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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-03
FIGHT Jim Crow Car Bill.

st. Louis, Feb. I'm response TO a
call issued throughout the state sew
eral days ago about 800 neeroes met
here yesterday and adopted formal
protest against the various Jim crow"
car bills that have been introduced in
to the Missouri legisla ture. A delega-
ton to go to Jefferson City today to
present the views of the colored peo-
pie on the subject before the railroad
committee of the house of representa-
tives was also appointed.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-03
Ex-secretary Longs Condition.

Boston. Feb. 2.-The following bull
letin on the condition of Ex-Governor
Long was issued at 10 o'clock: MIR.
Long has had very comfortable day.
He has been more rational, takes his
food Well and has as much strength as
can be expected. His temperature has
been move nearly normal than on any
nraYicus daY."
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-03
Car Blockade Raised at Pittshuru.

Pittsburg, Feb. Fully 10000
freight cars were moved on the Pitss-
burg division of the several railroads
yesterday. Each line put forth spe-
cial efforts to relieve the congested
condition of the yards Every engine
that could be pressed into service was
in use. The yards are not entirely
cleared. but are in much better shape
than for a long time past.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-03
Stanley Now a pxsnentic,

London, Feb. 2.-Henry M. Stanley,
the famous African explorer, is a
chronic dyspeptic and suffers terribly
at times. and his face bears traces OF
lie agony he has endured. He lives
almost entirely at his country house
IN Sussex.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-03
Enc;reer Burned to Death.

Paola. Kan, Feb Edwin C. Rags
dale OF Karaas CITY. ENGINEER Of s.
Louis and San Frsrrisco southbourd
freight train No. 155 was burned TO
death at Dana six miles north Of here
last night in the wreck OF his train
Three cars of meat and six of flour
were derailed and destroyed by fire
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-03
Imperial Troops Defeat Forces
OF Blu Eanara.
RusHEs ENEmY's CAMP AT DAWN
Alr7ost Entire Following Of Man Who
Sought Moorish Throne Are Either
Slain or Observation-Disclosures Taken
to Fec in a Cage.

Tangier, Feb. "A runner who has
arrived here from Fee confirms the
news of the rout of the Moorish rebels
by the sultan's troops, but says that
the report of the capture of the pre-
tender is incorrect. He adds that it
is uncertain whether Blu Hamara's
body was among the great number
slain. The sultan's victory was abso-
lutte, almost the entire following of
the pretender being either slain or
captured. His camp, arms and ammu-
milton were taken and the artillery
lost by the sultan's army in the battle
Of Dec. % was recaptured. Even if
Blu Hamara escaped, it is impossible
for him to seek to retrieve his defeat,
as his claim that he is saint is ex-
pioded. The details regarding the bat
tie are meager. but it is known the
pretender's camp was rushed at dawn.
There is great rejoicing here over
the victory. The army of the sultan
was commanded by the war minister,
FL Menebhi.
A circumstantial report is current
here that Blu Hamara was brought to
Fee in cage and exposed to public
derision. 1t is impossible to ascer-
tain the truth of the story, which also
attributes the sultan's victory more
to his bribery of the tribes than to
military tactics. The bribed rebels
suddenly abandoned the pretender's
standard
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-03
Wife Murders Her Husband.

Hazelton, Pa, Feb. adam RI
ert, aged fifty years, died yestS
as a result of bullet wounds INN
by his wife during a quarrel. =
Reichert Is under arrest. %
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-02-03
Two Killed by Gas.

Burlington. Ia, Feb. 1.-Two Syri
ans named Welcome were found dead
in bed at the Burlington hotel yester-
day, having been suffocated by blow
ing out the gas. Four companions
narrowly escaped
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14
4.5n 4.zsfgas7

The lady Of the house had been 8
genuine sufferer from the wasteful-
ness Of her former cook, Repeated
analyses Of the garbage can at length
had led to the discharge OF the kitchen
autocrat. After a short interval new
cook was engaged and the lady Of
the house was descanting enthusiasts,
tically to her husband on the virtues
and accomplishments Of the newly
discovered treasure.
Il don't think that II looked all
over the earth ] could ind anybody
that / should like as vel. she said.
'Pm sure that even you could find no
fault with the dinner Weren't those
chops done to D turng And I couldn't
ask for a better tapioca puddinse
Neither could responded her
husband. after his kind nor any
other sort 81 taplnca pudding Pie
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

Don't be extravagant," said the
prosperous business man as his sec.
rotary took up a pair of shears and
prepared to cut the string that tied
the express package IF you cut that
string you will spoil It. Unite it,
or let me, l guess I'm more used to It
than you are"
The knot was a hard one and the
prosperous business man said several
things under his breath as he fumbled
and picked at IT, The secretary
watched him with an amused smile,
which the prosperous business man
detected as he at last loosened the
tangled string and looked up in
triumph.
"There!" he said "You were laugh
ing at me, young man."
The secretary looked little fool
ish.
We'll" said the prosperous bust,
ness man. Il don't blame you If you
were. ought to be laughed at It's
just fool habit of mine, though. Did
you ever read story about a piece
of string?"
Il don't recall it" replied the secre.
tary.
1T was Guy de- some French
guy who wrote it," said the prosper
GUS business man. 1T was piece
OF string that gave man lot of
grief"
You're not stringing me, l hope"
said the secretary.
You'll get to the end of yours If
you make any more breaks like that, "
said his employer severely. 'I'll tell
you about this, though, because you
are young yet and it may prove a
warning to you. My father was an
economical man before me. He'd
walk ten or fifteen blocks to save
q carfare and buy 25 cents worth of
cooling liquid to refresh himself after
the walk-that sort of an economist.
One day he saw me cut string that
came around package of dried APP
pies and he demonstrated with me on
my extravaganza"
81 suppose it went in at one ear
and out of the other?'
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

Mr.. Brown pressed the button
marked "Office Boy" and then sat
back with his thumbs in his armpits
and waited. The boy put in an imme,
date appearance.
Say, Bob, didn't we order some
daily report blanks a week ago."
YES, sir, but they haven't came
yet"
Don't say haven't came"
81 mean they didn't come yet"
well, that's worse. But never
mind, find out why they have not been
sent in"
Exit boy.
Chorus in outside office: what did
he want?"
HE told me to telephone about
them daily report blanks"
Bookkeeper-"Her I'll telephone;
you get that stationery company and
I'll talk to them. You just let me
talk to them"
The Boy-"Is this the Waste Paper
Stationery company? Well, Mr..
Brown wants."
Bookkeeper-"Here, you let me talk
to them.
Say, when do you folks intend to
get that order filed?
Il don't care. Mr. Brown is in a
hurry and you promised to have them
over here a week ago.
well, If you want our business you
better get them over here in hurry.
well Tomorrow morning? That
won't do. Cant you get them over
tonight?
Yes, he told me to tell you4if you
wanted our trade you'd better move
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

leads to the Porta Furba, or Thieves
Gate, a site which furnishes a series
of most picturesque views. The gate
itself is an arch in the aqueduct of
Sixtus ", that marvellous pope of
over three centuries ago who emulat
ed the ancient emperors in the works
he achieved in his brief reign of five
years.
A short distance beyond the gate
and on the left of the road, mound
once topped by a medieval tower con
cealed the tomb within which stood
the largest marble sarcophagus in
Rome. The mound was known as
Monte del Grano, and the sarcopha,
gus found within it is now in the
Capitolene museum, and the reliefs
upon it which belong to the noblest
period Of Greco-Roman art, represent
the story of Achilles among the
Daughters of King Lycomedes, when
he selected the sword instead OF the
distaff, and was thereby discovered
by the willy Ulysses. What is still
more memorable concerning this sar
'cophagus is that within it was found
the celebrated Portland vase, one of
the most antiquarian treasures Of
the British museum.
Near at hand solitary country
road brings you to the old Appian
Way, via Appia Antica. That road
seems to have existed even in the
twilight of ancient Roman history.
1t is a scene on which the great men
of the past played some part or an
other. 1t was a symbol of the Roman
mind and sign of the Roman power.
1t was no mere plant highway of
commerce, says writer, in gracious
windings, accommodating itself to
the needs of men and to the Difficult.
ties of nature. Rigid as the Roman
rule, it scaled the hills and spanned
the valleys; the crooked must be
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

hill. This is one OF the earliest re-
sorts of the traveller to Rome. From
this height he may look down on the
city and behold prospect only less
attractive than that seen from the
Janiculeun at the solemn hour of sun
set, when, as an old author has it,
he may command a view over the
whole surface of the ancient and
modern city-its palaces. its domes
and its campanili, contrasting in pic
turesque confusion with the giant pill
lars of Trajan and Antonine-the full
circumference of its walls-its aque-
ducts stretching in broken series
across the desolate Campagna-the
silent course of the Tiber winding its
serpent length through the whole
compass Of the horizon, with the dis
tant hills of Tivol and Alba on the
verge of the landscape that lost itself
among the Apennines.
But the Pincio offers charms of an
other sort than these. Here the band
plays in the afternoon and the fash
ion of the city and its famous persons
are to be seen driving in the restrict
ed path allowed in this comparatively
small garden.
The shaded paths, the admirable
flowers, the statues showing out
white against the greenery, the busts
Of famous men on pedestals and the
warm, pleasant air contribute to
make this not only one of the chief
resorts of Rome hut also snOt that
is famous in the world. And as it
is to-day, so has it been in the past
The tragedies Of the antique time
which have been wrought out here,
with all their blood-curdllng detail
add a strange interest to the spot.
1t was here, on this "Hill of Gar
dens," that Messalina, the wife Of
the Emperor Claudius, gave herself
up to the wild orgies which have con-
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

faster than you are doing.
"All right, Get them here first
thing in the morning.
Say, Bob, you tell Mr.. Brown
they'll be here first thing in the morn
ing"
Private office. Enter Bob.
They're comm right over, Mr..
Brown
IAN right. Bob. That's the way to
do business. You don't want to let
them fool you. Now Keep right after
them"
Yes. sir"
Chorus in outside Office: What did
he say?"
HE said all right; for me to keep
after them"
Stenographer-"W are you all
talking about?"
The Boy-'"Them daily order
blanks"
Stenographer-"Do you mean daily
report blanks? They've been here
three days. They are in the vault
now"
Chorus They are?"
Stenographer-"Why, yes. I told
every one of you about them.
Bookkeeper-"You should have told
me"
Stenpgrapher-"I did; told every
one of you, but you were all so busy
fussing about which one was to talk
over the telephone that you paid no
attention to me-
Bookkeeper (sotto voce)-''That's
just like q woman"
Boy (ditto) the way girl
always does"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14
ut didn't go in the ear. 1t lit on It

ut didn't go in the ear. 1t lit on II
and made it sing"
"You had a musical ear then"
II wish you wouldn't interrupt"
said the prosperous business man tes-
tily. "It made an impression any.
way. He told me that if didn't aDs
quire habits of thrift I'd end up in
the poorhouse. He quoted a proverb
OF tried to make me think he quoted
It. There was another package to be
opened and he carefully united it,
coiled the string around his outspread
fingers and tied it in a neat skein-
like this
The prosperous business man illus
trated with the string that came
around the express package.
That's all right" said the secretary,
approvingly. Now when you want a
piece of string you've got it."
That's what my father observed.
My own experience hasn't justified
the observation. When want piece
of string haven't got it. throw the
skein in a drawer usually, but when
/ go to look for it it isn't there"
why don't you throw it away in the
first place, them" inquired the secre-
tary.
For the same reason that you will
never be able to overcome your habit
Of asking fool questions. It's all
habit. l didn't have knife with me
the next time | had occasion to open
a package, and l then remembered
that it was very wicked thing to cut
a useful piece of string and united it.
Soon found myself untying another
package and it grew into habit Now
1t hurts me to see anybody take a
knife or scissors to piece of string.
but | don't delude myself with the
idea that it is economy. suppose /
have wasted hundreds of dollars
worth of time in untying hard knots,
to say nothing of the temper | have
lost and the language have misused,
and suppose 25 cents would more
than cover the value of what l have
saved. Don't try to be economical
if you would be wealthy"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14
SOME SPOTS OF INTEREST
in THE ETERNAL CITY
Eesuy and Grandeur Of Ancient Rome Easy to Com
prehend- Tragedies Of Olden Times That Have Been
Wrought Out There-Messalina's Wild Orgies
tspeclal Correspondence.)

The prominence of the dome OF st.
Peters in every view of the city both
within and without the walls, is con-
stantly felt by the traveller as we'll as
by the dweller in Rome. It is as the
note and symbol Of the city.
This majestic construction of
Michael Angelo, whose pathetic devo-
ton to his work, which he did with
out pay, lends charm to the sight
of II, as one looks at It from between
the ilexes that overshadow the foun.
tain in front of the French academy
or from the platform of the Plncian
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

IS good enough for me-
That's always the way with you.
said the lady You're never satisfied.
But really she Is treasure. and as
saving we'll. there won't be any
waste Ia the house as long as she is
here Do you know, went into the
kitchen this morning and she had
found q pan Of old dough that Fanny
had left around / was sure that II
was spoiled and told her that she
might as well throw It away but she
seemed quite horrfed oh. no,
na'am. she said. ! wouldn't throw ii
away IN bake Il, anyway and II 4
doesn't turn out ali right can give
II to some poor tramp Thought
that was SO Economical Of her and 30
ldnd.p
TT was indeed q kind Thought. "
agreed tho husband
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

made straight before II, and the
rough places. No kindly chain, gently
binding nation to nation, but q
weapon OF war-straight as the spear
OF the soldier. as the rod Of the lietor.
as the fight OF an arrow, II shot over
mountain and chasm, through forest
and marsh--not to link the nations
to each other but to bind the ends OF
the earth TO Rome,
And now along its lonely sides the
tall rank grass waves sadly amidst
the close pressed files OF defaced ana
nameless tombs. The beetle huns
amidst the solitude. and the lizard
basks on the PROSTATE marble statue
Of q senator or warrior, with mutt
lated limbs and broken nose, Here
on some tombs the half length figures
Ct husband and wife, holding affec-
tionately each others right hand re.
veal that the loves and joys Of domes.
tic life prevail among the farce Ro
mans d the past as they DO IA the
present
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

Messalina knew now that she was IN
danger. and accompanied by vibidia,
the oldest of the vestal virgins, she
set out in tumbril in which the gar
den refuse was carried to meet and
subdue her irate husband. She was
kept from seeing him, was condemn
ed to death, and the sentence was
executed.
At the other side of the city gem
tier scenes attract the stranger in
the bright, sunny winter days Here,
on the Via Tusculana. outside the
gate OF the Lateran, a pleasant road
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

tributed to render her name infamous
to all time. While her husband was
away at ostia she took possession Of
tho villa that occupied this site, and
held high revels there. It was the
autumn season; Messalina, wilder
than ever, celebrated the vintage
feasts in these gardens. The grape
was in the wine press, the Juice OF
It flowed in great watts; the Bacchan-
les danced delirlously, arrayed as
they were. in the skins of wild beasts.
Messalina, with her locks streaming
wildly, a thyrsus in her hand and
rothurnes on her feet. waved her
lead to and fro like mad creature
70 the music Of the dance.
In the midst OF these reveIs a Ger
tain Vectius Yalens climbed a high
tree. What do you seegP cried out
some one below. "A great storm corn
ms up from Ostia. was his reply.
The phrase was as prediction.
Claudius had been informed 81 her
deeds, and was on his way from Ostia
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

Charles Uhtof, one of the elevkn
men who survived the massacre Of
Company G, Ninth United States in1y
fantry, in the Philippine islands. has
reached his st. Louis home He was
stabbed seven times and has bolO
knife which was run through his
shoulder as q souvenir Of the occasion.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

Every afternoon at 2 o'clock Senator
Cockrell OF Missouri eats two apples
He is an expert regarding this fruit,
and never eats 1t unless 1t shows just
the proper degree Of redness and has
all external evidences of being perfect.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

Mrs. E. B. Bradshaw, of
Guthrie, Okla, cured Of a severe
case by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
A great many women suffer with n
form of indigestion or dyspepsia which
does not seem to yield to ordinary
medical treatment. While the symP-
toms seem to be similar 30 those Of
ordinary indigestion, yet the ,medi-
cines universally prescribed do not
seem to restore the patients normal
condition.
Mrs, Pinlkham claims that there
is kind Of dyspepsia that is caused
by arrangement of the female organ
ism, and which, while it causes dis
turbance similar to ordinary indiges-
ton. cannot be relieved without n.
medicine which not only acts as n,
stomach tonic, but has peculiar uterine
tonic effects as well,
Thousands of testimonial let
tiers prove beyond question that
nothing will relieve this Distress
ing condition so surely as Lydia
Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. 1T always works In har-~
mOny with the female system.
Mrs. PinkhSm advises sick
women free. Address Lynn Mass
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

The wild bees Of southwestern Texas
and natural hives In the dark recesses
formed by shelving rock, and they are
used year after year by the insects
Bee hunters make gc1d incomes BY
seaching for these hives, which in
many instances are filed with honey.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14
This win Interest Mother.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chila-
rem, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in
Children's Home, New York, Cure Fever
ishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders,
move aud regulate the bowels and destroy
Worms. Sold by all Druggists, CSC. Sample
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, IseaoY, MY.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

4 poet writes piteously to the New
York Times to explain that be wrote
"Bud-scented April Evenings and
the printer made It "Bad-scented
April Evenings" The obvious moral
Is tbet he ought to improve his hand
writing.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

Henry Ward Beecher's experience
with the contribution plate gave him
great skin in detecting coin values.
The congregation never could fool
him with pants buttons.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

Granting all that Sir Thomas may
say as to the terrific speed Shamrock
Ill win make during the races, it is
stili fair to suppose that the Reliance
will not be exactly standing still at
the time.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

On March 20 the Philadelphia In.
duirer boldly asserted itself ii these
woFds: stock is freezing out ia
Wyomiug. but kere the buds are
blooming" And the chances are two
70 one that the next day II showed
IN Philadelphia.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

Young Rockefeller is chip of the
old block. He insists that, for the
purpose of taxation, his vast wealth
is more than Offset by his colossal
debts.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

Minister Bowen told the Yale stud
ents tnnt Venezuela is no place for
young men from the United States.
Good For American young men of
the right sort there's no place like
home.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

Russell Sage has retired from ac-
tive business, but it is not true that
he is going to spend three afternoons
a week playing ping pong with Mrs.
Hetty Green.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

The Maine man who has worked up
business Of exporting cat-o-n.ne-
tails to London, where be finds a mar,
ket for all that he can get, certainly
thought of something that had never
occurred to any one before.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

The man who is to cross Niagara
falls by hanging to a wire with his
teeth will probably turn out to be a
new-fangled dentist.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

The Turko- Bulgarian debate is as
Stunning a more threatening attitude
daily In South America it would
be called a war.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

The baseball player who scores the
first home run Of the season is great
er than he who ruleth at the city hall
in the minds of some.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

Buffalo Bill admits that he is a
millionaire, and what is better still,
that he will soon retire from the
show business.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

The news that Haiti is on the verge
Of a revolution is not surprising. The
revolution microbe is always active
in the tropics.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

Dr. jacques Of Boston says he can
make electricity from coal. More
fame for him if last winter he had
made coal from electricity.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

The New York actress who has
undertaken to write play in twenty
four hours probably won't get it pro.
duced in twenty-four years.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

First lawyer-"These people are
kicking because we don't settle tho
estate" Second lawyer as IL we
didn't need the money as much an
they"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14

Mascagni is telling the Europeans
that the Indians who inhabit America
are much worse than they have been
painted