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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-31
KEEP UP DA1RY1NG.
In Times of Adversely and Depression
the Cow Is the farmers Most
Reliable standby.

In times of prosperity it is we'll not
to forget the days of adversely that
we have seen and may see again. To-
day there is money in almost any kind
OF farming. More money can be made
in raising beef and pork perhaps than
in making butter, but this is a condi-
ton that belongs to prosperity. When
the gloomy days come, and the pig
and the steer cease to return profit,
is the time when the COW is found TO be
a standby. The profit she returns in
prosperity and in adversely is not
large one but it is a profit neverthe-
less and not to be despised. 1t is very
noticeable at time when other things
are returning losses. So at this time
the COW should not be forgotten. Many
a man will have to fall back on her vet.
During the hard times of few years
ago thousands of men went to milk
ing cows that had never done so be-
fore. But they discovered then that
they had not been preparing their
herds for that possibility and conse-
quently had to milk cows that gave
them very little profit. They had been
in the past breeding to beef bulls and
had calves of mixed blood. They then
wished they had saved their best
calves for mixers. Yet after the clouds
had passed away they forgot all about
their former experiences and went to
selling their good cows and good calves
and breeding dairy COWS to beef bulls.
They are likely to repeat their old
mistake and experience the old re-
grets. What should be done at this
time is to keep the best dairy cows and
breed them to the best dairy bulls, re-
tanning their calves if they show signs
of developing into good mixers. In
this way fairly good lot of cows will
be ready for work when needed. 1t is
sad to relate that at this time even
good cows are being sent to the butch
er, the owner having become fixed in
the idea that prosperity is henceforth
to be "Reminiscences Review.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-31

road. At the same instant I heard
the ping of bullet, and felt the
sting of it across the back of my
neck. Falling across the neck of my
horse, Indian fashion, 1 stuck in the
spurs and went galloping down the
road never stopping until two miles
or more had been covered, and l was
out in the open. Not less than five
or six shots were sent after me, from
as many different rifles, but all of
them missed me, except the first one.
That ripped the skin across the back
Of my neck and left me SCARED for
life. l lost a lot of blood and was
very weak when I reached the next
town and had my wound dressed.
The hotel keeper cheered me with
the remark that he never had eX-
pected to see me alive. He then eX-
planned to me that word had been
nal revenue agent, and the boys had
been laying for me for more than a
week. When they found out their
mistake, invitations came to me from
all directions in the mountains to
come up and visit them. J. am sure
they would have given ME royal
time; for they are said to be as hos
pitable as they are hostile, in dis.
tinguishing friend from enemy"
The commissioner of internal rev.
enue says that during the last fiscal
year upwards of 1900 illicit distilleries
were discoveries; more than 500 were in
Georgia, and almost 500 in North Car
DINA. The others We're distributed
over the states of Virginia, South Car
DINA, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama,
Mississippi and Arkansas. The total
seizures probably would not number
more than onethird of those in actual
operation. Rabun county, Georgia, is
the banner district for moonshine
whisky. Fully SIS per cent. of the pop
ulation of that county either owns,
operates, deals in or furnishes mate
rials for the illicit stills, or consumes
the product of the majority of them.
In the twilight depths of some foli-
age-screened gorge in the widest,
toughest and most picturesque scenery
of the numberless high mountains of
northern Georgia OF central North
Carolina, the moonshiner selects the
site of his still. Distant from public
roads or well-known trails, in parts
well-nigh inaccessible to strangers,
sometimes in cave. eNcavated for the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-31
FOUL AIR IN RAILROAD CARS.
Something Which Affords Experts ON
Ventilation an Opportunity to
DistinEuixh ThemseIyes.

A great many people have way of
talking of how sleepy travelling makes
them. They say that they cannot be
long in railway train and remain
awake. This phenomenon is attrib-
uted somehow to the act of travel
ing, but the plain fact is that it is due
to more or less asphyxiation, says the
Hartford Courant. The car needs not
to be in motion. 1t is enough to enter
it and begin upon the experience.
Whoever does travel much has to be
struck with the shocking condition of
the atmosphere in whatever car he
may enter. 1t is the first thing one
thinks of when he passes the door.
Then he looks about and sees how
many of the passengers are dropping
in their seats, more or less doped, and
all of them used up.
Now the whole trouble is with the
ventilation of the car. There is no
other human habitation, not even the
theaters and the churches, that begins
to be SO i'll or so little ventilated as
the railroad car. This is not right.
For much of the time the car is in mo-
ton, and there must be some easy
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-31

serves him right That is the moral
philosophy of those regions, in this
CHRISTIAN country of ours"
1t IS cornmeal when it goes in, and
it is proof liquor when it comes out.
1t is moonshine whisky, whether the
moon shines every night or not, while
it is being made. Ii is night work, just
the same, and will always be known by
its popular name, ''moonshine." But
what it is and how it is made nobody
knows except those who have been
there and become acquainted with the
makers of it in their mountain fast
nesses. The average moonshiner is an
illiterate countryman, shrewd and
suspicious of all men. He has heard
of the law, but it means as much to
him as the word art" would mean to
Hottentot. He understands the law
to be something incorporeal, but inim-
ical to all mankind. With the sword
of Damocles hanging over his head, he
keeps his finger constantly on the trig
ger.
Maj. Ralph Balm tells pers onal ex-
perience which is interesting and in
structive concerning these people: 81
was in North Carolina on business for
the department of justice. Quite n
number of people at the hotel inquired
into my business, until became indig-
nant and curtly, but courteously, told
them that my business was my own. /
afterwards found out that they want
ed to befriend me, wanted to warn me,
because | was suspected of being an in
ternal revenue agent. Word to that
effect had been sent up into the noun
tains.
81 was after the accounts and con-
duct of a couple of officials of the
department of justice. One bright
moonlight night | procured horse
and rode over the mountain side to
town ~ miles distant. The livery
man and others asked me if was not
afraid, but | merely laughed at the
idea of being afraid. If / had known
that l was suspected of being an
internal revenue agent might have
been afraid, but | had no such idea,
of course. Well, as l was riding along
through dense wood, through which
the moonlight and starlight family
struggled, l experienced sudden
sensation, the like of which / hope
never again to have. saw a flash
and heard the crack of rifle about
Is feet from me on the side of the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-31
GOOD ROADS ESSENTIAL.
Rural Free Delivery Routes to BE
Maintained Only Where High
ways Are Improved.

The post office department has a
plan under considera ton which, ii
adopted, will help to do away with
the bad roads to be found in SO
many parts of the country. 1t is TO
have inspectors appointed in the
rural free-delivery part of the sery-
ice whose duty it shall be to deter
mine whether the roads over whic!
it is proposed rural carriers sha}
travel are fit.
At present the department. is
swamped with complaints of the ru-
raj carriers about the condition Of
the roads over which they are ex-
pected TO carry the mail. The duty
of the inspectors shall be to exam
inc all the roads about which COM
plant is made. If they find the al
legation true they will notify the.
supervisors of the townships throupl.
which the roads pass that unle.
they are put in condition within
fixed time the carrier service
be discontinued. There are a
$4,000 rural free-deivery rout
Y. World.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-31
MOSQUITOES HARD TO KILL.
Eggs That Have Been Deposited in
Ponds That Dry Up Live for
Many Months.

DR.. I. w. Dupree, who has been max
ing investigation of mosquitoes in
Louisiana, has reported to the Louis
lana Society of Naturalists that he has
found that the eggs of mosquitoes
often hatch months after they are laid
especially if they are deposited in
ponds which subsequently dry up, re-
ports the New York Sun.
The conclusion reached by Dr. Du-
pree is that the methods which have
been used in getting rid of the mosqui-
toes by oiling or otherwise treating
the ponds during March and April,
when the eggs are supposed to be
Matching, are productive of little ben
eft, as the Matching is going on all
the time.
DR.. Dupree found "a varieties of
mosquitoes in Louisiana ponds, most
of them in the same ponds. The spe-
cies vary from year to year, some va
rieties being abundant one year and
others. the next.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-31

easily over uneven ground and the
body of the cart is wide enough to
prevent upsetting. There is a similar
cart manufactured, but it may be
made out of discarded axle and pair
of light wheels that may be picked
up in almost any community. The
bar (a) shows the axle bent down at
right angles from the hub bearing.
A bar the same size is welded on and
carried across to the other side. This
drop axle forms a cradle to support
the box or frame.-H. S. Eames, in
Farm and Home.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-31
OLD MAIDS AS LISTENERS.
Patient Souls Into Whose Ears tho
Countless Condolences of 9th
ers Are Poured.

The good listeners, on the other
hand, are the old maids to whose
speech nobody pays any attention,
yet to whom everybody talks. writes
Miss Lille Hamilton French. in Cen
fury. And l wonder. considering
how many condolences men have
poured into their ears, and how many
other things men have found to say
about them. that not gentleman
has yet been found good and gener-
Gus enough to pay tribute to this
surprising excellence in spinsters-
an excellence so dear to the mascu-
line mind. How many old-maid
aunts, indeed. have nephews not be-
guiled? How many old-maid sisters
have not opened their ears, to the
self-praise of their unsuccessful
brothers who have missed hearing
at the bar, or in the pulpit, or wher-
ever there was competition among
men?
Patient souls, these old maids, lis
tening to each of us as mother
only listens to her own, and who
have listened so long that at last
they have the air of never expecting
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-31

purpose, always half nile from his
dwelling, the operatorse up his still;
sometimes it is in the open air covered
with rude roof of split boards. Here,
hoping for exemption from detection,
or ready to fight if detected, the work
is begun and carried on.
There is always an exhaustless
stream of crystal pure water near by,
for without it the still would be
worthless. Here the copper still, usu.
ally called "the "copper"" is or 20 inches
in height and of equal diameter, is con.
nected with coil of copper several
feet in length called the "worm." Sew
eral tubs are necessary for holding
the mash and catching the drippings
from the worm. There is mash stick
or stirring fork, and a small narrow
bottle in which to test the liquor; and
these few articles comprise the whole
dlstillery. stone furnace is built.
and over it the still is set. The worm
rests i'll barrel of cool, running water.
with one end connected with the con-
per, and the outfit is ready for busi-
ness.
One of the successful revenue
agents says: "The cornmeal is first
scalded and left to ferment: then
malt is added for second fermento.
ton; next there is boiling of the
beer for what is called .singlings:.
and finally boiling the singlings. In
this final step the moonshiner pro.
duces corn whisky or proof spirits.
lnasmuch as the moonshiner has no
knowledge of rectification his prod
uct is pregnant with fusel oil. More
over, the liquor is sold before II has
time to age, and therefore il is NOT
desirable for the use of people ac-
customed to tirst-cass whisky, either
for medicinal or other purposes. The
usual price is one dollar a gallon.
Two gallons are produced from one
bushel of corn, which costs rs cents.
The moonshiner makes big profit.
Nearby the village at the foot Of
each mountain, there is always a hol-
low tree or small cave in which the
purchaser leaves n jug with the price
OF the amount of whisky desired. Aft
er several hours, the purchaser goes
to the depository and tinar his money
gone, but the jug contains the whis-
ky. The purchaser is always ready
to swear that he does not know who
made or sold him the staff.
SMITH D. FRY,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-31

Fasten pair of stout legs about three
feet long to one end of each pole. Then
with two-inch auger, bore series of
holes along the top of each and fit a
wooden pin or stake to them The
poles are to be placed side by side and
each log rolled up the incline u1'i, it
reaches the desired height. The
are inserted to prevent rolling OF
ing back and the log is ready for
saw.
I find it better, when saving in
manner, not to cut the blocks quite
at first. but let them hang by
inches of solid wood, until all are nea.
cut off, when few strokes of the sa
will separate them. By this means II
log is held steady and its equilibrium
preserved.-C. o. Ormsby, in Farm an,
Home,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-31
Effective Dairy Instruction.

A novel method of dairy instruction,
which has been very successfully car
ried out the past two summers in Cape
Breton and Nova Scotia, is that of a
travelling dairy, combining lectures
and actual practice with modern, up
to-date apparatus properly used, Miss
Laura Rose conducted this travelling
dairy school and during the past sea-
son held I'll meetings, addressing over
5000 people, travelling 723 miles, test
ing $40 samples of milk, and making
903 pounds of butter. Three counties
were covered this year, in addition to
four last season in Cape Breton. Sec
rotary of Agriculture Chapman says
the work will continue till every coun-
ty is reached. This is great contrast
to the remarkable Indifference shown
by many of the states in our common
wealth which boasts such progress.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-31
HINT FOR LOG SAVING.
A Handy Arrangement Which Robs
n Hard Task of Its Most Dis
agreeable Features.

Many farmers draw their winter sup
ply of wood to the door in the log and
saw it at odd times with a cross cut
saw. This is easy and pleasant work
when the log is raised about two feet
from the ground, but very difficult and
tedious when it lies fiat upon the
ground. A handy arrangement for
holding and raising the logs is easily
made as shown in the sketch.
Take two straight poles is feet long
and strong enough to bear the strain.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-31

way to change the air in moving
chamber.
The closeness and discomfort of the
Pullman are attributable to the indi-
rect influence of the warm climate of
Africa. That country is put in con-
troll o. the car and proceeds to estab-
lish the African climate there. But
other cars fare little better. They
are all of them devoid of ventilation,
all OF them stuffy and unhealthy, and
all of them discredit to the makers
and managers. There ought to be some
sensible crank on ventilation (most of
the ventilation cranks are so ultra as
to escape the charge of being sensible)
to open reasonable agitation on the
subject that shall compel attention
to the present pernicious conditions
and secure improvement.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-31
IN ltOONSHINE LAND.
Hunting Down Illicit Distillers Is
Dangerous Work.
Revenue Agents Engaged in the Pur-
suit Are Not Troubled by the
Ubiquitous Life Insurance
Agent.
..E~1 HERE there amt no ten COM
kxV mandments, and man can
get big thirst, there's where

III Il
NV mandments, and a man can
w get big thirst, there's where
the moonshine whisky grows"
That is an aphorism which is often
repeated to the internal revenue
agents in Georgia and North Carolina,
where the greatest number of illicit
distilleries are located.
The makers of the forbidden article
are cautious, suspecting not only some
of their alleged friends, but even look
ing askance at some of the members of
their own families. One of the agents
who has had number of hairbreadth
escapes and who has felt the Jingle
and pain of the bullets of the moon
sinners, says: wherever there is a
worm on the mountain top or in the
gorge, there is man with a gun in
his hand; and the man behind that
gun feels himself to be an unjustly
hunted creature, and he will not hest
tate to put revenue agent under the
ground.
Every still is guarded by night as
well as by day. The agent who mag
ines that he can crawl over trail and
take possession of forbidden still I'M
der the cover of darkness may be a
brave man and an energetic official, but
he won't live long; and he won't cap
ture any moonshine distilleries. I'd
almost as lief try to track a lion or
tiger in dark jungle at midnight.
Those msn, and their boys, all know
what a risky business they are en-
gagged in. but the fascination of it, as
well as the profits, impel them to con-
tinue it. They all understand what
capture and conviction mean; and they
say among themselves, with utmost
nonchalance, Dead men tell no tales.
They feel that they have right to do
as they please with their product; and
if government agent interferes and
gets within the range of the gun it
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-31

anyone to pay attention to them.
They venture into speech on their
own account, as timid mice into par
lors, ready on the instant to whisk
about and seek cover again. These,
though, are the old maids for whom
corners are never lacking, so eager
are the very least among men to
assure themselves of hearing some
where,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-31
HANDY CART FOR CANS.
1t Makes the Transferring of MIX
from the Dairy to the Wagon or
Milk Stand Very Easy.

A necessary adjunct to a COW sta
bleis convenient, easy mode of trans
ferring to milk cans from the stable
dairy to the wagon or milk stand.
The cut shows cart that may be
used to advantage for either one
large can or four small ones. The
advantage of such cart is that it
has wheels large enough to run
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-31
Good, for an Editor.

An Indianapolis editor lately shot a
large deer in the Maine woods with an
oldfashioned shotgun which he had in
a spirit of fun loaded with good
charge of powder and few pebbles
picked from the bed of a stream.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-31
The Shnh's Cash.

1t is said that the shah of Persia has
more hard cash put by than any other
sovereign. In his palace at Teheran
the king of kings" is supposed to
have sum estimated at $4,000, 900 in
specie
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-31

Winter dairying affords a good op-
portunity to market all kinds of
grain and roughness to good adyan-
tage, by feeding to the cows.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-31
American A.tronomers.

Within 25 years American astrono-
mers have won as many annual med
ais of the Royal Astronomical soci-
ETY. of England as astronomers of all
other countries, except England, COM
l,ipp1
The daily tribune., 1903-06-03
A Florence GIRLS Success.

From the account of the commence
ment exercises Of the high school Of
the city of El Paso, the following ex-
tract is taken from the Ell Paso Daily
Times:
Superintendent Putnam then an
nounoed change in the program
which he said WAS at the request Of
many Of she patrons of the school and
members of the board Of trustees.
The change WAS song sung by Miss
Roberts who has occupied the chair Of
music in the schools during the term
just ended. Miss Roberts sang bal
lad. and in response to repeated and
prolonged applause sang the old
Scotch classic. Annie Laurie
after the song Captain Beall
delivered to her handsome present
in the name of the High School Glee
club, delivering to her in few ap-
propriate remarks the thanks and
gratitude of the club for the efficiency
and conscientiousness with which she
has performed her duties"
The Tribune is glad TO be able to
reproduce this testimonial OF the sue.
cess of one Of this city's talented
young ladies. Miss Roberts has been
engaged for another year by the El
Paso board Of education, an evidence
that her duties in the chair OF music
were we'll performed She will be
home shortly to spend the summer
vacation in Florence.
The daily tribune., 1903-06-03

Improvement Tree fruits are in
good condition and spraying has be-
gun. but small fruits do not give
much promise; strawberries are rip
ening in southern and western coun-
ties. The first crop OF alfalfa will
no doubt be light on the eastern slope.
Ranges will be much benefited by
the recent rains; stock is doing fairly
we'll
The daily tribune., 1903-06-03
A WOMAN'S
AM BITION
Notice of Public Trustees Sale.

Whereas, Mrs. Annie McCabe on the 24tb day
q July, a; d; 1901, did make. execute and do
liver her deed OF trust to the public trustee In
and for the county of Fremont, in the state of
Colorado, conveying to said trustee In trust to
secure the payment OF her promissory note OF
said date for the principal sum Of ten hundred
and fifty 81 050.0Ol dollars payable to the order
OF DR.. W. r. Brooks ono year after date with
interest at the rate of twelve per cent. per
principal and interest payable at the First
National bank OF Florence, Colorado, the fol.
county OF Fremont and state Of Colorado, to
wit; Lots No Ten 10), Eleven (ll( and Twelve
west end sub division Of the town now city Of
Florence. Lot No Three 49,, In Block No. One
of James A. McCandless' detached addition TO
Florence. Lot No. Seventeen (11( In the United
Oil compsny's railroad subdivision OF the
town (now city Of Florence, except oil and
n ineral rights beneath the surface as ressryed
in the deed of conveyance from the United Oil
company and. whereas default has been made
by the said Mira Annie McCabe in tho payment
aud tho payment of the taxes assessed against
premises for the year 1902 and, Whereas on
account Of such default Mary A. Brooks. the
owner and legal holder OF the note secured by
said deed OF trust, has elected to declare that
the covenants therein have been violated and
that the whole q said principal sum shall be now
Such owner and holder may do and has filed
with mo demand for tho snle of said property
expense Of ma king such sale. Now, therefore.
four weeks public notice Is hereby given that 1.
til" undersigned pubiic trustees In aud for said
county OF Fremont. will sell at public auction
the above described.real estate for the highest
and best price the same WILL bring in cash on
Friday, the 18th day Of juno. A. D. 1903, at 2
O'Clock p. M. at the front door OF tho county
courthouse in Canon City, In said county and
state. 70. the purpose OF paying said debt and
Whereof Witness my hand and seal this sth
day Of May. A. isoS
Public Trustse In and for Fremont County
State Of Colorado. 5-&etd.wkl