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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-04
PROSPERITY TO BURN.
But THE People Are Getting
tire Good Of 1t.

There are conservative men who hold
that there is such a thing as too much
prosperity, and that is what the couL-
try is now having. These inen explain
| that during periods when there is en-
ployment and money for all we acquire
reckless habits in expenditure and fail
to save againsta rainy day. With such
prosperity has come an unnatural de-
sire to make money quick, so that the
mass of people who could save little
money are trying their luck in some OF
the many advertised schemes, in which
they are sure to lose all they invest.
There can be no doubt that this'is a Pc
Rod of enormous expenditure. Nor is
it confined to those who try their
chances in all sorts of ventures; the
OUTLAWS which great railroad corpor.
ations are making are so enormous
that the figures appall. The officers
of such corporations speak Of eXpend-
ing $sO,O00.O0O here, and $700C0,00C
there, as if millions We're simply tens
| of thousands. Enterprises are taken up
| by men who have,a reputation for cool
headedness that would a few years ago
have been regarded as the conceptions
| of wild men. With all this there is
the spirit of specula ton, which reaches
people in every walk of life. They risk
money, and some of them risk money
which they will never get back. While
the savings banks, trust companies and
other places where people deposit their
surplus earnings show large gains. it
is probable that people spend much
more freely than they did when times
were dull. They have so much more to
spend. and spending is the style. And
it is the spending which prolongs the
season of prosperity. If those who
get money did not spend. but put their
savings into banks, there would soon
be no business to keep labor employed,
and the money which fills the channels
of trade and industry would be col
lected in the reservoirs-the banks.
The prolonged season of prosperity
may have its drawbacks. To those who
see an end of that season the reaction
is painful to contemplate, yet most
people Wal say. let us have an extern
sion of prosperity with its attendant
evils, rather than return of a period
of closed factories, proftless enter
prise, and hundreds of thousands OF
idle men and women. Better lose some
money in uncertain enterprises than
have no money for any purpose. Bet
ter that great corporations spend tens
of millions in improvements than that
their business should dry up and then
employees be turned to idleness. Il
anyone, thinks that prosperity is get
ting unpopular with the people, sup
pose a political party be induced t.
extol calamity and deprecate an exten
sion of the era of prosperity.
would be as ruinous to such party
prospects as an attempt to make
campaign on the issue of 16 to 1.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-04
The Power of Egg Shells.

Most people are aware of the pow
er of egg shells to resist external
pressure on the ends, but not many
would credit the results of tests re-
Gently made, which appear to be gem
uine. Eight ordinary hens eggs were
submitted to pressure applied extor-
nally all over the surface of the she'll,
and the breaking pressures varies be-
tween 400 pounds and CTS pounds per
square inch. With the stresses up-
piled internally to II eggs, these gave
way at pressures varying between 80
pounds and IS pounds per square
inch The pressure required to crush
the eggs varied between 40 pounds
and 10 pounds. The average thick
ness of the shells was $4,000 inch.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-04
THE AERIAL AUTOMOBILE.

will not, however, make use of this
ascensional power, except in rare
cases, his desire being not to raise
himself very high, but to be allie to
move rapidly forward
The exterior aspect OF the machine
presents two large disks, made like
two tlattened lamp shades, turning on
pivots fixed to the eXtremities of q
horizontal bar, which, at the middle,
is attached to the perpendicular bars
supporting the propeller and rudder,
and also the car, with its motor of IA
horse power. The motor acts upon
the propeller (placed in fronD and the
two disks. Thu propeller will make
from ten to Is revolutions per second.
The disks are constructed on the
principle of an American windmill, the
wings being of cloth, triangular in
shape The disks, which are five me<
tiers i'll diameter, turn in opposite de
rections at the rate of so revolutions
minute.
The aeronaut sits in a chair~con-
structed of steel tubes attached to tha
framework, or car. He has directly
paratuses necessary to controlling the
movements of the propeller and the
disks.
The actual weight of NJ. Wizards
aerial auto" is 74O kilogyammes, but
the initial trials, made with a motor
of only two horse power, showed that
the force of the disks in movement pro-
duced, after so revolutions, a saving of
40 kilogrammes.
Summed up, says the Inventor, this
aviator presents type ot automobile
much faster than the kind that runa
on the ground, for the rea.on that it
encounters but few obstacles, and, ac-
cordingly, the dangers of collisions ara
minimized, and public traffic is in no
degree interrupted.
NJ. Willard has devoted five years to
his invention, which is SO nearly per-
fected that he expects to begin his
trials in public within few days. His
first experiments We're conducted in
the courtyard of the Hotel de Vile, of
Schaesbeck, near Brussels. He con-
structed the various parts of the ma
chine in the cellar of the Mont de Pete
of Brussels, using candles for lighting.
Recently he established his headquar-
tiers in the big hall of the Pare du Gin
quantenaire, where the final assem-
bling of the machine has been accom-
plished.
NJ. Willard has maintained the closest
secrecy in his work, and the foregoing
description is the first that has been
communicated to any newspaper
European Edition N. Y. Herald.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-04

Between Buffalo and Lockpor1 so miles
an hour is made, and plans are under
way for the attainment of rs miles an
hour.
Detroit is the great trolley center;
an electric line runs from Detroit
Through Toledo to Cleveland, dis
lance of almost 200 miles. From
gainesville, east of Cleveland, run
can be made through Detroit clear to
Bay City, more than $50 miles. The
whole state of Michigan is already cob
webbed, or about to be, with iines
which radiate from Detroit. In the
east one can travel from Portland,
Me-, to Boston by electric car, and
journey almost the whole way from
Pittsburg to Cleveland. Buffalo and
indianapolis both are important trac-
tion centers, the former city handling
much freight on it's electric lines.
Ohio is the trolley state par excel
lence. Almost 5000 miles Of traction
road either is in use or in process of
construction there; and much use
other than for passenger traffic is made
of the lines, quantities of freight be-
ing sent in the large express cars. Elec-
trio lines 60 miles and more in length
are the main Travelled roads" now in
certain parts of Ohio, and certainly do
much to quicken intercourse between
large town and outlying country.
Although not in common use, the
electric car is employed for many pur-
poses. Funeral cars, draped in black.
convey funeral parties TO the Gene
teries at small cost. There are ex.
press, freight, postal, coal, repair ana
parlor cars, and some roads talk of
putting on dining and sleeping cars
BY the electric cars many farmers airs
able to send their produce to market,
even live stock-and the pillow horse is
not now compelled to do double duty,
The electric lines handle milk, butter
and vegetables much more cheaply
than the railroads, and much more eS-
peditiously for the farmer than when
he depends on his team" The farm
ers themselves, instead of long, dusty.
lonely drives to town, board the cleo
trio car, carrying whatever small truck
they may wish to dispose of; and as
their vehicle speeds on its way enjoy
social converse with their neighbors,
KATHERINE PoPR.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-04
Scientific MOSQUITO breeding.

To get the eggs of a new species
of mosquitoes inhabiting South
Carolina swamp, DR.. w. c. Coker, of
the University OF North Carolina, had
10 borrow the aid of horse. The
horse was driven into the low. ground
haunted by the mosquitoes, and when
he came out the insects were drill
ing through his skin. They were
carefully removed, put in tin buck
ct, fed daily with blood from the
hand, and after about five days, to
the doctors great delight, they laid
their eggs in the water. 1t was to
procure and study these eggs that
he had taken all his trouble.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-04

low Paine, who undertook to make all
possible use of the trolley in the long
miles between New York and Chicago,
prefaces his account of this exploit
with these suggestive words: Steam
for speed; trolley for a good time"
That is not a bad way to take a va
cation. One gets lot of fresh air, di-
versity of scenery, freedom from CRIME
and smoke-and all for little outlay.
When one comes to particularly in
viting spot, one can signal the con-
ductor and alight where fancy leads.
If glimpse of a stream appeals to the
angler, moments warning and down
from his car steps the fisherman to try
his luck where he pleases. If the fish
refuse to bite, when another car comes
along the sportsman boards it and is
sped along to fresh field. Thebeauty
and character of the land is aprreciat-
ed infinitely more by the traveller than
when banged and whizzed along in the
steam cars. The ability and little ex-
pense attendant on stopping over"
make it possible for even the most eco
nomical traveller desiring to inspect a
region to travel leisurely and make
unhurried observations.
The ride from New York to Boston
is undertaken now and then by the
recreation seeker. In the distance of
267 miles the trolley rider encounters
breaks amounting to about 40 miles.
Travelling only by day, it takes three
days to accomplish the trip, and 16
lines of cars. Rural New England has
been opened up to the lover of the
picturesque by it's myriad of trolley
lines, and ''trolleying" in New England
is pleasure one long remembers. The
location of the lines are determined by
the city fathers, who dearly love their
village trees and will allow no corpora
ton to despoil their beauty. Though
the city fathers are strict, they are
generous, and allow right of way in
places selected for beauty of scenery
as we'll as for utilitaran reasons. The
ears travel under great boughs that
meet overhead, and really interfere
very little with the village charm and
',quiet.
The trolley, it is said, is do 8 what
maternal persuasion could n>t-mak-
;ng the farmers boy and girl content
ia with farm Life. Rural life, with
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-04
POPULAR SCIENCE
Simple, Is Instructive rs Well
as Amusing.

II you place sheet of paper on a
the glass rapidly with your hand not
drop of the water will come out, and
the reason is because the atmospheric
pressure weighs down the paper and
thus prevents the water from over
flowing.
This simple trick shows the effect of
atmospheric pressure on water, but
here is another trick which shows
that similar result can be attained
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-04
BANQUET OF DEMOCRATS.
Love Feast of the Faithful and the
Effort to Bring About Party
Harmony.

The recent democratic banquet at
Chicago seems to have been unattend-
ed by the most prominent men OF the
party For regrets We're received from
Grover Cleveland, w. j. Bryan, David
B. Hill, Richard Oluey, Adlai Steven
son. Horace Boies, Senator Bailey and
M. E. Ingalls,. These gentlemen all
had, we do not doubt, good reasons for
not being present, but their absence
nevertheless dimmed the brilliancy of
the occasion. One of the most distress
ing things about democratic gather
ings these days is that it seems to be
necessary to muzzle so many people.
Looking for harmony, it is, of course,
impossible to say anything about
either Bryan or Cleveland. 1t is es-
sential that you should forget the past,
and indeed pretend that you never
heard that there was past. So that
night the POSTMASTER announced
that letters of regret had been re-
ceived from the men mentioned above,
but he did not read any of the letters.
This unusual practice was undoubted-
ly made necessary by the fact that the
letters did not consist with one an
other. Two or three years ago the
matter of course Ten years ago the
Cleveland letter would have been read
amid cheers and applause. But now
neither one can be read.
The principal speakers We're Mr..
Shepard, of Brooklyn; Judge Harmon
and Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, and
Congressman DeArmond, of Missouri
All the gentlemen wanted harmony.
And that is a good thing to have, even
if you have to fight to get it. Mr.. De-
Almond was convinced that there
would be no trouble about finding a
presidential candidate, and he was
equally sure that he must be one who
was in the democratic column in '96
and again in 1900" Probably he is
right. Though the truth of history
compels the assertion that there was
no democrat of presidential size in the
democratic column in either of those
years who did not in his heart Know
that he was where he had no business
to be. We suggest further that it is
mighty poor way TO get harmony to
declare that all democrats who refused
to march under the banner of repudia-
ton by that act disqualified them
selves as democrats. But, of course,
we understand that the situation is Pc
culiar. Regularity, as it is called,
counts for much. And if democrat can
be found who, though he disbelieved
in the Bryan fallacies, yet, for other
and honorable reasons, stuck to the
party, he will probably staud better
chance than the man who agreed with
Mr.. Bryan that the money issue was
the only one, and who fought free sill
yer. We hope our friends will get to-
gether. But they must not DC too W.
forgiving. --.-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-04
THE NEW DEMOCRATIC LEADER
The German Idea and Its Signili-
canoe to the Party in the
Coming Campaign.
Senator Arthur Pue German has re.

Senator Arthur Pue German has re-
leader of the senate without days
delay. Senator Jones steps out. SEN
ator German steps in. The democratic
party needs leader, and Senator Cor
man, we may add, after four years of
unwilling private life, has an uncom-
monty sharp appetite for leadership.
His tact and his silence succeed tho
bullying and the believing of Jones.
Where Senator Jones paused over pub
lie questions Senator German will
handle them. Senator Jones wanted
the public to know he was leader.
Senator German will be satisfied if the
democratic party silently but surely
knows it is led. The Maryland senator
is rational He knows what cannot be
done, in public and party leader as
important as knowing what can be
done. He understands the limits OF
party action. If he is the keen politi'
clan in every fiber, he is not crude
demagogue, says the Philadelphia
Press.
He plays to the floor of the senate
and not it's galleries. He understands
the necessity of conducting public
business; though he is not always
awake and aware of the wisdom and
necessity of considering public issues
in the light of public needs instead OF
party necessities. He is but too often
too anxious to succeed as a democrat
to be willing to do his duty as sena-
tor, and he has always believed that
politics was a question of manipula-
ton and fnesse, forgetting that what
is possible and serviceable for the man
agement of ward or district utterly
breaks down in the wide sweep of ma
tional affairs, whose wider orbit is
swayed by great forces and not to be
controlled by small devices.
| Whether the useful tuition and tute'
lage of defeat and seclusion have
taught Senator German all this re-
mains to be seen. now that he returns
to the senate after four years. His
party needs new policy as much as
it needs new leader. Will Senator
German be wise enough to provide
one? Four years ago he was unwise
enough to obstruct the ratification OF
the treaty of Paris, and fell into al
error which even Mr.. Bryan was
shrewd enough to avoid. Has Senator
German learned from experience ant
defeat? Two treaties are before tn,
senate. Both are national. Neithe.
is partisan. Any true American ad
ministration, republican or democrat
ic, would negotiate both. Cass O.
Seward, Mary or Blaine. Fish O
Olney would lave been proud to secur
either the Cuban or the Colombian
treaty. Are those two keen, sharp eye
of Senator Germans wide enough
apart to know this and to act upon it
Has he the high leadership whic]
knows and understands that men an,
parties win by being greater than par
ties and wiser than partisanship?
If Senator German is equal to thi
he will begin his democratic campaign
with a stroke which will place him il
control of his party and make him
power in the land. If he gives to oh
struction the strength that should g.
to a constructive policy his future
like his past, will be one of ineffectua
ma m ioulo tion
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-04
HOW to rake Castor oil.

A simple method of taking castor
oil. according to Medical News, with
out producing any nauseating effects,
is to instruct the patient to wash out
the mouth with water as hot as can
be borne, and then swallow the oil,
and follow this by rinsing out the
mouth well with hot water. The first
swallow of the water cleanses the
mouth, makes the membranes hot, SO
that the oil does not stick, and con-
sequently slips down easily.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-04
Treatment by Chemical Rays.

Treatment by chemical rays has not
vet made so great progress in the Unit
ed States as in some of the European
countries. The therapeutic effects of
the violet and ultraviolet rays have
been shown to be remarkable, and in
France, perhaps, this form of treat
ment has reached the highest stage
of development at present attained
SeiencA
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-04
bachelor Life Kills Men.

Star, registrar general of vital sta
tistics for Scotland, declares his opin-
ion that bachelor life was more de-
structive to males than the naost UNI
wholesome trade or the most in
sanitary surroundings.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-04


We will begin with a few figures and
then go on to considerations other
than statistical. There is an invest
ment in this country of over 81 SOC, 00O,
600 in street railways, on which are
paid yearly interest and dividends of
$70,000,000; 10000 cars run on 10000
miles of track, and 100000 employees
are at work on these lines. Although
millions more passengers travel than
formerly, railroad statistics show the
number travelling by steam roads to be
100000 less in the last seven
years. In one state last year
four times as many passengers were
carried by the electric car as by the
steam; and in another state a couple
of years ago 20 per cent. more passen-
gers made use of trolley transporta-
ton than of steam railway. Passen-
gers pay but fifth of the operating
expenses of steam railroads, but that
fifth is now needed; electric lines cut
ting into the business of the steam
roads at great rate.
Swiftly and efficiently the trolley
bears its burden, and with its constant
ly improving service, its cheap fares
and transfer system, it is fact cover
ing wide territory; taking posses
sion of the east and middle west. The
social, industrial and commercial re-
suits of the trolley invasion should re-
ceive attention. And also, we think
tho recraation side Mr. Inert R. ra-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-04

LII of us are more or less con-
scious of the friendly inva-
sion of the electric street
car, but few probably of the
great rapidity with which it
is advancing and Of the wide
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-27
ESTATE OF PETER eLANDT
Petitioners for Probate of the Will
Value the Property at
100000.

Petition for probate of the will of Peter
Glandt was filed in county court yester-
day and the will is to be filed soon. The
petition states that the value Of the realty
is $50, 900 and OF the personal property $780,
600, and those interested in the estate are
Mary Mangold. daughter; Anna Stolley,
daughter; Emma Glandt, daughter; william
and Chris Glandt, sons; Paulina and Clara
Williams, granddaughters. all Of Douglas
county; Peter and John Glandt. sons. and
Lena Matzen, daughter. Stanton county,
and Harry Williams. grandson, OF Cedar
Bluffs, Saunders county.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-27
ID. e. Thompson is Surprised.

When d. f. Thompson passed through
Omaha Saturday evening on his way TO
number OF boxes filled with roses. They
were delivered by a messenger who did not
stop to explain. Mr.. Thompson was rather
surprised by the evidence OF good will on
the part OF unknown admirers and more so
when he saw the flowers, which had evil
he took a second look at the address and
found that the roses were Intended as a
gift to Mrs. Thompson, under the impress
sion that she was to Omp her hus-
band to Washington. Mrs. Thompson. how
ever, remained In Lincoln. to which place
the roses were later consigned.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-27
Transatlantic MaiIs.

TUEsDAY-At $50 a. m. for ITALY d.
rect, per $. 3. STELLA mail must be d.
WEDNEsDAY-At 1856 a. m. for EUROPE.
per 5. s. Celtic, via Queenstown; at $50
"a m d9E per s. s. Friesland,
NfETHERLANDs dire6. per g 8. 81 8 R X; tG[
dam Cmail must be directed per s. S.
THURsDAY-AI 7 a. m. for FRANCE.
SWITZERLAND, ITALY, SPAIN, PORT
CGAL, TURKEY, EGYPT, GREECE,
BRITISH INDIA and LORENZO MAR
QUEZ, per s, s. La Champagne, via Havre
mail for other parts of Europe must be
directed per 5, s. La C~hampagne').
LANDS, per s. s. Westerland, from Bos-
sATURDAY-At $3.50 a. m. for IRELAND.
for other parts OF Europe must be al
rected per $. s. Etruris'gi at $3.50 a. D.
for EUROPE, per 5. $. Kroonland. via
rect, per g. 5. Lahn mail must be d.
Tected per s. $. Lahn'Di at $50 a. m. for
SCOTLAND direct, per =. 3. Ethiopia
mail must be directed per s.. s.. Ethi-
opia'O; at II a m. for DENMARK direct.
per s. 5. Norge mail must be directed per
$. s. Norge'D.
PRINTED NATTER. ETC.-This steamer
takes printed matter, commercial papers
and samples Tor Germany only. The same
class Of mail matter Tor other parts OF
Europe will no. be sent by this Ship un,
less specially directed by II.
After the closing OF the supplementary
transatlantic malls named above, adolf
tional supplementary mails are opened on
the piers OF the American, English, French
and German steamers, ana remain open
until within ten minutes OF the hour oil
sailing or steamer.
West Indies, etc.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-27
SPECIAL NOTICES

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will be taken until ~ m. for the
evening edition and untiI So .. ~.
for morning end sunday edition.
Rates, I Lee n word nrst tnaeF1ioa.
&c n word t~hereafte NOthinn taxes
for less than ace for the nrst inser-
uon. These advertisements aust bS
run conEecutiveiy.
Advertiser, by requesting . num-
hered check, can have I'D.
dressed 60 n numbered letter In care
Of The Dee. Answer 80 addressed Will
be delivered on presentation ~ the
cheek onIy.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-27
Mortality statistIcs.

The following births were reported at the
office OF the Board of Health In the course
Of the forty-eight hours closing at noon
Monday:
Births-G. +. Greenwood, 2522 Charles
street, girl; Nels J, Saline, Nineteenth and
Pierce streets, boy; Charles ~Swanberg,
Frank Brunk, 23ls South Eighteenth street,
bow; Isaiah Brader, 1914 Cass street. boy.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-27

fshouId be read DAILY nv all trtar....,

(Should be read DAILY by all Interested.
as changes ay occur at any time.)
Foreign mails iur the week ending Janu-
airy 81, 1903, will close (PROMPTLY in all
cases) at me general postotice 9s follows:
Parcels post mails close one hour earlier
than closing time shown below. Parcels
post mails Tor Gel close at d. m,
Friday, per 3. 8. Patricia.
Regular and supplementary mails close
at -oreign station half hour later than clos
ing time shown below Except that supple
mentary mails for Z Irope and Central
America via Colon close one our later at
foreign station.