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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-24

the good Impressions that now stand 70
her credit. =,
Miss Wood and Miss Barron VIII com.
nlete the picture as fellow artists Of
NIargueritc's at the Metropolitan Opera
House.
The play will be produced under the
stage direction OF u. l.. Duane, Who has
grown to be fixture In the stock com
pany offerings each season, and inc
scenes will as usual, be provided ny
Charles Z. Boss.
The play will be carefully staged. an, M
IN The Judgment of the management VII
prove one of the most attractsv bills
vet presented during the stock corn.
pany regime. The usual matineas VIII
be given OH Wednesday and Saturday
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-24
FRIENDS" TO BE PLAYED
BY THE GIFFEN COMPANY

Once more Richmond ls singing the
praises OF IN. Ginen Company. The or
san:saton now sailing under the familiar
banner has been received With the utmost
appreciation and enthusiasm during, the
past week, and the season has certainly
been inaugurated most auspieiously.
Although there vas some doubt, even
IA the mind Of the manager himself, as
to to reception Richmond Houid accord
suah a dainty. delicate plsy as "Mgs
lIobbs." 1t was evident from, he very
nrst performance that a happier SELECTION
ccnld not have been made rhe play has
besp as thoroughly appreciates as have
the efforts Of the players prekentlngi H.
Hhs spureclation seemed 10 DO alm4sI
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-24

equally divided between the players and
the play.
Manager Citizen Is confident that the Sc
lection of "Erends' for the second weeks
play will he endorsed by the public as an
Offering In every way fitted to confirm
and strengthen the impression the first
week Since its original production III
New York some ten years ago 1t has
stood as one. OF the few thoroughly good
plays which American authorship has
brought forth. 1t won fame In night
for it's author. Edwin Milton Royle. who,
Lrior TO that eventful night at the Stand
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-24

witt Jennings, Alfred Hudson. Alice But
Ter. Regain Hughston. Harold cohill,
George Schracder, Laura A1cGilvray, Viola
Burton, Agnes Everett and dozen other
popular players here will be seen In the
casts.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-24

the flishty. irascible young woman of
Miss Hobbs 10 the Jennie Merry
weather. of Friends
AS the friend OF the boys, Jack and
Al (Mr, Howard and Mr.. Greenleaf),
with little heart romance OF her own.
this exceptionally attractive Inemper OF
the company should still further increase
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-24
GRAND EN- CAM PMENT /. o.o.F.

Richmond, Va, June g., 1908.
For the above occasion the Southern
Railway Announces 4 cents per milo ona
way distance for the round trip to Rich
mond and return. Tickets on sale June
7th. 9Th and 9th. with return limit June
18th.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-24

tons there Is something to entertain all
thcatre-goers,
In Romeo and Juliet" Miss lIaswell,
as Juliet, has won the highest possible
praise, In the balcony scene particularly
acknowledged TO be the greatest love
scene over written, she and Mr., Gilmore
are seen at their best, The Baltimore
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-24

Miss Taiiaferro did, and look IN wide
syed wonder when some one Informed
them Of their mistake.
BRUCE CHEsTERAIAN,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-23
SLEEPING SICKNESS.
Mysterious Disease That Has Almost
Depopulated Uganda Caused
by Tsetse Fly.

The Investigations by the govern
mental commission sent to Uganda have
resulted in the discovery of the cause of
the sleeping sickness, the ravages of
which among the natives has been enor-
nous. In the report of the commission
several instances of this are given. For
example, Buvema island, which had a
population of $4,000, has now but 5000
The southern province of Busoga has
been practically depopulated The first
step in the discovery was the observa-
ton of trypanosomes in the cerebro-
spinal fluid in five cases of the sleeping
sickness. A further investigation
showed the existence of this parasite in
the cerebro-spinal fluid and the circu-
lating blood in nearly all of the cases,
from analogy, closely related to
the disease of cattle caused by the
tsetse fly.
1t was suspected that the sleeping
sickness was caused in like manner by
infection. Then along the lake shore
numbers of species of the tsetse fly were
found. Experiments demonstrated the
fact that these, when fed on sleeping
sickness cases, conveyed the disease to
healthy monkeys. 1t was also ascer-
tanned that freshly caught flies in the in
fected areas conveyed the disease with
out any preliminary artificial feeding
Further investigation proved that this
fly, like the tsetse of South Africa, is
confined to well-defined areas, which
correspond absolutely with the sleeping
sickness. The fly which conveys the
fatal trypanosoma is the glossina pal
pals. The extinction of it, as of the
mosquito in 1nalarial areas, together
with the discovery of serum of tryp-
anosomacide, is now looked for to eradi-
rate the disease
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-23
When Lowe wnned.

You admit" said the attorney for
the plaintiff in the observation-disclosures
case, that you were engaged to my
client?"
II do" admitted the defendant.
And presumably you loved herr"
81 did"
And yet you broke the engagement
Why was that?'
Love had waned"
ooh, love had waned, had it? Do you
know why?"
Eyes, sir"
do you know when it first began to
wane?"
Eyes, SIR
when was that?"
"The first time l saw her adopt the
prevailing feminine fashion OF riding
horse astride. That smashed
love-dream, sir, and smashed it good
and plenty"
The lawyer for the plaintiff gave the
jurors a quick look, and he knew then
that the case was lost-Chicago Post,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-23
SILK MADE OF WOOD.
A New German Product Which May
Revolutfonize the Worlds
Dress Goods Market,

The Scientific American makes the
following statement concerning prod
uct from wood that has the feel and ap-
pearance of silk:
News comes from abroad that an Eng
llshman has patented method of max
ing imitation silk from wood. A plant
erected near Sydowsaue. Germany, is at
present turning out SO pounds of skein
silk day, which product can be in
creased in quantity to 1000 pounds. The
silk is soft in texture and cream in color.
Each thread is made up of is single
strands; single strand is hardly per-
ceptible to the naked eye. In strength
the real silk is two-thlrds stronger than
the imitation. When woven into
pieces, the new substitute is said to have
the appearance of real silk. How this
new article will compare with the genu-
Inc, in the matter of wear and price, it is
impossible at present to state. The
manufacturing process is likewise UNI
dlscoverable. 1t is asserted, however.
that the pulp undergoes a chemical
process and is pressed through very fine
tubes, by hydraulic pressure, forming
the single strands which go to make up
the thread.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-23
New Class of Cruisers
Uncle Sam Is Now Building
When Completed They Will Prove an Important
Addition TO Our Growing Navy.

ing the port plates, which will be 6h
inches thick, and the top IL inches
of nickel steel. The ammunition tubes
for these turrets will be eight inches
thick.
Nine inches of armor will be worked
into the coming tower. and it's tube
will be five inches thick, as will also
be the signal tower. A nickel-steel
protective deck, w inches on the flat
and four inches on slopes, is to extend
throughout the vessels, and an OBJ
turating belt of cellulose, three feet
thick, is to be worked along the sides
the full length of the vessel above the
protective deck.
To drive the vessels at the required
speed of % knots, twin-screw engines
of $4,000 l. H. P. will be required.
These will be of four-cylinder, triple
expansion type, with common stroke
of four feet and running at the rate of
about 12O revolutions per minute.
Steam will be generated at $50 pounds
pressure by 80 water-tube boilers
placed in eight tight compart-
ments. These boilers will have crate
surface of at least 1880 square feet,
and a heating surface of $4,000 square
feet Four tunnels 100 feet in height
will carry away the gases.
The use of wood in the construction
of these vessels has been reduced to
minimum and such as is used is to be
fire-proofed. The main deck, a COM
plete steel deck, will be the only one
upon which wood will be laid. The
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-23
New Era in Telegrnphy.

Wilhelm Won Siemens, of the Siemens-
Halske company, of Berlin, exhibited be-
fore an audience of postal and tele-
graph experts new Geographic appa-
ratus on which he and DR.. FRANKIE, Dr.
Thomas and DR.. Ehrhart have been
working for several years. Perforated
paper ribbon is used in the apparatus
and the experiments show that the in
strument sends 1000 words per minute
for long distances. The message is re-
ceived on strip of sensitized paper
which energies with the letters fully de-
veloped. The post Office authorities
have also made experiments with Poui +,
sens telegraphone, which combines the
use of the ordinary telephone with the
telegraph instrument.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-23

The Russian Liberal Review, "Osvo-
bozhdenie," says that Russia has made
and is making enormous and senseless
expenditures of men and money in or
der to create an accursed yellow Russia"
which has no real value to the Russian
people. THE Russian cost of the Chit
nese war was $21O,O00,OOO." says this
journal. 1--WE have acquired place
where. from the economic point of view,
Japan, America and England may con-
ycniently dispose of the surplus prod
ucts, and as place where we may be-
come involved with powers whose COM
bined strength is great enough to de-
feat us on the Pacific as badly as we
were at Sabastapol"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-23

other decks, also Of steel, will be COW
cred with linoleum, or other approved
material.
extent as a drive for such auxiliaries
as the Understanding gear, ammunition
hoists, hammers for heavy guns,
heavy gun-elevating gear. air compress
sors for charging torpedo TASKS and
machinery in the general workshop.
Steam-driven auXiliaries will also be
used to great extent for such as the
CINE, anchor engine and capstan, ash
hosting engines in each fire-room, a
dense-air ice plant, with a cooling eff
feet of three tons Of ice per diem, an
evaporating plant to consist of four
equal units, having each a capacity Of
$3.50 gallons of fresh water per diem,
a distilling apparatus with 10000 gall
Ions OF water per diem capacity. There
will also be five steam deck-winches
of 80 horsepower EACH also engines of
SO horsepower for each of the four
heavy boat cranes.
Seven units will comprise the cleo
trio generating plant, each unit con-
sisting of an engine and dynamo
mounted on a combination bed plate
Three of these units will have a rated
output of 1850 amperes each at so
volts. The total weight of the seven
units complete will not exceed 141 900
pounds, while the total weight of the
entire electric installation, including
engines, bed plates, dyanmos, fittings,
wiring, tools, stores, instruments, and
six searchlights, will not exceed 1887
tons.
There will be also on board work.
shop fitted with such machines as are
necessary for repairs by the ships
force.
Each of the six vessels will be fitted
out for use as fagships and ample pro-
vision made for the accommodation of
crew of S22 rank and file
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-23
Too True a L,lsencss.

The late Thomas B. Reeds portrait
was painted by Sargent during the last
year of his services in congress. When
1t wes brought TO him he looked at IT
critically. He noted the protruding lips
the faithful reproduction of his tlorit
complexion, of his flabby cheeks, of hi:
ponderous neck. His eyes narrowed be.
tween the lids. and there came a cold
CLINT in them. Then, pursuing his lips
as was his wont, he is said to have re-
marked: 81 hope that my dearest en-
envy is satisfied now"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-23

is now under construction for the
United States half-dozen armoced
cruisers, three on the Atlantic and
three on the Pacific coast, which could
form squadrons of uniform speed, ma
neuvering and cruising qualities. Con-
gress, in an act dated March 3, 1899,
among other vessels, authorized the
construction of three armored cruisers
of about 10000 tons displacement; also
In an act dated June Z, 1900, among
other vessels, authorized three ar
mored cruisers, making six in all.
Through various causes 16 months
elapsed before bids could be asked for
the first group. This was unfortunate
in that the proposed additions to the
navy have thereby been delayed for
over year. However, as peace has
prevailed, the navy will be the one
benefited in the end, as it will be in
possession of the means of forming
powerful homogeneous squadrons.
The advisability of sheathing war
vessels was under the consideration of
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-23
OLD AND RARE COIN VALUES
Errors of the UNIFORMED Are a
Source of Much Trouble to
Collectors.

1t is very common error among am
ateur numismatists that age gives to
coin a peculiar value. While this may
be true in some instances the fact does
not hold good Invariably. A well-known
collector of rare specimens of the worlds
coinage remarked recently:
After the auction sale of every IA
nous collection of coins as the result of
an apparently slight error in the pub
lished reports as to the date of some of
the coins sold we are fairly deluged with
letters and personal visits Offering coins
for sale for which there is little or no
premium. But what may seem to be
an insignificant mistake makes all the
difference in the world in the value of
the coin.
AS an instance, at the auction sale in
London the other day of the Murdoch
collection among the American coins
sold was dollar of 1894. This coin
brought $240, which is not an unusual
figure for it, as there are not many of
them In existence, and it was the first
dollar piece to be minted by the United
States government But the dispatch
from London, as published, announced
that this large premium had been paid
for 1875 dollar, making mistake, APP
parently trifing to those unacquainted
with the value of coins, of only one year.
Now, as matter of fact there are
hundreds of 1895 dollars in existence,
many of them being carefully wrappedu
In cotton and laid in the bottom of bu-
reau drawers, their owners thinking
that they must be extremely valuable on
account of their old date, the impression
being general that the value of coins en-
tirely depends on their age.
mo sooner did these people see in
the papers where their dollars were said
to be worth $240 than they dug them
out of their hiding places and rushed to
the nearest coin dealer.
"And to make matters worse, we were
so overwhelmed with letters from out
sale that the mail carriers must have
thought we had gone into the get-rich-
quick business. So many persons called
at our rooms, which you see are rather
small, but stu have always been COM
modious enough to answer the require
ments of ordinary business, that the
place was crowded and they had to
stand in line and wait their turn for
personal interview.
Il suspected from the unusual rush
of business that some mistake had been
made and after having been offered dol
lar after dollar of the 1895 issue final
ly came to the conclusion that the best
way out of the difficulty would be to adj
dress the crowd as body. So said that
it was the 1894 dollar for which the
large premium had been paid, mis-
take having been mode in the figures,
and that their 1875 dollars were worth
Just 81.
Our callers at once turned away in
disgust and disappointment, but the
stream OF letters continued for several
days longer and indicated the existence
of more coins of this date than l had
thought to be possible"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-23
Spanking by Machinery.

A spanking machine is in successful
operation in the state training school
at Red Wing, MINI. The children
dread the humiliation of being put in
the spanking machine, which, to them,
seems a more disgraceful punishment
than that administered by hand.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-23

the Navy department at that time, and
plans were therefore prepared for
cruisers sheathed and unsheathed, as
the department might decide. The
latter, however, was decided upon, eff
fecting a decrease of s1,OOO,OOO in cost
and probable increase in durability of
the vessels. All six vessels, for which
specifications were prepared, and bids
for construction invited at the sam
time, will have the following charac-
.eristics:
Length on load water line, SOP feet.
Extreme breadth at load water line, 6915
feet
Displacement (all stores on board, fully
equipped) about 1860 tons.
Mean draft at trial displacement, 241s feet
Greatest draft, full load about 2612 feet.
Total coal bunker capacity, 1900 tons.
Coal carried on trial, 800 TONS
Feed water carried on trial, rs tons.
Sped not less than % knots
The following will comprise the main
battery:
Four eight Inch breech-lo loading rifles
Fourteen siX-inch rapid-tire guns.
The secondary battery will be COM
prised of the following pieces:
Eighteen three-inch G4-pounder) rapid
fire guns.
Twelve three-pounder rapid-fre guns.
Four three-pounder automatic guns.
-Four one-pounder rapid-fire single shot
Two machire and six automatic small
caliber guns and two three-inch field pieces.
This armament will be disposed of
as follows:
The eight-inch guns, in pairs, i'll
two electrically controlled, elliptical
balanced turrets, having inclined port
plates, one forward and one aft on the
keel line and with an arc of fire of 27C
degrees. One six-inch gun will be
mounted in Sponsors at each of the
four corners of the superstructure,
with an arc of fire of 145 degrees.
Ten siX-inch guns will be mounted
in broadside on the main deck, five on
each side, each with an arc of fire of
ITO degrees except the forward pair,
which will be sponsored so as to fire
dead ahead The 14-pounders, r.
Founders, machine and small caliber
automatic guns will be distributed to
such commanding positions as afford
the greatest unobstructed arc of fire.
The lower military tops will each con-
tain two one-pounder automatic guns,
while the upper tops will each have
two single-shot one-pounder rapid-fire
guns.
A complete armored belt seven feet
six inches in width will protect the
water line of the vessels. This belt
for 244 feet of it's length in the region
of the boilers and engines will be of
uniform thickness of six inches from
its upper edge downward for dis
lance of four feet, whence it tapers to
five inches at the bottom. Towards
bow and stern the thickness viii be re-
duced to 31a inches. The sides will be
protected by armor plate five inches
thick, extending for a length OF 232
feet from the water line belt to the
ma1r deck To the ends of this side
armur transverse armor four inches
thick is to be worked, thus forming a
closed citadel for the ten six-inch guns.
Armor FIVE inches in thickness will
protect the four six-inch guns at the
corners of the superstructure.
The eight-inch turret and barbette
armor will be six inches thick, except
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-23
ClCYer Move.

A Maine farmer who had gone to law
with a neighbor, suggested to his law
yer that he send the magistrate couple
of fine ducks.
mot on your life" said the attorney;
"if you do you'll lose the case"
The case came on and was tried and
judgment was given in his favor. Then
he turned to the lawyer, and gleefully
exclaimed: 81 sent the ducks" Aston
ishment on the lawyers part changed
to admiration when his client contin-
ued' But sent them in my opponent
name"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-23

matched fencing. Siding 4-inch with 1
inch lap. The size of house upon the
ground is 2sxSO feet, exclusive of bay,
veranda or porch
Shingles are dimension and of cedar.
Brick chimneys showing above roof will
be painted green to match the olive green
shingle stain on roof.
The gables will be shingled, olive
green stained.
First story painted cinnamon color.
All the trimmings are white.
Art glass as shown on elevation.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-23
WEIGHT OF THE BRAIN.
Cerebral Development Unerrinpl.
and Distinctly Follows Differ
ing Lines of work.

M. Mathlega, an anthr. pologist of
Prague, has just made soma interesting
experiments with regard t1 the weight
OF brain in different branches of the
community. Having first ascertained
that the male brain weigha on an aver
age 1,40O grammes, and the female brain
1000 grammes between the ages of 20
and 60, he has gathered the following
statistics, based on the study of tho
brains of 235 persons, differing widely
in their occupation and intellectual cul.
ture:
GrammeA
Workmen and unskilled laborers. ,i33
Porters, guardians and watchers. .....l l, 1873
Mechanics ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 400
BUSINESS NEIL Il 4bS
Physicians and professors. 500
The manufacturing or sale of alcohol
ic drinks is not favorable to cerebral
development, judging by TIE light weight
of the brains OF brewers, Baloonkeepers
and walters in cafes. The average
weight among this class is only 1,419
grammes, whereas it rises to / ,442 among
cabinetmakers, LAG among shoemall-
ers, and 1,447 among blacksmiths, lock-
smiths and other workers in iron and
steel.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-23
One Acre of Potatoes.

Under similar circumstances an acre
planted with potatoes will yield more
than ten, Ia or II times as mucn food
material as will one upon which wheat.
rye OF peas respectively is grown. ~
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-23

N the navies of the world
there is no more important
class of ship than the ar
mored cruiser. In our
own navy we are deficient
in this class of vessel, the
class being represented by
only two such ships, the
New York and the Brook
Ign.
This deficiency is now
ho;np ror,od;od o,d +hoo
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-23
Find a Peacock.

Jackdaw having dressed himself
from some Pacoc strued about the of birds
tried to himself off OF Them They
pulled their feathers from him roughly and
him. that when ne would have eoned his fellows they their
would have nothing to do with him. society,"
MeaW should
a false orb
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-23

The living room has a fireplace and
there is large half-round veranda
reached by a French window from this
room. Reception hall is shut off by a
large sliding door. The reception hall
has beamed ceiling There is grilled
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-23

Finished throughout in Georgia pine,
Roof of veranda timed. Laundry, coal
room and vegetable room in basement.
Entire house left all clean and ready for
occupancy. GEO. A. w. KNIT.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-23

Painting three coat work. Plastering
two coat work. Carving composition.
Basement floor cemented.
Hardware of colonial design. Doors
five cross panels. Piped for gas and
furnace. Plumbing Of an up to date kind.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-12-23

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