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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-01-20
TREE TOP MANSION.
Occupied by a Hermit or Crank from
the United States.
Samuel wilderson's Strange, Cruso-
Like House in Nicarasua-Built
Upon an Ebo Trunk Four
Feet In Diameter.

Once in a great while modern Rob-
inson Crusoe may be found who from
temporary force of circumstances, as
shipwreck or other causes, is compelled
for time to- initiate this well-lsnown
character of fiction, but it is seldom
that voluntary hermit of this sort can
be found. Yet, among the impenetrable
tropical jungles of eastern Nicaragua
there lives an American Robinson Cru
soc fortified in tall ebo tree with y
man Friday in the shape of an ebony
hued female Carib and two Chinese
servants. His name is Samuel Wilder
son and he halls from Louisiana, where
he has left wife and family behind
him before coming to this uninhabited
strip of country to rebuild his fortunes.
The house or tree fortress is elevated
40 feet above the ground and isimpreg-
nable to the attacks of wild beasts and
most poisonous reptiles. Here safely
ensconsed in his leafy embrasures he
can command a view of all approaching
interlopers and order them away, and
in addition to this is freed from the
petty and at times very irritating an
noyance of ants, tarantulas and cent?
pedes that inhabit the ground and rem
der life unbearable to the Inhabitants
of tropical countries.
Even the dreaded shagras and pes
tilential swamp fevers lowering over
the decaying vegetation which render
the country for part of the year at
least an uninhabitable waste cannot
rise SO high, and leave him dwell in
splendid isolation.
This Crusoe fears rot the trouble
which befell the celebrated giant who
lived at the top of Jacks beanstalk,
for the wood of the ebo is as hard as
iron and will turn the edge of the
sharpest.ax. Long before any marauder
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-01-20
EMPRESS JOSEPHINE.
She Was a Native of the Pretty
Isle of Martinique.
The People of That Happy Little Cone
munity Have Honored Their
Most Famous Daughter with
Grand Monument.

1t has been said thai places as we'll
as people, songs as we'll as perfumes,
elude description. This may be aptly
applied to the island of Martinique, the
pearl of the Lesser Antilles, a neighbour
of that spot upon which the keen in
terest of the world has been conferred
within recent months.
. A century ago, however, it was
Venus, not Mars, that became the rul-
ing deity over Martinique, it having
won undying luster for being the BIRTH
place of Josephine Tascher de la Pa
gerie, known in after years as the wife
of Napoleon-Josephine, empress Of
the French.
The childhood of Marie Joseph Rose
Tascher de la agerie-afterwa-d abb
breviated to Josephine-was one cal
culated to enhance those physical.
charms for which she was always noted.
Her fathers home was built on one OF
the great hills at Grois Islets, overlook
ing the Bay of Fort de France. Here
one can imagine Josephine in her child-s
ish days, and in the sadder time when,
during her poverty and her separations
from Beauharnais, she returned to Mar
Unique. AT IL years of age the em-
bryo empress was sent to convent,
but she always disliked the restraint Of
her clothing or to be cramped in her
movements. She ran, jumped and
danced from morning till night. Jo-
sephine's foster-sister, Euphemie, was
her chosen comrade, and accompanied
her, when in her tenth year, to the
Caribbean prophecies who foretold so
accurately what was to befall her. Size
had then almost arrived at woman's es-
tate, but had not yet that nodded fig
ure which became later her chief
charm. She played, it is said. most
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-01-20

armed with any cutting instrument
could make dent six inches deep in
the trunk Of his improvised fortress
Crusoe, with his rifle pointed cut of
his kitchen window, would be able to
drive away or render hors de combat
the most daring intruder, were he n
native savage or some other adven-
turer.
He is regarded by banana planters
along tile Rama river as crank, some
of them declaring: "Oh, he's perfectly
harmless if you let him alone" while
others will youch for the truth of the
statement that his house is filthy and
he never had decent meal up in his
tree.
The house is situated on a bank over
looking the Rama river, about 100 yards
back in the woods. From the rivers
edge to the top of the bank. distance
of about so feet, round wooden blocks
fmbeddedin the bank form rude stair
way up the bluff, which is composed
principally of black, deep muck and has
been formed by the action of the river
cutting out path through the soft,
yielding soil.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-01-20
Two Day Conventions.

Chairman Hancock has proposed that
republican state conventions be two
day affairs hereafter. We believe this
to be a good idea, providedlythe first day
is made sufficiently interesting to prove
attractive to the delegates. The con-
ventions should be made regular gala
days of republicanism. Some speaker
outside the state could be easily Sc
cured as the guest of honor, and the
speaker of the evening before the final
convention day. The real business of
the convention should however be done
in one day. While those particularly
interested are always on hand from
three to five days before the convention,
the rank and file of the delegates can
not and will not remain so long from
home. For this reason, everything in
which the delegate is vitality interested
should be postponed until the final day.
The man who is a delegate to state
convention but once in life time does
not wish to be deprived of any of his
rights. He will feel that he has been
cheated if, when he reaches the con-
vention he finds that all the committees
from bis district have been appointed
by those who could afford to come ear
lier. The REVIEWS idea of two.
days convention would be to have the
temporary organization effected on the
first day. Then grand rally at night
in which the city should be ablaze with
republicanism, the best speaker procur-
able should be there, and then the con-
vention should meet bright and early
the next morning. District caucuses
should be held at $50 and the conven-
ton proper should convene at $50 BY
appointing a temporary committee on
credentials or by establishing registra-
ton headquarters much of the work of
the credentials committee could be ac-
complished SO that the work of the con-
vention need not be delayed.
Above all things the rule allowing
counties to change their vote during a
ballot should be done away with. 1t
does not expedite business; it tends
toward confusion. and is simply in.
tended to give easy access to the pass
ing bandwagon. 1t would seem that if
a county votes for man it should at
least have sufficient constancy to stay
with him throughout the one ballot.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-01-20
Odds and Ends in
Pants
to go at
Reduced Prices

The house itself is three stories in
height, and the ebo tree runs up
through its center to the roof. The
structure itself is solidly built of whip
sawed lumber and is painted white. It
is reported to have cost the owner 3d.
500 cash in addition to months of hard
personal labor. The lower story is used
as kitchen, the middle story as liv-
ing room, and the upper as a bathroom.
To supply the bath tub rain is caught
from the roof in barrels located inside
of the house, and the tropical rains are
so heavy that there is seldom short
supply in the barrels.
To reach the house you travel up in
hoisting cage, which is rather an in
genious arrangement. A rope is at
tached to the cage and passes over
pulley in the kitchen, to which is sus-
pended a heavy iron weight at the other
end. When the owner enters the cage
his weight about counterbalances that
OF the iron and by a hand-to-hand pull
the cage glides up and the weight goes
down. To descend the operation is re-
versed. Rumor has it that the rooms
are furnished in an exceedingly simple
style. SO that there are few articles of
luxury and no carpets. A plain pine
table in the sitting-room and several
chairs and cots complete the equip
ment. Down in the kitchen the cook
ing utensils show signs of antiquity,
and they could be wondrously improved
in appearance and even capacity by the
erosive action of little I've, wood ashes
and soft soap. AS it is, unless the
gorilla-faced Carib amazon soon sets
to work upon them they will gradually
thicken and lose their carrying ca
pacity.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-01-20
Odds and Ends in
Heavy listers
to go at
Reduced Prices

The present method is unfair to the
candidates. A man may have many
votes in a convention, but the band
wagon may go the other way and then
although he may have had several
hundred votes, the final result, the re-
cord which will go down in political
history shows that he had some 37a
The abrogation of this rule would
avoid all question of unfairness, would
place each county on record perma-
nently and would result in better feel
ing and more manliness.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-01-20
Odds and Endsin
Overcoats
to go at
Reduced Prices

be in any better position after having
thrown away his leverage?
There is but one way for the Filipi-
nos to earn their independence and
that is by assisting by all possible
means in restoring the islands to a
peace basis. We can n ow, by not amour
cling any definite policy say to the in
surgents, ''show that you can be good
citizens, and then we will see what is
the best we can do for you." Until
they do this, until they recognize the
present authority Of the United States
we are in no condition to treat with
them. AS long as our possession and
ownership are denied there can be no
basis for settlement. 1t is rumored
that Great Britain would be willing to
part with her West Indian possessions
in return for the Philippines. If this is
true would it not be we'll for us to wait
and see if we cannot gain these rich adj
jacent islands and not throw away our
trading stock by a proclamation to
satisfy the curiosity of the people.
BY all this we do not undertake to
deny the force of the peoples power in
our government, or to favor arbitrary
or autocratic rule. The grand jury is
but an instrument of the people, yet it
any grand juror divulged the secrets of
the jury room he would commit penal
ofense. 1t is but another case of
where the people bestow part of their
power upon their agents and must then
rest as content as possible to abide the
outcome.
so in this case the American people
should leave the administration as free
as possible to meet conditions as they
present themselves, and to solve the
difficulties confronting us to the best
possible advantage and for the glory of
civilization and the flag.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-01-20
]. ELFRETH WATKINS.
Building of the Pyramids Explained
by the Curator of Technology of
the National Museum.

]. Elfreth Watkins, curator of tech
nology of the National museum, is re-
ceiving constant congratulations on his
paper, published in Casters Magazine,
on probable method for the Trans
portation and Lifting of Heavy Bodies
by the Ancients," which has been ,ex-
tensively commented upon, and has in
spired other people to modify his idea
and exploit it as their own. His ex-
PLANTATION of the possible manner in
which the great Pyramids could have
been built is surely very original, but
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-01-20

pleasingly on the guitar. had a sweet
voice for ballad singing and danced d.
vinely. ii
1t was to Nine. Renaudin, her aunt.
that Josephine owed her first marriage
to Alexander de Beauharnais, at the
age of IS. 1t was merely an alliance
of convenience, SO that the unhappiness
OF the young couple was not surpris-
ing; but in the end the union turned
out better than had been anticipated
and through it all Josephine was loved
and respected to the last. "
There is no doubt that during all
those years of storm and stress Of the
wonderful life she led in France Jo-
sephine always looked to Martinique
with affectionate remembrance.
The people of her beloved island. In
memory of its most famous woman
have erected one of the most beautiful
statues of modern times and it stands
as guard to the shining waters Of Fort
de France bay.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-01-20

The Illinois Central people have de-
cided to appeal all their right of way
cases against the Northwestern to the
Supreme court. What effect this will
have on railroad building in this vicin-
ity is not known. It will probably tend
to delay the completion of both roads.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-01-20

The Hub for bargains in Winter
Clothing
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-01-20

DO not forget the great guessing con-
tests. The coupons are published on
page 8 of this issue. Each subscriber
is entitled to more guesses in each
contest and the prizes will be awarded
Jan. 81. 1t costs you nothing and the
fine prizes offered may as well go to
you as another.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-01-20
HAS REDUCED ITS SIZE.

The Monday issue of the Bulletin has
been reduced from the size of the Re-
VIEW to a seven column, four page
paper. We suppose this was done to
keep pace with its lever increasing (?)
circulation.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-01-20
STATEMENT OF THE CoNDITIoi

Crawford County State Bank,
at Denison. in the county of Crawford, at tie
close of business on tile 10th day OF Jan.
1899, made TO the Auditor Of State, as required
by law.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-01-20

In the death of Judge Rothrock, late
of the Iowa Supreme bench, Iowa
loses one of its grand old men. He was
citizen. a soldier and jurist sans
peur ct sans reproche.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-01-20

he explains the plan SO clearly that it
makes his supposed method seem the
simplest and most probable one. Mr..
Watkins shows how, by inclined planes
of earth, stone, blocks, or slabs OF
enormous weight could be put in place,
levers and pry bars being employed in
raising them, and that the Pyramids
could have been easily constructed by
this simple means, the earth which had
been used for the inclined planes hav-
ing been filled into the pits from which
10 was taken, leaving the ground as
level as before. Mr.. Watkins paper
was read as long ago as February, 1898.
and was widely copied and discussed in
both domestic and foreign scientific
journals. His colleagues at the mu-
seum regard it as most scholarly and
able, and are extremely gratified at the
complimentary way in which it has
been received.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-01-20

Where Cloves Are Produced.
The two little islands of Zanzibar
and Pemba furnish four-fifths, of the
cloves consumed by the world.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20
DUNMORE.

Nh and Mrs. Matthew Gettings, of
Franklin street, entertained a number
of young people at their home Tues
day evening. The affair was a party
in honor of the birthday of their daugh-
ter, Louise. Games suitable for such
an occasion were INDUCED in until
lunch time, when the guests We're seat
ed to an elaborate repast This was
followed by dancing, inteTmiXed with
reCitatiOns and vocal music by Miss
Mary SteirCh and James Blanch.
Those present were Misses Lizzie
Campbell, Julia Reardon, Name Con-
nOrs, Ella Carroll, Anna McHale.
Kate RierdOn, Celia O'Hora, Ida
Quinn, Mary Gettings, Kate Phillips,
Mary Steirch, Jennie Doud. Anna
Joyce, Louise Gettings Messrs. John
Reardon, William Mulderig, James
Doud, Arthur Logan, Edward Doud,
Frank Logan. James Banch, Thomas
Golden, George Sample. Christian
Kraft, Conrad Kraft Matthew, Mich
ael and Anthony Gettings.
The funeral of James CONWAY took
place from his late home on Spencer's
Field, Sport Hill, yesterday morning
at o'clock. The remains We're view
ed al the house, after which they
We're conveyed to st. Mary's church,
where a high mass of requiem was
celebrated. Interment was made in St.
Marys cemetery.
"Stein" Decker, of Pine street, em-
ployed as a driver boy i'm the Noun
tain mine of the PENNSYLVANIA Coal
company, was slightly injured ycster-
day morning by being caught between
a car and the rib" lie was able to
walk home and upon being examined
by the family physician it was found
he was suffering only from a few
bruises.
The Neptune Hose company's horse,
which was injured Monday, is not
hurt as bad as was first thought and
the anima, can now be used again.
At the time it was feared the leg was
broken. but this proved to be untrue
The bone was only splintered. piece
Of it was extracted by DR.. Storm, un-
der whose care the horse is rapidly
improving
St. Marys church members will have
days outing in Laurel Hill park
today A large crowd is expected and
in view of this fact extensive prepar-
ations have been made.
Miss Ruth Jones. OF Wilkes Barre.
spent the day as the guest Of her COu-
sin, Miss Nellie Powell, of O'Boyle
street, Prospect park
Miss Sarah Armstrong, of South
Blakely street who has been spending
| her vacation at Atlantic City, has re-
turned home.
Harry Nye, of South Blakely street,
will occupy the pulpit in the Pres
| byterian church next Sunday morning,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20
GREEN RIDGE.

Mr.. w. H. Rickard of New York
street. is erecting a new residence on
Monsey avenue.
Mrs. l.. w. Peck, of Capouse ave-
nue., is recovering from her recent ILL
ness
Miss Bessie Matthews, of Pittston,
Is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Hobbs.
Mrs. Peck, of Green Ridge street,
was at Saltwater yesterday attending
the funeral of her niece.
Mrs Treverton, of Honesdale street,
Is recovering from a serious illness.
Payne Bazler, of Penn avenue, was
confined to his home yesterday by a
slight indisposition.
Philip Doersam, of Lorenz, drug
store, will spend his vacation at
Honesdale.
The Methodist Sunday school will
picnic at Nay Aug park on Friday.
Miss Maud Benny, OF Honesdale, is
the guest of Miss Harrie Jeckson, of
Capousc avenue.
John Capwell, Of Adams avenue. is
spending a few days at Atlantic City.
The Women's Christian union and
the Evangelical church will picnic at
Nag Aug park today.
Imperial Queen Hair Tonic at Man
ners' pharmacy, 92O Green Ridge street,
the greatest hair grower known. SOC
q bottle. 80
Mrs. Warren Kimble. of Monsey ave-
nue., leaves today for a two weeks
stay at Honesdale.
Frank ACkerly, of Windfall lake,
spent yesterday among friends here.
Thomas Charlesworth. of Homes
dale, who was the guest of Mrs. Char
leswOrth. of Marion street, has return
ed home.
The young son Of Attorney Charles
Hawley fell off fence Monday, break
ing his arm.
The Misses Sarah and Mabel Ford
ham, Of Capouse avenue, are visiting
friends in Boston.
Mrs. Jacob Stevens, of Wyoming.
Stevens, of Capouse avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Snowden, of sun
set avenue, spent Tuesday at Butter
milk Falls.
Mrs. Dedrick, of Wilkes Barre is
the guest of Mrs. Frank Van Dyke
of Marion street.
Miss Maud Potter. of Monsey ave-
nue.. is visiting friends in Holister-
Vile.
Mr. and Mrs. w. G. Reynolds have
returned from a trip to Bradford coun-
ty.
Tooth brushes, all sizes and prices
The finest in the city at Manners phar-
macy, 920 Green Ridge street. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20

nue.. has returned from a weeks stay
at White Haven,
Miss Nellie Powell, OF Port Jervis, N.
Y, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Harris, OF Mede street.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. u. Evans. of Edna
avenue, left yesterday for a months
visit with friends in Denver, Col
Miss Name Harding, OF Peckville,
was visiting friends on Throop street
yesterday.
John Bossin of Reese street, Will
leave next month for trip to England.
j. f. Johnson, of Greenwood, was n
visitor here yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Payne have returned
from their wedding tour. They will re-
side on Throop street,
Miss Bessie James and Miss Mary
Harris Of Taylor, were the guests yes
terday of Mr.. and Mrs. John Phillips,
of Summit avenue.
Richard Davis, of Robert avenue, is
visiting relatives in Nanticoke.
Miss Edith Davis, of Robert avenue,
is at Lake Sheridan.
l.. II. John. of Hollister avenue, re-
turned yesterday after few days visit
with Carbondale friends
Misses Mary and Carrie Leuthold, OF
Shamokin, were the guests of friends
ON North Main avenue yesterday.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

Isaac Semans, a miner at the Cayuga,
had two of his fingers crushed yester-
day lie resides at 1909 Swetland
street
James LaBar, of Chestnut street, was
run over by one of Casey & Kelley's
brewery wagons yesterday and suffered
a fracture of the leg.
The doctrine of the church Of the
Latter Day Saints was publicly eN-
pounded at a meeting in Cooperative
hall last evening, and listened to by
fair-sized audience.
a high mass of requiem will be sung
at Holy Cross church this morning at
Q o'clock at the late John ConnOlly's
funeral. Burial will be made in the
Cathedral cemetery.
An ice cream social was conducted
last evening on the lawn in front OF
1872 Tenth street. by members of Waco
council. No 40. Daughters of P1cOhon-
tas, which was we'll patronized,
The funeral services over the remains
of the late Mrs. Charles Sweet will
be held at the house, 33i Rebecca ave-
nue.. tomorrow afternoon at . o'clock.
Interment will be made in Forest Hill
cemetery.
The Bible teachers and adult pupils
of the Washburn Street Presbyterian
Sunday school held an open parliament
last evening and discussed many
phases of the work. a goodly number
attended.
a large audience was attracted to
the First Welsh Congregational church
last evening to hear Rev. Robert
Evans, of Penmaen. South Wales, who
spoke in the Welsh language. This
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-20
NORTH SCRANTON.

John Davis. driver boy in the Leg
gett's Creek mines, was painfully in
juTed yesterday. He was turning a
mule around when the beast kicked
him in the stomach. He was taken
to his home on Parker streets
Isaac Seamans had two fingers
crushed in the Cayuga mines yesterday.
He resides in Hyde Park
Washington camp, No. IL, Patriotic
Order Sons of America, held a MEM
bers' Entertainment and social in their
rooms last evening.
The Epworth League of the Provi-
dence NJ. f. church will give an enter
tainment and social i'm the church par
lors this evening commencing at s
o'clock. Cake and cream will be served.
The Ladies' Aid society, of the Court
Street Methodist Episcopal church, will
hold an entertainment this evening.
Some of the best talent in the city
assited by the choir and Sunday school.
will participate.
The Keystone Literary and Dramatic
club will hold an important meeting in
their rooms this evening.
Mrs j. r. Whyte and daughter. Mar
garet. and son w ]. Whyte, of VIII
liams street, are the guests of friends
at Archibald
Mrs. John Phillips and sranddaueh-
ter. Miss Ruth Parry, Of Summit ave-
nue., are sojomninG at Shickshinny.
Mrs. Margaret MCGOWAN, Of Bloom
avenue and Mrs. Mary Garden. Of
Wilburt street are visiting friends in
Archibald.
Miss Name Thomas Of Spring street
has returned from a visit with friends
in Taylor.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Morris, of East
Market street, are spending a few days
at Lake Winola.
Miss Sarah ManGan and Mrs. Mary
Horan, of Inkerman, are the guests Of
friends here
The Misses Maud Moore and Eva
Lewis, of New York city, are the guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. James Williams. of
Storrs avenue.
Miss Margaret White, of North Main
avenue, is the guest Of friends in
Wilkes Barre.
Miss Mary Brennan. of Glen summit
who has been visiting her brother, p.
j. Brennan, of Black street, has re-
turned home.
Mailcarrier j. j, McDonough is en-
jOying his vacation.
G. Y, Hoffman, Of Court street, is ill.,.
Miss Florenc" SiCkler, of Providence
road, has returned from a visit with
friends i'm Pittston.
Miss Nellie Wilson, of Nicholson, Is
visiting Miss Bertha Morris, of Throop
street
Miss Nellie Robinson, of Leggetts
street is the guest Of friends at
Wilkes Barre.
Miss Margaret Burke. of Wayne ave-