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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-05-07

The American Association Of Physi-
clans elected the following officers:
DR.. j. S. Wilson, Philadelphia presi-
dent; DR.. Henry Hun, Albany, secre-
tary
A statue of Henry 3. Hyde, the
founder of the Equitable Life Assur-
ance company, was unveiled Thursday
in the arcade of the company's build
ing at New York.
A small boat containing two young
men was swept over the rapids of the
st. Mary's river at Sault Ste. Marie
Thursday. Neither boat or passengers
have been seen since.
The board of directors of the Louisi-
ana Purchase Exposition company
held it's first meeting Thursday and
organized for business by electing eX-
Governor Francis president
Chicago capitalists and millions OF
Chicago money are to develop the re.
sources of Mexico until the southern
republic becomes one of the important
factors in the worlds trade.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-05-07
Illinois &c ntra|
EXCURSION RATES

For the meetings listed below, an ex-
on the certificate plan has been named
from interested territory. For dates of
sale and limit OF tickets, inquire of any
Illinois Central Ticket Agent, or ad.
dress the undersigned:
Council Bluffs, Iowa-State Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs, April 3O-May
Bird.
Des Moines, Iowa-Annual Contest
Interstate Oratorical Association, Nav
2-3d.
Chicago, Ill.-General Holiness AS
sembly, May 3-13.
Marshalltown, Iowa-Grand Lodge
Degree OF Honor, A. o. U. w. of Iowa,
May 14-l5.
Columbus. Ohio-Biennial Meeting
Woodmen of the World, May 1923
Davenport, Iowa-State Medical So
ciety, May 1917.
Philadelphia, Pa-General Assem-.
bly, Presbyterian Church, May 1881.
Belle PLANE, Iowa-Iowa Legion OF
Honor, May 21-23.
Des Moines, Iowa-General Synod OF
the Evangelical Lutheran Church. May
29-June 10.
Minneapolis, MINI, Convention Ma.
tional American Woman Suffrage As
ISOLATION, May 30-June S.
Richmond, Va.-Mravelers' Protec-
tive Association of America-June 3.S.
j. F. MERRY,
Asst. General Passenger Agent, Du.
buque, Iowa.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-05-07
LOW RATES
VIA THE
Illinois Centr al

st. Paul. Mimi, Annual Meeting Mill
tary Surgeons of the United States.
May 29-3l: American Academy of Medi-
cine, June 1-3, and American Medical
Association, June Al. Tickets on sale
Nay 27-3l and June End and 3rd, limi-
ted to June 18th for return
ST. Paul, Mimi, Head Camp Modern
Woodmen OF America, June 11th. On
sale June $40, limited to June 18th.
Kansas City. Mo-, Imperial Council,
Mobiles OF the Mystic Shrine, June IL
u, On sale June 10, limited to 14th.
Cincinnati, Ohio. Annual Convention
United Society Christian Endeayor.
July CLIO. Tickets on sale July 4, 5
ano 6, limited to July IA for return.
with extension to August 31st on pay
ment of fifty cent fee.
Milwaukee, Wis, Annual Meeting
Benevolent aud Protective Order of
Elks. July 1926. On sale July 2l-23,
limit July u, with extension to Aug.
10th on payment of so cent fee.
Chicago, ILL.,. International Conven-
tion Baptist Young Peoples Union,
July 25-2S On sale July 1926, limit
July Both, with extension to August 81
on payment of 50 cent fee.
Louisville, KY. Triennial Conclave
knights Templars. August 27-31. On
sale Aug. "A 26, limit Sept. 2, with ex.
tension to Sept. 16, on payment of sc
cent fee.
The rate for all of these meeting:
will be,
One Fare'PIus $500
for the round trip.
j. F. MERRY,
Asst Gen. Pass. Agent, Dubuque
Iowa.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-05-07

AS Il result of national conference
of window glass interests. held Thurs
day, it was decided to close down near
ly all factories in the United States
on May II and give all employees an
advance in wages of Is per cent.
Joseph w. Stockwell, Il well known
resident of Flint, was arrested at
Muskegon Thursday on warrant
which charges him and four others
with conspiracy to blackmail for S2O,.
600 John Requet, wealthy brewer of
Saginaw One Of the accused is a
woman.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-05-07
HOW She Acautred Them.

"What a clear, melodious voice that
young woman hasw exclaimed the adj
miring youth.
eyes," answered Miss Cayenne.
"And what an air of queenly author.
ity!"
Eyes. Both voice and manner are
easily accounted for. She was once a
telephone operator in the main Office
Washington Star.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-05-07
Who the Bearded yoron w..

eve made a bet" explained the Wis
itor at the dime museum to the girl
ticket seller, who had a suggestion of
hair on her lip, ''and we want you to
settle it. Is the bearded lady your
mother or your aunt?"
"You are both wrong said the girl
quietly. "She's my father kansas
City Star.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-05-07
Southern Measurements.

GLOW far is it to the next house. my
friend?"
"'Bout six acres"
"Well, how much is that?'
81 hain't never counted it,"
"Where are you from anyhow"
'Well, sir, lives bout task an a
half from whar we're standin at'-At-
lanta Constitution
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-05-07
NAMING CIVIL GOVERNORS

Commission Busy Substituting Civil for
Military Rule III Philippines.
Batangas, LuZon, May "a score
of insurrectionists fired into the town
last night. No casualties resulted.
The few outlaws remaining in the
province have nearly been pacitied.
The commission has established a
government at Sorsogon, at the south
ern end of the island of Luzon, and
has appointed Captain j. G.. Living
ston of New York governor and Cap
tain e. w. Terry of the Fourth regi-
ment treasurer. The conditions at
Sorsogon are regarded as remarkable
The commission touched at Marindi,
que yesterday and fulfilled the pledge
made that if the insurgents surren-
dered municipalities would be ordered
and separate provisional govern.
ment established at Martinique
Captain Branholdt was candidate
for governor, but native was appoint
ed. The commission will go to Nadia
today after an eight weeks success
full tour.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-05-07
An Old custom In C1oyne

have known two or three old priests
in Cloyne diocese break up and distrib-
ute among the poor girls Of their re-
spective parishes their old and worn
vestments for the purpose of being
made into 'St. Patrick's crosses" The
cross thus made from priests vest
nent to people of simple faith was an
object of veneration, and have known
many such forwarded by their owners
to their kindred in America, where
they were doubtless received as well
come souvenirs of an ancient custom
in the land Of their fathers.
Not little curious is the etiquette of
those children's st Patrick's crosses"
for whereas it would be considered eff
Terminate Of little boy to wear a
girls cross it would be considered
most unbecoming on the part of the lit
tie miss to don boys paper Cross
Donahoe's.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-13
WITH a BARNFul OF HAY.

With all that may be truthfully said in
commendation of the silo its con-
tents of corn ensilage, and the farmer
with his harmful of well-cured hay, cut
at the season of its best state, and made
up of the sweet and nutritious grasses
and clovers, has no reason to feel very
bad over his situation in comparison.
With all that has been done with the
corn and the silo, at the stations and on
the farm, no one has yet been able to
get but trifle ahead of the grass crop
in actual results. Mr.. Clark down on
his little Connecticut farm is beating
the corn crop and the silo out of sight
with his crops of red-top and timothy.
We believe in the corn crop and the silo
and would urge further attention to
their economic value. At the same time
we have before said and would here re-
peat that the greatest value of the silo
has come from its opening the eyes of
the farmers at large to an appreciation
of the value of bountiful crops to the
acre. Corn gives them such bounty, and
the silo stores and reserves it.
Mr.. Clark is illustrating how this can
be done with the grass crop. The late
John u. Moore of Concord, Mass, years
ago illustrated the same fact on the Con-
cord meadows. Thousands of Maine
farmers this year have illustrated the
same with their bountiful crops of
clover. By cultivation and added ma
nures similar yields are continued with
the corn each year. What is needed
with the grass and the clovers is that
through cultivation and fertilization,
scientific farming, similar bounty be
continued with these crops. Now that
the stations have enforced the valuable
lesson of what may be done with corn
and the silo, would it not be well for
them to illustrate the possibilities of the
grasses and clovers? Mr.. Clark is doing
this. Nature has been doing the same
thing this season. What is now wanted
is to keep it up. With the highest
praises corn as a fodder crop will bear
there is still a call left for an under
standing of what intelligent practice can
do with the growing of the grasses.
Hay, if not substitute for ensilage, is
still wanted on the farm and in the mar
ket.-Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-13
THE KANSAS DROuTH.

The newspapers of Kansas are exhort-
ing their readers to keep up their cour-
age, remember how prosperous they
have been in the recent past, con-
slider that such drouths as the present
are seldom known, hold on as far as
possible to their stock by borrowing
money, which is cheap, and discount
generally the hard fortune that has
overtaken them. At the same time even
the most hopeful and cheerful admit
that the corn crop of the state is almost
ruined, and that the pastures are burn
ed so that recovery under the most
favorable conditions must be long way
off.
The drouth is the most protracted and
severe ever known. There has been no
rain, except slight showers, in the state
for three months and the heat has been
terrible. On all except some low bot
tom lands the corn is failure. The
record yield in Kansas was 275 million
bushels. This year not more than 30 or
60 millions will be harvested. Add to
this the loss of the fruit, vegetables, hay
and oats and see what it means. 225
million bushels at % cents bushel,
WHICH Is Il lOW pliCe, 8houuto " hioio
than 56 millions of dollars, or almost $40
each for every man, woman and child in
the state. At least SO more per capita
must be added for shrinkage in other
crops, making the direct loss $50 each,
or $3.50 for each family of five. 1t is to
be considered, too, that this is to be
borne by the farmers alone, and that the
average as to them is much more than
when it is figured for the whole popula-
ton. In Nebraska it is little better. In
Missouri it is quite as bad; in Arkansas
and Oklahoma it is worse.
Ten years ago such a calamity would
have meant not only bankruptcy but
privation and distress if not starvation.
Now it is mainly a loss of profits, for
the farmers of all these states have been
getting rich apace since 1896. Most of
them are out of debt. Many have money
in the banks. Nearly all are in condi-
ton to live through lean year with
little income from their lands. They
will not lose their farms or go hungry
or cold. Nor will they modify in the
least their opinion that their section is
the garden of the world, and about the
only place in America for people to live
in.-Nirror and Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-13

Rajah Suran, who was one OF the
earliest rulers Of India, overran the
entire east with the exception Of Chi
na, killed innumerable sultans with bis
own hand and married all their daugh.
tiers. 1t Is said that when the Chinese
heard Of his triumphant progress and
learned that he had reached their
frontier they became much alarmed.
The emperor called council Of bis.
generals and mandarins and upon the
advice Of crafty old mandarin the
following strategem was carried out:
A large ship was loaded with rusty
nails, trees were planted on the deck,
the vessel was manned by numerous
crew Of old men and dispatched to the
rajah's capital. When It arriyed-the
most wonderful part Of the story Ii
that 1t did arrive-the rajah sent an
officer to ask how long It had taken the
vessel to make the trip from China.
The Cinnamon answered that they had
all been young men when they set sail
and that on the voyage they had plant
ed the seeds from which the great trees
had grown. In cOrroboration OF their
story they pointed to the rusty nails
which, they said, had been stout iron
bars as thick as q mans arm when
they started. You can see," they con-
cluded, that China must be a very
long distance away"
The rajah was so much impressed
by these plausible arguments that he
concluded he would not live long
enough to reach China and abandoned
his projected invasion.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-13

II am so glad to see you, Jtn,-so glad"
"as they have been. don't know
much difference. Your old mare, Dolly
is dead"
But Jim had gone to meet Her.
~ have come back to you. Shall 90
away" he said.
81 am so glad to see you, Jim-so
glad. 1 have missed you. l never can
forgive you for going away without
Calling
They strolled slowly toward the red
house.
"You hurt us so much-so much"
"Did l hurt you, too, as much as the
othcrs-you who stood by meT'
II did not know that did particular
ly. But 1 could not believe all they
said"
"Even IL you had believed
81 should have wanted to see you
"Ah, my dear" he cried out OF his
heart, 81 want to take you into my
arms and hold you. wanted to DO II
that day on the lower avenue, but
was not worthy Of you. 1t was the
thought that you believed In me tha'
has made me work and try"
She was all red now, and her voice
trembled.
Don't; they are coming out. They
wilr'-
"WhatT
"Know."
'sThen mustn't take your
"You goose-you dear Jim. II you
have waited three years, you can walt.
"How long?"
"Well, an hour"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-13
Sure of O Visit.

As q rule. said prison warden. q
man Is in a despondent mood during
his first weeks Imprisonment There
are exceptions, however, as this Incl
dent will show.
One Saturday about dinner time
was suddenly accosted by one Of the
new arrivals who had served the first
week Of bis sentence.
81 say" he remarked, has q lady
been asking for me at the gateT
told him that il he had been want.
ed the governor would have sent for
him.
"Oh, very well. Keep COOL" he said.
"Thls Is the first time for ten years
I've put In full weeks work. and the
old woman Is sure to be at the gate for
my wages"
And with a grin the cheerful one
passed on.-London Answers
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-13
rb. Legend Of the snowdrop.

An old legend gives the following as
the origin of the snowdrop: After Ad-
am and Eve had been driven from the
garden of Eden Eve was disconsolate.
One day as she sat silently grieving an
angel appeared and sought means to
comfort her. She longed for the flow.
ers but the fast descending snow was
wrapping the barren earth in robe of
white.
AS the angel stood and spoke words
Of hope to the weeping, repentant wom'
an he caught snowflake. breathed
gently upon 1t and said:
"Take form. pure snowflake, bud and
blossom and be comfort to humanity.
now and forever"
In q twinkling the snowflake changed
into q beautiful flower, as white and
pure as the snow itself. and when Eve
beheld the newborn blossom gladncss
and hope came to her heart. and she
smiled through her tears.
Having fulfilled his mission OF love.
the angel departed. but where he had
stood there Immediately sprung up a
circle Of perfect snowdrops.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-13
An Eolian Harp.

To make an eolian harp construct a
box Of very thin pine, cedar or other
wood, five or six inches deep. seven or
eight inches wide, with a length equal
to that Of the window in which 1t Is to
be placed. Across the top, near each
end, glue a strip Of wood half an inch
high and a quarter Of an inch thick
for bridges. Into the ends Of the box
insert wooden pins. like those Of vio-
lin, to wind the strings around, two
pins in each end. Make a sound hole
In the middle of the top and string the
box with small catgut or first fiddle
strings. Fastening one end of each
string to q metallic pin In one end OF
the box and carrying 1t over the
bridges, wind 1t around the turning pin
In the opposite end Of the box. Tune
the strings In unison and place the box
In the window. 1t is better to have
four strings, but harp with a single
string produces an exceedingly sweet
melody,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-13
LEADING FARM CROPS.

From the United States crop reports
we learn that corn is king in this coun-
try by good big majority. Its value
ranges from $500, ,OO0, 900 to $3.50, ,OOO, 900
annually, and most of it is consumed in
this country, only s60,OOO,OOO in value
being exported. Hay comes next in inn
portance, with a maximum annual valu-
alton of nearly $500, ,OOO, 900, but only the
insignificant amount of sl,OOO,OOO in
value is yearly exported. Wheat is next,
or third, in Importance in value and sec
ond in export, its maximum valuation
being about the same as hay, nearly
$500. .OOO, 900. The valuation depends
largely upon the foreign crop, while the
value of hay remains nearly stationary.
Its export valuation reaches nearly
3l5O. .OO0,OO0 The largest export value
of any crop is cotton, which averages
about s22O, 900, 600 annually. The prices
of corn and cotton are largely controlled
by conditions in this country, but with
wheat foreign conditions are control
ling MISUNDERSTANDING.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-13
Waves to disappear.
A Career Ending Joke

This is q true story about one Of the
mayors Of Kansas City. He was mayor
when the incident occurred, not so very
many years ago. Two newspaper men,
both very good friends Of the mayor,
were about to leave town, and they
asked Mr.. Mayor to help them cele'
brate their departure.
It was hot day In summer, and aft.
er an hour or two Of conyivial indul.
gence the mayor Of Kansas City was
very much under the influence Of liq.
uor. The newspaper men were feeling
jovial, but they were still able to walk
around. 1t finally became necessary to
do something for the mayor. Seeing q
fruit wagon pass, one Of the newspaper
men ran out and hailed the driver.
When he drew up to the curb, he was
asked whether or not he wanted to
make 50. He replied that he most GER
tainly did.
It was then explained to him that O
drunken man would be stretched out In
his wagon, face toward the sky, and
that he must drive through all the bust.
ness streets of the town and then take
the man home.
Not knowing who his passenger was
to be, the driver consented, and the
Joke was carried out to the letter.
Through the streets Of Kansas City the
mayor Of the town, stretched out on an
open wagon asleep, was driven, and
there was placard that announced the
cause Of the strange plight fastened
on the back Of the wagon. The mayor
was not re-elected.-Chicago Chronicle.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-13
nfckeua and His Titles.

Charles Dickens had great difficulty
in choosing titles for his various pub
lications, says The Golden Penny. The
following Is a list Of no fewer than IA
suggestions given by the author to his
adviser. Foster. for the title OF one
book. out Of which, need hardly be add.
ed, No. 6 was chosen:
/. According to CrOcker.
2. Prove 1t.
8. Stubborn Things.
4. Mr.. Grandgrind's Facts.
8. The Grindstone.
6. Hard Times.
Z. Two and Two Are Four.
8. Something Tangible.
0. Our Hard Headed Friend
10. Rust and Dust.
II. Simple Arithmetic.
II. A Matter Of Calculation.
13. A Mere Matter Of Figures.
ii. The Grandgrind Philosophy.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-13
Getting Personal.

The fayorite Scottish method Of deal
ing with sleepers in church was pub
licly to denounce the delinquents. The
Christian Leader tells this story:
When the Rev. Walter Dunlap. min
lister of a United Presbyterian church
In Dumfries, saw member Of his flock
nodding while he was preaching. he
stopped suddenly and said:
81 doot some O ye hae taen over
mony whey porridge the day. Sit up,
or I'll name ye DOT"
Another Caledonian preacher, on like
proyocation, cried out Hold up yer
heads, my friends, and mind that mel
ther saints nor sinners are sleeping In
the next world"
Then, finding that this general ex-
hortation was insufficient to deter q
certain well known member Of the
church from getting his nights rest
forward, the reverend gentleman turn
ed toward the offender and said:
james Stewart, this is the second
time have stopped to waken ye. II l
need to stop third time. I'll expose ye
by name to the whole congregation"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-13
AS 1T is IN KANSAS.

The Hon. n. j.. Bachelor, secretary
of the New Hampshire Board of Agri-
culture and master of the state grange,
has lust returned from a Kansas trip,
which he was obliged to cut short by
the terrible heat. His business as lect-
urer of the national grange took him
through the eastern counties of Kansas
and as far west as Topeka, and brought
him in contact with hundreds of farm
ers. From what he saw and was told he
judges that the stories of the destruc-
tion caused by the drouth in that state
have not been exaggerated; indeed, he
thinks no ordinary story teller could de-
scribe the situation there worse than it
really is. In the towns where he stop
ped the ground had actually cracked
under the heat, showing great seams,
the corn, grass and vegetables were ap-
parently as dead as they will be next
spring, the leaves had fallen from most
of the trees, and except the alfalfa no
green thing was seen. The water sup
plies for stock and domestic purposes
had disappeared and the farmers were
going and driving their cattle long dis
tances to reach the rivers. That any
dIuOuuo Va itsih Soh Poe VVOh % oOihoAShSO
of life into the parched and withered
crops does not seem possible.
And yet, he says, the people who have
harvested large wheat crop are not
only hopeful, but cheerful. If rain
comes they will replant their land with
fodder crops and save the stock. If they
have nothing to sell they will borrow
money, which is abundant. If they have
no harvesting to do they can attend the
grange picnics, which they do by the
ten thousand, regardless of the weather,
or skip over into Oklahoma and take
hand in the land lottery that is to take
place there. At the worst they expect
to be able somehow to get through a
lean year, and are apparently half will
ing to wait for fat ones.
And whatever happens they believe,
or insist they believe, that Kansas is the
greatest state in the Union and about
the only one in which sensible people
ought to make homes. If they have no
corn or hay they have, as of old, the
Kansas spirit, and against that drouth
and locusts and cyclones and famines
and pestilence are powerless.-Mirror
and Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-13
A Little Too Faithful.

A thief In Paris, being chased by the
police. threw away during bis flight
the purse he had stolen and was In 9
fair way, after being taken to the po-
lice station, of being allowed to go free
for lack Of sufficient evidence to hold
him when his faithful dog. which he
had trained to fetch and carry. trotted
into the station, wagging Its tail. with
the missing purse In Its mouth.-Paris
Journal.