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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22
Tdena Of News

Justice John M. Harlan of the United
State supreme court, when a practic
ing lawyer in Louisville, once tried his
hand at newspaper work, taking the
place of a personal friend, then editor
of the Louisville Commercial. The JUS
tice got along all right writing editori-
ais. but had ideas as to news that We're
at variance with those of the city edi.
tor.
One of the reporters had written a
clever account of a man who had fallen
from the fourth story of building and
escaped without serious injury. 1t
made a story of about a column in
length. With a proof of the article in
his hand the temporary editor came to
the city editor and said:
"Mr. Smith, please have this story
ut>down. | can't see anything in it
that makes it worth that space
But it's the star story of the day,
Mr.. Harlan" gasped the astonished
news man Il think it's a remarkable
story and we'll worth all the space Civ
en- to it,
81 DON'T said Justice Harlan. IF a
man had jumped up four stares. it
would certainly have been remarkable,
but even fool could fall down four
stories, or half dozen, for that mat
ter. New York Times.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22
Loneliness and Health.

A medical Journal has of late been
discoursing on the indigestion of lone
Illness. BY this title is meant to be in
Dictated the disorders of digestion which
are believed to follow the practice of
taking ones meals in solitary state
The topic is by no means an uninter-
esting one. Thousands of men and wo-
men living alone are compelled to take
their meals for the most part without
company. Week in and week out they
feed themselves without soul to talk
to, and the medical journal devotes it's
energies to showing that the practice
is not one that is likely to be conducive
to digestion, to proper bodily nourish-
ment or to health. The solitary man
soon tires of merely eating, and, if he is
not of literary turn of mind, his tend
ency is to hurry through his meals to
escape from his loneliness into the So
ciety of his fellow men, Herein, 1t is
held, lies a danger to health.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22
Held by Etiquette.

When Dom Pedro, then emperor of
Brazil, was entertained at the White
House, he had been told by confused
senator that it would be expected that
he, the emperor, should be the last of
the guests to depart
The presidents wife, however inform
ed her other guests that they would be
expected to follow, not precede, the
royal party in leaving the house.
The result was that no one dared to
go for fear Of a breach of etiquette
But at o'clock in the morning a tired
woman pretended illness, and the dead
lock was broken
Great is etiquette, but common sense
is sometimes allowable.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22
The Drivers Point of view,

The hotel coach was filled with
crowd of happy, iubilant visitors, and
the horses toiled splendidly up the
hills. AS each eminence was reached
and at every turn in the road the crowd
would burst forth into cries of wonder
and delight at the magnificent scenes
which burst upon their view. The
mountain iehu alone preserved dig
nifty and silence which rather awed the
others. At length, after a particularly
lovely view had been passed, one of the
guests at the drivers left hand re-
marked:
You don't seem to take much inter
est in the scenery. No doubt it's an old
story to you
The driver shook his head. 'sNo,
that's not it," he answered. 81 just
don't care" Then he leaned a little
closer and whispered: ''But I knows
just how you folks must feel You all
come from a long distance just to see
things. and you're bound to enjoy it
anyhow so as to get your moneys
worth and not feel as though you was
cheatin' yourselves. Oh" said this
driver in a superior Tone Il don't mind
1t when l understand how 'tis."-Les-
lies Weekly.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22
I'm His Sleeve

At the battle of Omdurman a soldier
belonging to a Scotch regiment was
nearly killed by a bullet which struck
the ground just in front of him while
he was firing in reclining position.
On rising to move a few feet forward,
something came down his sleeve. 1t
was the bullet. How it got up his
sleeve without infiicting damage can
only be accounted for by the fact that
it must have been spent by the time it
struck the ground in front of him and
the course of its flight up his sleeve
was its last billet.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22
Discovery of Coal In wales.

During the reign of Henry VIII.
many attempts We're made to discover
coal in north Wales, and Shrewsbury
man, named Richard Gardner, was the
only person who succeeded. The old
records read: HE attemptyd and put
into proofe to fynde out coles about the
town Shrewsbury in soondry placys,
and in one place especial callyd Ema-
tine Haye, hard by the sayd towne, he
found by his great diligence and troball
great store of see cole, the which is
lyke to come much commoditie bottle
to the richie and poore, that he is not
only worthy of commentator and
mayntenance, but also to be had in re-
membrance for ever."-Cardiff West
ern Mail.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22
Fhe Color of Wood.

A simple way to restore color to wood
is to mix the color with oil and turpen-
tine, applying with soft cloth and
rubbing in well. Either the powdered
pigment or colors ground in oil may
be used. For light oak use raw UNI
Der, for dark oak burnt lumber. If it
is very dark, add mere shade of lamp
black. For mahogany use burnt sien-
na, chrome yellow and bismarck brown,
and for cherry use burnt sienna.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22
Ghe Life of n Coal Miner.


First. the boy of eight or ten is sent
to The breaker to pick the slate and 9th
er impurities from the coal which has
been brought up from the mine. From
there he is promoted and becomes a
door boy. working in the mine. AS he
grows older and stronger he is ad-
vanccd TO the position and given the
pay of laborer. There he gains the
experience which secures him a place
as a miners helper, and as he acquires
skill and strength he becomes, when in
the height of his manhood and vigor,
full tledged miner.
If he is fortunate enough to escape
the falls of rock and coal, he may re-
tain this position as a miner for a num-
Der of years. But as age creeps on and
he is attacked by some of the many
diseases incident to work in the mines
he makes way for those younger and
more vigorous following him up the
ladder whose summit he has reached.
He then starts on the descent going
back to become miners helper, then
a mine laborer, now door boy, and
when old and decrepit he finally re-
turns to the breaker where he started
as a child. earning the same wages as
are received by the little urchins who
work at his side. There is no incen-
tive for ambition in the average min
ers life. He cannot rise to places Of
eminence and wealth. Only / in 500
can even be given place as a foreman
or superintendent, and these are posi-
lions which few miners care to hold
John Mitchell in Cosmopolitan.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22
A Curious Barometer.

A curious barometer is said to be
used by the remnant Of the Araucanian
race which inhabits the southernmost
province of Chile. 1t consists of the
castoff shell of a crab. The dead shell
is white in fair. dry weather, but the
approach of moist atmosphere is indi-
Gated by the appearance of small red
spots. AS the moisture in the air in
creases the shell becomes entirely red
and remains so throughout the rainy
season.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22
His Mistake.

What curious mistakes men make
sometimes! I've just been reading, for
that Columbus imagined that
he had discovered the Indies"
''Ah, l made worse mistake than
that! When married my wife,
thought I'd discovered paradise!"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22
Her Pet Name.

"Ah" he sighed after she had blush
ingly whispered Eyes" in his bosom.
my own Mehitabel Oh, that names
so formal! Surely your friends use
some shorter one, some pet namew
WELL" she murmured, "the girls at
boarding school used to call me Pic
kles. philadelphia Press.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22
A Curious. Eating Custom.

The Dyaks divide in pairs when the
hour arrives for taking food, the father
and mother at one platter. two sisters
at one and still two brothers at anoth-
er. When the family is not equally
divided as to sex, brother and sister
may eat together, but this must al
ways be the youngest and Oldest of the
family.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22
A Wise Pronhet

"On the whole" said the aged wealth
er prophet, Il have found that the SAT-
est course is to predict bad weather"
"Why?" asked the neophyte.
Because people are much more ready
to forgive you if the prediction does
not come true"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22
The Russian Climate.

The Russians count upon their eli
mate as one means of defense, as it
was when Napoleon invaded Russia
Their troops are accordingly trained in
winter maneuvers, including loading
battery, with its war transport and
material complete, upon sleighs, NOV
ing it for some distance over difficult,
snow covered country and bringing it
into action again
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22
He Was Too Slow.

Magistrate Your husband charges
you with assault
Madam-Yes. your honor. l asked
him if he would always love me, and
he was so slow in answering that hit
him with a mop. I'm only woman,
judge. and woman's life without love
Is mere blight.-Illustrated Bits.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22
Quite Realistic.

'This," said the eminent artist, lis
my famous study of the Cows In the
Clover"
"But where is the cloverY' was ask
ed, none appearing in the picture.
ooh, the cows have eaten it, you
know."-Baltimore American.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22
SDfCY.

IF you intend to dine on u.s."
queried the captured mariner, "why
did you greet us with fusilladeY'
Because we always pepper our food
tefore eating it," grinned the cannibal.
Philadelphia Record.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22

Professionally does the earth move?
Hardup (absently) Can't pay the
rent, suppose. -Exchange.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22
Candid.

Miss Alma-When did you become
acquainted with your wife, doctor?
Doctor-After the wedding.-Heitere
Welt.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22
Her Size,

Young Mani want an engagement
ring.
Jeweler-Yes, sir; about what size?
II don't know exactly, but she can
twist me round her finger, if that is
any guide.'
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22

1t is claimed that dentistry prolongs
life. AS has been said of matrimony, it
certainly makes 1t seem longer.-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22
Partly Accounted For

Bizzer-Where does that man Film
mer get all his money?
Buzzer-Well, l loaned him five dol
lars two years ago.-Ohio State Jour
nal.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-11-22

No man can build character by trying
to raze that Of others. . Nashville Ban
ner.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-11
NORTH

Lieutenant Hobson's father, who
died yesterday at Greensboro, Ala, was
a native Of this state. and has many
relatives here.
Greenville Reflector: There were no
happier people in Greeville Sunday
than the members of Christian church
on the opening of the new house of wor-
ship. And the friends who rejoice with
them are legion. In fact all are glad
that their handsome edifice is com
pleted.
Asheville, n. c.. June "a. NJ. Thros-
sci, a boarding house keeper. last night
hot and perhaps fatally wounded
James Z. Joyner. Throssel has a suit
against Joyner for 500, 900. the ground
for damages being the alleged alienia-
ton of Mrs. Throssel's affections. He
yesterday tried to have Joyner in
dicted by a grand jury. and mis- failure
so enraged him that he got a pistol and
shot Joyner four times. On his way
to jail expressed the hope that he had
killed his man. Joyner's condition is
critical.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-11

thcugh as O solder he may obey their
orders. Nor do / think that he will
send aome rosente kilograms for the
benefit of ministers. That he Is not the
man TO do this Is probably why Mr..
~Chamberlain went out OF his way in he
house OF commons to abuse him"
So when you read British reports of
events that have been edited" in the
wal Office. do not be sure that you
have the truth. The Post puts no con-
fidence in the fairy tales and says
bluntly that nineteenth OF 1t Is false
and that only a fraction OF the news Is
given out at all. Nobody believes tina
the British are winning victories or any
kind. Nobody believes that Boer re-
sistance is any a an end tnan IL
was twelve months ago. The only fact
as TO which We feel In the a sure
il thar Kitchener. with more than ten
soldiers to STEMS one. Is making no
progress whatever"
II would be very surprising TO IN
tellisent southern men IL they did not
know, that it took h north with uniim-
;,a5 means. endless men. and the world
m recruit from with 2.s0o.0O men IN
so,r years in It's armies and some 2o.-
oo more men in their huge navy. with
., 600 900 OF population. four years 10
end a war waged against some e,e".-
600 people with 4.o0o.0 900 blacks IN their
midst. and only able to raise eoo.eoV
soldiers and the smallest sort or navy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-11
STATE PRESS.

When in the course OF event IL is UP
TO the leaders Of the Christian Science
movement to try their own remedies
then we shall perhaps find out more
about it.-Durham Herald.
The expected has happened The su-
preme court grants a new trial In the
Gattis-Kilgo case. The last n of the
verdict, however, may be worse than
the first for the defendants.-Winston
Sentinel.
The Baltimore Manufacturers Record
is a magazine devoted to the national
development of the south n republi-
canism. For a number of years it has
been insidious in its efforts to propa-
gate republican doctrines, undo the
guise of it's love for and interest in
southern Observation-Disclosures News.
OF course DIR. Kilgo may have been
wrong in his recent remarks, but IL the
powers had confined their operations
against the Chinese to prayer the
heather would now be masters OF the
situation. We wonder If our esteemed
Durham contemporary intends leaving
the impression that the establishment
of a cotton mill settlement in China
would evangelize that nation. We had
always held the opinion that cotton
mill settlements were not especially
noted for their piety.-Greensboro Tel
egram.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-11

years. each in their entirety. He has
cad lately all OF Milton save the Latin
poems. He has again read Goethe's
Faust and all his dramas, and Dante,s
Divine Comedy" and SCOTS entire
poetry. which he delights In although
now despised by certain living critics.
He reads three or four Of the best
novels each year-Scott, Thackeray.
Dickens now engaging him to the ex-
clusion Of other writer's he much ad-
mires and whose works he has often
read-Geore Eliot. Charlotte Bronte.
Bulwer. Meredith. Biackmore, Charles
Reade and several others. He endeav-
ors in reading to practice what he
would preach. He reads the best dead
reads Hazlitt, one Of the Of the very
foremost, Lamb. Leigh Hunt, "Noctes
Ambrosianae." Macaulay, Montaigne,
Carlyle. and some others of the past.
and Of the last two or three decades,
Ruskin, Frederic Harrison, Froude,
S~aintsbury. Cause. Lang, John Morley,
Hanley, Birrell. L. Stephen, and a half
dozen others-all British. Among
American essayists he prefers Poe,
Lowell, Emerson. woodbury.. He does
not give these to max h extent of
his reading known for he has read
a thousand others no doubt, but to in
dictate what he regards as good reading.
as the best literature. He of course
would include biography. a delightful
form Of reading. travels, and theology,
but he cannot enlarge here.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-11
RAMBLE AMONG AUTHORS.

Lord Bacon, a very wise and able
who could not write respectable
verse (see his known productions) had
: a saw that is often quoted-"Reading
smakes a full man." That depends al
together upon what you read. If you
read trash fill your mind with rub
Nbish you will neither be strong o
intellectually. President Gill
man the able, efficient, highly educat-
ed head of Johns Hopkins university
that ranks with the best, says that
people nowadays res too much.
That depends upon what they a
People who read solid works now are
not more addicted to reading h a the
scholars and cultivated people were
addicted in the last two centuries, or
even in the great days of Shakespeare
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-11
BOERS STILL BEING CRUSHED.

The Beers are whipped and tired Of
the war, quoth the British reporters.
But only the other day they gave a
British force under a general a severe
drubbing, with considerable loss. Since
then a small force of sixty British sur
rendered last Sunday to a Boer force
the British say. hat numbered 1.50O.
Result-12 Beers killed and Is wound
ed. but British loss was but four killed
and two wounded. Marvellous when
it is all considered. Is it true?
All this reminds one of a most impor-
tant fact-that all the reports com
from the British, and it is well known
in London that quite half of the facts
are suppressed. This a been the case
since the var began. There has not
only been a suppression of truth, but
a fabrication of details and results. If
you think this is harsh or doubtful you
ought to read what English newspaper
men. as we'll as Americans and others
who have been in South Africa, say
about it The Washington Post, bright.
able, and usually well informed. says
tina 1.-THE Post discussed at length
the plight in which the Beers must be
if only half of the English newspaper
accounts be true. A very casual glance
at those halcyon accounts warrants the
conclusion tina by his time all the
fighting Beers are dead or imprisoned.
while many other thousand not hereto
fore identified are in the same category
Moreover, we are assured that these
Beers who persist in surviving after
having been killed outright. and who
still continue to mo Lord Kitchener.
despite the time Of their untimely and
violent taking off, are in dire straits
and incapable of resisting much long
er. They lost all their horses long ago.
and are now on foot: they are destitute
of food and clothing; DeWet has eel
hopelesly insane for at least six
months"
London Truth. edited by an able
man and member of the British house
of commons, has som, interesting re-
Elections on h recent situation in the
war country Mr. Labouchere says
and he is thoroughly up in British
affairs and sincerely independent:
Lord Kitchener's published tele-
grams are truthful, I make no donbt.
so far as they go. But to understand
the true situation We ought to have
also those o him to the war Office,
which are not published. In reply to q
question last week in the house Of COM
MONS. Lord Stanley said that certain
returns sent over by the commander
in-chief were not published In detail
because 1t was not thought in the pub
lie interest to do SO. What I should,
however, like to see are his kilograms
and dispatches explaining why he was
so anxious to come to terms with the
Beers; how long lie really thinks that
b war will last; what number OF addi-
tional troops he will need. and giving
US his views on various other matters.
He is not a partisan. but a somewhat
rough soldier. and I have conside-7
confidence In his not ~concealing the
truth from his official superiors. al
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-11
ALABAMA AND THE SOUTH.

OF course the south Is rich. OF course
IL has S undeveioped wealth as vet
unknown. The papers are now full
Of it 1t is paraded every day. and even
northern newspapers are singing of the
south's wealth and advantages even If
they dig its sensibiiities and rebunke its
follies and d~enounce its views of gov
eminent The south is really the con-
servative side Of the Union, and this
holds in religion as well as in politics.
and in OF the constitution and HUI
man liberty. The riches of the south
in coal and iron and Oil are not yet
revealed A Mr.. E. o. Hopkins. of the
Sloss-Shefield n Iron Company is re-
ported as declaring that he was well
within bounds when he said Alabama
has more iron ore than can possibly be
worked in a hundred years, making the
most liberal allowances for the probable
increase Of the iron and steel Industry
in that state. AS to Alabama's coal
supply, President Hopkins states that
it will last for centuries to come. The
coal output is now in that favored state
10. 900, 900 ions yearly, and the cry as to
new companies, is still they come. Mr..
Archie Brown. of New York, is report
ed as pr~ophesying of rapid advance in
manufacturing in Alabama. But
other states are rich in many things as
we'll as Alabama. When all is devel-
oped fully the north will wish to invest
it's supplies.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-11

Not being a lawyer we are not able
to see why public servants with good
salaries are not to be taxed just as
their masters are taxed. A poor fellow
with $50 above 81, 900 income is made to
pay, but if he is a big official drawing
$1,000, $1,000 Or $1,000 he must go
"scot-free." And that is just n of
the things that occur in this land of
the free" that look so unjust if not
Ubiquitous, and bring upon one that
tired feeling of which you read. We
were told some years ago by a taxlister
that a man in Wilmington with not less
than from $4,000 to $4,000 income, de-
clined t. give in a cent when others
with barely $500 more gave in honestly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-11

The Pittsboro Record. n OF the
older weeklies and edited by a lawyer
who was a member OF the last legis-
Iature, begins an editorial on tax list
ing with a remark that we suppose
nine out of ten men will accept as
true. We quote:
1T seems to be one of the frailties OF
our weak human nature, even among
men who are considered honest, to try
to escape taxation and to list as little
of their property al possible and at as
small a valuation as possible. All
honest taxpayers are interested in
making other taxpayers bear heir
just share of taxation. and the public
generally are interested in having all
taxables listed for taxation n at
their true value.
TT is almost impossible to make
everybody list their taxables in full and
at their true value"
To list property fairly is most diff
cult. A man does not feel willing to
override as a tax is a great burden. He
would not rob himself out of a penny
to be perhars unwisely, and improper
" expended. He ought not to desire to
shirk what is right so far as he can
see it, and understand it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-11

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the liver torpid, the bowels constipat-
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and vomiting, first of the undigested
or partly digested food and then of bile.
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets allay the disturbances of the stom-
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They also tone up h liver to a healthy
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them and you are certain to b. much
pleased with the result. For sale by
r. r. Bellamy, druggist.