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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-05

Col "Bnl' Phelps of Missouri. rail-
road attorney and promoter of legisla-
ton, has been summoned to appear
before the grand jury at Jefferson
City to give testimony in connection
with the alleged bribery of the Legis-
lature. There is no doubt that Col.
"Bill" is in a position to give some
SALTY" evidence in case he cares to
do so. In addition to his other ac-
complishments, Col. Bill" is a shrewd
politician, a judge of men and coiner
of phrases. 1t was he who gave the
junior United States Senator from
Missouri the name of "Gum Shoe Bill"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-05

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"Take Ka1o1a SIX days and
eat anything You want"

Correspondence solicited and samples
mailed to any address.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-04

stage when the war with Spain broke
out and as adjutant general he had an
opportunity to impress himself upon still
third Ohio president. Mckinley leaned
on Corbin more than on any other mill
ltary officer during the war with Spain.
and after its close he and the adjutant
general were inseparable companions.
Corbin was one of the men who never
had to wait outside the white house door,
no matter who might be within. His
great tact and knowledge of men stood
him in good stead, and his executive
ability was largely responsible for what
ever was done in 1898 to bring order
out OF the chaos of the war department.
He has made it his business for 30
years to get along with people without
friction, and the only failure credited
tn him was in the case of Gen. Miles
layen that was not his fault. He could
not get along with Miles simply because
Miles would not get along with him and
PERSISTED in believing that Corbin, who
started out as his friend, was trying to
undermine him.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-04
GOOD ROADS SENSE.
Col. j. d. Killebrcw Tells Why Farna-
ers Should Favor Government
Cooperation.

The rapidity with which the senti-
ment in favor of national aid to the
common roads OF the country has
the proposition is welcomed since the
introduction of the Brownlow bill in
congress, have not only been highly
gratifying to the friends of the meas
ure, but surprising and astonishing to
its opponents. The truth is the great
body of the farmers of the land are slow
in demanding what they are justly en-
titled to. Had the same necessity as
the want Of good roads among farmers
existed in relation to the manufacture
ing, mining or commercial interests of
the country, such necessity would have
long since been recognized and met by
adequate appropriations from congress.
The tillers Of the soil do not work in
concert for their own advancement By
the census of 1900 the whole number of
people above the age of ten years en-
gagged in gainful occupations in the
United States was 29,074,117. OF this
number 1881 ,7e5 were engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits. No other specified oc-
cupation employs SO many. The manu-
featuring and mechanical pursuits en-
ploy 7,0S5,992 persons; trade and trans
portation, 4,766,964, and professional
service, 1,25S,739. And yet the farmers
of the country, that contribute more to
its permanent prosperity than all other
classes combined, have the smallest
amount of consideration in the matter
of congressional appropriations. In all
the history of the past legislation Of the
country but few efforts have been made
to equalize the benefits of congressional
appropriations. Until the rural mail
routes were established citizen living
in the country rarely received direct
benefits from the money expended by
the general government, except that
for the agricultural department.
The commerce of the country felt the
exuberance of fresh and lusty life and
vigor from the Improvement of the
rivers and harbors, but this exuberance
would have been vastly increased had
half the money appropriated for rivers
and harbors been applied to aid in the
improvement and maintenance OF the
public roads, the very foundation of
commerce.
1t must not be imagined that anyone
proposes that the government shall en-
ter upon the work of building public
highways without the cooperation of the
state. county or other political subdi-
vision. The policy of the government
should be to help those communities
that help themselves; to stimulate ac-
ton and enterprise rather than to re-
press it by appropriating money to those
communities that do nothing for them
selves
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-04

general commando In Line of Promotion
ing the entire army, and he will have
an opportunity to put into practice on a.
barge scale some of the principles he has
been preaching for years. Under him
will come the greater portion of the
coast Notifications, a problem which in
Itself is worthy of the best mind of a
military genius. He will be directly in
line also to succeed Chaffee when the
latter retires from the lieutenant gen
eralship of the army in 1906.
By virtue of rank Corbin would now
be entitled to the lieutenant generals
stars, but in view Of the fact that his
rank was gained in the staff, and OF the
further fact that his assumption Of the
rank would have barred Young and
Ghaffee, his seniors in years, but his
juniors In rank, he waived any claim he
might have had and gave the others a
chance. Had he remained as adjutant
general and been submerged in the gen.
eral staff 1t is conceivable that he might
have sunk out of sight by the time of
Chaffee's retirement, but there is no
such danger now.
Corbin will be about the last of the
civil war veterans to retire from active
service. There will be in three years
nobody except himself and Cen MacAr-
thur left in the service of all the officers
who saw service between 1861 and 1865
In any capacity.
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Gen Sofpln IN command o,d y, hoe n,;,,d,d
so great an influence there that it had
never occurred to anybody outside the
department that he would have any
other detail before his retirement, which
comes now in about three years.
But the creation of the general staff
has established a new order of things.
The office of adjutant general is no long
'er the place of power it became during
the period when the absurd fiction was
maintained of commanding general
with ample title and no prerogative.
The chief of staff under the new system
becomes the guiding force of the mill
tnry establishment, and Lieut. Gen.
Young, the chief of star, has taken the
room SO long occupied by Corbin imme-
diately adjoining that of the secretary
iof war
There is really very little for the adj
;5htant general to do He has become in
effect the adjutant to the chief of staff,
and Corbin is altogether too big man,
and has been the real thing in the army
too long, to adjust himself gracefully to
,such an arrangement So, with the
hearty acquiescence of Gen. Young, who
lis close and loyal friend, Corbin leaves
the department to accept the most i'm
portant subordinate command.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-04
DAIRY CROP ROTATION.
System Which Assures the Comfort
able Keeping of 40 Cows on
65 Acres of Lnnd.

Recently, in referring to very pro-
ductive section of Wisconsin, Hoard's
Dairyman said that IS acres of good
tillable land would annually support 40
cows for dairy purposes. A correspond
ent from Ohio asked for rotation of
crops to adopt for this work in connec-
ton with corn. and the provisions for
pasture. to which the Dairyman replied
as follows:
There is probably just as good land
in Ohio, but we are not sufficiently ac-
quainted with Ohio conditions to justify
similar statement for every farm in
that state. Given good land in Ohio, or
elsewhere, we should depend very
largely upon corn and alfalfa as the
main crops, and devote very little acre
age to pasture. We should expect to
raise corn enough to fill silos and have
considerable left over for cribbing. We
should aim to keep goodly numberpf
hogs to take the skim milk to good adj
vantage. and expect to use the money
received for hogs in purchasing feed for
the COWS and other hogs. Alfalfa has
not been recommended for short rota-
ton and we should therefore wait until
more is learned about alfalfa, expect
to grow some common clover, and, pos
sibly, wheat, oats and barley. These,
however, are questions that can only be
fully answered when one is entirely
conversant with the soil, climate and
markets"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-04

built on side hill, the store room I'M
der the ice house. and gives herewith
a rough drawing Of the end of the
building. The building has double
floor. One for the ice to rest upon,
which was loose enough for the drip
pings to work through and run OF the
second floor, which was watertight and
on a slant. as shown by line B, and
conducted the water away from the
building through spout made like
an eavestrough, as shown in line G.
The porch on the corner, A. is the
entrance. and that part Of it is
storm door-there being two other
doors and walls before getting into
the storage room proper. This makes
it more easy to go in and out of it
without affecting the temperature of
the room. The building has double
roof. and the ends are provided with
large windows Just below the roof that
give vent to the chamber above the ice,
and the double roof protects 1t from
the sun. The store room has plenty Of
light. it being we'll supplied with win
dows. But for fear you may get a
wrong idea of this will state that
they are three deep, that is, three sash
each, containing two thicknesses Of
glass. making in all six panes Of
glass and four air spaces between the
outside and the inside of the room.
With ice in the building, the lower
room does not vary much in tempera-
ture any time during the summer, al
ways remaining about 40 degrees above
zero. With this kind of ice house one
can keep butter almost as we'll as it
is kept in cold storage plants.-E. F..
Brown, in Epitomist
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-04

The owner of certain up-to. date
farm here in the central west took I'D
the farm as a homestead and has at
tanned success entirely through his own
efforts. He has posted UP in promi-
nent place in each one of his buildings
the following motto: "a place for every
thing and everything in its place"
Needless to say every part of the farm
and every person who works on II
shows the indirect influence of this mot
to. The tool and machine houses ara
in such order that no time need be lost
in looking for implements. The rota-
ton of the crops plainly shows the ever
present application Of this motto. The
home, the dairy, the orchard and the
garden are all continual illustrations
of its application. 1t is scarcely neces.
sary to add that this farmer does not
belong 20 the too long list of men who
complain that farming doesn't pay.
Prairie Farmer.
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MAIL BOX ON WHEELS.

wish the mail to come to the house slip
c down to B and it will come. If the
house is uphill from the route near the
house plant post, and attach wheel
with a groove in its outer edge, with
crank attached with wire stretched
up hill as H, and cord X at
tached to mail box. When the box is
wanted turn the crank to tho right and
the mail box, suspended on the wire by
a pulley, will come to the house as
prompt as COW will come to her calf.
1t can be loaded and sent back. If the
distance is too great for two posts more
posts may be added. AS to boys med
ding with the mail box there should
be no fears. as boys get tired Of med
ding with Uncle Sans property
Rural New Yorker.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-04
DAIRY STORAGE ROOM.
A Necessity Where Farmers Desire
to Hold Butter and Cheese for
Higher Prices.

Many farms are not provided with
the right kind of dairy building, and
when one undertakes to store butter
for future sales they may have to
take an inferior price for it. was
in cellar the other day where the
woman of the house had several hun
dred pounds stored, and to me tho
room smelled damp and musty. The
chances are that this butter will smell
of this must when 1t is put on the
market. If it does, instead Of her re-
ceiving the very highest fancy price
she will have to take what she can
get for it.
the writer has inspected store
room and ice house combined which is
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-04


crease in weight
and about his anxiety lest he should
tip the scales at some extraordinary
figure One story went out from Oys-
ter Bay that he weighed 226 pounds
and was constantly growing, much to
his disgust and alarm. Just why the
figure was placed at 226 instead of 225
cannot be explained except on the
theory that exact figures would add
verisimilitude to an otherwise bald
and unconvincing narrative. 1t can
now be stated on the very highest au-
thority" that the president weighs 1S9
pounds and that he has not weighed
any more than that this summer. In
fact the presidents weight has not
varied more than two or three pounds
since he entered the white house ex-
cept on the occasions when he has
been making long trips by rail. When
he is off on tour the lack of exercise
and the constant temptation to eat tend
to increase his weight, but even at the
highest he has never run up to 200
pounds.
L. 40 hOI q ludtlSl VI ldl II cdIuluS, ILL.,
portance and the fate of the nation will
not be affected one way or the other,
but in the interest of historic accuracy
it is just as well to make this right.
There is nothing in the presidents
mode of life to induce the requirement
of flesh. He is constantly on the move.
1t is rare that he remains seated for
half an hour at time. When he is in
conversation he is constantly moving
about. He gets as much exercise in
meeting people and talking to them az
the average man gets by regular con-
stitutionals and by practice with the
dumb-bells. He works hard. but his
hard work doesn't hurt him in thu
least.
LOUIS A. COOLIDGE
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-04

room to breathe. She studies comfort
and grace even before fashion, and as
consequence never did she look more
beautiful or her clothes more attractive.
The killed skirt is certainly having a
vogue, be it Of tartan or the lightcst and
plainest of serges and homespuns, The
equal distribution of weight always rem
ders it an ideal and becoming short skirt
unless, of course, the wearer be too stout
to look well in such style. But even
hen | doubt if it really increases the
size, because you must always remember
the striped effect is downward and not
a horizontal one.
Blue serge is one of the standard fab
RIGS for country dressing. Parisians are
wearing more brown than blue serge. and
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-04
UR modes of the winter do
not tend to entire garments
but to combinations of fur
with handmade lace, filmy
chiffon, painted velvet, ORR
entail embroidery or ieWeled

passementerie.
Joseph's coat was simple, modestar-
ticle of wearing apparel compared with
the medley of materials put together in
any sort of fur garment this season The
most delicate evening wraps of rose pet
ais and chiffon are trimmed with tails
and medallions of heavy furs, and the
heaviest fur collars for midwinter frosts
are edged with ruches of lace or bordered
with flowers OF lined with accordion
plated tulle.
Fur hats and neckties are already too
widely fashionable to be regarded as a
mere fad. They are and will be the final
smart touch on every morning tailor
gown, always combining from two to
four kinds of fur, and sometimes half a
dozen materials. To be well dressed this
season one must have two or three fur or
fur trimmed hats and fur necktie or
two, an Ascot or afour-in-hand, showing
an extraordinary patchwork of materials,
from beads to laces.
Entire fur hats are not a novelty.
Hence they are not so fashionable as hats
in which fur is combined with tulle or
jeweled embroidery, or, newest Of all,
cloth of gold.
Cloth OF gold and cloth Of silver are
showily used in hats, collars and muffs
this season with most astonishing eff
fectiveness and dash Combined with fur
and embroidery, the effect is bizarre ane
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-04
Ono Won. the othcr Loo,

few days ago two farmers came to
town and both brought butter for sale
One of the farmers had his product
pressed into neat, compact half-pound
packages. and he readily sold It at 25
cents a pound. lie said that he could
not meet the demand for his butter.
The other had his butter in bucket,
and it looked soft and watery. After
tramping around town from place to
place trying to sell, he gave up in dis
gust. and said it was no use to bring
butter to town to sell, as nobody
would buy it.-Rural World
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-04

oriental; combined with blue or scarlet
cloth, very military though slightly
dramatic touch is gained, which is most
becoming to women with vivid hair and
clear, colorless skin.
Moleskin is so far the fur fad of the
season, just as squirrel was last year, and
is often seen combined with squirrel,
where ermine is a shade too extrayagant.
A very beautiful moleskin fiat cape is
entirely of scales Of fur, the edge of each
circle having a fringe of point de venise
lace, very narrow.
Full lace ruchings edge the cape and
there is military trimming of moleskin
chenille. A very fiat muff is of moleskin
scales, and the lower wide edge is fringed
with lace and chenille. A hat of moleskin
has wide brim of crushed blue peoples,
with big white velvet bow resting on the
hair at the back.
A very odd fur tie is in a fiat scarf
carefully fitted but not worn close about
the throat, and with graduated stole
fronts which reach the knees. Just where
the scarf would tie one side is slashed
and the other side drawn through just
as golf stock is managed at the back.
More often than not in the very dressy
fur sets chiffon is the foundation goods
rather than the trimming. A very deep
cape of corn colored chiffon is trimmed
with ruches of marigold tatfeta with a
spiral design on the chiffon of narrow
cable bands. A cluster of cable chenille
ends hang from sable clasp half way
to the knees.
The muff looks like section of an
extremely fat banana. 1t is of full
shocked chiffon edged with sable tails
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-04

average crank is
dangerous They are just a little
turned in the upper story and they
are either sent out of town to their
friends or else deposited in the govern
ment asylum at ST. Elizabeth, there
to mediate on the Indifference of the
world to great ideas and to compare
themselves to Calico and other mar
tyrs to the cause of mind.
Over 400 cranks were arrested at the
white house last year and over 300
were arrested the year before. The ar
rest of any one Of them might have
been given a sensational significance
if the proper coloring had only been
supplied by an imaginative newspaper
man, and with just as much reason as
in the case of the poor devil who was
hustled out Of the white house vestibule
few days ago and broke a cab window
in the attempt to get away from his
captors.
The white house ushers are experts
In this sort of thing. They can tell a
crank on sight, and it is very rare
tnlnS lnQeeQ lot one Oh tnem 10 get
by them even in crowd. They rec
ognize also that the variety of crank
which comes to Washington is not
dangerous as rule. Most of the I'M
fortunates have some patent or scheme
upon which they have been working
for years until they are mentally upset
and conclude to come to the seat of
government in order to get somebody
in authority to recognize them. They
swarm about the capitol and they are
sized up for just about what they are
worth.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-04
snlnd Dresainr.

Twothirds cup milk, put in double
boiler When hot stir in one tablespoon
If -four mixed with little milk. Then
add one-half cup vinegar, very little
red pepper, one and one-half teaspoons
mustard and two-thirds cup sugar. Last
add two well-beaten eggs and remove
from fire.-B oston Globe,
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given TO two Or
three lately is due
simply to the lack
of exciting news
elsewhere. T h e
truth is that hard
ly a day has passed
in years without
the arrest of one
or more queer. in
d i v i d u a | S who
want to see the
president. So far
as the officers
know none of
these can be
called dangerous
any more than the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-04

has been given g.
I command of great
Importance in the
line, and for that
reason, il for no
other, it is memoir
able.
But Corbin is ac-
cushioned to figure
In m e m ora bl e
events. AS COM
mander OF the de-
partment of the east
he will have under
him more men than
Schofeld command
ed as lieutenant
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-04

NOT since the civil
war has any other
officer m a d G so
great. an impress
upon the military
establishment as he.
And he has done it
by the display of
q u a liti e s which
would b a We won
h i m distinction
anywhere.
He came to Wa sh
ington in the time
of Hayes, who knew
him as an Ohio SOL
dier and was great
ly attracted to him
as a young officer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-04

came to the white house Corbin came
into even closer and more confidential
relations with the president. and was
fields kitchen cabinet. He was at that
time regarded as prince of politicians
among military men. and he has never
oGtgrown that reputation. 1t happened
thu t be was very near the center Of the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-04

lcally than he has
been at any time
before since he
has been in the
white house. He
is what the Eng
fish call "ht."
That is he is in
the pink of health,
without an ounce
of superfuous flesh
on his bones and
with every muscle
in prime order.
1t is quite the
fashion to print
stories about the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-04
TRAVELLING MAIL BOX.
Your Letters VIII Come from
Road to House.

Request is made for device for run
ming mail box on wheels. If ground is
level from point of delivery to house
this diagram will send the box to and
from the house. If you want the box
at the road slip the wire up the post
from 3 to A on the wire ABB; when you
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-04

department in a
long time tn a n
the announcement
made a few days ago
that Adjt. Gen. Cor
bin was to take Gen.
Chaffee's place as
commander of the
department of the
east, W it head
quarters at Gov
ernor's Island. in
New York harbor.
Corbin has been
SO much a fixture at
the war department
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Winter Modes are Cha rming

the woman with red or chestnut cololed
hair will do we'll to adopt the former
shade in preference to blue.
For house frocks white still holds its
own. Very smart was new cream home
spun the skirt just touching the ground,
arranged with two big stitched plaits on
the hips and two at the back The front