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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-04
Governor Shaw.

1t was great pleasure to the Craw-
ford county delegates at Des Moines to
see their friend and neighbor receive
his second nomination as Governor of
Iowa in such an enthusiastic and unan-
imous way. Other governors have been
renominated but those Of long political
experience say that it is twenty years
since any man has been renominated
not only without any opposition but
without any talk of opposition. No
other man was even spoken of as a can
didate against him. No man has ever
given more universal satisfaction and
in the entire state there is not man
more dearly beloved by the people of
his party. Expressions of this loyalty
and esteem came from every section of
the state and in ways not intended for
the ears of the Governor or his friends.
Governor Shaw stands squarely on
the republican platform. 1t is a plat
form after his own heart, one that he
can and will champion with all the
strength of his peerless intellect and
with all the vigor of his eloquence and
logic.
We can see no obstacle to his re-elec-
ton by the largest majority ever given
candidate for Governor in Iowa. Two
years ago the republicans were looking
for a s'two.term" governor, and they
found him in Leslie M. Shaw. Cover
nor Jackson had declined second
nomination on account of business con-
sideration and Governor Drake had
done the same on account of his broken
health, and the party felt that some
man was needed who would not only
command the respect Of the whole peO-
pie but who would be willing to accept
the Office for second time. Mr.. Shaw
has not only made himself a two term
Governor, but has written his name
among the great men of his states his
tory. Whether in Office or out of Office
T.. M. Shaw has come to stay in the
hearts of the people.
The honorable and brilliant record
Governor Shaw has made has added
more to the prestige of Denison and
Crawford county than any other one
thing could have done. He has been
tried in the balance Of public opinion
and been found wanting in nothing.
He will be Iowa's next Governor and
Crawford county cannot do q more be-
coming and graceful act than by en-
5cssins hlLa anu Ills administration by
a rousing vote this fall. It is not often
that any county has the Opportunity tc
honor one Of its citizens in this wav
and we believe that to voice petty en-
w and malice will have no effect upon
the people Of the county this year.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-04
THE THREE RS AND MODERN
EDUCATION.

THE THREE RS AND MODERN
EDUCATION.
This is the era of progress. Our
means of communication have so
changed that our forefathers could not
fathom them. Illumination at night
has been almost made like day. Travel
has connected the farthest points of the
earth, SO that Asia is our neighbor and
Europe almost a portion of our eastern
shore.
Education has progressed. The ap.
plicant for admission to the older col
leges has to be almost the equal of the
graduate one, hundred years ago. The
question arises have our common
schools made equal progressY
In days gone by, the three RS were
taught as the basis of all learning in a
manner now considered obsolete, but
still accomplishing in those days what
was necessary for every day life and
also for continuing more complete
training of the mind. We do not deny
that the means by which these elemen-
tary studies are acquired have i'm.
proved; but we do believe from our
observations that many teachers and
schools do not secure the result which
is derived. How few of our scholars in
public schools are really good readers?
They lack the ready recognition Of the
words, the needed power to anticipate
what is beyond the word read, in order
to secure the sense of what they read.
They have no thought of the real beau
ty of the subject and hence lack the
expression, which brings out what is in
book, or essay, or poem, which they
read.
Even worse is the training in arith.
metic. 1t may be said, that the parrot
like learning of addition and and null
DUPLICATION tables is not desirable, but it
is much more true, that no scholar of
ten years of age has been taught cor
rectly. who does not have these tables
at his finger ends. Now test the schol-
ar of the present day and find the large
number, who, at the age of IL and IA
must keep the page open at the multi
plication table, to perform their ex.
ample.
Another so,called improvement is
found IN the giving up the learning of
rules and reasoning out everything.
We will admit, that the mere learning
of rules is of little benefit to the scholar
If his reason is not called into action to
enforce the rule. But we have found
from observation that too often now
the scholar has neither rule nor the
ability to reason and has only to per
form certain mechanical manipulations
to obtain the answer, which is un-
fortunately printed in the book.
1t is our opinion that teachers and
superintendent cannot too soon satisfy
themselves of these defects in the
scholars under their charge. If they
find these faults to exist as here indi
Gated, let them use any and all means
even going back to old fashioned
methods, if necessary, to correct these
| fundaln antal errors.
We ought l2t object to advanced
methods Of education, because they are
new, nor adopt them, to be Iii Fashion
and because we hear them lauded anl
advocated by advanced educators.
Prove all things and hold fast to thai
which is good.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-04
Rathbun's Miners Must Go.

New YORK, Aug. 3.-Judge Thomas,
In the United States district court today
dismissed the writ of habeas corpus pro-
cured in the case of the 10 miners from
Austria, who were permitted to land
and went to work at Rathbun, Ia, and
they will be deported,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-04
WHERE is iNeERsoLL7
Rev. william Wright Writes a Thoughtfu
Letter on the Great Agnostic.

Letter on the Great Agnostic.
EDITOR REVIEW:
/ am inclined to think your expressed
view of Ingersoll's present state too OPP
timistic. A years setting aside from
work, coupled with extreme pain, has
impressed me with the belief that to
gain heaven, the Lord requires from us
q much more righteous and holy state
of heart. than the most are want to
imagine. Even large part of the
church deceives itself in this matter.
For, according to the parable of the
Ten Virgins-the figure of the church
half the number, for want of the pos
session of the fruit of the Holy Spirit
when the Bridegroom came, failed to
gain admission to heaven. Yet all
these set out to meet the Bridegroom.
How much more then will they be ex-
cluded who never seek Christ. "With-
out holiness no man shall see the
Lord" This holiness or fitness is only
acquired by the help of the Holy Spirit,
given us upon our acceptance Of Christ.
Saying now nothing of those who never
heard of Christ, yet how can they ex.
pect to receive the Divine Helper, who
have heard of the Savior, but openly
and ostentatiously deny Him?
Truly yours.
WILLIAM WRIGHT.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-04

A truly good and great man is one
who can handle hot lamp chimney
and repeat the decalogue ut the same
time.-Kansas City Star.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-04
ono thing Lacking,

"You wouldn't think that wreck OF
man over there could speak five lam
guages."
mo. What caused his downfallI r
"Didn't know how to say uo."-Phif.
adclphia North American. se'
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-04
shanahan Held for nrurdey

SOUTH OMAHA, Aug. s.-The coro-
ner's jury holds John Shanahan,
She Q street saloon keeper, responsible
ior the death Of Edward Joyce, who
was shot in the Shanahan saloon at an
mrly hour Sunday morning.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-04
A ADVERTISED LETTERS.

The following list Of letters remain uncalled
for In the p0stofice at Denison, Iowa, up Il
Aug. 1, 1893 II not called for same will be SEM
to the dead letter Office. Parties calling for let
ters please say advertised letters"
August Trabandt Josh Locke
Wilmon Newell MRS. Jennie Rallinps
W Brandt Miss Elsie Matte Paul
d. L. 3oYNroN, Postmaster.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-04

Believe very little whit others say.
and watch yourself closely, -Atchison
Globe.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-04
A Canine Detective. :

There's dog in Bucharest who has
just distinguished himself BY identity
ing his masters murderer.
The murdered man was the proprie-
tor of wine shop. His shop boy was
sleeping in the taproom on the night
Of the murder. the dog between his
feet, when he heard shot. The MUIR
derer moment later entered the shop,
presumably to rob 1t, but was driven
away by the dog, which followed the
fugitive, barking. Afterward he came
back alone. Several suspects We're ar
rested. The shop boy had never seen
the robbers face and could not iden-
tify him. Finally the inspector Of po-
lice arranged the wine shop as it had
been on the night Of the murder and
compelled the suspected men to enter
1t one by one. Three passed unchal-
lenged and came out again, vastly re-
lieved.
Then peasant named Dracu en-
tered. At once the dog flew at him,
chased him out Of doors, precisely as
he had done on the night Of the muir
der. Dracu was handcuffed and held
for trial.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-04
The Purist.
"It looks like rain"
81 beg your pardon"
II say it looks like rain"

Il SAY IL looks ike Fdlu.
'What does?"
sThe-the weather"
''rhe weather, my dear sir, is q con-
dition. Rain is water In the act of
falling from the clouds. 1t is impossi-
BILE that they should look alike"
What meant was that the sky
looked like rain"
Equally impossible. The sky is the
blue vault above us-the seeming arch
or dome that we mistakenly call the
heavens. 1t does not resemble falling
water in the least
'tWell, then. if you are so thunder
ingly particular, it looks as if it would
rain"
las IL what would ramp
'"The weather, Of course"
"The weather. as before stated,
being a condition, cannot rain"
1.-THE clouds, then, blame your
"Ah! Here 1t comes! And I have
taken SO much time in talking to you.
that shall get wet to the skin before
I can reach yonder street car. Good
day."
Calling after him)-sI may not
know us much about 1t as you do, but
I've got sense enough to come in out
Of 1t, and you haven't. Chicago Trib-
une.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
THE AUTOMOBILE.

The dukes of Newcastle, Marlbor-
ough and Manchester T among the
latest devotees of the automobile.
Alfred Harmsworth, of the London
Mail. is as great a devotee Of the auto
mobile as is James Gordon Bennett.
Boston is ''one ahead" of New York.
II has arranged for the removal OF its
ashes and garbage by means of auto
mobiles.
Chauncey NJ. Depew was smitten
with the delights of the automobile In
London, and will keep one in Washing
ton.
Buffalo, y. Y, is now trying an auto
mobile wagon for the collection of mail.
The mail from 40 boxes, covering a ter
ritory of six miles in length, was col
lected in less than half the time neces-
sary to cover the same route with a
horse and wagon. The experiment will
be continued. and if it continues to
work satisfactorily it is believed that
q number of automobiles will be placed
in regular commission in connection
with the postal service in that and other
cirieS-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
FEEDING THE CALF.
How to Care for n Youni: Animal Des.
tined to BE Raised for Breed.
ing

In the first place, take good care Of
the cow while She is carrying the calf
and also when i comes. Ii we intend
to feed the calf from the pail Y z do lot
allow the COW 20 lick il. but take il 10 a
warm well-bedded box stall ard rub it
off and leave il for three or o II hours
to get hungry. We then. take some
milk from the cow Cbut do not milk her
out thoroughly for i hours at least aft
er calvin~. as this is 4 great safeguard
against garget) and give it to the calf.
We feed il about two quarts at first and
gradually increase the quantity asst re-
uuires it. The calf should be fed three
times a day the first week, but care
should be taken not TO overfeed. as
scours when once started are very hard
to stop. When the calf is two weeks
old, says Farmers Advocate, add a lit
tie warm milk to the mothers milk.
and increase it so that at four weeks old
it is taking skim milk entirely. To the
skim milk add n little meal. corn meal,
middlings, ground oil cake. in the order
named in proportion to four. four. and
two. 1t is not good to mix too much
coarse meal. such as oat chop, in milk;
put a tablespoonful or two IN at first,
and increase the quantity as h calf
seems to relish il. When the calf is
about three weeks old put some cat
chop in q manmer where il can get II: a
very little at first and as II ticks II up
clean keep giving more. also let them
have access to salt and fine. well-saved
clover hay and pulped roots. Do not
allow the feed to become stale before
them. but keep the manger clean II
put in fresh feed each time. There Is
nothing hat helps them to eat better
than teaching them TO leave 4 clean
plate. Be careful to feed regularly,
both as regards time and quantity.
Continue along these lines. changing
the food at times to increase the appe-
tite. and in summer when the flies are
bad let them have a moderately dark,
! well-ventilated place TO stay in through
the dav and a good pasture to feed in at
night. When they are weaned from
milk in the fall. n run on rape for a
, month or two puts their stomachs in
fine shape to take hold of the coarser
fodder in winter quarters. Calves ted
in this way will generally grow well
and have a good amount of flesh, which
should be increased until they are
finished. \ great deal depends upon
the attendant, whether he likes the calf
| and the work.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

The late Mile. Rhea once refused a
marriage proposal from a governor of
South Carolina.
Congressman Reyburn, of Philadel-
phia, has a collection of American flags
which includes over 200 specimens of
all types.
Abram S. Hewitt, the millionaire,
says that he has never sought to &C
quire wealth. and that to-day nearly
every dollar he owns is invested III his
business.
Dr.. George F. Poole, director of the
New York Y. NJ. c. A., declares that an
interest in athletics is one of the best
things to inculcate in 4 man when fight
ing his vicious tendencies.
John d. Rockefeller believes that the
chief fault of Americans is o~vereating.
Accordingly his one heavy meal is din
ner, served at eve in the evening. His
usual luncheon consists merely of a
glass of milk with two salted crackers
and an occasional piece CT fruit.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

A temperance lecture is naturally =
dry discourse.
The fashionable lawns are now being
worn a la moved.
The mufied drum might be appro-
priately called a dead beat.
Competitors in a bicycle race should
wear ~fast-colored hose.
When w women have different
views they consider each other peculiar.
The safest way 10 pass counterfeit
money is on the opposite side Of the
street.
If the wages OF sin is death some eo-
pie are slow in collecting what is due
them.
The man who goes on a racket at
night is apt TO find himself on the rack
next morning.
The man who never tries to do any
thing and the man who tries to do
everything are both foolish.
The girl who can speak seven Ian
guages is less sought after than the girl
who can hold her tongue in one.
Leading musicians are in favor OF a
lower musical pitch. Patrons of the
opera are also in favor of a lower scale
of admission.
How to Treat a Wife," is the title OF
q magazine article occupying three
pages. One little paragraph does the
subject justice; treat her as you did be-
fore marriage.-Chicago Daily News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
THE STAGE.

Sarah Bernhardt will appear in New
York the season of 1900.
Marice Grau has engaged Alvarez at
an enormous salary for three years in
New York. He has also engaged Terina,
the great soprano from Munich.
A. NJ. Klein. a w%ell-known Partisan
musical critic, declares that no less
than G,G00 operate scores have mum
dated the musical world during the last
century and a half"
Joseph jefferson tells a story OF a
friend of his who was playing Richard
III. on the Texan frontier. When 1t
came to the wooing scene of Lady Anne
an indignant cowboy jumped up and
shouted: Don't you believe him.
marin. He've two Mexican wives down
in San Antonio"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
MONETARY

Avarice is a skin disease.-Galveston
News.
The man who has the sand generally
gets the rocks also.-St. Paul Dispatch.
Money has wings and that's why peo-
pie with lots of money fly high.-kan-
sas City Star.
Money will not make the mare go ii
she has a severe attack of the blind
staggers.-De kalb Chronicle.
No matter how unhappy his wealth
makes him, a rich man never likes to
part with any of i~t.-Nebraska Jour
nal.
Watts-'Why should a fellow bother
himself about getting a lot of money
and honors, when he is on earth only a
few short years." Potts-"That is the
main reason he wants to get all he cam"
Indianapolis Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
THE FEMININE OBSERVER.

The mosquitoes bill is now due.
Nothing on earth is so terrible as the
fear of it.
No house can be truly comfortable
that hasn't screens.
Babies are brought up on the bottle
and men are brought down by the same
means.
The woman who cannot see anything
cunning in a colored baby is somehow
lacking.
If the telephone girl became engaged
every ring she receives there would be
trouble.
The exemplification of true happiness
is demonstrated in the joyous return OF
the picnic party.
The feminine server in q cheap res
taurant calls herself a waiter girl; the
one in a wealthy family, a waitress.
The yachting girl will soon be in her
element. This does not mean, however,
that she will fan into the ocean.-Phil-
edelphia Times.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
Mrs. Col. Richardson
SAVED BY MRS. PINKHAM.
LETTER TO MRS. PIxxHAM NO. 72,se6l

LETTER TO MRS. PISXHAM NO. T2,e9ol
s.You have saved my life, snatched
me from the brink of the grave almost,
and l wish to thank you. About eigh-
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hardly any attention to the trouble.
AT last inflammation of the womb
and ovaries resulted and then / suf-
fered agonies, had to give up my pro-
fession musician and piano player),
was confined to my bed and life became
a terrible cross My husband sum
moned the best physicians, but their
benefit was but temporary at best. l
believe 1 should have contracted the
morphine habit under their care, if my
common sense had not interviewed.
Zone day my husband noticed the adj
vertisement of your remedies and i'm
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RHINELANDER, Wis.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
The Rattle Field Route.

The Veterans OF sixty-one and five and
their friends, who are going 10 attend the
S3rd C.. \. X. Annual Eucampment at Phlla-
Gelphia in September, could not select 4 bet
ter nor more historic route than the Big
-Four. Chesapeake & OHIO, with splendid
service from Chicago, Peoria and -: LOUIS
On the Big Four. ali connecting al indian
apo,is or Cincinnati and thence over the
Picturesque Chesapeake L Onio along The
Ohio river 10 Huntington, West Va, thence
through the foothills OF the Aieghanies,
over the Mountains. through the famous
Springs Region 81 Virginia 10 ~S;auH;on,
Va. between which point and Washington
are many OF the most prominent Battle
fields: WayResboro, Gordonsyille. Cedar
Mountain, Rappahannock, Kettle Run,
Manassas, Bull Run. Fairfax. and a score OF
others nearly as prominent. Washington Is
next. and thence via the Pennsylvania Line
direct to Philadelphia. There viii be three
rates in effect for this business: lSt. Contln-
Nous passage, with no stop-over privilege;
End. Going and coming same route with one
stop-over IN each direction: Sd. Circuitous
route, going one way and back another with
one stop-over in each direction. For full
information as to Routes, Rates. etc, adj
dress j. c. Tucker, G. \. A, ga Clark ST.,
Chicago.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
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HEMMED IN BY MUD.
Home and Social Life of Rural
Communities

1t is not uncommon for agricultural
writers and lecturers who wish TO make
farmers contented with their lot to saw
that farmers have teams and their
wives and families can go to town when
they like and attend churches, socia-
bles. lectures. farmers clubs. oranges,
history clubs and Chautauqua circles,
for study and entertainment. This is
all true TO some extent, and is excellent
except during the two to four months
of fall. winter and spring when a large
part of the farmers living remote from
any village are practically mud
bound" There is something romantic,
beautiful. and poetic in being snow
bound in the way described by our be-
loved poet Whittier in his delightful
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
LINES FROM SHAKESPEARE.
In maiden meditation free.
AS merry as the day is long.

In maiden meditation free.
AS merry as the day is long.
A very valiant trencher-man.
Dressed in a little brief authority.
How use doth breed a habit in q man.
1t is a wise father that knows his Owl
child.
The devil can cite Scripture for his
purpose.
God made him, therefore let him pass
for q man.
Virtue is bold, and goodness never
fearful.
The course of true love never did u
smooth.
The fashion wears out more apparel
than the
Housekeeping youths have ever
homely wits.
Misery acquaints a man with strange
bed fellows.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-05
COST OF POOR ROADS.
Some OGciaI Figures Which Speah
Louder Than Yards of High
Flown Arguments.

France to-day is literally alive with
automobiles. due to the fact that she
has such fine roads everywhere. and n
Of the reasons why automobiles IN
America still cling To the large cities is
the poor state of the roads in the rural
districts. Hence the drivers OF automo-
b;les are joining the bicyclists in the
fight for road improvement and 1t IS
pointed out that the farmer ought 10
make common cause with them. The
figures cited are certainly very strIk-
irr. As the result of an inquiry made
in 1895 by the United States department
Of agriculture, replies were received
from over 1.2OO counties. giving the cost
of hauling crops III various parts OF the
United States. The average load hauled
was found to be 2.OC2 pounds; the aver
age length of haul. y lilo miles: the
average cost of hauling a ton OF crops
TO market wa $500: while the average
cost of hauling a ton for 4 distance OF
one mile was - cents. In order 10 COM
mare the roads of the United States
with those of Europe the bureau,
through its consUls. made careful IN
ouirv on the subject of cost of hauling
in England. France. Belgium. Italy and
Switzerland. The average cost of haul
ing one ton one mile was found TO be IN
England 10 cents: in France. 10 cents;
in Germany, SIC cents; Belgium ga
cents: in Italy. nc, and in Switzer-
land. from 6 to S cents. The average Tor
all these European countries was .
cents per ton per mile. United states'