davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16

by so many families of wealth or re-
fnement in their own homes in the
country within from 80 to so miles Of
New York. The country estate" is
becoming almost universal, not only in
the 400" but in the 100000" The
Goelet wedding brought limited num-
Der of the very fashionables to town.
The horse show brought thousands, in
Guiding many visitors from the south
and west. Thanksgiving week saw a
magic clearance, leaving hotels empty,
higher priced places in the theaters va
cant, clubs dreafy.
Holidays used to be the best times
for the New York theaters. Even on
Thanksgiving they gave special matt
nees. These red letter days are still
favorites for attendance upon the
cheaper theaters, but the fashionable
houses where society" drama is
played do not find the holiday at
tendance SO profitable. One can get
here some idea of what the drift out of
town means: When the great Madison
Square Garden holds it's 10000 people
nightly, the theaters do not notice the
drain as much as during the out-of-
town holiday rushes of the kind OF
people who can cough up for box or
pungle two cases for good seat with
out pinching it"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16

ceededin overcoming this and reassuring
him of my friendly intentions, and soon
he became very friendly in turn, and in
PRODUCED me to the members of his fam
ily."
Following the introductions, Maj.
Cotton goes on to say: "He conducted
me all over the cave. On my inquiring
as to the origin of the caves, they said
that they were natural, and ridiculed the
idea that any man could do such work. -
However, it was evident that the rock
had been cut out by the hand of man, as
it bore the marks of tools. 81 could dis
tinctly trace, says Maj. Cotton, "tool
marks over the whole surface of the in
terror of the cave, and there is no doubt
in my mind that these caves have been
hewn out either by some prehistoric
race or possibly by the remote ancestors
of the present inhabitants.
"The interior of the caves is very ir-
regular, as the harder part of the rock
has been left jutting out in uneven
masses. The branches, or recesses, of
the caves are shut off by wattle-and-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16
BERTH ATTACHMENT.
ty to Passengers ON Sleeping
Cars and Steamers.

A berth is berth, whether in the
sleeping car or steamer, and about
the only good advice which can. be
given the traveller is to get the lower
one if he can. But if his wife is along
She may object to his following this
advice-though probably the objections
would not always standard claim
that she should have the lower berth
and he should take the upper one.
Well, whichever way they settle it,
the one who has the upper berth would
have troublesome time getting into
1t but for the little stepladders which
the transportation company provides.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16
MERcER1zED COTTON.
Mystery of How 1t Obtains It's Luster
Solved by a Noted European
Specialist.

At the last meeting of the British AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of Sci
ence paper was presented by Prof W.
j. Pope, who fills the chair of chemistry
in the new municipal technical school
in Manchester. 1t represented some re-
searches made by himself and j. Hub
ner, director of the splendidly equipped
department for bleaching, dying, print
ing and finishing textile goods, and for
paper manufacture, connected with the
school,
1t has generally been supposed that
the production of luster on treating
stretched cotton yarn with strong caus-
tic soda-in other words, mercerizing
the cotton-was conditioned only by the
simultaneous swelling and shrinking of
the fihcrs; but the men just named have
found that the uncoiling of the natural
ly twisted ribbon constituting the cot
ton fiber was an essential third factor
Loose cotton fiber, immersed in strong
caustic on the stage of the microscope,
was seen to untwist rapidly, to swell,
and also to shorten If the fiber was
fixed at one end, it twisted to the right
or left, and as the fiber was, as rule,
partly coiled to the right and partly to
the left, the untwisting took place first
toward the one and then to the other
side.
If the fiber could not contract because
1t was stretched, the untwisting of one
portion would cause another portion to
twist The treated stretched fiber thus
again acquired corkscrew appearance;
but while the raw fiber formed twisted
ribbon, creased or folded at the turns,
the nercerizing transformed it into a
rod OF circular cross section, twisted
while in gelatinous state and covered
with rounded spiral ridges, which re-
hected the light at all angles and APP
peared, therefore, lustrous.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16

also says that the strict economies the
great trust is now making look like
Standard Oil work." it says that if the
next dividend on the common stock is
passed altogether that will look even
more like it. "Put the money into the
business now; draw it out later" is
their maxim-the reverse of that prac-
tised by the ordinary exploiter of Gin
dustrials."
Why should Mr.. Rockefeller and his
friends care about buying Steel COM
mon if they do not intend it to pay
dividends? Because at comparatively
small cost it gives control of the COM
pany, of it's policy, of the handling of
its freight. That is what Wall street
says. tell the tale as hear it.
Whether the Rockefellers have or
have not actively aided the bears, their
name has been for months the DOGGY
that the bears have used to brighten
the market. 1t makes little difference
to the lamb, shivering in the chill
November breeze, with small cause tor
Thanksgiving.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16

they are not going to live in a six
room fiat, this statement is true.
Young Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderbilt,
looking what they are. boy and girl
kept healthy and in good spirits by
country life, practically do not live in
New York at all. Like most of the
fashionables, they expect to turn up
in the city frequently for a few days
or weeks, then off to Europe, to the
south, to Newport, to the Adirondacks.
What do they want of city house?
They need nothing more than a few
rooms as headquarters, which will be
cared for during their absence Very
sensibly, that is what they have. In a
sense they are to live in six rooms.
That Is to say, two three room flats are
to be thrown together for them, and
they will reserve for themselves the
six fine rooms made available for this
arrangement, facing upon Madison
avenue-two parlors, two bedrooms,
two libraries-or call them what you
Wilt is practically three room
suite for each of them with two baths.
At the other end of two long narrow
passages are six more rooms and three
baths, where their servants will live,
and where an occasional guest can find
spare ROOM" Only the personal at
tendants need to be brought to New
York at all. Meals are taken in the
hotel dining room. Everything is lux
urious, convenient and beautiful. Mrs.
Vanderbilt will not have to risk wax
ing the baby getting up Monday MORN
ing to put out the wash.
Providing living apartments for
families. whose other needs may be
met in the hotel laundry, restaurant
and other conveniencos, is the ideal
sought in the newest apartment
houses. For such apartments in suites,
with or without Kitchens and dining
rooms, rentals rise as high as $4,000
a year in number of fine structures.
In one the highest rental is $4,000
year. The Vanderbilts pay only $4,000,
but that is at least $500 a week for as
much of the year as they will be in
New York. What does a millionaire
need Of a house?
OWEN LANGDON.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16
TEETH AFFECT SIGHT.
New York Dentist Claims That De-
cayed aIolnrs Cause Disturbance
of Ocular Nerves.

MANY people who come to me to have
their teeth attended to complain Incl
dentally Of failing eyesight, and when
l tell them that bad teeth, in nine cases
out of ten, are the cause, few feel in
clined to believe me-" said a well-known
New York dentist to Times reporter.
Dad sight is generally attributed to
overstudy, debilitated constitution, and
hundred and one other causes, but
have you ever heard anyone place the
blame on the teeth? Bad teeth are the
direct result of insufficient application
of the tooth brush, and bad eyesight,
resulting from the decayed molars eX-
citing disturbances of the ocular nerves,
is the next inevitable penalty. That is
a fact which seems to be little known.
"The other Gay | extracted four de-
cayed teeth of a young girl who was al
most totally blind; her pupils were
dilated and insonsible. week after
had pulled her teeth hsr sight was
practically restored. Two months pre-
vious to this cure the girl had been ex-.
amined by an expert oculist, who, after
putting her to various tests, designated
the case as 'hysterical amblyopia, and
1 guess that's about all the satisfaction
the girl got, judging by her condition
when she came to me. In saying this,
do not think for moment that am in
any way prejudiced against oculists.
merely cite the instance.
''In the course of year attend to the
teeth of scores of people with impaired
vision, and in every case where the teeth
are drawn the sight is soon after either
greatly improved or entirely restored"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16
FARMERS ARE WORRIED.
Phosphorescent storms on the Mary
land Const Said to Lure Cattle
Into the Sen.

The farmers along Chesapeake bay,
in Mathews county, Md, have beeen WIS.,
tied by new peril in the form of phos-
phorescent light which rises from the
storm-tossed waters at night, flashing
the sea with ribbons of fire that lure the
cattle, browsing in the marshes, to their
death.
The phenomenon appeared first on
TIE night of a recent windstorm A
stiff gale had set the tide billowing in
toward the pastures, which are always
more or less submerged, and as the wa
ter rose the flashes of phosphorescent
light began to glow stronger and strong
err From knee deep the sea rose to the
shoulders of the startled animals, COM
pleteiy enveloping them in cloud Of
shifting, tremulous light.
Losing all sense of direction and seek
ing only to escape from the mysterious
light, the herd broke and each animal
swan, blind and bewildered, out to sea.
The believing of the frightened crea-
lures was heard for several miles along
the shore line of Mathews county on
the night of the storm, and cattle in the
neighboring barns. utterly unconscious
of the cause of the panic, displayed that
instructive fright which manifeEts itself
in dumb animals in the proximity Of
great danger.
Since this wholesale drowning the
farmers in the neighborhood have
driven the cattle off the swamps before
nightfall whenever a storm has been
threatened
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16

Inc Group controlling it, has
called public attention sharply to the
biggest capitalistic power in the world.
1t is no new thing for the Rockefel-
Ter interest to go into railroad man
agement. This group is now represent
ed in the boards of the Baltimore &
Ohio, the Chicago & Alton, the Chicago
& Northwestern; in the st. Paul, the
Burlington, the Lackawanna, the Mis-
souri Pacific, the tx. & IT," or Katy"
as Wall street calls it; in the New Ha-
wen, the Northern Pacific; they are in
the Northern Securities company"
8 whose fate at the hands of the courts
Wall street waits to hear, and Of the
steel trust. In all these companies
Standard Oil is represented by one or
more directors.
John D. Rockefeller himself is di-
rector in comparatively few companies
some six or seven, believe; but his
allies keep watch upon all those which
/ have named, and more And wher-
ever they are found these things are
true Of them: They are for business
every time and all the time. And they
do not quarrel among themselves
Enormously rich as he is, Mr.. Rookie
Teller alone could never be more than
a moderately great power in American
finance. Linked with men like-minded
he is the most influential member of
group far more powerful than the
RothSchilds.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16

become later prime minister's wife.
Only one young Rockefeller has
married rich" That alliance drew
into the family the president of the
great STANDARD Oil bank" the City
National Mr.. James Stillman is, in
deed, himself power in the money
world, and he is the member of the
Standard Oil group chosen to repre-
sent it in the New York Central. But
John D. Jr." married the daughter OF
Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Island, who
is not very rich His sister married a
poor Chicago lawyer. Young Chauncey
Stillman has just returned to New
York with bride who was when he
met her trained nurse.
Nor do the Rockefellers seek influ
ence in society, like most British CAPT
talists. The birth of an heir to young
John D. few days ago-a baby who
may be the worlds richest man one
day, and who may not-passed almost
unnoticed. The family live quietly, al
though come of it's allies are socially
inclined.
The group" includes many men who
WOulu Uc independently ieudIkdUlc
in wealth and ability if they were not
overshadowed by the dyspeptic chief
the Flaglers the Rogerses, the Ward
wells, the Paynes, the Pratts, with all
their connections.
Then there are the limited alliances
with special men for special purposes
Thus George Gould, not STANDARD
Oil man." is Standard Oil ally, and
has the help of the group in his rail-
road ventures-or rather his railroad
certainties. James Henry Smith, the
silent man of Wall street." and the
greatest "catch" in New York bache-
lordom, has tied his fifty millions to
the Rockefellers by common interest
in St. Paul. Hartman recognizes
them in far western railroading, Nor
gan defers to them in the Steel ven
ture and in the Northern Securities.
The ROckefellers and the Bears.
Common rumor has connected the
Rockefellers with the great bear cam
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16

one white companion and attended by
about Is native carriers and attendants,
has succeeded in penetrating section
of the dark continent to the north of
Lake Victoria Nyanza which has per-
haps never before received a visit from
a white man, and he now for the first
time gives to the public the entertaining
account of his remarkable trip, and some
of the peculiar things which he discov-
cred. The explorer is always eager to
do two things: To make new discover
les and then to let the world into his Sc
crets. The first Maj. Powell-Cotton sue
ceeded in doing, and the second desire
he is rapidly and fully gratifying.
The thought of cave jewellers in AZ
RIGA need not be considered strange or
remarkable in itself, for hardly a coun-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16

in and near New
York. The many
lambs of w all
street are after all
few in proportion.
And the daily life
Of well-to-do peo-
pie is "a pi d | y
changing back to
the country ways
which made the
old New England
Thanksgiving fam
Gus.
N g yer before
was the day Snent
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16

torate of the New
York Central rail-
road, the report
that the S a m e
group of capital
lists now control
the steel corpora
ton, and a dozen
conflicting rumors
that they are at
lacking this, that
or the other rail-
road prope r t y
with the idea of
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16

a II c e S a S [ n e
Rothschilds. The
latter have adopt
ed the policy of
mating C GU S i n S
and thus keeping
the money in the
family" tho u g h
occas i o n a lily a
member strays, as
did that. daughter
or LORD Koths-
child who married
Lord Rosebery to
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16

shown, by the re-
ce n t. newspaper
chroniclings that
"the Alfred Van
derbilts, the rich
est young married
couple in America,
are going to live
in a six room
fiat"
Except that tie
A | f re d Wander
bits are not the
richest you n g
married couple in
,,,N~sa IL
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16
Afraid of American push,

Referring to The proposition ~ make
a ship canal from the; Baltic tc Berlin,
The Tageblatt says: In view OF the
American danger which threatens our
commerce and industries, its carrying
out appears to us as an unavoidable ne.
cessity."
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16

paign of the past
season. Perhaps
tho heaviest blow
dealt during the
season to the Steel
stocks was the
sale of larg e
blocks of them
bearing "Bertram
Cutters" n a m e.
Mr.. Cutler is a
handsome young
fellow of Is years,
and possibly twice
$25 a week salary;
but he happens to
5 secretary. Wall
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16
Danger in Baby Foods

Most of the prepared baby foods con
tain too much fat and develop the child's
weight more t1an it's strength.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16
Warm, Indeed.

Corinne-Don't you think 1t has
been very cold summer?
Ethel-Dear me, mol have had II
proposals! Puck.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16

Thanksgiving ard Family Life.
Yet I fancy that Thanksgiving was
never better celebrated than this year
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16

The RockefeIIers Alliances.
The Rockefellers have not paid as
much attention to matrimonial alli-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16
ROCKEFELLER WAYS
How Standard Oil Interests Control
on Wall Street.
THE INFLUENCE OF JOHN D.
He Ia Represented in Many of the
Great Industrial Corporatfons-
Head of the Bear Campaign
Other Timely Gossip.

New York.-The entrance of the
Rockefeller influence" into the direc-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16
Peculiar Tribe Of Ca,1e
Dsa,ellers in Africa - -
Major PotDeu Cotton English Explorer. Discovers
These Interesting saxages and Their Homes

He explorer has opened an
other door in the interesting
and largely unknown Africa,
and given the world a
glimpse of new country and
new people. Maj. Powell
Cotton accomnanied nv only
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16

vnnderbilts in Flat.
The hold which country life has
gained upon the younger rich set is
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16

be Mr.. Rockefeller's secretary. Wall
street drew its conclusions. Wall street
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-16

The ROckefellers and the Bears.
Common rumor has connected the
Rockefellers with the great bear cam
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-09
FRIDAY GAMES.

The team that represents Pine Bluff
in the Cotton States league was given
another basket of goose eggs at Mon
roe Friday afternoon, the ''Tailenders'
winning out by a score Of to Q. Two
shutouts in two days is the record of
the team on it's trip abroad thus far.
The story of the way the game was
lost is another story of hard luck, for
by ali the base ball dope in the coun-
Try, that game should have been credit
ed to tt home team Monroe made
but three hits off Blackburn, while
the Monroe twirler yielded eight hits.
telegram from Manager Blackburn
received Friday night says that cost
ly errors by Cavender and Dawkins
lest the game.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-09

dson, Springfield, H.; Miss Ella
Bum, Colorado; Miss Selma RoSen-
baum, Chicago; Harry Rosenberg,
Chicago; Mrs. |. Miller. Chicago;
DR.. Withers and family, Sewanee,
Tenn; Miss Nettie Grace, Hot
Springs; Mrs n T Roberts, Hot
Springs; X. T. Roberts, Hot Springs;
G. w. Byington and family, Hot
Springs; Mrs Lee Fox, Manitou
Colo; Rev. Ross Moore, jackson,
Tenn: Mrs NJ f. Smart, Potash Sui
phur Springs: Mrs. M. NJ. Clegg, Pitts
burs, Texas; MI and Mrs W. #.
LangfOrd, New York, Mrs W. r.
Woodbridge and family, Hamburg
Ark; Miss Eva Davis Indiana; Fay
cite Rcll Chicago: Mrs e c. Mier,
Chicago; Isaac Dreyfus New York;
Mrs. A. F.. Dreyfus, Ell1hart, Ind;
Mrs. James Gould, Hot Springs; Mrs
G. M. Lindsay and Miss Mary Lind
say, Washington b. c.; Mrs l.. l.
Pollett, Chautauqua N Y; Joe Simon,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-09
Atlanta After Pennant.

Manager Abner Powell, of the At
lanta Southern league team, is de-
termined to win the pennant this sea-
son, and. knowing that better WORK
can be gotten out of his men If they
nave some incentive. he has made
them splendid offer. He offered
the club $1,000 if the win the PEN
nant, $500 if the team finishes in Sec
ond place, and $3.50 if they finish as
good as third.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-09
This Week at the Park.

The Otto +. KrauSe company will
begin this weeks engagement at Bell
park Monday night, presenting the
Great Divorce Case" by Bartley
Campbell. a man who never wrote a
poor play. Monday night will be Civ.
en- for the benefit of the Ladies Gem
etery association. Tuesday night Mrs
Langtrys S great success, The Coun-
try Girl" benefit LeMaires band.
Wednesday night, by special request,
The Lighlningrod Agent" Thursday
night, grand complimentary benefit to
Jennie Holman, on which she will
present a dramatiz2tion of Mrs. II. E
Brandon's famous novel. Lady Aud
ley's Secret, or the Mystery Of the
Lime Tree Walk Friday night the
everpopular play, Ten Knights in a
Barroom. Saturday night a big spe-
cialty bill and the side-splitting farce.
"A Dollar fer a KISS also the great
illusion, s'The Vanishing Lady" At
ter the performance Saturday night
the management will give away
beautiful $25 silver set. now on exhi-
bition at Stearns', where it was pur-
chased
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-09
= + + + z r +f<$ 80 r q
+
g. PERSONAL POINTS. r
=
r + + + + i 1. =. + + + + + +

S. c. Nahanay, Of Roe, is in the
city
NJ. P. Timberlake. of Snyder, is in
the city
j W. Allen, of Dewitt, is here on
business.
Il. A. Long is spending Sunday in
little Rock.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Waterman are in
SET Springs.
J Harry Parkin, Of Little Rock was
aere Saturday.
Henry Miller Of the Pine Bluff Cour-
iel is in Little Rock.
]. /. Chrisman and wife are the
slests Of The Trulock.
Hiss Josie Grace is the guests of
relatives at Hot Springs.
? p. Byrd left Saturday night for
two weeks business trip to Boston
{. c. Thompson and J. f. Hamp-
Tan. Of Little Rock. are at the 1ru-
Ok.
A. w. Mills returned Saturday af-
teHa6on from a business trip over the
state.
VI. \. Danaher and wife are spend-
ing Sunday with relatives in Little
3ocf.
Dr. D. A Mobler was called TO
Memphis Friday and he will return
Monday
Prof. R. z. Major. of Arkade!pha.
was business visitor in the city
Saturday.
Mr.. w H. Westbrook returned
Saturday morning from visit to
Hot Springs.
Jake Frieburg left last night for
business trip to New York and other
eastern points.
Mrs Fannie King is the guest of
Mrs jim Saunders at Lake Village
for fey days.
Mrs T. w. Vaughn and child are
spending a few weeks with Mr. Joe
Pilkington and family.
Milton Vietz will leave in few
days for Atlantic City, N. j.. for
two weeks vacation
Col R. c. Hall. Of the Arkansas
Military Academy, was business
visitor here Friday and Saturday
J. B. Meyer, of the Hollenberg
Music company, who has been in the
city several days, went to Little Rock
Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. c. Sid Tucker have
gone to Oklahoma City, where Mr..
Tucker has accepted a position in
wholesale store.
The society minstrel troupe, six
teen strong, registered at the Tru7
lock. They returned to Little Rock
Saturday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. w. Clegg and daugh-
ter, Miss Vinie left Friday for Tenn
pie, Tex, to visit relatives. They
were accompanied as far as Waco by
Mrs. F. A. Carver and daughter, who
will visit relatives and will remain
an indefinite length of time
Bro. Scott, assisted by Bro. Wha-
ley of Pine Bluff, is carrying on
protracted meeting at Mt. Carmel this
week. They are giving the people
some good sermons, and we uAder-
stand that the interest in the meeting
is good.-Rison Herald.