is
sort of heavy ribbed silk, with hardly
any luster. The skirt has long train,
and all up the front and on both sides
are bands of beautiful steel embroidery,
with small silver spangles. The bodice
is embroidered in the same way and is
relieved at the throat by collar and
iabot of real lace. 1t is made surplice,
with long, tight-ftting sleeves, which
fall well over the hands.--Demorests
Family Magazine.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-22
Cow in a Golf Match.

Ed Tufts, of Los Angeles, was playing
golf with friend recently. When he drove
from the third teeing ground, he sliced the
ball badly and sent it away to one side. 1t
stopped in front of grazing cow, and Tufts
came up just in time to see it disappear into
made his stroke, Tufts untethered the cow,
and, with many sounding thwacks of his
club, drove the beast to the third hole.
There he made her disgorge the ball, and,
neatly holing it, announced that he had
made the hole in two strokes: His oppon;
ent calmly finished the hole in seven, and
claimed the hole. But made it in two
deeared % The esiu other YOU M made sHu it in
80. You hit that COW 81 times, for I count
ed every stroke" and Tufts conceded the
hole.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-22
At Bay.

Mr. Meeker had stood it longer than
usual this time, and he decided to assert
himself.
MY dear" he said to Mrs. Meeker, as
she paused for breath. ''if there is any
truth in this idea Of reincaIration. /
know what you were before YOU be-
came human being. You were pow
Ger mill,'-Chicago Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-22
DAYSREAK ON THE FARM.

There are songs for those who listen
Just at daybreak. on farm,
While the dewdropS glow and glisten
And the dawn-clouds add their charm.
Gentle lowings from the stable,
While the patient cattle wait
For the filling OF their table;
Piaintive b.eatlngs from the gate,
Where the sheep have focked together;
Merry cackling from the pens,
Where in spite of wind or weather
Music fills the throats of hens.
There are neighings low and tender,
There are whinnies of delight,
And the pigs their tribute render
For another peaceful night.
There are songs for those who love them,
Potent both to cheer and charm
All about, below, above them,
Just at daybreak on the farm.
-Lalia Mitchell, in Farm Journal
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-22
10 preserve ola Letters.

Here is a unique method OF saving
old letters. A youthful bride has
been trying to bring herself to
burning up her love letters. They
had accumulated during the years
of her engagement to such an ex-
tent that to save them all was
out of the question, and to burn them
was out of the question, too. Instead,
she has torn them, painstal1ingly, into
small bits and changed them into an
embroidered covered pillow. It's a
suggestive idea, and might be util-
lied in preserving all sorts of old let
ters and manuscripts.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-22
is A GOOD DRESSER.
Mrs. McKinIey's Gowns for This VIM
ter Are Said to Be Beautiful
and Becoming.

Mrs. Mckinley, our presidents wife,
is, as everyone knows, a great invalid,
and her husbands devotion to her is
beautiful example, which will go down
in history. She has excellent taste in
the choice of her gowns. She receives,
almost always, seated in a large arm
chair, so has her dresses made that the
front effect is always good, and her
trains are so arranged that there is not
too much fullness at the top OF the
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-22
The Queens Ice Chest.

The stores Of ice at Windsor, Os-
borne and Balmoral castles are very
large. At Windsor there is storage
room for about 500 tons. There the
supply is obtained from the lake be-
meath the north terrace, from Frog
more and Virginia water Ice is
not only lavishly used in the royal
kitchen, but also for reducing the
temperature of her majesty's apart
ments in hot weather. Then it is
packed in pretty wooden buckets and
stood in the freplaces.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-22

were told all of our state secrets, the
administration has him so thoroughly
whipped, according to the statements
of it's friends, that the information
would be of no assistance to him. AS
the censorship at Manila has been re
laXed on account of the improved con-
ditions, it seems to be high time for q
relaxation of the censorship which the
administration maintains in Washing
ton over the mysteries of its Philip
pine policy.
1t is possible the administration may
be able to give satisfactory explana-
tions in response to the resolutions OF
inquiry introduced by Mr.. Pettigrew
and other senators. 1t is also possible
that those who seek information may
be on the wrong track and that the
administration alone may be right
Still, the persistent refusal of Imperial
isl senator's to permit the resolutions
to go through the usual course in the
senate is suspicious and justifies the
conclusion that the suppression OF ali
requests for information has been
adopted as part of the admiRistra-
tion's policy. Senator Hoar's protest
against the adoption of such policy
timely as it was energetic. If
senators are to be denied information
which can do no possible harm to the
public service = information which
they acquire for their guidance and
the discharge Of their public duties
the senate might as well be abolished,
as Mr.. Hoar suggested.
If the administration is determined
to withhold information in regard to
its Philippine policy or other matters
OF public Importance, it might shut OH
embarrassing or disagreeable ques-
tions by adopting an imperial remedy
and suspending the sessions Of either
branch OF congress which is disposed
to make trouble. Aguinaldo, defeated
and fleeing to escape capture, may be
aided not only by resolutions of in
quiry, but also by the right of free
speech which congressman now enjoy.
The entire policy of the government
should be shaped with view to giving
Aeuinaldo no aid or comfort-al-
though the administration cham
pions say he is beaten and harmless.
As long as the Filipino leader is at
large congress must be muzzled, even
if the public interests suffer.-Balti-
more Sun.
The Winslow mail., 1900-02-22
Doesn't Draw tbeI.;,e

Miss Readum-Do you like "The Man
with the Hoe?"
Miss 1eliowleaf-O, I like any man.
Baltimore American.