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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-15
WAYS of Cor" Men and
TheirV Victims in CHICAGO

To be sure, the majority of men
would not have fallen a victim to such
a story as the sharper told, but in the
eyes of the honest Wisconsin farmer
it was sufficient evidence that he
owned the building and had the right
to sell when he bossed the elevate,
boys to the extent of telling them
where and when to stop their cars,
when they took him from cellar to roof
garden. He did not know that any
man might have done the same thing,
that the elevator boys were in the
habit of receiving just such orders
from thousands of different people
every day. To him the thing seemed
like a good legitimate business prop
osition, and he bit.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-15
bubbles.

caly children grown, play
ing with hopes as children with bub-
bles; we laugh to see them grow and
glisten in myriad rainbow tints, and
when they float away and break W..
cry.-Boston Traveller.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-15

WIN the nfSt, INT
yet prac ic
every Chicago pa
per that printed
both of them wept
at the thought OF
a Chicago real es-
tate dealer being
taken in by a faro
game, and laughed
at the ease with
which the honest
Wisconsin farmer
w a S caught on
what he consid.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-15

Forms that are so
crude as to arouse
the suspicions of
even an inmate of
any of the states
asylums for the
e e b ! e minded,
and upon which
the g%.reenest of
the green would
scarcely bite-un
less he was a Chi
cago man with a
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-15
FOrcWErncJ.

Pat-.And how is the wife?
Mike-surS and had the doctor last
night.
II di.n't know thot she was so sick
as thot."
NO, and she didn't need him; but iy,
sic bod died, sure and she would. all.
Ways have blamed me!"-Judge,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-15

But a very few
years ago they
were selling gold
bricks upon Chi
cago's streets, and
the conf d e n c e
men with dead
sure things" We're
reaping rewards
of golden d o l.
lars.
In those days
past and gone, as
in these days of
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-15
lust Like IL boy.

The Professor-Yes, a caterpillar is
the most voracious of living things. In
a month it will eat about 600 times it's
own weight.
Deaf Mrs. Ernot-Whose boy did
you say he was?-A True Republic.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-15

OF one who comes
from the country,
where men a e
h o n e S t, to the
city, where men
are not, displays
decidedly p o o 7
taste.
The same Chi
cago papers that
related the tale
of woe of the
Chicago real es-
tate dealer who
Ln1~~a 1r{r~-I~l
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-15

"a train in a Chi
cago depot is a
sign telling him to
beware of conf
dence men and
p~ickpockets He is
warned in big let
tiers rot to permit
anyone to show
him "the boiler
explosion on the
lake 'front.'" or
the "rsllway wreck
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-15

remain.
All sorts of motives will dictate the con-
%tinuance of this practice; but the best one
and probably that which has the most vitali-
ty in it's that of the natural friendliness
and courage of the typical American who has
attained political distinction and position.
When he is in a crowd of Americans he
feels that he is surrounded by his OWN
PEOPLE. He asks himself: "Wllat is there
to be afraid Of? Why should anyone wish to
do me harm? p
From the bottom of his heart comes the
answer:
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-15

Two Sides to Two Stories.
To me there is a pathos connected
with the last story that does not go
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-15
There Are Home Victims.

But there are other forms of part
ing the Chicago man and his money.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-15
Chtcaroan. need warn1nr.

One of the first things that greet
the eye of a stranger when he gets off
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-15

Chicago las outgrown childhood's I
ways and put on the ways of a man.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-15

neI nOtllHS 10 edl IHeoS oS
Ny Friends and will not do them the injustice to suspect that one
of them would lift a finger to injure me"
This answer is honest and hearty and all the tragic proofs that
such logic is not safe, at least so far as the chief executive OF the
country is concerned, do not seem to apply in the case OF the ordl-
nary public man who faces a crowd OF his own countrymen.
There is III doubt that safeguards much more stringent than
those resorted to in the past will hereafter be thrown about the per-
son of the president Of the United States; not to need the awful ex-
ample of the tragedy at Buffalo would be criminal negligence. On
the other hand, however, these protective measures must and VIII be
put in force without the personal knowledge of the president.
There is one thing which every man in public life in this country
fears more than the bullet of the assassin-and that is being suspected
of SHOWING H WHITE FEATHER. So strong is this senti-
ment that the tendency will be to so to the other extreme. There
are few men Of political prominence in America who, If called upon
to incur the danger of being assassinated or the likelihood Of being
thought deficient in personal courage, would not deliberately face
the former peril in order to avoid any possibility Of the latter.
Next to being thought a coward, your genuine American-poll-
tician or not-dreads to be suspected Of snobbishness or anything ap-
preaching this undemocratic tendency. These motives, besides others
less worthy and courageous, make it a certainty that the form Of pub
lie political reception known as THE "OFFICIAL HANDSHAKE"
WILL BE CONTINUED IN SPITE OF THE MENAC OF
THE ANARCHIST AND THE NUMEROUS FANATIC.
It springs from something fundamental in human nature and in
dent and we must not allow the anarchists to interfere with the COM
Wr[NhgLA~-
AN UNsoLvED PRoBLEr1.
He might "a Seen drunk, or justh having a ft,"
@ Said the Copper, So own to a doubt.
I cou1dn't determine h least little bit.
So cudgGed hsb reinst % find OUT"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-15
A Case from the Country.

In the face of this the Chicago
who laughs at the misfortune
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-15
The American Man as an
English Woman Secs Him
BY ELLA HEPWORTH DIXON,
London Journalist.

watched with consuming interest the contro-
4 MSSasNAa versy now going on in the columns Of one of our Lon
4 EsTagA don papers between two women, a London and Amer
q eNSSI lean journalist.
09yaaG The London lady takes many exceptions to the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-15

Tho City Man Needs 4'e
to Be Warned. VI 10 Eeflhit any
one 10 entice
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-17
Fire Alarm for BuiIIinra

A new electric fire alarm is intend
ed to announce the appearance Of
fire to passers-by outside the building
in which it is placed. 1t consists of
metallic case containing a charge
of pyrotechnic compound similar to
Bengal light, and surmounted by a
small igniting fuse. The whole is
made water-tight, and is arranged to
be put in position on cornice or
other prominent part of the build
ing. The fuse is connected through
thermostats with battery, so that a
high temperature in the vicinity of
one of the thermostats closes the cir
cult, explodes the ignitang charge and
lights the w-burning compound,
which gives brilliant light, ind this
attracts the attention Of people in
the neighborhood.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-17
LATEST HEALTH FOOD.
1t Is Compressed Milk. in Which All
Sorts of Lacteal Microbes Are
Squeezed to Death.

Afterpa steurized milk, aerated milk,
sterilized milk, peptonized milk, lac
tated milk and matted milk, there is
now to be added new kind of scien-
tiflc hygienic milk.
1t is compressed milk BY this new
process the microbes that abound in
cows milk are squeezed to death, at
least a part of them are, for there are
100000 germs to every teaspoonful of
raw cows milk.
To investigate the effect of pressure
on bacteria, an apparatus was devised
which is remarkable for having pro-
duced what is probably the greatest
hydrostatic pressure ever reached,
over 100000 pounds per square inch.
The particular object of these ex-
periments was to determine whether
the bacteria in milk might not be
killed by hydrostatic pressure, so that
it would keep longer time without
souring. Moderate pressures were
first tried, but appeared to have no eff
feet. The pressures were then in
creased and notable results were OBJ
tanned.
Milk subjected to pressures of 20 to
100 tons kept from "a to co hours
longer without souring than untreat-
ed milk. The degree to which the
keeping qualities of milk were i'm.
proved appeared to depend as much
on the time for which the pressure was
maintained as upon the actual pres
sure reached.
Pressures of 90 tons per square inch
maintained for an hour delayed the
souring of milk from four to six days
Complete sterilization of the milk
however, was in no case effected, even
at the highest pressures, and the milk
in many cases acquired peculiar tastes
and odors on keeping, indicating that
certain species of bacteria were killed
while Others were not.-Chicago Amer
lean.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-17
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boundaries. If the attention be fixed
on one of these spots in particular it
disappears at once, while the neigh
boring spots persist. This is evident
lydue to the fact that the phenomenon
is produced only in regions of the
retina distant from the yellow spot
(spot of most distinct vision)-regions
where the sight is always little con-
fused. 1t would be interesting to
vary the size of the squares and of
their intervals to see at what moment
the phenomenon would disappear.
Optical illusions are good deal more
than mere amusements. Studied with
care, they can do good deal toward
clearing up the problem of vision
which is still so imperfectly under.
stood"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-17
WORKOUT STEEL RAILS.
Heap, But Are Used for Sidings,
Spurs and Branch Lines.

Several thousand miles of new ana
heavier rails are laid every year on
railroads in the United States, and
these renewals are made much oftener
than the actual requirements of travel
call for them there being steady sub
stitution of heavy for light rails.
Nearly 80 per cent. of the track of
all railways in the United States is
now of steel. A steel rail will usually
wear out first at the ends, owing to
the wheels hammering over the open
Joints. The average life of an iron
rail is six years, of steel rail IL.
A 4O-pound steel rail-40 pounds to
each yard of length-would be taken
up and replaced by one of So pounds;
55-pound rail would be replaced by
one of 20 pounds, and 70-pound rail
would be replaced by one of IS pounds,
perhaps. There is about one such
change at the end of each four years,
or three complete requirements of
rail during the time one would serve
in use.
The custom, general among Ameri-
can railroads, has given rise to the
questions: What becomes of the old
steel rails, or rather those for which
others were substituted? Any rail-
road man can readily give the answer:
They serve, secondhand, the inter-
ests Of the road, being used for sidings
or spurs.
A siding, in railroad phrase, means
line of track on which freight
or accommodation train may be run
while a through train is passing, or on
which train may be sidetracked be.
fore loading or unloading. A spur is
an irregular line of track which con-
meets storehouse, wareroom, fac
tory, mill, or ship landing with the
main line, and the multiplication, of
these spurs has been of undeniable
service to all roads in the development
of their freight business.
The traffic on sidings is small; on
spurs 1t is still less, and the deplaced
steel rails may be in use on them for
many years.-N. Y. Sun.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-17
THE MAN WITH THE ADZE.
lI Kept smooth and Neat by
Specialist.

A constructive, rather than de-
structive, force implied by the name
is "The Man with the Adze," who is
sometimes seen by early corners to
the meat markets, says the New York
Times.
Most persons have doubtless OBJ
served the large blocks upon which
butchers trim their steaks and chops.
The top of the block is usually as
smooth as glass, but the constant
chopping of meat thereon roughens
the surface eventually. The general
idea seems to be that the butcher
keeps his block smooth by merely
saving off the rough section. Such,
however, is not the case. Specialism
has even entered here.
The man who makes business of
smoothing the butchers blocks APP
pears at the meat markets early in
the morning, before the customers ar
rive. He rolls the big block to the
sidewalk, then mounts to the top Of
IL, adze in hand. Bringing it down
swiftly from vertical position above
his head, the blade is made to pass be-
tween his legs, skimming the surface
of the block with great dexterity
At each stroke thin layer of the
rough wood is removed. The opera
ton is continued until the top of the
block has been smoothed sufficiently
to satisfy the butchers requirements.
Some three hours are ordinarily con-
sumed in the operation, and at the end
of that time "The Man with the Adze"
finds himself richer by one dollar.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-17
SOLAR MOTOR IN ACTUAL USE.

ing of 1,4OO gallons of water minute,
which is sufficient to irrigate 500 acres
of trees or 200 acres of alfalfa. BY the
use of the sun motor the item of fuel
is entirely done away with. Steam is
raised on sunshiny days by turning
the mirror frame until the proper
focus is obtained OH the boiler. The
supply of water in the boiler and the
working of the machinery are ar
ranged automatically, so that little
human labor is needed in connection
with its use. The most immediate and
important use of the new motor is ex-
pected to be the furnishing Of sup
ply of water for irrigating the sandy
deserts of the southwest, where the
sun shines brightly for more than 70
per cent. of the days and fuel is almost
impossible to obtain.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-17
MONSTER SOLAR MOTOR.
Engine of nm Irrigation Plant
in California.

The first sun motor to be put to a
practical everyday use is believed to
be that recently installed at Pasadena,
Cal. It's principle is as old as man. Its
application is new. BY means of a
huge construction of mirrors, resem-
bling an inverted umbrella on large
scale, the heat of the suns rays is con-
centrated on long cylindrical boiler,
which without the application of any
other heat furnishes sufficient steam
for the running of ten horsepower
engine. The engine is at work pump
ing water from a well ~ feet deep.
The best record it has made is the lift
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-17
NEW OPTICAL ILLUSlON
Unique Problem Contributed to sci-
ence by NJ. Henri Coupin, a Noted
French Philosopher.

The following new and curious OPP
teal illusion is contributed by NJ, Hem
ri Coupin to La Nature. He says;
"Our illustration represents series
of black squares placed at regular dis
tances apart and separated by white
bands crossing each other regularly
at right angles. At least this is how
the illustration has represented them.
But in reality, in each of the places
where the white bands cross we see a
very plain shadow, or, more exactly,
a sort of penumbra with indefinite
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-17

friends to the middle of the street,
where half a dozen men were lifting q
PROSTATE figure.
"What has happened?" she cried.
"Oh, he thought he'd play the hero
and save that brat. He's got his full
reward for being such fool" said
cynical bystander.
They were bringing the limp figure
straight toward her, and Judith re-
treated little to make away. But what
strange transformation was being
wrought in his appearance? The long
silvery beard had slipped from his face,
leaving it pitifully bare. as
"Ha, disguised" exclaimed one
spectator. "All these beggars are
frauds"
SIS he dead?"
"Oh, quite" 80
"To think how many times l have
given him money!"
"Yes, it is disgusting"
They turned away, but Judith, who
was almost as white as that poor face
on which men gazed CONTEMPORARY,
pressed through the crowd The shock
of it turned her blind and dizzy for n
moment. Then hot, smarting pain
pierced through and through her heart
as she realized that at last she knew
Mr.. Valleau's little.secret. She spread
her handkerchief over his face.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-17
park to take the Broadway car. sb,

park to take the Broadway car. She
was tired of being poor and working
for her living, but as she came in
sight of the lame. decrepit old beggar
who stood on the corner her conscience
smote her for her discomfort. He had
for years, through winter and sum-
mer, sun and storm. The snow pow
dered his shabby old hat, the wind
whistled Jelly through his long white
beard. She knew just how cold he
must be in his thin clothes, and put
her hand in her jacket pocket for
something to give him. She had often
dropped coins into his tin cup. never
waiting to take one of his cheap pen
ellis he had for sale, or to hear his
mumbled thanks.
But just before she reached his side
that time he dashed his cup and pencils
to the ground and darted out into the
street. A party of Hungarian immi-
grants was crossing the street; pic
turesque and dirty, and loaded with
packs of bedding and wearing apparel.
A child had been caught under the
shafting of van.
Judith could not tell afterward how
it all happened, but presently the
shrieking of the women was cilenced
and the child lay sobbing on his
mothers breast. But the poor old beg
gar! Judith's eyes were drawn from
the happy, chattering mother and her
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-17

invite familiarity. A reserve, cold and
fine as hoar frost, marked his manner,
pervaded the very tones of his voice
when he asked for the salt. When Jul
dith thanked him for passing the
bread he turned and looked closely at
her. Had that soft, southern drawl
touched some half-deadened chord in
his memory? He seemed to muse lit
tie while, but made no remark to her,
and when he had finished his dinner,
rose and went away.
For several days they met at dinner,
and Judith's interest in the silent, lone
ly old man deepened. There was some
thing pathetic, even appealing, in the
reserve holding him aloof from the
coarser people around him. From the
landlady she learned that he was only
q table boarder.
"Where does he live?" she inquired.
"That / don't KNOW" replied the
brisk little woman. "Two years ago
he came to me and / saw that he was
a gentleman. am quick now in rec
ognizing the lady or gentleman, so l
asked him no questions. He only takes
his dinners here, and he pays his bills
and makes no complaints; no, never"
OF his occupation or personal history
Judith could find out nothing. She had
no family ties herself, and reasoned
that her interest in the old man sprang
from sympathy. Then she had known
some Valleaus once, when a child, u
bow and his mother, who lived in re-
mote parish. She had played with the
bow during one summer when yellow
fever ragged in New Orleans, and she
had been sent away. Perhaps this old
man might have once known them, too
might, in fact, be relative.
One evening he heard her tell an in
ouisitive neighbor that she came from
the south. His eyes kindled with in
terest and a slight color tinged his
sallow face. ~,
"The south?" he questioned eagerly
"Did understand you to say th,
south?" r.
eyes, q Louisianian." cul
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-17

Near Rio Grande City, Tex, an inn
mense deposit of an unknown gaseous
substance has been discovered Pieces
Of it ignite quickly and give out a
strong fame, which lasts for remark
ably long period. 1t is said by scien-
fists that the substance is either an
unknown mineral or ordinary clay
highly charged with natural gas. In
either case, the value of the deposit
as fuel is immense, as it covers many
thousands Of acres and is of immense
depth.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-17
TWO SCHOOLS.

put my heart to school,
IN the world where men grow wise.
go out" / said, land learn the rule;
Come back when you win the prize"
MY heart came back again.
.And where is the prize?'' I cried.
rhe rule was false, and the prize was
pain.
And the teachers name was Pride"
/ put my heart to school,
IN the woods where wild birds sing,
n the fields where flowers spring,
Where brooks run cool and clear,
And the blue of heaven bends near.
Go out" said, you are only a fool,
But perhaps they can teach you here"
And why do you stay so long,
My heart and where do you roam?
The answer came with laugh and song
Il find this school is home"
Henry Van Dyke. in April Atlantic.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-17

Z II was a typical winter afternoon,
,,owy and cold. Judith DAILY sighed
little disconsolately as she came
own from the office where she was
suployed, and started across City Hall
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-17
Why Glass Holds Wnter.

Utensils of glass will hold water
because the globules of water are too
big to squeeze through the glass, but
glass is as full of holes as sponge,
and air blows right through it, because
the specks or molecules of air are
Gmaller than the holes.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-17
His Growing Family

81 had nine children to support, and
it kept me busy" said Smith to Jones,
az they met; "but one of the girls got
married. Now have"
"Eight? interrupted Jones.
mo, ten-countlng the son-in-law,"
said Smith, with sigh.-Tit-Bits.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-05-17
Mr.. Justin
TaHe0u'S Secret
BY Matt Grim.

IT WAS in the dining-room of
i boarding house on the upper side of
Washington square that Judith DAILY
first met him. She had moved into the
house that day, and, being early at the
dinner table, eyed each newcomer with
a mixture of curiosity and hope, al
ways seeking the ideal friend. No ideal
could be evolved from that common
place multitude, she quickly decided
when the old man entered. He at
tracted her attention instantly, for
snowy hair lay in thick waves upon
his head, and a pair of fine black eyes
looked out from under heavily marked
white brows. He was slight of figure,
and his skin was wrinkled and yellow
as parchment.
He sat down at Judith's left hand,
making fine courteous bow to those
about the table as he did so; then he
drew paper from his pocket and be-
gan reading. 1t was New Orleans
paper, and Judith felt little thrill OF
pleasure. Could he, too, be from Louis
lana? She was tempted to ask him,
for her two years in New York had not
made her so much of cosmopolitan
that she felt Indifferent to even n
chance meeting with some one from
her old home. But she held her peace.
The manner of this stranger did not
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-07-15
Bind Your Own Photos.

For those who wish TO bind
their own photos, KING BROS
are prepared to furnish all the
necessary materials in binding
paper and mat board in any
desired shade.
The binding paper is already
gummed ready for use, which
greatly simplifies the process
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-07-15

cHAS. ID. WALKER.
Designer and Builder OF High Grade
YACHTS, BOATS AND LAUNCHES!
Works, 692 King st.
p o. Box 633. Telephone, Biue 1921.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-07-15
Water.

Water will be supplied at the rate Of
ST. per year for each lot, from our Pacific
Heights Water System. This Is less
than city rates.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-07-15
Location.

They are located on high ground at an
Of from 400 to 500 feet, affording
unsurpassed scenic and marine views.