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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-18

of his brother to cement the two ma
lions closer together by reason of it.
We will find in Prince Henry pleas
ant guest, one whom it will be pleas
'ure to entertain. A man not yet 40
years of age, and one who, regardless
of his royal birth, is worthy the place
The holds in the service of his nation.
In climbing the ladder of advance
ment in the German navy he has per-
sistently refused to take a forward
step until he had mastered the work
and served the time necessary for
others in each rank he has held.
A handsome, perfectly built, grace
full man, quick and agile as sailor,
democratic in his dealings with 9TH
ers, whole-souled sportsman, states
man of no mean ability, naval officer
of more than ordinary intelligence,
prince of royal blood from one of the
greatest powers of Europe. Such is
the man American society will enter
tain. The American hospitality ex-
tended to him will. as rule, be in
keeping with the democratic tastes
with which we credit him. In the
cities he is to visit the reception com
mittees will consist of men of all
classes; few, if any, of them will be
able to point to palace as birth
place. There will be among them men
who have attained high places in the
service of the republic, and men who
are but ward politicians, the political
representatives of the hoodlum ele-
ment.
A committee of IT'S New Workers,
appointed by Mayor Low, are busy
planning ways in which to amuse and
instruct the German nobleman while
The is in that town. New York has
passed the provincial stage of it's ex-
istence, and there will be but little of
the spectacular in her reception and
entertainment; instead he will suffer
from round of theaters, dinners and
social receptions.
The reception at Washington will
undoubtedly SAVIOR much of the cere-
monies of diplomatic usages, but it is
to be hoped that the prince will carry
away from the nations capital recol-
Iections of more pleasant visit than
that enjoyed by King Edward, then
prince of Wales, in 1859. The future
king of England was invited to visit
Washington by President Buchanan,
and after his arrival it was found diff
cult to agree upon an appropriate
form of entertainment. The young
prince, then but some IS years of age,
had wearied of ceremonious enter
tainments during his stay in Canada
and would gladly have exchanged this
form for something more to the lill-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-18
CHEMISTRY OF TEARS.
Substances Emitted from the
Lachrymal Gland.

Tears have their functional duty to
accomplish, like every other fluid of
the body, and the lachrymal gland is
not placed behind the eye simply to
fill space or to give expression to
emotion. The chemical properties Of
tears consist of phosphate of lime
and soda, making them very salty,
but never bitter. Their action on
the eye is very beneficial, and here
consists their prescribed duty of this
body, washing thoroughly that sensi-
tive organ, which allows no foreign
fluid to do the same work. Nothing
cleanses the eye like good salty
shower bath, and medical art has
followed natures laws in this re-
spect, advocating the invigorating So
luton for any distressed condition
of the optics. Tears do not weaken
the sight, but improve it. They act
as a tonic on the muscular vision,
keeping the eye soft and limpid, and
it will be noticed that women in
whose eyes sympathetic tears gather
quickly have brighter, tenderer orbs
than others. When the pupils are
hard and cold the world attributes it
to ones disposition, which is mere
figure of speech, implying the lack
of balmy tears, that are to the cornea
what salve is to the skin or nourish-
ment to the blood.
The reason some women weep
more easily than others, and still
more readily than the sterner sex,
has not it's. difference in the strength
of the tear gland, but IN the possess
sion of more delicate nerve system.
The nerve tibers about the glands vi
brate more easily, causing down.
pour from the watery sac. Men are
not nearly SO sensitive to emotion:
their sympathetic nature-the term
is used in medical sense-is less de-
veloped, and the eye is therefore pro-
tected from shocks. Consequently a
man should thank the formation OF
his nerve nature when he contempt-
uously scorns tears as a woman's
practice. Between man and monkey
there is this essential difference Of
tears: An ape cannot weep, not so
much because it's emotional powers
are undeveloped as the fact that the
!achrymal gland was omitted in hia
! optical make-up,-Hygienic Gazette.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-18
ON ALCATRAZ ISLAND.
Prison Where Mnn Who Threatened
President Roosevelt's Life Will
Spend Ten Years.

Glen years imprisonment in the
military prison at Alcatraz island will
be likely to cause regret in the heart
of Frank Rakowski, the common SOL
der who threatened the life of Presi-
dent Roosevelt" said Rochester ex-
regular the other day, reports the
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
'The telegraph dispatches tell the
story of the remark that will cause
this soldier ten years of hard work and
then dishonorable discharge.
'A.catraz Island is a rock in San
Francisco bay. 1t is some two or three
miles from shore, and rises high above
the mainland. But one boat, that a
government charge, lands there, and
this only at certain times of the day
never night. No one is allowed to go
near the island, and no one lands un-
less he has permission. Sentinels
guard the rock-bound coast, and
perched high in the center of the is
land is tower, in which there is al
ways sentinel on duty. He can see
every part of the little island from this
post. Guard duty only comes to the
soldiers of the two batteries of arti,-
lery stationed there, but the prisoners
work during the day.
"a load of them is taken daily to the
Preside, we'll guarded, and work
throughout the day around the post,
in the national cemetery, and out to-
ward the Golden Gate in the big piece
of rolling land, beautiful spot, with a
fine view of the outer bay and the
ocean. 1t was near here that the aw-
full catastrophe in which Consul Wild
man, coming home from Hong-Kong,
lost his life. Many lives were sacri-
feed by the boat striking a rock in the
night, while trying to enter the harbor.
There is an cd Spanish fort near.
"Some $50 government prisoners are
usually kept at Alcatraz island. They
are known by numbers, and their
names are almost forgotten even by
themselves. On their uniform overalls
are great white or red numbers that
| denote whether they are in for long
or short terms. These numbers are
on their backs, just above one knee,
and again on the back of the leg. The
| sentinels are instructed to shoot to
| kill after calling once to the prisoner to
| halt.
Crank Rakowski will pay dearly for
| his offense against the nation which he
| had taken oath to defend.''
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-18
Course of Human Life.

Like u mountain road, life has its
ups and downs. but it's general direc-
ton may be either upward or down
ward, according as we seek the top
or the bottom of the mountain.-Well.
spring -.---------..,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-18
Bamed, and by n Woman

"Our improved sewing machine"
said the agent as he set the little won
der clicking, "can be handled by a
child, it's SO easy to run"
'It seems easy" said the wife of the
paragrapher as she watched the MIN
BILE needle.
Then the agent slowly and sadly
loaded the machine back on the wagon
and drove away.-Cieveland Plain
Dealer
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-18
More Substantial.

Cassidy -Bedad, me ould woman is
always thrcwin' tn mimories av her
dead husband in me face.
Hogan-Faith, mimories don't hurt.
Me ould woman throws teakittIes avn
tiatoirons.- Chicago Daily News.
The Washington times., 1902-12-07

York who fails to take a Harlem car
and visit Grants Tomb. Thousands Of
New Workers make an occasional pill
grimage to the great mausoleum in RiY-
erside Park. and tell their children the
story Of the man who tanned hides in
his younger days and saved a nation
from disrupton-or at least led to vic
tory the armies which did so-thus earn
ing a nations gratitude.
Beside the sepuIcher is the beautiful
Riverside Drive, New Yorks finest high
way. which must be set down as one Of
the show places Of New York, and which
has attractions all its own.
When the infant city or New Amster-
dam sprang into existence in the early
part Of the seventeenth century many
farmers from Holland came over to seek
their fortunes in the New World. They
settled outside OF the town and proceed
ed TO develop the land by clearing away
the woods and planting it with grain,
fruit trees. and ornamental shrubs that
they had brought with them
Peter Stuyvesant. the sturdy old one
legged governor, who had a strong love
Of pastoral life. a short time after his
arrival bought a large tract OF land
back in the country where a group Of
his countrymen had cast their lot. erect
ed upon it a commodious house and a
church where all might worship, and
Fixed that settlement forever as a con
spicuous and interesting part Of the his
tory Of New York. He called his resi-
dence and grounds The Bouwerie." " lnd
the lane connecting it with New Am
The Washington times., 1902-12-07

lofty building or from the center of the
promenade. it never disappoints expec-
tetion. It is greater than the dreams
which they had had of it. To New York
the bridge is what St. Peters is to mod
ern and the Coliseum to ancient Rome:
what St. Pauls is to London.
Il is a pleasant thing to pause upon
the great promenade-New York's Board
walk-aad watch the country folk trail
ing endlessly across it. their faces lit by
an awe indescI ibabIe. their hearts beat
ing fast as they find themselves sus-
pended in midair by those giant strands
at once so strong and wonderful
They have read about It a hundred
times. They have seen pictures until
they are as familiar with its outlines
as with the faces OF their dearest friends
so familiar that when they find them
selves standing aerial upon the real
thing. they scarcely can believe the evi-
dence Of their senses. But it is all true.
and soon they begin TO enjoy themselves.
and it is impossible TO watch their IN
studied raptures and not feel a sympa-
thetic touch Of the same disease.
Good medicine it is for a work-wearied
city man 10 stroll out on the bridge
and share the simple pleasures Of the
country folk enjoying their FIRST feast
Of the bridge
At one end OF the bridge is the city's
one specimen Of perfect architecture
the city hall It is a building before
which artists pause and sigh. The great
public passes it by with scarce a glance
or second thought But to the visitors
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hamlet or IN some lonely farmhouse they
pinch and save Tor years in order to
get enough money to fulfill the ambition
OF their lives.
And how they do enjoy the great free
show which the metropolitan city offers
10 their wondering eyes, It Is a show
which those who live iu New York fail
TO appreciate, because custom has made
the sights commonplace.
This is true at least Of the great ma
jority. There are a few appreciadve
souls who never tire Of the endless va
riety OF the great vaudc ~ille perform
snce always going on about them. who
take the Brooklyn Bridge by the prone
made and not the stuffed and stuny cars.
and who pause with the strangers 70
watch the irresistibly interesting pano-
rama Of the rivers. the sister boroughs,
the bay. the islands. which lie about the
feet Of the giant viaduct.
From years end till years end trains
and boats are pouring travellers into the
city who are really tourists. sightseers.
who come to New York as New Yorkers
90 to the Alps. the Yosemite, to Niagara
Falls. the White Mountains. to see what
there Is TO see in these wonders OF the
world.
What are the show places Of the town ?
What are the things for which the stran-
ger first asks? Years ago, it was Trim
ity Church steeple and the "Trybune Tall
Tower'-both dwarfed amid the greater
spIendors Of architecture which recent
years have given to the city.
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fire, they could smoke their long-stem-
med pipes and drink schnapps.
IN order to make the colonists feel at
home in the new colony man named
Jansen built tavern and clubhouse
where Peter Cooper's statue now stands,
but which at that time marked the juno
ton OF Bowery Lane and the Boston
Post Road. AS # was the only inn be-
tween Chatham Square and Harlem, it
was literally patronfzed. not only by the
residents Of Bouwerie village. but also
by the citizens Of New Amsterdam. who
rode out to Jansen's for pleasure or
stopped on their way TO distant farms
to transact business.
Some Of the great fortunes and the
great families OF New York today had
their origin in Bouwerie Village. sur
rounding Cooper Square, and at the juno
tion OF the Boston Post Road and the
Bouwerie Lane, and almost directly in
front OF the store OF Browning, King &
Co. the War Of the Revolution was
virtually brought to a close.
These are a few-iust few OF a host
of the attractions which New York's
great rare show has for the man with
eyes to see and senses to enjoy. The
list Of them all would make a book. The
New York Of the present is a wonderful
and a splendid place to live. And it does
not do to fall asleep very long. For
new wonders are springing up all the
time, and the one who shuts his eyes
upon the city for while opens them to
find strange sights confronting him on
every side.
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WONDER SGHTSO THE TEROpOES HRST SOUGHT BYSTRHNGE2S
No civ in The World Offers 50 Many Wonders Of
Modern Architecture as fldyBc Foundin Manhattan,
Gnd These Modern Structures, With the pdr2S and
Drives, Nldl2e New YOrR Mecca OF All SghiSeerS

in by the back door Of Canada. But
that's another story.
MiIlionalres' Four Corners is one of
the sights that even New Workers like
to see. There is something which does
not pail about man Of many millions.
and his house. his auto, his wife. and
other possessions all appeal TO that sem
sitive nerve which affects all branches
Of the human family apparently in the
same way.
The Corners-you know them. Fifty
seventh Street and Fifth Avenue. On
one corner the red and white house OF
the Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, the
greatest private residence in the world.
Across the way the dark brown palace
Of the late Coils p. Huntington, a man
who began life as a pack peddIer and
ended it as a Croesus. whose millions are
in danger, because # Is alleged they
we're obtained through evil methods.
On the southwest corner the viue-cov-
cred house handed down from William
C. Whitney to his son. and vis-a-vls to
that the white palaces Of half a dozen
nillionaires.
An interesting cross roads. truly. The
richest -Four Corners that one would be
lkely to find anywhere.
OF course. no stranger comes to New
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on the walls showing its great historic
interest. They go inside and visit the
governors room. where priceless relics
Of the time Of Washington and others Of
the nations founders are kept on free
exhibition. Never been in the governors
room-old New Yorker. have you?
Didn't know It was therel II you lived
500 miles from New York it would be
one Of the first places you went to see
when you paid New York a visit. Thus
familiarity breeds contempt.
Country folk are wonderfully inter
csted in Ne9 Yorks prettiest park-the
Battery. They have reason to be. 1t
furnishes the prettiest water scene in
the world at the price OF nothing more
than a visit to the place. And there is a
magnificent building scape looking
northward into that strange canyon
called Broadway which is growing
deeper all the while. because the build
ings on it's banks are growing higher
In connection with the Battery are the
ever-lnteresting Aquarium. where FISH
cs more wonderful than Noah ever sail
ed amor are at home to all who w,.I
take the time TO see. There is also the
Barge Office. gateway of the port,
through which comes a rnicrocosm-a
little world composed OF the immigrants
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sterdam became known as "Bouwerie
Lane" the settlement itself taking The
name Of 'Bouwerie village
Peter stuyvesanCs farm extended from
the junction OF what is now Third and
Fourth Avenues. TO Seventeenth Street,
and eastward to Second Avepue, where,
at the corner Of Tenth Street. his homo
was located.
Third Avenue was then known as the
Boston Post Road. It started az the up
per end of the Bowery. and was first
opened to the public January 1. 1873.
Over this road during the earlier years
Of its existence a messenger rode to Bos-
ton once a month with letters and pack
ages. Later a regular line Of stage
coaches was maintained between the
cities.
Tompkins Market. which fronts on
Cooper Square. was in those early days
the site Of the village schoolhouse, in
which the learned Harman Hooboeken
taught the sons and daughters Of the
settlers.
The sturdy Dutch settlers. when they
came TO New Amsterdam to live. brought
with them the customs OF the Father
land. They had been accustomed at
home to meet each other at a public
inn. where In winter. before a blazing
The Washington times., 1902-12-07
This Big Town Is the Greatest Show on Earth and It's
Attractions Hrc Sought by the MILLIONS from Here,
There and Everywhere, but Invariably "Thc Bridge"
Is the First Thing ThCg Ash About.

New York is like a growing boy. The
things which interested you about The
city 90 not now interest so much. The
gurgles Of the infant which we're deem
ed so cute and cunning until they gave
place to the bright sayings Of childhood
and in turn 10 the more important in
terests Of fuII-grown manhood, are like
the show things Of New York a quarter
Of a century ago TO the New York Of
today
But there are some monuments which
do not pass with the flight OF years.
some which never viii pass out Of the
list Of "headliners" in the city's scenic
attractions. and first and greatest Of
these is the Brooklyn Bridge.
1t is the first thing asked for-always.
Il want to see the bridge" says the
stranger as soon as he or she sets foot in
the city. What is the way to the
bridge?" They speak OF it as men speak
Of Shakespeare. Beecher. Lincoln. They
do not have to specify what bridge they
mean. There are many bridges in New
York. There is but one bridge. as there
is but one Niagara.
And when they see the beautiful and
graceful masterpiece Of engineering.
whether it be from boat which passes
underneath the central span, from a
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considers the greatest show on
earth, and nine times out of ten he will
answer "The city of New York"
Indeed. it is. New York is circus and
uenagerio in one: it is museum and
spectacle; SC is pageantry and pomp,
it is comedy and tragedy. farce and
melodrama-a play on which the curtain
never goes down from one days begin
ming to another's Like the peregrinat-
ing shows which delight the souls OF
millions. the New York show has Its
street parades. surprising all others
imaginable: it's side shows. its usual
refined concert after the regular per
formance.
It has almost anything and every
thing which the heart could wish or the
Imagination conceive, and all for the
price of nothing at the door. Il IS, in
deed. what our old friend Bailey claims
for his own most worthy aggregation Of
attractions - "The Greatest Show on
Earth"
IL would be interesting-nay, startling
If the number Of those who come TO
New York just to "seo the sights" could
be gathered. In some far-on village or
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to the city It is one Of the sights. with
a capital S.
They stop and read the inscriptions
The Washington times., 1902-12-07

Of every nation save China-there are no
Chinese immigrants. Il is not the fash
ion to have them. you know. They come
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~ OTTO any part Of the United States
7 and ask the wide-awake and ap-
preciative inhabitant what he
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-13
House Gave a Strong Majority
For the Amended Oleomar-
garine Bill.
PROVISIONS OF MEASURE
Oleomargarine Subject to State Laws
Tax OF 10 Cents Imposed on ANY
Shade Of Yellow limitations of
Butter-Any One Coloring it
Subject to the Tax.

Washington. Fob. 12.--The House to-day
passed the olcomargarne bill There was
no DIVISION on tho final passage, the real
test oil strength having been made OF a
motion to rccommit. which was defeated
Dy majority ut 81. Tho provision to- re-
CURE the inspection and branding of rem
ovatcd butter, which was adopted in COM
mttcc of the whole yesterday, WAS re
tanned to-day on a aye ana nay vote. As
finally passed tho bill is somewhat nlodi-
fed from the form in which 1t was +"
ported from the committee OH agriculture.
1t makes oleomargarnc or imitation but
ter or cheese transported intO any STATE
or territory for use. sale or oonsumptol
therein. subject to the laws of such States
or territories, notwithstanding tnat it may
Lc introduced in original packages. and
imposes tax of 10 cents pr pound on
olcomargarne made in imitation of but
ter Of any shade of yellow" when noc
made in such imitation the tax is rcduc ii
tn one-fourth Of one per cont. per pOunG.
The second section is intended to prevent
dealers. hotel proprietors restaurant and
boarding house keepers from colorinG thc
uncolorcd article by making any person
who col1rs tho product and then sclla, or
furnishes il to others, a manufacturer
within the meaning of tho act.
War claims o cupicd thu attention OF tn"
House after the pas sag" OF thc olcomar-
gaflne olll ana the udE was mace notable
Tor the passage of the first bill for the pay
ments OF claims OF United States citizens
arising cut of the Spanish war II carried
over $4,000 for the payment OF
2n2 claims Tor property taken within the
| nitcd States for the use Of the army. An
omnibus bill carrying claims aggregatinS
s., i,552 for stores and supplies taken from
loyal citizens during the civil war also was
passed.
Bils were favorably acted upon to refer
TO the court Of claims the claims of Jerome
mus :. Undcrhill for additional compensa-
tion for the construction of the monitor
NJ odoc amounting to s67 ,o0O, and of the At
lantiC works of Boston for the building of
the monitor CasCo. These monitors We're
built during the civil war and the claims
have been pending in Congress for y years.
After transactinS other routine business
the House adjourned.