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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-05-26

The white house has some aged sarv-
ants. One Of the doorkeepers in the
executive mansion was appoin ted to his
place by Lincoln. He has been reap
pointed by every president, and he is
there to-day, bent in form, but alert
OF mentality. and willing 10 tell all
about the good old days. Jerry" the
aged colored porter in the white house,
has been there since the days of Lin
coin. Jerry is a spiritualist, and he
tells visitors, with profound solemnity,
that he converses daily, or rather night
ly, with the spirits of Lincoln, Grant
and Garfield. ''Dey has toe cum back
hyar, chile" says Jerry, "toe fin out
how tDgs done gwan, an | tells um,
chile, deed l does" Another old en-
ploye of the white house is Simmons,
the colored messenger to Secretary
Porter. Grant appointed him, and he
remained at his post until the days of
President Harrison. Harrison did not
like Simmons, so he had him trans
ferred to the treasury building. where
Simmons was obliged TO bend his dig
nifty and haul 1oII around in the base
ment. When Cleveland came back for
his second term he missed Simmons,
and gave him back his old place. They
can't fire me now," says Simmons.
These var big men want me var. and
var Use gwan stay. How you 'spect
de gemmen o de press get long with
out me? How they get long, dat's what
l want know? Oh, de gemmen o de
press is great gemmen."
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-05-26
BRIGGS H0UgK
Carson City, Nevada
GILBERT BRIGGS, PROPRlI-)

This old established hotel, knvwn from Maine to Ore
gon and from Georgia the Gulf has recently inaugur
ated system of electricity throughout the entire build
ing whereby every is lighted by ncandescent lights
At the present time this is the only hotel in Carson that is
lighted exclusively by electricity Frst-class through
out Best 81 day house the Coast Free bus to and
the trains Meals 25 cents lodging IS and SO
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-03
The Bullet ana the Mark.

General Lawton," said an officer
who served with that fearless COM
mander, "once said to me that the
right bullet would always find it's
mark no matter how small the latter
might be, and then he related an Incl
dent which occurred during the civil
war. In one of the engagements of
his commando can't remember now
whether or not he mentioned the place
"a piece of shell hit the ground near
where a soldier was standing and
scared him so badly that he jumped
straight up in the air like rabbit. AS
he did so MIME ball knocked off the
crown Of his head.
""That was the one particular bullet
intended to kill him. said General
Lawton, and he actually had to jump
after it,
"He spoke in light, offhand fash
ion, but there was an undertone Of
seriousness in his voice, and inferred
from the story that he was. like most
veteran soldiers, pronounced fatal
ist."-Collier's Weekly.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-03
MISUNDERSTANDING RUN.
A. r. Peacock's Trip From Los Angeles to
Chicago Costs Him $4,000.


Chicago Costs Him $4,000.
CHICAGO, March 3O.-From Los An
geles to Chicago, distance of 1895
miles, in So hours and 80 minutes. This
is the record hung up by the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe last night when
the Peacock special" pulled into the
Chicago depot at 1890 o'clock. Trains
have been run faster for short distances,
but never before has a train been
brought from the western coast to this
city in time approaching that made by
the special. All records for the run
were beaten by nearly eight hours.
An hour after the arrival of the train,
A. R. Peacock, vice president of tue
Carnegie Steel company. boarded a
Pennsylvania train II hours earlier
than he expected.
The trip from the coast here cost Mr..
Peacock $4,000. For the entire distance,
an average speed of $50 miles was
maintained. On several long stages Of
the run the speed approached a mile a
minute and was maintai ned for dis
tances that are remarkable in view of
the difficulties overcome. The train
was made up Of engine. Pullman
car and a combination coach and bag
gage car
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-03
DAVIS STAYS in JAIL.
Goebel Suspect Unable to Secure Bonds
men-Coombs Under Arrest.

Goebel Suspect Unable to Secure Bonds
men-Coombs Under Arrest.
FRANKFORT, March 30.-The scene of
action in hunting down the persons sus-
pected of completely in the assassina-
ton Of Goebel, has shifted to other
points in the state, temporarily, at
least. All Of the detectives and others
who have been working on the case
have gone, leaving affairs here to be
watched after by the local officers. The
arrest of ''Tallow'' Dick Coombs, the
negro, at Beattyville, on an old capias
from the Clark circuit court, it is UNDER
stood, may be followed later with a
warrant charging him with completely
i'll the Goebel murder The arrest on
the old capias was for the purpose of
preventing him from getting away in
case he is wanted
After another day of fruitless search
for bondsmen, Captain John Davis,
charged with completely in the murder
OF Governor Goebel, is still behind the
bars in the county jail
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-03
WlLEs OF THE FOX.
Some Clever Tricks by Which Rey-
nard Bafiles His Pursuers.

a fox is entitled to all that is said
for it's wisdom and sagacity. Not long
ago the Washington hunt of Valley
Forge started young fox in the North
valley hills, and the hounds were run
ming it across the open field when the
hunters We're surprised to see much
larger fox come from the woods and
run diagonally across the track Of the
young fox ahead of the hounds, and
when they struck the stronger track
of the bigger fox they took it up, young
Reynard thereby being saved from be-
ing run down and killed by the hounds
Old hunters say they have frequently
witnessed this trick when young foxes
were being closely pressed and In dan
ger of being run down and killed by
the hounds. Another and an even
sharper trick was played by an old fox
some weeks ago while being holly
chased by hounds. The fox had run
some 20 miles, and while crossing an
open stretch of country was in danger
Of being run down and killed. In a
field through which the fox was rum
AAA6 Will luc uOuuuS C1OSc W It's Heels
was the cellar of an old house, with a
portion of the walls still standing. The
fox made straight for the old cellar,
leaped into it and made it's escape
through a narrow opening in the walls.
The hounds, supposing the fox was
trapped, dashed into the cellar pell-
nell, only to find Reynard gone and
themselves in trap, as the hole in the
wall through which the fox had es-
capped was too small to permit them to
get through.
When the hunters rode up, they
found the pack in a trap, with one of
the hounds wedged fast in the hole
through which the fox had made its
escape. BY the time the hounds were
got out Of the cellar the fox was safe
in its hole.-PhiladelpRia Times.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-03

deed in which Flag Hero Jasper of the
Revolutionary army won Immortality.
Sir Colin Campbell, after clearing the
region round about the beleaguered cit
abel, fought his way inch by inch to
the heart Of the town. When within
half mile from the Kaiser Baugh, a
sepoy stronghold, he wished British
flag hoissed upon a high building to let
the besieged know that the relief col
umn was making steady progress.
Lieutenant Roberts took a, flag, climbed
to the highest roof accessible and I'M
der hail of bullets gave the banner to
the breeze. 1t was almost instantly
shot away, but lie replaced it, and the
signal was answered from the Brit
ish garrison. So much for the boy
soldier Roberts went to Abyssinia IN
1868 and won promotion after promo
ton until the year 1878 found him
commanding an army in Afghanistan
with the rank Of general There in a
period of less than a year he sustained
a terrible siege himself and capped
the climax of glory by raising the siege
of Kandahar.
After the Kabul massacre Roberts
Afghans and compelled to take refuge
in the fortress of Sherpur. The garri
son sustained long siege and literally
wore the Afghans out by their GOODNESS
and valor. Finally, on the last day Of
the year 1879. the troops made sor.
tie and turned the flank of the enemy.
raising the siege Meanwhile another
army. under General Burrows, was
sorely beset near Kandahar. and after
month of skirmishing Roberts set
out for the relief of Burrows column,
which suffered loss of half it's num-
bers at Maiwand July 81. 1880. Rob
erts at once disappeared from the
world with his 10000 troops. and Brit
ain awaited anXiously the tidings Of
his fate, for disasters had accumulat-
ed as in South Africa the first three
months of the Boer war.
| When heard from, the news was that
Roberts had reached kandahar OH Aug.
81 and the next day thrashed the At
CHAN tribes into submission. Since
lHeH ne mas Deeu lAofu NoDerlS Vi MIL
dahar.
The chief points of similarity be-
tween Roberts and his right hand man
in South Africa. General Horatio Her
bert Kitchener, are that both are Irish
men. and both have a habit of succeed
ing in all they undertake. There the
| parallel ends. Kitchener is not Idol
lied, but is feared and respected He
does not lead his men; he drives them.
/, although he works as hard as the hum
blest. Something of a daredevil. he
has always managed to light on his
feet when failure to do so would
! have been calamity. A key to Kitch-
ener's character may be found in an
incident of his young days. He had
| just received commission in the army
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AsOSASAsAos
and, having furlough, visited France
on the eve of the outbreak of the Fran
co-Prussian war in 1870. AT the risk
of losing his commission he volunteer
ed to fight for France, whose cause
was dear to every1Irishman. not to say
to many liberal Englishmen.
While still young. Kitchener was
sent to the Sudan to investigate the sit
uation among the Arabs, who We're re-
ported to be rising in rebellion. Dress
ed as one of them and being master
of their tongue. he played the spy at
Omdurman for two years. Well know
ing that if detected he would be tor
tured to death. Kitchener provided
himself with subtle poison so as to
anticipate his would be eXecutioners.
But he avoided discovery and had no
end of adventures in the Sudan which
prepared him for the great career he
was later to have in that region Of
Africa.
Every war hero must have his story.
and it is said that Kitchener actually
swallowed bullet which gave him an
ugly wound in the face. The bullet dis
appeared and resisted the efforts of the
surgeons to find it. One day the patient
was given a prepared beefsteak, and
after munching some time at it he
gulped down some bulky morsel and ex-
claimed to his attendant. IF there was
no bone in that steak. as you declare.
then have swallowed that bullet"
And so he had.
Kitchener's special military training
has been that of an engineer. and he
relies upon others for tactics. When
he was sent into the Sudanese desert
to cope with the Mahdists he didn't at
tempt to fight the sand. but overcame
it by carrying the railway to the front
1t was said that he flanked the desert
which had proved the bane of former
armies His scouts rode on camels. and
he had 1000 of them abroad in the
sandy plains. So radical were Kitch-
| ener's methods that the government
was half afraid of him and fully in
| tended to relieve him after he had done
| the preliminary work, but he had the
good sense to send the newspaper men
| to the rear. and for weeks London was
| in the dark as to what Kitchener was
doing until he had won success. This
success he clinched in September, 1898
by the slaughter of nearly 10000 der
wishes.
Summed up in a few words, Kitchen
er's exploit was the bridging of the
| desert, and he did this in the spirit OF
all his work, which is to get there
somehow. He handles an army as &
machine. and his army is a machine
Won Moltke is the great modern proto
/ type of the sirdar a man of iron meth
cd and. persistence. So if there is ;
chance to succeed in South Afric;
with military methods England's lord.
now on the spot are the right men !,
the right place. GEORGE L. KILMER.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-03
Harrison's views on Boer Question.

INDIANAPOLIS, March 3O.-A special
from Washington to an afternoon pa
per says that General Harrison has ex.
pressed some pretty blunt views on the
Boer question and has written a friendly
personal letter to Secretary Hay on the
subject. He is accredited with having
said he chopped the Beers would fluid
some place on the green earth where
they would have right to live unmo.
Tested by the British. They have more
than once sacrificed their land and their
homes and moved on TO avoid British
aggression"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-03
Cannibalistic.

Oliver Wendell Holmes enjoyed that
humor best which was of his own pro-
duction. On one occasion he was hold
ing forth at great length on the sub
ject Of cannibalism, and, having
wound himself up to the proper pitch,
he turned suddenly to Thomas Bailey
Aldrich, who was sitting near him,
and asked: "Imagine! What would
you do if you were to meet canni-
bal?"
81 think" Mr.. Aldrich sweetly re-
piled, "that l should stop to pick an
acquaintance with him."
This rejoinder cast such gloom over
DR.. Holmes that during the rest of the
dinner his conversation was limited to
monosyllables.-S Francisco Argo-
naut
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-03
REcoMPENsE.
What is the price of manhood3
What sale docs honor bring?


What sale does honor bring2 III
Does pure, untarnished character
Count naught in lifetime's ringf
Do bauble scions rule us?
Does riot, ruin reign,
The purest soul to trample down.
To crush, destroy, rend twain7
Is there no truth or honor
To cause mankind to stay
The all consuming thirst for lust
That lures them far away?
Does honest labor cheapen>
The mold wherein we're cast?
Is black, corrupt impurity
The flag flung from life's mast9
Forget not One is watching
Our actions day by day,
And riches gained at such cost
He surely will repay;
For though mankind is judging
Appearances, poor art,
The God, the just, the righteous Judge,
Inspects our inmost heart.
Condemn not, then, pray thee,
For thou, thyself, some day
May seek for mercy from thy Judge,
Whose verdict none can sway.
And temper all thy judgments
With love and common sense.
The end well merits all twill bring;
1t serves full recompense.
Edwin NJ. Abbott in Pittsburg Dispatch
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-03
salutins the Deck.

The poop or raised after deck of a
ship over which tioated the national
flag was considered to be always per-
vaded by the presence of the sovereign.
AS the worshiper of whatever rank re-
moves his hat upon entering the church
so from the admiral to the powder
monkey every member of the ships
company as he set foot upon the poop
"saluted the deck" the invisible pres
ence. But since in steamers there is
often no lee side the custom in them
has completely died out.-St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-03
Rush for Cape Nome.

PORTLAND, Or, March 3O.-Fourteen
thousand people have engaged passage
from Pacific coast ports for Cape Nome,
Alaska, on the first fleet of steamers,
which sails about May 1. 1t is stated
that 42 steamers will leave for Nome
from San Francisco, Puget sound ports
and Portland, practically at the same
time. Many of these steamers will make
two trips, and it is estimated that up
wards of 20 900 people will leave Pacific
ports for the new gold fields during the
season.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-03
convincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out of order.

convincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out of order.
What to Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every
wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the
back, kidneys. liver. bladder and every part
Of the urinary passage. 1t corrects inability
to hold water and scalding pain in passing
1t. or bad effects following use Of liquor,
wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity Of being compelled to 60 often
during the day, and to get up many times
during the night. The mild and the extra
ordinary effect Of Swamp-Root is soon
REALIZED. 1t stands the highest for its won
derful cures of the most distressing cases.
lfyou need medicine you should have the
best. Sold by druggists in Soc. and 81. sizes.
You may have sample bottle of this
ssd beak t dh,ss0y ,s1i. ,,,
more about it, both sent b|:s!
absolutely free by mail ;seslse e@e@
address DR.. Kilmer 8. Home of swamp.Roos.
Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing men,
ton reading this generous offer in this paper.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-03
A Tanr.h Joint.

The boarder who was carving the
roast beef at the request of the land
lady laid down the knife and fork and
took a short rest.
"The spirit is willing" he remarked,
''but the flesh is strong"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-03
Books.

Books are sweet, unreproaching COM
panions to the miserable, and if they
cannot bring us to enjoy life they will
at least teach us to endure it.-"yicar
of Wakefield"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-03

RITISH soldiers
have a saying
that South Afri-
ca is the grave
of brilliant mill
tary regulations.
England has no
generals to send
to that field to-
day with bright
er laurels than
CnOSe won III
other lands by
r o b ert s and
Kitchener. Rob-
erts' past sue
cesses have been
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-03

sediment or set
thing indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton of the kid
neys; if it stains
your linen it is
evidence Of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire to
pass 1t or pain in
the back Is also
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-03
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know it.
How TO Find out,

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours; q
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-04-03
INTOXICATING LORDS
THE ENGLISH LEADERS WHO ARE
cRoWDlNG THE BoERs.
Roberts a, Man With n Lucky Star.
Kitchener Works by System. and
His Ideal Army Is n Machine--stril-
Ing Personal Traits.


copyright, 1900 by G. L. Kilrner.l
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-13
spsin's flag In America,

The flag OF Spain fioated over vari-
GUS sections of America from 1892 IN
til 1893, when 1t disappeared from this
continent. 1t was first raised here by
Columbus on Friday, Oct. IL, 1892, on
San Salvador. one OF the Bahama Is
lands, which are now British terri
tory. Spanish possessions on this
continent rapidly Increased. but cir.
cumstances forced her from time to
time to relinquish them. Her flag dis
appeared from Guiana, which finally
fell into the hands of the English,
Dutch and French in 1913. Brazil and
Uruguay went to Portugal in 1884.
jamaica was taken by Great Britain
In 1850. The Bahamas were taken by
Great Britain in 1880. Hayti went to
France, and was called st. Dominique,
In 1875. Chill became Independent in
1917. Florida was ceded to the United
States In 1919. Mexico became inde-
pendent In 1921. Colombia, New Ora
NADIA, Peru, Paraguay, Ecuador and
Bolivia, under the leadership OF ST.
mon Bolivar, threw of the Spanish
yoke In 1894. Argentina attained in
dependence in 1912. Venezuela attain
ed independence in 1si5. Spain agreed
with the United States to give up all
claim to sovereignty over the last Of
her possessions on the western CONT
nent August Q. 1SsS.-New York
Weekly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-13
And heard mis- last faint moan.
Each wiped away the others tears;
Now each must weep alone.

And heard MS last faint moan,
Each wiped away the others tears;
Now each must weep alone.
And who can paint our mutual Joy
When, all our wandering DER.
We both shall clasp our infants three
At home on Burmah's shore?
But higher shall our raptures glow
On yon celestial plain
When loved and parted here below
Meet ne'er to part again"
She folded that manuscript, a re.
lapse OF her disease came on, and sh5
died. DR.. Judson says he put her
away for the resurrection on the is.e of
st. Helena. They had thought to part
for year or two. Now they parted
forever, so far as this world is con-
cerned. And he says he fastened on
board after the funeral with his little
children to start for Burmah. for the
vessel had already lifted her sails. And
he says, II sat down for some time in
my cabin, my little children around
me crying, Mother. mother!' And I
abandoned myself to heartbreaking
grief. But one day the thought came
across me as my faith stretched her
wing that we should meet again In
heaven, and was comforted."
Was 1t. my friends. all delusion?
When he died, did she meet him at the
landing? When she died, did the
scores of souls whom she had brought
to Christ and who had preceded her to
heaven meet her at the landing? T
believe 1t, know 1t. Oh, glorious con-
ISOLATION. that when our poor work on
earth Is done and we cross the river
we shall be met at the landing!
But there Is a thought that comes
over me like an electric shock. Do
belong to the Kings household? Mark
you, the text says, And there went
over the ferryboat to carry over the
kings household" and none but the
kings household. Then | ask. DO
belong to the household? Do your"
II you do not, come today and be
adopted into that household "Oh,"
says some soul here. Il do not know
whether the King wants mel" He
does; he does. Hear the voice from
the throne, 81 will be father to them,
and they shall be my sons and daugn-
ters. saith the Lord Almighty" Him
that cometh unto me-" Christ says, II
will in nowise cast out" Come into
the Kings household. Sit down at
the Kings table. Come In and take
your apparel from the Kings ward
robe. even the wedding garment OF
Christ's Righteousness. Come in and
inherit the Kings wealth. Come In
and cross in the Kings ferryboat.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-13
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
More Valuable to Acquire Than Any
Other Continental Tongue.

Other Continental Tongue.
When every progressive young Ger
man Is doing his utmost to acquire
thorough knowledge of some other Ian
guage than his own 1t seems waste
Of time for the Englishman to learn
German with an idea to making
msney. Instead, he should learn Rus
sian. Russian is not the official Lam
guage, but the actual medium of con-
munication throughout an empire tnat
extends from the Baltic to the Ye,;ow
sea. Years ago on the Moscow ex-
change one might transact business as
rapidly In German as in Russian; now
the native merchants. even those who
know German, require some special
inducement to speak 1t, and in the hur-
ry OF business turn aside impatiently
from any one who addresses them In
any other tongue than that they them
selves habitually use. In the near flu
ture a knowledge of Russian will be
worth more to the mere commercial
than any two continental languages,
for Russia is making gigantic strides
in all industries, says Parsons Week.
ly. AS recent visitor aptly describes
it. Russia is a new America" To
young man who adds to a knowledge
Of Russian practical experience in any
staple industry, Russia offers a prom
Using career. Mere theoretical knowl-
edge Is not enough: this is taught, and
well taught. In the special universi-
ties; St. Petersburg alone turns out
some hundreds of efficient "techno-
logs" every year. Practical work in
any of the textile. engineering. or the
chemical Industries Is not SO readily
obtalnable in Russia. and a capable
Englishman Is sure of an engagement
at wage double or treble that he
would receive at home.