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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20
LEGEND FROM CHINA.
1t Tells How Beautiful But Unhappy
Princess Was Changed Into
the First Cocoon.

Once upon time there was king
who had no sons, but one daughter
1t was a great disappointment not tn
horoscope of the daughter told him
that his daughter would be- great
blessing to the kingdom while sh.
lived, and at her death would bequeath
untold riches. AS this story was vide
ly known the princess had many adj
mirers who sought betrothal with her.
And the king was greatly distressed
as to choice of the right one. When
she was grown she was very beautiful
so beautiful that myriads of pill
grims came to the temple to beg for
the gift of beauty and to burn incense.
This brought prosperity, and thus the
prophecy of her birth was fulfilled.
But the king could no longer delay the
betrothal of his daughter, as SO many
princes desired her that the kingdom
was continually in trouble with other
kingdoms. One day the princess IA
ther was out hunting, when power
full king surprised him ana carried him
away captive to far-aray kingdom.
cilors met and issued an edict saying
the, hand of the princess would be
given to the man who rescued tho
king.
High up among the clouds was 4
demigod who loved the princess, but
since she was mortal woman could
not we'd her, but when this trouble
came he entered the body of the
kings favorite horse, which brooks
away from the grooms, went straight
to the king and brought him back.
But the prime minister, being horri-
fed when the horse brought back this
king, ordered the horse to be killed at
once. But the king who had carried
away the father of the princess was
very powerful, and came again and
again against the king. And it was
finally decided by the king and his
councillors that it was best to betroth
the princess to the son of their enemy,
for the good of the kingdom. The prin-
cess protested, but her protestations
were of no avail.
When the hour came for the wedding
she resisted. weeping, struggling val
iantly with her attendants. A servant,
hearing the cutlery, came into the
court yard dragging with him the skin
of horse, which he was about to cut
into strings. But the soul Of the demi-
god lover in the skin of the horse
awoke and he wrapped the skin
around the princess and she became
the first cocoon.
In the silk-growing district of
Chekiang every year when the silk
worms begin to call for food-that is,
when they come out of their shell'-
you will see the little children playing
with toy horses. This is to win the
favor of the silk worm goddess, by re-
minding her of her faithful lover
| WASHINGTON Star.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20
Troublesome Porcupine.

A wall is going up from Maine over
the invasion of the state by porcupines.
During the last rs years they have
come across the Canadian border from
New Brunswick, where they have been
as thick as ants, and now are such an
army in Maine that they are killing
young spruce trees by the thousand
These porcupines seem to be gnawers
by wholesale, for they have been
known to eat the handles from haying
tools left in the field over night! And
fight! Why, when gathered in packs
they fight as savagely as wolves.
There does not seem to be any alterna-
tive save a bounty on porcupines-and
then woe to porcupineland. Every
man and boy in Maine will be on the
tracks of the spiny little pests.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20
THE FIRST AUTOMOBILE.
Road Locomotive Made in England
in17S4 Is Still In Existence
in London.

While it is matter of history that
the first locomotive made and run in
England was small model of an
ordinary road locomotive constructed
in 1884 by William Murdoch, it IS
probably little known that this oriei-
nal engine is still in existence, and
has, within the past year, been ex-
hlbited in London by Messrs.
Tangyes, Limited. The little loco
motive is about IA inches high and
10 inches long, with width over the
driving wheels of seven inches The
annexed reproduction of recent
photograph of it illustrates it's make
up very clearly. There is an oblong
board, mounted upon three wheels,
with two driving wheels at the rear
attached to crank axle, and one
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20
IMPROVED AWNING.
1t Permits Free Circulation of Air
While, at the Same Time, Keep
Ing Out SUMS Rays.

While an awning in front of win.
dow will shade it from the sun on
bright summer day, yet it also
shuts off the circulation of air to
some extent, and is apt to render
the room within close and sitting
In the drawing we show an awning
invented by two Vireinians, who
claim that it will not cut off the sup.
ply of air, but rather augment it.
The object is to construct the avn
ing in manner to permit lateral
adjustment of the frame. TIE lat
ter, instead of being secured direct
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20

to fame since the year 1910, when he
was as big as he is now. From this
fact, and from the observed rate of
growth of younger tortoises, it is in
ferred that he is more than 200 years
old.
A century ago these big tortoises
were common on all the Galapagos,
SEYCHELLES and Mascovene islands in
the Indian ocean, but they were hunted
and slaughtered ruthlessly until only
a few are left. These remnants now
enjoy governmental protection, but it
has come too late to save the race,
which is gradually dying out.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20

o. n sahoefoaN IN $780, in charities and in
che church of his brother, Cornelius,
the head <ssathe railroad family is pop
Sifar, successful, a power in finance.
These qualities have developed
shrough misfortune. Twenty years
ago people were inclined to laugh at
willie r." They knew that he had
made disastrous turns in Wall street
ard had been warned by his father not
Co speculate. Trey knew that he wasa
golden. youth" not caring for bust
Nsss- But when trouble came in his
family life, his dignity in permitting
hls wife to procure divorce from him
enneser circumstances peculiarly pro-
vocatIve convinced men that he was a
dead game sport" which is in some
quarters higher commentator than
all the Christian virtues catalogued
Mr. Vanderbilt has waited eight
years to let the breath of that scandal
blow over; has grown from middle
aged man of pleasure into an elderly
MAN of business; has done just what he
liked and cared nothing for criticism.
When his daughter was married to the
Duke of Marlborough, the father was
eheered in the street. 1t was curious
popular tribute, not to the father-in-
law of a noble, but toa plucky man.
The death of Cornelius Vanderbilt at
sifty-five left William the head of the
house. He has attended to his duties.
huf without showing the spark of
genius. He is a conservator, not a
builder. He has in charge the railroad
E.iterests of eight male Vanderbilts of
woting age.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20

'ghauncey M. De- ''"oe' 0'' 5 ei'y nome
pew, with sixty-nine memberships, and
President Newman, of the Central. with
e6fty-eight, exceed him. Rockefeller
j is a member of only six boards, Morgan
of thIrty-th John Jacob Astor of
eighteen. But Vanderbilt is chairman
of no board, president of no company.
Mr. Vanderbilt has the must beauti-
Full city home, though not the most
costly, in New York. It was designed
by Mr.. Hunt in the style of French
chateau, and it has usually been gloom
lily vacant since the divorce.
Mr.. Vanderbilt built the marble
House. in Newport at cost of near
Ey two millions, but at the time of the
divorce decided it to his wife. When
she married Belmont they could not af-
ford, it is said, to live in a place so
costly and it has been white elephant
ever since.
The newly married man owns Idle
Hour, one of the finest country places
In the land. 1t was at this quiet
stretch of the level south shore and
Long Island that the Duke of MARI
Borough took his bride for their honey
moon; here that the couple. disap-
pointed in the non-arrival of car
riage at the station, walked along the
dusty road to the place like the pair of
children they We're. Here, too, William
Il. Vanderbilt, Jr., took his bride in
turn and celebrated his honeymoon by
lighting fire when the rambling old
tiful structure burned down over their
heads. IT is a curious coincidence
that this beautiful place should have
recently been again damaged by fire
just as Mr.. Vanderbilt and his bride
were planning to spend their honey.
.z1loon in it.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20
A GIANT TORTOISE.
Its Upper Shell Is Eight Feet and .
Half Long and Exactly Seven
Feet HrOnd.

This monster is the only specimen
of the great Galapagos tortoises re-
naming on the island of Mauritius,
where they once abounded. AS the pic
ture indicates, he is quite tame, and
lives on friendly terms with rabbits
and other domestic. animals. Some
idea of his size may be obtained by
comparison with the rabbits. AZ a
matter of fact, his carapace or upper
she'll is eight and half feet long and
seven feet broad. He has been known
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20
WHEN I'm A MAN.

When l grow into great big man,
And buy what 1 want to wear
I'm going to have trousers a mile or two
long,
And never will brush my hair
I'll buy silk hat, with a very tall crown,
And carry a gold-headed cane,
I'll not wer necktie-it takes so much
time
To unite and tie it again.
I'm going to eat candy whenever please
And play on the street till it's dark,
With peanuts my pockets will always be
stuffed,
Oh, say, won't just have a lark!
I'll hitch on the icewagons all that please,
With no one to make me get off,
/ won't be polite to a nurse or a girl,
And my hat l never will doff.
And never, OH never! will go to bed
Before it's at least half-past eight,
All! jolly good time I'll have when man.
You'll see if you only just wait.
Boston Budget.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20
African s1eeplne sickness.

The African lethargy, or sleeping
sickness, long dreaded in central Afri-
ca, has recently depopulated districts
in Uganda. The fear that it will reach
the Cape to Cairo railway and be
spread over the world prompted the
British government to send medical
commission to investigate it. The
malady is essentially a chronic form
of contagious meningitis produced by
a germ. 1t resembles cerebro-spinal
meningitis. but is of longer duration.
1t is almost Invariably fatal.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20
Animal with Rnpid puIsc.

The hamster, a rat-like animal of
Europe and northern Asia, stores up
grain for winter use in subterranean
cells. In summer its pulse beats at the
rate CT $50 a minute; but in cold wealth
er, when the creature hibernates, the
pulse beats average only Is minute.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20

held that office Of
trust. OF very
heavy trust. More
than ten millions
passed thro u g h
his hands, half a
million a year in
later times. II e
kept no boo k S.
People may guess
why. McQu a d e
was close to Gro
ker. He made a
fortune as a con-
tractor Il a M
maGv leaders who
do rof hooo ~, n
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20

VIII begrduge him
the belated happi-
ness of his second
marriage.
Without the or
ganizing genius of
his grandfather,
the Commodore"
without the in
ventive gift of his
nephew, y o Il n g
Cornelius, without
t h e democratic
ways of his father,
William H., with
ont Tho intaract
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20

mas a new presl-
dent.
DR.. Finley is a
yves terner, an ath-
lete, a friend of
Grover Cleveland,
a rugged person
ality, a man of 80
years. That is
rather old for a
president to take
office in t h e S e
days. The aver
age age of L o w
and Butler, of CO.
lumbia; Eliot, of
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20

ss-sSS VI u clllloll
d o !. / airs; the
wealth of the fam
lily with all. it's
branches consider
ably exceeds half
chat sum, and is so
largely invested
IN Y a II d e r bi | t
stocks as to make
control of the
lines easy.
Mr.. Vanderbilt
is in the director
ates of ffty-four
companies. o nj y
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20

some that he ever
was in business.
Yes; it would not
do for the rich
leader o f r a m
may Hall to have
no visible means.
of support" He
was for years and
until the first day
of the pre- s e n t
month a special
partner in the real
estate Fl r IN o f
Peter +. Meyer &
Co. The "& CO."
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20
silk Worms Are Vorncious.

The silk worms produced from one
ounce of eggs will consume from 1,7oo
pounds to 2,40o pounds of mulberry
leaves during the 40 days of their life.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20
Notes of General Interest
Concerning NewYorkers

New York.-Few people in this city,
where ". *. Vanderbilt is best known,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20
Keenan, the Treasurer.

Croker was never treasurer of Tam
many. For 30 years John McQuade
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20
Croker out of business.

Richard Croker is no longer in bust
ness in New York. 1t NAV be news to
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20
Tue Nran, Vanderbilt.

Mr. Vanderbilt is thehead of systems
esss rail communication valued far in
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20
The College OF the city

The College of the City of New
York-for New York has a college
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20

has recently disappeared.
Most Tammany politicians, when
they graduate from the saloon keep
ing class, in which Croker WIS never
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-05-20

6AlE who
@e vented machine
the accompanying picture shut
of
bonic acid etc. given off An alright collar surrounds his
the to
eNhaled
a woyld
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-02-13
THE BOARD OF
FREEHOLDERS
Its Session was a Short One and
the Business was Of a
Routine Nature.
BUT TWO MEMBERS ABSENT

And These Two Were on the sick List
Road Committee Ordered Last En-
staIlment Paid on Pequanoc Town
ship Road. The Rest of Session was
Devoted to the Examination of Bills,
upon Reports of Committees.
The February session of the Board Of
Freeholders which was held Wednt sday
morning was short one. The princi-
pal business transacted was the reading
of bills to be paid and the motions to
pay them.
ALI members were present except
Freeholder's Dairymple of the First
Ward of this city, and Hoagland of
R ,ckaway, 10th of VIII 'm are on the
sick list.
Director Becker called the meeting to
order promptly at II o'clock. Upon
asking for reports of committees, the
Finance committee reported bills for
court expenses amounting to 81 Cos 49,;
Cor5ners and Post mortems, 1885 23;
Stationery $12. rs and Indexing $s4.17.
The Court House and Jail committee
reported 80 prisoners confined in the
Jail, and bills amounting to $1,000 Al
The chairman of the Aims House com
mittee read letter from the Aims
House physician saying that during the
among the inmates, two having died.
The total number now being cared for
is 70. Two were discharged during the
month and two admitted Bills to the
amount of $1,416.65 were presented
which included So 0. 81 of the Chidren's
Home expenses.
Th- Insurance and Miscellaneous Com
mittee presented bills for Freeholder's 8
salaries amounting to $30S10; officers of
the board, $s9l. 40; incidentas, s305 81
and street lighting, $45 83. la the alb
sence of the chairman, Henry NJ Dali
rymple of the Road Committee, Free
holder Schoneberger made the monthly
report. He asked for the payment of
$439.57 to Colfax & Steele for the final
settlement of the Roai in Pequannoc
township. This was ordered paid when
certified by the County Engineer.
On motion of Mr.. Schoneberger it was
ordered that map and survey be made
of the road leading from the lower end
of james street to the liberty pole at
New Vernon.
Committee ON Printing and Elections
reported bill for printing amounting to
$SS. 30 and elections $!60.37. No other
business coming before the board the
freehoders adjourned until the second
Wednesday III March.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-02-13
An Illustrated Lecture.

BY special request Mr.. Henry w. Van
Wagner will repeat his lecture "Wild
erness Wanderings with Fly rod and
Camera, ,"on Monday evening next, Feb
ruary 10th. at eight o'clock, in the
chapel of the First Presbyterian church
The pictures are very fine, the best of
them being from Mr.. Van Wagener's
own negatives taken during some of his
many wanderings. and the talk given
with them last week at the Market
Street Mission. particularly the descrip
tions of animal and camp life, was very
interesting.
The lecture will be given under the
auspices of the Young Ladies' Missionary
Society of the First church, and is for
benefit of the Asheville Scholarship
which they support. No admission will
be charged, and all are cordially invited,
but collection will be taken during the
evening for the above named object.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-02-13
DISCUSSED JOINT SEWER.
say That Delay is Partly Due to
State Asylum.

The Drainage Committee of Sum
mit's Common Council and represent
atives of Morristown's special sewerage
commission held meeting in Summit
City Hall on Saturday night for the
purpose of discussing Morristown's
possible participation iu the joint sewer
scheme, of whi n Summit is a part,
The conference was rather brief, for it
soon developed that Morristown is in
no better position to give final an
swer on the subject than it was several
months ago. @. w. Ennis and w, W.
Cutler represented Morristown, and
besides the Drainage Committee with
DR.. j. Boyd Risk as chairman, Sum-
nit was Represented by Mayor Bald
win and MI. Jones, the city's joint
sewer commission member.
The Morrlstown men promptly in
formed the others that nothing definite
can be done in reference to that city's
joining until Madison and the State
asylum at Morris Plains decide whether
they will JOIN. If these two places
join it will bring the cost down to a
figure where Morristown can enter an6
keep the cost within bond limit per
mitted to that city by law. If Madison
and the State asylum refuse to join
Morristown can do nothing except by
special legislation. The question OF
tunneling Hobart Hill ana other
features of the proposed work were dis
cussed informally but the attitude of
the Morristown men showed that de-
finite settlement was impossible, and
after about an hours session the mem
bers adjourned.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-02-13
.INCENDIARY
In IT'S ORIGIN? /?
B. F. Howell Barn on Ford Ave
nue. Destroyed by Fire
Wednesday Night
TRAMPS ARE BLAMED FOR II

\ Couple of Suspicious Looking Char
acters seen Coming From the Barn.
Two Horses We're Burned to Death.
Firemen Experience Difficulties in
Getting to and From the Scene.
Covered by Insurance.
At $50 Wednesday night, call from
BOX 36, summoned the fire department
to the burning barn of B. F. Howell on
Ford avenue The blaze was discovere
by Officer Van Arsdale, who WAS pa
trolling Morris avenue and he sent ID
the alarm.
AS the night was stormy, the flames
Lighted up the sky SO brilliantly that it
looked from the cent of the town as
though that section of the city was
burning There was an entertainment
in Lyceum Hall given by the Stsr
Course of the Y M. c. A. and as the
sound of the fire bell fell upon the earr
Of the audience there was commotion
which might have caused small panic
but for the presence OF mind Of several
ushers and the officer in charge of the
building.
When the chemical engine which was
first to arrive at the conhagration
drove up, they found the barn nearl,
destroyed. The firemen were told two
horses We're i'll the building, but nothing
could save them, as the fire had pro.
gressed too far, SO the animals perished
Hundreds of people were attracted by
the blaze, and in short time the little
avenue was thronged with citizens who
watched the progress of the fire.
AS quickly as hose could be connect
ed, streams of water We're poured upor
the fire.
The water supply was good, After
an hour and half of hard work il
water and mud up to their ankles, anc
in some instances over, the firemen re-
ceived orders to take up"
While ascending the hill leading oul
of Ford ayenue, the Truck company
apparatus came to a sudden standstill
In long pull and strong pull one o.
the horses attached to the machine
pulled himself out of the harness
There was no getting away. TIE mut
was too thick; the harness broke, ano
the machine could not be moved al
inch. Chief Fox sent for the Chemica
Eugine team, which hitched to the
truck, dragged it out of its difficulty.
About one O'Clock Thursday morn
ing Chief Fox was informed by tele
phone that the fire had broken out
airesh, but he was not willing the fire
men should go again to the fire as ht
was satisfied the surrounding buildings
were wet from the rain and in no dan
ger. 1t soon burned out.
The origin of the fire is said to have come
from tramps who We're sleeping in tht
barn, as two suspicious looking char
acters were seen coming from the
building at the time the fire started.
The loss is estimated at 81 900, ant
J covered by insurance.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-02-13

Letters of administration have been
issued by Surrogate Young for the fol-
lowing estates during the week:
Nicholas K. Connolly, deceased, of
Boonton, to Michael Connolly of Mont
real, Canada.
Abram Babcock, deceased of Butler,
to Jesse Ward. Butler.
Mary q. Mccormick, deceased of JEFF
ferson township, to e. H. Mccormick of
Jefferson.
William Fl. Meslar, deceased of Nor.
ristown, to Walter V. Meslar OF Morris
town.
The following wills have been ad-
mitted.
Will of Isabella M. Force, deceased of
Norris township, estate real and per-
sonal devised to brother Marcus l..
Force. W. w. Cutler appointed ex-
cutor.
Will of Hannah VI. Drake, widow OF
Aaron Drake, MI. olive, estate equally
iivided among next of kin. Richard
stevens, Mt. Olive. named as executor.
Nicholas B olempo was tried for
IA bng Jerry Corse on the s6tn of
November last Corse had cornet
aud was footing il on the street when he
vas stopped by Boxtempo who de-
landed that Corse play the instrument
for the amusement of the crowd. A
fight followed during which Corse re.
ceived stab wounds that laid him in the
hospital several days. The case is still
on.