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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-18

support him for the presidency in
the next national convention.
The blue book will give the names
of 1000 postmasters in Illinois who
held office during the last Cleveland
administration. 1t will give the
names of all other office-holders, and
each one of them must have been q
democrat of some consequence, to
have secured an Office. Each one of
those otfice-holders must be com
municated with, either directly or in
directly. He must be assured that
if he will get out and hustle and
work for Olney he can again be post
master, or held some other Office
equally good. Now, unless Mr..
Hearst, or Mr.. Cleveland, or some
other candidate will get in ahead of
him, Mr.. olney can form quite a
strong army of politicians who can
control the next state convention
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would not have acquired at any price.
The novice who wishes to buy his
own rugs in Persia or elsewhere in the
enough at his disposal to spend half
day or more at the dealers bazaar. He
must, in the second place, appear in
different and sphlegmatic, sip his tea
and smoke his pipe, only occasionally
requesting that this or that piece,
which may happen to strike his fancy,
be laid aside. After a prolonged rest
the choicest of the pick should be bar
gained for, deliberately and politely,
and always without showing haste or
impatience. When buying a Persian
rug several precautions must be taken.
1T must be without thick places or
folds and the tying must be perfectly
even, for which purpose the back must
be examined. The corners must titthe
pattern; otherwise the rug loses 30
per cent. in value. At no time must
more than one-third of the dealers
price be offered by the purchaser, and
one-half of the dealers price should
be the maximum amount paid for the
article. 1t is also quite important that
no particular preference be expressed,
otherwise the dealer will at once put
triple price on the coveted article
| Persons who make the buying of rugs
business frequently manage to Sc
cure costly antiques among the noun
tain tribes of the Caucasus and the
steppe jewellers of Central Asia,
| which, after a thorough cleansing, are
sold at an advance of so times their
first purchase price.
The chiefs of many of the nomadic
| Asiatic tribes possess vast fortunes in
the shape OF rugs, some of which are
| hundreds of years old. For many of
| the natives of Central Asia the rug is
an Indispensable companion. They
need it in their homes, their tents and
| their travels. 1t serves them as bed,
travelling bag and prayer platforms,
in fact, a part of their lives.
So much about the genuine oriental
rug. And now a word about the imita-
lions, many of which exceed the real
thing in regularity of design and bril-
| liancy of color-for a time. The bo-
gus rugs are made in Europe, in some
of the eastern states of the union, but
most of them come in bales from Con-
stantinople and Smyrna. The fraud
ulent article is sold in many shops in
| the United States and as it is without
any real value it yields an enormous
profit to dishonest dealers. For this
reason one word of advice: If YOU
buy an oriental rug, buy it from a
house in whose reliability you have
reason to have the utmost confidence.
GREGoR KARMANoFF.
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rugs IN THE ORIENT
To Secure Choice Specimens Is a La
borious Task.
Trading with Orientals Means Hard
Work and Loss of Much Time
The Most Precious Weaves
Described.
Especial constantinople letter.

HE present craze for oriental
rugs, which prevails not only in
the United States, but also
throughout Western Europe, suggests
an inquiry into the antiquity of rug
and carpet weaving in the Asiatic
countries east of the Mediterranean
sea. There is no doubt that the in
dustry is more than a thousand wears
old and that it has passed through va
rious stages of evolution. Originally
the rugs We're primitive floor cover
hngs for the tents of the nomadic
tribes which inhabited central Asia,
but in the course of time they devel-
opened into genuine works of art, and
as long ago as the seventh century
some are reported to have been sold at
fabulous prices.
The oriental rug industry is divided
unto five general groups-the Persian,
Central Asiatic, Caucasian, Indian and
Western Asiatic; but at the present
time the Persian and Caucasian weav-
ers work along identical lines and only
experts can detect any material differ
ence in Their work. From time
ammemorial two processes of manu-
facture have been in vogue, the weav-
ing and the knotting methods; but in
each instance none but hand work is
employed, and this is usually per-
formed by women. The knotting or
tying process has been introduced
with some success in several European
and American factories, but thus far
nothing like the original has been pro-
duced by occidental cleverness in imi-
tation.
The soul of oriental rugs is the
pattern. In it is concealed legend,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-18
THE SPIDERS WAY OUT.
Little Insect Showed So Much Intel
ligence That Its CaptOr Re-
stored 1t to Liberty.

close observer never has to travel
away from home for entertainment
and instruction. One bright-eyed young
person, who had grown tired of read
ing, tells in an English paper how he
found spider an interesting play
mate.
l took washbowl and fastened UP
stick in it like vessels Ihast, and then
poured in water enough to turn the
mast into an island for my spider,
whom l named Crusoe, and put on the
mast. AS soon as he was fairly cast
away, he anxiously commenced run
ming around to find the mainland. He'd
scamper down the mast to the water,
stick out foot, get it wet, shake it,
run round the stick and try the other
side, and then run back to the top
again.
Pretty soon it became serious mat
ter to Mr.. Robinson, and he sat down to
think over it. AS in moment, he acted
as if he were going to shout for a boat,
and as if he were afraid he was going
to be hungry, l put molasses on the
stick. A fly came. but Crusoe wasn't
hungry for flies just then. He was
homesick for his web in the corner of
the woodshed. He went slowly down
the pole to the>water and touched it all
round, shaking his feet like pussy when
she vets her stockings in the grass.
Suddenly thought seemed to strike
him. Up he went like rocket tothe
top. and commenced playing circus. He
held one foot in the air, then another,
and turned round two or three times.
He became excited and nearly stood
on his head before l found out what he
knew, and that was this: that the
draught Of air made by the fire would
carry a line ashore on which he could
escape from his desert island He
pushed out a web that went floating in
the air until it caught on the table.
Then he hauled on the rope until it was
tight, struck it several times to see il
it we're strong enough to hold him, and
walked ashore
thought he had earned his liberty.
so l put him back in the wood shed
again
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-18
HOMEMADE THEATER.
With This Boys and Girls Can Have
More Fun Than With Any Other
COntrivDnce.

Lots and lots of our readers delight
in playing theater. Here is an OPP
portunity TO build one at no cost, as
around the house.
Take large wooden soap box and,
after removing the cover, take a
crosscut saw and saw through the
bottom of the box about 91a inches
carefully and fit it inside of the box,
at right angles to the sawed front,
to form the floor of the stage. Cut
OUT the end which is now the top of
your toy theater, leaving but strip
along the front.
L; Ike a strip of this removed piece
and tack it to the front of the box
little bit below the level of the
stage.
The next thing is the curtain. Hunt
around until you find an old shade
roller, some Irvine and piece of red
or green cloth. Cut the roller the ex-
act width of the box Then cut the
cloth so that half an inch of roller
will show on each side, tack one end
to the top of the box. Wind the
Irvine around the ends of the roller,
leading the Irvine from each end up
and over smooth tacks driven into
the top of the theater. These lines
should be operated from one side and
serve to pull the curtain up and
down.
Now comes the making of the foot
lights and proscenium. Paste draw
ing paper on stiff cardboard and get
father or mother to follow the de-
sign in the drawing or carry out
their own ideas, using a soft pencil
for the outlines and filling in the
pattern with water colors or crayon.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-18
A California Dog Hero.

From California corcas n tale of a
heroic rescue by dog. During for
est FIRE which ragged along the Eorder
between Yuba and Butte counties.
Bruno, Great Dane dog, fought his
way through the flames bearing in his
jaws the living body of 3-year-old Flor
ence Rogers. The parents of the child.
when the alarm of fire was given, has
tened to assist neighbors, leaving lit
tie Florence on the kitchen floor
When the wind shifted Rogers and his
wife rushed for their home, but when
they reached the clearing it was to
see the barn in blaze. Rogers tried
to get to the house, but was restrained
just then Bruno burst through the
kitchen window with the child. her
garments knotted in his teeth. The
baby's clothes gave way as the dog
landed, but in an instant he had her
again in grip and reached safety. Tho
child's face and hands were cut and
burned, but she recovered.
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tai carpet work. A prime kurdistan
has from 1000 to 5000 loops to the
square yard and is thoroughly genuine
even when the pattern may perhaps
appear a trife too oriental in general
effect. The Kirman is one of the most
exquisite rugs, and is produced, by
men exclusively, in horizontal looms.
In the Caucasus, Daghestan, a To-
cality noted for the roughness and
thievish propensities of its inha bitants.
produces the finest and most gorgeous
rugs; and critics are unanimous in adj
uniting that the Caucasian rugs retain
their original character to remark
able degree, which may be ascrbed to
the conservatism of the rough noun
taineers who produce them. The thin,
shiny Shirwan. the rich Supakh and
the Daghestan essentially differ from
each other in the weave, but character
istic of all is the brownish red orna-
ment of he running dog"
The Turkoman rug occupies front
rank, so far as material and workman
ship are concerned, but as regards
pattern and color development it GER
tainly is not entitled to recognition as
a first-class article. In general way
all the rugs made in the Asiatic high
lands are known as "Bokharas," but
experts know how to differentiate be-
tween the various weayes. At the
head of the Bokharas stands the rug
made by the Teke-Turkomans, which
is peculiarly strong in its ornamental
ton and woven so subs antially that it
must be numbered among the very
best varieties.
All through the oriental countries
magnificent rugs and carpets are OBJ
tainable, but to buy them is far more
difficult task than might be supposed.
Leaving aside the fact that wide eXpe-
rience and considerab technical
knowledge are essential to recognize
ing and determining the value of rug,
oriental dealers have wonderful
knack of befuddling" prospective
purchasers. BY displaying, in rapid
succession, rug after rug, they make
thorough examination almost i'm
possible and when the deal is closed the
buyer usually has an article on his
hands which, in normal conditions, he
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-18

through countless generations. 1t is
proba BILE, however, that modern chem
istry could solve this mystery; yet
such discovery would be of scant
value, as the American and European
workmen are without the ornamental
Language" with which the Persian
and Turkoman women enrich their
products and which constitutes the
real beauty of their work.
The Persian rug is the choicest of all
oriental weaves and displays diversi-
ty of pattern and handiwork unap-
preached by other products. The best
known varieties are named after the
localities where they originated
heran, Khorassan, Kurdistan, Kash-
kai and Kirman. Each variety has Pc
euliar characteristics and appears in
so many variations that the general
effect of their richness battles descrip.
ton.
The knotted rug made by mountain
women of Kurdistan may, on account
OF its dainty pattern, and the marvel
Gus delicacy OF its knotting, be
termed the rarest specimen of orien-
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Four Thousand Godfnther.

Princess Irene of Prussia is better
provided for in the matter of god
fathers than is any other woman in
the world. She can boast of 1900 god
fathers, and how she came to Obtain
so many is pretty story. When she
was born the war of 1866 was drawina
to an end, and peace being concluded
just at the time of her christening, her
father, Prince Henry of Hesse, re-
quested all the officers and men of the
regiments under his command to
stand godfather to his little daughtert
whom he named Irene (Peace) in CON,
memoration Of the end Of the war;
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an eastern fairy tale, which is inter
preted by the deft figures of some
nomad woman. All the average orien-
tai wife can do is to weave carpets;
and the more skill she possess in this
direction the more highly esteemed
she; is by her lazy husband. 1t fire..
quently happens that Persian or Tur-
Roman will pay price for an old, ugly
hag which would buy three handsome
maidens, simply on account of her
skill in rug making.
The oriental woman bleaches the
wool under the sun, gives it an acid
bath of grape juice and a treatment
of alkaline lye. With the exception of
sulphuric acid, used for producing y
deep black, only vegetable dyes are
used. During the past decade the use
of aniline dyes has made some head
way, but only when the demand for
rugs has been so great that no time
could be lost in filling orders. The dye
ing process of the various tribes is "a
secret which has been preserved
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couple of days, and then appeared
on the hustings in Indiana to help
his friend Senator Fairbanks; and
he was so weak that he was obliged
to quit speaking in the midst of one
OF his addresses. What did he make
That effort for in lndiana?'
But the chief burrowers are on the
other political side, and all of them
seem to believe that the democratic
presidential nomination will lie orth
striving for next year. Sena or Cor
man, of Maryland, who is close to
the national capitals; Mr. Hearst,
Judge Parker and Mr.. Hill. al of New
York; Mr.. Olney, of Massachusetts;
Mr.. Cleveland, of New jersey, and
Mr.. Bryan, of Nebraska, are all of
them standing right in the line where
the presidential lightning s expected
to strike.
Now you would like to know how
this burrowing is done. 1t is a great
game, and is very well understood in
this center of politics as well as of
statecraft The stimulus for all poll
ticians is the federal patronage. Every
POLITICAL worker wants an office.
There is blue book published by
the national government every two
years. and it contains lists of all of
the federal otfice-holders, even down
to the lowliest and lowest-paid. The
big politicians employ little poll
ticians to take up certain parts of
this blue book, and go to work on
the former ctlice-holders. For ex-
ample, suppose that Mr.. Olney, OF
Massachusetts,, wants to get the dele
gates from the state of Illinois to
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-18
UPS AND DOWNS.

Johnny's' cryin'; do you hear him?
L don't see why he should cry!
JUS because we two went coastin';
On the hill there, he an 1.
Got a lovely sled las Christmas,
Papa gave it, painted red.
"Let your little brother use it
Half the time"-our mamma said.
An 1 did. I only used it
Coastin' down the hill' an then
Every single time let him
Drag it up the hill again.
An it took him SO long climhn'
That he had it most-he did
An yet there You hear him cryin'!
Isn't that jus like kid?
st. Nicholas.
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of which had never before been seen
in France.
10 the box he simply fastened mast
and double triangular sail. There
happened to be good wind when his
work was done, and it carried him and
his carriage for great distance.
Any boy can make a little land yacht
of this kind, all that he needs being
four wheels, which he can obtain with
out much trouble, an old soap box, a
strip of canvas or calico and stout
stick, which is to serve as mast. When
there is any wind he will find land sail
decidedly pleasantly. Y. Herald.
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After this is done tack the cardboard
upright to the strip in front of the
stage, bending them back and lacking
them to the top. Tack the painted
footlights to the front strip, high
enough to hide any roughness of the
stage. After designing and painting
the arch, cut out along The outline
and fasten it to strips of wood
nailed to the top of the stage and
jutting out as far as the strip along
the footlights.
The scenery for the little tbeater
has HOW to be made Get old card
board boxes, and take the large flat
pieces. cutting them to the desired
size and cover them with white paper.
IT you want a wood scene outline the
trunks and branches with a heavy
pencil, or india ink, filing in the To-
liage with water colors, permitting
| each color to dry before applying an
other.
Interiors, farm houses or sea
! scenes can be cut out of old maga-
zines and pasted on.
After this is all done, your curtain
in good working order and scenery
in place, get out your toy soldiers,
form them into groups-or, put your
tin boats behind the paper waves
with their paper and paint scene be-
a:ind it. One little boy who had this
| .heater Lnilt for him had two sets
Of sceiscry, one of the woods and one
Of the sea.
His first tableau was "a Storm at
Sea-" using tin ship and his sea
scenery. Tableau two was called
''At the Station" showing company
of toy soldiers ready to cnter an iron
train, toy blocks were used 30 build
the station. Tableau three he called
"The Holdup ia the Woods the same
little train being stopped by toy
man with his gun at his shoulder
ready to fire.
This will give you an idea of the
fun you can have with this home
made theater, and from these few
| ideas can be created an unlimited
number of plays or tableaux that fill
in many stormy holiday or long
winter evening. -Bl ooklyn Eagle.
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DELyING FOR POWER
Political Moles of Both Parties Are
Busily at Work.
How Successful Presidential Boom
Is Created, Expanded and Trans
formed Into Potent
Reality.
Especial Washington letter.

IN HE political moles are burrow-
ing deep down beneath the
| presidential pastures, where
| they would not be discovered, nor
suspected, but for the work of inim-
ical political ferrets. They are unlike
the coyotes and gophers who abrade
the surface sward, but delve far, far
below
One of the wonder-workers in the
political world is the senior senator
from Ohio, the man who from OBJ
security stepped into national fame
early in 1896 as the manager of the
Mckinley campaign for nomination.
The old-time politicians thought that
he could soon be disposed of; but
they found that for three years Mark
Hanna had been burrowing for dele
gates to the national convention.
Politicians do not rest during the
Len.en season, nor for any other
season. They are not primarily re-
ligious, although some of them are
nicely veneered with churchly in-go-
ings and out-comings. Primarily,
they are self-seelling and ambitious,
ready to sacrifice others, even good
friends, for their own advancement.
The most successful of them are al
ways burrowing for future prefer
mentS.
Senator Davis, of Minnesota, once
said to the narrator: 81 went to
church this morning, just for few
minutes. | sat up last night until
Il .rht
plicants for an Office. Having con-
cluded that certain man should
have preferment, / went to bed and
slept as calmly as child. After late
breakfast this morning l lighted
cigar and took walk. Just as 1 was
passing church, memory called up
picture of my first election to the
senate. One of the candidates for
Office had sacrificed great deal for
me at that time, and | remembered
having said: If ever you need
friend, rely on Cush Davis And yet,
because another had seemed to me
to be of greater future value, 1 had
made up my mind to turn that
friend coldly down. I went into
church, stayed until the conclusion
of service, came home and concluded
to have my former helpful friend
appointed. So, you see, once in awhile
conscience will make even politician
do the right thing"
Well, while ambitious men are bur-
rowing for the presidency, all of
them are denying their ambition
Senator Hanna, the greatest burrow
Ell of them all. keeps gravely quiet
and affects Indifference to the quest.
But there are surface indications
which point to his ambition in that
direction. An old politician here to-
day called the attention of the writer
to one very interesting fact. He
said: "Do you remember that last Oc-
tober the physicians informed Sena-
tor Hanna that he must quit politics
and go to bed, because of danger
from heart failure? Well, what did
Hanna do? He went home for only
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-18
Curious Suit for Damages,

A curious suit will soon be tried in
Anderson, Ind. To cure her brother
OF constant desire for intoxicants
Mrs. Laura G. Hosier secretly admin.
istered a drug, with the result that
liquor is now disagreeable to him.
He has brought suit for $4,000, as
sorting that his sister has robbed
him of great amount of pleasure
by destroying his thirst.
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Boys LAND YACHT.
French YOungster Furnishes an ILeR
Which Our Own Boys May
Find Worth Initiating.

While crude in construction, a cu-
rious and useful little carriage was re-
Gently built by French boy. He was
staying with his mother at seaside
resort and one day, after watching u
yacht skim over the water, it occurred
to him that person could travel very
comfortably on land by attaching a
sail to carriage.
He got an old box and set of wheels
and in few hours was riding up and
down the beach in carriage the like
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-18
Co1orirg SAX Cocoons.

1t is found that silk cocoons can be
given any color by coloring the leayes
upon which the silkworm feeds.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-02-04

Look for Reams add about Ghost
protectors.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-02-04

WHITE-Mrs. Susanna White aged
81 years died at the home of her
daughter Mrs, Nancy Thomas at
Vanvoorhis Tuesday, and was buried
at Pierpoint Cemetery Wednesday
Rev. o. W. Waters conducted the
funeral. She was the mother Of A. II
White, who is known In this neigh
borhood. Mrs. White was one OF the
Oldest women 10 that vicinity.
BRATHovER. = Joseph Brathover
died at the City Hospital Tuesday
night OF typhoid fever. He was a
worker at the Jones Window Glass
factory. His home was at Belle Yer
non, Pa, where wife and four little
children are left 10 bereavement. The
remains were shipped to Belle Vernon
yesterday. The young man was 81
years old.
GAPEN-Stephen Gapen, a we'll
known resident of Union district,
died at his home near Van Voorhis
Tuesday January 26, 1903, aged 81
years. Mr.. Gapen had been sick
for long tine He had typhoid
fever, but had recovered from that,
and a complication of diseases took
him away. He leaves two daughters,
Misses Edith and Ida, and five SONS.
One of the sons, Frank, is married
and one lives in Pittsburg Mr..
Gapen's wife died two years ago of
fever. The funeral of Mr.. Gapen
was conducted at 10 o'clock Thurs
day morning. He was inferred at
Pierpoint Cemetery. Mr.. Gapen
was popular man, ami well liked.
He was great athlete when a young
man, with remarkable physical pow
ers. His son has been a PLAYER on
the Pittsbure college baseball team