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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-08
REWARDED AT LAST.
Peoples Affairs Got What He
Was Looking For.


Bivens is one of those men who are
always trying to make the world bet
ter. Not reformer, exactly, because
he has never gone into politics, but
ready at any call to come to the front
to alleviate the woes of somebody.
ohciousness, some call it, but it is
scarcely that, either. In any event,
everybody who knows Bivens has been
saying for years that some day he was
going to butt into something that was
no special business of his, and he would
get what he deserved. Everybody is
oftener wrong than right, but this
time, though, it was long coming
Everybody was right. Bivens got it,
relates the New York Herald.
lie was on a street car with about
four dozen other passengers when it
happened. The seats were all taken
when Blvens came aboard, but in the
varying changes that take place in
crowded car Bivens found his chance
and dropped into seat by the side
Of a good looking woman. In front of
her, holding to strap, stood man
who to Bivens' trained eye seemed to
be trying to attract the lady's atten-
ton. He had probably ridden dozen
blocks before he noticed this little by
play, and the soul Of him revolted
against the Vaccinations of the mash
er. Blvens was no coward. Most peo-
pie OF his stripe are not, more's the
pity, and after watching until he was
sure the lady did not wish the mans
attention, he sailed in.
Il beg your pardon, madame" said
b1vens, good and strong, lis that man
annoying you?"
Yes, he is" she responded, though
not in the grateful tones of women
usual under such circumstances. But
blvens wasn't thinking about tones
just at that moment; he was thinking
about Washers, and he braced the Of
fender.
You are annoying the lady," said
Bivens, menacingly.
Il know it," was the reply, so un-
abashed and brazen that Bivens was
shocked
You'll have to stop it," said Biven,,
getting hot.
Guess not" said the man. "1've got
Fight to; she's my wife; she's huffy
and won't talk to me. See?"
Blvens looked at the lady; she
couldn't help smiling; her husband
laughed; SO did everybody else in the
car. except Bivens; he got off and
walked home to soothe his perturbed
spirit.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-08


customed to having their own way.
But in this case the edict against
friendly relations between the two
families was vigorously opposed by
Jack Harrison, the son of the old
squire, and by pretty Isabella Peyton.
The young people also had an ally in
the great, muddy Mississippi, which
flowed in resistless stream in front
of bothf the Peyton and the Harrison
plantations. And when Cupid and the
old Mississippi are in alliance it makes
coalation hard for the sternest pa
rents to defeat.
The~little neck of land which had
caused the trouble was worth at the
most SIS. Jack Harrison calculated
that Isabella was worth an incalula BILE
number of five dollars, to him at least.
He proposed to his father that as the
land was practically valueless he
should give it up and allow amicable
relations between the two families to
be resumed. The irasible squire greet
ed this with a snort of disgust.
"What! Give up my land to that
scoundrel of a Peyton? Never while
I'm alive. Not that 1 have anything
against the girl. She's nice girl If
she could only manage to push her
father into the river some day I'd re-
ceive her with open arms"
But of course this wasn't PROPOSE
tion which appealed very strongly to
anyone but the squire.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-08
TROUBLES OF THE RICH.
Having People About to Do the
Homework Is Not as Easy
1t May Appear.

That wealthy people have troubles
which the poor know nothing about,
is demonstrated almost every day in
the home of Cass avenue family
where a cook, diningroom girl and
chambermaid are employed. Each
employe has ideas regarding the
limitations of her duties, says the
Detroit Free Press. The cook insists
that her only function is to cook.
She washes no dishes. The dining
room girl is careful about doing
nothing except to properly wait on
the family at the table. The cham
bermaid keeps religiously out of the
dining-room and the kitchen.
Wednesday morning the milltman
left a bottle of cream and bottle
of milk ON the windowsill The din
ing-room girl brought in the cream
for the coffee, but told the cook it
was her duty to bring in the milk.
This suggestion was treated with 81
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-08
EVILS OF A HOT KITCHEN.
Something Which in the summer.
Time Amounts Almost to Crime
Against the Family.

A hot kitchen during the warm sea-
son is an atrocity for which there is
no longer any excuse. In the time of
the old-fashioned kitchen stove with
wood as fuel, or perhaps soft coal, the
housewife had no choice in the matter,
saws Medical Talk for the Home.
To cook dinner necessitated hot
kitchen. The fumes of cooking would
fill the whole house. Great waves OF
heat were waited from room to room.
The perspiring school children home
for lunch, the sweaty man, weary with
toll, arrive for dinner not to find
cool house where everything is invit-
ing and refreshing, but sweltering
oven of heated air, thick with fumes
of cooking dinner. The housewife, red
and out of patience, hurries the steam
ing dinner on the table, and perhaps
flies add to the general discomfort.
Such surroundings do not constitute
life in the best sense of the word.
While camping out person might en-
dure this, but such regulations are
hardly worthy to beacalled home.
Gasoline and gas stoves have made
all this unnecessary. Only those who
live in the region of natural gas can
avail themselves of the gas stove. But
the gasoline stove is of worldwide
distribution. Anybody can have one.
The dinner can be cooked and at the
same time the house is kept cool. BY
a little care and ingenuity on the part
of the cook neither heat nor disagree
able odors need to disturb the peace
of the household.
Keep the kitchen cool and clean. In
the middle of the day serve cool din
ner. Invent something that can be
eaten cold. Hot dinners are very un-
wholesome during hot weather. A
lunch of cold sliced meat, plen-
ty of fruit, berries in their sea-
son, iced tea, and the like,
make a midday meal more ac-
ceptaLle and healthy than steaming
hot food A hot kitchen on hot day
is almost crime against the family.
Do not allow any such thing to occur
for your own sake. 1t makes the chill
dren fretful and the husband frets and
converts the most even-tempered
housewife or kitchen girl into ter.
magant.
Get a gasoline stove at once and
learn how to use it. You are absolute
ly safe. The few accidents that have
occurred in times past were due eth.
err to defective stoves or gross care.
lessness and need never occur again.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-08
TRAINED FOR A CRITIC.
She Had Read All Her Life and There
fore Knew Good Writing
frGm Bad.

Miss Marie Van Worst, who has been
earning her living as working girl
in various occupations in order that
she may know the actual life of work
ing girls, contributes to Everybody's
Magazine her experiences in south
ern cotton-mill. One of her fellow
workers was girl named Bessie, who
had been at the work for ten years.
"What do you think about all day?"
/ ask her.
"Why, think about books, reckon.
There amt nothing like so good as
reading, when I amt tired"
Are you often tired?" This ques-
ton surprises her. She looks up t me
and smiles.
"Why, I'm most always tired.
read novels for the most part. Like to
read love stories and about fo'eign
travel"
What would you be if you could
choose?" / venture to ask. She has no
hesitation in answering: "I'd love to
be a trained nurse" Then, turn about
being fair play in her mind, she asks:
what would you-all be?" And
ashamed not to repay her truthful
ness, I frankly respond, I'D like to
write book"
81 declared" She stares at me.
"Why, you-all is ambitious! Did you
ever write anything?" She is inter,
ested and kindles, and leans forward.
"Looll a-here! Got any of your scrap
pings or writing here? If you don't
mind anybody's messing with your
things, bring you scrappings to me,
and I'll soon tell you if you can write
book or not" she whispers to me,
encouragingly, confidentially.
! thank her and say: do you think
you would know?"
"Well, guess would" she says, con-
fidently. II amt read all my life since
I was eight years old not to know good
writing from bad"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-08
DAYS IN The WOODS.

How often have sought some woodland
nook
When worn and wearied by a restless
mood
And there, with Natures many-chaptered
book.
Found comfort in the wood!
When resting on the warm and gracious
ground
A calmness comes, dear God! that is from
Thee
And shows me how all precious things
abound
In Thy serenity.
These are the hours most priced; in them
think,
AS in the stiffness and the solemn shade
] drink
From pure springs in the glade.
The knotted nerves relax with ease,
The tired brain refreshment meets,
For everywhere one looks he sees
The peaceful, quiet, calm retreats
Retreats where birds are not discreet,
But sweetly sing just overhead;
The chipmunk shy skips to my feet,
And other squirrels, too, are fed.
Wood-folks all would Join with me
In stunning noise and strife and toll,
And refuge find dear wood in thee,
Forgetting troubles and turmoil.
Then when my time of rest is DER,
Refreshed and strengthened, from the
I face the world, and strive once more
Nallantly, bravely, as / should.
-Katherine Josselyn Christopher, in
Springfield Mass.) Republican.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-08
Green Goo.eberry Jelly.

Wash the berries and take off the
tops; to six pounds of gooseberries
pour scant pint of filtered water and
simmer until the gooseberries are we'll
broken; turn into jelly bag and let
drain through; measure the juice,
then put back on the fire and boil rap
idly for Is minutes; draw it back from
the fire and stir into it an equal guam
tity Of sugar siftcd fine; then boil it
IS or 20 minutes longer, or until it iel-
lies strongly on the spoon; while boil
ing it must be kept perfectly free from
scum-N. Y. Herald.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-08

subject to United States tariff laws
and are appraised and duty is demand
ed on delivery to consignee.
The American postmaster generals
report for 1901 gives the weight of par
cells received from Germany at 900
pounds. He adds: "Other countries
in Europe are seeking parcel post con-
ventions, but it may be regarded as
questionable how far foreign service
of this character should be extended
before domestic parcel post has been
inaugurated. The establishment of a
domestic parcel post is a question for
congress-"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-08
HOMEMADE STRAW HATS.
How 1t wns Done by the Young Folks
on the Farms Many
Years Ago.

An old farmer of the middle west,
Just turned So, was leaning medita-
lively over his little red gate when
barefooted boy, in blue jeans
clothes and big rough straw hat,
ran whooping down the lane toward
the creek, says Youths Companion.
''When l was a boy, over Is years
ago." the old farmer said, 1--WE had
to make our own straw hats. Little
boys had to do d lot of work in those
days. When was ten years old could
put splint-bottom in chair, just
as we'll as my grandmother could
do it.
ITO make our hats" he contin-
ued, 1--WE first had to plat the
straw. 1t was oat-straw, and we sat
out on the porch of our log cabin, by
a pail of water, so we could wet the
straw and keep it damp; otherwise
it would break. / was left-handed
-'south-paw' they used to call me
but l could plat as fast as any Of
the other boys.
after we had plated or braided
about 80 yards, we tied it up with a
string, as you would tie up hoop
iron. Then, some rainy day, when we
couldn't work out-of-doors, my moth
er or grandmother would sit by and
watch us make the hats. Every boy
had big needle and coarse, home
made linen thread. Sometimes, but
not always, we could borrow our
mothers big, open-ended iron thin
BILE.
1--WE began by making a little cir
Gle of the straw plat, sewing it
through on the wrong side with long
stitches. Then we kept on, going
round and round, shaping it as best
we could, like deep cup or basket,
to make the crown of the hat.
"When the crown was made, then
we had plain sailing, and our mother
didn't have to watch us. Every boys
hat was then left to his own devices
He just sewed the braid together
slightly overlapping, round and
round, until his hat was as big a.
he wanted it. Then we called moth.
er or grandmother to show us how to
finish it off and tuck in the end OF
the plait neatly.
mo two hats, of course, were Just
alike. Some of them had quite a
comical expression-crooked crowns
or brims out of proportion. Never.
theless, each boy was a happy boy
when he had finished a new straw
hat for himself. If the crown was
higher than usual, other boys would
ridicule him, and say: Look at the
bee-gum! look at the bee-gum!' A
bee-gum, perhaps you don't know
was an old-fashioned hive for bees
sometimes made out of twisted
straw, sometimes made of wood.
| ITO make our straw hats nice
sometimes we would wet the crown
after the hat was made, and mold il
over round block or log of wood.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-08
WHERE WOMEN BEAT MEN.
Presidents of Colleges and sniversi-
ties Say They Exceed In
Scholarship.

The opponents of higher education
for women will be surprised to learn
that it is the opinion of the presi.
dents of leading colleges devoted tc,
eo-education that girls are more apt
to learn than boys, under very sim
liar conditions, but whether this is
due to superior ability or to some
other cause cannot be told definitely
says the Cleveland Leader.
The presidents of Wisconsin uni.
versity, Minnesota university, ODER.
lin college, Boston university and
Wheaton college were asked to give
their opinions. AT Wisconsin it was
found that women exceeded men in
scholarship by about ten per cent.
on the average. At Minnesota it was
found that women exceeded the men
in scholarship, in science, literature
and art At Oberlin the average
grade of scholarship among women
was reported to be higher than that
among men. At Wheaton college
women had been found competent to
pr osecute the most difficult and COM
phcated work of university course,
and compete on even terms with men.
At Boston university Is of the 16 stu
dents elected to membership in the
Phi Beta Kappa, the sole test be-
ing scholarship, were women. At
the University of Chicago during the
past ten years women students have
taken more prizes than men. All
this is interesting and important, for
while it may hot indicate superior
intelligence on the part of women
students, it surely does mean that
young women are more conscientious
and devoted to their college work
than are the young men students.
Then, again, there is the interfer-
ence of athletics with college duties
Nearly every young man in college
to-day aspires to be an athletic lead
er, and that extends down through
the academies and high schools also
Too much time spent in the gymna-
SUM and upon the baseball and foot
ball field is sure to mean a low stand
ing in scholarship. Is it not pos
sible that the faculties of American
colleges are making mistake in
this respect?
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-08
Buttered Noodles.

The fine noodles are nice served as q
vegetable with meat or fish. Have q
heated, covered vegetable dish beside
the fire and a pot of boiling sailed wa
ter ready. Throw in a handful of the
noodles, stirring them carefully with
a fork to separate them. When thor.
oughly heated through skim them out
and place in the heated dish, season
with little warmed butter and cook
another handful, and proceed in the
same manner until you have cooked
the desired quantity. Sprinkle the
top with Drowned buttered crumbs,
or grated cheese may be used instead
and the dish placed in the oven to
brown the Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-08
A Fair Levee
Cutter
BY EDWIN ]. WEBSTER
Copyright, 1908. by Daily story Pub, CO..

i IKE most disputes the Harrison
II Peyton ''feud" started over tri-
vial matter. Squire Harrison claimed
possession of a little neck of land
which iutted out into the Mississippi.
Old Archibald Peyton said the neck of
land in question belonged to him. The
Mississippi is so constantly shifting its
banks that boundaries are confused
and it was hard to tell which was in the
right. The courts finally decided that
the land belonged to Archibald Peyton.
And of course irascible Squire Harri-
son vowed vengeance and declared that
all intercourse between the Harrison
and Peyton families must cease. Arch
ibald Peyton was more than willing it
should.
Doth ,..,r, o1J ,,o- ,~J M
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-08
Wanted Paw In Advnnc.

II hope" said the lobbyist, that
you will lend your support to this
measure"
''Lend?" said the senator. What's
the matter9 Amt your people pre-
pared to pay in advance?'--.Catholio
Standard and TimeA
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-08

This Fahead formerly branch of the Choctaw nation
They what known northwest Indians and lived i'll
British Columbia Washington Oregon and Montana They navgated
the of Puget sound large made of cedar bark and
used them purposes They derive their from
of COMPRISING the heads of the male infants The home of
the tribe the Fatad valley Montana where the government
has aside reservation comprising for their
Many OF them well do possessing good farms and large
heads of cattle They number about 1900.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-08
sterilixed Meat in Belgium.

The sterilization of meat is much
practiced in Belgium. 1t returns to
the trade, under the form of whole
some product, meat which otherwise
would be unfit for consumption.-N.
Y. Sun.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-08
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Accommodations for this paper should be accom-
panied by the name of the author not necessarily for
publication, hut evidence OF good faith the
part of the writer. Write only side of the pa
per. Be particularly careful in giving names and
dates have the letters and figures plain and distinct.
Propern often difficult TO decipher because
OF the careless manner in which they are written.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1903-11-17
/. p. RICHERSON.
NJ. B. CHALMERS
J. II. Brown.
b. M. KOON.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Items Of More or Less Interest Condensed
In the State.

OF the 1o5 qualified voters of the
town of Yorkville 80 have already
signed petition for the removal of
the dispensary.
Hoyt Hayes, white man, has
been convicted in Pickcns county
OF the murder of his wife early i'm
the spring. The verdict was guilty,
without recommendation to mercy.
In the Richland court a verdict
FOR S8, 800 was rendered against the
southern in the suit brought by ]
"A. Pickett for injuries received last
year at st Mathews. Pickett was
messenger boy and attempted to
board moving train but was icricd
under the wheels. |\.
The convention of Unh 1 Daugh.
ters OF the Conledcracy, held in
Charleston last week, elected Mrs.
Augustine II. Snlythc, of Charles
ton, president.
Julia Moore, negro woman, of
near Bennettsvile died on Friday
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1903-11-17
BOLD BURGLARS IN AIKEN,
Four Residences Robbed of Watches and
~ Jewelry, the Total Loss Being
About $1,000.

Aiken, November IS Aiken
was visited last night or early this
morning by the most skillful band
ofsburglars that ever disturbed this
usually quiet city.
The home of w. J. Platt was
entered through the parlor window.
23Fhe burglar or burglars went into
Nthe bed room where he and Mrs.
PLAT were sleeping and stole
diamonds valued at 81 900 or more.
y F. 3. Henderson's residence was
B entered through kitchen window
and Mr.. Henderson s watch, valued
at $3.50, was taken, and his pockets
rihed Of small change.
l.. Bradwell's house was entered
through parlor window and a
$50 watch and chain was taken
and about SI7.5o in money from
his trousers pocket.
DIR. J. F. Wymap's house was
entered and his watch and chain
were taken from his vest which he
had left hanging by the bedside~
|, is thought there were several
men in the gang, as the robberies
were committed during the earliest
and darkest hours Of the morning.
The tracks noted show small feet
and from this it is believed the
robbers were white men.
The robberies were considered of
such Importance that the mayor
called a special meeting of the city
council immediately after church
services. A reward of $50 was
offered for the apprehension and
conviction of the guilty parties
Early this morning county blood
hounds were brought rom the Jail
and placed on the tracks, but the
dogs failed to find a trail.
In addition to the places named
above as having been entered, the
tracks show that several other
homes were visited, but no entries
made. The burglars gave evidence
of possessing a great deal of intelli-
gence.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1903-11-17
TWICE a WEEK, ST. so A YEAR

night from the effects of an assault
and battery at the hands of negro
with whom she was living The
negro's brother-in-law saws that if
he can show the killing was acci-
dental, he will employ lawyers to
defend him.
The terms Of all the directors of
the State dispcnsary as we'll as that
OF liquor commissioner will expire
next January. 1t is understood
that neither Mr. Williams nor Cen
Jones will be candidates for re-elec.
ton on the board, but that Mr.
Evans will. There arc two or three
candidates out for liquor commits
sioner.
The cylinder head of the engine
at the Tucapau cotton mill, Spar
tanburg county, blew out on Fri
day, killing p. ID Mcdaniel, car
penter working in the mill. and i'll
Jurlng another white man and the
negro fireman.
Brown Rodgers, colorcd, was
hanged at Union on Friday for the
murder of Rodger Fant, son Of d.
B Fant, county superintendent, o
educatlon' on the 5th Of April last
The sheriff Of Union said tha,
probably never Drawer man walked
upon the death trap. The last hang
ing i'll Union before this was Il
years ago.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1903-11-17
Chamberlain'S Cough Remedy.

No one who is acquainted with it's
good qualities can be surprised at the
great popularity of Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy. 1t not only cures
colds and grip effectually and perma-
nently, but prevents these diseases
from resulting in pneumonia. 1t is also
certain cure for Group. Whooping
cough is not dangerous when this rem
cdy is given. 1t contains no opium or
other harmful substance and may be
given as confidently to baby as to an
adult. 1t is also pleasant to take.
When all of these facts are taken into
consideration it is not surprising that
people in foreign lands, as well as at
home, esteem this remedy very highly
and very few are willing to take any
other after having once used it. For
sale by W. f.. Pelham &; Son, New
berry, ), g., and Prosperity Drug Co.
Prosperity, S. G..