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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-07-21
Protection for Home Veterans.

LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, July 20.-Gov-
ernor Stanley came over from Topeka at
noon today and held a two-hours' con-
ference with Governor Rowland of the
soldiers home, relative to taking steps
to close the dives in the Klondike dis
trict, near the soldiers home, where the
robbery of veterans Of pension money is
carried on in systematic manner
Aside from the Kansas prohibitory law,
there is a special state law making it a
penitentiary offense to sell liquor to
veterans.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-07-21
FATAL CRUELTY TO A Boy.
Widow of Ex-Governor Ryerson of Texas
Accrued of Murder

Accused of Murder.
ENsENADA, Tex, July 19.-Jesus
Gutierrez, boy about 10 years old, who
has been working for the late ex-Gov-
ernor Ryerson's wife, and who, it is al
legged, has been abused by the woman,
was found dead on his knees today and
q post mortem examination showed his
neck was broken. Mrs. Ryerson has
been arrested, charged with murder and
no statement can be obtained from her.
1t is said she put dog collar around
the boys neck and with rope hanged
him to a tree
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-07-21
Few Oregon Troops Killed.

WASHINGTON, July 2O.-A statement
prepared at the war department shows
that of Sc officers and 1873 enlisted men
of the Second Oregon regiment, only 40
were killed in battle or died Of disease
during the campaign in the Philip
pines, percentage OF SO.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-07-21
HydrophobIa Attack. Stock

WYMoRE, Neb., July 19.-Farmers
south of town are losing stock from
hydrophobia. Last fall rabid dog bit
several cows in that neighborhood, but
the stock showed no effects of it until a
few days ago. when several fine cattle
went mad and had to be killed. More
stock in the same locality is affected.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-07-21
Fifteen Rounds and No DecIsion,

! Sioux Cry, La, July ls-Patsy Magner
Of Yankton, s. D., stayed 10 rounds
with Tommy White of Chicago in a
fight here last night. According to an
agreement made before the battle, no
decision was rendered.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-07-21
Many Ballots fur Senator.

EMMETTsBURG, Ia, July 2o.-Over
1900 ballots have been taken without
result in the Republican senatorial con-
vention. The contest for Senator Gears
seat is the overshadowing feature.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-07-21
Her Fsrvor Broke a Blood Vessel.

WICHITA, Kan, July l9.-Mrs. Gregg
Leonard, 80 years old, fell dead at a re-
vival service at State Holiness camp
meeting yesterday, during her religious
farvor. from broken blood vessel.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-07-21
Getting Conductors From Buffa,o

Getting Conductors From Buffalo.
BUFFALO, July 19.-Many street car
conductors are leaving this place to.
take the place of strikers in BROOKLYN.
About so employees have gone to Brook
Ign from this city.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
The Power of Imagination.

The fact that the throeS of the i'm
lgination under graf nervous excite
ment often produce corresponding
physical frenzy was illustrated recent
y i'm the case of man who had gone
to sleep with his artificial teeth in his
mouth. Waking suddenly with - a
choking sensation he found his teeth
had disappeared. de looked in the
glass of water where they were usual
" deposited. did not see them there.
and realized that they must be far
1own his throat. Choking and Strug-
Cling. be hammered on the door of a
friend sleeping in the house. who, see
ing his critical condition. vainly en-
1eavored to draw the teeth out of the
sufferers throat. He could feel the
tricate them. He ran for black
smith. who lived a few doors away,
but the Macksmith's hand was too
gig to put into the mans mouth.
A doctor had been sent for, but he
was so long in coming that the victim
IF the accident seemed likely to die
of Suffocation before the physician ar
rived A little girl of ten years was
brought. under th impression that her
small hand might zach the obstacle
and withdraw it, hut she got frighten-
I'd and began to cry. The sufferer be-
came black in the face. his throat
swelled out and his friends expected
every moment TO be his last, when
finally the doctor arrived. He heard
the history of the case. saw that the
teeth were not on the mans jaws nor
in their nightly receptacle. felt the
throat and chest of the sufferer, and
,ast his eyes seriously upon the floor.
There he saw the whole set of teeth.
He adjusted them in the jaws of the
patient. told him to breathe freely,
and every symptom of suffocation dis
appeared
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
Tiny Pine Tree.

One of the most remarkable features
Of Japanese gardening is the way in
which every plant and tree in fam
Gus garden will be reproduced in min
iature. by system of dwarfing which
mas been handed down from many gen
arationS back. Every characteristic of
4 large tree will be preserved. the foil
age. the color and the texture of the
branches, and yet the miniature copy
will often be not more than from one
to three feet high. Professor G. Z.
Bessey tells of a case in this country
In which nature has eclipsed the art of
the Japanese. While climbing Green
Mountain, near Bowdler, Col, Pro
fessor Bessey found growing from a
crevice in one of the rocks at the sum-
NIT a small pine tree. about 5A inches
high. and barely quarter of an inch
in diameter. 1t was unbranched and
bore a single terminal tuft of leaves.
The tiny tree had made a good fight
for existence amid the inclemencies of
its exposed situation, for when it WAS
carefully examined twenty-five distinct
annual rings were discovered. Such
a case of natural dwarfing is almost
unprecedented.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
The WORLDS Table

When we sit down to the great feast
With mankind we are enjoying many
hings that have delighted fair women
md brave men in the past. things that
nave been on the tables of the cities
great in history and in story. There
ire some things which have been add
ID through the incentive of the re-
wards offered by those Eastern mon
Irchs who were frequently desirous of
aew dishes. as that Roman one was
Tor new pleasure. Many of these
-hings are owed to travellers who
brought them from far places. Many
have been lifted from the hutS and
wigwamS of Savages to the table of
lie world NJ, have curiouSly watch
ID animals Ga : that they might learn
he probable effects of rOods on them
selves. Much, so far as Europe is con-
cerned. is owed to the Arabs; some
thing to the Crusaders, armies have
brought back new foods, as that of
Alexander the Great and those of the
Romans. To the wealth of ancient
agriculture modern research has add
I'd much. Nearly every country has
added something, and nearly every
sea. Every part Of nature has made
Is contribution.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
POPULAR NAMES OF WARS.
The Conquered Nation Almost Invariably
Comes First-Many Cases.

Comes First-Many Cases.
The conflict between the United
States and Spain has passed into
history as the Spanish American"
war. At first glance there is nothing
strange is this fact. Nobody has ever
-ound out the real source of the names
Of the millions of objects and events
ordinarily it might almost seem the
lames were given by accident or
.hance. The matter of naming wars,
loweyer. seems TO follow a set rule.
examination reveals the fact that in
almost every case the designation of a
war by certain popularity accepted
lame shows at once the victor and
he vanquished, and that i'm such cases
he first name, if two be given, or the
)ne name, if there De only one. is the
name of the conquered nation. The
wO that will at once occur to anyone's
memory are the Franco -Prussian"
var. in which the French were de-
'eated. and our own 'Spanish-Amer-
can war
But-there are others. In the Tro-
an war, so-called, the TrojanS were
defeated by the Greeks and Troy was
Desieged and captured. The MacedOn-
an wars were gained by the Romans.
N the two Punic wars (PunicaS:
2hoenician; Carthaginian, because
Carthage was a Phcenician colony the
CarthaginianS were defeated and Car
hage was seized by the Romans. In
modern times the 'NapOleonic" wars,
20 called, ended in the destruction of
he armies of Napoleon and the cap
ure and Imprisonment of the emperor.
The Indian" war OF 1871 resulted in
he establishment by Great Britain of
Is power over the Indian empire. The
Crimean" war was significant of the
iefeat of Russia b. the allied armies
1866. The 'Austro-Italian" war (1S
D-1S60) ended with the defeat of Aus
ria and the independence of Italy. In
he ''Schleswig- Hcstein'' war 1S64)
he Danes were defeated and forced to
,ede Holstein and Schleswig to the
5ictOriOus AustrO-2russian coalition.
[ was of this war about very COM
Dlicated situation that DisraeIi said.
when asked 10 explain it, that only two
men. of whom he was one, in the
whole United Kingdom had ever un-
ierstood what il was all about: the
Dther man was dead. and he had for
gotten. Next comes the "Austro-Prus-
sian" war. i'm which Prussia, by win
hing the decisive battle of SadOwa.
defeated the AuStrianS. Then we have
he "FrancO-Prusslan" war. ending at
sedan 1870 witt the annihllatiOn of
he French. The "China-Japan" war,
N which the JananpS, were cOnuupr-
Drs; the "GraecO-TurkiSh" war, result
ng in victory to the Turks, and our
Dwn Spanish sh-American" war COM
Dletes the series, and seems 20 sustain
he contention that wars are named
ION the conquered and not from the
.onquerorS.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
AN ODD CHRISTENING.
But 1t Was Strictly According to Tradi-
tions of the Sea

But 1t Was Strictly According to Tradi-
tions of the Sea.
There lives man In Detroit. intel
ligent, prosperous and happy, who
does not know that he has a living
relative in the world. He bears the
deprivation philOsOphically. and seems
to regard it as something of a distinc-
ton to be alone in the world.
Nearly fifty years ago" he relates.
II was picked up by slow sailing
vessel some 600 miles from Liverpool
| was lusty youngster of five. lashed
to a mast, a pleasing assurance that
the parents whom l barely recall loved
me and had a care for my safety in
the catastrophe that must have caused
their own deaths. was cold, hungry.
thirsty and sleepy when taken aboard
the old-time trader. My appearance
was, of course, against me, and my
clamOr to be supplied with creature
comforts did not please the gruff
captain, who had dense ignorance of
children and their management His
first order was to give me the ropes
end. but there was successful inter
ceSSiOn, and | was cared for. while he
growled at his hard luck.
But the captain took sick and found
more comfort in my prattle than in
anything else provided for him. He
took great liking to me and called
me his son. AS soon as he was up he
decided that | must be christened. one
Of the few things that he knew should
be attended to in the case of children.
Of course. there was no chaplain
aboard. SO the captain himself under
took the ceremony. He gathered the
crew about and with a mixed know
ledge of his duties he glared about
him as he asked whether anyone knew
just cause why l should not be chris
tened.
- If there is he roared, speak up
like man or forever hold your clap
oer.' Then he suddenly cracked bot
lie of wine over my head and christen-
I'd me-
Here the citizen laughed and added
that he was nine when the captain
lied, and had made his own way ever
since
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
Humor Turks i'm Ignorance.

Some of the answers handed in on
examination are extremely funny,
especially for library and clerical po-
sitions. One young woman who as
1ired to hand out books at the public
library opined that Chicago's literary
ion. Hobart Chatlield Chatfield-Tay-
or, wrote The Vicar of Wakefield,
while Mr. Canterbury wrote Canter-
)ury Tales. This refreshing young
person also stated that Mark Twain
vas the pseudOnyr of Marc Antony.
Her knowledge was not confined to
literature alone, for she gave the in
eresting Information that Richard
Wagner was street car magnate."
The three greatest epics she pronounc-
ID to be The PSalrr of Life. Old Oak
IN Bucket. and Owen Meredith'S Lu-
.ile. Being asked to write short ac-
count of herself, the young woman
declared that L am merely drop in
he great ocean of humanity" One of
he examiners unfeelingiy remarked
hat IF she stays in that hot library
ong she'll find herself merely a grease
spot
A man who wanted the position of
examiner himself, gave it as his en-
biased judgments that prohibit" may
De spelled either 'prOAibed" or pro
lippet," according to whether you
prefer Webstur or uther awthortes.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
A Convenient Sewing Table.

Get two wooden boxes exactly sim
liar in size and shape, about 12x1S.
and five or six inches in depth. Cover
these with cretonne and line with
plain cambria TO match. Cover four
legs about two inches square with
cretonne, and fasten the boxes to them
with screws. The legs can be of eny
length resired, and need not be planed,
as they are to be covered. One box is
fastened at the top Of the legs and the
other about a foot from the floor. Gre
tonne curtains can be shirred full and
fastened around the upper box, two
ON each side, then draped and tied to
each leg with ribbon bows just at the
top of the lower box. Brass-headed
furniture tacks to tack the covering
give a finished appearance.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
A WATER WITCH AM l."
Lay of a So. Dakota Farmer Who Claims
to BE Gifted With Supernatural Powers.

Lay of So. Dakota Farmer Who Claims
Frank NJ. Withee, a pioneer farmer,
of 1ankton county, has, in most
mysterious manner, located water up
on his farm as we'll as upon the farms
of other YanktOn county farmers. he
was very much in need of water for
his large farm. He had bored for
water five times to the depth of 100
feet and seven times to the depth of
between 40 and 30 feet, but without
success.
In his predicament he remembered
an old story that if a water witch
holds forked stick in her hand when
ever she passes over water the willow
stick will be drawn toward the earth.
He also recalled another story of his
youth that ants always 60 to water.
and wherever there is collection of
ant hills there is water beneath.
He resolved to play waterwitch.
Here is the story of his experience:
l cut forked willow stick. the
limbs forming the fork being as large
as a lead pencil. and went out to an
ant village on my farm. | grasped tire
prOngS of the willow fork and bent
slightly forward in order to give the
witch all possible chance to work. pro-
yiding she was with me.
"Well that willow stick began to
turn gently in my hands. 1t was just
a mild force that was exerted. but it
frightened me. and | was on the point
of dropping the stick and getting out
of that SpoOky locality as fast as
could. when l happened to think that
| came down there to find water. and
there was no sense i'm running away.
81 knew from the pressure on the
stick that there was but little water
if any beneath the ant village. and
went along until | reached slight
rise in the ground. l finally stood on
top of Il small ridge.
''When / bent forward the prongs of
that fork began to twist in my hand.
l clutched it with all my might. and
the bark came off i'm my hands. but
the third, or upright limb. turned en-
tirely over and pointed straight
toward the earth. | afterward took
a Pinch well augur and sank q hole
on that spot. At Il depth of 20 feet
found water. and it is 26 feet deep.
''In all the time that we have used
been reduced barrel seemingly. and
is as pure and sweet as spring water.
''Since | discovered that l possess
the witch l have discovered dozen
wells in widely separated localities,
and never failed to be absolutely cor
rect in pointing out good water"
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22

twenty-five colored wheelmen sat
down with one hundred and twenty
fve white Wheelmen at the first an
nual dinner of the AsSoCi tied Cycling
Clubs of New York at the Tuxedo
last night. Magistrate SimmS, presi-
dent OF the Associated Cycling Clubs,
othclated as toastmaster, and in com
pllmentary terms referred 10 the pres.
ence OF SO large delegation from the
Colored members OF the organization.
coLoRED DELEGATION THESLARGEST.
Nearly twenty clubs were represen-
ted at the dinner, but the largest sim
gle representation was that from the
Calumet Cycle Club, of Manhattan,
composed of colored wheelmen only.
Other clubs largely represented
were the Century Wheelmen, the
Manhattan Bicycle Club, the Harlem,
Morris, Greenwich. Riverside, Quill
CLUB, Crescent, Prospect, Knicker-
booker, "A. Z. and Mecca Wheelmen,
the Metropolitan Bicycle Club, the
Norkville, 1riumph, and ROYAL Area
mum Wheelmen, the New York Fire
mems Cycle Club, the Madison
Wheelmen, the Eighth Regiment
Wheelmen and the Nigilant Cycle
Club.
Representative from several of
these clubs referred i'm flattering terms
10 the cooperation of their colored
brethren in matters affecting the
general interests of wheelmen.
On the presidents : right sat Isaac r.
Potter, former president Of the League
OF American Nheelmen, and next TO
hlm NJ. NJ. Belding, jr.. chief consul of
the l.. A. w. for this State The
League OF American Wheelmen has
several times voted TO bar colored
wheelmen from membership in that
body.
DIR. Williams on behalf of The Calu-
met Cycle Club, made a speech in
which he pledged his club TO support
any measures in the interests of the
wheelmen introduced by the Associ-
ated Cycling Clubs He was heartily
applauded by the members of the
other clubs present.
SUNG NEGRO MELODIES.
In difference to the occasion three
negro melodies were sung standing
by all PTeSeent;-"Enjoy Yourselves, !"
kiss Ne Honey Do, and "How
DONS N LII.
Among the speakers who respond
ed TO toasts were Bernard /. York,
president of the Board of Police Com
mlSSlonerS; M. L. Bridgman, pres
ldent OF the 'ycle Dealers Board of
Trade; |. b. Potter and NJ. ~. Beld-
ing, jr.
Commissioner York said the Police
Department was anxious to increase
the cycle squad in all the boroughs of
the city, and that the policy of the
city government was heartily N sym-
pathy with the wheelmen in their agi-
tatlon tor better pavementS.
Letters of regret were read from
Gov. Roosevelt, Lieut. Gov. Wood
run, Mayor Van Wyck, Randolph
Guggenheimer, president of the Mu-
nclpal Council, and John Ford, MEM
Der of the State Legislature.
1t was the opInon of those present
that never before in this city had white
and colored persons sat down to-
gether at banquet of this char
acter and where the serving walters
were white.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
White CYCLISTS HIiOR C0LORED'
ALL SIT DOWN;TOGETHER AT
THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE
ASSOCIATED cYCLlNG.CLUBS.
SERVED By MITE WATERS
CALUMET CYCLE CLUB HAS, LARGEST
REPREsENrATToNlAN AND IN.TTs HONOR
NEGRO MELoDIEssARE SUNG.
From tho. New York Herald.

COMPLIMENT COLORED nEN.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
Radly RaItAd-

Mr.. Krosser-It's no wonder that the
rats have refused to touch the poison
| bought at the druggists.
Mrs. K.-I don't see why. I'm sure I
followed the directions.
Mr.. K.-Directions! Do they say to
spread the stuff on that jelly cake you
madeY'
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
Too IuQuisitive

Tommy-Did you do much fighting
Turing the war, pa?
Papa-I did my share Of it. Tommy.
Tommy-Did you make the enemy
.un?'
Papa-You're right, l did, Tommy.
Tommy-Did Aey catch you, pa?
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
Woman Bank President.

Miss Frances E. Mason is president
of the National bank in Limerick,
Me-, one of the sound institutions of
the state. The bank was founded by
her father. j. n. Mason, and its in
terests have been ably promoted under
her leadership.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
Sex Determined by Hair.

An authority on microscopy states
that the hair Of a woman can be dis
tinguished by it's construction from
that Of a man when examined through
the microscope.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
wild Beasts of India.

Official statistics for British India
alone show that about 21,OOO people
and 10000 domestics animals are kill.
ed there every year by wild beasts.
The Washington bee., 1899-04-22
INndRna PnlIcmrnm

London has 1854 policemen. or
nineteen to every one Of its 6ss square
miles.
The Southern herald., 1899-03-31
MADE An IMPRESSION.
Ths .smart AIsckH Candidate spsiII
Hla Chances By Being Tee
Feremoat.

sfDo you happen to knew why The rural
vote went back on hin =hsa he ran for
cougTess! asked one leading Michigan poll
tician Of another.
Never gave the matter any study
Nor did I. just happened 10 learn few
facts lie went to a big meeting Of hoTtl-
culturists several years ago; long before
he thought Of running for once You know
what smart Aleok he IS. After what was
really a thoughtful and EeIl-eonsidered dis
Cussion, he obtained permission 10 ask some
QUESTIONS. and started of with tins one:
"Where do literary laurelS growF Ihere
was a laugh. and the thing would have
been remembered as a joke had be not per
sisted
Who eultivates the flowers Of ThetorieF
was his next eonundrum, and then he want
ed to know if the buds Of genius could be
forced and if they could survive a hard
winter.
Mister Chairman, shouted little wear.
ened man in the back of the hall, i would
move you, sir, that We ap'lnt committee
Of three TO report on the feassrblllty OF
raisin' pun kins in large cities and fur to
ascertain if the germs Of true viii kin be
cultervated in the cabbage head
The future sspirant for congress closed
the debate with nothing more expressive
than a sickly grin, but the rural contingent
remembered him when the election came
of. Detroit Free Press.
The Southern herald., 1899-03-31
VT AND WISDOM.

The snsrtc=t man is the mar who
lives with The least friction,-Atchisou
5lobe.
They cShumed The wrong body"
What grave mistake. ."-Phiiadelphia
Bulletin.
The more nan IS In pickle the less
likely be is TO De a Wel-pTeserved man.
LA w Bulletin.
Wecould acquire an foreign languages
in The time given to sossipiHg in cur
own.-Christian Work.
The worst disappointment you can
experience is disappointment in your
self.-Chieago Daily News.
There are persons who regard a book
in the same way they 90 a teapot. fit
turns out well, they are entirely salts
6ed.-BOston Transcript.
Cient-"How many lawsuits Go YOU
think will be necessary to straighten
out this property?" lawyer don I
know. How large is the property -
Town Topics.
Papa (from the next room )-"Ethel,
aren't you going to light the gas in
there?' Ethel-"Yes, papa; @e were
just speaking Of - or - striking a
match. Truth.
In the Cireus.-"The tattooed girl is
as pretty as picture. isn't she?" "Oh,
yes, a whole lot of pictures. But, then,
her beauty is only skin deep."-Phila-
lelphia Bulletin.
He Found It So.-"De way OBJ de
transgressors is hard" yelled Possun
Turner from the pulpit Oats sho'
so, replied Old Cato, ''kase / fell off'n
Ter linn las night while er furragin' fer
chickens, an lax ter bus myself wide
open!'-Macon Telegraph.
She-"When you asked me to be your
wife you deliberately deceived me.
He-"In what way. Martha?" She
"Gou told me you were we'll off. He
We'll, may have said it, Martha, but
[ didn't know how well of was at that
time, Richmond Dispatch.