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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-24

idiot: but don't see why should shift
the consequences of my idiocy on to an
other mans shoulders"
AT least stay and dine with me-. said
Lord weybourne. ~ dine at home tonight
and 1 hate dining alone
l don't know what impulse dictated this
invitation. nor do | know what impulse
dictated Johnnie's acquiescence. But he
accepted. and for once he sat at Dives S
board and Jared sumptuously. He forgot
that he was i'll. The generous wine invig-
Grated him. the dainties tempted him. the
luxury of the service and the surroundings
made him feel like a man. He laughed and
talked; he was excellent company Lord
Weybourne never guessed that he was
poor.
''You must come again. he said, when
Johnnie rose to go. And about the brat?
You are sure he won't be burden on
yot?"
Nay" said Johnnie. with rather pc
culiar smile. ''the FOOLS folly is surely his
own
Then he went out into the bitter east
wind, and the door of Paradise closed be-
hind him, and all at once he was weary
again and sick unto death.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-24

The people of North Carolina boast
ing over the fact that the labor commits
sioner of the State reports that 81 per cent.
of adult employees and 6S per cent. of chill
Gren read and write.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-24

times going to some trouble TO avoid STEP
ping upon them. With the advent of cleo
tricity of high power this fear of iron was
danger In treading upon it, for, by the
leakage of electricity iron posts, hydrant
covers, car rails. ETC., may become charged
with electricity and seriously shock if not
kill anyone coming in contact with them
The most common Of the modern phobias
is beyond question bacillophobia, fear OF
germs, thousands of people being possessed
of this fear OF the little things about which
they know so little and have heard so much
that is dreadful and fear inspiring. and
they take extraordinary precautions to es-
cape infection and avoid contagion. dread
ing to touch anything publicly used, even
the handrail Of a car. and sometimes going
SO far as to refuse TO shake hands even
with their dearest friends. This phobia mas
been brought to especial prominence by the
crusade against kissing.
Cynophobia. a fear of dogs. is often con-
fused with hydrophobia. a fear of water
cue to incubation with the virus of a mad
dog. There are physicians who stu doubt
that there is any connection between the
bite of a dog and hydrophobia. claiming
| that 1T is not due to a specific virus. but is
form of tetanus resulting from nerve
crushing and infection by the tentanic
germ. Be that as It may. fear of dogs
still afilicts many thousands, whether
they (the dogs. OF course.) are mad or
not. A fear Of cats may be called
aaiourophobia. and this II - COM
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-01-22
A King. Fear of woman. Beauty.

A Kings Fear of Woman's Beauty.
Charles XII of Sweden feared only
one power in the world, the power Of
beauty; only handsome woman could
boast Of making him quail-she put
him to flight. He said: $50 many he
roes have succumbed to the attractions
OF beautiful face! Did not Alexan-
der, my pet. burn town to please a
ridiculous adventures? want my
life to be free from such weakness;
history must not find such a stain upon
it,
He was told one day that young
girl had come to sue for justice on be-
half of blind octogenarian father
maltreated by soldiers. The first in
clination of the king. a strict discipline
rian, was to rush straight to the plain
tiff, to hear the details of the misde-
meanor for himself. but suddenly stop.
ping he asked, rs she good looking?"
And being assured that she was both
very young and unusually lovely. he
sent word that she must wear veil,
otherwise he would not listen to her
Countess Potocka's Memoirs.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-01-22
FIGURES AND EYES.
An Indication OF Advancing Age
That Admits OF No Compromise.

An indication OF Advancing Age
That Admits of No Compromise.
CAS- we grow older" remarked the
man who was doing that at the rate Of
a week every seven days, I'VE begin
to observe that we seem to need more
light when we read or that the print
of the newspaper that we have been
reading with ease for ever SO many
years is not quite as good as it used to
be, or that we can distinguish the let
tiers little better if we hold them far
Their away than usual, but we are very
slow indeed to observe that the real
cause of it is that we are growing old,
and we rather resent the suggestion of
some kindly friend that we need
glasses.
1--WE resent glasses especially be-
cause they are the visible sign of our
weakness, and all the world may know
by them what we fondly think they
have not yet discOvered-to wit, that
our eyesight is failing. am that way
myself, or was, and stood the glasses
off as long as could, and really
could get along very well reading al
most any type. OF course, could not
make out every letter, but could get
enough to complete the word, and Of
tentimes l could supply whole words
that were indistinct by the sense OF
what l was reading.
But it was the figures that got me
down at last. All, those figures! There
is no context there, and when saw
dates or numerals Of any kind the blur
of the years shut out all their outlines,
and to save me could not tell what
was before me. I made mistakes so
often in reading aloud to my wife that
she would laugh at me, though she
never caught me on the letters, not
withstanding many was the time I
| guessed at about half was reading.
But figures would not stand any fool
| ing like that, and at last acknowl-
edged that it wasn't the type or the
paper or the light or anything Of that
sort and got myself a pair of glasses.
Now can tell figure as we'll as let
/ ter, and | discover they are printed
quite as plainly as ever, though was
sure they were blurred before. New
| York Sun.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-01-22
1.-THE same says 1, pullin myself
together as hard as could.
"fOut fur a leetle walk this evening"

The same says l, pullin myself
together as hard as could
"'Out fur a leetle walk this eveninY
"'I be-
Nice evenin to walk. Mebbe yo've
bin pickin wild fowers? By the way,
whar's the keg Of moonshine?
81 jest bluffed 'ei right down." said
the old man, with grim smile. GAS
the key was gone and they couldn't
tech me, I wasn't afraid to talk. They
threatened and bulldozed, but I stuck
to it that l was lookin fur coons, and
they dasn't hold me. Bimeby started
fur home. was mighty narvus about
mo- bars, but got home without see
in any. Tho old woman was sittin up
readin the Bible, and she looks up and
quietly says:
'''Yo're home ahead Of time, Zeb. Is
coons skeerce tonightY
Mighty skeerce.'
"'Did yo' see any 'tallY
II jest met one.'
81 see yo' did. and he fetched yo'
that clip on the ear and sent yo'
AOhC. / ACShOhCo W " AuCCI w Will
coon If yo' kept on. Better wash off
the blood and rub in some possum's
fat
"And while was doin it," said the
old man in whisper, II heard the old
woman gigglin softly to herself and
bobbin around in her cheer. dasn't
ak her no questions, bekase I'd made
a fool Of myself, but do yo' know what
I've allus thought? Say, now, but I
believe that bar in the path was my
old woman! Yes, sab, l believe she
put on b'arskin we had in the house
and, sneaked out into the woods to
meet me, and when l got close up to
her she fetched me whack with a
club. dun believe it, sub, but as it
saved me from them revenew fellers
and states prison was much obleeged
to her and didn't raise no row."
NJ. QUAD.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-01-22
THE SCHEME WORKED.
A Scheme by Which Brown Quieted
His Wife's SUSPICION

To be perfectly honest. Brown does
not go to his Griswold street Office
every night that he tells his wife he
is going there. The business which he
says is pressing is frequently imagi-
nary and the man whom he is going
to meet does not exist. He belongs
to club, and clubs have their attrac-
tons. He thought that his wife was
growing suspicious. and Brown is re-
sourceful.
3 On the evening in question, as the
lawyers would say, he told her that
there was n matter of business that
could not possibly be deferred until the
next day. About 8 o'clock she answer
ed the phone and was asked if Brown
was at home. and she replied that he
was at his Office.
"Guess not was the alarming re-
sponse II was just down there and
all looked dark I"
She rang off viciously, If women ever
do such things. ordered a coupe, told
the driver to go as fast as the ordi-
nance allows. kept taking on temper as
she went and flew up stairs to the
Office as though a mouse were in hot
pursuit. Her husband met her smil-
ingly, insisted that she had given him
a delightful surprise. put his easiest
chair near the light. handed her pa
per and apologized for having to re-
sumo work that would possibly keep
him till 3. She could not explain, she
could not keep awake. she was asham-
ed of herself, and after lamely telling
him that she had dreamed that he was
i'll she left.
In ten minutes he was at the club
and shook hands with man who smil-
ingly asked If the scheme worked
He replied that 1t was as good as ready
money for at least 60 days. and then
each bought stack Of chips that pass
in the night.-Detroit Free Press.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-01-22
The National Emblem.

The Presbyterian Review tells Of a
Scottish minister who reminded the
Lord in prayer, For, as thou know
est. men do not gather grapes of thorns
nor figs of the national emblem"
This delicate reference, to the this
tie as the national emblem Of Scotland
is delicious" says The Review, "but
how it would have surprised the writ
ers Of the four gospelsw
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-01-22

Strong cheese Is recommended in
moderation: 1t is suitable to those who
suffer from nerves" for 1t acts as a
sedative. but If eaten to excess its eff
fects are not good.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-01-22

"IRUN UPAG' IN sUNTHIN IN THE DARKNESS"
through me. 'Yo' jest keep right on
coon huntin. and YOU find a coon soon
Ter or later, and it'll turn out mighty
bad find TO- yo'.'
Then knowed she s'pected what
was UP to, but as she didn't say nuthin
mo- ] didn't. That night when went
over to the still felt little skittish.
The old woman's words had kind of
skeered me. Them revenew fellers was
around lookin fur stills, and was liza.
bic to run across 'em in the woods any
time. If they ketched me with keg
of moonshine on my shoulder, it meant
a year in prison fur me fur suah
When Jim Harper found was skit-
fish, he says:
If it's got to that pint whar Zeb
White, the celebrated bar killer and
possum hunter of Tennessee, has be-
come afraid of rabbits, then he'd better
stay home OF nights and play check
ers.'
Then Bill Hope chips in and says its
wonderful that man who has killed a
wildcat with a club should be afraid of
woodchucks. The other two men
laughed at me and said l was gittin
old and feeble. and, Of co'se, the talk
r'iled me and made me determined to
go. 1t was about 10 o'clock when
slung keg of moonshine on my Shout
ders and sot out. 1t wasn't cloudy
night, but a man wanted the eyes Of a
cat to foller the paths over the hills
and through the bresh. tried to think
1T was all right, but the old woman's
\ words kept comm back to me, and
felt my knees grow weak as scuffed
along. was jest about half way over
the hills and had sot down to rest when
heard a bar sniffin in the bresh. The
noise he made was sort Of sniff-snuff,
with a 'woof at the end of it. That's
the way a bar allus does when he
smells man at night.
Look yere. Zeb White says to
myself as that bar kept comm nearer.
If yo' amt in a scrape then I'll eat
my butes. In the darkness and over
these hills yo' can't run fur shucks,
and how yo' gwine to fight bar bare
handedY
old woman, but it was too late then.
thought the best way was to git up
and go along and give that varmint a
cold bluff, but was tremblin all over
as made forward. l tried to whistle,
but my lips was dry as paper. start
ed to sing. but my own voice skeered
u me. was movin along slow and hop
in the bar would take the bluff when
] run UP ag'in sunthin in the darkness.
put out my hand and felt the fur of a
bar, but hadn't more'n teched him
when sunthin hit me 'longside the head,
and went head over heels down hill
and into the bushes. 1t was as ii q
mule had kicked me on the ear, and
had jest sense huff to wonder how 1t
would feel when the critter begun to
tear me to pieces. heard him snuffin
and snuffin and movin around, but he
didn't come to me. and bimeby heard
him movin away.
when Invent head over heels, lost
the keg. l didn't stop to look fur II
when the bar moved off, but crawled
back to the path and started off. was
feelin the thankfulest man in Tennes
see, though my head felt as big as 8
bar'l. when somebody grabbed me and
flashed light in my face. True as
you live. had run ag'in three reye
new fellers who was hidin and waitir
fur me.
/" Good evenin. Zeb White said ons
of 'em as they made suah it was me.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-01-22

Parke-I never saw child with such
remarkable memory for names as
mine has.
Lane How do you account for itf
Parke-Think of the nurses she has
had!- HarEers Bazaar.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-01-22

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GEORGE G0ULD'S MAGNIFICENT STABLES AT LAKEWOOD.
Court There they
set This
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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-01-22
FEB IN A TIGHT FIX.
HAD A KEa OF MooNsHlNE IN HIS
ARMS WHEN HE, MET a BEAR.
What Followed and the Conclusion
( He Reached When the Trouble Was
All Over Are Graphically Told by
K the Old Ponsum Hunter Himself
Icopyright, 1900. by G. B. Lewis.l

copyright, 1900, by G. B. Lewis.l
II was reckonin to go in with some
Of the men on a moonshine still, said
the old possum hunter "but the old
M woman raised SIGH fuss about it that
had to give it up. She jest sulked
md cried and acted up fur a hull week,
and she couldn't sleep nights fur think
In ofN them revenew fellers When
they got the still runnin, they wanted
somebody to carry the kegs over the
mount'in to market, and they coaxed
me into the job. 1t was trip of TO-
teen miles, and, of co'se it had to be
made at night dasn't let the old wo-
man know what l was doin but as
had to hev an excuse to be out l told
her II was coon huntin. I'd bin out
=. three or TO nights when she turns on
an me and says:
the " How about them coons. Zeb?
foil Move bin out every night since Sun
Nj. My, but 90 hain't dun brung back
i'll for tfpnskin'
Ia;,,o II, Coons is mighty shy this time Of
pelns aia AR says /.
n's y = Oh, that's it! Coons jest keep right
tnere fvay from yo', do theyg
He is befs Pears like they do, but I'm hopin
Perry strike big lot of EN- all to once
severe - WAL, Zeb White yo' mind what
st;ll eoyell yo'' saws she as she looks straight
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-01-22

Fools acquire wisdom and loafers go
TO work tomorrow. Chicago News.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-12-07
A MOST PRECIOUS GIFT.
Aftording Health and HappI
ness for the First Time.

For many years. says a cores
pondent, " | had poot appetite and
a tendency to biIli1uSnesS' Almost
everything | ate caused NE pain and
sometimes | would bloat as though
had the Dropsy. ! was also troubled
with a vile tasting las rlsing into my
t, roat.. and occasi,nally threw Up
quantities OF bile.
IN y rest vas always irdIiffrSaS
and b. oxen, and consequently my
mind WIS comm MY under cloud'
ola October, 1899. a relgloN
strongly advised me to resort to Ca
cura Solvent, the new discovery BY d.
David Kennedy, a preparation eSpet
tally adapted, SO she said to alSeas ss
Of the liver, stomach, kidneys 'M
nerves. ,
IL followed her suggestion aNu
although it may eem almost Imp@
BILE, in less than two months usluE
the Cllcura Solvent an dlFfcteu'
was free from the mp'aiot ana ,. ao.s
to cat and digest sold pou'l'nlus
food. l waSso happy N the pSs ",
sion of that most precious oI al 0'D >
glfts-good health"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-12-07
TN HUB MARKETS
Quotations on the Leading
Products In Demand

The butter market
Is firn-e.. following New York. Extra
creamery. small pkgs, 25@251zc; north
ern fresh, round lots, 24ha@25c; western.
24M24hc; eastern, 23h@24c; diaries, 20
Ql2lc: tirsrs. 20M22hc; ladies', 15@1Nc;
jobbins, hc TO 1c more.
There is a steady market for cheese.
with the demand fair and prices well
sustained
Eggs are firm in sympathy with New
York and western markets. The cold
snap has restricted receipts. Storage.
1870 l0Ec; fresh western, 22125c;
choice Michigan, 26030c; eastern, 25N
soc; nearby and fancy, 32@3Sc and up;
jobbing, 1c to 1Ac higher.
Receipts of beans are still small and
there is somewhat of scarcity in the
local market. Prices are steady.
There Is steady demand for apples
ut firm prices, with the supply only
moderate. Fancy Baldwins and gree II.
ings, $3.5OM4: ordinary to good. $2.3Oll
1926; gravensteins. 3.5ONl4. %: western,
Ben Davis. $3M3.oO; SHOWS. $25OuS.5O:
pound sweets, $3.5OM4; Te Imam sN erls,
$3d3.50; No. 2. all varieties. 2M2.JD;
mixed lots, $2.50G3: very choice and
jobbing lots. 5Oc to 81 more.
A few pears are still being taken out
seckels S2.30u3.50.
a few baskets of domestic grapes have
ben in the narkct They job at 151
lie. California grapes are about ont Of
the market.
Cranberries are in smaller supply
They sell at $o.50a7 per Dbl, and at Sl.75
M2,25 per crt for wholesale and iobbing.
Potatoes are firm, but trade is quiet
Houlton Green mountains, S50SSc; He
b:oLs. S0MS.c: rose. 75MSOc; Dakct tn
reds. 75@JSOc: Chenangoes, 75c; wes1 IN
HehrCns and Green mountains. 80 Soc
Virginia sweet, $2.50N205 er hbl; Jer
sey double head. $3M3.50.
Onions a'e firmly he'd. They ara
quoted at ~ 80 or bib 70 ma iycHnl
at $l.'O for small crls, with large crts
at 1926.
Celery is in coed supply, with lit L.
change in prices. FasGualo. S3N14 p
3-doZ bX; Boston marEe $4Ht5: white.
S2M2.50 Spinach is n"Oted at DC per
hu. CaulitiUWrrS sell at ~ ~ per b1.
Radishes are at 30c0t$1 per Tx: lettuce.
5OcliSl yer hX of three doZ. EJECT greens
sell at 5oi'I1'c pr blu.
Squash nre firmly held ut $50 hop per
ton. includ m all kinds. Pumpkins ore
sold at 75c per bX. Tomatoes are scarce
ami bring 2oa!""oc per Id FIR hothors'.
Cucumbers are higher at S1M9 per 100,
with seconds at half price.
Cabbages are higher at 81 per Dbl:
Brussels sprouts, 1OM121sc per ut; vel.
low turnips 90c per Dbl for st. Andrews
and Canadian; white French, 75cMS1
per Dbl; globe white and white fat, 35c
per bu. Beets job at SOC per bu; car
rots, 5OG6Oc; parsnips. Coo. Mint sells
at SOC per doz; cress, 4Oc; parsley, 75c
per blu.
There is a good demand for fresh beef.
with prices firm. and an advance pre-
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-12-07
Why He Ran.

Two boys busily engaged fishing in
strictly preserved water, for which only
one was provided with permit, were
quite suddenly confronted by the
gamekeeper, whereupon one of them,
hastily collecting his tackle, set off at
his best speed across the fields, the
keeper following. After covering three
or four miles of very heavy country
the angler seated himself and awaited
the painting and angry water bailie.
do you know" asked the keeper,
chat you are not allowed to fish in
that water without permission?"
"Yes," answered the lad, "but have
permission. have pass"
"What did you run for, then?" said
the astonished and irate keeper.
ooh, just to let the other lad away.
He had not pass" -Scottish Ameri-
can.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-12-07

Q1cte0.
There was an improved demsad for
| muttons and lambs. following the
Thanksgiving trade, but the supply is
ample. and prices are only steady.
Lambs, 5h@8c; fancy and Brigh ons.
7@Shc; yearlings. 4G6c; muttons, 80
&c; fancy. 6hc; veals 8a1Oc; fancy and
Brightons, 10h@11c.
The market for poultry holds up well
In prices. the continued cold wea her
being favorable The demand Is high
and stocks are heavy. Choice northern
young turkeys. bx lots. 1RG17c; good
northern. 12M14c; western, 1OG 12c: iced.
0hM11c: fresh native chickens. 13ll15c:
western, AI12c; fresh fowls. 1O6I1 c;live
fowls, S09hc: live chickens. 8@1Oc:
green ducks. 130715c.
For the week the receipts of poultry
were 21,323 pkgs, against 21.O21 pkgs
for the same week last year.
Venison is in good supply and sells at
15c for whole deer and 3OGi35c for sad
dies. Quail are quoted at $4,000 per
doz: grouse. So per pair; rabbits. 3:M1
40c per pair.
Hay is firm. with good demand.
Straw is well sustained. There Is very
firm market for millfeed. The shortag &c
in the corn crop, estimated at 700, O0O, 900
bus. will be swelled by other grain crops
to over 1000. 600. 900 bus. This fact ac-
counts for the tremendous advance in
the prices of feed, as they are being used
to an unusual extent for feeding in place
OF grain. The advance on bran has been
81 to So per ton. 1t lis said that one
dealer here had an order placed in the
summer for several carloads Of bran a
then ruling prices for delivery now.
Recently this bran has been bought
back by the mjllers at the present ruling
prices in the east. which represents a
handsome profit to the dealer. The mil
lers can find more prOfitab be market
for the stuff west owing to the scare ty
of grain. The local prices are: Hay,
s12M1S.50: fancy and jobbing. $1S.5OM
10; rye straw $1GM1 80; oat straw. $11
GI12
The most prominent feature in the
wheat situation is the continued liberal
movement of spring wheat and the light
movement of winter wheat resulting in
decline in Minneapolis cash wheat. but
an advance in winter wheat market.
The -four market has shown some
fluctuation. but, on the whole, has been
fairly steady.
Meal markets are very firm and the
predicted advance in prices has been
announced. Oatmeal is particularly
firm and shows substantial gain in
prices.
Corn shows a net advance of 1c for
the week for spot stuff. the market
closing being very firm. The market
had another week of decided firmness.
Oats have shown the same relative
advance. and the situation is very
strong. The high cost of corn has
Largely stimulated the use of oats for
feed.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-12-07
The Timid SchOOlTnaster.

Great men when they We're boys
were often just like other boys, fond
of fun and mischief. The boy who be-
came Professor Gillespie proved this.
He noticed trust boys for noticing
that the Schoolmaster was in great
fear of thunder and lightning. Even
when tie sky grew overcast he used to
eye the windows tremblngly. The
boys. led on by Gillespie, turned his
weakness at times to their own advan-
tagc. When a holiday was wanted,
they used to get herd laddie to
"work" IL stick against the ratings
outside and In other ways to make a
noise that might pass for distant thun-
der. When the boys heard the sounds.
s,ne would utter in stage whisper,
Thunder" Some would even cry out,
'4Theres a FASH" BY and by the
teacher would say, You had better go
home, boys, for thunderstorm is COM
ing ON, and it will rain in torrents"
The lads nhovnd