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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-02
To Taxpayers

Notice is hereby given that the last day
for the payment of the second installmcnt
of taxes for 1899 will be due on Monday,
Nov. D, and delinquent after that day.
All persons interested shall be governed
accordingly, as the penalty prescribed by
law viii be added after the date herein
specified. ARMIN II. KOEHNE,
Treasurer Marion County and City of In
dianapolis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-02

Washington Post.
How would IL do 10 permit the Chinese
&c work out their own salvation and send
out missionaries to Paterson. ~. j.?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-02

author. to-day filed a petition in bank
ruptcy. scheduling liabilities OF Sl2.776 and
assets OF $l35.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-02
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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02
o,d Mnrylana- suner.tition,.

Witch killing.-If horses are so bad
~ bewitched that one dies, the follow
ing will deprive the witch of her pow
er: Take the dead horse out into a
field and burn the carcass beside a
tree. First III a cross in the tree,
then drive Il nail in at the cross. Now
take your rifle. which must be loaded
with q silver bullet. choose a position
SO that the fire is between you and the
tree. and shoot over the fire at the nail.
When you hit the nail. the witch will
lose her power. and you annov miss
with the silver bullet.
TO Sell Oneself to the Devil.-Go 10
the crossroads at midnight alone and
play III the banjo. If you really want
toSsell yourself. IVA black dogs will
appear and will dance as you play.
Then you promise something fearful.
Any one who thus sold himself was
said to be able to outplay and Guidance
any competitors.
A Method For Il Girl to Try Her For
tune.-Put an egg to the fire and sit an
hour. The wind will howl and the
dogs bark. and the man you are to
marry will come in and turn the egg
around. If the egg bursts, you will die
Tor possibly. my Informant adds. you
will eve marry).-Raltimore Sun.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02
Chinese Thenters.

The Chinese. are remarkably fond of
the drama, and consequently every viii
lage has it's stage. In this way the
people are educated in the past history
of their nation. The stage arrange
ments are about on a par with those.
which existed in England at the time
of Shakespeare. There is no scenery,
and consequently the success of the
piece depends entirely on the acting,
which is remarkably good.
Actresses do not exist in China, for
since, some centuries ago, an emperor
married an actress they have not been
allowed. Women's parts are taken by
boys. who excel in their limitations of
women's voices. gait and general de-
pertinent.
Perhaps it is their theatrical repre-
sensations which render Cinnamon so
content with rural life. At any rate,
instead of crowding into towns from
the country they are happy to work on
the land. which supplies them with all
that is needful for food and clothing.
There are no native factories, indus
tries being still in the cottage stage,
and agriculture employs more people
than any SORT of trade.-Collier's Week.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02
The Height of storms.

Professor #. H. Bigelow furnishes
The American Journal of Science with
some of the results of the international
cloud work for the United States. The
penetration Of ordinary cyclones into
the higher regions of the atmosphere
is slight. They are only two or three
miles deep. Hurricanes are five or six
miles deep. The a%nticyclonic and cy-
clonic areas are hardly to be consider
ed as centers of motion except in the
very lowest strata, since currents of
air blow directly ver them from west
to east, even in the cumulus region of
the Rocky mountain districts. The or
binary circulation theory does not hold
good. In each stratum from the sur-
face to the cirrus level about as much
air moves north as south, for there are
enormous counter currents passing by
each other at the same level and not
over one another at different eleva-
tions. This puts a new aspect upon
the entire problem Of the general cir
culation.-Nature.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02
A Tobaccoless Tobacco Heart,

"You have" said a physician, ''the
tobacco heart" The patient made an
swer, doctor, / never smoked but
once, and that was when l was a boy
This happened in Germantown. Both
men laughed. and the physician pre-
pared to examine the patient again, SO
as to make another diagnosis.
After a half hour of hard work the
tobacco heart still seemed to resemble
the mans disease, ana the physician
said. What do you do for a living?
The man replied, II am n tobacconist.'
well then. of course, you've got the
tobacco heart, whether you're a smok-
err OF not" said the physician. '.All
day long YOU breathe in tobacco. The
dust of it fills your lungs, %circulates
with your blood all over your body and
is digested with your food. l have had
a number of cases such as yours. and l
prescribe eight hours a day in the
fresh air. You'll find it hard to follow
this prescription. Away from the to-
bacco laden air of your shop you will
have the uneasy. restless longing to
get back to it which the smoker, after
a few hours of abstinence, has for a
cigar. That is strange, but you'll find
1t rue You have unconsciously ac-
| CURED, the tobacco breathing habit,
and it's a habit harder, | believe, to
break than the smoking habit itself."-
Philadelphia Record.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02
Thnxer and BRYAN.

When William Jennings Bryan first
went to Nebraska, he vas hired to take
the stump against Thayer. who was
running for governor, and said some
hard things against the candidate.
'"Thayer was elected" Bryanis quoted
as saying in the Chicago Times-Her-
aid. after he took the governors
chair he was called to be toastmaster
at a banquet at which ! was set down
for a speech. l did not care to go to
that banquet. l did not wish to meet
the governor. remembered all that l
had said of him, and l felt cheap. But
l went and sat there through the early
proceedings quite uncomfortable.
FINALLY it came time for the govern
or to call upon me. He rose from his
seat, with programme before him. and
slowly said. Mr.. Bryan-Bryan.' Then
he slowly turned his eyes upon me and
addressed me-, Do you speak or sing|
"That is all l ever heard from Gov
ernor Thayer as to what he thought of
my campaign speeches against him."
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02
win You Live to Be, old.

THAT man will not live to be old"
remarked Il scientific man to the writ
er. indicating a man who was standing
near.
Why. pray? the writer queried
wonderingly.
..Well. he has o a single physio-.
logical index of long life. His head is
narrow; he has narrow eyes and nos
trils and a long, delicate hand. all of
which augur ill for length of days.
IF you observe carefully. you will
find that, with rare exceptions. which
only serve to emphasize the rule, men
who live to be old have wide heads
above the ears and wide foreheads.
Large and wide nostrils are always
evidence that those two important or
gans. the lungs and the heart, are good.
The ears in old men are almost invari-
ably placed low. Again. long lived
people usually have broad and short
hands-inelegant, it may be. but still
an indication of long life.
IF. therefore, you see a man who an
swers these physical conditions. you
may safely, barring accidents, of
course, predict for him length of days.
New York Telegram.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02
How Justice was Tempered.

Tact in the management of your
Judge is a great thing. A certain well
known British treasury counsel was
driving over Blackfriars bridge one
day on his way to Surrey sessions. No
ticing Sir Peter Edlin trudging along
in the mud and rain. he instantly stop
ped his hanson and offered the judge a
lift" 1t was accepted. and the pair
proceeded to Newington in great am
ity. Arriving, the learned counsel hur-
ried in, as he had an important appli-
cation to make on the sitting Of the
court. To his horror and surprise, the
said application was CURLY refused.
He was dHmfounded at the sudden
change in the demeanor Of the Judge
until the usher in a husky whisper
said:
"Do you know what you've done"
mo! What is it?"
"Why you ran in and left the Judge
to pay for your cab"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02
WON Him A BRIDE.
The Ruse by which One Young Mans
Credit Was Established.

Major j. NJ. Burke told a good story
of his experience in helping a friend to
get the girl of his choice.
"He was a good fellow said he,
''but young and without much capital.
The girl was a beauty and loved the
boy, but the father (the same old irate
father) objected and demanded that
the@boy show that he was capable Of
supporting a wife. This was in st.
came to me with his troubles.
"tNever mind said L. 'Iu fix it up
all right. BY the way, how much will
you take for your right legY
HE looked at me as though l were
crazy, but made no nswer
"Ill give you $4,000 for it, l said.
"Will you take it?'
you take me forY
well, l knew the girls father; he
was a merchant, and l called to see
him. We finally drifted around to
talking about this young fellow, and
the old man fiared a little, stating that
he wanted some one who could support
a wife to have his daughter.
Support a wife! said l, in surprise.
Why, he certainly can do all that.
Only a few days ago he refused $1o,-
600 for a piece Of property
Ellis own property?' asked the ia
ther. Certainly said 1.
"'Who offered him the money! ask.
ed he.
"'I did, and he refused it, l answer.
ed. He claimed it was worth more
"Well. this made a hit, and no more
questions were asked. The boy is do
ing well now and has a good family
l haven't spoken to the father since
Washington Times.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02
One on Him.

well. bless my SOUL" exclaimed one
of the first citizens of Chicago, that
breezy metropolis on the banks of Lake
Michigan. when did you hit the
town."
q have not hit it at ALI" corrected
the man from Boston. THE largeness
of the area and the absence of a def
mite personality preclude such action"
That's So" assented the Chicagoan,
his cordial hilarity a little less marked.
by the way. where are you stopping?"
"T'm not stopping at all, my dear
friend"
mot stopping at all? Why, what
the
mo, but I'm staying at the Palmer
House. Deuced expensive place. I'll
say"
That's So. Well. it's too bad"
TOO bad. How's that?" :
"Well, ! was going to invite you to
come on out and put up at my house
while you We're in town, but since
you're. staying at the Palmer House, l
suppose it's no USE"
And off he walked.-Kansas City In.
dependent.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02
The Mosquito of Russian Laplnnd.

-
"We had t o force our way through
long stretches of dense birch scrub UNI
der a burning sun and without a
breath of wind to clear away the mos
quitoes. They settled on every particle
Of exposed flesh, and the thousands
who failed to find room there covered
u caps and backs till the color Of the
cloth was nearly hidden.
"We reached camp at IL o'clock a.
m. thoroughly done up, and even then
we could not sleep, our blood being so
feverish from the mosquito bites. My
neck and wrists were swollen up with
Jumps the size Of sparrows' eggs. I'm
fortunately, u mosquito nets a
been left in camp, as we had quite
enough collecting gear and guns to
carry, and expected to be home hours
earlier. Oil Of lavender gives tempo
a relief from persecution, but it's eff,
fects soon pass off.
IA mixture of half t%urpentine and
half olive oil is also useful in ordinary
cases., but when the enemy are brought
into good working order by a hot sun
and calm day nothing stops them ex-
cept a veil. This desire of the nos
quito for blood is a strange puzzle. Not
one in a million nor any Of his ances-
tors for generations in the arctic can
have tasted it, yet all rush for the first
human being or reindeer they meet. I
have heard of the Samoyeds being
driven mad by their bites."-"Around
Novaya Zemlya," by III. j. Pearson.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02
NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA.
His Indignation It Being Spied Upon
u~y HE II pv1ora |

E1S nO1 nat1On ~ nCAnS SRACu OPOAA
by His Keepers.
One of the talks With Napoleon"
quoted from DR.. O'Meara's diary in
The Century records N%apoleon's indig-
nation at being, as he considered it,
spied upon while living at ST.; Helena.
Il understand" said he, that an
officer is placed here to report about
me and to see me two or three times
in the "a hours and that they are talk
ing Of making him go into my chamber
to see me if did not come out. Any
person." said he then, with considera-
BILE agitation, "who endeavors to force
his way into my apartment will be a
corpse the moment he enters it. If he
ever eats bread or meat afterward, l
am not Napoleon. This l I'm deter
mined on.
81 know that I will be killed after
ward, as what can one do against a
camp? But what Of that? / have
faced death many a time. Besides I
am convinced that this governor, this
chief of jailers, has been sent out on
purpose to poison me or put me to
death some way or another OF under
some pretext by Lord Castlereagh.
81 have seen," continued he, RUS
slams, Prussians, Arabs, Cossacks,
Tartars, .Spaniards, Persians, Turks"
(here he enumerated a great many
more, land never in my life before
did l behold so ill favored and forbid
ding a countenance or SO down and
horrid a look. He carries crime inn
printed on his countenance. Oh porte
lie crime empreint sur son visage.) He
is a man, TO judge from his physiogno-
my, that n would select for the
committal of any atrocious crime and
as such has been selected out by your
ministers. | suppose, on purpose to
make away with me-"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02
Doubled Him Up.

A prominent western clergyman, W.
w. White bv name, was a member Of
a learned society in which there were
several members who We're fond of
quibbling. During a speech he had
been annoyed by their Interruptions al
most beyond the point of endurance.
At last he said, 81 trust l will not be
troubled again until my speech is tini-
ished."
Before he could begin another SEN
tence one of his chief tormenters arose
and said. slowly and solemnly:
.Oh. doctor double-u, double-u, double-u,
We lnvo to trouble you, trouble you, trouble
YOU"
The doctor sat down.-Kansas City
independent.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02
A High Priced Man.

General Weylers brutality to the
country farmers Of Cuba was the d.
rect cause of the desperate insurrection
in Cuba which led to the Spanish war.
That war cost the United States &c.,
OOO.O 900. The cost to Spain was 1885,
100000, exclusive Of loss of territory.
The cost to Cuba in the way Of wreck
ed plantations and loss of commerce,
especially of her tobacco trade. is
roughly estimated at f2O.O 900 more.
So Weyler came distinctly high.-An-
swers.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02
Youthful Strategy.

Harry" exclaimed the little boys
mother, "if you don't stop pulling that
cats tail l will pull your hair and give
you a chance to see how you like it
yourself"
Harry ceased for a moment and then
said:
"Ma, please give me a quarter"
what forY"
81 want to get my hair cut."-Chica-
go Times-Herald.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02
The Geographical Center.

The exact geographical center of the
United States, calculating between
longitudinal and latitudinal extremes,
is a spot in Kansas about 20 miles
north Of the point at which the bounda-
ries of Kansas, Oklahoma and the In
dian Territory meet.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02
More strict Than west Pointers.

1t is commonly stated by army Off
GERS that men appointed from the
ranks are the strictest disciplinarians
in the service and more harsh in deal
ing with the privates than West Point
ers. Probably they may recall their
own experience and regard harsh con-
duct as necessary to compel respect
Washington Times.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02
ENDerience.

Stage Manager-You say you have
had some stage experience?
Miss CUSHION, yes, indeed! took
the leading part in our church cantata
at home once. and-well. to tell you
the truth. everybody said | just played
my part too lovely for anything.-Co-
lumbus (O.) State Journal.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02

According to The Hawaiian Gazette.
there are ordinarily from 80 to 40 vari-
cites Of fish in the Honolulu market. A
large percentage of the natives make
their living by fishing.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02
Human Nature.

II can't understand jenkins. When
my salary was raised from Sl5 to $50,
he was the first to pat me on the back
and congratulate me-"
"Well?"
Now that Pm getting $50 he hardly
speaks to me-
"Well, you know jenkins is still get
ting $25."-Philadelphia Press.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02

The lawyer who knows his business
knows the business of a great many
other people.-New Orleans Picayune.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02

There are no microbes on the Swiss
mountains at an altitude of 1000 feet.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02

A man seldom o~verrates himself
when the tax collector zones around
Chicago News.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-02
A sure system,

81 got back at the bookmakers all
right today"
"Wing"
mo; didn't bet"-Philadelphia North
American.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-03-29

The kind that last
a. YEARS. All 3flued
stoves. Porcelain lined
ovens, Large fire boxes
Rods and hampers out
side Of f1ues, won't burn
off. Fire backs guaran-
I'd IS years, 10 per CT
discount Of regular
price now and Copper
Tea kettle Free
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-03-29

JUuge 4 rner-
chant by the goods
he sells. If you
want the best,
which is the safest
in the long run,
buy where they
keep the best line.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-03-29

II you want TO do good
work, you must have
good tools. Your crop de-
Ponds on it.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-20
My Pale Lady.

al Of m o
that place used to see amons the Visitors p @ @
The lady seldom spoke to me- and wen she a was cold
short time after this was adopted by widow whose two sons had mar
adopted
shb long Mrs heard her
be anything between these two and the
the stsi waiting for walk with adopted NM @ % ]
of the tall lady she going to pretend that she had never seen
HE daughter ThoneyeofT the
My daughter said adopted mother and said more
tender spanking she ped me because she
tits alwayswa s,"said1 is
a But beautiful Naturally
the same as a a~sys ~a Yu NAV run out and D Made
you do
you" said she smiinsIy and led me on
We turned and stopped before TALL dark stone house, with curtains
today My
you hiring adopted eer he m n her lap she said
S %s ; d. $ ; " oa n % s ~
them"
lilies as s
touch my s'ssss
eerten color becoming to n received Gift from an .nou donor and
ss : % @ s It ID @ S 9:
s 's % s e F ssSS s though could
% quite % s ssH as S: the s
she
the
for me,on to the frontc
the "a
% % sd the sSs ; s@ will end
your life at once"
Pf ssf Was a s % an" Kissed ssi .oop y did you
5
Do you loveIn tie Ma aine?' she w Spered
o o
Dearest,
She relax n m
dr she is
a
d owe ant yer, W
10 1
a
l
a ay.-C
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-20

1t was door. On this the snake
knocked with his rattle. Creak, creak.
The door opened, and in the darkness
glowed two large green eyes. Emeral-
da said, "Oh" The eyes belonged to
the sentinel owl, who heard the story
of Filter.
"Come in and take the elevator"
squeaked the bird. "You are fortunate
to call during the wizards Office
hours"
The elevator was big black squirrel.
who spread out his tail that Emeralda
might sit upon it. The RATHER was too
big to ride, so crawled up the tree shaft
as best he could. Firefy electric lights
blinked brightly on the walls. At the
fifteenth story was little house built
among the branches, and here lived the
weirdest, wisest wizard in the world
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-20
Feeding a skeleton.


DR.. McTavish of Edinburgh was
fell that he wanted a lad to assist in
the surgery who must necessarily be
of strong nerves. He received several
applications, and when telling a lad
what the duties were, in order to test
his nerves, he would say, while point
ing to a grinning skeleton standing up
right in q corner:
Part of your work will be to feed
the skeleton there, and while you are
here you may as we'll have q try to do
So"
A few lads would consent to a trial,
and received basin of hot Cruel and a
spoon While they We're pouring the
hot mass into the skull the doctor
would throw his voice so as to make it
appear to proceed from the jaws of the
bony customer. and gurgle out:
"Gr-r-r-Sr-h- That's hot!'
This was too much. and, without ex-
ception, the lads dropped the basin and
bolted. The doctor began to despair
of ever getting a suitable helpmate.
until a small boy came and was given
the basin and spoon. After the first
spoonful the skeleton appeared to say:
"Gr-r-ruh-r-hr! That's hotr
Shoveling in the scalding Cruel as fast
as ever, the boy raped the skull and
impatiently retorted:'
"Well. jist blow ont, We auld bonyw
The doctor sat down on his chair and
fairly roared, but when the laugh was
over he engaged the lad On the spot.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-20

| HE WAS
"Turnr' he was commanding as the
passengers entered the dimly lighted
| room. A bright yellow snake from In
dia turned with his tail the page Of a
huge book which the wizard was read
ing.
Come in" said the wise man In q
faraway voice. "My friends, do you
know what am doing? 1 am reading
| backward the Book Of Happenings. No
one else would think of reading it
backward. Do you know why do sof
So that I can tell what happened the
day before the day before yesterday.
Most wizards like to know what is go
ing to happen. You see, I'm different
What can 1 do for you, Emeralda?'
GLOW do you know my nameY she
asked him.
Because" replied the wizard, drink
ing from a golden bowl, 81 heard the
rattlesnake call you by that name
when you came through the door"
Wonderful" exclaimed the rattle
snake and Emeralda at the same mo-
ment.
"And you have come to see me that
you may learn whether or not it is So"
THAT is true. o wise one" answered
Emeralda. 81 want to know whether
it is so that-oh, deari-that my dear
little husband Filter will never come
back"
Dear child, if he has gone away he
is not where he was. Nor can he be
there until he goes back to where he
was before"
"Oh. how much better feel to know
that" said the little fairy, smiling.
How can you know so muchY'
ooh, you see, it would not do for ev-
cry one to be wise, for If every one
were as wise as every one else, why.
we would all be stupid. But about
Filter. IF you want to find him, look
for him."
yes; thank you, o wise one"
"And after you have found him he
will not be lost
mo, o wise one. How can I thank
you enough for telling me SOP"
Emeralda and the rattler went home
on the back of Reynard the fox, and
they found Filter in just the place the
wizard had told them he was-in the
place where he was not when he dis
appeared.
Now. where do you suppose that
was?
Oh, what q wise. wise wizard!-Vin-
cent Van Mater Beede in New York
Herald