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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-07-25
THE wATER-scopE.
A Man Standing In Hogshead with
Glass Bottom Can Sean Depths
of River or Lake,

The men who drive logs along the
swift rivers and across the shallow
lakes of northern Maine lead lives that
are full of peril. AT the sharp turns
OF the rushing streams, where logs are
prone to run aground and form dan
gerous and expensive jams, men stand
IN the cold water waist-deep for hours
at time to fend off the oncoming tim
bers, and if one chances to meet with
log under strong Roadway, he is fire.
quently swept from his feet and goes
down stream among the great sticks
of spruce and pine.
On the lakes, where the RATS have
to be propelled by headwork and oars,
the danger is none the less imminent.
a misstep on rolling log or bad
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-07-25
Now Has Umbrellas to Burn.

A well-known English dean recently
had the misfortune to lose his UNI
bre1la, and he rather suspected that
appropriation by another had not
been altogether accidental. He there
fore used the story to point moral
in sermon in the cathedral, adding
that if the present possessor would
drop it over the wall of the deanery
garden during the night he would
say no more about it. Next morning
he repaired to the spot and found his
own umbrella and As others.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-07-25
AMERICAS LARGEST FAMILY.
A Wisconsin Group of Immediate Re-
latives Which NumL ers 1873
Members.

Prairie Du Chen, Wis, boasts OF
a family which is believed to be the
largest in the United States. 1t con-
sists of 1SS members, and until a
few weeks ago, when Mrs. Peter
Fernett died, there had been no sick
ness or death in the family for near
ly half a century, reports the Wash
ington Times.
Peter Fernett, Sr., the head of the
family, is nearly 90 years of age,
and is in splendid health. With him
to mourn the loss of faithful wife
and mother are eight children, 126
grandchildren, 81 great-grandchil-
dren and one at-great-grandchild
The family now consists of the fol-
lowing MEMBERS:
Peter Fernett, husband; Mrs. An
thony La Bonnie, Mrs. Louis La
Bonnie, Mrs. Frank Porrier, Mrs.
Gotta, Mrs. Theodore Gotta, Mrs. HUI
bert Obin, Paul Fernett and Peter
Fernett, Jr.
There We're four other children
born, but three of these died when
they were quite young, and the other
when he was under 81 years of age.
These eight children are the par
ents of 1876 children Eighteen of
these grandchildren of old Mr.. and
Mrs. Fernett have among them 81
children, and one of the latter is the
mother of ten-day old child, max
ing it great-great-grand of
Peter Fernett, Sr. The remarkable
record of the Fernett children is as
ollows:
Mrs. A. La Bonnie, IS children.
Mrs. l.. La Bonnie, IS children.
Mrs. F. Porrier. II children.
Mrs. Gotta, 16 children.
Mrs. I. Gotta, II children.
Mrs. H. Obin, IS children.
Paul Fernett, IS children
Peter Fernett, Jr., ii children.
All the members of this remark
able family, from the old great
great-grandfathe down to the
youngest baby are hale and hearty.
When the aged woman died short
time ago she had been i'll for less
than a day.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-07-25
FRIEND OF THE THIRSTY.
doris Placed There Through the
Efforts of Senator Plumb.

ut took the late Senator Plumb,
of Kansas, nearly two years to get
these water coolers placed in the
corridors of the capitol" said a gen
tleman as he quenched his thirst
with ice water the other day, accord
ing to the Washington Post. ''The
senator was fighter when he went
into fight, and it is said that some
of his constituents who were visit
ing Washington for the first time
called his attention to the fact that
it was impossible for stranger to
get drink of water in the big
building. OF course, people who
know the ropes can dodge into one
of the numerous committee rooms
and get drink of water, and fire.
quently something stronger, but be-
fore the coolers were placed in the
main corridors the stranger stood
little show.
when the complaint was made
to Senator Plumb he at once deter
mined that there should be water
for all who wished it. The senator
went to work, introduced bill, but
this was lost in committee, and
after repeated efforts, lasting nearly
two years, he managed to get it in
as an amendment to an appropria-
ton bill, with himself as one of the
conferees. He was appealed to to
give up the effort, but announced
that he would defeat the whole bill
unless the amendment for coolers
stuck. That settled it, and during
the next recess the coolers were
placed in the walls. The water is
kept cool by going through coil
of pipes through and around the
storeroom in the basement of the
building, where the ice for use in the
building is stored. I never take
drink here but that I think of SEN
ator Plumb, one of the best men who
ever came to the senate and who
killed himself by overwork."
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-07-25
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The record aurora borealis lasted
for week in August, 1859.
In Germany 10 per cent. of male and
6S per cent. of female cancer patients
suffer from cancer of the digestive or
gans.
There are seven species of salmon in
the Iaku river, Alaska. Each has its
date of arrival from the sea at the
spawning grounds.
DR.. Calling, who invented the gun
known by his name, has invented a
pillow operated by gasoline which will
do the work of 80 men and eight horses
at an expense of little more than two
dollars day.
Hailstones nearly three pounds in
weight fell during recent storm at
Jessore, in Bengal. Metal veranda
roofs were perforated, cattle manned,
trees beaten down, and a man killed
outright by the downfall.
A German mechanical genius has
published pamphlet on Glow to Steer
an Airship with Eagles" He demon
strates ION paper that eagles can be
harnesSed to balloon and made to
draw it through the air, and says that
he is training team for balloon
which he has in readiness.
In 1900 there were made in this coun-
try 21,254,000 gross of buttons OF
these, 297, 1sO gross were of bone, 1872
$40 of cloth, 2,4O7,319 of composition,
717,o47 of horn, 3,713, 144 of brass, 1885,
527 of other metals, 4,3oS,5s of fresh
water pearl, 4,o49,452 of ocean pearl,
2,261,s32 of vegetable ivory, $4,000 of
wood, f05,0S6 of celluloid and 496, 7s6 Of
paper.
DR.. laval, of the French Academy of
Medicine, who is sightless, denies that
nature compensates blindless by in
creased sensibility of touch and hear
ing, but contends that when a person
is blind an extra development takes
place in sixth sense, which is latent
in all persons. This sense, which has
been called the sense of obstacles, acts
by the perception of certain warm and
indefinite vibrations. The seat of the
sense is believed to be placed in the
forehead.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-07-25
STRAWBERRIES FOR GOVT.
French Chemists Have Discovered
the Presence of Salicylic Acid
in the Fruit.

From an alimentary point of view the
strawberry is variously appreciated
Some say that it is difficult of diges-
ton; others, on the contrary, maintain
that it is refreshing and diuretic.
Although it is not unusual to meet
with persons incapable of swallowing
single strawberry without being at
tackled with nettle-rash, and there is
even case on record of young girl
having an eruption at the sight of
straw berries, it may be remembered
that fontenelle, who was nearly hun
dred years old when he died, was a
large consumer of this fruit, to which
no attributed the good health which
he enjoyed during his long and bril-
liant career.
But really remarkable example of
The therapeutic value of the strawberry
was furnished by Linnaeus After suf-
ferlng from govt for several years the
'iilusarious Swedish naturalist was
seized at the end of June, 1850, with an
attack of unusual violence. Having
suffered atrociously, having lost his
appetite and being unable to sleep,
and feeling his strength failing, he re-
signed himself one day to tasting some
Strawberries which were brought him.
He found them palatable, and ate a
large quantity of them.
To his surprise, and, it need scarcely
be said, to his great satisfaction, his
pains diminished, and he was able to
sleep. His experiment appearing to
him sufficiently precise to warrant
him in going on with it, he continued
to eat plate of Strawberries daily,
and he improved so much that in a few
days he was able to get up and walk.
The govt quickly disappeared, and his
general health became good. During
the four following years govt reap
peared, but in a less aggravated form.
Linnaeus resumed the treatment
which had proved so successful, and
again experienced the same results. He
therefore adopted the preventive
strawberry cure every year, and the
result was that for 20 years he never
had the slightest return of govt. says
the Paris edition of the New York Her.
aid.
Nothing more was required to con-
stitute the strawberry a specific for
govt. NM. Portes and Desmoulieres
(of Paris) have found in ten varieties
of this fruit the reactions characteris-
tic of the presence of salicylic acid,
and on carrying this analysis further
succeeded in obtaining this acid in a
crystalline form from strawberries.
1t is now understood that the straw
berry can act on govt. Doubtless ow-
ing to the infnitesimal quality of sally
cylic acid which it contains, it will re-
quire the consumption of very large
quantity of the fruit to obtain bene-
fetal results. But it is also known that
medicines taken in exceedingly small
quantities and combined naturally are
easier of assimilation and more effica-
cious than when taken in crude form
and in much larger quantities.
Thus the researches of chemists
from time to time furnish by the isola-
ton of the active principle the expla-
nation of the therapeutic value of GER
tain remedies, hitherto applied empir-
ically.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-07-25
band is fastened to the end of thepara-
chute stick

band is fastened to the end of the para
chute stick.
We get paper mailing tube open
at both ends and just wide enough to
allow the parachute to slip in when
folded together. On the lower end of
the tube we fasten strong piece Of
rubber band on both sides of the open
Ing. We insert the parachute into the
tube and place the bone button with
its groove on the rubber band. Then
holding the tube with one hand, we
pull the bone button; with the other
stretching the rubber band. Then let
go, and the parachute shoots out like
an arrow, reaches considera BILE
height, opens up, and then comes slow
ly DOWN.. Y. Herald.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-07-25
SHEPHERDS ON Stills.
French Peasants Manage These ArtiJ
fcinl Legs in Way That As
tonishes All Visitors.

Most expert of silt walkers in the
world are thoseto be found in La Teste,
In France. The rural postmen of this
region, the shepherds and farmers go
about on tall stills with perfect ease.
The stills worn by these people in
their ordinary work frequently meas
ure six feet Or more in height. Years
OF constant practice has made every
one remarkably expert in managing
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-07-25
La nKuREe.

Its wonderful" said the meditAtive
man. "how one small word, insigniti-
cant in itself, may induce an endless
train of thought, speaking volumes, in
fact"
yes" replied the caustic man.
Take the word but for instance,
when woman says: OF course, it's
none of my business, but. '"--Philadel.
phia Press.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-07-25
wnsps ns Pulp Maker,

The nest of the tree wasp or hor-
net is made of true paper, wood
being ground to pulp by the jews of
the wasp and treated with an adj
hesive matter secreted in the crea-
lures mouth.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-07-25

His royal highress, Prince Mtchi, grand
son OF the present Mikado of Japan, is the
Youngest heir presumptive 10 great
throng among all the royal personages In
the world. The frs. two symbols in the
above oriental inscription mean Imperial
Grandson" Abe third aud fourth stapd
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-07-25

for Mich" while His Royal Highness"
IS distributed oyer the fifth and sixth The
three remaining symbols form the one
word photograph" Let us hope the
youthful prince will become as good a
friend 70 us as his grandfather is. and ala
Waya has been.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-26
What Gardner Said.

Yesterdays Birmingham News says:
 Captain Walter Gardner has returned from Talladega, where a conference was held. yesterday by representatives of the two elements in the 3rd regiment, Ala bama National Guard. Captain Gardner authorizes this statement:
 The conference, wIich was well at tended. was successful In its object. A compromise was effected: men were named to fill the vacancies occasioned by resignations of officers and committee was appointed to go to Montgomery and notify the Governor of the result of the conference.
 That committee is composed of Cap tain Burr of the Taladega company; Captain Hughes B. Kennedy of Birm- ingham, and myself. We will probably go to Montgomery tomorrow morning The Governor was informed by telephone yesterday of our forthcoming visit.
 We will report to the Governor that thirty out of the forty-three officers of the company have agreed on the men who are to fill the vacancies, and will ask Governor Jelks to reinstate Colonel Higdon and order an election.
 "It looks now as if the unhappy diff ferences which have vexed the 3rd regi- ment are to pass into history desire to say that Captain Burr of Talladega, is entitled to much of the credit for bring ing about this gratifying state of af- fairs |"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-26
COMING TO SEE JELKS
BIRMINGHAM OFFICERS DUE HERE TODAY.
Daniels Says Gardner is Acting With. out Authority and Colonel Hiy- don Will Not be Rein
 stated.

Anniston, April 25.-(Special.) Capt. J. l.. Daniels of the Anniston Rifles retufn- cd to this city today from Talladega. where he. representing the anti-Higdon element, was in conference with Capt. Borden IT. Burr of the Talladega RIfes as the representative of the Higdon ele- ment. in regard to settlement of the diff ference that now exists between the line officers of the 3rd regiment, Alabama Na- uonal Guard
 He said that he and Captain Burr had agreed to ask the Governor to order an election for the existing vacant field of- ficers now in the regiment. supported by a petition from all of the line officers of the 2nd battalion, and that no request or any papers were signed asking the Governor to take any action toward the colonelcy of the regiment.
 He further states that Capt Walter Gardner of Birmingham was not invited to Talladega and the conference, and, furthermore, was not authorized to make statement in regard to their action: that Captain Borden H. Burr alone was named as a committee to wait upon the Governor and that Captain Burr was ex- pected to go to Montgomery tomorrow for this purpose.
 The movement made by Captain Dan- iels was supported by all of his friends in the anti-Higdon element and in the agree- ment, the field officers nominated were Major Frank P. Mcconnell of Talladega for Lieutenant Colonel; Capt. c. L. Led better of Birmingham for Major of the 1st battalion, and the other officers nam cd in the caucus held several weeks ago.
 Captain Daniels stated that on account of the statements published by Captain Gardner, he. for his faction. declared that the agreement Is now off in regard to himself and friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-26
THIRD INFANTRY MIDDLE 8' FAR FROM A SETTLEMENT
MONTGOMERY MEN TALK
IMAGINATION OF TWO OFFICERS
 CAUSES GOSSIP.
Regiment May Be Ordered Into Camp Uuder Senior Captain Who is < Higdon Nan-oovernor
 Reticent. s~ .

The acceptance by sAdjutant- General Brandon of the resignations of Capt. A Harrison and Junior Second Lieutenant E. D. Smith of the company stationed al Oxford has caused renewal of gossip in Montgomery concerning the military muddle in the 3rd infantry, Alabama Ma tional Guard.
 This regiment Is without field officers As a result of the order by Governor Jelks relieving the field officers from duty on account of the Higdon-Kyle con- trovsrsy. all of the field officers save Colonel Higdon resigned and their resig- nations were promptly accepted. Colonel Higdcn declained to resign and he still holds commission as a colonel of in- fantry without command.
 As the time for the annual practice encampment of the regiment approaches. military men are naturally Interested In the question of who will command the regiment while the encampment is in progress In the absence of field officers. the command would fall to the senior captain of the regiment, and unless Gov ernor Jelks sees fit to order an election to choose field officers before the encamp- ment it is probable the camp of the Srd n1antry VIII De unQeT tne OlTeCtiOH oI either Capt. C. L. Ledbetter or Capt. H. B. Kennedy of Birmingham. It is said that one or, the other of these officers is the senior captain of the regiment.
 As Captains Ledbetter and Kennedy both belong to what military men have elected-4o term the Higdon faction of the regiment. it is said that the fact that one of them may be in command during the encampment might further compli- cate the situation in the event that the companies and officers of the regiment who were friendly to Lieutenant Colonel Kyle saw fit to raise objection.
 In rendering their resignnations to the Adjutant- General neither Captainn Har- rison nor Lieutenant Smith of Oxford made reference to the dissension in the regiment. They simply said that they would be unable to attend the forthcom ing encampment and that In justice to their company they felt it a necessity to. resign. Military men, however. see in these resignations more than is stated by the officers. They say that Captain Harrison and Lieutenant Smith are tired of the situation and have thrown up their hands and quit.
 In the meantime, Governor Jelks gives no indication of what disposition will be made of the 3rd regiment controversy. He said yesterday afternoon that he had not given the matter consideration. and that there was nothing new in the situ- ation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-26

creased 70 per cent or s200, ,000, ,00o
 The consequent s14.000,O0O reduction of dividend payments as compared with the suit in a net annual saving of $i.5OO, 900 exceeding by sf90. GOO the annual sinking fund contribution of $l.0100o0 required by the proposed mortgage and which. invest ed at per cent would be sufficient In 900 bonds.
 To further success of they plan they had formed syndicate including some directors which will receive four-fifths of the per cent compensation to be paid under the contract with Messrs. J. P. Morgan & Co, mentioned in the notice of stockholders meeting.
 The stockholders meeting to vote on the proposed changes in the company 8 securities will be held at Hoboken. N.,J., on May 19
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-26

ment, Alabama National Guard will have been cleared up. Tomorrow committee composed of Captain B. H. Burr of the Talladegs Rifies Captain H. B. Kennedy of the Jefferson Volunteers and Quarter master Walter Gardner of Birmingham, will go to Montgomery for the purpose of visiting Governor Jelks to present to him a ticket of officers for the regiment as agreed upon in a conference held in Tal- lsdega and which is believed to be com promise for the whole muddle.
 The Governor is to be informed that thirty out of forty-three officers of the company have agreed on the men who are to fill the vacancies in the regiment.
 According to the statements made here Colonel E. l.. Higdon is to be reinstated and the opposition forces will be well represented. It is not doubted that the Governor will take action immediately after the matter has been presented to him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-26
THE FIGHT ON SKATER.
Flynn Will Reply to Reflections or
 Gompers.

Wheeling. W. Va, April 25.-If the op- ponents- of Theodore Shaffer are not balk- ed. a bombshell will be sprung Monday on the floor of the National Convention of the Amalgamated Association.
 Today T. |. Flynn one of the national organizers of the American Fedora ton of Labor. arrived fin the city and stated that the purpose of this visit was to se- cure hearins from the convention and refute the assertions President Shafer has made both in this convention and be- fore it was assembled, refiecting upon President Samuel Gompars and the atti- tude of the Federation during the steel strike of the summer of 1902.
 Nothing else than Flynn's mission is talked of tonight among the delegates and they are rapidly dividing into two fac tions. one of desirous of according Flynn hearing and the other made mp of the more enthusiastic supporters of Shaffer. determined that no outsider shall be &C., corded a hearing.
 The wage committee practically com pleted its report today and now all the committees are ready to report to the convention Monday morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-26

ported arranged for. but the rise in prices abroad has checked the tendency to inn port European material. Hardware, par ticularly for builders use, Is as active as ever The proposed combination ma terializcs slowly.
 Business failures for the week number 1Sl as against 1SS last week. 2lt this week last year. lS2 in 1900 l& in 1899 an d2b in 1898.
 For Canada for the week. 20, as against IS last week, 9 a year ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-26
HER FIRST SPELLING
Doll" Was the Word that Opened the Realm of Knowledge to
 Helen Keller.

Helen Keller. in the May Ladies' Home
 Journal.
 The morning after my teacher came she led me into her room and gave me a beautiful doll. After I had played with 1t little while she slowly spelled into my hand the word "d-o-l-l" was greatly interesed in this finger play and tried to initiate 1t. When I finally sue ceeded in making the letters correctly was flushed with childish pleasure and pride. Then running downstairs to my mother l held up my hand and made the letters for doll. In the few days that followed I learned to spell a great many words, among them pin hat" cup 7 nd a few verbs like sit" stand and walk" But my teacher had been with me several weeks before 1 understood that everything has, d name. ..,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-26

yAuoAG8keSi Fises -AnQkc3t&e IoiL
 River Forecast.
 The Coosa and Alabama will continue to fs slowly or remain stationary during the next two days except probably very slight rise at Montgomery during tonight.
 Weather Conditions.
 (Fov past twenty-four hours. The barometer is highest on the middle Att lantic coast, and generally fair weather has prevailed in the East and over nrost of the South, except light rains in Georgia and the CarclnsR. and heavy local rains at Opelika and Taliassce. The western storm center of yesterday has moved eastward to the Middle Missouri Valley. causing very general, though mostly light. rains in middle western. central and upper Lake districts. Light rains have also occurred in the far Northwest. but an area of high barometer moving in over that region is now giving fair weather in the West, with somewhat cooler in Plateau districts. Temperaturcs are generally slightly higher in the central and eastern districts and cons9- srabIy SO in the Middle West.
 Cotton Region Bulletin. IT. & Department of Agriculture,
 Weather Bureau
 For the 24 hours ending at a. m, 75th Me- rtdian time
 MONTGOMERY. Ala, April 25.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-26
ANARCHISTS ARRESTED.
New Law Against Distribution of
 Literature Enforced.

New York, April 25.-Harry Kirssehopf and Solomon w. HilIes have been sheId for trial under the new law against the distribution of anarchistic hterature. The law under which they arc held was only two hours old when they were arrezteA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-26

Believed Trouble is Ended.
 Birmingham. April 25-(Special.)-It is believed that within the next three or four days the mudde in the 3rd rcgi-