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The evening times., 1900-02-09
NEW POSTAG STAMPS.
A Different Design r -srr.e. -sr
% Tho T.r,ar nRc.s

A Different Design r -ar..e. -ar T.H..1-
of the Larger Offices.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-The postal authori-
ties have decided to issue stamps with a
separate and distinct mark for each Of the
larger Offices Of the country. Postmaster
Van Cott says that merchants in large
cities frequently place large orders for
stamps with postmasters in the small Of
fees, who are paid according 10 their
stamp salSs.
The postal authorities are seeking To
break up this custom. II wIiI- Re seen that
a postmaster who is paid according 20 his
sales could sell stamps IN large quantities
at a discount and credit the Government
with full rate and vet make a profit
The evening times., 1900-02-09
OPPOSING oLNEY's BOOM.
The Free silver Democrats of In
diana Want an Early Convention.

The Free silver Democrats of In
diana Want an Early Convention.
INDIANAPOLIS feb. 9.-The free silver
Democrats have started a determined
contest for az early convention in order
to head Off the movement in this State
for Richard Olney. II is said Mr.. Bryan
has been communicated with by wire and
1aVors May as the date for the State
convention. The delegates to the National
convention are always selected at the
Ineetins OF the state Convention. and Mr.
Bryan's friends believe that the earlier
the convention the less likely there is to
be sentiment against their chief.
Free silver men express the belief that
Ar. Bryan is the only man who stands
any chance of the nomination. He is said
to want early conventions In all States
where free silver will be endorsed.
The evening times., 1900-02-09
ENTERTAINED IN BROOKLYN.
ADMIRAL and Mrs Dewey Dined by
the Union League.

NEW YORK, Feb admiral and Mrs
Dawev paid their second visit to Brooklyn
last night and we're the guests Of honor at
a reception and dinner given them oy tne
Union League Club. At the dinner l5c
guests we're present, including many naval
officers. A Spanish gold medal, made by
Tiffany. was presented to the Admiral as
a souvenir of his visit to the club.
Among those invited was Mrs. Charles v
Gridlev the widow of Commander Grid
lev of the Olympia. who went through the
fght with Dewey. When the Admiral
caught sight Of his old comrades wife he
rushed forward and shook her warmly by
the hand while those nearest him saw MS
eyes quickly suffused.
The evening times., 1900-02-09
An Aged Man Under Arrest.

NEW YORK, Feb. s.-wnliam H. stiles.
seventy years old, formerly OF Mamaro-
neck, is on his way to this city from South
Bend, Ind. in the custody Of Detective Nc
Naught. He was arrested in South Bend
last Tuesday on the charge OF having Mis-
appropriated and used on his own account
more than $3S 600 from the estate OF samuel
Halstead, merchant OF Brooklyn.
The evening times., 1900-02-09

ApriI 1900. II they could. many would not
renounee their American citizenship. Ihey
prefer TO safeguard their property inter
ests by the protection of the American
flag in case real independence IS TO follow.
As Americans it seems as thoueh lney
would not have the right 10 vote Set Il
,bey 40 not have this right Cuba's gov
erument will feel their loss
The evening times., 1900-02-09

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Of stomach weakness and indigestion. The cure
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safe Sold By b. r. Whiteside, 1921 Penn. Ave,
and Edward Stevens. Penn. Ave. and Ninth St,
druggists.
The evening times., 1900-02-09
washinEton-TOIedo sleeper via d.
4 o.

Quick service 20 Michigan points daily on 1905
a m train arriving Toledo 6;S5 P. m, without
change, seme day. making clc9e connections TO
all points in Michigan.
The evening times., 1900-02-09

Ministers Lawyers. Teachers, aud others whose
occupation gives but little exercise, should use
Carier's Little Liver Pils for torpid liver and
biliousness. One is dose. Try them
The evening times., 1900-02-09
THE AFRICAN GANNIBALS
The Experience of Missionary in
the Dark Continent

A Tribe Of WnrIfke Giants WI" I[iII
for SuperstitIous ReasOns-They
preme Being. But Cannot Under
stand the Character Of the saviour.
The evening times., 1900-02-09

Youths Oyercoats fine quality covert; all popular
shades: nicely lined silk collars; "a 50
sizes Is TO 10 so value reduced
The evening times., 1900-02-09

NN MEMS TROUSERS-incuding fin
y nfT striped wOrstedS which fasf
2 OEI Old prices are plainly marked.
The evening times., 1900-02-09

81 pp CHILD'S SUITS-every suit in the h
OF 5s% oa"e 'as sos2 s":i :i.e': ';s novelties to tn
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-08-24
London Bakers. 1910.

In 1910 we find the following Bow
bakeresses accused of selling halfpen-
ny loaves deficient in weight: Sara
Foting, Christina Terrice, Godiyeya
Foting, Matilda de Bolingtone, Chris
tina Pnchet. Isabella Sporting, Alice
Pegges, Johanna de Countebrigge and
Isabella Pouveste. One wonders why
the husbands were not summoned. In
a similar case in 1916, when Agnes
Foting's bread was seized, it was lad
judged that her bread should be for
feited and given to the prisoners in
Neugate because her husband did not
come to avow (own) the bread" Are
we to assume that in the absence of the
husbands the bread was merely for
feited without the infliction of a. fine?
An indication of the Importance of
the breadmaking business is also found
in an enactment of the reign of Henry
III to the effect that every cart of
Bremble, BROMLEY by Bow or Steven
hethe (Stepney) that comes into, the
city with bread shall pay each day 1
halfpenny. '-Gentleman's Magazine.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-08-24
On Reading Aloud.

1t Is 9 distinct loss that reading Is 40
badly taught and that SO few people
know anything about the magic of the
poets in their use of sound. We read
almost excessively with the eye. al
though poetry is primarily intended
for the ear. Shakespeare wrote almost
exclusively for the ear, and we remain
unmoved by the wonderful vibration
of his great passages until we hear
them.
Poetry ought always to be heard first
and read afterward. If the best OF
Browning is sympathetically and intel
ligently interpreted by the voice, the
much discussed obscurity is not in evil
dence. Many people find, for instance,
little difficulty in getting the clear
and full significance of "The Portrait
Of the Last Duchess when they read
it for the first time, but it fastens itself
instantly on the imagination If it is
well read
A good dealgof time now devoted to
commentaries and text study might
profitably be given to reading the text
aloud without note or comment. A
work of art slowly discloses its full
meaning, and familiarity with it is the
first condition of comprehension
Hamilton Mabie In Harper's Bazaar.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-08-24
Birds and cold. Coins.

A French physician lately had an op-
portunity to observe pointe de Paris
which had been lying for several days
in the stomach of child and found
that the gastric juice had acted upon
the smallest particles of the article.
bunting the blade and point and Civ
ing the medal brown color. In this
manner might be explained the process
used in italy to produce old coins and
medals Large birds are made to swal-
low roughly stamped coins with the
image of Tiberius or Caligula. After
awhile the animals give off again the
coins, upon which meanwhile an APP
preciable layer Of patina has formed.
This result is apparently due to the ac-
ton Of the gastric juices.-Jeweler's
Circular Weekly.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-08-24
Knew she was Ugly.

The Duchess Of Orleans, mother Of
the regent who governed France dur
Ing the monarchy of Louis XIV, was
notorious for her ugliness. She wrote:
"From early youth knew how ugly
was and hated to have people look
sharply at me. never cared for dress,
as knew that diamonds and orna-
ments would only attract attention to
me. Once Countess Scissors asked me
why | never turned to look at a mirror
IN passing, as every other woman did.
told her l could not endure the sight
of my own face.
las girl must have been very
ugly. had little, blinking eyes, pug
nose and big mouth with thick lips.
MY face was broad and fat and my
figure short and stumpy. Nobody would
have tolerated me except for my good
disposition.
II don't suppose that there was in
the whole world another pair Of hands
as ugly as mine. The king often told
me so, and laughed, for I was resoly-
ed always to laugh at my hideousness.
l must confess that had to laugh very
often.
What surprised me most was that
any one could fall in love with me.
was VIGOROUSLY the ugliest woman at
court, yet was married at 10.
Il often asked my husband IL the
sight of me were not repulsive and
what he had seen in me that induced
him to fall in love with me. never
got satisfactory answer, but think
that must have had some other at
fractions which outweighed my ugli-
ness"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-08-24

two, and any one would readily believe
that they are from the same original.
Yet one was child of poverty, Lillian
Vale, and the other an heiress to mill
lions, Perdita Maria Van Cortlandt."
''And you mean that Perdita Van
Cortlandt is my chiid?" gasped the
colonel sWhy-why, man, the Van
Cortlandts are my intimate friends!
Gabriel Van Cortlandt served in the
same regiment with me in the army,
and l was at his side when he died
may as well have the whole story now,
I'LL loved Gabriers wife before he
married her. never told her, because
was not rich enough to WOO her. So
Gabriel found me no obstacle to his
suit and l remained friends with both,
preferring to keep my secret. The
years passed, but the pain in my heart
would not die. went into the army
hoping to forget the past, yet within
two months chance brought Gabriel
and myself together, and we remained
comrades throughout the war. And
now learn that by strange decree
of fate one of my deserted children
was given into the care of the woman
for love of whom have remained a
bachelor, while the other, with her own
baby, has drifted into the care of the
society which my conscience has fore
ed me to aid to the extent of my means
What strange world! What a strange
world! What strange world!'
He looked off into space for a mo-
ment or two, his wine glass poised half
way to his lips. Then he drank the
contents to the last drop, and, turning
to face Mr.. Mitchell. he inquired:
"Have you the two photographs?
would like to see them"
Mr.. Mitchell drew out an envelope,
from which he took two cabinet pho
tographs, which he handed to the
colonel, remarking:
Examine them closely, and you will
see that the resemblance is SO great
that no one could escape noting, it,
Marvellous, marvelousw exclaimed
the colonel. But there Is something
do not understand. In the first place.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-08-24
His Musical Sense.

"What Is your favorite opera p asked
the foreign gentleman.
Mr.. Cumrox was about to answer
"The Mikado," when he observed that
the eyes Of his wife and daughter were
upon him. Then he assumed an air of
nonchalance and answered.:
"Oh, don't care particular about the
names of cigars or the titles of operas.
like to change around. just tell 'em
to give me % cent cigar when l feel
like smoking, and when want music
/ enjoy any old S. seat OPERA
Washington Star.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-08-24
The Next Best Thing.

II trust" said the new member Of
the school committee, that you do not
hold out to your pupils the misleading
hope that each of them may be the
president?"
mo, indeed" replied the dominic.
"but do not think that / err on the
side of improbability when I teach
them that each has a good chance OF
being presidential possibility. Har-
per's Bazaar.
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The C|i|le|O The Ce|nu| !
CHAPTER XVIII.

AN APPEAL TO THE HEART.
They had scarcely left the maternity
hospital when the colonel evinced his
impatience to know more of his other
daughter.
Mitchell" he exclaimed, sin heavens
name, do not keep me in suspense!
You evidently know who and where
my other child is. Tell me all at
once"
ut is most extraordinary, colonel"
said Mr.. Mitchell, "and most painful.
The simple fact is that the father Of
that abandoned baby, the lover of your
younger daughter. is contemplating an
elopement with your elder child"
Impossible! You cannot mean it!
God would not permit such an out
rage-to abandon my little Lillian and
her child and to marry her sister! 1t
would be too horrible!"
"Ah! But the man does not know
of the relationship. Who would guess
that such a link connects the Fifth
avenue palace with the slum tene-
ment:: And yet" he added, musing,
sit seemed so very obvious that won
der how it could have escaped the
mans notice.
"What was so obvious? Mitchell, you
knew or suspected the truth before we,
visited this institution. Our visit
merely confirmed your expectations.
Tell me how you made the discovery"
"Come into this cafe, colonel, and
will give you ten minutes, which is all
the time that dare to waste. We
can talk in here comparatively und:s-
turbed.'
They went into the cafe, taking seats
at a table in a secluded corner, and
after ordering some wine Mr.. Mitchell
proceeded:
"My story is most singular, yet it
shows that we should be very careful
in criticising work of fiction. How
often do we read tale and thrust it
aside with the exclamation: Bah!
Improbablev Yet within "a hours our
newspapers may report similar series
of events in actual life. The remarka-
BILE similitude Of two sisters or broth
crs has been common theme with
novelists, who usually endeavor to
make the likeness seem more probable
by telling us that the children were
twins. Yet see what 1 have found in
real life. During my investigation Of
this affair l found photograph which
Immediately attracted my attention.
partly because of the extreme beauty
of the. face, but more especially be-
cause it seemed so familiar to me, this
despite the fact that was sure that
I had never seen the original, Lillian
Vale"
'Ah! Then it was her picture which
you showed to the matron?"
mo, colonel. Hear me out car
ried the picture in my pocket and look
ed at it from time to time, becoming
more and more convinced that some
where had seen the face before. At
length ]. remembered. There was in
my own home another photograph, the
likeness Of a young woman who had
taken a great fancy to my little daugh-
ter at school, from which circumstance
had sprung up slight acquaintance
between our families. 1 compared the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-08-24
EARLY and Late.

Plodder (a+ 6 a. m.)-Hello, Rounder!
What are you doing up SO early?
Rounder Hello, old Eel! What are
you doing out sho late?-Philadelphia
Record.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-07
RHEUMATIsM CATARRH ARE nr. oon
 DISEASES-.FREEf

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-07
NATURAL TRAP.
Death Gulch Captures or Asphyxiates
 Many Wild Animals.


 Death gu,ch is a small and gloomy ravine in tka northeast corner of the Yellowstone national park, says Ap- pleton's Monthly "In this reg4on the lavas which fill the ancient basin of the park rest upon the Hanks of noun tains formed of fragmentary volcanic ejeeta, while the hydrothermal forces of the central portion of the park show but feeble manifestation of their energy in the almost extinct hot spring areas of Soda Butte, Lamar river Cache creek and Miller creek" Although hot water no longer flows from these vents, gaseous emanations are now given off in considerable yol- ume." "On Cache creek, about two miles above it's confluence withsLamar river are deposits of altered and erys- talline trayertine, with pools in the creek violently effervescing locally This is due to the eopieus emission of gas. Above these deposits the creek cuts into a bank of sulphur and gravel cemented by this material, and few yards beyond Is the debouehure of a small lateral gully coming down from the mountain side. In it's bottom is a small stream of clear and cold water, sour with sulphurie acid, and flowing down narrow and steep channel cut in beds of dark gray volcanic tIff. As- cending this gulch the sides, closing together, become very steep slopes of white, deeomposing rock. -. The only springs now flowing are small oozes of water issuing from the base of these slopes or from the channel bed, forming a thick, creamy, white deposit about the vents and covering the stream bed. This deposit consists largely of sulphate of arumina. . About 150 feet above the main stream these oozing springs of acid water cease, but the channel of the gulch remains the same. The odor of sul- phur now becomes stronger, though producing no other effect than slight irritation of the lungs. Climbing through this trough, frightfully weird and dismal place, and occupied by only tiny streamlet and an ap- palling odor, we at length discovered some brown furry masses lying seat-  tered about the floor of the rayine about quarter of mile from the point where we left Cache creek. Ap- preaching cautiously, it became quick ly evident that we had before LIS large group of huge, reeumbent bears. The one nearest to us was lying with his nose between his paws, facing us, and so exactly like a huge dog asleep that it did not seem possible that it was the sleep of death To make sure. I threw pebble at the animal, strik- ing him on the flank. The distended skin resounded like drum head, and the only response was beleh of poi sonous gas that almost overwhelmed us.Z Closer examination showed that the animal was young silver tip grizzly (Ursus horribilis). A few drops of dark red blood stained his nostrils and the ground beneath. There proved to be five other careasses, all bears, in various stages of decay; careful search revealed oval areas of hair and bones that represented two other bears, mak- ing total of eight eareasses in all.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-07
Peculiar Crime.

Escroquerie is a crime which has no distinct counterpart in any country but France. An English lady was re- gently sentenced to twelve months inn prisonment for ordering a costume that she was not able to pay for, and an English governess was sentenced to six weeks imprisonment for taking a cab without being able to pay the fare. The French are eminently practical people, and see no great difference be- tween running off with an article and getting it without paying for it. It often happens that the English fall un- der the law with regard to escroQuerie
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-07
Hen and Terrier.

A. ". Giehm of Sioux City, Iowa, re-
 gently purchased a sitting of eggs and placed them under an old hen in his hen-house. In the same hen-house lives a terrier A few days ago the animal gave birth to eight white pup pies. and they were placed in a box in the corner. To the astonishment of the owner, his hen left her thirteen eggs and placed herself in full charge of the puppies. She has been cuddling the tiny pups under her wings and will allow no one to take them away with out great fight. The mother of the pups is on friendly relations with the hen, it would seem, for she lies on the floor and seems to have no objection to the foster mother. In the meantime the expensive sitting of eggs spoiled.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-07
RUSSIA ABREAST OF THE TIMES
Frauds in the Construction of the sl-
 berian Railway

berian Railway.
 It is not known that those in charge of the construction of the Siberian railway were ever under the tutelage of the members of the American Credit Mobilier, but, judging by reports that come from that region. they would have been apt pupils. They certainly have trick or two that would put their American compatriots to the blush. It appears that the different works have been executed in a man. her that shows very little conscience. Everything, or nearly everything, will authorities can think of throwing open this gigantic line to regular working In very many places the road gives way on the passage of a train little heavier than usual or travelling at a speed of more than twenty miles an hour, and accidents more or less grave are continually happening. More than usual courage is demanded of any one undertaking journey on this rail- way. This construction a Ia Russo has already swallowed up hundreds of mill lions of rubles, or, to speak more truthfully, the constructors and not the construction have absorbed the millions. People are beginning to ask how it will finish. There is still more. Several Siberian journals, which are, moreover, closely controlled by the local censors, publish the following statements: "For several months the naEEy contractors have not been paid h cash despite the terms of their contracts. The engineers in charge, who represent the government, de- clared that they had no more money and the contractors must be satisfied with bonds, which the Siberian and Chinese banks have for some time discounted at 815 per cent. Frequently these bonds were not paid on falling due, and in consequence the banks re- fuse to act any longer as intermedia- ries between the government engineers and the contractors. It was only when one of these engineers, Prince A, who had made fortune, undertook to be personally responsible to the banks that they resumed the functions of discount brokers. But the princes guaranty is somewhat costly, seeing that he claims a little fee of 15 per cent. The contractors are furious, but they find themselves helpless. owing to the clause inserted in all the con tracts to the effect that disputes be- sween the engineers and the contract DTS of the line have to be settled in St. Petersburg. To lodge a complaint 6,00o miles from the spot where the circumstances have occurred is at least ineonvenient and would entail years delay. The position of the unfortu- nate navvies themselves Gan be imag ined from the treatment of the con- tractors. Their wages are paid very Irregularly and always with dedue- tions. Badly fed and badly lodged, 1t is not surprising if they give only half a heart to the work. ;"