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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-16
Wanted-A Patent.

Among the strange applications which
reach the patent Office one, filed some
years ago, was most extraordinary, it
being petition for a patent for an ant
guard which consisted in merely draw
ing a chalk mark around a table or 9th
er place by which it was claimed the
approach of ants was stopped. 1t seems
that chalk makes an ants legs slip as
soaping track prevents railway en-
CINE from starting. The petition was
novel and caused considerable a.nuse-
ment The application, however, was
refused on the ground that there was
nothing new i'll the invention, that
chalk had been used for such purposes
before and that such ideas We're not pat
entable.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-16
The Devil Tree.

The devil, dragon or octopus tree, as
it is variously called in the different
stories told of it, is one of those travel
ers' myths which by dint OF repetition
have worked their way into public be-
lief. The man eating sr devil tree is,
according to the story, huge plant
somewhat resembling palm, save that
the central fronds are provided with
sharp teeth, which, when the leaves
are folded over toward the center, grasp
with death grip the man or animal
unfortunate enough to be inclosed with
III. In some of the stories this tree is
also provided with long arms, which
reach out and seize unwary travellers,
raise their bodies in the air and drop
them into the center of the circle of
devouring leaves
1t is hardly necessary to say that
there is no such tree and that the story
has its origin in the dangers of travers-
ing tropical thicket, where travellers
have received serious injuries from fall
Ing over vines and among thorny plants
where men are frequently attacked and
killed by serpents. The devil tree is To-
Gated byvarious story tellers in Borneo,
i'll Sumatra and in the forest recesses of
other tropical islands, and whenever
inquiry is made for it it is to be found
somewhere else.-St. Louis Globe DEM
Ocrat.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-16
Malaria and NIoso uitoes

Professor Koch's discovery Of the ac-
tive agency of the mosquito in the prop
agation of malaria may lead to impor-
tant changes in the administration of
quinine for malarial affections. The
discovery was made almost accidentally.
Professor Koch was studying Texas fe-
yer i'll cattle, which he found was trans
ferred from one herd to another solely
by the bite of a tick. He infected sound
cattle with ticks from diseased ones and
succeeded in. immunizing cattle inocu-
lated with the ova of ticks from cattle
suffering from the disease. Extending
his Investigations to malaria, be arrived
at the conclusion that in the case of the
human disease mosquitoes play the part
which ticks play in the cattle disease.
1t was found that wherever there are
mosquitoes there is malaria. Converse
~, where there are no mosquitoes there
is no malaria. Treating cases without
quinine, Professor Koch ascertained
that in malaria, as in other fevers, the
temperature follows definite course.
By examining the blood of patient
under the microscope he was able to tell
from the nature Of the microbes the
precise stage of the development of TIE
disease. This ability is of the greatest
Importance in determining the most
advantageous time at which to admin
lister quinine. Dr. Koch believes that
ultimately it will be possible to admin
lister quinine in such rational and
scientific manner as to avoid the in
furious consequences of the quinine
treatment This and the establishment
of health resorts in the mountains will
rob tropical fever of many of its terrors
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-16
Stronger Than Oak.

Foot bridges in Morocco that are used
for heavy traffic have been the subject
of much concern to the engineers Elm
planls on oak stringpieces were the ma
terials employed, but these wore out so
rapidly that a return to the old style of
building was proposed. This consisted
of cables made from the fiber of the
aloe. These cables are plated and twist
ed from fiber and are nearly two inches
thick and Sc inches wide. They are
saturated with tar and firmly nailed to
oak planking. The ends are fastened by
iron straps. These cables make most adj
mirable footpaths They are sufficiently
elastic to be pleasant under the feet,
and experience has demonstrated that
they are far more durable than any ma
teria1 heretofore applied for this pur-
pose.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-16
Water Curtains.

The idea of protecting buildings
against fire from without by means of a
water curtain, to be made to fall all
around the structure, appears to be
gaining favor, having the Endorsement
of some Of the most experienced profess
sional experts in this line, and the plan
is exciting special attention in Chicago,
where it is being applied to the great
public library building. The arrange
ment is extremely simple. A seven inch
steel water main is laid around the top
of the structure upon the broad stone
table formed by the top of the coping,
this pipe having connection with force
pumps situated in the basement, and,
through perforations properly arranged,
insures tie introduction Of substaa.
tial sheet Of water from coYnice 10
pavement around the whole or any INA
perilled portion of the building. Tie
arrangement of the system of piping is
such as to enable operating in present.
ed sections. Additional relays OF sma J.
er pipe are also placed in position abr Q
windows and doors in order to coma
plete the curtaining Of those points in
the most serviceable manner should the
curtain in the main be broken by wind
infringement against the building.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-16
Usually the Case.

There was once poor boy who
while walking along saw pin on the
pavement before him. Quickly the lit
tie lad staid his steps and picking up
the pin stuck it carefully and securely
in his coat.
A rich man CHANGING to pass at that
time saw the action, and was much i'm
pressed by it, 50 much so that he took
the boy INTO his bank and finally adopt
ed him.
Thirty years have passed and the
erstwhile poor boy is a South African
millionaire. The other day he drew a
check for SO, COO and gave it to for
mer schoolmate who had not pro spered
in the race of life.
"All that / am now owe to you,
John, /" said thu millionaire.
.'But don't understand, stammer-
ed the beneficiary.
Simple enough. If hadn't hated
you so at school, l should never have
picked up that pin to put on your seat. :"
-Pearson's Weekly.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-16
An Erratic wrl,er.

When Thomas Bailey Aldrich was
small salaried clerk in George W.
Carleton's book store on Broadway, Fitz
James O'Brien was in the habit of
dropping in to see him, and one day
came in rather more than half seas
over. Aldrich decided to take him
across the street to a hotel and put him
to bed. Cautiously and carefully he led
O'Brien, but before he had got half
way across a friend ste Aa'd him and
asked: "Why do you Wait to bother
with the fellow. Let him CO. !" 81 will
not, - replied Aldrich. He borrowed a
dollar from me few days ago, and
can't afford to let anything happen to
him."
At another time, when he was not
strictly sober, O'Brien found himself
out Of funds. He wandered into pub
lisher's Office and asked for $25 This
was refused him. Angrily Selling
placard O Brien reversed it and made
in big letters on the blank side: cone
of IS authors. am starving" Ty-
ing string to the card, Brien placed
it around his neck and paraded up and
down the street, to the great amuse-
ment of a large crowd. He was of
course requested to desiEt, but nothing
stopped his mad course until So bill
was presented to him as compromise.
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-16
A Peculiar Paper.

The Ostrich, an English paper that
aims to say nothing disagreeable in
speaking of building that burns down
in which out of 400 persons 277 perish,
does not mention them, but says, ''Not
less than 1913 We're saved" Very sad
news is printed i'll the smallest type, so
the experienced reader is warned No
unpleasant details are given. After u
mere statement the paragraph ends
with Continuation on page IL. -
There is 30 thirteenth page
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-16
Cost of sto1pases.

In an article in recent issue of The
American Electrician Mr.. H. s. Herring
states that as the result of tests he
finds the difference between making a
stop and start at station and run
ming past it varies from rs to 100 watt
hours. depending upon the gradient and
load. The average value under ordinary
conditions for a partially loaded ~ ton
car is So watt hours. Assuming the cost
of electrical energy to be 1 cent per
kilowatt hour, one stop would cost
.OS5 cent, and the cost of making one
unnecessary stop on each trip for Is
trips daily would amount to 81. CT per
car per year, and for 100 cars S467 per
year for the one extra stop per trip.
About "a per cent of the total energy
required for propulsion is expended in
accelerating and lifting car, showing
that if only one-half of the energy stored
IN a moving car could be saved the
saving would be very large. BY careful
driving a saving of from 10 to 90 per
cent might be effected
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-16
GATLlNG'S GRIT.
The Famous Inventor Passed Through
Many Hardshins to Final Success

Inc Famous inventor PRssed Through
Many Hardships to Final Success.
In spite of trade with an unhappy
name there is kind of humane second
thought in the ingenuity of the death in
strument maker. He may invent some
thing SO terrible as to make war impos-
sible This view lends an interest to the
work of DIR. R. ]. Gatling, the creator
of the famous gun that fires 200 shots
minute. Our surprise to be told that
he is really tender hearted man grows
less when we know how he was led to
contrive his murderous weapon.
Seeing the trainloads of wounded
and wrecks of regiments return from
the front during the great war for the
Union, he thought of the waste of in
dustry and time and life in sending so
many men into deadly service. If war
must Stay, what saving would be
single firearm that would shorten the
slaughter from months to minutes, and
finally appall contending armies SO that
they would refuse to face It'll
DIR. Calling was man in middle life
then, but from the age of 81 he had
shown skill as an inventor. The first
fruit of his genius was q steamboat
propeller wheel. He had also originated
several labor saving devices for use in
cotton culture, made furrow drill that
brought him fortune from the western
wheat farmers, and patented hemp
breaking machine and a steam plow.
He is so years old now, and still in
venting. Lately congress voted him
$4,000 for his proof experiments in a
new method of casting cannon
When he invented his propeller and
took it to Washington, he found that
Ericsson had just secured a patent for a
similar design-and all his labor was
thrown away. A few years later he lost
two-thirds of the money he had realized
and invested-from the sale of his
wheat drill. After he completed the
Calling gun" Il fire destroyed all his
work and his patterns. When, a year
or two later, he had duplicated his pat
terms and placed an instrument before
the public, rascally agent ran off with
every cent of the sales. 1t is robust
quality of soul that can fight disap-
pointnent repeatedly and try again
Chicago Tribune
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-16
The English SNARE set.

To what condition has Smart SO.
Getty fallenl Any one may become a
leading light i'll it, provided that he or
she is ready TO pay the footing. He or
she can at any moment find person to
bid guests to their feasts and any num-
Der OF guests, guaranteed to be "smart
people, will accept the invitations.
year or two ago an American lady
intent GA fashion took large house,
and an introducer sent out her invita-
tions. AT her first party there We're
many of her own friends present. The
introducer explained to her that the
right set of people would not come if
they were exposed to this promiscuity
with those who We're not in it. Finally
it was agreed that the hostess might
invite ten friends to each party, but
not more.
What | have never understood is
where the pleasure comes in of going
to several parties the same evening.
Yet there are many apparently sane
persons who do this every evening dur
ing the season. At each party they
probably have to wait at least half an
hour before getting out of their carriage
and getting back into it when they
want to go away. They struggle up
stairs, show themselves, stay perhaps
half an hour and then hurry off to tie
next party. Why they should like this
mode of spending their evenings no on
except themselves can imagine. There
is no costermonger donkey so over
worked as a woman lent on society
London Truth.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-16
Sung T,.etn 20 Iihertv.


IN Marches and Music, the famous
singing teacher tells this anecdote to
illustrate the nobility Of heart of "a Rus
sian woman, one Of her pupils, and Il
native Of MIN go1od, where the
great fair is held every year.
Mile. Nadine Boulitchoff created "a
great sensation with he. beautiful voice
and dramatie wer at Moscow, st.
Petersburg and Madrid. In the summer
of 1880 she sang at Rio Janeiro. Brazil
was then the entrepot for the cruel slave
trade. NJ ilsr beHe1t, Nadine learned
that she was 10 be presented with valu-
able gifts. She begged that the money,
instead Oh being spent OH her, should be
used to buy the liberty of several female
slaves.
Her deed of charity released seven
poor slaves one OF whom had been re-
Gently whipped in public by order Of her
mistress.
On the benefit night, after Nadine
had sung, the seven negresses went upon
the stage to thank the artistic for their
freedom. The crowded house applauded
for several minutes the national hymn
was played; the emperor, Dom Pedro,
rose, and with him the whole audience,
and the songstress knew a moment of
thrilling JOY such as seldom comes to
women
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-16
Usla In.

Miss Groener-And so You were in
the train that was held up by robbers?
WASH you just frightened to death?
Miss Whiting-Y You'll hardly believe
it, bat wasn't frightened bit. The
fact is, when they came into the car
and ordered us to hold up our hands,
thought it was going to be lecture on
palmistry. and didn't find out differ
ent until it was all over.-Boston Tran
script.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-16
A welsh Name.
A correspondent OF London pap,

- W V,17'7'-V77-r1r " a 11o111uH FHIVI
says:
81 met recently with translation
into English OF the name of the village
i'll Anglesay which beasts the longest
name in the United Kingdom. | send
you copy below, thinking it may i'll
terest your readers: 'Llan- fair pwll-
gwyn gyll soger- y Church Mary a
hollow ghite hazel near to the
chwyrn -drobwll Liam Disilio gogo-
goch rapid whirlpool church
Saints nane) cave red'-that is
the Church Of ST. Mary in a hollow of
white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool,
and to ST. Disilio church near to a red
cave"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-16
Frenchmen Fond of Bread.

European nations vary very greatly
III their consumption of bread. The
greatest flour eater in the world is the
Frenchman, who consumes nearly two
pounds day, or 7O5 pounds year.
This enormous quantity, compared with
the seeming niggardly SO pounds "a
year eaten by the Scandinavian, marks
the influence of climatic conditions on
food.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-16
An English paper tells of n clers,

An English paper tells of clergy
man who had two cnrates, with the
Older of whom he was at swords points.
On being appointed to another living
he decided to take with him the younger
curate. whom he liked, and when he
came to preach his farewell sermon he
chose as his text, abide We here with
the ass, and l and the lad will go yon.
der and Worship"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-16
a Matter of rees.

Invalid would rather be dead than
as ann!
Attending Physician-Ah, madam,
you should live and-er-let live. De-
troit Journal
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-16

Hts head 'ptag CORN till his chin touched
ms breast.
patriot Of MI Grunstein had been q
traveller by tho same coach and had
brought with hum certain vague but by
no means comforting particulars as to
the late eailo's present means and fu-
ture prospects.
Mr.. Grunstein had watched Tom
Burrows depart into the wilderness with
undisguiscd and indeed frankly ex-
pressed satisfaction. He was himself
getting to be a rich man now, and after
TOMS departure he had succeeded in
ingratiating himself with Miss Carne-
gie's father, even if he had not made
much progress with the young lady her
self. Still granted that the more favor
ed sutton should vanish, mere adven-
turer and a practically ruined man, into
the wilderness never to return, there
were no reasonable reasons why present
wealth and responsibility should not ul-
timately triumph over absent uncer-
tainty, however romantic it might be.
But now absent romance had uneX
pectedly become present reality, and
from what MIR. Grunstein heard from
his friend it was pretty heavily gilded
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-31
THE CAT AND THE CANARY.

DEOPLE who in the closing week of the politi-
~ cal campaign look about for the Phelan dickey
bird that has been so busy chirping his chcka-
dee song OF purity and reform will look in vain. Even
if they follow his traces the Harvey headquarters
they will hardly find than the scattered feathers
of him. for there sits the Rainey cat with grin that
means, Il have eaten the canary
The catastrophe is not surprising AS long ago as
September IS the Examiner, which seems to have
had the keen interest of propretorshp in the canary
foresaw the danger and uttered the warning: THE
State Central Committee did excellent thing in
upsettng Rainey, but that did not complete the
emancipation OF the city.
On the next day it repeated the forebodngs in
another form, saying: "Rainey is politically dead
and the convention need not fear him unless by its
acts it puts life in the corpse and makes
vention of the Harneyites a possible thing"
That which the fond keeper of the canary fore
has come to pass. Yesterday the Examiner de-
cared: con Friday evening the campaign commit
tee of what is known as the Harvey branch of the
Democracy. resolved that meeting should be called
to consider the proprety of giving united support
to the entire Democratic ticket Major Harvey him
self advocated such course and there question
that it will be followed"
On September 7 the Examiner after declaring that
Democratic primary election in the city would af-
ford opportunity for base bosses and their bench
men to commit all forms OF fraud, such repeating
false personation OF voters, stealing baot-boxes,"
etc, went on to say: For the decent body of the
party to go into primary, therefore, in competition
with the Raney gang, would be who
should go into the ring bound by all the rules of the
Queensberry code against savage armed and free
from all restraints"
The Rainey gang has shown that it win
without primary a voice in the selection
of party nominees and the Examiner surrenders the
purity candidate to their greed without murmur.
1t even went so far yesterday to say, The action
of these Democrats (the Harneyites) is both pa
trotic and consistent"
There are certain differences within the ranks of
the Democratic party says the yellow organ in a
burst of candor Those differences will be adjusted
equtably But the field of battle is the place for
such adjustment"
Thus it appears the equitable adjustment is to be
done in secret. The canary is to be eaten behind
closed doors with the blinds pulled down. The ad-
justment will be made of course, at the expense of
the taxpayers. SO many sinecures for this boss,
much Doodle for that.
In the meantime the people will recall the old
song
lady on the banks of the Niger
Went to ride, with smife tiger.
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside.
And smile on the face of the tiger.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-31
THE EFFECT OF MAGNETISM.

n FTER reviewing the issues precipitated III the
I I campaign in this State by the nomination OF a
single agitator for Governor, the Phila-
dephia Inquirer says: "The importance of this
pagn lies in the effect that its results will have upon
national politics few years hence. Should the
Democratic candidates win this fight upon the issues
indicated the Pacific Coast will come to the Demo
cratic national convention with single tax plank.
No man who has paid sufficient attention to his
tory to the development OF political movements
can doubt the accuracy of the forecast made by
Philadelphia contemporary. The election OF Mcguire
in California would give impetus to radical social
ism all along the line, and the next Democratic con-
vention would put forth platform in comparison
with which even the ravng OF the document adopted
by the Bryanites at Chicago would seem like con-
servatsm.
The effect upon the nation, however, would be
slight in comparison with the effect upon California
With Mcguire in the Governors clair the State would
become the storm center Of all forms Of radical and
extravagant agitation Every industry would be
harassed. every interest threatened every form of
property assailed and capital and labor alike would
be necessarily menaced
The Inquirer says of Mcguire: while protesting
his adherence to the Chicago platform and his ad-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-31
AROUND THE
CORRIDORS

S. E. Biddle, banker of Hanford, is at
the Lick.
F. NJ. West, a banker of Stockton. is at
the Grand.
P. j. Murphy, mining man OF rag
staff, Ariz., is at the Russ.
D. c. Mitchell, a merchant OF MOSCOW
Idaho, is guest at the Grand
E. E. Bush, a real estate agent anu
land owner of Hanford, is at the LICK:
Colonel F. NJ. Taylor. manager OF the
Hearst estate at San Simeon, is at INC
Occidental.
M. de Pous and M. Montaut OF Farls'
governmental agents of France, no" on
their way to Tahiti, are guests at the
Palace.
p. F. Hutchins, John L. Hoagland and
Charles Hatch returned from the hlon-
dixie yesterday on the steamer Portland
each with his little pile.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-31

mraton for Bryan he is far, very far, ahead OF both
on the logical path that Democracy has opened up
namely, the commune"
Such is the view taken OF the single takers cam
paign by the people of the East Those who study the
situation at hand, however, know that before
the commune there would be period OF lawless revo
luton and confscation. The immediate effect OF Ma
guireism would be tendency to anarchy. Governor
of the sandotter type would in single term of office
infict injuries upon the State which it would require
years to efface.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-31
ADJUSTMENTS

Baldwin-"The Transit of Leo
Columbia" Sowing the Wind
Alcazar-" Ambition"
Norosco s-''The Indian"
Tiyoli-"Grand Duchess"
Orpheuul-V
Comedy Theater-'A Scrap of Paper
Olympia corner and Eddy streets-Specialties-
The Chutes-Lillian F. Smith. Vaudeville and the Zoo
Sutros Understanding.
California Theater-'Hogan's Alley"
Sherman Clay Hall-Concert Monday Evening.
Saratoga Hall-Anniversary Ball. Saturday November s.
Oakland Race Track-Races Tomorrow.
notwithstanding December.