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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-09-21

quite understand, my dear, she
said. 1T wouldn't be wedding without
the bride. I'm very, very sorry for you,
but you mustn't fret. 1t can't be helped
now, and you must send wire directly
we get to York
''This seemed to raise the girls spirits,
and she began to laugh, little hyster-
ically perhaps at first. Then she thanked
me very prettily for doing nothing and
begged me to smoke and declared she
really didn't mind the smell at all, but
rather liked it. When the train rushed
through Peterborough, she laughed more
merrily still, and was so charming and
unaffected that long before we reached
York we We're chatting together like old
friends. We found out then that we had
mutual acquaintance, that our respec-
tive homes We're situated but few miles
from each other and many other inter-
esting facts.
"When the train drew up, proposed
to assist her in finding out the telegraph
Office. and thither, therefore, we went.
II don't think I'll send wire, after
ALL she said hesitatingly as we found
the place.
why not?' 1 said in some surprise.
sBecause-because / think I'll go
straight home
"'But think of the anxiety of the poor
chap I said feelingly. Why, he may
be thinking all kinds Of dreadful things
have happened to you
"She stood irresolute for a moment;
then she picked up form and wrote,
and, for the life of me, could not resist
looking over All that she said was:
"I have changed my mind.-Phyllis.'
"'Of all the cool check, that is the cool
estv I thought.
"But stepped back and pretended to
be much interested in the company's time
table,
CHOW, we must find out the next train
back l said, as she turned again to mo,
,'and then we will have some tea. You
must want some badly
"'B But your train-you will surely lose
it, she murmured.
"'York is my destination said un-
truthfully.
'After that / found out there was no
train for an hour, and we took our way
to the tearoom, where my pretty compan-
ion made me her willing and sympathetic
confident. She was unhappy, very nm
happy, at home, and in an ill guarded
moment had agreed to runaway match
without the knowledge of her parents.
Now she was thankful, very thankful.
that she had been prevented. It seemed
like fate. That was the summary of
her remarks.
"There, now, you fellows" broke off
the narrator abruptly. II needn't tell
you much more; only that we exchanged
cards, agreed to see one another. in Lon
don and that we parted very cheerfully
at York"
"And did you fulfill those promises?"
said one of the listeners with interest.
"Oh. yes. We have seen some little of
each other since then"
"And her name?'
"Will soon be Julian" said the young
man promptly. Penny Pictorial Maya
zine.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-09-21
SHE CHANGED
HER MIND.
/. :

You fellows don't believe in Fate. I
didn't once. l was converted"
Tell us about it.
1T was one lovely day in the July of
last year, and was starting jubilantly
off for months holiday at Scarborough.
knowing my luxurious habits as you do,
my friends, you will not be surprised to
hear that when reached Kings Cross l
selected corner seat of a first class
smoker and provided myself with plenty
of cigars and magazines. To complete
my anticipation of a pleasant journey,
just as had settled myself comfortably
and the guard gave his whistle the door
opened and pretty, excited young lady
came busting in. She seemed very re-
lieyed at having caught the train and sat
down in state of breathless and smiling
exhaustion.
II looked over at her from my corner;
so did loudly dressed, bounderish look
ing young man from his, for she was an
extremely pretty girl. with brown, curly
hair, small features and the daintiest lit
tie figure in the world. frowned at the
loudly dressed young man, and he frown-
ed at me, and just then the girl looked up
and caught my glance of admiration.
She stiffened, and then her eyes fell upon
my cigar, which had left smoldering in
my hand, and look of severe displeas-
ure came into her face.
Are you aware, sir she said austere-
~, that this is not smoking carriage?'
Isn't it?' l answered, looking up at
the window. Why, goodness me, they
must have forgotten to take the label
down.
OILY vi al NV cyIor nd o%
the sight of the partially obliterated let
tiers, half concealed by the blind, her face
crimsoned with modification, and, biting
her lip, she took up paper hurriedly to
hide her confusion.
my DEAR said kindly matron on her
right. 1t doesn't matter much; little
smoke won't hurt us, will it?'
No; l must change at the next sta
ton she returned sweetly.
Excuse me- broke in, but this is
an express train
"'Do you mean to say it doesn't stop
at Peterborough
cit doesn't stop at ALL said, until
we get to York
"Im SO sorry murmured, turning
to the girl. Can 1 assist you in any
know, we can communicate with the
guard
"SOh, no-that is, mean don't think
it would be considered So she stammer-
ed, her face suddenly suffused with
bushes. You see, was going to a we'd
ding
The elderly matron smiled. had all
l could do to repress my amusement,
while the loudly dressed young man in
the corner snickered audibly.
oh, we'll, shouldn't let that worry
me, If were you,' said soothingly. It's
very disappointing, but they will be able
to fix 1t up all right without you
The bushes deepened, and the girl
hung her head.
I'm afraid they-I mean r.
"She broke off in confusion, and the
old lady bent toward her
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-09-21
Bird Law. Are Effective.

From many parts Of New England
this summer comes the news that the
song birds seem to be more in evidence
than they have been for many years.
says the Boston Advertiser. An old
Rangely guide said recently that it was
hardly within his recollection of the
past 20 years that the birds had been
so abundant or of so many species as
they may be seen this year. In the
want of any other reason to account
for the welcome change, it seems fair
to assume that the New England laws
for the protection Of insectivorous
birds are beginning to have some eff
feet.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-09-21
TESTING A BARBARIAN. |"

y S
by what is proper for the financial
status of the Changs or Wangs or
Wahs, as the case may be. The indi-
vidual is nothing, the family is every
thing.
A characteristic Of the peculiar Chi
nee" which has found wide field for
display the past few weeks is his mys-
teriousness. The Chinaman lodges
fact and weaves a labyrinth of fiction
over everything. OF the race it may be
said without exception, ''None so blind
as those who won't see" Feeling, an
ger, pride, all are repressed. They
cover up disagreeable truths and dis
guise real sentiments. Things are
never what they seem in China. A
tragic death is announced to the world
with a laugh, but the laughing lips
soon turn to mourning in the privacy Of
the family circle.
Self repression is the law of the Chi
naman's make up but there is limit.
He will laugh at an intended word of
insult, but be ready to fight If ar one
accidentally treads upon his toes. So
dense and impenetrable Is his mask OF
stolidity and Indifference that only an
accident will reveal to the nearest as
sociates the really high minded, sensi-
tive and passionate man beneath. So
when his patience is worn out and his
sense of prcpriety Jared out of poise
he will burst with uncomfortable anger
and take refuge in violence
The cry Of China for TN Chinese
means as much on the moralsas on the
material side. The Chinese know them
selves as no outsider can ever know
them and have got on very well togeth-
er for about 5000 years. Their teacher
when he comes will appear in gown
and pigtail, bearing the star of Confu-
cius. GEORGE L. KILMEn.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-09-21

OMEpeople talk
about civilizing
China as though
1t were q land Of
primitive barba-.
rians, groyeling
in conscious ig-
noranceand mis-.
cry and praying
for a savior to
lead it out Of
darkness into
the light. The
answer to this
by wise men
who have spo-
ken their views
upon the far
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-09-21
Kaiser. Aid to Escape Chinese Tor

The story is printed in London, ac-
cording to the New York World, that
the kaiser followed his "no quarter
speech by presenting to every German
soldier bound for China a ring in
which was a tiny vial containing viru-
lent poison, his soldiers being thus
furnished with the means of escaping
Chinese fortunes.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-09-21
Salmon.

Salmon, when in perfection, is one of
the most delicious and nutritive of fish,
The oil is distributed through the flesh
and for this reason it proves rather hard
Of digestion for some people. The rich
ness. however, can always be corrected
BY the use Of an acid OF pi2uant sauce.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-09-21

theaters nor outings to break what
seems to outsiders an intolerable mo-
notony Of life. The occasion Of village
festivals brings q little change when
strolling players perform for day or
two on stage set up on the common.
Dancing the Chinese look upon as
hard work, besides being immoral
when the sexes mingle. Boys and
girls and young men and young wo-
men are vigorously kept apart even
among the laboring classes.
In the Chinese decalogue etiquette
stands ahead of morality. While there
are strictly speaking no fixed glasses,
custom draws line which must be OBJ
served. There are equals, superiors
and interiors. The gradations are set
tied by age, learning and achievement.
In certain respects a plowboy and
equals, and the plowboy in his working
garb may call upon the mandarin in his
Office or mansion. But the plowboy
knows just where this familiarity must
end. Equals may not call one another
by their given names, and this law
holds good with close relatives. The
form of address for members Of the
family group or more distant relatives
Is Venerable brother" anu venerable
So-and-sO."
Superiors are expected to use the
given name in addressing interiors,
hence the wrong use Of the given name
is an offensive assumption of superior
ity. Foreigners must learn by bitter
experience sometimes that the seeming
trifies of Chinese etiquette are as bind
ing as the laws of the Modes and Per
slams. The etiquette surrounding the
social cup of tea may be for an exam
pie. q
A foreigner once called upon an Off
cial in Picking to obtain concession
and was duly anxious to ''put his best
foot forward" as the saying is. In
stead he put his foot in it." The re-
ception by the official was most cor
dial, and all went well until servant
brought in cup Of tea, which the
Chinaman took in both hands and with
the usual ceremony raised to his fore
head, then presented to the visitor.
The host sat down, and the servant
placed before him second cup of tea.
Ignorant of the etiquette of the occa-
sion, the stranger swallowed the con-
tents of the cup that had been given
him without waiting for the proper
signal to do So. The blunder ended
the conference, for the foreigner had
given unmistakable proof, according
to Chinese etiquette, that he was a
barbarian" He should have receive
ed the cup from his host standing and
should not have tasted it until his host
set the example, a ceremony which
comes at tie end of conference and
is signal for the stranger to take his
leave.
| The variations in habits, manners,
clothing and food Of the Chinese are
determined by ones position in life.
Custom rules every thing; it is the law
| of the land, and as the individual re-
mains In the same circle all his days
there is no such thing as a false or as
| sumed position. The four great divi-
sions of society, the farmers, scholars,
mechanics and merchants, have their
separate rules of etiquette and styles
of dress, made arbitrary by custom.
Expenditures are regulated not by
what the individual can afford, but
| >G| -!g-!EAM
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-09-21
The New king a smau Mark.

The new king of Italy is small
man, who has to climb upon a chair
to get upon horses back. But this
does not prove, says the Boston TRAY
eler, that he will not make an excellent
king. Napoleon was no giant In fig
ure.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-09-21
PECULIAR "CHINEE. =
WHY THE cELEsTIALs DEFY MODERN
IDEAS AND CHANGE.
Young Chlnamen Are Bound BY
Laws of Custom-Etiquette Stands
Before Mornls-The Mass Tee Busy
to Suffer From Discontent.

Copyright, 1900. by g. L Kilmer.l
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20
The Duty of Abstalner.

Those who have not helped the
temperance cause forward have hin
dered it, Those who have taken alco-
holic liquors have assisted in perpetu-
ating the traffic. They are doing SO
this very day. Nothing but personal
total abstinence can free any one from
responsibility for the consequences of
the use and sale of drink.
We press this home The drink GUS
toms result in the ruin of a consider
able proportion of our fellow-citizens.
These drinking customs are continued
by all those who observe them. There
fore those who observe them contrib
ute to the ruin of many of their fellows
citizens. We see no escape from this
conclusion. But is personal abstinence
enough? We regret to know that
while many of our fellow-abstainers
set a good example Of abstinence they
still encourage some of the drink Gus
toms and usages. and so their hands
are not clear in this matter. They have
liquors of various kinds in their house.
These they have bought, and SO the
trade has been supported and encour-
aged. They offer them to their friends
and SO their friends are tempted, and
the alcoholic chain receives another
rivet. These friends are encouraged to
believe that, after all. it did not so
much matter that they drink; it is
not of such great Importance to alb
stain, and only their friends little fad.
Is it not time that ere we begin a new
century men and women who see
enough the value and Importance of
total abstinence to induce them to alb
stain themselves, should free them
selves from all the completely in this
matter The difficulty may seem for
midable-but the position is cas-
lily turned where there is a will.
The frank declaration that ones con-
science will no longer permit one to
encourage the drinking customs and
support the liquor traffic in any way
whatever will always secure the re-
spect of those whose respect is worth
having Temperance Review
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20

Go0d-Natured Reformer.
II WAS faretellin' the weather. you
bet,
I'd behave in way the most curious
yet.
I'd tear up my maps and I'd turn in
and break
All the instruments used when them
weather sharps make
observations. I'd just predict sun
shine and showers.
And winds with caresses for languor-
Gus flowers.
OF course there'd be storms with our
patience would test;
But I'd simply be cheerful and hope
for the best.
If was the almanac man I wonld try
To change the account of the years as
they fly;
Increasin' the sum of our holiday joys
An reducing the hours which stern
Duty employs.
I'd celebrate Christmas bout -four
times year.
An two Sundays week on the books
would appear.
l s'pose that there'd soon be the dick
ems to pay,
But I'd change things heap If they
give me the way.
Washington Star.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20
TUILERIEs PALACE.
Only Small Portions of tn" AncienS
Buildings Remain.

Only Small Portions of the Ancient
Buildings Remain.
The fine old palace of the Tuileries
in Paris has been terribly destroyed
and injured; there remain now only
the north and south wings which con-
meet it with the corresponding wings
of the new Louvre and the larger part
of even these remains has been re-
built. The main building of the Tuil-
cries which fronted the gardens and
stretched across from the Rue de Ri
wolf, almost to the Pont Royal, was, in
1871, ruthlessly burned by the COM
munists, before the troops could pre-
vent it's destruction. Formerly the
ground on which this palace stood was
covered by tuileries (tile kilns), hence
its name. In 1864 Queen Catherine de
Medicis began to build this palace, and
succeeding French kings finished it.,
but they did not live there much till
after the outbreak of the revolution;
they seem to have preferred the Lou
vre and later on Versailles. 1t will
be remembered that Louis XVI, aMrie
Antoinette and the royal family were
compelled to return here from YER
sailles and were escorted by the people
to the gates of the palace. After their
attempt to escape and their recapture
! at Vincennes. they remained at the
| Tuilleries till they were taken to the
prison of the Temple After the res
toration it was used as the royal and
imperial residence until the Franco
German war of 1870. The Pavilion de
Flore was used by Marie Antoinette Tor
evening receptions; 1t is in the south
wings. which has been restored since
the FIRE OF 1871, and is now occupied by
the colonial minister and his staff
Right away westward to the Place de
la Concorde, once the bloodstained
Place de la Revolution, stretch the airy
Tuileries gardens. The larger portion
of these gardens was planned more
than 200 years ago, in the time Of
Louis Quatorze Some OF the orange
trees, which are put out in their tubs
in summer time, and form most re-
markable avenue along these gardens
are said to be nearly 400 years old
! These Tuileries gardens are especially
used as a resort for children and theil
nurses, and here may be seen many
amusing and characteristic scenes o
Partisan life.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20
Thoughts on Temperance.

Great men should drink with har-
ness on their ts.-Shakespeare.
Drinking water neither makes man
sick, nor in debt, nor his wife widow.
John Neal.
Every inordinate cup is unblessed,
and the ingredient is the devil
Shakespeare.
Above all, let the poor hang up the
amulet of temperance in their homes.
Horace Mann.
1 consider the temperance cause the
foundation of all social and political
reforms.-Cobden.
l dare not drink for my own sake. 1
ought not to drink for my neighbours
sake.-T. L. Cuyler.
He who would keep himself to him
self should initiate the dumb animals.
and drink water.-Bulwer.
Temperance is corporal piety; it is
the preservation of divine order in the
body.-Theodore Parker.
If you wish to keep the mind clear
and the body healthy. abstain from all
fermented liquors. Sydney Smith.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20

call one Sabbath morning tramp half
way across Chickamauga battlefield, in
which / passed group after group OF
soldiers out under the trees gambling,
gambling, gambling; so excited by the
game that no attention was paid to
the approach of a stranger. In almost
every company street, at any hour OF
the day when the men were not on
duty, it was possible to see men play
ing cards-sometimes for a stake.
sometimes for nothing. The secret OF
a notable carousal which | witnessed
one day on the train between Chatta-
nooga and Ctickamauga, was in the
fact that young lieutenant had just
won a great sum of money in gamb-
ling, and was, therefore, able to lay
in a big supply of liquor, which he
dispensed freely. 1t is feared that not
few soldiers. especially volunteers.
return to civil life with the grip of the
gambling spirit upon them.-Willis T..
Ellis.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20

GIRL PRISONERS UNDER GUARD
money. The citizen who refuses TO
work must go without He may even
be arrested for vagrancy aad placed in
the prison. where he will lie compelled
TO work. United States money IS Of
no value there. A dollar IN the r :
public currency represents no mt ia
sic value.
An active police force insures obsdi-
enee to the laws. All transg ressors
are promptly arrested and brought he 3.
fore the court, which sits in tie school,
house on Saturday morning The
Judge. bright little fellow OF fifteen.
presldes with dignity and shows a
surprising knowledge of legal tech
nicalities.
A glance at the prisons Is enough to
convince one that the life of a Grim
inal in the George Junior Republic is
not over pleasant. Culprits are dressed
in striped ticking and confined in
small wooden pens in the state house.
They are placed in charge of boy keep
ers, who are responsible for them and
without whom they never leave the
prison They are fed on bread and
water and compelled to work at dig
ging bitches or cracking stone. There
{ are over seventy-five boys in the Re.
public and onlv about one-third as
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20
ELEPHANT TRAGEDY.
Big Mammal Makes Short Work sf His
Tormentors.

Tormentors.
Last Sunday afternoon, while a con-
cert was being held at the Crystal Pal
ace, an elephant belonging to a circus
witch had been performing there
broke from It's fastenings and Filled
It's keeper 1t then brushed through
various partitions of wood and glass,
and appeared in the main building,
where great number of persons were
listening to the music. 1t did not at
tempt to hurt any Of tho crowd though
it broke off with its trunk the upllfted
arm OF a statue, probably under tbs
idea that this represented man about
to strike. After some time 1t allowed
itself to be secured by another ele-
plant. 1t was then decided to kill the
animal, and after dose OF poison had
failed, a London gunmaker was sent
for as executioner, and shot the animal
dead. On the following Wednesday an
inquest was held on the body OF the
man. The evidence in favor OF the
elephant could not have been more
clearly put. Mr.. Sanger, its owner
admitted that the animal had once be-
fore killed a former keeper; and he
gave the facts which led to the death
of the second. The first man had been
discharged by Mr.. Sanger fifteen
months previously for gross brutality
to the animals. He came back and
asked to be employed again. This was
granted, and he was taken on, not as
a keeper, but as a laborer. The very
first time ne went into the stable the
elephant, though it was quite dark at
the time, instantly recognized the mans
voice, and at once crushed him 10
death against the stall. The creature
had acted only in a panic of horror al
the temperance Of tormentor was
SO well established at the previous In
quest that It was retained in the men
agerie. 1t was exceptionally docile
and was taken through towns and vii
lagos all over England. Why, then
did he kill the second keeper? Be
cause this man, after his Sunday din
ner, declared that he would pay out
the elephant for striking him with hi!
trunk. He actually took a lace, one
of those taken from the Arabs In TIT
/ Soudan. CHOSE who have seen TIT
4 trophies taken from the Mahdis fol
lowers will realize what horrible
weapon 1t was.) Followed by anothel
keeper, also armed with lance, hi
prQceeded to prod. e., pierce thu
elephant savagely. And hi
vas the elephants revenge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20
school Maps h Mlndanao.

While comparatively new maps of
Singapore, Hongkong. Tokyo and
other oriental cities, showing in detail
the streets and public works, are hung
upon the walls, the youthful scholar in
Mindanao, Philippine Islands, has to
depend upon large map of the west
ern hemisphere for his information as
to the United States. While in many
respects the maps are excellent, they
utterly fail to convey the slightest in
telligence respecting the country whose
people are now so closely related to
them. No state lines are shown on the
maps at all, and the following cities
comprise ali of the points given: Bos-
ton, New York, Washington, Charles
ton, Montgomery, (Ala.), New Or
leans, Jackson (Miss.), and San Fran
cisco.
OF the whole sisterhood of states but
two are resented-Florida and
Michigan Chicago does not appear OF
record, nor do Philadelphia, Baltimore
Cincinnati, or any of the larger towns
have place. In the face OF this fact II
is peculiar that Jackson and Mont
gomery should be shown. George
Thomson Fry in Chicago Record.