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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-17
ITEMS OF DRESS.
Suggestions for the Heme Dress
maker Concerning Some De-
tails of Costume.

The ingenious woman can make her.
self any number of pretty and becom-
ing things for her neck, and the num-
Der of pretty new things is increasing
The affinity which fur and lace have
for each other this year is manifesting
itself in pretty soft scarfs and bows.
A charming and becoming bow can be
made from bit of lace. little chiffon
and narrow strips of sable. A little real
lace, if one has it, or pretty lace of any
kind will do. for a couple Of bows or
ends and more bows and ends of chit
fon, the ends ruffled and edged with
bebe ribbon, and above the rut1le the
narrow bands of sable about half an
inch wide. Or scarf of some of the
thin, soft materials can be tucked and
ruf11ed. and bands of the fur run on
across.
The woman who wishes her blouse
waist to lie smoothly across the shout
der puts bit OF siiifeuing down the
shoulder seam. Some of the inanufac-
tured so called bones" are excellent
for this purpose. They are firm but
l p1la,'e. - ~ .i g: now wen q gar
'n.n' - ea'' ~ :. = no. 'ishl-ll1tlhgsor
w.. 49,, :. - ii,7n' .,ns ming u Is hot pcs
s. ~, ~ lnahe .i'al shouiaer seam re
~ ".'Aoa' some assistance. ard
nv M, sne soi' pone gives.
60 ~ Noi''ai ~ iiiousri'e means
''l'nhs usually 'ha' me game IS not
' w.. ~ 'ne ea,''iie IN wearing wnite
s.oNes' pu' 'ne eScelleni ehect they
-, VIZ nel'' ~ sooa colldl'1on IS
~, ,ei.is Moi'n great ueal OF trouble
49,, w. nv sioNss are 10 pe worn Tor every
.n'l's 'iis year. 1nallols gloves are
~ ~; ps moih ior ordinary s'ree1 wear
Mli'e s'ace groves with plack stitch.
ing, Tor handsome street costumes,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-17
TROUT COOKED ON TIE HOOK.
Conclusion Of one Fishy story Told
About the Wonders OF Yel-
lOwstOne Park

"Yon needn't think that just because
i have been out there am going to give
you all the details of surprise which
l did not feel at the stock tales of the
Yellowstone park" said the critical
tourist. "Anybody knows that boiling
water will cook fish, and so long as you
know that the Yellowstone is full of
geysers and boiling springs don't see
what there is wonderful about catch
ing trout and then turning around
and dangling it in boiling spring un.
til it is cooked 1t would begin tc be
wonderful if boiling water didn't cook
fish everywhere.
"But | wish when they are telling
this old story they'd finish it up-make
it complete. The next time you hear
anybody tell that story just you watch
out for the way it ends. 1t never ends.
The man tells how he caught the trout.
Well and good; anybody can catch hun
dreds of trout in those overstocked
waters. Then he tells how he swung
around on his heel and, without taking
the fish from the hook. lowered it into
a pool Of boiling water and cooked it.
Well. what's the end of the story :?
There isn't any end. He just chortles
about how he was overcome by the
marvels of nature and that sort of
thing ie doesn't say another word
about the fish. Now. if you viii only
let the marves of nature alone and
keep your eye fixed on the fish with
lri,.t. no ctn Nor - IA
mighty different
There is the pool of boiling water
pretty handy. but MOI by any means
10 be reached by pivoting on the fisher
mans heel Then Just SOS to have
something to talk about when he gets
home the fisherman souses his live
trout into the boiling water. If it's
ought to be something done 10 man
who will boil trout alive. And it
spoils the fish: the man has to throw
it away after he has showed it through
natures marvels for he sake of his
miserable little story. Nobody can eat
q trout that has been boiled with all it's
scales on and all the machinery in
pace, III got TO be thrown away.
There's another thing, too, about this
story. The next time you hear it ask
the man if he took the trout ont of the
pool of boiling water. If he says he
did. then the fish didn't begin to be
cooked, for anybody who has ever seen
boiled fish of any sort knows that
when it's done it won't hold together
tight enough to be lifted unless it's
wrapped in a napkin before it's cooked.
so there you have the plain facts
about cooking trout on the hook. l
know. because thought it was such a
great marvel Of nature that had to go
and try it. Then ] saw what happened.
and haven't yet got through feeling
disguised with myself."-N. Y Sun.
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NOT UP TO THE SOCIAL CODE
One Father who Didn.t Know How
to Treat Prospective
SOn.in.Iayy

For years this man was rough west
erner, toiling with brain and muscles
for fortune. He made big one, and
after he had shown his family all the
principal cities of the country, they de-
are highly educated and of fine social
standing, but his ways and ideas were
fixed when he settled down to ques-
tionable enjoyment of his remaining
years.
He has way of referring every
thing perpleNing to his lawyer, whom
he hires by the year, SO that there may
! be no misunderstanding as to items.
The other day the old gentleman Sc
cured an audience with his legal adj
wiser. and began business at once.
what kind of a Teller is that young
Blank?" he inquired. "Kind of a
burned fool amt he ?"
Hes regarded as one of our most
exemplary and promising young men.
know him well, and he'll succeed"
"Well, hope so, but l tell you he
T hain't got the sand. He's been shinin'
round the oldest gal of mine, and the
other day he kim snealain' inter my
private den, made fine speech tellin'
me how he loved her and askin' me
could he have her. tole him mighty
quick to do his own courtin', and that
if he was too doggone skeered to ask
her he needn't look to me to pull his
ches'nuts outen the fire. What he
thanked me fur hain't figur'd out Wit.
Next day she showed me a big damon
ring on her finger, she said he give her,
an tole as how they were engaged.
Then kicked up mother muss. If she
wants diamonds I'm burned sight
ADLER to buy 'em AN he is. When Itole
her to send it back and behave herself,
her and the old lady stampeded and l
hain't been able to round 'em no how
Now, how is it?"
After the lawyer had drawn on his
social code for the benefit of his client,
the latter swore paragraph or two at
himself and went out to look for nice
little home he could buy for ''that Teller
Blank and the gal" Detroit Free
Press.
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TEE MUFF IN HISTORY.
1t Has Been Carried by Fair Women
I'm All Lands for Many
Centuries.

In many sixteenth century portraits
one sees wound around the wrist of a
noble dame a piece of rich, soft fur,
which was used to cover the neck or
to fulfill the functions of a mutf. t.
this is often attached some little fam
tasy, an animals head, a skull, perhaps.
cleverly wrought and adorned with
precious stones.
Like many anotherarticle of dress, the
muff was at first the exclusive property
of the nobility, but when itappeared in
Venice it was carried by courtesans as
well as by women of.the highest rank.
The first Venetian muffs were very
small, made OF a single piece of velvet.
brocade or silk, lined with fur, the
openings fastening with exquisite but
tons of gold and silver enriched with
precious stones.
BY 1862 the muff seems to have been
recognized as. a necessary adjunct of
the wardrobe of lady of fashion. In.
Eyelyn's "Mundus Muliebris," written
at this time, numbers of gowns, bod
aices," shoe buckles; of perfumed
gloves, s'jonquil, tube, rose, frangipan,
orange, violet, narcissus, jessamin, am
brett, and some of chicken skin for
night to keep her hands plump. soft and
white," are enumerated, and also
three muffs of ermine. sable, gray"
It will be noticed that my lady has no
black muff. Many years before Charles
TX, "Fidgety Killjoy" as he was called.
regulated the costumes of the classes
the bourgeoise to use black mutfs, and
only the woman of rank to carry those
of various colors.
AT the time of the national conven-
ton in Paris the muffs were large and
Hat, fantastic as were all the fashions
Of that time. In colonial days in Amer
lea they were also very large, but
round.
About 1890 the muffs were principal
ly of chinchilla, of moderate size. and
were often used with what would seem
to us an homogeneous combination Of
straw bonnets and thin slippers.
In an old "Dict;onaire Amoureux"
the muff is defined as "a letter box
linedwith white satin. Cosmopolitan.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-17
Venom in snakes,

By remembering two simple facts
anyone can. distinguish a poisonous
serpent from a harmless one. The
venomous reptile invariably possesses
a triangularly shaped head and blunt
nose, while his tail is CORRESPONDENCE
blunt and stubby. Any snake that
tapers smoothly from the middle of its
body to the tip of it's nose and to the tip
of his tail as well, growing slender in
gradual and regular manner, is alb
bolutely devoid of venom.-N. Y. Jour
1,al
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-17
CALLED GENERAL NOW.
The Rapid Rise of Perry $. Heath In
the Journalistic as We'll as
Political World.

No department of the government at
Washington comes closer to the people
than the post office department, and not
in many years has this great establish
1nent been in better hands than it is at
present. At its head stands one of the
most eminent newspaper editors and
publishers in the country, Charles
Emory Smith. Next to him stands an
ether newspaper man of high char
acter, Perry S. Heath. The work of
Gen. Heath as first assistant postmas-
ter-general has been singularly effec-
tive, and it has more than fulfilled the
expectations of his many friends. Gen.
Heath. says Leslie's Weekly, is only 40
years old, was born ON farm, and at
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-17
Mincenlent.

Two pounds currants, five pounds
peeled and cored apples, two pounds
lean, boiled beef, one pound beef suet,
three quarters of pound citron, two
and one-half pounds coffee sugar, two
pounds raisins, one pound seedless
raisins, two tablespoonful cinnamon,
one nutmeg, one tablespoonful each
mace, cloves and allspice, one pint each
wine and brandy. Wash currants. dry.
pick them, stone the raisins, remove
skin and sinews from The beef, chop
each ingredient up separately, very
fine; place as soon as done in large pan,
finally adding spices, Madeira and
brandy; mix thoroughly; pack in jars;
keep in cold place. Cincinnati En-
quirer.
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JAMES H. cANF1ELD.
President of Ohio University May
De Appointed Librarian of the
Congregational Library.

DR.. James II. Garfield, the president
of the Ohio state university, who has
been prominently mentioned for IL
'brarian of the congressional library, is
one of the most prominent educators of
the United States, and is in every way
fitted for the important position for
which his name has been suggested.
DR.. Garfield has reached the mature
age of SO, but is yet a young and Wig
orous man in intellect. He surpasses
the late librarian in purely library
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-17
DIR. JAMES H. CANFIELD.
,cident of the State TIniversitv nf nj

president of the State University of Ohio.)
knowledge, if not in that experience of
the world which can be gained only by
travel. AS the purpose of the national
library is educational, purely, few men
could be selected as it's head more com
petent than is DR.. Garfield. The doc
tor is. a graduate of Williams college,
and for many years has had national
reputation as an educator. lie was the
professor of history and of political
economy in the state university Of Kan
sas for long time, and more recent
~ he was dean of the University of the
State of Nebraska. His great learning
and his admitted executive ability dis
arm criticism, for not word can be
said against his peculiar fitness for the
position made vacant by the death of
John Russell Young.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-17
Excursion Rates to the Mardi Gras
and Winter Resorts.

Via The Northwestern line On ac-
count OF the Maldl G,as at New Or
leans and Noblle. excursion tickets will
be sold February 6 to II, inclusive, at
very low rates, limited tor return pass
age until February % Excursion
tickets arr alsoon sale daly,a reduced
rates. to the principal winter resorts in
the United States and Mexico. For
fmI! information apply 10 ticket agents
Chicago Il Northwestern R'y, 1925
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-17

"What frauds these beggars are! ]
just met blind one who said: Please
give me few pennies. pretty .lady!"
"Perhaps he only said that so you
would be sure to believe he was blinll'
-Lustige Blaetter.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-17
chamoi. Abound i'm. a ustria,

The chamois is usually identified
with.Switzerland, but the animal is less
common there than in any other coun-
try which it iRhabits. Austria is the
real home Of the chamois, where they
are most plentiful.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-17

First CHURCH OF rHRlSr-scientisr
| Services every sunday at iu:30an d y eduesfay
evening at O'Clock, Service N McKim Hall.
Reading room in connection. Open. from 3 to
C u M Tn public is invited call and ac
qua themselves with the teachings of Chris
tau Science.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.

Ct. ROSE OF LIMA-Catholic.
- Services every morning at 80 First and
t IN sundays in each month services at lO:3O
rarochial school i'll connection taught by Sisters
OF 81. francs. Every o0dv invited.
REV. NJ. j. FARRELLY.
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GERMAN NJ. T.. CHURCH.
~ Services very Sunday. Sunday School 9 30
" !, ~ ;3l. i'retching at 1880 IN. and p. ~.
tr lass meetln ll:3O, prayer meetings every
Wednesday evening.
REV G. CLAussEN, Pastor
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CHURCH OF JESUS HsisF--L. ID. 5,
y services every sunday at 1la0 q. N. and
7:U0 p. nj. sunday School at l00i a. m.
L. TURNER, r stor
Deceit iowa.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-17

GERMAN EyANGELICAt.-Lu
- regular services at 1880 a. m. on Sunday
Sunday school AT . Du a. m
Rev. + LoTHsINGER. Pastor.
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DENIsON FRA 1'ERNI1YEs. :

nON DALI LODGE NO. 30, KNIGHTS OF
PYTliIAS cts every Monday evening at 8
O'Clock. McHenry hall. Visiting members al
WAYS cor islly we come
HUGO GEBERT, j. f GLENN,
q. O. X. K. Il S,
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RAPTISr.
" Preaching services at 10 $50 a. m and 30
p. m You eolle's Union onday evenings
at 1:3o. Prayer meetings THURSDAY evenings al
30. La les playe meetings Friday after
moons alta GOo'c.@ck. Gov nant meetings before
first sunday of each month sunday School at
1850. KEY +. w BATEsoN. Pastor.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-17

Executing the Law.
1t never kills law to execute it :
Chicago Daily News.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-17

Al ETHODIST CHURCH.
u, ~ lass meeting at $3.50 a. m. Preaching at
~ o', ana 80. Su.da, School at il: 45. Junior
League at 800 p m Epwolth La. ne al 8 80.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening. Teachers
meeting following PRAYER meeting.
X " f. + 1LGENFRlTZ Pastor.
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SYLVAN LODGE. NO. 5G7. A. f. & A. NJ.
Regu ar meeting Tuesday evening on or before
full moo Specia meetings I'd Tuesday fol-
lowing l.aub's Hall. Visiting members i'll the
city ar urged Ia attend
*. OSWALD, w. NJ. c. NJ. STALEY Sec'y!
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DENlSON LODGE. NJ, 626. !. o. O. +.
Meets every Wednesday evening at s o'clock in
Lambs Hall odd Fellows visiting in tie city
ate especially invited.
FRANK DAY. N. G. G. A. SMITH, Sec'y.
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: SYLVAN ccs RI Err. NO 2o7. o. + S.
Regular meeting first Tn, sday evening fter full
moon in l.aub's malt. Visitors welcome.
NJ RS. j. B. ROMANS. W. NJ. MAX SINE, Sec'y.
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SIDONIA LODGE. No. 393. q. @. II. Ger
ma:.) Neets every Friday night in Laub's Hall
at clock. Visitors especially Welcomed
FRED LAUSEN. N. G.. PETER KRAUTu See'y
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-17

HAWKEYE CAsiP NO. rs. WOODAlEN OF
THE WORLD. Meets every saturday evening
IT o'clock in Laub's iiall, Wishing sovereigns
invited.
c. h. WALKER. C. g. j. I CAREY, Clerk
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-29
THE TIME TO ACT.

y 6 the principal speaker at the recent Chamber
! \ OF Commerce banquet in New York Tom
Reed made what might be called his debut as
a citizen OF that metropolis His speech the chief
event OF the evening. though there incident
that merits mention illustration OF certain ten
denotes in New York to cultivate too far the desire
OF an imperial alliance with Great Britain The toast
The President" was followed Immediately by one
TO Her Majesty, Victoria" little later in the
evening the POSTMASTER, Mr.. Jessup, when giving
the toast Our Relations With Great Britain" said
by slip OF the tongue Gentlemen you have already
drunk the health OF her Majesty, Queen OF the United
States"
Such slip. however, did not mar the occasion.
For the time imperialism minor issue. The
important subject which engaged the attention OF
the guests after the dinner the gold
standard and it was to that Mr. Reed addressed him
self He began by informing the New Workers that
in country so large as the United States is not
possible for them to have their way in all things
and proceeded to Congress for not having set
tied the question this. Moreover. he pointed out
that the two houses OF Congress have hitherto been
divided on the issue so that neither House was re-
sponsble for the failure legslae To that extent
his speech was an apology for the past, but he be-
came more firm and definite in speaking OF the issue
as presented now
His argument was that by full discussion the coun-
try has at last become convinced OF the folly OF the
silver movement and has elected Congress pledged
to establish the gold standard but there is no telling
when some other issue may arise which will divert
attention from the money question: and then there
will be danger unless the standard has been taken out
Of the power of an administration to determine LET
US fix the gold standard by law" he said ''and then
if the people wish repeal it they may but shout
never be left in the hands OF the administration to so
administer the law have that its amply and fully
declared intent should be frittered away"
Speaking OF the danger that this question may be
couded by others in the near future Mr. Reed
pointed to the warning given in Ohio. 1.-TWO years
ago." he said when in earnest and the ques-
ton OF monetary standard fully before the people
the candidate who represented the gold standard re-
ceived $4,000 votes and all his opponents received
10000. That 10000 majority This year the
Republican candidate had but 10000 plurality, while
third candidate had 100000 votes. In the old DAYS
when a majority all required there would
have been election. | do not enter into the cues
ton OF whether such opposition can be united.
think it could not; nevertheless that is chance which
/ had better not be taken But it is not the figures
themselves that OF much account 1t is what thew
indicate II there is a settled national feeling men
vote for men and things, but when the public mind
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-29
AROUND THE
CORRIDORS

c. c. Schneider. an attorney Of San jose.
is al the Lick.
+. Edward I.escher. n traveller from
London. is a guest at the Palace.
F. H. Lang, a prominent business man
OF Salinas. is registered at the Lick.
d. G. Mcdonald. a merchant of Ross
land. b. c.. is a guest at the Occidental.
F.. r. Scott. we'll known railroad man
Of Portland is a guest at the Occidental.
William Palmtag. the Hollister banker
and capitalist. is registered at the Cali
fornia.
w. II. Butcher. traveller from Sheffield.
England. is among the late arrivals at the
Palace.
DIT. A. w Bixby. one OF the leading
medical men Of Jacksonville, is staying at
the Grand.
Il. e. Matherson. a wealthy mine owner
OF Butte. Mont. is among the arrivals OF
last night at the Grand.
DR.. f. r. Slit. U. s. N. who is at
tached to the Hartford. is registered fer
short stay at the Palace.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph S. Tobin have
taken rooms at the Palace. where they
will remain during the winter.
Adolph Solomon. one of the leading
business men of FL Paso. is a guest at the
Lick. where he arrived yesterday with his
wife
Douglas s. Cone, the Red Bluff capital
ist is among the recent arrivals at the
Palace. He is in the city on a short pleas
ure trip.
F. A. Curtis. one Of the leading business
men of Crescent City. is among those who
arrived in the city last evening and went
to the Palace.
s. r. jameson and T. ]. Carter. two
residents of London. England. who are
touring the United States on pleasure
bent, are at the Occidental
II. n. Nice. connected with the Alaska
Commercial Company. has come down
from Alaska on his regular winter vaca-
ton and is a guest at the Lick
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-29
MERCHANTS ARE
OBLIGED To PAY
TOO MUCH TAX
License Exemption Is
Not in Effect.
CHARTER BENEFITS WITHHELD
COLLECTOR LEES ENFORCING
THE EXIs ING LAW.
Bust, ess Men VIII Call Upon the In
coming Board of Supervisors to
Refund $4,000 Paid
Under Protest.
CHARTER BENEFITS WITHHELD
COLLECTOR LEES ENFORCING
THE EXIS ING LAW.

One Of the immediate effects OF the new
charter will be that the new Board OF
Supervisors will be called upon 10 pay
out of the public treasury between $4,000
and $4,000 in rebates TO the wholesale and
retail merchants Of the city. Under the
present law these merchants are taxed
from IS TO $1,000 a year for the privilege
of doing business, the sum being regu-
lated by the amount Of business trans
acted.
The new charter especially exempts all
wholesale and retail merchants having a
fixed place of business from the payment
OF a license. That Is all very well; but
License Collector f W. Lees Is perform
ing the duties OF his Office as prescribed
by the present law, and not under c,, the
Quence OF which all merchants whose
licenses expired the lst OF November
were obliged 20 take out new licenses Tor
three months as usual. Notwithstanding
the fact that they would thus be paying
for a month after the new charter. which
wipes out the tax, goes into erect. IhoSc
whose licenses expired on the lst Of De
cember will also be called upon 20 pay
for the ensuing quarter which VIII not
expire for two months after the charter
goes into effect. Furthermore, as the
Charter does not become the law OF San
Francisco until January s, License Col
lector Lees will insist on the payment OF
licenses on the first OF the year Tor the
ensuing three months.
Mr. Lees says he Is acting under the
law. and the merchants must apply 10 the
incoming Board Of Supervisors for relief
The law SAYS the licenses must be paid
quarterly and he has no authority TO
accept payment for one month or for any
fraction OF the stated period. Over $4,000
was collected from the merchants on DC
tober l. and the sum will probably be
exceeded by the amount which Will be due
on January !. 1900. The months or No
vember and December. being what are
termed odd months. the amount will be
considerably smaller.
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One OF the officers of the Forty second Regiment
will be unable to go with his command to Manila be-
court-martial is Sitting him" II
several marauding officers OF other regiments who
have terrorized night pedestrians suffered the
same experience in a more literal sense San Fran
ciscans would feel safer.