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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-12-02
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COOKING VEGETABLES.
Frequently Render Them Abso-
lutely Tnstcless.

A great many cook-boolls order all
fresh vegetables to be placed in an
abundance of boiling water and
cooked slowly for a considerable
time. Many vegetables are ruined
by being cooked in this way. Po-
tatoes, asparagus, peas and cauli-
flower should be boiled in a small
amount of water and cooked steadily
but slowly. Overlooking will make
all of these vegetables tasteless. Do
not salt any of them until they are
half done.
Young summer cabbage should be
cooked in an abundance of boiling
water When it has cooked for IS
minutes take it up and cool it in
cold water. 1t may then be chopped
and dressed, allowing a cup of
cream, tablespoonful of flour mixed
with two tablespoonfuls of flour,
salt and pepper. Let the chopped
cabbage simmer in this cream sauce
for three-quarters of an aour. An
other way to cook cabbage is to
blanch, as described. Take out tile
heart with a scoop, stuff the cab
bage with sausage meat, lay it in a
saucepan with buttered paper over
it, and let it cook one hour, bast=
ing it often with its own juices.
The best way to cook beets is in
cold water. Wash them we'll, being
careful not to puncture them or
break off the tips. Put in sauce
pan, cover with water, add hand
full of salt and two tablespoonful
of vinegar. Let them boil rapidly
for an hour and ten minutes. If old
beets, cook an hour longer. Lift one
by one into cold water. peel and re.
turn to the water in which they were
boiled, if they are to be cooled.
Carrots should be scraped and
washed, cut in slices half an inch
thick and cook in sailed water for
80 minutes. Serve in cream sauce
String beans should be boiled slow
ly for two hours.-N. Y. Tribune.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The livers of between 9O.O00,OOO
and 100,00o,000 Goldfish are used for
the yearly supply of cod liver oil.
The French industry of raising
flowers for the manufacture of per-
fume has been greatly injured by the
chemical odors and artificial ethereal
oils produced in Germany, as the lat
ter sell at a lower price and are hard
ly distinguishable from the genuine.
laboratory of Chicago, has devised a
battery for the production of cleo
tricity directly from coal. The city
is paying the expense of the expert
ments which Mr.. Jone is carrying out
The new battery is said to be in
practical and convenient form.
According to the New, York Sun,
John w. Bookwalter refused $1,0O0,-
600 for the patent rights of a new
steel process which he has invented.
BY means of this process it is pos
sible to remove impurities from iron
at the side of the converter instead
of at the bottom. 1t is said that
steel of greater purity is obtained.
Casks of corkwood, the recent in
vention of resident of Algeria, are
claimed to have important advan-
tages. Cork being a bad conductor
of heat, liquids are protected from
freezing on exposure to cold, and
perishable substances are preserved
from heat in warm climates. An in
terror coating keeps the contents
from contact with the cork. The
slaves do not warp, and an 11-gallon
cask weighed only 80 pounds instead
of the so pounds that would have
been its weight in ordinary wood.
When the days are longer than the
nights, more heat is received by day
than is lost by night. Heat gradu-
ally accumulates in land, sea and air,
so that the hottest part of the year
is not in June, when the days are
longest, but considerably later.
From many observations, DR.. j. Schu-
bert has shown that the soil in north
ern Europe reaches it's highest tenn
perature in September and its low
est in March, air and water being
warmest in August and coolest in
February. The sea takes up 20 to
40 times as much as the land, the
heat penetrating much deeper. The
sea may be two degrees warmer than
the air in October or November, but
| it's average for the year is but half
a degree warmer.
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luck is usually the result of having
closely followed up these three attri-
butes, which must eventually yield
golden results to the faithful"
Miss O'Bryan came to Cripple Creek
with her father, who was also interest
ed in mining in the early SOS, when
Cripple Creek was yet mere tented
village. The trip was then made by
stage coach. Miss O'Bryan, who was
then an expert stenographer, did not
abandon her work on coming to Grip
pie Creek, but at once set up an Of
flee, and with the advent OF the gold
excitement came such a flood of work
as to overwhelm a less industrious
woman.
"The very air of Cripple Creek sug-
gested mining" said Miss O'Bryan, in
describing her initiation into the camp,
1.-The atmosphere breathed it, every
body talked mining, the air was con-
tagious with it. When the excitement
first started invested my meager saw
irgs in a small way. The excitement
grew with the hours, and l soon saw
tie investments rolling up into thou
sands of dollars. | shall never aban-
don mining. AS soon as dispose of one
of my claims at a good price l immedi-
ately invest in other mining proper
ties"
Miss o'Bryan has an office in one
of the prominent downtown business
buildings, but spends most of her time
lover the hills" looking after pros
pective and operative claims. She is
regarded as one of the best judges of
gold ore in the district, and on ac-
count of her accurate and honest judg-
ment in quickly analyzing newly dis
covered ore or still newer mining
projects she is usually confronted by
flood of appeals from all sources,
asking for her opinion,
Miss O'Bryan has charming person
ality, which is in quite refreshing con-
trast to the prosaic surroundings of
a grim mining camp. She is one of the
leading spirits in matters concerning
| the welfare and development of the
town, and has always been one of the
first to suggest and carry out merited
improvements, which have made Grip
pie Creek something little better than
mere western mining camp.
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Crushing n New Sect.

The sultan of Turkey has ordered
the extirpation, by as severe meth
DDS as can be devised, so as to teach
a lesson, it is reported, of new
religious sect that has made great
Roadway in Damascus. The new re-
ligion is not Jewish nor Moham-
medan nor Christian, but a sort of
medley of all three. 1t teaches that
neither Mohammed nor Christ was a
Divine person, though their exist
ence is admitted. They were simply
great philosophers who We're en-
dowed with powers to perform GER
tain miracles. More interesting, how
ever, is that the members, having adj
nlitted some belief in Islam, are al
lowed plurality of wives, while as
a recognition of Christianity they are
not forbidden to be total abstainers
from strong drink. 1t is an enticing
religion to those who have no desire
to place too great curb on their
passions, and such are common in
the land of the Turk; hence, prob
ably, so great Il number of recruits
that the attention of the sultan and
the sublime porte was attracted to
it.-London News.
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BLAMING THE ENGINEER.
He L. Held Responsible for Most Ac-
cidents, But His Life Is Also
at Stake.

The railroad man does not lead a
very romantic life, for the response
bilities amount to more than the
charms. \ few weeks ago an acct
dent occurred on the Pittsburg & West
ern road. The coroner's jury decided
lhat the engineer was to blame. The
engineer Will answer to no court of
inquiry, for if he is responsible he
has already paid the penalty. He
went down with his engine Whatever
may have been the mistake in disre-
garding orders or neglecting to assure
himself of the safety of his train, no
man was more affected than he, says
the Pittsburg (Pa.) Times.
A self-conscious passenger once
stood by a locomotive as the engineer
was awaiting signal to start. The pas
senger advised care in running the en-
CINE over a dangerous bit of road. The
engineer responded somewhat impa-
tiently thatif he was not interested in
his own safety enough to try to get
the train through all right he would
hardly be interested enough in anyone
else to make an extraordinary effort.
The engineer is the first man to meet
danger if it arises on the road. If he
gets through without harm the man
who rides in the ears will follow safely
as a rule.
There is no likelihood that the man
on the locomotive will ever be more
careful. Public condemnation or the
displeasure of the law cannot make his
punishment for neglect any more Sc
we're than the neglect itself does. An
engineer may cause wreck, but some
thing ineNplicable must always re-
main as the responsible factor. No
sane man invites death knowingly, but
when his faculties go astray it is one
of the mysteries that mark the work
ing of the human mind.
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interest. Happily, however, our i'm
pressions We're erroneous, as we dis
covered upon reaching the carhouse
and seeing the miniature train back
out, ready for service.
The engineer on the front platform
gave long blast on a horn and we
were off at lively pace. Gripping a
hand rail on each side of the rear end
of the car, two powerful little coolies,
pushing and putting at great rate.
furnished the motive power which
sent us buzzing over this remarkable
little route, through most engaging
scenery.
When under good Roadway, or going
down grade, the motive power"
would jump on to the rear platform
and enjoy a period of rest, as the car
sped on of it's own volition. The en-
gineer's duty, on the front platform,
was to apply the brake and blow a
warning horn upon rounding curves,
it requiring considerable agility on his
part to keep his station, and as we
whizzed around the curves it kept him
busy trying to hang on.
The tirst-class cars have doors at
the end, while the second-class cars
open on the side. The trains, however,
are frequently made up of tirst-class,
second-class and freight cars.
This miniature monopoly runs its
distance through tiers of rice paddy
fields and fine groves, skirting the Sea
of Japan, some $50 feet above sea level.
In America trip of this character,
which occupies about five hours, with
the services of a private car and three
men, would cost several dollars, while
in Japan, including the tip for coolies
tea, the entire cost was AZ sen, or 81
cents in our money.-Four-Track
News
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A WOMAN MINE BOSS.
Miss Mollie o'Bryan Does Her own
Prospecting and Also Acts as
Expert Adviser.

Miss Mollie o'Bryan, of Cripple Creek,
Col, is one of the few successful wom-
en- of the west. Her election to the
presidency of the Teutonic CONSOLE
dated Gold Mining company has placed
her in the foremost ranks of those
whose profession represents the pick
and shovel, the tedious, patient toll,
the unquenchable hope and bitter dis
appointments, the isolated life of a
western miner.
Miss O'Bryan is one of the conserva-
tive and substantially wealthy repre-
sentatives of the enormous gold mining
industry at Cripple Creek. The secret
of her phenomenal success in this
unique calling for women is best eN-
pressed in her own words. 'To make
a success of mining she says, zone
must be patient. persistent and never
without hope. What most people term
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Julius. Perhaps you call them by
some other names.
Then there's the hoeing and killing,
and the pumpkin vines crawling across
from row to row, in spite of the Guilt
yator.
And, speaking of vines-don't tell
anyone-there' a watermelon patch
hidden in about the middle of the field.
The apple tree is the landmark. You
can find it by that, even when the corn
is full height. But those Skinner and
Croker boys can't. That's why we
have it in the center of the corn field
What fun cutting the corn and put.
ting it into shocks! Then later cart
ing it to the barn. And the mice
how they jump from underneath the
shock as it is draggingly lifted to put
on the wagon!
Riding home on the old corn wagon!
Fifth avenue carriages can't equal it
for real pleasure! Ask some of the
grown-up occupants who may have
spent youthful days on 1.-The old home
stead"
strings were all that were needed,
and in case of an old-time one, Paga-
nini-like, we did very we'll with one.
And then of the other part of ''the
golden harvest" | wonder which had
the most pleasant anticipations, "OlG
Spotty" waiting for the pumpkin to be
chopped with a spade, or the chopper
eager to finish that task and have q
pumpkin for a ''punkey moonshine
lantern?"
For you know the farmer boy
scrapes out the interior of the pump
kin, cuts holes in one side in imitation
of eyes, nose, and mouth (even with
teethO, and then sets a lighted can
die in hole cut in the bottom of the
inside.-From the Nature and Science
Department., in st. Nicholas.
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FUNNY LITTLE RAILROAD.
In japan Two Powerful Dwarf Cool
les Furnished the Motive Power
on Up-Grades.

Probably one of the smallest and
most interesting bits of railroad to be
seen in any country runs between the
pretty little seacoast town of Atami
and Ioshihama, in the province of
1zu, Japan, its length being about 20
miles.
On our recent tour through the
"Land of the Cherry Blossoms" we ar
rived at Atami late in the day, after
most interesting 12-mile tramp over
the Ten Province Pass" Our time be-
ing rather limited, we decided to start
sightseeing early on the following
morning by visiting the -year-old
temple of Izusan, three miles distant,
which is regarded as one of the prin-
cipal points of interest to the trav-
eler in the kingdom of Japan.
Mine host, in flowing kimono, with
repeated bows and continuous smiles,
informed us that Atami was quite a
railroad center and that train would
convey us to the temple in quick time
We accepted his offer, though with re-
greet that after two days hard walk
ing in search of primitive Japan, with
its native customs and scenes remote
from the influences of civilization, we
had found ourselves on the tourist
beaten track, where the civilizing in
fluence of the railroad had undoubted-
ly robbed the country of its original
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err, Orme Wilson, married Caroline AS
tor, daughter of the Mrs. Aston who
has long held the scepter over New
York society.
When Grace Wilson married Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, Jr., two continents
became interested in the alliance. 1t
was full of romance and millions, and a
girl with quick wit and a pretty face
outwitted the oldest and strongest
branch of the Oldest and strongest fam
lily in New York society.
Mrs. Leila Wilson Herbert possesses
that beauty and magnetic charm that
have lifted the Wilson family to their
present prominent position-and the
end is not yet! In London, Paris, Wen
quered, till the best houses in those
cities include the Herberts on their
lists.
The return of Mrs. Herbert to Wash
ington to rule over the embassy where
she formerly appeared as the wife of
it's secretary accurately measures the
distance these two have travelled up
ward in the diplomatic and social scales
in very short space of time. And the
appointment is even more significant
than it seems to be on the surface.
Next winter three reigning families
in American society will be attracted
to the capitalize Astors, the Wander
bits, the Ogden Goelets. Which means
not only an addition of three great
lights, but of all the lesser lights that
follow in their wake.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

He-"I believe you are making a
fool of me-" She-"Why should -"
-Somerville Journal.
Politician - congratulations Sa-
rah, I've been nominated" Sarah
with delighD-"Honestly??" Politi-
clan = What difference does that
ke?"-Detroit Free Press.
The Other Side.-"Knowing my
husbands tendency to gossip" said
Mrs. Strongmynd, Il never tell him
anything | am not willing everybody
should w"-Chicago Tribune.
"a penny for your thoughts" said
Miss Diehl. "Aw-aw. now, really, l
/" Not worth a penny? All,
well, if you think I'll be cheated, I'll
withdraw the offer!" Baltimore
News.
My fathers the switchman," said
the little girl in the depot, proudly
"Huh!" remarked the small boy
mime amt: he makes ma punish us
when we're naughty" = Cincinna ii
Tribune.
Mrs. Tower-''Frankly, John Tower
| think you are the meanest man
ever saw" Mr.. Tower-'I wouldn't
say that 'Gusty;' you know you've
said hundreds of times that you have
been the making of me-" - Boston
Transcript.
Young Man-"The wife l am look
ing for must be young and pretty
Coy Maiden-'Do you think you viii
have to look very far?" Young Mar
"Confound it, can't look at all. I'm
dreadfully nearsighted and I've left
my glasses at home. Chelsea GA
zette.
Il think" said the first business
man, "1'll go home to lunch to-day
a new cook arrived at our house just
after breakfast, and she has the rep
utation of being a good one" "Why
not wait for your usual six O'Clock
dinner?" ''She may be gone by that
time. "-Philadelphia Press.
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FUN IN THE coRNFIELD.
How Country Boys Enjoy Themselves
in the Happy Harvest Days of
Indian Summer,

s'Indian corn forms by far the larg-
est cereal crop of the western hemis-
phere. In the United States the
amount raised is greater than the sum
Of all our other grain crops, and doubt
less considerably exceeds the total
maize crop of the rest OF the world.
The place of maize in the western
hemisphere is similar to that OF rice
in the far east. In further token
of the Importance of maize to our
country, it has been proposed to have
this plant adopted for our national
flower"
This is what Frederick Leroy Sar-
gent says of the agricultural impor-
lance of Indian corn or maize in his
excellent book entitled Corn Plants.
And l am positive that our country
boys and girls will agree with me in
adding that, of all crops on the farm,
it is first in Importance in the happy
days connected with it.
No other occupation blends so har-
moniously with the bright days OF
spring as dropping the corn, while the
brown thrasher sings from favorite
perch in the nearby shrubbery be
witching hooking bird song that has
been almost literally translated by
Thoreau: Drop it, drop it-cover it
up, cover it up-pull it up, pull it up
pull it up"
Then there is the riding horseback
astride old strong-bitted Charles
drawing the cultivator. whoa, now
l tell you-keep off that hill! Dom
you know this is the end of the row.
Did ever general lead an army will
more dignity and Importance thar
Julius on that horse? You countr,
boys and girls all know Charles ant
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This Cat was Ingenious,

Pont Sainte MaXence is small
place in the department of Disc,
France, but it furnishes a cat tale
which is wonderful enough. 1t APP
pears that resident in the place,
who is an enthusiastic angler, used
to keep live bait in a small tank on
his premises. The angler also had
a cat, who, naturally, was fond of
fish, raw or cooked. This being so,
the owner covered his tank with WIRE
netting, to keep pussy out of temp
tation. But the cat knew trick
or two, and went to the nearest
refuse heap for some fowl giblets
which We're providentially lying
there. These she took to the tank.
let them hang into the water from
the netting, and began fishing on her
own account. When the fish nibbled
at the bait, puss would catch it with
nimble claw. The angler, noticing
the trick, threw the bait away, but
half an hour later puss was at it
again. The ingenuity of that cat is
worthy of admiration.
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LADY MICHAEL HERBERT.
American Wife of the New British
Ambassadors to Lead in WASH
inEton Society.

The new British ambassador to the
United States, Sir Michael ii. Herbert,
is not stranger in diplomatic circles
at Washington, nor is his charming
American wife, who for years was one
of the leading society women of the
capital. Her husbands new rank will
give Lady Herbert the first position
among the ambassadorial set, for by
common consent and precedent the
British embassy is accorded the rank
ing place.
Mrs. Herbert is an American woman
She was Leila Wilson before her mar
riage, enc of the famous daughters of
r. L. Wilson, who We're noted for their
wit and beauty and the splendor of
their matrimonial alliances.
The marriage of the Oldest sister to
Ogden Goelet was a coup which set the
pace for the Wilson family. Her broth
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-12-02
inefficient Puget sound Forts.

Naval officers think that the forts
that defend Puget sound would be
almost useless in case forest fires
or thick fog prevailed at the time of
an attack from the sea. Difficulties
of navigation experienced during the
most of the smoke haze caused by
the recent tremendous CONGREGATIONS
and the delay of the battleship Ore
gon in departing for Panama be-
cause of danger attendant on making
the ocean through the smoke are re-
sponsible for the theory that the
forts are efficient under these con-
ditions. The gunners in the forts
would be unable to see to aim, even
in the unlikely event of the discov-
cry of the attacking force Chicago
Chronicle.
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Spiders Travel ON Wind.

sit is well known" says the Revue
Scientitique, that certain spiders can
be transported by the wind owing to
a very light silken thread that they
emit from the spinneret which is
blown along by an ascending current
of air. A thread a yard long, accord
ing to the experiments of M. Favier,
can sustain the weight of young
spider. For many years M. Favier
has witnessed every spring the disper-
sion of young SPIDERS from large
number of nests. In few hours. in
favorable weather, 1000 young ones
will set out from the same nest TO be-
gin their travels. The spiuer is not
absolutely passive, but can regulate
its ascent, both at its departure and
during the journey, 1t is sufficient to
increase the length of the string to
mount more quickly and to shorten it
when wishing to alight. Possibly GER
tain alternating species may accom-
plish sort of periodic amigratir n
by this means"
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THE TWO ROADS.


OH the road to Healthy, Wealthy and
Wise
Runs by night through the Gates of
Sleep.
Straight over the Sunderland Beach it
lies,
Where Sandman gathers the sand for
your eyes,
That he shakes when the Sun has left the
skies
AND the gray evening shadows creep.
But to reach this Land by the Road of
Morn,
You must rub the sand from your eyes,
When you leave the Country of Drowsy
1awn,
Just follow the path that the Sun has
gone,
And pass through the gateway of Early
Dawn
Into Healthy, Wealthy and Wise.
Alice Van Leer Carrick, in Youths Com
panion.
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Automobile sneedx
The regulation of automobile

The regulation OF automoblle speeds
is likely to prove an increasingly Sc
full measurement for two furlon
showed a speed of Is miles an hour,
yet the driver testified that he was
not exceeding a rate of six miles. Per-
haps some inventor may supply police
authorities with Il cheap continuous
speed recorded whose attachment to
motor vehicles may be made compul-
sory.-N. Y. Sun.
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Hoboken Rat chcws Gum

The gum-chewing habit has evil
IDENTIFY been acquired by the rats
which nestle in the Hobollen station
OF the Lackawanna railroad. They
steal large quantities of the chewing
gum that arrives there.