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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-07-03

MALCOM KIRK.
X.
Tale OF Moral Heroism In Overcoming the World.
BY CHARLES NJ SHELDON,
Author Of 1n Strong "Robart
Hardy's Days" "
PUBLISHING CO.
eroism In Overcoming the World.
Illustrations By Herman lllG
Observation-Disclosures
BY CHARLES M. SHELDON.


on a little farther. Then MaIcom
spoke as if again reasoning with him
self:
II certainly could do as much good
that way as any"
He was silent again. They had
reached q place where the road branch
ed off to "'rhe Forks" They turned
and went back toward the town When
they reached the first houses they took
the street which led past the ruins of
the church and parsonage They sesm-
ed to do this without saying to each
other that they would. Their walk
back had been in silence
When they reached the corner where
the church and parsonage had Stood
they stopped and looked at the ruins.
These We're mournful, as such ruins
always are. The foundation line of
the church building looked Htifully
small to Malcolm as he thought of the
little congregations that had so often
met there for worship or the prayer
service. And still he could not even
there, as he viewed what seemed like
failure in life, he could not shut out
of his sight the picture of Dorothy and
himself as they had gone into the
church that first night of their ar
rival in Conrad three years before and
had there made together their solemn
promise to redeem the lost of Conrad.
Were they about to break that prom
Use because difficulties had come into
the struggle? Was it possible that
they We're going to declare themselves
beaten in the attempt to overcome?
Were they about to choose the easy,
comfortable physical life and shun the
agony of the spiritual conflict with
evil forces? Were they about to run
away from duty as towards? Was it
duty to remain in Conrad? How about
his duty to the temperance conflict?
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A Little Mistake.


A very pretty girl, With decided
air of being aware of her charms, stood
in front of the lions cage out at the
zoo last Sunday afternoon. Two young
men were near her, and her elaborate
Inconsistencies of their presence be-
trayed the fact that she knew they
were looking at her.
Pretty, isn't it?" said one young
man in q low voice.
"She's beauty" said the other en-
Enthusiastically. The pretty girls cheeks
turned tritie pinker, but she went on
talking elegantly to the elderly man
with her.
Beautiful head to draw" comment
ed the first young man. Look at the
way she holds it."
I'm, hum" assented the other; "that
shoulders beautiful
The pretty girl turned pinker still
and looked more pronouncedly uncon-
scious than ever.
Look at those muscles' said the
first young man. "Look at the muscles
in that leg. You can fairly count 'em. .
And the pretty girl turned very red
indeed, as it dawned upon her that the
two admiring young men We're discuss
ing the lioness in the cage.-Washing-
ton Post
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We're they about to break that prom,isA
IT he had any real strength that way,
ought he to abandon the cause at this
critical time? But how could Dorothy
live this life of privation? How could
he go on with his meager salary, hui
inflated by being in debt to the trades
people and dependent for his living on
the spasmodic giving of the churches
that Endorsed home missions, to be
sure, but left the Home Missionary Of
ten unpaid or the recipient of boxes
which sometimes We're so clearly in
the nature of charity that no self re-
specting man could take and use the
contents?
All this and more crowded into NAL
CONS mind as he stood there that night
by the ruins of his church and home.
The same thoughts We're also in the
mind of Dorothy, and with it all it
seemed. too as if to both of them came
half suppressed doubt as to the
course Malcolm was on the point of
taking
Don't you feel that we have tried
our best to keep that promise we made
that night in the church?" Dorothy
asked, as She nervously pushed her
foot against one of the stones at the
corner of the foundation.
Malcolm did not answer at first. Then
he said evasively, as il he had been
thinking of something else Pm sure
can do as much with my pen as l can
in church"
Dorothy did not look up or speak for
some time Then she said with rather
eager emphasis:
why not write at once to the editor
and tell him that you will accept his
offer?"
II will. said Malcolm in low tone.
They stood little while longer by
the ruins, and then turned away and
went home. Somewhere in the great
spaces of the infinite to Malcolm and
Dorothy it almost seemed as if a sigh
from an angel of light breathed over
the sleeping town that lay on the black
ened surface of the prairie. What they
felt was the inner uneasineSs of spirit
that the promise they had made three
years before had been. if not broken.
ut least not lived out as it might have
been. In Malcom's heart as he said to
Dorothy. II WILL" there was a distinct
uncertainty of feeling. There was n
lack of spontaneous joy at his action
which he knew well enough meant that
somewhere he had not been true to the
best that was in him.
Nevertheless in the morning he wrote
the letter in answer to the editor, ac-
| ceptlng tne uvs,...;,- 90. - -'- ~.
Continued onEighth Page)
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A Daring LAWYER

One of the cases which attracted
great attention to Jim Ham Lewis Of
Washington for his daring defense was
that of young man named George
W1lllams, who Drained the superin-
tendent of the Port Blakely Lumber
mill with fragment of iron pipe. The
deceased was shown to have been q
tyrannical superior Lewis defended
Williams on the ground that the super
intendent, though man in form, was
beast in character; that it was the
indirect order Of God some man should
kill him; that Williams simply per-
formed duty to society. An acquittal
followed, to the utter CONSERVATION of
the county, the jury going to the ex-
tent of inquiring if there was no way
in which Williams could be indemni-
fed for the two years and a half he
spent in Jail awaiting trial.
Paul Page. son of the eX-mayor of
Milwaukee, while on his way to Alas
ka, killed the proprietor of one of the
principal hotels at Seattle over n dis
pute growing out of poker game
Page had been educated in Paris,
where he had formed the absinth hab-
it. Lewis defense was that Page had
been given Cannabis indica, or what
is known as ''hasheesh." and his vision
had become SO distorted that he was
unable to distinguish between the man
who was robbing him in the game and
the proprietor of the hotel; that having
just cause to kill the player who was
robbing him he killed the proprietor
under mistaken sense of identity.
Page was acquitted. The case was
discussed in the leading medical jour
nails of the world. not one of them
agreeing with Lewis theory, though
he had persuaded the jury to do So
e. D. Cowen in Ainslee's.
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Bur1tnx a spnni.h kine.

Strange and almost weird is the cere-
mOnial which accompanies the burial
Of Spanish kings. The pantheon, or
royal tomb, is at the palace of the
Escurial, situated 5000 feet above the
level of the sea and some distance
from the capital. Only kings, queens
and mothers of kings are buried there,
the collins of the kings lying ON one
side, those of the queens on the other.
After lying in state for several days
In the throneroom in Madrid an enor-
nous procession is formed, accompany
ing the body to the Escurial. A halt
is made on the way, and the corpse
rests there for one night.
In the morning the lord high cham
berlain stands at the side of the coffin
and says in loud tones, rs your males
ty pleased to proceed on your jour
ney?" After short silence the pro-
grand portal of the palace. These
doors are never opened except to ad-
init royal parsonage, dead or alive.
When the casket containing the re-
mains is at last placed in the vault,
the chamberlain unlocks it and, kneel-
ing down. calls With a loud voice:
"Senor! Senior! Senor!"
After a solemn pause he cries again:
His majesty does not reply. Then it
is true, the king is dead"'
He then locks the coffin. gives the
key to the prior and. taking his staff
of office, breaks it in pieces and filings
them at the casket The booming of
the guns and the tolling Of bells an
nounce to the nation that the king has
gone to his final resting place.
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Chicago Live stock.

CHICAGO. July .-Cattle-Receipts 2l,OOO
steady to strong; natives. best on sale to-
iay, four head at 1913; good to prime steers.
s52U95.S0; poor to medium. s4.60tG515: Sc
ected feeders. S8.75(94.75: mixed stockers. slow,
s250G3.75; cows, $290g440; heifers. So. OO(95 IL
Gamers, s2OOG2.7o; bulls, $4,000. 40: calves,
k45Ug6.5O; Texas-fed steers, s4.2O@4.45; Texas
grass steers, s3.75(G425; Texas bulls, s26Og3.35.
Hogs-Receipts, today 3S.O0O tomorrow, a.
co., left over. l,4OO: mostly l0c lower; top,
k52212, good clearances: mixed and butchers
s500g5.22a; good to choice heavy, s5.lOG5. 2221a
rough heavy 81. 95t95.O5 light. $1,000 90 bulk
Of sales, S5.l214i05 l71a. Sheep-Receipts, $4,000
sheep and lambs steady to strong for good to
choice, others slow; good to choice wethers
F4.25(G490; fair to choice mixed. s3.25(14. %
western sheep, s4l0G4.75; Texas sheep, $85Od
i.5o; native lambs. s5.Oog65O; western lambs
IS, 5UG6 80
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HALT IN WHEAT RALLY.
Rains in the Northwest Cause a Slump oil

Rains in the Northwest Cause Slump Of
Over Three Cents.
CHICAGO. July 2-Wheat, bearishly affected
by rains in the northwest, weakness in Liver.
pool and the heavy deliveries on July con.
tracts closed ss4c lower today. Corn closed
5000 and oats l1se down. Provisions closed
steady. Closing prices
WHEAr-Aug.. 77s4c; Sept. 1890.
CoRN-Aug.. 42llsc; Sept, 42lac
OArs-Aug., slsc: Sept, 281492Sssc.
PoRK-July, sl2.55; Sept, sl275.
RIBs-July, 500; Sept, STOP.
LARD-July, 1857; Sept. $685..
Cash quotations: No. 2 red wheat. 8Olsc
No. 2spring wheat, 7s@7slac; No. 2 cash corn,
425sc; No. z cash oats. 23Ac.
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THE KIRON CHRONICLE

9. G. Carlson and wife spenu Friday
at Denison.
Joe and Harry Hanson OF Odebolt
Sundayed at the Hanson home.
The excursion to Lake View last
Sunday carried ffty-seven passengers
from Kiron.
Harry johnson and Lydia Benson
are among the Kiron teachers who are
attending college at Denison
b. A. Lyman and wife OF Carroll ac-
companied by Hattie Barber from
Marion, Indiana, made brief stay IN
Kiron on Friday
Tilda Nordholm retained on the
Friday afternoon passenger from Den
lson and has decided to remain home
through the not summer months.
Mrs. Emma Jarvis ami two children
IRON Des Moines arrived in Kiron on
on Wednesday to visit the families of
j. T. and Gust Ogrens for a few days
Blacksmith p A. Peterson left Sat-
urday evening for Orion, III, to join
his family who are visiting there and to
spend several days with relatives and
friends.
On Saturday last L. E. Lawrence and
family departed for their new home at
Omaha where Mr.. Lawrence will con-
tinue in his line of business. We re-
greet very much the removal of this
estimable family from our town.
DR.. F. a. Burrows went to Hawkeye,
Iowa, Thursday evening to visit rela-
tives and friends for few days te-
gether with his wife who has spent
several weeks there. They are ex-
pected home this week.
O. E. johnson returned home on
Friday from a few days visit at CouL-
Gil Bluffs. His two nleces who are at
tending school for the deaf and dumb
in that city, accompanied MIN home to
visit their parents in Ida county for
some time
JOS, Russell and Lilly Engberg and
Annie johnson went to Wall Lake on
Thursday to meet Miss Lena Engberg
who came home from Chicago to spend
her vacation from her school duties
Her large circle OF friends are g.ad to
have her with them.
Many friends were surprised to read
in Fridays Review of the marriage OF
two OF Kiron's Young people, j. Nell
son and Elizabeth Carlson, the cere-
mony taking place at DeEison. This
couple has u host of friends who all
join in wishing them the best OF mar
ried life. Who is next?
From the Sac Sun of last week we
copy the following item announcing
the marriage of former Kiron boy
who has large circle OF friends here
who will be surprised to learn OF his
marriage: MIR VIM. Ogren and Miss
Mary Bettin of Clinton township, Sac
county, were united in marriage this
morning June IS, 1900, at the Office of
the officiating magistrate, Justice W.
jackson Mr.. Ogren is an Industrious
young farmer residing on his father
daughter of August BetJin, we'll to.
do farmer residing near, ard will make
good Wife;
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
June %.

Charles Bullock and wife TO Mrs j B
Coburn, lot blk Is Dow City. wd....S y co
Owen Haley ana wife to w Hamer,
VIZ sw sec s. Nishnabotny township,
wd ...,..... 300 GO
CL Voss and wife to Mrs j B Cohurn,
lot blk Is. Dow City, wd....... -. p 80
The Denison Normal School Assn TO
Dan Thomas lots and 10. blk 3, Nor
school add. wd Observation-Disclosures. 100 90
Vim Devine and wife to Dan Seaman,
n1s Sc, sec "a, West Side twp, wd.... 1900 90
j p Conner and wife toJas Saul, lots s.
9-l0. blk 5, N S Add. Denison, wd... 275 90
June 80.
Geo sciford to Adolf Meyer, 1866 NV
sec 2. Charter Oak twp, wd............ 6a6 90
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Kansas City Live Stock.

KANSAS CRY July 2.-Cattle-Receipts. s.
500; steady to 1oc higher: native steers, s4.759
5.35; stockers and feeders S3.75(G4.75: butch
ers' cows and heiters. $3.0O(G490: Gamers.
$s.5og30O; fed westerns, s4.00QG490; Texans.
50. lO(D475. Hogs-Receipts, 1880; slow at aO
l0c lower heavy, s5.O5(G5l0; mixed, 50. O0(G5 10;
light, $4.S5G5lO; pigs, $4,55(g4.75. Sheep-Re-
ceipts $500; few choice lunches We're ready
sale, strong prices; plain grassers slow to
easier; lambs So. O0(95.6O: muttons S4.0O(g4 25
Texans, s39og4.0O; feeders, ss.l5(gS75; culls,
So 5OtaH "a
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south Oman. 1.,v. Stock.

SouTH OMAHA July 3 Cattle Receipts,
1900; steady for good, slow and weak on com
mon: native beef steers, $4.50tD540; cows and
heiters, $S.6O(g4.75; Gamers, s2.OO(g3 80 stock
ers and feeders. $3.5OG470; calves. So. 00g7 90
bulls, stays. etc. s325tG4.50. Hogs-Receipts.
$500; 7l2Gl0c lower; heavy, s4.9O(94.95: mixed.
81 9O(g4. light $4S5g49 pigs, 81 5Og4 80
bulk of sales. S490@4.95 Sheep-Recepts, e.
800; about steady; yearlings, s425G5.00; weth-
s4OOG7.Vo.
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appropriate.

1--WE bought bulldog" said Parsnifr
to his friend Lessnp, land l want a
motto to put over his kennel. Can you
think of something's
why not use a dentists notice
Teeth inserted here?'" suggested Les
sun
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-11-08

of stay-at-home Britons. the other
components of our native army are
none the less deserving of our ad-
miration. Most of them, like the Af-
ridi and Sikhs in the northwest and
the Gurkhas in the northeast, were
originally our enemies, and it is the
mutual respect born of many hard
tussle that has led to the excellent
relations subsisting between these
forces and Tommy Atkins. The
Gourkhas were the first race in India
to check the victorious advance of the
British arms. 1t was in 1914 that we
first made their acquaintance and
learnt what manner of people we
had to deal with. During the attack
on Kalanga in that year, the garri-
son, which consisted of 600 Gourkhas,
repeatedly repulsed the assaults of
an entire British division, killing Gen.
Gillespie, and putting 81 other officers
and $50 men out of action. When q
two days bombardment ultimately
led them to abandon the post, the
survivors, 90 in number, cut their way
CNa SAcoPS, ANU RoOu
their escape, after having retarded
whole division for a month. Dur
ing the same siege a Gourkha came
out through the fire of our batteries
waving his hand. The fire was
stopped, and then it transpired that
he had had his lower jaw shattered,
and had come out to have it dressed
by his enemy. His wound was at
once attended to, and as soon as it
was dressed and bound up, he prompt
ly asked-and, needless to say, OBJ
tained-permission to return to his
own people, and fight against us again.
In tire cases of both classes of hill
tribes, both the Gourkhas and the
latest addition to our native army,
the Afridi fighting is natural in
stinct. They fight as the Brtisher
takes part in field sports-it is as
much part of their very being, and
is undertaken in just the same happy
go-lucky, daredevil spirit.
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BOUGHT HER OWN RING.
Young Womnn Got an Engagement
Circlet Tint Certainly Ought
To Have Suited Her.

1t occasionally happens that the
ring girl receives as an engagement
token is far from suitable to her ideas
of what such thing should be. One
young woman. however, will have no
one to blame but herself if the ring
she wears is not satisfactory, for she
bought it herself. Her fiance lived in
small southern town. where there
Is not the wide variety of diamond
rings from which to select that one
finds in city: therefore, it was de-
cided that when the young woman
came north she should choose her
own ring.
And she did. She brought with her
n goodly sum of money-her fiance's
money, of course-and when she
reached Chicago she repaired in haste
to one of the big shops and with
much care selected a solitaire that
suited her. says the Chicago Chron-
icle.
None of the clerks guessed, Of
course, that the girl with the flushed
cheeks was buying the circlet that
was to seal her engagement, but
she was and she paid for it in a busi-
ness-like way, secured receipt and
left the shop smiling, and probably
better satisfied with the bit of iewelry
than she would have been if her af.
fianced had bought it himself.
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A CURIOUS MINERAL.
Considerable Attention Attracted 70
Moldavite Among GeoloEists of
Austria and DOhemia

Acurious mineral called moldavite, or
bouteillenstein,h has attracted consider
able attention among the geologists
in Austria and Bohemia. The mineral
is in CLASSY ovals from an inch to an
inch and half long, and is character
lied by various markings, which look
somewhat like finger impressions,
while others form network of fur
rows, which seem in part a rough
radial arrangement.
They have been regarde,. by some
authors as relics of prehistoric glass
manufacture, but this view does not
appear to have been sustained, accord
ing to the Scientific American. DR..
Suess, the Austrian geologist, finds
resembiances between them and me-
teorites, and the general disposition
of students seems to be to regard
them as of Xtra-terrestrial origin.
Resemblances have been pointed out
between them and the obsidian vol
canic bombs found in Australia. In
Bohemia the moldavites occur in
sandy deposits, which are assigned to
the late tertiary or early diluvial Pc
riod.
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THE ENGLISH VOLUNTEERS.
Fighting value of the Cittxen-soIdicr
Proved by the war waged
in South Africa.

A recent number of Cassells Maya
| zine contains an illustrated article
in series upon "Tbe National De-
fense," dealing specially with the vol
unteers. The author says: Anxious
TO CLEAN few interesting facts about
the volunteer force from someone
whose statements and opinions were
those of an expert, | hicd me to the
house of friend of mine who had for
years been in command of one of the
most famous of volunteer regiments.
He was, as / expected, only too pleased
to talk upon his pet subject, for the
improving of the volunteer force has
been the study of his lifetime. "You
see," he began, in answer TO a prelim-
mary query of mine relative to the
fighting value of the citizen soldier,
"the Transvaal war has answered your
first question The city imperial vol
unteers have given splenuid account
OF themselves. They represent, un-
doubtedly, the pick of our fighting
material which remained over from
the regular army. Scarcely man
amongst them had smelt powder:
pippdply very 1eW nau Deen out OF
England before in their lives. And
yet war breaks out 5000 miles away
and you find men tumbhng over each
other in their eagerness to get to the
front! That shows the national love
of soldering You could never OBJ
tain such results oy conscription.
There is not another nation in the
world in which you can find a quarter
of million private citizens following
the military profession in their leis-
ure hours for the sheer love of the
thing Judging by past results, and
taking into consideration the increase
in the population during the past few
years, ! should say that fully 100000
men would come forward if there were
any real danger of invasion and the
country called for volunteers"
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back at His stnrtinu pain,

The crooked streets of Boston are
always source of wonder to visitors.
\ Cincinnati man, who was guest It
the fremont house, made up his mind
to go out to see the Hub" AS he had
three hours at his disposal, he wan
dered around leisurely but aimless.y
until he was tired with his long walk.
lie calculated that he must have COW
cred nearly ten miles, when he stepped
up to policeman on the corner, and
asked to be directed to the fremont
house, "Well, sir" said the policeman.
courteous.y, you might cut across the
street to the front door, but if | were
you, I'd walk over on the crossing"
lie was exactly opposite the hotel.
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THE BENGAL LANCERS.
All England Is Proud of the bravery
Displayed by Them ON the
March to Peking.

The magnificent performance of the
Bengal lancers, on the march of the
Allied forces TO Peking, once more
draws attention to the splendid SOL
diers of which England's Indian
forces are composed. Ever since Lady
Butler painted her famous picture,
Tent-pegging, the Bengal lancers have
appealed to the mind of the British
public as one of the finest regiments
of cavalry in the world. There is lit
tie doubt that for perfect discipline
and for supreme courage they have
few equals in the world
But, says London Black and White,
although less known to the majority
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-11-08
Money Left by Tourists.

Chief among the assets OF Italian ho-
tel-keepers, merchants and railroads
is the money left with them annually
by tourists. They will aggregate about
$75,000,000, and the individuals named
have just taken steps to cultivate the
travelling foreigner with the view of
encouraging him to spend still more.
y congress has been held in Rome un-
der the leadership of Sig, Di Ferrari,
"A former member of the cabinet, who
in his address to the delegates said:
1--WE propose to organize all the forces
of Italy which relate to the cultivation
of this industry"
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Not Up TO H,s Promise.

"John," she said, sorrowfully, "you
promised me when I said | would be
your wife that you would embrace re-
ligion for my sake-that you would be
pillar of the church"
WELL" he asked, haven't l been
going regularly?"
YES" she sighed, "but I couldn't
help thinking as | watched you Sun
day while the preacher was deliver
'ng his sermon that instead of being
pillar in the church you would have
been more comfortable if you could
have had pillow in it," - Chicago
Tlmes-Herald