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The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

The reported finding by Norwegian cutter of a buoy, marked Andree Polar Expedition, does not surprise those who remember the statement made by the daring aearonaut before starting on his trip. In fact, the surprising thing is that many more buoys have not been found. A large number of especially prepared buoys were carried in the balloon, and 1t was planned that they were to be thrown out at frequent in- tervals during the voyage, laden with letters from the explorers. The buoys consisted of a hollow cork bulb, cover ed with copper netting. In the top a small Swedish flag of sheet metal was inserted. The letters were to be placed in a water-tight vessel in the interior of the bulb.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

The laws delay is proverbial illus tration of deferring a settlement, but c wheelman reports a prospective pro- crastination which matches 1t. Re ceiving his bicycle in battered condi- tion at the end of a railway journey, the sarcastic baggageman thus de scribed the process of obtaining satis- faction for damages: ''I will report it to the station agent, the station agent will report it to the general passenger agent, the general passenger agent will report it to the master of baggage, the master of baggage will report it to the claim department then it will go be- fore the directors, and in a few years,
 sir. you will receive a call from the counsel of the company asking you
 what proof you have that the wheel
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

T., the span would drop into the river
 without injuring the piers. Current
 was secured from nearby generating plant, and leading wires were run to the faTttest span. Each of the timbers cut was next encircled with a heavy resistance wire and connections run to the main circuit. The resistance of these wires was so proportiOned that the passage of an electric current of definite strength would bring them to 8 cherry red, just on the same principle as an incandescent lamp flament is
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02
They Were All Sorry.
. FORGE FERGUSON, what does

1 FORGE FERGUSON, what does
 - this mean"
 O\ The voice was that of Mrs. Fer guson-shrill, piercing, and ominous. What does what meanT asked George.
 "This letterw
 She held 1t up.
 Laura, have you been"
 "No, I haven't been searching your pockets. You know I haven't. was moving your coat from this chair, and 8 letter fell out. This Is the letter. It ts directed to you, and it's in a wom- an's hand. You haven't told me of hny correspondence you are carrying on with"
 "Open 1t and read it, Laura" inter- rupted Mir. Ferguson. 'If there was any letter in my pocket didn't know it. Go ahead and read 1t. Maybe it's a millinery bill"
 Scorning to reply to this, Mrs. Fergu- son opened the letter and ran her eye over 1t.
 "Oh. you didn't know this was in your pocketw she piped. "You didn't know it! Maybe it's millinery bill, is it? Listen! My dearest George so you're somebody else's dearest
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

A proper, legitimate and healthy fn- terest in politics Is one thing; a com plete absorption by politics of all other questions is another. One is to be en- couraged, the other severely drowned upon. There can be no doubt that "tOo much politics" and too many politicians are a serious handicap. Government is not an end, but means. It is employ cd by the people for their conveniences; 1t is not meant they are to become the servant to government and to those who aspire to govern.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

in Cape Town, was appointed Chief Justice of the Orange Free State. After holding that position for fifteen years he was elected President in 1889. Sec retary ReitZ' wife is a Dutch woman of high literary distinction. She found ed at Bloemfontein library and club in which ladies discuss the latest lit erary productions of Europe and America.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02
A Chinese Dooley.

Two Irishmen stood at Gates avenue and Bedford street discussing a Chi nese laundry sign. "Kin ye say 1t, Pete?'
 "Where?"
 'There; don't ye say it?'
 "Oh, Oi do now"
 ''Well, they say a Chinaman's feerst name is his last name. Do ye blaYe it, Pat?'
 "Yis."
 "Then rade it backwards"
 But rade it furruLs feeSt, an It spells Lee Dew"
 But rade it backwards, man."
 'D-e-w, Do; Lee, Le-Dooley." 'Roight ye are, Pat, an DoOley is a fofne old Irish name, but it's the feerst toime in me loife iver heerd of a Chi nese with an Oirish name. He ought to hang, the spalpeen."
 They stepped into a barroom to uquI- date.-New York Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

with each span without hitch or de- lay of any kind.
 An examination after the fall of the bridge showed how thoroughly the cur rent had done Its work. Each timber was burned through to the same extent. namely, five inches deep on the top and three inches on the sides, the cut being comparatively clean, the wood not be- ing charred more than an inch on each side of the point of contact with the hot wire.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

There is nothing at all incompatible with wishing surgeons and doctors well and entertaining at the same time a violent loathlng for the uncivilized boor who, while eating a banana on the street. thoughtlessly lets the ltreacher- ous peel drop just where, with the reck- less depravity natural to inanimate things. 1t can best trip up the pedes- trian. Fruit is good eating is not a crime. surgeons must live, and people will go afoot, but there is no necessity for any dangerous combination of this quartet that may be avoidable by lit tie thought.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

brought to a nearly white heat To make the cutting, or more correctly
 burning, more positive, a five-pOund sash weight was hung at the bottom of each loop. In exactly one hour and forty minutes after the application of the current each timber was cut through by the hot wires to a point where the weight of the structure was sufficient to break the rest, and the span they supported tumbled into the river. This operation was repeated
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

They have a stringent homestead law in Texas. Down there a man can't mortgage a home of POO acres or less, even if the wife and children are will ing to sign the mortgage. Nor can 1t be taken for debt, nor can it be sold unless the wife signs and acknowledges the deed in private and before an officer out of her husbands presence.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02
Two Famous Rings.

Two silver rings, of which one is in Paris and the other in Germany, have associations of rare interest. They were worn by Martin Luther and his bride, Catherine de Bora, on their wedding day in 1925. The rings bear on the inside the names of Martin Luther and his wife, and on the out side are engraved the spear, nails and ropes, the symbols of Christ's suffering and death.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

The Chicksaw Indians, not wishing to have all their girls won away by white men, have passed law making the price of marriage license $5'OoO: An Indian maiden wooed and welded under such circumstances might indeed be called one of the dearest girls on earth
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02
A Horses Sense.

Every soldier Knows that horse will not step on a man Intentionally. It is a standing order in the British cavalry that if a trooper becomes dismounted he must lie still. If he does this, the whole squadron is likely to pass over him without doing hlm injury.-The Rival
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

A clergyman objects to rice-throwing at weddings on the ground that 1t is dis respectful to the sacrament of matri- mony. How about the throwing of old shoes7
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

While wishing we'll to bicycles and blcyclers, few would mind how great a falling off there was in the notion of women being able to ride seven hun dred miles in forty-eight hours.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

It may be believed that industrial problems will never be wholly elim- mated until someone evolves scheme providing for competition in everything we want to buy and monopoly in every thing we want to sell.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

It has been found that peroxide of iron, combined with certain chemicals, will make a smooth and excellent side walk. The time may come when side walk will be defined as the right of way and a streak of rust.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02
A BOer DeliCaCV.

This is a BOer delicacy: A grear square slice is cut off a loaf made off coarse, unSifted meal, and covered with a thick layer of jam-perferablyI strawberry. A row of sardines is them placed on top, and the oil from the sar-l dine box is literally poured over theI whole.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

At the same time no change in waltz steps will ever completely eclipse nice position on the steps of the stairs be- tween the dances.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

Oyster exports are spoken of. This is one way in which members of an old American family can get into English society.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

The Kansas City Star says: "All the worlds a stage, but most of us are in the chorus" Mistake again. Most of us come in by way of the box office.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

The newspaper record of wills at- tests, increasingly, that men of wealth are very many of them obeying the apostolic injunction to be "rich in good works"
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

As to prosperity. this discovery of the Polar Star being in reality three stars shows the astronomers business is look ing up.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

Possibly it's hopeless to ever expect money to be absent in elections. For that matter the very bonfres show they've barrels to burn after they are over.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02
A Greedy Crane,

A New York man claims to have shot a crane up in the Adirondacks that had forty-five trout in its stomach, none of which weighed less than pound.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02
Where. the Dinerencef

"So you don't believe in women smokingY said the little woman as she watched her husband light his third cigar.
 "No, I don't-decidedly If 1 ever should hear of your doing such thing I would get divOrcep'
 "Well, now, really, John. dear, what do you call smoking, anyway"
 @Why, inhaling tobacco smoke. of course"
 But I really don't understand your objection to cigarettes" said she. Now just look at this room; 1t is blue with smoke. l have inhaled that into my lungs for the last six years. To be sure. you have held all the cigars, but then now really. what Is the differenee2 Why would it be any worse for me to hold a cigarette in my hand while I | inhale the smokeY l 'It's of no use trying to tell you | there's no arguing with-~a a woman" | said John sarcastically.
 "There's a little use in arguing with l some men. though" said his wife. He didn't ask why. but she told him. | lust the same, that it was because of the satisfaction of coming out ahead Detroit Free Press Frost the Windows. So many people in towns have to live in fiathouses or houses iD which the back windows are in such close proximity to those of their neighbOrs that a simple method of rendering the glass opaque, but not excluding the light, may be useful. The frosted ap- pearance of ground glass may be near ly initiated by gently dabbing the glass over with a paint brush dipped in white paint or any other oil color. The paint should be thin and but little col or taken up at one time on the end of the bristles. When applied with a light and even touch, the resemblance to frosted glass is considerable.
 Blew Him Good.
 Arkansan-Its an i'll wind blows nO- body some good.
 Easterner-HOw about cycloneF
 Arkansan-Same thing applies. Last one went through here brought me a horse and wagon, a COW stable and q good, steady farm hand, things I've needed for two years.-OhiO State Journal
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

"A Cry in the Night" is Edwin Mark hams latest poem. This Is the first in- timation the public has had that MT. Markham was family man.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

IfDreyfus' condemnation was proof of Frances injustice his pardon was a corrected proof.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

At the store where feathers are taken in trade the farmers wife pays down for what she gets.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

Every man in brass band thinks his instrument makes the best music.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

George, are you?-'My dearest George; When are you coming to see me again I am very lonely'-she is very lonely, is she? Oh, you two-faced hypocrite!- 'Ef you can't come, George, dearest, do write"-she wants you to write if you can't come, does she?-'YOu can't think, dearest George, how misSe-'"
 What nonsense are you reading, Laura" demanded George, beginning to be reused. Do you mean to say -"
 'I mean to say am reading this let ter you told me to read, MT. Ferguson. am reading this letter found in your that dropped out of your pocket. You don't know anything about it, don't you? You can't think, dearest George
 '1
 Laura, are you fool enough to think that's genuine? Don't you know bet ter than to imagine"
 "I am a fool, am I. MT. Ferguson ? Well, I'll just show you"
 "Let me see the letter."
 "Let yeu see 1t? What do you want to see it for? Oh, no, MT. Ferguson! I am going to keep 1t and show 1t to my mother"
 Well, hold 1t so I can look at it. promise you solemnly I will not at tempt to take it away from you"
 "I'll see that you don't. Here 1t is Now look at it. Stay right where you are, George Ferguson. Don't you come a step nearerw
 "How can I. see it ten feet away z? Lay it down and then come and tie my hands behind me If you are afraid IT."
 "Oh. yes! Lay 1t down and you'H grab it! I see through you! What's the use of pretending you never saw this before"
 There doesn't seem to be any use in it-that's a fact. Nevertheless, I as- sure you, Laura, on my honor as a man"
 "On your honor! Humphr'
 "Yes, on my honor-h'mph! I have never seen that letter before. l never put 1t in my pocket. didn't know it was there. I am not anybody else's dearest George, and that letter is a clumsy fake got up by somebody who wants to have little fun with me" "I wish I could believe 1t! Oh, George! George"
 (Sobs).
 
 Boys" said George Ferguson the next day when he went into the office where he was employed downtown. that was a good joke some one of you played on me when you put that letter in my pocket yesterday, but 1t threatens to break up my family, and I ask as a favor that the chap who did 1T will just write letter to my wife and tell her 1t was a bit of fun and that I am not to blame in the slightest degree. I don't want to know who 1t was. All I ask is that the thing be strengthened out"
 It was late in the afternoon. There came a ring at the door bell pertain ing to the Ferguson dwelling, and messenger delivered a letter addressed to Mrs. George Ferguson.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY

A cynic Is a man who must be un- happy in order to appear happy.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

Money in certain cases receives like treatment with men. When 1t gets tight it is locked up.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

A policeman gives further Rotice when he tells ycu to move on.''
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

The average man is polite to a lot of other men he would rather kick.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

was not in the same condition when put aboard the train"
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

"I mean to say am reading this let ter you told me to read, MT. Ferguson. I am reading this letter found in your that dropped out of your pocket. You don't know anything about 1t, don't you? You can't think, dearest George
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

It was late in the afternoon. There came a ring at the door bell pertain ing to the Ferguson dwelling, and a messenger delivered a letter addressed to Mrs. George Ferguson.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-12-02

Laura, are you fool enough to think that's genuine? Don't you know bet
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-12
Funston Give. HI. views ON Politics.

KANSAS CITY, May 1.-THE Star
prints excerpts from letter from Briga-
der General Frederick Funston, whose
brilliant work with the Twentieth Kan
sas regiment in the Philippines has won
him fame. to Professor " L. Kellogg,
former fellow student in the Kansas
state university. In his letter, which
is dated April 10, the Kansan gives the
first intimation SO far made by him re-
garding o political career. He says:
81 cannot think there is much in the
talk about doing the handsome thing
by me. Politically, the rank and file Of
the Republican party might be willing,
but how about the bosses? There are
mighty few offices that would have,
and the one or two in the gift of the
people of Kansas have not the gall to
ask for" General Funston apparently
remembers some of the criticisms in
connection with his Cuban campaign
when he says: Now have proven q
dozen times at the risk Of my life that I
am not a fake,'' and it is his main hope
that his record in the Philippines may
satisfy the former critics.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-12
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

may %
J D Mcohesney and wife to Fort Dodge & oma-
ma Il Co, Is IT wide extending from W line
OF WV sw34 8 Union twp along side Of right
OF way of said R R being a strip 1860 It long,
2.94 acres. 1924
y Wendt and wife to same, 25 It wide on n
slde, adjoining right of way Of F. d. & o. R.
II. 20, across e1a of sw14 20 Denison twp, .3S
acre, $3Y.
Emma Meyers, widow, Charles K Meyers and
vile, + w Meyers and wife to Peter Soehl, lot
10, block 1874, Denison, s225.
Nays.
Eugene Gulick and wife and L voss and wife
to Ethel Miller, lots, block Ill, Denison,
$500.
Eugene Quick and wife to Caroline A Lingle,
lot6 block II, Denison, $500.
Harriet E and q f Wilson to Fort Dodge g.
Omaha r Co, 80 # wide on and 9 side of
said center line and 100 it in width on and
side over s1a nw14 9 Denison twp. $500.
Clark Winans and wife to same, % TT across NV
seA 9 Jackson twp, also 10 it on and 9 side
OF said 100 # strip, sl04.25.
May 10.
E w Pierce and wife to s E Allen, lots 1886
67-8-9-l0-11-12 block %, Denison, $3.50.
Providence Western Land Co to E w Pierce lot
6, block 80; lots 1o-11 H. blk So Denison. $685..
Allen and wife to Lydia A Pierce, lot 10 blk
So Denison. Sl05O
Margretta O'Banion, widow, to Edward W
O'Banion, right of way across se14 eA sw11 81
Boyer twp, sw,4 % Boyer twp, also right of
way across Wa se14 y Roper twp, $500.
Thomas Griffin and wife to Bridget Coughlin
ne1l 80 Denison twp, $500.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-12
STORMS COSTLY HAVOC.
Damage by Wind, Rain and
Hail In Nebraska.
MANY FAMILIES DROWNED OUT.

Town of Homer Is Partly Inundated.
Regular Twister at Coburn junction.
Railroad Tracks Submerged and Trains
Abandoned-Heavy Hail at Winnebago.
Cyclone Touches Up Kansas.
Sioux CRY, May 11.-Terrific rains
which fell over northeastern Nebraska
last night destroyed considerable
amount of property, especially on low
land farms. The Omaha and Pacific
Short Line roads were also large losers.
The town of Homer was the principal
sufferer. Omaha creek rose 20 feet,
driving many families from their homes.
Much live stock was lost. At Winnie
bago agency the storm was accompanied
by enormous hail, many Of the stones
being of the regulation egg size.
At Coburn junction the wind was
cyclonic. A strip of 70 feet of track be-
tween the junction and Fender was
torn from the right Of way. Trains on
the entire Nebraska division of the road
north of Emerson, including the Bloom
field, Harrington and Newcastle
branches, have been abandoned.
Much damage was also done at Hub
bard. At Jackson 800 feet of the Short
Lines track was washed out. Damage
was also done between Laurel and Bel
den. No fatalities have been reported.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-12
Wheat Loses 81 Per Cent.

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, May 1.-THE state
board of agriculture issued bulletin,
stating that Of the 2,0S9,ooO acres of
winter wheat seeded last fall 81 per
cent was winter killed or SO badly in
jured that it will have to be plowed up,
leaving 1,OO6,SO0 acres for harvest.
These figures differ considerably from
the government report, which gives
7o1, 900 as the reduction in acreage in
this state.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-12
st. Louis Entertains Nashville of,lcer.

ST. LOUIS. May ia reception was
rendered to Captain Maynard and the
officers of the gunboat Nashville at the
Mercantile club. 1t was an invitational
affair and about 1900 members of St.
Louis society were in attendance. Cap
tain Maynard read short speech, in
which he thanked the city Of st. Louis
for the welcome accorded the Nashville
and said he regretted that the Nashville
was not larger, to receive all st. Louis,
but that she was large enough for
what the government intended her for.
Later in the evening the reception was
succeeded by ball. Today the Nash
vile was opened for the reception Of
visitors
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-12
Kansa. City Ha. 100000 Blaze.

KANSAS CrrY. May 1.-THE big 5.
story warehouse of the Newly Transfer
and Storage company, at 1915 and 1918
Union avenue, was destroyed by fire
last night. The loss is estimated at
over 100000. The warehouse con
tanned goods from all parts of the conn
try. James F. McNellis. a fireman, was
killed by coming in contact with a live
electric light wire.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-12
Preacher In a Fight.

KANSAS CITY, May IF. M. Weeks,
travelling representative Of q New
York stationery firm. formerly Pres
byterian preacher, had trouble with L.
B. Green, a special policeman stationed
at the stock yards, yesterday afternoon,
which resulted in street fight later in
the day between Weeks and George Z.
Green, brother of the officer. The
three men met at Sixteenth and Gene
see streets and George Green draped
Weeks left eye in mourning with q
blow from his fist. George Green is a
Spectator at the stock yards and Weeks
declares that he assaulted him without
prOvocatiOn.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-12
Mrs. Ford. Victim still Alive.

MASON CrrY. Ia, May 11.-Tommy
Dnrkin, the 14-year- lad shot Mon
day by Mrs. j. F. Ford, is still living,
but is in critical condition. Mrs.
Ford's reason foi shooting was that she
suspected him Of improper relations
with her daughter. The boy denies
ever knowing her daughter. He was
shot in the back with 22-callber re-
volver and his left side is paralyzed.
The woman is in Jail awaiting develop
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-12
Cannot Collect Notes For Margins.


Dies MONIES, May 1.-THE supreme
court of Iowa yesterday decided that a
note or account for moneys involved in
board of trade deals cannot be collected
at law in this state. e. w. Clifford
gave note for 1926 to j. 7. James &
Co., Des MONIES, to pay for margins adj
vanced by the firm. The note was sold
to the Peoples Savings bank, which
sued. The court holds the transaction
was purely gambling. 1t says: "Any
purchase of property not intended to be
actually delivered or in which the set
Element is to be made by paying the diff
ference between the market values at
the time of the deal and the time of set
Element is gambling, and debts thus in
Cured cannot be enforced at law"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-12
Land Machine Gun. ON Panav.

New YORK, May ia special TO
the Herald from Manila says: 1.-THE in
surgents have succeeded in landing 10
machine guns at Capiz. on the island
of Panay. In an interview printed in
Spanish, Senior Mabini, who is at tho
head of the Aguinaldo cabinet, says the
insurgents are very hopeful. They
will continue the fighting. relying upon
European intervention. The insurg-
ents of the province of Cavite are pre-
pairing to make desperate resistance
to the Americans.