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AS TO INTRoDUcTIoNs.
when Improperly Done They some-
timea Lead TO Embarrassing
Moments.

tThere is just about one woman in
hundred who knows how tointroduce
people properly" growled an angry-
looking man the other day, says
the Baltimore News. Most of
that sex have clear, not to say shrill,
voices, and where there is no positive
necessity for hearing them their slight
est word can be distinguished mile
away; but just let 'em go to present
one person to another, and they mum-
Bile and chew their words SO that you
haven't an idea whether the Others
name Is Brown, Jones or Robinson. !"
Here spent all last evening flirting
desperately with married. woman
without knowing it, willie her husband
glowered wrathfully at us from corr
ner, and this morning the towns ring
ing with gossip, all because Of q muir
INJURED introduction and the man
strobe moodily away to solace himself
with game Of gold.
This Indictment is not without foun-
dation. Full many an embarrassing
moment have most of us known because
Of the carelessnessN Nof the modern s.in-
troducer." The oldfashioned formula
OF presenting strangers to each other
Mr.. Jones, Miss Smith; Miss Smith,
hfr. Jones sseems cumbrous now and
unnecessarily stilted, but it gave one
at least b double chance to hear the
name Of the stranger.
Sometimes the person who performs
the introduction nowadays is simply
thoughtless, as when, for instance, she
presents . good-1ooking youth to a
group of young women as My cousin
Tom"
What Cousin Toms other name is she
leaves to their imagination, and they
are, therefore. reduced to the direful
necessity Of waiting until they can
catch his eye before addressing him,
Or else calling his attention by saying
ssyou, there" which has been decided
By authorities on etiquette to be very
impoltie mode OF address, indeed.
Occasionally the unfortunate person
who is called on to play hostess is not
positive Of the ma mes Of the guests her
self, and then she does experience a
very bad half hour. How the tactful
Efforts Of one young woman to conceal
her ignorance in this direction was
foiled is mournful tale.
The young woman in question had
had two guests thrust upon her by 4
member Of her family one day, and she
was doing her best to entertain them
and to be bright and sparkling and
happy. when a roguish relative APP
peared upon the scene.
Come IN, Jack, she called, II want
10 present you to--to-er--w well, this is
Miss urur mumbleand her nephew
Guy
II beg pardon, but will you tell me
the names again; didn't catch them, .
said the wicked, one, and then Miss
Hostess was fain TO admit blushingly
that she did not know them herself,
and her victims were forced to say their
own patronymics in cold blood often
atrying thing thing to do.
The woman who articulates names
distinctly and who adds some phrase
that will melt the ice of strangerhood
y blessing to society and is regarded
assueh by those who have suffered from
the careless members Of the sister
hood but she Il painfully hard TO find,
though why she should be Is question
for the teachers Of eiocution.
The midland journal., 1901-01-11

M. Waldeck Rousseau, the French
premier, in an interview says of this
country that at present its chief prod.
net seems to be millionaires.
An old gentleman of over so visited
Goldsmith's grave in the Temple in
England recently and declaimed the
whole OF "The Deserted Village"
Senator Frye. Of Maine, and Sena.
tor Chandler, Of New Hampshire, are
both total abstainers. and Senator
Chandler has been one Of the chief
movers in the application Of his states
liquor laws.
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reaching chfldren = a.

The first thing to bear in mind
when teaching either a child or a
class Of children to sew is that each
one must be interested and taught
% look upon the work as pleasure,
not as task. 10 force child to do
stint IN sewing, as they used to do,
Is sufficient to make her dislike it
phen older.-Ladies Home journal.
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When the water boils sift one rounded
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It'll four eggs are added. Be sure all the
Jumps are out of the batter. then drop
,by the teaspoonful in hot lard, they will,
rise and look like brown balls. Home
Magazine.
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First Theatrical Afanager-I thought
you were going to put on .The VIM
ter's Tale" and now you are billing
Midsummer Nights Dream"
Second Manager Yes; / didn't like
tke name Of the other piece. It sound-
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The midland journal., 1901-01-11

Carolyn King. the daughter Of the
novelist, Gen. Charles King. U. S. A.,
recently finished her course ut the
Sorbonne and then took prize Of.
fered by the Alliance Franchise for az
essay on Corneille.
The midland journal., 1901-01-11

Miss Singleton was surprised to
hear Of your marriage. You often said
you wouldn't marry the best man on
earth
Mrs' WsderIy Well, kept my word.
married about the worst Chicago
Daily News
The midland journal., 1901-01-11

Trains leave Oxford for Philadelphia at 25
3. m. and 2l0 p. m. Market train leaves
Rowlandville Tuesdays and Fridays at $50;
Liberty Grove. S5: Colora s.44 Rising Sun, 8 sc,
Syl1nar, 9.O6; Nottingham 1S; oxford, l0.00 .. M
arriving at South st. 2.53 D. no.
Sunday train leaves Oxford at 55 arriving in
Philadelphia at Ola q. M: and $40 arriving in
Philadelphia at 50 p. m Saturday only. 2S p m.
LEAVE GOING sourn
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\
|
| Over ON the other side Of Canal street
in the local Latin quarter, there Is .
little cobbler's shop that looks like an
etching by Durer The tools, which
are stuck in leather loops around the
walls, have an air Of serious antiquity,
like decayed gentIefollx, and over the
threshold is an empty wicker bird cage,
canted at just the right angle to make
| what the artists call "a good combosi-
tion." The cobbler himself Is q small
ish stoop-shouldered man, with a per-
Ifectly bald head and iron spectacles
half way down his nose. He is distrust-
full of strangers, but when he knows
his customer he is well of entertain
| ing. "reminiscences. The other day he
Istold a friend how the ancient and hon
orable craft of boot-malxing had gone
into Decline says the New Orleans
Times.D Democrat.
7 was working for myself two years
before the California excitement be-
gan, in 49," he said. sThose were
! grand days. All gentlemen wore boots
then, made out of the finest calfskin,
with tops about IL inches high. The
wellington boots were fashion l,,e
| lust before nv fine INT I'VE made :
/ few pair. mostly for 1ore;cn oantls-
men, and they looked very elegant out
side OF tight pantaloons. The top was
generally morocco. It hugged the calf
of the leg close and came to a point in
front. finished with small ,.as3 q, nm
ME taesel R,,t tbe hort i, 49,,
BODY wantea was I ,,la;n tra.r,.a;, .,e,,s !,
ca1fslsin and IS HAD IS A. l;lxs ,.s, evlovs
ar II wo,,Idr,t Al a al n ,,o., 2 -. -.
those lasts n n ths .hslf2 wsls a a. !
men tbev ys,.. s, Il, ~. : !, -
the whole crowd. lrt T,ll ,at ya,, tsrs -
isn,t one q tha IL that has,,,t .ss .ss,,
PATCHED ana slt.,a5 ~ t...,ss
That Shows yo,, bo,., :.
we're Fast ,v;ll ohar. ,.s.ss t..ss.
vaar tl -, y. g
and ga h.d 30, - - -, - 80. ..ss, - ea
cbanoss .o .s =, ,,sai,a ~, s..xst -.
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man ssy,so;aIs,, ,-- ,n,,s es43s..,.-
wbo xvs,,t (
boot +bat - o,,l5 ,;t,a.,4 ;t,,, !
~ fo, A. sssl, q,
II 49, 49,, t;aht go. !. y !" - :,
IS b,,s,, - 5 z
:, 80 =
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. so.s "sls - :
49, ~ 80 80 ! e .las plsssn.s pscA
= - 80 : ~ rs anu sous = ,ne.a
-, 3 sssn Dooe-
. ! ~ a. sta. i .no = anu = san
CRY ,.-s.4s -, v--,s $ a. Pe,..
all ,s,s.s -. = Pu...s vn paif =,
~ 49, wss = s.ae, eontinus
sAs lssas soDD'ei' nusins Y, lIae We
sssu - l.n .ns strap snus naiI-Way
| uom sns inslue oI .ne veg ana aou PIE
e" .nsn - m.1n waAeu SIM .Wist: e
youns ssn.aelnal was actualiy kiiea
neIe y iooo, ol 'neieaDonts, Dy the
uls nin = ms Dooss1raps. q remem-
per tne eirenms lance wen. ne was go
ing 20 = Daii' ana was sitting on stool
y ms room, puillng on pair of new
Dooss Win tae hooks tney used tAen.
no,n straps gayesway sogetner. and he
.sn over DacsWaro ana nurt ms spine
% tnat he alea next uay aes, SIR;
ina. : Iact: Inc family are still Av-
ing mere, ana ! made boots Tor one OF
No; can't say there was anything es-
pecially peculiar about the boots of
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especially
Organized
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day catalogue II.
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Fefhapn the Only Sure Way.
One way to make apple trees bare
is to pick the leaves off.-Chicago
Daily News.
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DHILADELPHIA, WHINING
TON & BALTIMORE B. r.
LEAVE GOING NORTH.

CENTRAL DIVISION. -
on and after November 25th. 1900. trains win
run as follows;
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-12

Cedar Rapids Republican: Major
Conger is one of the ablest men that.
adorn the public life of the state. He
is in many ways a great and strong
man ana in every way he is as ladge as
the governorship of Iowa.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-12
All Had Clean scores.

New York, March .-Heikes, Gill
bert. Crosby. Tanning and Parmalee,
five OF the best trap shots in Amer
lea, met in competition at Interstate
park. near Queens, Long Island, yes
terday. and the result was one of the
most remarkable contests ever had at
the traps. Each man succeeded in
breaking 125 clay birds without miss.
This is a worlds record. The men
came together in the National Sports
mems association championship series,
which was begun at Madison Square
Garden in conjunction with the Sports
mems show exhibit.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-12
KILLS EIGHT.
Two Score Others Injured In
Chicago Laundry.
BUILDING rs DEMOLISHED.

Takes Fire and Persons Imprisoned Under
Debris Perish In FIames--At Least Three
Persons Are Still In the Ruins Work of
Rescue Abandoned.
Chicago, March 12.-By the explo-
sion of a boiler in the Doremus iaun-
dry. 45S West Madison street, yester-
day, eight persons were instantly
killed, ~ We're injured and several
are missing.
The list of the dead is as follows:
Frank Hannaman, Martha jacob, Bes-
sic Kusaba, Kate Noss, Catherine
Kelly, George Diehl, >Emma Sabruski
and Minnie Olsen
The cause of the explosion has not
been determined with accuracy as vet,
and it will probably require an Off
cial investigation to settle the matter
1t is known that the boiler was old,
second hand affair, and there is no
record in the Office of the boiler in
spector of any inspection having been
made within the last year Pend
ing the verdict of the coroner's Jury
A. L. Doremus. the proprietor of the
laundry. is held in custody by the po-
lice. 1t is the intention of the au-
thorities to institute criminal pro
ceedings against him should the facts
brought out at the inquest warrant
such action.
Reports of the number of dead in the
runs run all the way from six to 20
1t is known that Sc employees Of the
laundry had entered the place before
the explosion took place because the
automatic timekeepers in the ruins
showed that number OF registered arSS
rivals. Two or three We're entering
at the moment of the explosion, MAX
ing the approximate total of 40 en-
ployes in and around the building.
The list injured includes several per-
sons residing in the adjoining build
ings. nearly of which were badly dam
aged.
The most conservative estimate by
the police comedies that at least three
PERSONS dead or alive, are still in the
ruins. yet the search for bodies in the
ruins came to a sudden end early
IN the afternoon and the work Of res
cue was entirely abandoned The
cause OF cessation of the search was a
dispute between the firemen and DO
lice as to who was responsible for the
recovery of any bodies which might
be concealed beneath the debris. The
firemen said they had performed their
duty and gathering up their hose, they
retired from the scene The police
said it was not their work to dig for
bodies and nobody else volunteered to
do the work.
The trouble was brought to the at
tention of Police Inspector Shea. in
whose district the accident occurred,
and he held that the search properly
belonged to the fire department..
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-12
Richardson hearing In propre,,.

st. Joseph March 12.-John-D. Rich
ardson, manager of the Biscuit trust,
arrived in Savannah today from Chi
.cago to attend the grand jury work,
being witness before that body2in
the nearing now in progress, inTthe at
tempt to learn who was the murderer
OF his brother, Frank Richardson, a
wealthy merchant, who was shot
dead in the hallway of his home last
Christmas eve. More that 100 wit
,nesses have been subpoenaed in the
case and it is expected the whole of
this. week. will be taken up by the In
Quiry.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-12
Plague Gains at Cane Town.

Pretoria, March 12.-The result Of
the negotiations between Lord Kitch-
ener and General Botha is anxiously
but hopefully awaited The presence
of Sir Alfred Miner in Pretoria to-
consult with Lord Kitchener is ex-
pected to hasten the change from the
military to the civil administration.
The buhonic plague is developing serl-
ous'% in Cape Town. Fifteen new
cases were officially reported yester-
day.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-12

Isaac Hird has purchased the Ell. A.
Quinn lumber yards at this place and
will consolidate them with his own
yards about the 10Th of the month.
Taking into consideration the fact that
MIR. Hird but a few years ago, started
in competition with two of the strong
est lumber companies in the country,
and amid the ominous Representations
OF his friends, that the big corporations
would soon squeeze him out of bust
ness, he is certainly to be congratu-
lated on this recent evidenceNof success
which has come to him as a most fit
ting reward for the pluck and perse-
verence he has eyinced. Manila Re-
publican.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-12

Nevada Representative: The guber-
material debate seems to be focusing
for the moment upon the seventh dis
trict. The district can present Major
Conger with absolute confidence that
he will be, nominated, probably by ac-
clamation: or theSdistrict can present
Mr.. Cummins with a chance indeed
that he may win after a desperate
struggle, but with no prospect what
ever that he will be able to enter the
general contest backed by any such
unity of sentiment on the part of the
people, politicians and press of the dis
t 'ict as was behind him unavailingly in
shis contests for senator: or the district
can present Mr.. Foster. of whose per-
sonal merits there should be no uues-
tion but for whom there is not yet APP
parent any large support either in or
out of the district The situation is
one that should be considered with
good temper and common sense: and
when the situation is SO considered The
conclusion seems so obvious that not
even the personal ambitions and inter-
ests Of Mr.. Cummins and Mr.. Foster
shonld blind them to it. If there were
between Major Conger and the other
men named any personal quarrel or ,po-
litical schism, the point of the argu-
tment might be blunted: but there is
none Ten years or more ago when
Major Conger was in congress and the
pillar there OF the sound money cause,
the district was very proud of him. and
it would in all probability have kept
him there until now if he had not on
his own motion retired. Yet Major
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-12

Scranton Journal: The machine or
gans which are opposing the Cummins
candidacy SO strenuously are now strug-
Cling in the throes Of death. The
making of Sid Foster scape-goat, to
place the sins of the machine upon and
then let,him go into tie wilderness and
die, has proven an abortion. Now in
their desperation they are importing a
man.from the celestial empire to try
and CHECK the tidal wave which all
see is going to Cummins. The railroad
machine managers are now driven to
the srrait, where it's anybody to beat
Cummins,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-12

The Harlan High School Athletic
ASSOCIATION has accepted a challenge
from the Council Bluffs High School
Athletic Association to a dual meet.
The contest will be held at Council
Bluffs on May 4. ) This will be a great
meet for our high school and our boys
Will certainly work very hard in order
to gain as mahy events as possible
Harlan Republican.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-12

Sioux City Journal: The announce
ments for. the republican nomination
for governor, thus far, are: w. r.
Hartman, Third district: A. B. Gum
minis and Sidney A. Foster, Seventh
district: John Herriott, Ninth district:
Geo. D. Perkins, Eleventh district
Suggested candidates are: D. j. Pal
mer, First district: j. H. Trewin,
Fourth district; E. H. Conger, Sew
enth district. If the field is not large
enough the delegates elected to the
state convention may add to it at their
pleasure.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-12

proud of him and to support him..
Britt Tribune: iowa politics just
now is a subject worth studying What
particular candidate for governor is
being doomed by the democratic pa
pers? We have read carefully, and
the Emmettsburg Democrat. Algona
Courier. TT. Dodge Chronicle, Clarion
Democrat, John Anderson's Independ-
emit, the Mason City Standard, the Ack-
ley World, the Iowa State Leader, the
Sioux City Tribune and the Dubuque
Telegraph are all very ardent Cum
minis papers. Why? Why are these
democratic papers supporting Cum
Minis? 1t is a subject for every honest
repu blican to ask and insist on an au-
swer. Now we have little theory of
our own that we give ont free. About
a dozen years ago. more or less, MIR.
Cummins ran independent in Des
Moines for representative, was in,
dorsed by the democrats. made speech
es for Horace Boies and both Boies and
,Cummlns were elected. Together
with our own N. v. Brewer from Han
cock he voted With the democrats on
the organization of the house and since
that the democrats have had warm
place in their hearts for A. B. Cum
Minis. We don't blame them If we
were democrat we would do the same
thing. but being a republican editor of
a republican paper we are in favor of
nominating a republican for governor
OF Iowa and are not especially interest
ed in what the above named papers
think about it. for should they be
pleased with any candidate for, any Of
flee it is dead sure thing that calami-
ty for republicans is there somewhere
concealed or otherwise. Iowa has been
governed by republicans with one ex-
ception since we first came to the state
and we are we'll pleased with their rec
ord, when we have change we want
it made by the republican party.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-12

The editor and wife returned Monday
from a pleasant visit with relatives and
friends at Armour. S. D. We enioyed
the hospitality of Prof. Holmes and
wife and greatly appreciated their
kindness. Their many friends in
Crawford county will be glad to learn
that they are comfortably situated in
their new home and are prospecting. -
Dow City Enterprise.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-12

Mrs Partridge, OF Denison, arrived
in the city Friday, and will be the
guest of her brother, William Petts
and family, at Harris Grove for few
days Logan Nucleus.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-12

Leon Journal: If the contest over
the neutrality-suspicious. for the gov
ernorship degenerates into factional
fight it will be the fault of professional
politicians and not the rank and file Of
the party. Our people are prosperous
and contented, and are more interested
in maintaining the present principles
OF the party than they are in advancing
the interests of any political leader or
faction.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-12

Sac City Sun: Mr.. Cummins possess
es enough independence to refuse to
submit to dictation from any but law
full authority; but he would not. 60 into
Office as radical reformer with an ak.
1t is the. language of some of his indis.
Greet supporters that creates such an
impression.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-12

gonger is much greater man now
than he was then, and the district has
correspondingly more reason to be-
proud of him and to support him.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-12

When a man runs for office it should
be on its merits and not on the de-
merits of his opponents. MI. Cum
minis is depending on those disappoint-
ed in the republican state organization
to boom his candidacy for governor
Swea City Herald
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-12-26
England Has Heard Nothing.

LONDON, Dec. 24.-The British gov.
ernment is watching with considera-
bic anxiety the progress of the dispute
between the Chilean and Argentine re.
publics. 1t is said that neither side has
yet approached the British foreign Of
fee If both Chile and Argentina re-
quest Great Britain to arbitrate the
matters in dispute between them, Lord
Lansdowne, the foreign secretary, will
promptly acquesce. The statement,
however, of DR.. Alcorta, the Argentine
minister Of foreign affairs, that Argen-
tina has referred the matter to the ar
bitration of the British government un-
der the agreement Of 1898 appears to
be inaccurate, for the foreign office
says the present contention is quite be-
yond the powers Of that treaty.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-12-26
TERRIBLE TROLLEY ACCIDENT.
Six Killed and Many Hurt at Allen
town, PA.

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Dec. 24.-Six
persons were killed and a number in
jured last night by reason Of an cleo
trio car jumping the track at a sharp
curve at the foot Of the Lehigh noun
tain between here and Coopersburg.
The accident was due to the wet rails
and snow. The dead are:
Rev. Tobias Kessler, aged sixty, an
unattached Reformed church clergy
man, killed within sight Of his home.
Albert Yeager of Allentown, aged
forty.
Mrs. DR.. Jacob Fetzer Of Coopers-
burg. aged thirty-five.
Ambrose Reinhard Of Freedensville,
aged fifty.
Irwin Renner Of Zion Hill, farmer,
aged fifty-fve.
Frank Wesley Of Allentown.
Motorman Stocker tried hard to
stop the car when it slipped on the
steep grade, but the car flew around
the curve and swung against a guy
pole, which tore off one side Of the car
and the roof. Those killed sat along
the broken side Of the car and were
crushed by the post. The new Coop
ersburg line, on which the accident oc-
CURED, opened only last Wednesday.