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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-07

people who come in know that I am
baseball pitcher? Certainly not.
They care nothing about that. But
if | was loafer all winter people
would say: 'Humph! he's one of
those good-for-nothing baseball men,
and the spirit of discomfort among
young men struggling along on small
salaries would be augmented" Cup
in Minnesota, where we came from,
the ball player who would lie back
on his oars during the long winter
would freeze to death before his
neighbors would extend any help to
him." remarked Frank Isbell, the
star first baseman of the White
Stockings. He spoke for himself and
his almost inseparable companion,
Roy Patterson, 1.-The boy wonder
pitcher" Patterson is anything but
boy. He's tall, raw-boned and
prodigiously strong farmer, and win
ter to him is time for hard work
and preparation for an absence from
home for six months each season,
while he is earning big money for
playing ball. Rumor has it that Pat
terson and Isbell add new farm to
their possessions every winter-the
result of their frugality in the base
ball season. But during many weeks
spent with these twins" on the road,
l have learned to believe that their
progress towards landlordism is not
quite as rapid as that.
Il have drawn 100000 or more in
salary since l began to pitch profess
sional ball." said Clark Griffith, who
will control the destinies of the new
American league club in New York
city this winter, 'but all my capital
now is a home and dear wife. Sup
pose l had been frugal? But every
winter | work like mailer. l
hurry out to my brothers ranch in
the far west as soon as the season
is over and put in my time prospect
ing. l have mining properties that
some day will make me we'll to do.
The player who draws, say $4,000
for a seasons work on the diamond.
is simply incapable of adequately in
vesting any part of it, if he develops
the habit of dolce far niente in win
ter. The magnate never loses a
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-07

chance to figure in winter how to
keep his salary list down."
There are few players who can
point to such a long record on the
diamond as John "Biddy" McPhee,
with the Cincinnati team until a
short time ago. He put in his win
tiers looking for chances in the min
ing world, and now that his useful.
ness is over as a player and manager,
he has big income from mines"
The strongest man in all baseball,
"Sandow'' Mertes, is carpenter in
winter time. Sam lives in California,
and when the time for stopping ball
playing comes around, he will take
up the saw and the plane and keep
busy until the summons comes
with railroad ticket--to make the
transcontinental trip to join his clup
in the spring.
"There's Wiley Piatt. the south
paw who is going to pitch for the
Boston nationals this year." said an
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-07

ball players going to do to reap the
fit out of their short term of use.
fulness on the diamond? That is the
query asked by many. Some will
continue as they have been living =
improvidently and beyond their
means-while others will make hay
while the sun shines.
''Did the majority of ball players
in your time work in winter?" |
asked one of the oldest baseball II
managers in the country. He re:
piled: "They were then about as
they are now-some saved money and
their frugality has stood them iii
good stead. But for the many-well,
if had the dollars that l have spent
in relieving distress among veterans
of the old diamond days, L would
be we'll off,"
1t is interesting to know that some
of the most popular lights of the
diamond-men who are cheered by
thousands and idols of the bleacher
fans, are meeting the financial stu.
alton that confronts them with as
much acumen as that displayed by
the magnates.
There was time when "Grandpa"
Van Haltren, who is down on the
list of the New York National league
club for this year, thought he could
lay off whenever he pleased. Man
ager Ned danlon, who had the Bal
timore team in charge, then discip-
lined Van Haltren and was sustained
by the club owners. That was good
thing for the player. He is able to
play as well as ever this year. al
though one of the oldest players in
point of experience, in the country.
And what does Van do in the win
ter? He works as lather, and is
said to be able to put up as many
squares of lath. in day as any ex.
pert.
ut is not good for the ball player
to remain idle in winter" said fan.
"Look at Cupid Childs, the old sec
ond baseman! He would play cards
and tell stories>all winter and expect
to go into the game in the spring
as well-equipped physically as TIE
man who had not rusted out during
the long winter. Childs found the
public did not repose confidence in
him, and he drifted back to minor
league company. There he has d
chance to be leader for time" 81
could not think of passing the win
ter in idleness," remarked Jimmy
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-07

4 publication of the department of
agriculture says: prof. Thomas
Shaw expresses his belief that sugar
beet pulp can be fed more adyan-
tageously to cattle and sheep that are
being fattened than to dairy cows,
The New York Cornell experiment sta
ton, however, found that this material
gave good results with milk cows, the
dry matter (solids) in it being about
equal in value to that in corn silape,
German experiments with beet pulp
for COWS have also given good results,
the flow of milk being maintained in
a satisfactory manner. Some Danish
experiments have shown that, as com
pared with mangels, the butter pro-
duced on sugar beet pulp was about
equal in quality and kept fully as well.
Where large quantities of the pulp were
fed the cream required to be churned
t-n -...--.es lo2gsr."
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-07
CHANGE IN MIXERS.
Vt Should BE Avoided, II Possible. ns
1t Affects the Cows Temper and
Milk Yield.

There is a great difference in the eff
feet that a change of mixers will have
upon different cows. Some cows will
submit perfectly to milking by almost
every one who approaches them, but
no COW will milk equally well with all
persons. Some cows will dislike, or
fear, or battle nervously with three
out of five persons who try to milk
them. They will often refuse to yield
their milk to any other than the milk
er to whom they are accustomed.
Owners of dairies cannot well over
look this preference of the cows for
certain mixers. 1t is preference
that is based on nerves, and neither
the COW nor the mixer can control it.
The COW in perfect nerve accord with
the attendant will show her feelings
by her actions. She will lay her head
against the one whom she likes When
one whom she does not like approaches
her. she shows her dislike by stand
ing perfectly still, or by turning away
her head, or by moving away.
The Hollanders and the Jersey ISL
anders, those masters of dairying. I'M
derstand this characteristic of their
cows, and they make much of their
knowledge. They accustom their mag
nifcent cows to personal touch. to the
human presence, to the voice. to pet
ting and coddling and caressing. The
results are seen in the perfect animals
they produce, the highest types of
quality and capacity known in the
dairy world.
The dairyman should discover the
likes and dislikes of his cows as early
in their careers as possible. The milk
and butter fat they will produce will
depend largely upon the mixers he
sends to draw their milk. The point
is that the COW is a nerve machine.
She can do her best work only when
her nerves are in their normal condi-
ton. The mixer, whose presence or
touch or voice throws her into agita-
ton, or fear, or anger, will never be
able to induce her to produce milk in
the largest quantity or of the best
quality. Therefore the high-ciass COW
must have a mixer whom she likes, or
she will fall short of her possibilities.
Prairie Farmer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-07
HANDY GATE FOR FIELDS.

pieces one by three stuff. Bolt them
to the Stats with one bolt in each end
of Stats, so the gate can be worked up
and down. Now take for the brace
two pieces one by three, bolt them at
the top on the outside of the two end
pieces. Bolt long enough to go through
five Stats. Now on the other end, take
a one-quarter inch rod and bend it like
loop, ten inches long. Bore hole in
each of the two end braces and drive
this into them, and on the bottom slot,
close up to upright piece; cut five OF
six notches for this rod to catch in
when you raise the gate, as shown in-
the Observation-Disclosures S. Atkins.
in Epitomist
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-07
HoWDifferent lnterestSVieW
the Baseball Situation

Ryan, the "oldest living man." as
some of the players call the veteran
outtielder. every ball player, no
matter how large his salary for sum-
mer work, should be useful in the
off season." And Ryan has just fin
ished experimenting the erection of
a new fiat building.
There is no disgrace in getting
down to hard work in the late fall
and winter in a clothing store" re-
marked one of the best-known pitch
ers in fast company. 81 sell goods
on their merits. Do you suppose the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-07
CHEAP FODDER STORAGE.
An Idea That Should Be Tested by
All Farmers Who Have Big
supply of Slower.

Slower requires comparatively tight
storage room to keep it in until want
ed for feed. Stacked in windy coun-
try before it can settle or become COM
pact it is liable to become scattered to
the four winds. a very satisfactory
method, according to writer in Ohio
Farmer, is to build up a rail pen, put
ting in a board floor, and run the stuff
into it. packing down as close as posi-
BILE. When filed, cover over with
matched roof boards. a tarpaulin,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-07
What One Cow Can Do,

Jesse Maynard, of Cedar Falls, Ia.
owns measly little raspberry-colored
COW which when he purchased her he
valued her at about $50. During the
past summer Maynard has sold milk
from the COW and kept strict account
of the receipts from this source, and
finds at the end Of the season that $113
has been realized from this source.
Maynard says the COW saves half the
living, and he is figuring on another
investment of The same nat>.re and
save it all.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-07
A HANDY FARM GATE.
OF Especial Value ON Farms Where
1t les Desirable to Separate Stock
from Time to Time.

send epitome of a handy farm gate,
made like the illustration, which is a
gate that can be used to separate
stock. 1t is made so it can be raised at
one end to let hogs and sheep under,
while cattle and horses cannot get
through. In snowy weather it can be
raised and opened easily. Get any num-
Der of Stats you want to make the
gate; then take for the four end
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-07

. LIE result OF the Clncln-
EIA9 natl peace pact meeting of
NN the magnates of the Ma
s SSMA tional and American Base
@GY ball leagues, nearly all of
w the big army of high-sal-
aired ball players know
what uniforms they are going to
wear this year. These men also real
ize that the day of using levers to
boost" salaries is nearly over. LII
the future baseball is going to be a
striking example of the tendency Of
the times-consolidati In burying
bitter feelings, annihilating unpleas-
ant "reminiscences and practically
uniting in community of inter-
ests," the capitalists of baseball have
done what the steel magnates, the oil
magnates and others have accom-
plished.
Slowly and surely has the econom-
ic wedge been inserted into the base
ball situation. The intelligent play
er knows that in the future there
will arise no exigencies that will
force the owner of a baseball fran
chise to pay $4,000 man a salary of
$4,000 and make a long-term con-
tract with him for fear the opposi-
ton will capture him. In the future
the baseball magnate will not fear
q state supreme court decision at
lacking the validity of the contract
with the player because of the lack
of equity in the reserve rule. Play
ers are to be reserved by the we'll
organized 1nagnates, indefinitely, if
you please, and the indignation of
the rival magnates who only few
months ago attacked the National
league leaders because of their poi.
icy of "enslaving" players indefinite
ly, will cool to the below-zero limit.
What politicians of both leagues
could not do, what wirepulling, APP
peals to reason, ETC., could not ac-
complish, simple, businesslike APP
peal to economic knowledge succeed
ed in bringing about. If any divi-
dends are to be paid to capitalists
whose investments are sunk in base
ball plants, they will make their APP.
pearance now that the trust idea
has invaded the national game.
Knowing that salaries are bound
to seek lower level, what are the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-07
The Kitchen Genius.

Grumble ton-Our maid of-all-work
is the limit. She never did anything
right in her life.
Askerson-What's the trouble now?
urumbleton-She decorated the fiat
with the cranberries and made cram
berry sauce out of the holly berries
Town T. Pes.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-07
A Succeas.

DO tell us what Mrs. Bouncer is
like
We'll, she's a woman of co who
looks so, thinks she's 40, dresses like
&c, and acts Ike 2o."-Iife.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-07

the trustworthiness of British pro-
fessions of friendship have pasAed
away, and by the treaty just execut-
ed all cause for future quarrel is
eliminated. British craftsmanship
and commerce, are satisfied that the
Anglo-Abyssinian treaty recently
signed will keep Britain in predom-
nance in that part of the dominions
OF the negus which marches with the
Sudan. The frontier has been sue
cessfully delimited, and there is no
longer any fear of collisions between
the mountain warriors and the Ango-
Egyptian troops who hold the lands
once ruled by the mahdi.
What is of greater Importance to
British trade in that quarter
is the stipulation by Menelik
not to allow any barrier to
be constructed across the Blue
Nile, the Sobat, or Lake Tzana.
This means that the waters of the
Blue Nile. which carry richer de-
post than those of the White Nile,
are to be available for the ends of
Irrigation when Anglo-Egyptian en-.
T. prise repeats in the Upper Nile
valley the splendid works of engineer
ing at Assouan and Assioot.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-07
American Capital In Canadian Bank
Stock.

StOCks
Another notable instance of the
disposition of American capitalists
to inyest in Canadian enterprises is
shown in an offer on the part of an
American syndicate to take 5000
shares of the stock of the ROYAL
Bank of Canada at $3.50 per share.
The syndicate is composed of some
of the most prominent bankers and
capitalists in New York and Chicago.
The price offered is much in excess
of the present market value of the
stock, which has recently been
quoted at about $1s5 per share.
The: directors of the bank have ac-
cepted the offer, subject to the APP
provai of the shareholders. If the
sale is approved, new stock will be
issued to the members of the syndi-
cate, the bank having been author
lied at the last session of parliament
to issue $1,00O,00O of new stock.
According to the report to the
Canadian government on October 81.
1902. the total assets of the Royal
Bank of Canada amounted to 500.
2lo,964; the present capital stock,
fully paid, is 100000, and the sur
plus $1,700,0o0. The bank now has
branch office or agency in New
York city, and the management ex-
poets to soon open an office in Chi.
cago. The remaining 100000 of I'M
issued authorized capital stock will
be offered to the shareholders pro
rata, presumably at an early date.
JOuN n E,oSrEp
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-07
Photographic ON Fruit in France


Apples upon the surface of which
are perfectly reproduced the photo
graphs of the emperor and empress
of Russia and of the president of
the French republic have been shown
in France.
Before photography was employed,
images were produced by means of
figures cut from paper and stuck on
the surface. When the paper was
removed, the image appeared light
and the fruit dark, or vice versa, ac-
cording to the manner in which the
paper was cut and applied.
At present, however, photographs
are Reproduced with all their de-
tails. Strong negative electrotypes
are employed, having great resist
ance apd rep' oduced on thin films.
The films are obtained by pho,o-
graphing the subject many times.
The film is held in place by two rub
Der rings or is stuck by some mat.
TER that will not obstruct the ravs
CT light, such as albumen or the
white OF an egg.
TliJIiNNEIL AAXSxA
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25
DEATH OF GEN. A. MD. M'cooK.
Was the Last of the Famous Eight.
ing McCooks."

Gen. Alexander Mcdowell McCook,
U. s. A., retired, suffered a third
stroke of paralysis at o'clock on the
morning of June 70, and died hall
hour later at the home of his daugh,
ter, Mrs. Charles Craighead at Day.
ton, Ohio.
Gen. McCook came West from
Washington a few weeks ago, and
shortly afterward suffered a mild
stroke of paralysis. This was followed
few days later with second and
more serious stroke. He rallied and
appeared to be steadily improving un.
til June II, when the end came sud.
denly. Mrs. McCook, the widow; Mrs.
Chauncey Baker of Washington, a
daughter, and Mrs. Craighead were at
the bedside.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25

past us. Tossed here and there by
the food, ground among ice-hoes and
beaten by trees set afloat by the wat
ers, 1t was a question of but short
time until 1t must go to pieces.
"Fellers," suddenly shouted one Of
the boys. "ain't dat a kid crying"
We listened a moment. Then over
that waste of waters floated a little
wailing voice that came from the
floating cabin. We looked into one
another's eyes. while the tiny voice
still walled, and | hope that God will
preserve me from ever again hearing
a sound so pitiful. What should be
done? What could be done? think
the answer of my despairing heart to
the latter question was the answer of
every boy there-nothing
OF every boy save one. While we
still stood In awful silence-a silence
on which that thin cry yet beat-little
Jack spoke.
"Youse fellers," he said, stan ready
to pull me in wen me an de kid gifts
back"
And, before we fully realized what
he was about to do, his coat and shoes
we're off, and he was battling with the
cold, cruel waters.
We watched the little black head as
It made its devious way onward, here
lodging a cake of ice, there skirting
floating tree, until at last-Hurrah!
He had gained the shanty!
A moment he disappeared from view;
then he appeared at a window with a
wee brown bundle in his arms. de ole
folks is both drowned" we heard him
shout. as we ran along the shore by
the side of the whirling cabin. Then
he again was In the water, and we
hardly breathed as he battled shore
ward. 1t was a life or death struggle
for every foot of advancement, but his
life had given him hardihood If moth
ing else. and slowly-oh, so slowly
he made his way with the burden,
whence came no cry now. AS he
neared the shore We Joined hands.
making a lifeline to draw him from
the water.
Thank God, he is almost to us now,
He is safe at-No. Yes. A great cake
of ice, striking an obstruction, whirled
as it were on a pivot and almost
caught him, but we snatched him
away, and now at last he was safe.
Not quite, oh, little Jack; not quite
safe. unless, indeed, there be perfect
safety on a bosom Of infinite love and
comprehension after the heroic heart
has ceased to beat and the eyes are
closed in the long sleep.
The great cake Of ice, whlrling by
him. had touched little Jack. aud Its
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25
Land Dispute 200 Years Old.

Down on the fish wharves Of Ches-
ter, Pa, where Edgemont avenue
runs to the Delaware river, are a
number of historic houses that are
now attracting the attention of his
torians. Particular interest centers
around the old David Lloyd house,
which is fast falling into decay.
Just how old this house is nobody
knows, but when on May 4, 1903,
Lloyd decided the property to viii
liam Pickles the presence Of the
structure was noted.
1t is supposed Lloyd built the house
soon after he gained possession Of
the land, Dec. 2S, 1893. This soon be-
came known as "the disputed Lloyd
tract"
Lloyd obtained his title by deed
from the church wardens of the Swe.
dish congregation at Wiccocoe, which
act on his part is criticised severely
by Rev. Mr.. Ross in his letter of June
q, liza, to the Society Of the Propa-
CATION of the Gospel in Foreign Parts.
Eye glebe lands" he said, abiding
to this tract, was irreligiously SOLD
by some Swedes, under We name Of
church wardens, to a powerful Qua
ker, who now plows and sows it and
disposes of 1t at his pleasure; but /.
is hoped his precarious title will be
one day inquired into, and the church
restored to her rights again"
This tract, which had been given
to the Swedes' church by Armgardt
"Pappagoya," could not be wrenched
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25

touch was death. Even as we lifted
him from the water, some of its cold
ness had entered the brave little heart
and on his head was great, Jagged,
cruel wound, whence the stream OF
life flowed increasingly.
We held him, and knew not what to
do. One of us sobbed brokenly, but
the rest were very silent. Then Jack
opened his eyes and feebly whispered:
rs de-kid-safe?"
Yes, oh, yes, little Jack; we told you
that you had saved the babe, and our
whisper was almost as low as yours
as we assured you that this was so.
The little black head sank down.
Then, very slowly, the eyes again
opened, and in faint whisper was
heard:
"I'm-damn-glad."
Then, while the flood flowed on, the
neglected soul of little Jack went out
on a deeper and darker flood which
no more shall beat earthward for
him.
And this is why l say that I some.
times think heaven must be a place Of
surprises. But greatest of all its sur.
prises to me, If ever should reach the
beautiful city of love, would be to find
no little Jack there, a pupil in such a
wonderful school as his life never
knew.-Alfred ]. Warehouse in New
York Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-06-25
WHEN LONDON WAS STIRRED UP
Rioting That Resulted From Defeat oil
Reform Bill,

Rioting That Resulted From Defeat oil
Reform Bill.
Defeat of the reform bill of 1881 by
the British house of lords was the oc.
caslon Of dangerous rioting in London
Returning from levee Lord London.
derry was hailed with a shower OF
stones and only escaped by drawing
his pistol, setting spurs to his horse
and riding for his life through the yell
ing, menacing crowd that surrounded
him. The kings brother, the Duke
Of Cumberland, was not so fortunate,
for not only was he stoned but he was
dragged from his horse and probably
would have been torn to pieces II he
had not been rescued by the police.
Such was the feeling Of the public al
large against the enemies of reform
that when the mail coach brought the
report to Perth that the Duke of Cum.
berland and the Duke of Wellington
had been shot, 1t was received with
ringing cheers by the inhabitants, who
applied to the authorities for permits.
sion to illuminate by way of express.
ing their satisfaction. Before night
ended the crowd that had gathered in
St. James park attacked the houses
of the Earl Of Dudley, the Marquis of
Bristol and the Duke of Wellington,
leaving them without a pane of glass;
During the remainder of his life the
latter refused to have his windows
mended and for years the sight OF
smashed glass in Apsley House proved
a reminder Of this reign of terror, 1t
was protected from further possible
violence by heavy iron shutters fas-
tened from within; while these were
covered inside by sliding mirrors that
hid them from visitors and inmates.