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The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-05-07

It has prolonged many thousand lives as
it has Mr.. and Mrs. Livingood, and there
is no other medicine in the world which
will keep the system in normal condition,
prevent the decay Of the tissues, strength
en- the heart action and enrich the blood
like Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. 1t is an
absolutely pure stimulant and tonic. free
from fusel oil and other dangerous ingTe-
dents so common in most whiskies. It
-eures grip. consumption, bronchitis, ca
tarrh, asthma. malaria and all low tevers,
dyspepsia, and invigorates the brain. 1t
makes the old young; keeps the young
strong. Do not fill your body full OF
drugs and medicines which poison the sys-
tenn.
Dufy's Pure Malt Whiskey is the only
whiskey recognized by the Government as
a medicine. This is a guarantee. 1t Is
absolutely pure and contains no fusel Oil:
It is prescribed by over 1000 doctors and
used exclusively in over !: 300 hospitals.
It is the only reliable ana absolutely pure
stimulant and tonic. It has saved the
lives of millions of people the past fifty
years who have used it as their only
medicine.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-05-07

Eve-Mother is coming to visit Us to-
morrow.
s. Adam-Oh, fudge-Bal6more News.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-26
LATE BEE PASTURE.
Why 1t Pays to Sow n Little Alsiks
nnd White Glover ON Land
Needing Rest.

In some localities, late in the season.
the honey producing plants fail or their
season passes and the bees find them
selves without anything to work on.
The ordinary farmer considers it too
small business to take into considera-
ton the needs of the busy little workers
when sowing his crops, but when we call
to mind the fact that all bees bring us
is just that much clear gain, with little
or no labor, we can afford to expend
some time and labor in providing for
their wants. Especially is this true
when the crop sown is one that will
bring profit or prove benefit outside
of its value as bee food. Alsike and
white clover sown in waste places and
on land needing rest and rejuvenation
will furnish much stock food, as we'll
as the best bee pasture. There are
many fields and patches about the farm
where the early crops will be taken off
in August, which can be planted in
buckwheat and a good crop of salabla
grain realized, while the bees can find
the material in it for their winter stores.
Prairie Farmer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-26
Fellow Countrymen.

An English actor tells story Of
an Irishman named Flanagan, who
had been out of work for some time,
and at length applied to circus pro.
prietor for position.
There were no regular places open,
but the manager looked Flanagan
over and said:
Sour largest lion died last week,
but we kept his skin, and if you like
to get into it and be shown as lion,
you can have the job"
Flanagan agreed. At the first show
the proprietor stepped into the cage
and said, "Ladies and gentlemen. To
prove the docility of this roaring lion
I shall order him into the cage with
a ferocious tiger"
Flanagan hung back, but the cir.
Gus proprietor prodded him with q
sword and threatened to run him
through, and the Zion" was driven
into the same cage with the tiger
There he backed into a corner and
cried: "Shpare mel"
Then the ferocious tiger jumped
to his feet and answered, "Ye needn't
be afraid of me! I'm an Irishmau
meself!"-London NJ. A. P.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-26
HANDY CHARCOAL SITTER.

fish is bought. Cut piece of netting
(from WORKOUT ash sitter will do)
about five inches square. Tack this over
the bottom of the box at one end, using
double pointed tacks. Bend the edges
of the netting up against the box on the
outside, then tack the bottom of the box
on again, letting it just cover the netting
and project Az inches or so beyond the
box. This forms handle, and piece of
cord passed through two holes and tied
to form loop makes it possible to hang
up the sitter.
This sitter seems a small and slight
affair, but it works much better than
big one into which several quarts Of
ashes would be dumped at once. Armed
with an old pan and fire shovel, put
ting in only few ashes at time, the
contents of the ash pan from our kitchen
range vii! ss'::eld over a quart of fine
charcoal-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-26
CUTTING AND FEEDING CORN.
at of His Crop Explained by
an AHriculturist.

No farmer receives the full benefit
from his crop unless he feeds both the
fodder and grain, writes Fred H. Suhre,
In Orange Judd Farmer. The best plan
is to purchase corn binder and cut
the crop with it. My experience proves
that 1t is cheaper than to have it cut
by hand. One man with machine can
cut six to eight acres a day, and two
men can shock it. Corn cut this way
and bound in bundles is easier handled,
whether hauled to shredder or husked
by hand. have feed cutter and a
four-horse sweep power, with which
used to cut my fodder, but found that
can have this work done cheaper and
better with a combined husker and
shredder.
My cattle waste less shredded fodder
than they do good clover hay. never
plan to fatten my cattle on grain, but
intend to feed enough to keep them in
good growing condition, so they will
fatten readily when turned on grass. 1
live three miles from mill where
can have my corn ground on corn and
cob grinder for seven cents per 100
pounds. This mill will grind about 80
bushels an hour, therefore never have
to wait very long when getting load of
corn ground. This is much cheaper for
me than to have a mill of my own, for
think that to do a good job of grind
ing power should be had from a steam
or gasoline engine, the cost of which
is too much for me, as seldom have
over IS cattle, old and young.
Every intelligent farmer knows 1t
pays to feed some grain to cattle in
winter. but about the first of January,
when the corn gets hard and dry, some
Of my cows will not eat it on cob, there
fore I must have it ground. l believe
if 1t is ground with the cob it Is more
easily digested than corn meal. Cattle
not being fed heavily, eat their grain
rapidly II corn is fed on the cob, I
think enough is wasted to more than
nav for grinding.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-26

A Pardonnble Error.

The stories told in "the profession"
Of Mr.. Brookfield's scathing repartee
are endless. On one occasion young
actor who had lately made bit OF a
hit in a small part, was RECALLING a
few friends at great length upon the
splendid notices" he had received
and the various merits of his per-
Torrance. At last Brookfield quietly
remarked: "But, my dear sir, you
are not really at all good in the part.
have never seen you do anything
very well, but in this part you are
simply naughty"
Indeed" said the young man,
bridling up. 81 suppose SO distin-
guished critic as yourself would
deny my being an actor at all"
81 certainly should" said Mr..
Brookfield.
"Then what would you call me?"
asked the young man, little reck.
lessly.
"Well," said Brookfeld, with a
sweet smile, II think 1 should de-
scribe you as pardonable error
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-26
Two Views.

A learned Oxford don was commits,
stoned to write Latin epitaph to be
inscribed on a monument to some
person of note. He composed the
lines, and was so proud of his per-
Torrance that he not only sent sew
eral copies abroad, but began to put
out feelers as to the comments made.
But inquirers, like listeners, sch
dom hear any good of themselves,
and the replies he received were
about what might have been expect
ed-guarded, lukewarm in praise and
imperfect in critical acumen. The
most unsatisfactory of all came
through the verger of his own col
lege, of whom the scholar inquired
as to any remarks his pupils had
made. Said he:
'Do the young gentlemen ever
translate that little epitaph of mine,
eh?"
"Why, yes, sir, they does" returned
the verger.
well, very good, and what do they
say?" urged the don.
"Why, sir, they say it is bad Latin
bad Latin!" echoed the Mortified
don. "Tell the young blockheads it
is sepulchral Latin!"-Youth's Com
paniOn.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-26
WESTERN FARM LIFE.
It IL Not Always Pleasant and the
Wives of Pioneers Are the
Chief Sufferers.

Many farmers wives in the east hard
ly realize the comfort that surrounds
them, even in an old-fashiened house
with few modern conveniences, as com
pared with the privations encountered
on some of the virgin prairies. It is
true that communities build up rapidly
in the great west, and the sod house Of
one generation soon gives way to the
convenient modern dwelling of the next,
but life is hard for every pioneer, and
some Of its greatest trials fall to the
women. A witty woman once observed
that her sympathies were not so much
with the Pilgrim Fathers as with their
wives; they endured all the hardships
that the Pilgrim Fathers did, and the
Pilgrim Fathers, too! In like manner,
when we read of the courageous home
steaders who fight drought and cloud
bursts. grasshoppers and billiards., until
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-26

the virgin prairie is harnessed to its
work of feeding the world, we think of
lonely women, like the one who stands
in front Of that pitiful little sod house
In Nebraska, shown in the cut. Our
friends tell us that aSsod house or a dug
out is often very comfortable, but the
housekeeper has to renounce many
things that she thought necessities in
the tree-embowered home back east"
We should like to visit awhile with that
Nebraska housewife. who stands up
so courageously by her front door; we
have no doubt she has met many house
keeping problems, and bravely sur
mounted them. and we hope the rich sod
beneath her feet will produce among its
other crops modern farmhouse that
will make up for all the privations she
may first pass through.-Rural New
Yorker
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-26
NOTES ON THE MULE.

A mule will pine away and die when
rheumatism attacks his hind feet
Disease is friendly to the drinking
fountain lined with green slime.
In kodaking mule don't focus it's
rear. unless you have wheelbarrow
escapement handy.
A mule is vegetarian by nature and
training. and although he will kill he
VIII not eat his prey.
a mule never discrminates between a
tramp and preacher. He is like the
rain-gets the drop on bad and good
alike.
A mule has one great advantage over
less favored creatures; he has no de-
scendants to leave good name and
fame-so leaves neither.
A mule standing notionless with both
eyea half closed is not dreaming sweet
dreams. Scientists say he is either
thinking of the man he kicked last or
the one he will kick rst.-Rural World.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-26
USE OF FERTILIZERS.
ers Are Now Facing and VIII
Continue to Face.

What is a fertilizer? 1t is anything
added to the soil to increase the
amount Of plant food in it or to make
available that plant food. There are
IA elements entering into plant
growth, but ten Of these are used in
such small quantities by the plants
and are so abundant in the soil that
they are seldom taken into considera-
ton in the discussion Of plant food.
The four that are considered are call
cium, phosphorus, nitrogen and potas-
SUM. Calcium in combination with
water forms lime. Calcium is SO
cheap, in the form of gypsum and lime.
that it is seldom mentioned in connec-
ton with commercial fertilizers. New
ertheless, the soil surveys are show
ing that millions of acres of land are
bearing half crops because they ara
too acid, needing but the application
of lime to enable them to bear full
crops. We have thought too little of
lime simply because it was SO album
dant and cheap.
Phosphorus, potash and nitrogen are
the three elements that we find most
difficult to secure. Sometimes the
land becomes so depleted of certain
element that the cost of resupplying
1t is almost prohibitive. Thus, Prof.
Hopkins, of the Illinois Agricultural
college, says that some of the stock
raising farms of Illinois have been so
exhausted of phosphorus that it will
require an expenditure of $50 per acre
to bring them back to their virgin
state, as to soil content of phosphates.
The question of fertilizers in soils
Is one that must interest farmers to
greater extent than it has in the
past. The increase of our population
points out the end Of a system that
depended on getting new virgin soil
when that occupied had been exhaust
ed of its fertility. The supply of fer
tility in soil should be as carefully
reckoned for as should the capital
in the vaults Of banker. The use Of
fertilizers is matter that our west
ern farmers are now facing and will
continue to face. 1t will be easier to
put on little each year and thus keep
up the farm than to wait till certain
element is exhausted and then attempt
to supply it-Farmers' Review.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-26

she cross our bows, or will she 90
to the stern, assuming she keeps
straight ahead? What do you say.
Mr.. Carmody?"'
"she is bit faster than this boat,
I think" said Mr.. Carmody. "In my
Judgment, she will pass at least half
mile ahead of u.s."
II do not think so," said Miss
Helen II am loyal to our yacht.
We will beat her. Don't you think
so, Mr.. Chalmers?"
II think one of us will have to
change our course" replied Chal.
mers. AT this moment Capt. Bald
win approached and called Chalmers
aside.
"That boat to windward is the
Shark" he said in low tone
Chalmers took quick look at the
steadily approaching craft. "She is
going to cut us off," continued Capt
Baldwin. "You had better pass the
word among the men folks, and send
the ladies below. I don't know what
the intentions of that fellow Hestor
are, but he is not going TO interfere
with the Helen Carmody' without a
fight"
Chalmers returned to Mr.. Carmody
and Miss Helen.
"That yacht is the Shark" he
said, quietly. "Capt. Baldwin has
recognized her. He does not antici
pate any trouble, but he suggests
that Miss Carmody and Mrs. White
go below for awhile"
81 do not wish to go below" said
Miss Carmody, her eyes dancing with
excitement. 81 am not afraid. They
cannot hurt us, can they, papa? Let
me stay on deck. I want to see that
awful Mr.. Flestor and his captain"
'That will not do, Helen" said Mr.
Carmody. Capt. Baldwin is right
You join Mrs. White and remain In
the saloon until I call you"
Miss Helen glanced appfalingly al
Mr. Chalmers, but received no en-
couragement in her meditated re
bellion; so she obeyed and went tc
the lower deck.
Sidney Hammond came rushing for
ward.
"That is the Shark" he ex
claimed. "Let us prepare for trouble
That maniac means mischief. Where
are the rifles?"
rTo Re- Continued
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-26
CHAPTER Xx1y.
HOME AGAIN

HOME AGAIN.
"How far are we from Vera Cruz,
Capt. Baldwin,"
About rs miles, Mr.. Carmody."
you may proceed to that harbor,
at once" directed Mr.. Carmody.
Mr.. Carmody then called a confer
ence in the social hall of the 'Helen
Carmody." There were present
Palmer j. Morton, John NJ. Rock
well, r. j. Kent, Simon Pence, Hiram
Haven, Sidney Hammond and William
Chalmers.
eve will be in Vera Cruz in an
hour" said Mr.. Carmody, when all
were seated around the center table.
ut is now $3.50 o'clock. We will be
in telegraphic communication with
New York by II o'clock, Vera Cruz
time-which is one o'clock New York
time. 1t is unnecessary to disguise
the fact that our return to civiliza-
ton is matter fraught with much
Importance from a business stand
point. l am not speaking for myself,
as 1 have no interests which have
been seriously menaced by my alb
sence, or which will be affected by
my return. This is not true of some
present. They have been made to
suffer financial loss by their deten-
ton. 1t is but fair that they shall
have the right to recoup some of
their losses. Now, am not unac-
quainted with newspaper men, their
methods and ambitions. I am going
to ask Mr.. Chalmers to waive his
rights as a journalist for an hour
after our arrival in Vera Cruz, in
order that we may send the news of
our safe return to our families, and
that we may then notify our bust
ness associates, and forward such in
structions as shall protect our inter
ests in stocks and securities. I am
aware that we are under many obi
cations to Mr.. Chalmers and to the
New York Record, but I assure him
that neither he nor his paper will
suffer by granting this favor
Mr.. Chalmers was on his feet the
Aoment Mr.. Carmody ceased speak
ing.
II am only too happy to grant that
request" he said. Through no fault
of the Record, or of it's editor, Rob-
ert Van Horne, we are implicated in
this affair through the unaccount-
able acts of man who has been
one of our correspondents. AL
though this is the most important
piece of news in recent years, and
one in which the paper is entitled
to fair share of credit, recognize
that you gentlemen have interests
(which are paramount. will send no
message to the Record until the
Stock Exchange is closed in New
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-26
The FOOLS PRAYER.

The royal feast was done; the king
Sought some new sport to Danish care,
And to his jester cried: "Sir Fool
kneel now, and make for us prayer!"
The Jester doffed his cap and bells,
And stood the hooking court before;
They could not see the bitter smile
Behind the painted grin he wore.
He bowed his head, and bent his knee
upon the monarchs silken stool;
His pleading voice arose: 20 Lord,
Be merciful to me, fool!
''No pity. Lord, could change the heart
From red with wrong to white as wool;
The rod must heal the sin; but, Lord,
Be merciful to me, fool!
IT'S not by guilt the onward sweep
OF truth and right. o Lord, we stay;
Ills by our follies that so long
We hold the earth from Heaven away.
''These clumsy feet, still in the mire,
Go crushing blossoms without end;
These hard, well-meaning hands we
thrust
Among the fleart-strings of friend.
Who knows how sharp 1t pierced and
stung!
The word we had not sense to say
Who knows how grandly it had rung!
''Our faults no tenderness should ask.
The Christening stripes must cleanse
them all;
But for our blunders-o in shame
Before the eyes of Heaven we fall.
"Earth bears no balsam for mistakes:
Men crown the knave and scourge the
tool
That did his will; but thou. Lord,
Be merciful to me, fool!''
The room was hushed: in silence rose
The king, and sought his gardens cool,
And walked apart and murmured low:
BE merciful to me, fool!"
-E. r. Sill, in Farmers Review.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-26
Feed for Hogs on Pasture.

The best swine raisers insist that it
pays to feed hogs little grain while on
pasture. even though the pasture ba
clover A hogs stomach is small and
is not capable Of digesting as much
coarse material as horse an OK; con-
sequently it is always advisable to give
little grain. The animal remains more
thrifty, seems to assimilate ard digest
its coarse feed better, and when the time
CONES to put on heavy feed, starts OF
more rapidly and does bettss.-Orangs
Judd Farmer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-26
Il. KIDNAPPED
MILLIONAIRES
A Tale of Wall Street
and the Tropics - -
By FREDERICK u. ADAMS
Copyright, 1901, by Lothrop Publishing Company.
All rights reserved.

CHAPTER XXIII.-CoNTINUED.
Mr.. Carmody informed Capt. Bald
win that there was quantity OF val
liable stores on board 'The Jump
tng Jupiter" The naphtha launch
was lowered and several sailors de.
tailed to transfer all articles worth
saving from the raft to the yacht
Mr.. Vincent returned to "The Jump.
: hg Jupiter" and rescued Socks
who was voted mascot of excep.
tional ability.
When Sidney Hammond came on
board the yacht he was given recep.
ton which brought blush of pleas
ure to his bronzed and handsome
lace.
"The Jumping Jupiter" was aban.
doncd to ''his' fate.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-26
CHARCOAL FOR HENS.
and Is Said to Stimulate Pro-
duction of EGGS.

The hen in confinement must have
careful feeding to keep her in health.
Charcoal is cleansing to the system and
promotes digestion and appetite. A sim
pie device for securing charcoal from
the ashes of any wood fire is quickly
made out of Goldfish box.
To make the little sitter shown in
the drawing, pry the bottom from one
OF the AZ by eight-inch boxes in which
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-26

The brief article which followed
contained no information not stated
in the headlines, and there was no
date line at the head of it. Mr.. Sharp
was busy preparing a second and
more circumstantial announcement
when telegram was received from
Mr.. Chalmers. A few minutes later
the second Record extra was on the
street. 1t read:
Vera Cruz, Mexico, May 16.-The
expedition in charge of William Chal-
mers, managing editor of the New
York Record, has effected the rescue
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-26
A Matrimonial Alliance.

Mrs. Jackson-NIah son Jim am q
tonsorial artist.
Mrs. Johnson-And am he welded
TO his art?
"Oh, yes! He makes 1t support
him."-Puck.
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70 CORRESPONDENTS.

All communications for this paper should 20 accom-
Easiisd ~ the name Of the author not for
part Of the writer Write only on side the pm
per. Be particularly careful in giving names ano
Proper names arc often ditlicmt to eciph.. because
oil the careless manner In which they are written.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-26

The royal feast was done; the king
Sought some new sport to Danish care,
And to his Jester cried: "Sir Fool,
kneel now, and make for us prayer!"
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-06

ut was, l think, at the Haymarket
that one of the most amusing of unre-
hearsed incidents occurred" says a
writer in NJ. A. +. 1.-The play was
Romeo and Juliet Mrs. Scott Sid
dons was the Juliet of the occasion.
All went we'll until the final scene.
Paris was duly slain, and. Juliet lay
stretched upon her bier. Just then
some of the scenery caught alight
somehow, but some men from behind
soon extinguished it. Juliet, with CON-
mendable presence Of mind, did not
move an eyelid, but the corpse Of Paris
was nervous. He raised himself to a
sitting posture, then got upon his feet
and fed from the stage. The danger
being removed, his courage returned,
and the audience was afforded the
pleasing spectacle of corpse crawling
along the stage from the wings to take
up the proper position for the final cur
tain. 1t was too tremendous an anti
climax to the tragedy of the play, and
the house was simply convulsed."
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-01-06

The Spartans We're distinguished for
the brevity and cOnciseness of their
speech. On one occasion during ter
rible famine the inhabitants of an is
land in the 4Egean sea sent an embas-
sador to Sparta. who made a speech
implOring its aid. He had hardly fin
ished before the Spartans sent him
back these words, I'VE did not under
stand the end of your speech and have
forgotten the beginning
The poor, starving people chose an
other spokesman and impressed upon
him to make his request as brief as
possible.
He therefore took with him Il guam
tity of sacks, opened one before the as
sembly and said simply. 1T is empty;
fill it,
The sack was filled as we'll us the
others, but the chief of the assembly
said as he dismissed the ambassador,
loaded with meal: ut wasn't necessary
to inform us that the sack was empty.
We saw it ourselves. Neither was it
necessary to request us to fill it. We
should have done it on our own ac-
count Be less long winded next time"
christian EndeavOr World