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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-26
THE GREAT DESERT.
Power OF the Winds on That Barren Waste
0f olads

Power OF the Winds on That Barren Waste.
of Sands.
With a feeling that my words will
carry little weight with those who
think otherwise, venture to suggest
that the Sahara is not exactly what it
is commonly assumed to be, and yet in
many ways it is not very different It's
first sands, when approached from the
side of El-Kantara are giant rocks,
burned brown and red under the glow
of the southern sun, standing ous in
wild pinnacles from the gently undr-
lating surface. This is not the desert
that is ordinarily pictured by the mind
that fiat, endless expanse which fades
off unmoved and unbroken to the limits
of vision-but it is the desert, neverthe-
less, just as much as the mountain
SHOWS of the far north are a part of the
great arctic sea of ice." Beyond, how.
ever, is the great plain itself, its swell
ing undulations hardly relieving to tho
eye the appearance of absolute fatness
which the picture offers.
The truth is, the Sahara presents
itself in double aspect, that of the fiat
and sandy plain and that of the rocky
ridge or mountain, the Hanmada. 1t is
the Hammada that is more particularly
dreaded by the caravans, for among
their wind swept crags there are few
GASES, and only the blowing sands and
relentless sun are the companions of
the footsore pilgrim. In many parts of
the fiat desert travelling is moderately
easy, for over long distances the surface
has become coated into hard, Shiny
crust-a solid basement rock. one may
call it. Along our route of travel there
We're no sand dunes Of any magnitude
the highest perhaps scarcely exceed
ing 10 or 20 feet, but was informed by
the distinguished French explorer, NJ
Foureaud, who was then stopping at
Bislzra, that beyond Tuggurt they rise
to the prodigious height of from /, 200
to l, 400 feet. This speaks even moro
eloquently for the power of the winds
than do the high tossed sands of cora!
islands.-Popular Science Monthly.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-26
A Real Utopia.

Dunwich, Moreton bay, Queensland,
consists of about 1000 inhabitants. In
four years there have only been two
births and two deaths.
There are no Streets no omnibuses OF
trains, no soldiers, no police, no shops.
There is a beautiful theater, and every
one is admitted free. Clothes are free,
and SO are food and lodging. Very few
do any work, and there are no hotels.
Very little money is required, and med
ical attendance is free.
There is lookup, but that is not
used. There is also postofficc, and if
short of money the letters are stamped
free. There is also free hospital and
library. Tit Bits.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-26

A Cincinnati man rushed into long
distance telephone office, carrying his
grip as if fresh from his train, and
asked to be connected with his home.
He had nothing in particular to say,
but it seemed to give him pleasure to
hear the voices of the dear ones in the
home he had left First the wife ex-
changed a few words, then one after
another each of the five children cane
to the phone and 'hellood. told abaat
their school trials and triuniphs enc ra-
lated The doings of the pet pony a4l
the cat and the canary
Every five minutes as Is tne Gust m
III costly. Iong distance work, TIC a,,n.
ager notified 6ae proud pllal but le ~
ways answered on take ave minutes
more. until last Of all, the baby had
been held up to the rransmitler and had
piped, Hello, papa.
Then the Cincinnati man paid sos
and went away happy. Exchange
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-26
THE LAST MAN SHAVED.
An Explanation by the Barber That Did
Not Quiet His Nerves.

Not Quiet His Nerves.
There We're five Of US hunting and
fishing i'll the Queensland bush when
one rainy dag a stranger appeared He
said he was a tramp barber, and as
none of us had been shaved for fort
night we gave Kim half a days work.
About four hours after he had left US
band of six men rode up, and the leader
inquired if we had seen tall, roughly
dressed man pass that way. We told
him Of the barber, and he looked from
man to man and exclaimed:
Good gracious, but you are all
freshly shaved!'
Yes, we gave the barber job.
"And he shaved each one of you?''
He did, and did it we'll. I"
Boys, do you hear that" shouted
the man as he turned to his companions
"What of it?" asked one of our party
"Why, he Went insane yesterday end
cut man S throat in his barber's chair
over at Unadilla, and we're after him
to put him in an asylum. +"
They rode away at a gallop and next
morning returned to our camp with the
man, who had been captured after "a
hard fight and was tied Oh his horse
He seemed to remember US when he
was given drink of water, and as he
handed the cup back he quietly OBJ
served:
II say, gentlemen please excuse me.
meant to finish off the last man who
got shaved, but got to thinking of
something else, and it slipped my mind. )"
Cape Times.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-26
EDITORIAL COLUMN
CONGRESSMAN AND POST
OFFICES.

OffISES.
IT it were not for the postotfices the
life of a congressman might be worth
living. As it is every congressman
breads postot1ice year with deadly
hatred.
A congressman should have more i'm
portant duties to perform than the
selection of postmasters for every town
and hamlet in his district, and his
whole political career should not be
harassed by acting as umpire in the
hundreds of free for all fights which
take place in every district at least
once in four years.
No one man can have even a fairly
perfect knowledge of the merits of can
| didates in from 200 to 800 different To-
calities. He must rely upon the state
ments of others, and if aspirants knew
how prone people were to make recon-
mendations and then quietly inform
the congressman that they did not
mean anything by it, the congressman
would have a great deal less cussing to
stand. In this relation we are remind
ed OF a petition for pardon once pre-
sented to Gov. Jackson. The petition
was signed by many prominent men,
but as the case looked dubious the
governor had letters written to dozen
of the prominent signers asking fuller
statement of their views on the case.
OF the twelve men addressed, one
answered that he had no recollection
OF signing the petition and believed it
a forgery. and the other eleven all
answered that in reality they did not
favor the pardon but that the applicant
was business man and they had sign
ed the petition for business reasons.
We are not civil service reformers,
we are perfectly willing that the demo-
Gratis should hold the postoffices under
democratic administrations, but we do
believe that some action should he
taken to remove this burden from the
shoulders of the members of congress.
The responsibility should be placed
more directly upon the people of each
locality. The present system provokes
factions, is temptation to dishonesty
and a constant source of annoyance
There lssno reason why any republican
should be ineligible to postoffice be-
cause he did OF not lfavorithe nomina.
ton OF the congressman. The men OF
the party should be on an equality and
thus left free to express their personal
preferences without the question OF
patronage entering into the equation
The defeat of Mr.. Hager is but anothe,
evidence of the evil results of the pres
ent system. While not a brilliant ora
tor, MIR. Hager was an earnest and eff
fective worker, and he was defeated
not because he had failed as a Iawmakel
but because he had made "unfortun
ate' appointments.
One delegate at Council Bluffs sale
as reproach to Mr.. IIager, that al
the postmasters in the district were il
attendance. Had he added that all thu
disappointed applicants were there al
so. he would have told the whole stor,
OF Mr.. lIager's defeat.
Its greatly to be regretted therefor
that the test of congressional ability il
not the wisdom of legislative action
but the shrewdness of postoflice ap
pointments. We confess that we have
) no precise plan to offer in exchange fo
the present one, but we believe th,
subject is worthy the best thought O
the leaders of all parties.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-26

The friends of government ownership
OF railways should be in favor of the
annexation of Cuba fer in that event
we would have the opportunity of try
ing the experiment Of government
ownership in Cupa The railways Of
Cuba were Owned ny tie government
and ia event of annexation tie United
States would fan l,lr 90 them. we
might then try the eae,imenf without
competition and gpai4r W. mest f5sor-
able circumstances.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-26

Considerable attention is being paid
in the press dispatches to what the
Spanish government may demand at
the peace conference to be held i'm
Paris.
1t is said that they Will demand that
at least portion of the Cuban debt be
ass med by the United States and that
they receive payment for the public
buildings, etc, which they have erected
in Cuba.
1t would seem that the Spanish gov
eminent is not in position to "demand''
much of anything. The peace confer
ence is to be sort of give and take
game in which the Spaniards are to
learn that it is more blessed to give
than to receive. The United States
might have demanded an immense cash
indemnity of Spain in addition to ter
ritorial demands, and the Spanish min
listers should consider themselves for
tunate in securing as easy terms as
they have without making any de-
mands. One thing is sure, and that is
that the United States will neither as
sumo itself nor force Cuba to assume "a
debt which was created by Spain in
the attempt to force their inhuman
government upon the Cuban people
This government should not be in
too great haste to disband its army it
may be that the Spaniards may need a
little more punishment before they are
in really tractab.e frame of mind.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-08-26

If it were not for the postotfices the
life of congressman might be worth
living. AS it is every congressman
breads postof1ice year with deadly
The state herald., 1898-10-28


The Sterling Advocate criticises W. A.
Hill, silver fusion, candidate for state
senator, because il, his spcpch al Sterling
be did not enter into ian analytical dis
cussion Of the financial system of his
country" II Bro. Lacey was eve, guilty
Of attempting an "snalytical discussion"
Of the silver question or any other ques-
ton, he could with little more consist
ency critioise candidates for Office Tor not
doing likewise. Mr.. Hill know that hc
was to be followed by Congressman
Shairoth with one OF the ablest speeches
On She ailv<s qAessinp.t .tnas haa .cxen bsss
delivered aud his audience could not ex-
pect that he would devote his entire
speech to the silver question. We noiice
that Bro. Lacey does not attempt tan
analytical" answer to Congressman
Shafroth's silver epeech. Mud throwing
seems to DO Bro. Lscey'a great forte and
instead Of attempting to answer what
was said in the speeches, he takes up
considerable space with box-car letters
in throwing mud at Congressman Shat
roth and Senator Teller a sample Of
which was his reference to Senator Tel
lsr rs "tho blatant pretended friend Of
silver"
The state herald., 1898-10-28
ALIAS SUMMONS
uonnty OF philips. ="

Stnta Of Colorado,
uonnty of Phillips.
In tho County court.
NJ q Trump plaintiff. " Daniel X Wilson Mar
tin Anderson and Jamo- Glynn defendants.
TuE frorLr or tiik STATE " coLonADo.
To Daniel II Wilson Martin Anderson and
James Glynn tho defendants above named gree,
ins
You arc hereby required. TO appear In an
action brought ngninst you by the above
named plaintiff, In tho county court OF mil
lips county. state Of Colorado. and answer
the complaint therein within twenty days af
ter The service hereof. II served within thi.
county. or. II served out OF this county. OF
by publication. within thirty days after ,hr
service hereof exclusive of the day Of service;
or Judgment by default viii bc taken against
you according To tho prayer of the complaint
and u acopy Of the complaint In the above
entitled action In not served with this sum.
mons. or " the service neroof be made out of
'hin state. tbon ten days additional 10 tbs
time hcreiunbovc spccldei FOR appearance
and answer will lie allowed before tho taisinu
Of Judgment By default ~ aforesaid.
Tho said action ia brought 10 recover the .uin
u s'fo with interest aud attorneys fees on ons
certain pronisaofy note dated July n, ispI ese.
euisi anj delivered by Daniel u Wilson Ia this
plaintiff and 10 fofecio.a q certain moftaaar
deed executed by said Daniel u wilsou on tho :
Y sec 10 'psnri u wcst of tho a. . M and de-
ll,crod To tie plaintiff To secun tho pa,men, oi
salj no,o ns will moro full, appear from t,r
complaint In said action TO which reference |.
here made
And you ate hetei, notified tina, II you fall Ia
appear. and TO answer the complaint Ne above
required. tho said plaintiff will take Judgment
aaeinst you ~ prayed for In complaint
Given under m, hand and the real Of our ssid
tounty court al Holscts n said county, this a,,h
das Of Oct n 1875. ctEfArrn
FlAih Count, JndGs
The state herald., 1898-10-28
gIlls,ilII SALE.

so'iea IL hereby given that by virtue Of wit
special execution bf lien foreclosure
issued on, oi the coun,y court Of i'hdiip- co
rolo aud Ia mr nz sheriff directed In favor
OF ~ Post plnintin AID against ~ coniin
aud Kate conlin defendants fst the sun u
sap.is costnnd nccfuirH roai whereby have
levied Upon The following property toulti
Lot No 7 block NJ 4 aiustrd IN tho original
town of iioi,ohc rhiilips county .olo
1osatisfy said amounts shall on saturday
the " day of Nov isis ofei thasbotu dosrfih.
cd premises for sale nj pnhlie auction At ihe
hont u o'clock y m ~ said DAY NJ tile
front door NJ The court house IN oltoke tolo.
10 the iirhcs, aud best bidiur therefore.
pated THIS u dHy uf Oct isis.
uii Wtiii ghntir
The state herald., 1898-10-28

We are informed that Hon. g Is. Tim
berlake. in his speech ut the recent
Mckinley republican meeting atiaxtun,
informed the audience that the split in
the republican party IN 1856, was simply
the result Of q misunderstanding and
that the two factions had discovered
this fact and were working together n
ain IN this campai u. A "misundsr-
standing" indeed! Wss II = nisunder-
standing tbs, caused the Colorado repub.
licans 10 repeatedly declare that the iiee
and Unlimited coinage Of silver was Of
paramount importancs to all other is-
sues! Was the republican state oonycn.
tion ut Pueblo IN 1896 lnboring under n
misunderstanding" when Senator Teller
and the other delegates to the 81. LOUIS
convention we're instructed to wulk out
of the convention IN case the convention
declared lot the gold standard Was u
4 Misunderstanding" that led the Nc.
Kinlsy republicans TO endorse the gold
standard plank Of the st. Louis plat.
iorI and continu. with the national re-
publican party TO the present regardless
oi the fact that II is In open hostility To
the silver csuses Whatever may bs said
about the Mckinley republicans labor
ing under y MISUNDERSTANDING" It can.
not DO claimed for u moment that the
genuine silver republicans have been
troubled any with a"misan,ters,andin
On tho silver question they stand whore
they did In 1906 aud us far back as 1872
and whom the votes aro counted II will
be found that thcr. ure two parties yet.
The state herald., 1898-10-28

We publish In this issu. tho oer,iii.
ates Of nomination. II Ia not 10 the cI.
act form OF The ticket and II would have
taken nearly two paaes of the paper to
publish II M the law provides and would
have cos, the taxpayers about twice M
much u. tho form in which wc publish
II. The form on tho iickat hns . blani,
space opposite 10 tho namo ana cm.
blsm Of tho purity aud also opposite the
name of each candidate 10 be used by
the voter In voting u straight ticket by
mssns Of tho emblem or 10 vote fof Tho
several candidates,
The state herald., 1898-10-28
Three Doctors in Consultation.

Three Doctors in Consultation.
From Benjamin Franklin.
"When yon are sick, what you like
best is to he chosen for medicine in the
first place; what experience tells you Ia
bsst, 10 be chosen IN the second place;
what reason Il. e, Theory) says is best is
to lie chosen in the last place. But II
yen can get Or. Inclination, DR.. Espcrl.
ence aud Dr. Reason to hold caBsultu-
ton together, they will give you the best
advice that can he taken.'
When you have bad cid DR.. Inulina.
tion would rocommtud Chamberlain
Cough Remedy bocausa IL iE rl-asrlt
and safe to take. DIR, Experieoce would
recommend it because II never fails To
effect a speedy and permanent cute. Dr.
Reason wonld recommend it beclugs d,
is prepared on scieutilir principles and
acts on nn,ure's plan in roli-yiug the
lunga, opening the eecre,ions aud rcstor
ing no system to n naturll and healthy
condition. Fer sale by T. x. NDblrt.
The state herald., 1898-10-28
How to Provont Group.

We have two children Who aro subject
to Attacks Of eronp, Whenever nu a.
tack Is canning On my viio given thea
Cham6erlain's Cough Remedy ard It al
snyE prevents the attack Il isal.Ulso
hold necessity ia lhis equity and no
matter what else Ec Tlu out Il, il wuull
not do TO DO without Chambcfllin's
Cough Eatacdy. MoIa Of it ~ sJid here
Than Of all oihor cough me.iicines con
bined i. n. N,cklr. of Nicsle Bros.
morrh ,uis. Nicklevi'l., Pa For sal, 10y
#. X. Nnbl.t.
The state herald., 1898-10-28
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The state herald., 1898-10-28
sIlEgIfF's SALE.

Notice Is hereby given that by virtue OF a
writ OF special execution III IA and ice
Bill and to mo directed from the
county court OF phillips county Colo. In IA
vor of T. Post plaintiff aud
against Mary T. Morris defendants for the
sum OF ts Is costs and aocruing costs
whereby I have levied upon the following do
sry'i;7s prcprsty 'e,lt'
Ioi M block No situated Ia the original
t.wn OF llolyokc Phillips county Colo
To satisfy said amount- shall On saturday
Nov : isas Offer the above described prem.
iscs for sale nj public auction nt the hour II =
O'Clock nm Of said day at the front door Il
thu ooui I house In ilol, oke Colo TO the high.
est and best bidder therefor.
Dated this 10 day cf Oct lsps
GEW WEIR sheriff.
The state herald., 1898-10-28
NEW COAL YARD.

Hard md nof, coal Tor sale by james
Young 4 Go. II you need anything In
TIM inc give Young a Co., call. Or
ders cau be left ~ c. NJ. Mowry's hard,
ware store or 500 Young on tho transfer
wagon you have any transferring to
any pnrt Of the city call on james Young
4 Co II you want to fccd your team
where there Ia plenty of hay and grain
put up u, tho East Livery Bhrn. II you
want a good driving team leave your or.
der at the East Livery Barn.
JAMS yousa 4 Sos.
The state herald., 1898-10-28
100000 OToLoAN.

| want to place Ten
Thousand Dollars ON
cattle security in Phil-
lips county from one 10
eight months time at
low rates.
GscrIe {. Clark.
The state herald., 1898-10-28
An exchange tells Of the three st,n,

An exchange tolls Of the three stingi-
est mon on record. The first will not
drink enough water unless 1t coms' from
u neighbor's we'll. The second forbids
bis children writing anything but n
small hand as II wnstes ink TO mike large
letters, The third stops the clock at
night to save wear md tour on tho ma.
chinery. They oil refuse to take news.
paper on the grounds that 1t is n terrible
strain ON tho spectaclss 10 rsad.-Ex
The state herald., 1898-10-28
=. 7. sha'np returned to Holyoke las,

y. 7. Shamp returned To Holyoke last
week from visit Of fsw months with
his daughter IN Ebert county. lie also
took u trip to Colorado Springs ON
Hover day nnd wss al Rocky Ford on
melon dny. lie says that tho country
on the Arkansas valley that the Grss,
Plans Waller Storage Company In ne
gotiaiing for the purchase Of from tho
state, will. when placed under irrigation
bc one of the ilpcat farming aeotiops Of
Colorado. Ho was very much impressed
with tho prospects for making tho Ar.
kansas valley n line fruil growing county
md .a,s that II la u pleasing sight TO see
tie fne young orchards throughout, the
vslley.
The state herald., 1898-10-28

The Cbiel Burgess Of Milesbnrg, Pa,
8 'ys Dowitt's Little Early Risers nro
the best pills he ever used in his family
during forty years OF house keeping.
They cure constipation, sick headache
and stomach and liver troubles. Small
in size but great in results. City Drug
Store.
The state herald., 1898-10-28

William Lane returned last week from
n trip to Cincinnati to attend the Ma.
iioual u. A. X Reunion. He visited rel
a'ives in Kentucky while on the. "Trip and
spent few weeks at Omaha where he
underwent medical treatment for the re-
nioval Of a cancer. He enjoyed very
much his VISIT with old comrads at tho
reunion.
The state herald., 1898-10-28

The Mckinley republicans held q
meeting at Haxtun Tuesday evening and
Amherst Wednesday evening. The
speakers were L. A. Harris OF Sterling
candidate for representative, Mr.. Gill Of
Washington county candidate for state
senator upd g. u. Timberlake Receiver
Of the Sterling Land Office.
The state herald., 1898-10-28

l have a newspaper outfit cohpiating
of paper press, Job pr.sn, paper cutter
type and everything complete which I
an, not using aud desire 10 cell OF trade
the same. II IL tho outfit that waa for.
merly used In tho publication Of tho
Pbillips County News in. PAisrrn.
The state herald., 1898-10-28

Sick headache, biliousness. conssipa.
tion and all liver nnd stomach troubles
can 10 quickly cured by using those fa.
mons little liver pills known ns Dew,tt's
Little Early Rissrs They nrs pleasant
to take and never gripe.-City Drug
Store.
The state herald., 1898-10-28

The hat reform movement began with
the theAter and Il has now reached tho
churches and demand is being made
that women eIthor wear ANAL hats or re-
move them from their heads on entering
the audieacs room OF church. II this
reform is needed tor the thestor, 1t IL
certainly needed for the church.
The state herald., 1898-10-28

1pc editor OF tho Evnns C,i,, Pa,
Glebe. writes: zone Minute Cough Cure
Il fRhtly named. It cured my children
aftst all other remedies failcd." 1t cures
COY uths. colds aud all ,hroa. and lung
tro3bles. City Doug Store.
The state herald., 1898-10-28
Fresh fruit at Stamps.

f. @. Blanks, Of Iewisville, Texas
writes that one box Of DeWitt's Witch
Hnzcl Salvo was worth $50 to him. It
cured his piles OF ten years standing.
He advises others to try 1t. Italso curee
eczemn, skin diseases and obstinate sores.
City Drug Store.
The state herald., 1898-10-28
Published every Friday.
=. N SMITH,M.D.
SILVER RALLY.

There will be silver rally at Haxtun
on Friday evening Nov. 4 and at Holyoke
on Saturday evening Nov. s. Hon. W.
A. Hill candidate for state senator on
the silver fusion ticket and Hon. Leon
A. Lang will discuss the issues Of the
campaign at Haxtun and Hon. Leon A.
Lang and others will speak at Holyoke.
All the voters are invited to be present
and hear the discussion Of the political
issues.
The state herald., 1898-10-28

II think DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
is the finest preparation on the market
Tor plles.' So writes Johh G. Dunn, OF
Wheeling, W. Va. Try 1t and you viii
think the same. II also cures eczema
aud all skin Diseases. City Drug Store