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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-12-20
Quits.

Maud Kitty, do you know what
awful things people are saying about
you?
Kitty-No, dear, and suppose you
do not know what terrible things peo-
pie are saying about you.
Maud Perhaps, on the whole, it is
well that neither of us should be en-
ightened.-Boston Transcript
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-12-20
COSTLY PLATE.
Some London Companies Have Old
and Interesting Services.


Few people, at least in this country.
possess plate worth such q fabulous
sum as that owned by London's lord
mayor during his term of Office Its
face value has been computed to be
slightly over 100000, though three
times that amount would not buy it
owing to the historical interest attach
ed to many of the articles.
The two solid silver soup tureens
which are employed at the banquet to
distribute 100 gallons of clear turtle to
the guests are valued at $500 apiece
and are said to have been in possession
of the corporal ton for over a century.
Moreover, there are gross of silver
dinner plates worth f1,500, 200 ice
pals valued at nearly f1,00O, 200 en-
tree dishes, the cost Of which $4,000
would not cover; so solid silver meat
dishes worth another f2,O00 and hun
dreds of other articles, such as grape
scissors, salt cellars wine cups, wait
ers' trays, decanter labels, etc, all of
solid gold or silver and valued at over
$4,000.
InlS correction OF plate is constantly
being increased, for every lord mayor
at the expiration of his term of Office
is expected to add an item, the cost of
which must not be lower than 100
guineas
In addition the lord mayors official
regalia is costly in the extreme. The
diamond pendent that hangs about his
neck could not be bought for f1,000.
and his collar cost a quarter of that
sum, while his pearl sword necessitat-
ed the corporation spending $500 when
it was new.
But the other companies in the city
possess plate of even greater value.
The GOldsmiths, for instance, own the
most priceless collection, the worth of
which it is impossible to estimate. 1t
includes Queen Elizabeth's coronation
cup, for which an offer of $4,000 was
refused some time ago. The Fishmon-
gers company boasts of, among other
things, silver chandelier, and esti-
mates of it's value have never fallen
below f3,250.-London Tit-Bits.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-12-20
He Did.

Harold, do you ever think of me
when you are aloneT'
Sweetheart" he said, turning his
dark eyes full upon her, II think Of
you every day Of my life. There isn't
day passes that don't get dun from
Stoneking & Co. for that diamond ring
on your finger Chicago Tribune.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-06-14
How to Shave
Themselves

One idea with a mustard seed of
merit in it will buy wealth for its own
er. Here is one that may as we'll be
tossed out in the street to be scrambled
for by those who can make use of it,
says a western writer. 1t is the found
ing Of a school to teach men how to
shave themselves. This accomplish
ment, like piety, Is much admired In
the abstract. All men, secretly or open
ly, wish that they dared take liberties,
razS- in hand, with their W faces,
but who is to show them how to strop
that sensitive and easily disabled aid
to the toilet without turning under its
edge? And how are we, unskilled, to
come tr%iumphantlE forth from an en-
counter with our steel, without mark
or blemish that requires court plaster
II not absorbent cotton? 1t is pleasing
to sweep boldly over the level plain
from the upper cheekbone to the max
lilo mandibular region, but when we
try to round Cape Horn, look out for
squalls. Then there are men with a
dimple in their chin that would better
have been in some pretty girls cheek.
Even the safety" can exhibit no SUI
p%eriority over its old-fashioned pre-
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-06-14
Especial letter.

kape@al LeLtersl
The old cabildo which has been mem
TONED in connection with the Presi-
dents trip Is a familiar and picturesque
sight to those who have visited New
Orleans. In 1892 the building was
erected by a Spanish nobleman, named
Rexas, who was a colonel OF the pro-
vincial troops In Louisiana and a cav
alier Of the royal and distinguished
order Of Carlos III. His memory Is
even now perpetuated In daily evening
mass in the old st. Louis Cathedral.
adjoining the Cabildo, and built By
him at the same time and given to the
Catholic church Of Louisiana. The
structure figures much in the romances
Of George w. Cable. Charles Dudley
Warner and other noted American
writer's. It faces what is now known
as Jackson Square, where Gen. Andrew
Jackson rode at the head Of his hardy
Tennesseeans and Ke%ntuckians and
Creoles and Lahtte's pirate patriots.
after the victory Of the battle of New
Orleans in 1916, and there received the
laurels Of the c~onqueror.
To this day there stands a remark
able equestrian statue in bronze of the
grizzled old warrior in the center of
the square, which at the time of his
coming and before was known as the
Place d'Armes. II was in this square
also, that the French provinclals inn
plicated in the L~afreniere ,nsurrection
were shot. They had rebelled against
the secret treaty whereby Louisiana
was given to Spain and had sought to
form an empire Of their own. Here.
likewise, in the Place d'Armes were
gibbeted the pirates and smugglers of
the Barataria Bay and other malefac-
tors and breakers Of the law. From
the wide Spanish center window jack
son reviewed his troops after the bat
tie OF New Orleans and it is proposed
that President Mckinley deliver an ad-
dress and review a parade from the
same window during his visit.
As the CsbndO Is Today.
The old Cabildo is today used as the
court Of the Louisiana State ST.
preme Court, and, aside from its rich
interest as the scene Of the celebrated
transfer OF the territory to the United
States in 1903, contains an art gallery
Of famous jurists and justices Of the
state, celebrated both by reason OF the
painters who made them and the men
who posed before the canvas.
In the anne building with the Ca
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-06-14

~ Phases

People who take to cremation seem
b have a fondness for having their
ashes scattered TO the winds. There
was the nrst man who was cremated IN
this country. That is to say, the first
In recent times. Toward the end Of
the eighteenth century a southerner
by the name OF Lawrence left a re-
quest to be cremated. His sons built
a furnace especially, and the first ere.
matlon-notB3m dian-took place on
American soil. But In 1875 Baron Won
Palm vas cremated in DR.. Lemoyne's
private crematory at Washington, Pa,
and his ashes we're scattered upon the
Hudson river. Then there was Ernest
Rosin, who, in 1897, stood on the
Eads bridge over the Mississippi and
poured his fathers ashes into the
stream below. In both cases the dead
men had asked to be thus thrown
adrift. Il is said that Joaquin Miller
has made a similar request. Another
case Of the same kind was that Of
William Petersen Appleby, an officer
in the Mexican and the civil wars.
His body was cremated at Fresh Pond,
in 1898, and the widow took the ashes
to her home In Hampstead. Her hus-
baad had asked her to scatter them
abroad on the arst windy day after
his cremation. She waited until a gale
was blowing, and then, in the presence
OF some Of her husbands friends, held
the ashes out by handfuls and let the
wind whirl them~Rway. At Bromberg,
Germany, in 1897, the ashes OF one
Robert Arons were sold at public auc-
ton for 1915. The purchaser was not
a member OF the dead mans family.
The records stop short there, and one
Is left guessing who wanted the ashes
badly enough to pay $3.75 for them.
It would seem, too, that there must
have been more than one bidder, for
1915 would hardly have been offered
as a starter. The remains OF Abbie
Sage Richardson, the writer, who died
in Italy, were brought to this country
to be cremated. They we're incline
rated at Fresh Pond. Her brother
died from the shock and was cremated
on the following day. Kate Fields
body was also Brought home to be
burned. She died in the Sandwich is
lands and was buried there. It was
a long time before her friends got the
money together to bring the remains
to this country, but 1t was finally done.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-06-14
BATTLE TO
THE DEATH

A fight to the death with a maddened
st. Bernard dog Weighing 200 pounds,
was the experience of DR.. Robert J.
Kingston, of NewbVrg, N. Y. the other
day. In the morniEg while the doctor
was lying in bed, tie dog, which had
been playing with the children down
stairs, was suddenly seized with con-
vulsiona and dashed upstairs to the
phy7'>'An aud tie tittuggle for life
began. DR.. Kingston realized that
the animal was wholly uncomfortable,
and that there was grave danger for
other members of the family If 1t
should escape and get down stairs
again. Under this thought lie lost
sight Of his own peril and devoted
himself to preventing the beast from
so doing. He succeeded in driving the
frenzied animal into the bath room ad-
Joining his apartment and closed the
door. But In the act DR.. Kingston was
forced to lock himself in as well, for
the brute fought hercely every step Of
the way.
Once the door was locked, DR.. Kings
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-06-14

AAA4A @AnEaH
II indications amount to anything,
Porto Rico will have exceedingly large
coffee and sugar crops this year. The
De Ford estate, near Guayamas, prcb-
ably the largest in the island, will
grind its first crop this year, and If this
comes up to the expectations they will
ship 81, 200, 900 worth OF sugar this
spring. A native planter near Guanica
will soon ship $4,000 worth Of sugar,
and other planters have good crops in
view. Alphabetically, Porto Rico has
almost entirely recovered from the eff
fects OF the cyclone of nearly two years
ago.
The fruit outlook is good, but owing
to the time required for maturing
fruits will produce no returns for two
or three years. A year ago there was
hardly an acre of fruit under cultivation
in Porto Rico. Several Floridians
went there and settled and are now
awaiting for their fruit trees to bios
som In fruit production questions Of
transportation must be carefully con-
sidered. and fruit property must be
near q port or on one Of the short rail-
roads. Good fruit land is worth from
81 to $40 an acre, according to location.
The shippers Of New Orleans find in
Porto Rico a good market for rice.
The Californian, which arrived at
Ponce last week from New Orleans,
brought 5000 packages OF rice, which
We're disposed Of very readily. Rice
and Goldfish from Novia Scotia brought
here on schooners is the chief diet Of
the Porto Rican.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-06-14

biido, and. indeed. part OF %. arc fho
remains Of the historic caiiboaa The
heavy damp and vaulted cells 8till re-
main and are stiil used for the incar-
ceration of police magistrate prisoners.
In one OF them there Is today a re-
minder Of former barbarism. It Is the
stocks. Close beside the rear wall OF
M Of the dark cells runs a large and
heavy piece Of hewn oaken timber. II
is cleft In half %iengthwise and contains
three sets OF iron bound holes, in which
were inserted the ankles Of the unfor-
Inmates who came under the displeas-
ure Of the authorities. Prisoners Oft
times sleep there now, but they find Il
a comfortable resting place for their
heads and not a fetter for their feet.
II was upon the 18th Of May, 1903,
that Casa Calvo. being sent from
Havana for the purpose, jointly with
Gov. Salcedo, proclaimed the coming
surrender Of Louisiana and It's con-
templated terms, and they held them
selves in readiness for the hourly ex-
pected arrival Of Gen. Victor. Instead
Of him came a rumor, painful to Laus-
sat, and incredible to the Creoles, who
had so lately received the news Of the
cession to France with the liveliest de-
light, and about the last Of July, 1903,
a vessel from Bordeaux brought the
Official announcement that on the 18th
Of the preceding April Louisiana had
been purchased by tho United States.
The Cesuion OF Louisiana.
On the Both Of October Congress au-
thorized the President to take possess
sion Of the coded territory. On the sOth
OF November, with troops drawn up in
line in the Place d'Armes and with
discharges OF artillery, salcedo, in the
hall Of the Cabildo, delivered to Laus-
sat the keys Of New Orleans, and Casa
Calvo declared the people Of Louisiana
absolved from their allegiance to the
King of Spain. From a Flagstaff in the
square the Spanish colors descended,
the French took their place and the
domination OF Spain in Louisiana was
at an end.
On Monday, the goth OF December.
1903, with similar ceremonies Laussat
turned the province and the keys of its
port over to Commissioners Claiborne
and Wilkinson. The French tri-color,
which had hoated over the Place d.
Armes for only 20 days, gave place to
the Stars and Stripes, and New Orleans
became an American town. The price
paid was S12, O00, 600, together with 49,
$50, 900 for French spoliation claims.
The louisiana Historical Society has
taken the initiative in the matter of
this unique reception to President Nc
Kinley, and the idea was accepted with
enthusiasm by the citizens Of New Or
leans. A banquet win also be rendered
the President, and it is possible that
the Creoles Of the city may give him
a ball at the historic French Opera
House, where all the mystic carnival
balls have heen held.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-06-14

Take a flag about the size Of Europe
and mount it upon a staff the length Of
the circumference OF the earth. Then
generate sufficient electric fluid to IL
illuminate the material, which should
be Of a conductive character. Having
done this, apply the fluid to the mate
rial with the assistance Of all the cleo
trio waves in the solar system. Next
change the laws Of nature in so much
as they prevent the operation Of way
ing 30 gigantic a flag as the signal.
Select a day when the conditions are
favorable, and put the apparatus in
operation. Then, II the Martians are
on the alert, they may possibly observe
the signal and reply to it, say, In a
couple Of centuries. If you do not OBJ
tain a manifestation conclude that the
inhabitants Of Mars are looking anoth-
er way.-From London Punch.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-06-14

Whenever an illiterate caterer opens
a chop house where a man may come
in contact with oiled oak and musty
ale, artificial cobwebs, and Center
street armOrial bearings, he converts
himself into a modern archaist and
calls the den eye Olde Taverne.
Every city where the English language
10 spoken and murdered has it's brood
Of "Ye Olde. T%avernes." Strange to
tell, such places are patronized by the
well informed class. You meet in
them men who read a lot, university
men with and without degrees who
have knocked about the world. and
immensely clever fellows who have
educated themselves outside OF work
hours, And yet. brethren. eVeryone az
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-06-14

Prof. w. J. MCGEE. Of the bureau OF
ethnology in Washington, has received
official permission to exhibit at the
Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo his
studies Of trephining among the early
Peruvians. He will show ancient skulls
trephined by stone implements and In
connection with this some animal
skulls, showing experimental work
done under Prof. McGee's direction,
using the same flint implements which
the a%borigines we're forced TO employ.
It Is doubtful whether the ancient op-
erations were performed for a dis
tinctly surgical purpose or whether the
operation was OF some mystic signih-
canoe. In some cases the freshness OF
the wounds in the bone showed that
the patient did not long survive the op-
Grafton, and In m or two instances II
is plain that the ancient operator must
have cut down upon a large blood yes
sci, causing almost instantaneous
death, but in other cases the operation
was more successful and the patient
must have survived for some years at
least.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-06-14
WAYS m WHICH FEO-
PIE DISPOSE OTs-s-
DEAD.

They were cromatod at San Francisco.
Mrs. whitney. 10 whose efforts the car
rying out Of Mics Fields wishes was
due, brought the ashes from San Fran
cisco 70 Boston in a handbag filled
with flowers. The ashes we're finally
buried at Mt. Auburn, beside the
grave Of Miss Fields mother. Emma
Abbott, the singer, was cremated az
the Washington crematory. An In
teresting item about this case Is tho
costliness Of the gown in which the
body wa burned. It was an imported
gown Of silver and gold brocade, and
the papers Of that date placed its cost
at $4,000. That may have been a trihe
high, but the gown was certainly
worth a great deal. A peculiar case
was that OF ]. 2. Davis and his wife.
Davis was a California millionaire.
The wife died first. She was cremated
and the husband put her ashes IN a
box twice the usual size, because he
intended to have his own mingled
with his wife's when he should die in
his turn. When he did die It was in
Philadelphia, and the undertaker's
first orders were to embalm the body.
He had no sooner embalmed it than
Ne rec6ved orders by telegraph to Gre
Nate it. SO he cremated It. Then he
was instructed to send on the ashes,
but this he declined to do until his
bill for embalming and cremating had
been settled. In the meantime trou-
BILE over the dead mans will had
broken out in California and nobody
was paying bills just then. So a pc
culiar state Of affairs came to pass.
The urn with the wife's ashes-which
ratified %lonesomely around in their
ample receptacle-was produced as ev-
idence in court, while tho husbands
ashes were held in Philadelphia as
security for an undertaker's bill. Apro-
pos of California cremations, there
was that Of Durant, the young MUIR
derer. The crematories in San Fran
cisco were so squeamish that they re-
fused to burn the body, and the father
had to take it to Pasadena. The medi-
cal men Of the state had been keenly
interested in the young mar and were
anxious to have the brain for examina-
ton. The family was determined that
they should not get it. So the father
did not let the coffin out of his sight
until he saw 1t placed in the retort Of
the Pasadena crematory.-New York
Sun.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-06-14

Il Is said that Over one-half Of che
milliOnaires Of the world are Yankees.
In a list Of noted rich men reputed TO
have fortunes exceeding $~25,OOO,OOO,
respectively, there are fOrty-fOur
Americans, twenty-fOur BritOns, nine
Austrians, four Germans, four French
men, three Russians, three South Afri-
cans, three Spanish-Americans, one
italian, one Spaniard, n Belgian and
one Cinnamon. Here is a list Of
e~lghty-nine names Of which forty-fOur
comes mighty near being One-half.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-06-14
THE CHINESE soIREE.
How to Drink Tea IN the Land of the
Pagoda.

How TO Drink Tea In the Land Of the
Pagoda.
When you call on a Chinaman who
is able to have a servant, the first thing
that the servant does is to bring in
two cups Of tea. He puts one In front
OF the master and one In front of the
VISITOR. Then the master indicates
that you shall drink from the cup be-
fore you. II you want to incur his
everlasting enmity 90 ahead and
drink. He merely asks you to drink
It for p~oliteness' sake. He does not
want you to do II and expects you to
refuse for p~Oliteness' sake. Letting
the tea stand In front Of you, you pro-
coed with your interview, and you are
at liberty to continue 1t, and you may
feel that you are welcome until the
host picks up his cup and takes a sip.
That Is the polite way he has Of tell
ing you that the interview Is ended.
The polite thing for you to do then is
TO take one sip ofyour tea and depart.
The right TO drink the FIRST sip OF tea,
however, goes with rank. II the visitor
outranks the host, no matter how
much the host may wish TO be rid OF
him-he must cit until the visitor
chooses 10 take a sip Of his tea.-NeW
York Sun.
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A School to Teach
the Art Would be
Welcomed by Many
Men.

decessor when it comes to such holes;
but a professor in the tonsile art could
teach every man to be his own barber,
If every man were so disposed. Indo-
lence and lack Of opportunity are re-
sponsible for masculine helplessness
IN this respect, two things also to
blame for mems inability to swim. A
school to teach the art OF shaving to
private individuals would be welcomed
by a multitude of prospective patrons.