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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-13

Then, in the following February, fell
the awful blow which wrecked her last
hope and nearly took her life. The
north was exulting over Grants great
victory at Fort Donelson. Bonfires
blazed and bells rang out the wild Joy
of the people. Newsboys scampered
everywhere and eager men devoured
the latest word Of news that could be
read or heard. Correspondents at the
front knew their harvest time and gar
nered every scrap of information. One
of these scraps related to the finding of
a young Confederate's body stiff in the
attftAde of prayer. After receiving his
death wound he had, according to the
correspondent, crawled to a bush,
seized 1t with death grip and held
himself up on his knees. He wore the
uniform of a Missouri regiment. In
his coat pocket were found three let
tiers which the enterprising correspond
ent had copied. Flora Eldredge rec
ognized them as the letters she had
written to Elimelech along her journey
from Missouri As l have said, the
shock nearly killed her. To speak more
of her great grief would be only to in
flict pain upon myself without adding
to your interest in the story; for, as
you know, she is now my loved and
loving wife,
Mr.. Edwards stopped as if the better
to enjoy the perplexity on the faces Of
his listeners.
Remember. gentlemen" said he, II
am not seeking to entertain you. am
telling you a tale of truth because it
seems to me to shed light on the ques-
ton of why fact is stranger than fc-
ton"
'In fiction she would not have be-
come your wife. would she, Mr.. Ed
wards?" ventured young magazinist.
"That is the point am coming to-"
the elder author answered, "and in or
der that you may see how logically it
came about must tell you that my
self was in that battle; that l saw the
young man fall; that we were of the
same regiment, and l knew him we'll
and loved him; that he did not crawl
to the bush, but that / carried him
there and placed him upon his knees
because he asked me to; that had just
taken last whispered message from
his lips when was summarily ordered
back with what was left Of my regi-
ment to our intrenchments. Well, the
upshot of it was, was one of the 49,
GOO prisoners who were unconditional
ly surrendered to Grant.
"Of my long and varied experiences
in numerous military prisons it is es-
sential to tell only Of what occurred
after l was sent to Chicago and con-
fined in Camp Douglas. 1t was my
good fortune one day to rescue young
Federal officer from under his fallen
horse. He made more of the service
than it deserved, and was treated
with some distinction during the rest
of my stay there. In the following
spring was taken i'll and sent to the
hospital, where the young officer came
frequently to see me. 1t was dreary
place, but through his interest in me 1
received some attentions not ordinarily
bestowed on prisoners of war. One of
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-13
FASHIONS
EASTER FANCIES,
BY MILDRED MERRIAM.

Easter Sunday the world over is the
day chosen for the display of extraor-
binary millinery productions. But, as
general rule. the predominant styles
of that day assumed by the extremists
are not faithful Indication of the
modes as adopted by the conservative
leaders of the fashionable set. The
Easter hats are elaborate this year.
The large shapes trimmed with masses
of chiffon and enormous flowers are
rather startling. Many long, dropping
feathers and large thistles are also
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-13

The Easter breakfast table should
show some special decoration suitable
for the day.
The Easter cards are all very elab-
crate this year. Those which were to
be had a few years ago are no longer
sold even by the smaller stores.
Some of the pretty Easter cards
show downy chicks nesting in old
straw hats. others driving eggshell
tandems. rabbits and ROSTERS gravely
surveying the hidden possibilities of a
basket of china eggs.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-13

these formed a part of the most i'm
portant event of my life. On Easter
Sunday my officer friend brought in
beautiful bouquet of fresh, sweet, sim
pie flowers, saying they had been sent
by a florist under the direction of some
unknown lady The florists card was
attached to them, and the officer read
these words from the back of it, IAN
Easter greeting to some poor soldier in
the prison hospital, from one who deep
ly sympathizes.'
II take it, gentlemen" continued Mr..
Edwards, chat none of you was ever
penned up in military prison for
months and then at the end Of cold,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-13
"A SOLDIERS
EASTER FLOWERS.
copyright, 1900, by W. B. Hawkins.l
BY WILLIS B. HAWKINS.

FEW members
Of the Authors
club were off in
a corner talking
shop. Somebody
had asked why
truth is stranger
than fiction, and
others had tried
to answer.
Truth may be
logical or not,
just as it hap
pens" said one,
"but fiction must
be logical"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-13


desolate winter shut away In the still
deeper prison of the hospital So l de-
spair of making you realize how very
beautiful few fresh, old fashioned
flowers can be. should. be in yet
deeper despair If had the task Of
making you feel how grateful the heart
of that particular sick soldier was to
her whose gracious sympathy had pen
etrated this prison within prison on
that Easter day.
when the flowers were faded,
begged the privilege Of keeping them,
and when nobody was near to note my
weakness shed many hot tears upon
their withered leaves.
"From that Easter day gained VIC
tory after victory over the disease. In
deed, from the time those flowers were
placed within my sight and reach
The Winslow mail., 1900-10-04

Gus government, in which the inhab-
itants shall have the largest partici-
patton of which they are capable
we being the judges OF their capa-
bility!
This is always and everywhere the
promise of imperialism to subjugated
peoples. 1t is what Mr.. Chamberlain
proposes for the Beers. AS Mr.. Bryan
pertinently asks: did not the Eng
lish government lin 1776) promise a
good government to the colonists
What king ever promised a bad gov
ernment to his people?"
The democratic policy is based upon
a recognition of the freedom and in
dependence of the Philippines. The
republican policy contemplates the
subjugation, retention and permanent
government of the islands by force.
Is not this difference vital? Does it
not truly measure the difference be-
tween Imperialism, "the spirit of en-
pire." and democracy, the essence OF
freedom ?-N Y World
The Winslow mail., 1900-10-04
WHAT HE COULD DO.
Republican Question Answered in
Way That Permits of No
Argument.

What could Bryan do to end the
Philippine insurrection more than Nc
hinley is doing?" is frequently asked
and the addition follows close: "The
United States has got the Philippines
and has got to keep them. We can't
let CO."
In his speech of acceptance Bryan
answered this question in way that
makes argument on the other side i'm
possible. There is no hesitation, no
doubt, no equivocation in that answer.
Il will call an extra session of con-
gress to declare the policy of the
United States to give the Filipinos
first, stable form of government;
second, independence and third, pro-
lection from interference by any 9TH
er nation
This is the policy outlined in the
democratic platform. The object of
the Philippine insurrection, the only
object, is to gain independence for the
Filipinos. The promise of inGepend-
ence will end the insurrection at once
by removing its cause. There viii be
no flag furling," no ''surrende: of
American principles" no base yield
ing in such course, as those heated
with their taste of empire are wont
to declare. Such course will be a
return to the American principle of
freedom and liberty for all men, from
which no departure should ever have
been made. 1t will not be flag furl-
ing" The American flag will wave
more proudly than it waves for none
but freemen. There will be no con-
fession of weakness. The nation
which in a few months brought a
first-class power to suppliant knees
can lose no prestige nor admit defeat
by giving weaker n .tion its rights.
Such a policy will not only chow
the nations of the earth the stux2 of
which Americans are made, but it
will give an example which wiz do
more for the preservation of the peace
of the earth than Hague peare confer
ences and ironclad treaties-St. Louis
Republic.
The Winslow mail., 1900-10-04
ImperiaIism and wages.

Capitalism inevitably fnGs its own
level. like water. Imperialism will add
eight to ten million labOrers to com
petition in our domestic market. These
eight to ten millions are men whose Ge-
scent. habits, climate and ne@C@ are
satisfied with the minimum of food,
clothing and shelter Indispensable for
existence. Protected republican trusts
will put these millions into competition
with our domestic labor promptly if
Mr.. Mckinley receive a commission OF
four years more of Imperialism. The
people of the Philippines are sober. in
dustrious and now eager to earn at
least a pittance a day from their new
and promising American masters. A
. large line of American goods can be
manufactured with Philippine labor.
When this labor shall come into COM
petition in the American market
American wOrkingmen will wish they
had never heard of Imperialism. They
have it in their power to protect them
selves and their families by voting
against imperialism.-Chicago Chron-
icle
The Winslow mail., 1900-10-04
WILL VOTE FOR BRYAN.
DIR. Henry Wade Rogers Tells Why
Gold Democrats VIII Desert
Mckinley.

DR.. Henry Wade Rogers, former
president of Northwestern university
and recently called by the faculty of
Yale, says he will vote for Bryan and
Stevenson.
In 1896 he voted for Mckinley and
Hobart. He declares also that he be-
lieves the gold democrats of the coun-
try as a body will support Bryan this
year because they believe imperialism
is the most dangerous policy the re-
public could adopt, and that the party
that is responsible for such a policy
should be defeated.
DR.. Rogers says that the silver
plank in the democratic platform will
no more drive them from supporting
Bryan than the protective plank in
the republican platform kept them
from voting for Mckinley four years
ago, when silver was the paramount
issue.
In a statement to the Chicago
American approving the Endorsement
of Bryan by the anti-imperialist con-
vention at Indianapolis, DR.. Rogers
says:
'"The gold democrats as a rule are anti.
imperialists. They declined to support Mr.
Bryan four years ago because they looked
upon the currency question as the para
mount issue of the campaign. The major
ity of them voted for Mckinley as the
surest way to defeat Bryan. These men are
as strong in their conviction to-day as they
were four years ago that 16 to is an unwise
and dangerous policy The most of them,
believe, will be found supporting Bryan
in this campaign. That which was the
paramount issue in 1896 is not the para
mount issue in 1900.
"They believe that imperialism is the
most dangerous possible policy for the re-
public to adopt, and that it is of the utmost
consequence that the American people
should repudiate it absolutely by defeating
the party that is responsible for it,
For that reason they will vote for Bryan
in 1900 notwithstar ding the Is to l plank,
just as in 1896 they voted for Mckinley not
withstanGing the protection plank in the
republican platform. They were not pro-
tectionists in 1885, but they did not regard
protection as the chief issue of the cam
paign, and so they supported Mckinley on
a protection platform.
The Winslow mail., 1900-10-04
A VITAL DIFFERENCE.
imperialism the Spirit of Empire,
and Democracy the Essence
of Freedom.

What is the difference between the
democratic and the republican atti-
tude toward the Philippines?
Ihe New York Times affirms that
there is practically no difference. 1t
attempts to justify this opinion by a
pettifogging paraphrase of the two
policies.
In matter of such moment are not
the people entitled to Judge the par
ties and the candidates by their own
words and acts? Mr.. Mckinley in his
speech of acceptance says:
The Philippines are ours, and American
authority must be supreme throughout the
archipelago. There must be no scuttle
policy.
Ar. Bryan in his speech takes the
position that the Philippines belong
to the Filipinos, and that the Filipinos
own themselves. He says:
IF governments derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed, it is i'm
possible to secure title to people either by
force or by purchase Force can de-
tend a right, but force has never yet Great
ed right. If it was true, as declared in the
resolutions of intervention, that the Cubans
are and of right ought to be free and inde-
pendent Language taken from the Declar-
alton of Independence), it is equally true
that the Filipinos are and of right ought
to be free and independent "
Is there not vast and vital diff
ference between these two positions ?
1t is the difference between independ-
ence and dependence, between polit-
ical freedom and yassalage, between
self-governmert and rule by a "sov-
ereign" power Is there practically
no difference" between the state of
Switzerland and that of Egypt-be-
tween the status of Porto Rico and
that of New Mexico?
So much for the attitude of the two
parties and candidates toward the
rights of the case. The difference is
equally wide and vital in regard to
our future policy. Treating the Phil
ippines as 'ours''-our authority as
supreme" our Sovereignty as com
piete and tinal-Mr. Mckinley pro
poses IT, establish just and gener-
The Winslow mail., 1900-10-04
A DREAM BESIDE THE SEA.

One night beside the sea 1 fell asleep and
dreamed dream;
Alone afoat within q boat, while brisk
winds blew abeam,
I saw the Uhfte-capped surges dance be-
meath the silver moon,
With winds, clear waves, the silvered sky
and my own soul in tune;
And drifting so and rocking slow there
clearly came to me,
With meanings new and stories true, the
voices OF the sea.
In it's grand chorus came the drowning
sailors last sad wall,
Anon the CHEEKY shouts of those who
friends in passing hail;
The music of a maidens tones VINO with
her lover sailed,
The voice of one who sought the Pole
tenaciously and failed;
And there were sobs of wives bereaved, of
sailors orphans sad,
Of happy pieaSure-Seeking crowds, and
youthful lovers glad.
The stern commands in warlike tones of
Vikings known of old,
z'ne sturdy hail of Spanish braves who
searched the west for gold,
The battle shouts of Nelson's men at red
Trafalgar heard,
The bold defiances which rose when other
strifes dreaded cry,
The Buccaneers rough rasping yell, the
Pirates dreaded cry,
The shrieks and means of battling braves
who for their country die.
The sweet TIE Deum which arose when
bold Columbus led
His nayigators through new worlds with
strong and conquering tread,
The hymns which fishers wives send out to
guide their husbands home,
The shrieks for help from shipwrecked
throngs that pierced heavens arching
dome,
The sigh of scented breezes drawn through
tropic flowers and palms,
The murmurs of the coral caves in peaceful
ewes and calms.
All these and more so long in one grand
thunderous sound concealed
Came then distinct and clear to me in that
bright night revealed;
And then 1 knew the mighty deep in shout,
and sob, and laugh,
Was but million memories voiced,
mighty phonograph.
Twas then my soul and senses knew what
plainly came TO me,
Revealed in whispers soft as silk, in an
thems full and free.
That all these garnered sounds made up
the music of the sea.
=. EDGAR JONES.
The Winslow mail., 1900-10-04
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

-Roosevelt's utterances will soon
compel the party managers to put on
largely increased force in the ex-
planation epartment.-Denyer Post.
1t is seldom that day passes
without notice of the organization of
new trust, an advance of prices by
trust, discharge of men by trust,
shutting down a factory by trust
or some similar action.-Indianap
Sentinel.
Vice Chairman Payne, of the re-
publican national committee, says
''the main issue is the Mckinley adj
ministration, and on that the repub-
lican party must stand or fall" Well,
let it go at that. 1t seems hard,
I though, that whole party should be
wiped out by the mistakes and wick
edness of half dozen puny politi-
cians.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The efforts of the republican
leaders to divert attention from the
real issues of the campaign show that
they are in an uneasy state of mind.
Their party is being tried on its rec
ord and they are afraid of the ver-
diet Their devices and antics to
make the jury think of anything but
the real issues are ludicrous when
they do not fall to such low plane
that they become disgusting g.-Atlanta
Journal.
If the republicans hope for any
considerable gold democratic" sup
port, or even indifference" in that
quarter, in the present canvass, they
will learn their mistake when the
votes are counted. Practically the
solid support of the gold democrats,
as well as that of thousands of re-
publicars. will be merged with The
democratic army for the election of
Bryan and Stevenson, on a paramount
issue of anti-imperialism.-AlbanyA Ar
gus.
Either our manufacturers do
not need any protective tariff to en-
able them to hold the home market.
or if they DO they must be selling to
foreign markets below the cost of PRO.
duction and are eXacting extortionate
prices from their own countrymen
under shelter of the Dingley tariff
Whichever horn of the dilemma The
Hanna party seizes will convict it OF
employing the protective tariff for
purposes Of commercial robbery OF
the American people.-22nsas City
Times.
The Winslow mail., 1900-10-04

"They are not to-day free silver men, but
they do not regard that as the predominant
issue in the present campaign, and so they
will support Bryan, although he stands on a
16 to l platform. Personally 1 believe 16 to
is a dead issue The American people re-
pudiated it four years ago, and they have
not changed their mind respecting it.
'If the democrats should undertake to es-
tablish a silver standard in my opinion they
would be driven from power | do not be-
leve they would seriously attempt it, But
whether they would or not they certainly
could not accomplish it in the next four
years. The election of Mr.. Bryan cannot
accomplish such a result and his election
will not be Interpreted as an Endorsement
Of his views on the money question
The Winslow mail., 1900-10-04

L
the rest of the things down" said he,
getting to his feet and making ready
for bed. Just YOU start out the first
thing after breakfast tomorrow morn
ing and get everything you want, and
if YOU ever hear another word out of
me about extravaganza, then I'll be
talking it in my sleep, that's ALL
Mr.. Jobson got up soon after dawn on
the following morning to touch the
button for a pitcher of ice water, and
Mrs. Jobson woke up at the same time.
In walking around the room. with one
hand to his head, Mr.. Jobson caught
sight of the list he had made out on
his return from his initial Mamie Tay-
lor sitting lying face up on the bu-
reau. He picked it up and looked at il
as if it were an Egyptian papyrus.
whats all this?' he asked Mrs. job
son.
"Why." said Mrs. Jobson, "that's the
list of things you made out for me to
buy in Philadelphia to-day-don't you
remember?"
Mr.. Jobson looked over the list care
fully, turned it upside down and studied
it from that point of view, he'd it out
at arms length to see how it appeared
at a distance and then regarded Mrs.
Jobson sternly.
Madam" said he. in a deep. sepul-
chral tone. I'm not man to complain
over trifles. and no man'll stand more
at the hands of wife than ! will. But
when YOU do such an unscrupulo Gus
thing as to put some kind of Il sense-de-
stroying drug into the glass of ice wa
ter that I take before going to bed, as
! you must have done last night, then |
rebel, Mrs. Jobson, and l rebel hard!''
| -Washippton Star
The Winslow mail., 1900-10-04
M'KINLEY IS EVASIVE.
The President Can Talk Enough Nut
He Starts In with the
Wrong Cue.

Results this year have not justifle Il
Mr.. McKinley's methods as a campaign
defa orator. His trouble is not that he
misunderstands the people-he is too
experienced a politician-bu that he
has the wrong cue.
Talleyrand once Informed his wife
that he proposed bringing an eminent
traveller home to dinner. He told her
where to find the travellers book in the
library, so that she might talk to him
about lis adventu Unfortunately,
madame got hold of Robinson Cru
soe' She SKINNED. through as much
of it as she could on short notice and
opened the conversation at dinner by
asking her guest: "Pray, what has be-
come of your man Friday?"
Mr.. Mckinley, like Nine. Talleyrand,
can talk effectively, but, like her, he
has the wrong cue. The people, eager
to hear Imperialism discussed by the
arch-imperialist, fairly hang upon his
words, But Mr.. Mckinley merely re-
marks: 81 don't trust that Bryan.
He's evasive.''-N. Y. Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1900-10-04
Predicts Defeat.

Robert Treat Paine, of Boston, lineal
descendant of the signer of the Declara-
ton of Independence of the same name,
predicts that the republicans will be
Overwhelmingly defeated in the COM
ing campaign. The campaign, he says,
will eclipse that of 1896, and gives
promise of new era in politics. He
says that the issue, as announced and
expressed in Mr.. Bryan's speech of ac-
ceptance, has cleft the republican party
in twain. ''The Cotton Whigs,' he
says, who condone slavery beneath
the American flag as their fathers con-
doned the attempt to- extend slavery
il.to the free territories of the west,
may pull wires and manipulate men
without backbone, but they cannot
control men like eX-President Harrison,
ex-senator Henderson. of Missouri, ex-
Speaker Thomas b. Reed, ex-Secre-
tary Carl Schurz, and eX-GOv. Bout
well. The republican party, which be-
gan its career in the defense of liberty,
prostituted to the service of money as
against the rights of men, and New
England will not be silent"
The Winslow mail., 1900-10-04

efgn powers, while declaring that they
do not intend to partition The empire,
will yet make their demands for in
demnity so high that the Chinese can
not pay them. The next step will be
to take the government in hand under
pretense of overseeing the revenues un-
til the indemnity is paid. When the
powers let go there won't be enough
left of China to partition.
1t will be a wonder if Mckinley man.
ages to keep out of this complications
Everything indicates that he is going
in for it. 1t is lucky that election Gay
IS so near that his capacity for get
ting this country into difficulties will
be limited.
ADOI PHI PATTERSON.
The Winslow mail., 1900-10-04
Cause for Thankfulne...

A brief note from Billville district reads:
"Our son John has come home from the
Philistines on furlough and one leg. The
latter means a pension for life-thank the
Lord. Atlanta Constitution.
The Winslow mail., 1900-10-04
Shall the republicans be so er

Shall the republicans be so en-
trenched in power hat rothing short
of revolution can restrain their eX-
cesses and drive them out? Shall the
people surrender themselves unre-
servedly into the hands of the more
or less corrupt combine of Doodle and
doodle, which would tax the many to
enrich the few, using tie flag as a
drop curtain to conceal the robbery
and jobbery ?-Louisville Courier
Journal.
1t goes without saying that the
travelling men who have lost their
places through the formation of trusts
will be unit in opposition to trusts
and to the party which has done moth
ing to regulate and restrain them. The
travelling men who were fortunate
enough to keep their employ yment will
also be aligned against trusts if they
are animated by healthy self-interest.
st. Lou-S Republic.