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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1898-05-11
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rul, betreTfs Der fran50fiT9en Spru9e tante
i9 unenbli6. Oafe perben tpeber auf einen
unfru9tbaren nod unbanf6aren 8oben gez
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fen mir ben @unf9 einflOBerl, midi bdrin gu
rerDoltommnen, unO in bic S3pierigteiten
elmer Spra4e ein3ubringen, Die in o;eIem
Nugenblide cen tpefentlt9iten S6eil meiner
Stubien 6ilbet. SIT ie bO9 iene
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ter sum 60 mmanbo in allen
etnen S@1u4ten bebtente,
in benen ct ~etnen Numen NIT
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(berfaBt ouf ct. 6elena) bag le6rz
reidIte Nnbenten 6interlafen 6dt, unb peil
er Bis an 1etn @nbe ben Milen gedubert 6at,
bdB i9 ni4t bic Nation berleiIgne, unter Der
i9 9eboren tpurbe. 5iirpubr, i9 babe bic
feite, BON mir bsreits our 4usfi6rung gee
6ra9te N6It4t, MIDI nit u1er mD9li4en
Musbduer bisIem St1bium gu tpibmen. Sn
Der nG9Iten @o9e 6offe i9 meirs priifunz
gen aus Der Metap6pIif, GuteiniI9en Spru9e,
Stdtiftit unb @ei9i9te gu bethlehem, in Der
i9 Bis gu &arl V. gelangt bin. NuBerbem
bate ib in bieIem CONNER ltnterri4t in
@eometrie, Sri9onometrie unb Serruindufz
nu6me. @isllei6t teI9dftige ih MIDI 54pn
nit 8eTeftigungsle6re, tpenn Sic i'm nd9z
item Spmmer na9 Wien tomnert.
Sran3 bon Ret3 It dbt.
Nu9bem am %. Sftober 1928 Der D5terz
ret9ii4e @enerdl Mdd, Der i'm Sabre
1905 Iun4nt Ieiner 4rmee bon Nupoleon in
Him ~geFdngen genonmen tporben, geftorben
mar, ri4tete &ei9itubt, iie63ebn Sabre unb
o@t MOnate alt, an ReipPerg foIgenben
merttpiirbigen Brief:
Mein General!
Wten, II. Nobem6sr 1928.
.... Ser Sob bes Generals Mad pirb
sic, mein tbeurer General, 9epiB betriibt
BADEN. @r mar fGon Ie6r 19tpa9, ols i9
i'm BEL metner Giidte9r aus Sdl3bur9 fab.
Die angebsuteten 9isnite, bic er gsleiftet,
fl0Bten mir ebenIobiel N9tung Elm, aIs 1ein
llngliid; i3 9eitebs, buB i4 3piI4en feiz
g 9idu al unb be metnes
@aters, pbglei9 fie in Ie6r berf9iebenen
neutrality-suspicious. einige Nebnlibteit ftnbe.
8eibe 6aben, einIt bebedt init Hubm
unb oer1uffen bonn Slid, ibre
2auf6u6n abieits BON Der Welt bef4loTen;
dber nod in ibrem Stur3e purben tie 9ed9z
tel, neil Tie es beritanbsn, fi9 tpdbrenb fbrer
@r0be 8ere6rung gu errtngen.
Set meiner 8iidfe6r aus 9oGiti9 6a6s i4
meme Sbdtigteit pteber uufgenommen. Sd
t6eile meine 3eit apif4en militdrif4en.
@tubien, bem 8e9te, Der Statiitit, Der @sz
f8i9te urb ben Spra9en. Die 9erren So
rel til urpb Sbera1s be3eigen S9nen i6re @6r=
fur9t. WoQen @s Der OplmetI6 meiner
@efii6le Bel ben 9annen fein uno ft3, met1
General, o meiner unberGnoerli4en
6reunbf9nft iiber3eu9t balten.
Sran5 Don &et9 It dnt
X X
@us 8riefen Reidftabt's, namentli4 an
feinen gr3ie6er 5orefti, fpri4t bds eifrige
8eIre6en, Elm uuBerorbsntli3 tii9ti9er
Mann gu merben unb als Sobn bes groBen
Napoleon glei9faGs 9eroorragenoeS unb
llnIterblides gu leiiten. Nus bieien Srdumen
rib nor, @iinnIinn beffen @efhid cine flet1e
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-09-09
Quaint Fitz-James o,Brien.

Mrs. NJ. E. W. Sherwood relates in
the New York Times some amusing
sayings of Fitz. James o Brien. On Wis
iting very patriotic lady on New
Year S day, after the civil war was de-
clared, he said, "She had flags on the
mantel and cold roast eagle on the side
board" When asked if he partook of
the latter, he said no. as an Irishman
he was drawn by a patriotic instinct to
tho potato salad, and demanded Scotch
whisky to show cosmopolitan breath.
Lest he should become too bellicose, he
felt even afraid to handle drum
stick.
Asked if women had inspired men to
drink as we'll as to heroic actions he
said, eyes! Often when one is Mumm
and the other extra dry"
And speaking of the heroic intoxica-
ton that has sent so many men to war,
he said it is what makes the puppies
fight we'll, and then, we feel such de-
licious egotism. Why, when l am
marching down Broadway, l do not
know whether am part OF the uni
verse or whether the universe is part
of me-.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-09-09
Politics IN washiax.on's Time.

But, even worse than official incompc-
tency, those who provided the supplies
were tainted with POPULATION and fraud,
says Charles Kendall Adams in The
Atlantic. The historical student, as he
gives up the idea that the legislation of
the time was supremely wise. must al
SO. however reluctantly, abandon the
idea that the Revolutionary period was
an age of spotless political virtue.
Again and again Washington pleaded
with congress and with the chief Off
GERS of the individual states. In appeal
ing to President Reed of Pennsylvania
on the 18th of December, 177S, to bring
those whom he calls the "murderers of
our cause" 'to condign punishment, .
he unbridled his passion and sent these
energetic words: II would to God that
one of the most atrocious in each state
We're hung on gallows five times as
high as the one prepared by Hannah >
The situation seemed so desperate
that only six days later ho wrote to
Benjamin Harrison the speaker of the
house Of delegates OF Virginia, "As
there can be no harm in pious wish
for the good of ones country shall
offer it as mine that each state Will not
only choose but compel it's ablest men
to attend congress- -
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-09-09
Male Felinity.

Talking about the humanity of man
and the felinity Of woman" said the
independent woman, "let me tell you a
little story of a man and a cat. The
story was told to me by the wife of the
man, who is q domesticated woman. 1t
seems that the family cat, besides being
of a sportive disposition, had more in
genuity than most cats or understood
better how to relieve the tedium of a
domestic existence. This cat caught a
mouse. Being we'll fed, her sporting in
stinct came into play, and size kept the
mouse to amuse herself with That is a
feline custom, as you are aware but
where this cat showed superior me-. tall
ity was in hitting upon q place to hide
the mouse, thus protracting the amuse-
ment. She kept it in an old shoe in a
storeroom. The man Of the house dis
covered the proceeding. and was almost
as much amused as the cat. Did he put
stop to it? No, indeed. For several
days he fed both the cat and the mouse,
after which the cat would take the
mouse out for its daily exercise, to the
delight of both conspirators Then the
mans wife found them out. She took
the mouse away and let it go. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-09-09
Sport as Developer of Character.

Every now and then there crops out
in this republic the notion that if our
more cultured citizens were our rulers
that we should be much better off. We
very much doubt it. If our more man
ly citizens could rule US, then no doubt
we should be better off. But there is a
freakiness and tinicalness, an inability
to give and take, a general rubbing and
creaking of machinery among men de-
veloped only on the one side of the
mind, which always everywhere makes
them Objectionable as rulers. Boxing
is just as likely to make man meek
as books, but if you have bully to deal
with neither the boxing nor the books
will avail anything, and he becomes al
most more Objectionable as an editor
than as a prizefghter. OF course sport
will fail, just as every other agency
will fail, with certain men. On the
other hand, for the great majority of
men, we'll conducted sport will teach
them fortitude, gentleness, meekness
and fair play as no other agency yet in
vented by man can do.-Outing
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-09-09
Diamond Studded Streets.

Perhaps the most interesting fact in
connection with Kimberly, the Diamond
City, is the "street Washing" and some
of the debris washers have done very
we'll. The washing" consists of over
hauling the earth for diamonds.
At nearly every meeting of the bor-
ough council applications for permits
sion to wash streets, or portions Of
streets, are received. The would be
washer has to obtain the consent of per-
sons resident in the street or road, to
put the latter into sound repair again
and pay 1.-THE to the municipality in
the shape of 10 per cent on his gross
finds. Last year 1900 was paid to the
municipality in this way.
In the early days of the diamond
fields the ground was washed in very
primitive style, many diamonds being
thrown away in the debris, as it is call
ed. This debris was subsequently, used
for street making purposes, and now,
years after, with better machinery at
their disposal, people find it pays to
"wash the streets. Cape Times.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-09-09
"The Smallpox Devil.

The natives Of the west coast of Su-
matra object to be vaccinated. They
still make offerings to the smallpox dew
IL. The heart and liver of fowls aud buff
faloes are mixed with yellow rice and
other ingredients, placed in the model
OF full rugged ship, carried in process
sion and finally launched into the sea.
Singapore Free Press.
The average attendance at places of
worship in England and Wales is COM
puted to be between 10000, 600 and II,
900, 900 persons. There is a place of
worship for every 500 individuals tax
ing the country all through, and Il stat
ed minister for every ZOO About so, 0o0
Sermons are preached every Sunday
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-09-09
CHAPTER VII

Judge Delno was popularity dcsig-
mated among his constituents "the
ablest legal reactionist in New York. %
He was sternly reserved and uncompro-
misingly straightforward in his meth
DDS, which were refreshingly devoid of
that double track system of administer
ing SO called justice wont to be charac-
terized by the long suffering as "shady"
and by its propagators as "only bust
nesslike. -
He delighted in nothing SO much as
the study Of human nature.
Studying human nature from disin-
terested point of view is one thing. Re-
marking it's rise and fall from an inter
ested standpoint is another. Today the
distinguished chief justice found him
self in an undesirable state of mind, SUI
perinduced by the latter contingency.
It had been forced upon him by an areu-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-09-09
He Settled II.

An amusing story is told at Stratford-
on-Avon. In the smoking room of a
hotel there an Englishman and Scotch
man engaged in heated argument.
John Bull was declaring William
Shakespeare to be the only poet Of the
world, and Donald Mcpherson was
standing up for his Robert Burns.
Words ran high and blows seemed
imminent when self confident little
commercial traveller determined to
throw oil on the troubled waters.
Gentlemen" he SAID, stepping be.
tween the heated disputants, "let me
settle this amicably. Who is this Shake
speare- Burns%' Telegraph.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-09-09
Flight Of the BUTTERFLIES.

One of the most beautiful sights in
the world is the annual migration Of
butterflies across the isthmus of Pana-
ma. Where they come from or whittier
they go no one knows, and though
many distinguished naturalists have at
tempted to solve the problem it is still
as strange mystery as it was to the
first European traveller who observed
it. Toward the end of June few scat
tered specimens are discovered fitting
out to sea and as the days 60 by tie
number increase, until about July IA
or Is the sky is occasionally almost ob.
scured by myriads of these frail insects
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deliberate compliments. IL MAKES me-
feel like fool. Well bred people dom t

=
oeilperate compliments IL MAKES me-
feel like fool. Well bred people dom
do it at home. -
But mademoiselle is in France, and
IN the highest aristocracy we consider
1t our privilege to pay Them
Priscilla sighed. .'It seems to me, ;"
she said. forced and strained some
how. -
The count kissed her hand as he led
her to her seat beside her aunt and babe
both ladies ap revoir.
He dances like humning top, does
ne not?" suggested Stornmouth pleas
antly, with what Priscilla considered
unnecessary flippancy.
He is not my idea of humming
top" Priscilla returned without meet
ing his laughing eyes.
"You are quite right" retorted
Stornmouth, with unmitigated good
humor. 81 have seen even better look
ing 'humming tops than that"
II did not ask you for your opinion,
Mr.. Stornmouth.'
Any information can offer you is
gratuitous, Miss Delno."
II think you are unbearable!' Pris-
ella exclaimed.
"Priscilla!' said Aunt Mildred.
Perfectly unbearablel" the girl re-
iterated.
T Then there was an eloquent pause, in
Which Priscilla wished she had not
come. and Stornmouth wished he had
not spoken.
Glow is the voice?" asked Storm
mouth.
"superb, /" answered Aunt Mildred,
seeing her refractory niece was biting
her lip frantically and endeavoring to
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-09-09
Gravestons Emblen,s.

In q cemetery i'll neighboring state
lies buried a family of the name of
Rose. Upon each headstone is cut this
flower, broken at the stem, while upon
the babe's tomb is engraved a bud.
Curious as this is in itself, however, it
is emphasized by the neighboring plot,
where lies a family of the name of Fish,
who have followed the example of the
Roses by having small specimen of
the finny tribe cut upon each of their
grayestones.-New York Sun.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-09-09
Cockatoos.
Jos constitute a branch Of

The cockatoos constitute a branch Of
;he great parrot family, and, with the
exception Of the species which inhabits
the Philippine islands. are peculiar to
the Australasian region.
Leadbeater's cockatoo is one of the
most beautiful of the group. his white
plumaSe being tinged with rose color
w. L. Greene, the great authority OH
cage parrots describes itaptly as ''rasp-
berry and cream color-but as his
mental endowments are by no means
equal to his personal attractions he is
less popular as pet than species with
more Intelligence than good looks. One
point in his favor must be mentioned
he is q less determined screamer than
the majority Of cockatoos This, how
ever, is not saying much. In his native
woods of South Australia Leadbeater' S
cockatoo is very shy and difficult to ap-
proach. The birds sent to Europe, no
doubt taken as nestlings in the MAJOR
ty OF instances, remain usually wild
and suspicious, though they bear con-
finement we'll and do not suffer from
the cold
AT home in Australia the cockatoo is
not beloved of the farmer, and it can
be we'll imagined that flock of these
big birds, amounting often to thousands,
commit fearful havoc upon the crops.
Hence it is shot down as remorselessly
as the Sparrow in England when it
grows too numerous to be acceptable to
the agriculturist. Like the rest of the
genus, this cockatoo usually makes its
nest in hollow tree where the hen
lays two pure white eggs.-st. Louis
ReDuhlic
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-09-09
rlFUr-

"Your sister sa7lg," suggested Priscilla.
control her temper, which had been vio-
lently disturbed out of it's usual sweet
ness by some means invisible to Aunt
Mildred.
clam glad of that, - said stornmouth.
i used to wish last winter, when
went back, that had asked your niece
to sing for me, SO that could perceive
her Improvement when I returned.
Will you sing for me some day, Miss
Priscilla?'
If you wish, - answered Priscilla,
with reflective, unhappy eyes suddenly
meeting his full.
Then she exclaimed suddenly, with a
little restless sigh, 'Let's go home now,
and will sing for you. 1t is not very
late. There is a big fire in the drawing
room, and-I hate it here''
Bidding Constance good night, and
leaving a message for their hostess, the
little party stole away under cover of
the starry night, and, Mailing passing
cab, returned to the Avenue Montaigne.
Aunt Mildred went off to stir up the
maid and institute aquiet little supper.
Priscilla stood in the freight, pulling
off her gloves. Then she seated herself
at the piano, and, seemingly forgetful
OF Stornmouth, began to sing.
Her voice was very sweet and fresh,
with rich unusual quality in the me-
dunn notes which. was sympathetic and
limited of nature as yet unaware of it's
strength.
StOrnmOuth listened silently
When she had finished, she rose and
went toward him.
He was standing with his elbow on
the mantelpiece, his hand over his eyes,
looking from under it at the flames.
ssYou don't like my voice, do you?'
she inquired.
eyes, like it, he answered.
"Your sister sang, I" suggested Priscil-
la. "Does it make you sad to hear me?'
.'Not sad,' said Stornmouth, "only
it takes me back, Iwonder why women
always desire the unattainable and
seem to experience an acute satisfaction
in putting from them the wealth which
lies within their grasp"
tsAh, why, indeed?" returned Pris-
ella. And then as Aunt Mildred enter
ed she turned swiftly and ran toward
her to pull her to the fire
"Why We're you gone so long, dear?'
she cried ungratefully. 1--WE We're bored
to DEATH I sang for Mr.. Stornmouth,
and he rewarded me by asking the
most stupid conundrums. %
"Conundrums:?" repeated Aunt Mil
dred wonderingly, looking up quickly
into Stornmouth' S strangely pale face.
He returned her glance for glance.
"Yes," he said concisely, 81 asked
one, and Miss Priscilla answered an
other. -
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-09-09
A Funny Mistake.

A servant lass at an inn once made a
funny mistake. Opening the door of one
of the rooms, she saw, as she thought,
the handle of a warming pan sticking
out near the foot Of the bed. "Bless
me, !" she said, "that stupid Martha
has left the warming pan in the bed !!
She might have set the place on fire. :"
Taking hold of the handle, she gave it a
violent jerk, when up Jumped an awak-
ened traveller, shouting Justify: "Hel-
10, there Leave my wooden leg alone,
will u?"-London Fun.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-09-09
Not His Legs.

A Russian peasant having gone to the
town to buy himself pair of new
boots, fell asleep by the roadside on his
way home and was stripped of his cher.
ished boots by light fingered tramp,
but his sleep remained unbroken till
passing wagner, seeing him lying half
across the track, shouted to him to
take his legs out of the way"
my legs?" echoed the half aroused
sleeper, rubbing his eyes. "Those legs
amt mine. Mine had boots onp'-
Paris Figaro.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-09-09
EASY Enough to Tell.

Briggs-And SO you consider Nc
Faker clever delineator Of characters:
Griggs-Yes.
Briggs-And can you readily distin-
guish his German dialect from his Irish
brogue?
Griggs-oh, dear, yes. The pro-
eramme tells when he is going to imi-
tao German English and when he is
going to give us a little Irish brogue. =
Boston Transcript
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-09-09

The following is a remedy for oily
skin: Liquid refined honey, one ounce;
alcohol, two ounces; cucumber emul-
sion, one ounce; elder flower water
four ounces; strained juice of two lem
ons. The mixture should be used night
and morning and applied with a soft
rag OF sponge.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-09-09

The Sheffield club is the oldest foot
ball organization III the United King
dom. 1t was started i'll 1855, and its
minute book Cor 1857 is still in exist
ouco
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-09-09


consequence Besides, any father expert
ences a sense of revolt when hitherto
unconsidered parsonage, no matter how
desirable, presents himself as possible
member of his family.
The case in point is as follows" an
nounced Stornmouth, going straight to
the aforesaid point with his customary
ability-an ability which Judge Delno
heretofore had never hesitated to laud
openly, but which today limited at pos
sibilities in son-in-law which perhaps
might be considered more forcible than
agreeable. Stornmouth was pacing the
room restlessly. His hands were plung-
ed deep into his trousers pockets. His
fine head was thrown forward eagerly,
like a thoroughbred scenting the hint Of
a clover patch. His keen eyes mastered
every thing--the room, the occupant,
the warning blizzard outside, the case
in point, and his adversary's irritation,
which he was observing with that same
humorous twinkle in his soul which so
often bubbled up and showed itself so
pleasantly in his eyes.
"Given," he continued with empha-
sis, ga French adventurer with title,
and an American girl possessed of de-
sire, lamentable or otherwise. to be-
come a duchess or countess, it is obvi-
GUS that ten chances to one the bargain
is consummated to the entire felicity of
all parties concerned' He bit his lip
vigorously His ewes. severely contemn-
FRO BE coaTlNuED.l
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-01-14
AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION.
Mr. Hear Introduces One Affecting
the Presidents Term OF Office.

A proposed amendment of the Con-
stitution TO substitute the thirtieth of
April for the fourth OF March as the
time for the termination of the term
OF the President, vice president, Sena-
tors and Representatives was intro
duced today in the Senate by Mr.. Hoar
and was referred 10 the Committee on
Privileges and Elections.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Quay
and referred to the Committee on In
dian Affairs, instructing the Secretary
of the Interior to investigate the recent
alleged atrocious burning to death Of
two Seminole Indians by a mob in Ok
lahoma Territory, and appropriating
s25, 600 To defray the expenses of the
investigation and punishment of the
guilty.
Mr.. Lodge, of Massachusetts, offered
a resolution directing the Secretary OF
Agriculture to inform the Senate what
amount of sugar is now imported into
the United States, what amount Of beet
sugar is now produced in the United
States, with what sugar. imported or
domestic, the beet sugar produced in
the United States comes in competition,
and what affect the importation of Ha-
waiian sugar has, or can have, on beet
sugar production in the United States.
At half past twelve the Senate went
into executive session on the Hawaiian
treaty and Senator White, of Califor-
MIA, spoke against its ratification.