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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-03-09
story OF jerome.

1t is said that once, when District
Attorney Jerome, of New York, was q
very small boy. he and his father got
into a New York stage to ride uptown.
1t was crowded. but the elder Jerome
found one seat, whereupon he sat, talk
ing upon his knee young Travers. Pres
entity the stage stopped and a hand
somely dressed woman got in. No
body having got out, there was no seat
and nobody offered to make room.
Finally, the strain on the elder Jerome
became too great, and looking reprov-
ingly at Travers, he said: "Travers,
why don't you get up and give the lady
YQn. aeat2'
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-03-09

sacrce The great lesson the wisdom has acquired
the sword has the sword must keep 1t Invaluable keeping
alive the military spirit OF the people namab
impulse but enthusiasm pringng patriotism
creasing enlightenment and soundness.
The sword of inesmabe worth pepetuang the
and ideals OF military character 1t the of
airy How fine that dignity which need superiority
that at once felt and acknowledged Then those noble qualities
the eandignaton without anger humility without serv pride
without vanity serespect without selove The who
RES the sword be gentle OF heart the beloved dpe
magnificent OF character and sngleness mind
Our national sword the
aanm 1t has turned conquest ships to the
conquest winds and The
made of the greatest bnefactors
sword is the most popular the everywhere recognized
instrument OF justice and humanity Alliance with it
eted Of alliances
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-03-09
W>oman's FigM FIR SnNI4ge
By MISS SUSAN B. ANTHONY.

The fight for wonans suffrage will never die
out 1t will continue to gather in strength True, tie
movement has had some setbacls, bit in every state
where the constitutional amendment for enfranclse-
1nent OF the sex has been submitted twice there has
been largely increased vote in favor of it the second
time.
Never there a reform which had so nucl,
work done its side, and which won for itself the.
support OF SO many brainy men and women rs has
the woman's suffrage movement and never was there
movement which encountered such bitter and stub
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-03-09
DISAPPEARANCE Of tie Zu0lvynMal
BY HON. GEORGE H. UTTER,
Lieutenant Governor OF Rhode Island.

YOU will think of minute you will have ten-.
deney rapidly increasing the past IS years. force
individual to the WALL to form combinations, huge and
personal In society we judge great deal by the set
from which comes What is his family? What are
his social antecedents He may be Of the most
sterling worth, of exceptional talent, charming manner
and character but do not judge him by his character
If person from certain or certain family
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-03-09

opposition hness ignorant prejudice But
notwithstanding, much has been gained.
When remember that women with political influence
caly money party machinery platform except granted
through courtesy and working entirely independent movement
have been compelled to fight tradition creed hness and OF
and prejudice certainly find gains
have been made in the past and be hopeful for the future.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-03-09
Influence Of the S5vord
By REV. H. H. CLARK,
Chaplain Of the Naval Academy at Annapolis.

He sword, the symbol Of the military professions IS
bathed in Heaven when it represents honor, integ-
rity the protection OF innocence, hatred of wrong.
all the fine things in individual and national cl1arae-
ter.
swordbrings rich inhertance-an inheritance
OF principles and sacrifice for principles. One OF its
plleritances is Ysdaa2-th farest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-24
You Work Best Facing the West.

From the New York World
To test the truth of the assertions of
many persons that they sleep better with
their heads pointing to the north work bet
ter facing the east, and SO on, DR.. Charles
Fere, who is well known in France for his
studies in physiological psychology, has
constructed a delicate machine which he
calls an ergograph, with which he has
achieved some interesting results. This
machine registers the number. rapidity and
quality of the movements of the index fin
ger when writing or performing any accus-
toned work. He announces that his expert
ments with it prove that work done by
person facing the west or east is better by
twenty-five per cent than similar work done
by a person facing the North or south, and
that when working facing the west it is
about twenty-five per cent better than
when facing the east.
This matter of orientation seems to have
an influence upon the nervous system, due
largely, it is believed. to the fact that the
earth is a gigantic magnet. Many learned
men have noticed that they sleep best with
the head to the north. and work better fac
ing the west. while at least one famous
pianist finds ne plays with the creates.
ease when the piano faces the east. 1t may
be that the great mgrations of the human
race all of which have been from east to
west, and the observed tendency of trees to
develop in the same general direction are
in some way related to these phenomena.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-24
The Dangers of Orchid Hunting.

From Harper's Weekly.
The most beautiful region the orchid coll
lector meets In his travels is along the
Orinoco. the Rio Negro and the Amazon in
South America The scenery at times passes
beyond the beautiful. and becomes SO
grand as to be almost terrible. Everything
is on such a great scale. The rivers are
the largest in the world. veritable seas at
high water, the vegetation luxuriant be-
yond comparison and the animal and fish
life startlingly strange. There we find the
Cattleya schroederae, magnificent orchid
with white flowers, which blooms about
Easter time. But the dangers and vexa-
lions of trip on the Orinoco, for instance.
would hardly be believed. Miles and miles
back from the coast in the district where
the orchids are found the Indians ARE In
a wild state and are foes to all white men.
They Turk in the bushes along the banks
of the river and shoot poisoned arrows at
you If you happen TO venture within range
of their blow guns. The center of the
stream is the only safe place. During the
rainy season the mosquitoes swarm on the
Orinoco in clouds, and steep Is next to i'm
possible Even the grass, when you VEN
ture ashore. is your enemy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-24
Size of an Atom.



How large Is atom? Perhaps the
simplest. though not the most exact way
or arriving at a rough estimate of the size
of atoms is by measuring the thickness of
a soap bubble film, where it is as thin as
possible, just before 1t bursts" says
writer Such film, IL composed of atoms,
must be something like pebble wall Now.
a pebble wall would not stand If Ii were
not several pebbles thick. and If we had
reason to suppose thar il was about dozen
pebbles thick We could easily make an esti-
mate OF the size Of the pebble by measur-
ing the thickness of the wall.
THAT is the case with the thinnest re-
gion of a soap film. 1t is found to have a
very definite and uniform thickness. IL is
the thinnest thing known, and by refined
optical means its thickness can be accli-
rately measured. 1t must contain not less
IMAM something 1slke a dozen atoms In its
thickness, and yet it is only about the
twenty-Inillioneth of an inch in thickness
by direct measurement. So that the diame-
ter OF an atom comes out between one two
Observation-Disclosures and one three-hundred-
mlilionth of an inch. In other words. from
about 2O0,Ooo,o00 to 300.O00000 of atoms can
lie edge to edge in a linear inch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-24
Tricks of the Mule Deer.

From Outing.
One of the venerable tricks of the mule
deer of this country Is retiring into the
heavy cover very early in the morning and
remaining there during the whole of the
day During the full of the moon, when
they are on foot most of the night and well
fed before daylight. they are so certain to
do this that 1t is almost useless to hunt.
Especially Is this so In the early part of
the summer. There Is little trouble in find
ing fresh tracks enough at daylight stray
Cling. too. In a manner that shows the deer
are on the point of lying down for the day.
Yet the more certain you become that they
cannot be more than a few hundred feet
away the more you are overcome with won-
der at your inability to see one or even hear
one run. II patient enough to work out a
single track you may possibly start deer
lust near enough to see or hear. but not
near enough to see long enough for shot.
I have had them almost throw the dust in
my face from their plunging hoofs, yet
could see no hair long enough to make sure
of getting the rife sights upon 1t. But even
seeing one in this way Is the rare exeep-
ton; for the deer instead of waiting until
they are certain you see them. more often
sneak off with silent step and lowered
head so that while you are wondering
where they are, they may be but few
yards away. knowing they are perfectly
safe. For the evergreen robe of lilac, man.
zanita and buckthorn that covers much of
the hills of California Ia SO dense and stiff
that man makes slow progress In It,
while deer. that can crawl under a fence
about as readily as leap 1t, find It almost
Is easy as the open.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-24
Woman Invented Condensed Milk.
ON the Springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican
1t was woman who invented CON
densed milk which, while nobody wants it
who can get the original article. is never
theless of great value on journeys, on Ship
board and for emergencies.
1t was such an emergency that led to the
first condensed milk, for Mrs. Albert CASH
ingor of New Orleans. fifty years ago had a
sick baby, and must get expert medical at
tendance If it were to live. That could not
be had nearer than New York city, and IL
was long sea voyage away. How to keep
the little baby alive through that voyage
she did not know. But she had put up
many preserves and many jellies in her
time, and she began to experiment on milk,
and succeeded, and put up lot of Jars of
her original condensed milk. which fed her
child through the voyage.
The fact interested several people in New
York. and finally Mrs Cashingor gave her
process away to pack of sharp fellows.
who made fortunes out of condensed milk
and never gave her cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-24
LOST AT CARDS.
How Historic London Mansion Was
Gambled Away.
From the London Mail.

From the London Mail.
Conspicuous among the stately homes of
England, and especially of London, is Har-
court house, Cavendish square, the one-time
magnificent residence of the Dukes Of Port
land One night a card party took place
there. The players were the present Duke
of Portland's grandfather and the Earl Of
Harcourt Stakes were high and luck went
against the duke. At last the mansion was
the stake, and it became the property Of
the earl. But when the transfer came to be
made it was found that there were legal diff
ficulties in the way of alternating the house
from the estate of which it formed a part.
The difficulty was gotten over by the duke
taking a ninety-nine years lease from the
Earl of Harcourt ON favorable terms.
The card-playing dukes heir was the no.
bleman who became notorious as the eccen-
trio Duke of Portland, who built the under
ground palace at Welbeck abbey 1t was
this duke who erected an enormous screen
of ground glass, so feet high and 200 feet
long, on either side of the garden, SO that
the tenants of the Portland estate on Hen
rietta and Wigmore streets should not be
able to intrude on his privacy. These
screens are still standing.
interest in the house was purchased by the
Earl of Breadalbane, while the freehold III
terest passed into the possession OF Mr.. Atl-
brey Harcourt. few months ago gen.
tIeman, acting on behalf of syndicate, ap-
preached Mr.. Harcourt and Lord Breadal-
bane and induced them to sell their inter-
ests in the property. Very soon after the
signing of the contract Mr.. Aubrey Har-
court died and the check was handed to his
uncle and heir, Sir William Harcourt, who
had to pay the death duty which he had
himself imposed when chancellor Of the
exchequer.
In the meantime the post office authorities
had cast eyes on that portion Of the prep
erty which abuts on Wimpole street. The
work of Vera street post Office has of late
grown enormously, owing to the activity of
the great drapery houses In the neighbOr-
hood, and the post office has bought the
whole of the garden of Harcourt house, in
Guiding the stables and the screens The
entrance will be on Wimpole street.
A portion of the house itself, comprising,
among other departments. the principal
drawing room and the ball room is in
cluded In the scheme, and in the near future
prosaic letters will be sorted and stamped
and countless circulars relating to extraor-
binary bargains will be dealt with on a site
which for generations has been associated
with the fashionable life of London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-24
Diaz and Mexico.
From Harper's Weekly.

Diaz has obliterated brigandage (which
infested every traiD and ''impossibilitated"
revolution, the chronic state of every other
Spanish-American republic: Melted Mexico
with railroads and teegraphs; made
civil service of which any country might
feel proud on the score of its cleanliness;
peppered public schools over the whole re-
public, till every hamlet has one; opened
higher education for girls and vastly I'M
proved the mems universities: reformed
laws and prisons, and even contented the
church with the delimitation and curtai-
ment which Juarez could plan and get en-
broiled with, but could not make popular.
Diaz has abolished the medieval octaoi.
broken the barrier jealousies between state
and state, and compacted at last real ma
ton. He has raised it's credit from nothing
to full rating; it's finances from death to
igorous life He has made a petty squab-
Bile of isolate states into a solid people with
q national spirit. And while wars and
peace conferences and hates and policies
struggle on the outer stage. Mexico, APP
prenticed to sobriety. seems to have adopt
ed our early colonial motto: Mind your
business"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-24
THos. J. OWEN & son. AUorIoNEERs.

TRUSTEES SALE OF THAT VERY DESIRABLE
THREE STORY AND CELLAR BRICK STORE
AND DWELLING, NO. 3o1 18TH STREET
& W. AND 1900 C STREET s. W. BEING
THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 18TH AND
STREETS s. w.
BY virtue of certain deed of trust duly record
ed In Liber No. 1883. folio 239 ct seq, of the land
records OF the District of Columbia, and at the
request Of the party secured thereby, the under
signed trustees will SELL public auction In front
OF the premises, on WEDNESDAY,. THE FOURTH
DAY OF JANUARY, AID. 1905, AT FOUR
O'CLOCK PM, the following described land and
premises, situate in the city Of Washington Dis
trct Of Columbia, and designated as and being lot
3! In Thomas 5. fuckers subdivision of certain
lots In square numbered 297. as the said subdi-
vision appears Of record In Book No. II, page 49,
or the records of the surveyors Office OF said Dis
ftct, subject to III. perpetual right to use as q
private alley the west feet of said lot as q p-i-
waite alley for lots IS. 80 and 40 in said subii
vision. together with the improvements thereon
Terms Of sale: 0De-fourth of the purchase money
TO be paid in cash. balance In three equal INSTALL
mentS payable In one, two and three years, with
interest at per eentum per annum, payable semi
annually. tom day of sale, secured by deed of
option OF the purchaser. A deposit Of $500 will
be required at time Of sale. Ali eonyeyancing re-
cor1ing. etc, at cost OF purchaser. Terms Of sale
to be complied with within fifteen days from day
OF sale. otherwise the trustees right. to
resell the property at the risk and OF the de-
faulting purchaser, after i've days advertisement
Of such resale In some newspaper published In
Washington. ID. @.
II. BRADLEY DAVIDSON.
JOHN G. DAVIDSON,
dei3.l3 II y. 2. "a q 20 Jas Trustees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-24
Shall Colleges Become "rrustsp"

From Harper's Weekly.
The primary principle Of the trust is the
principle Of efficiency. The purposes Of in
creasing prices. of crushing rivalries. are
either subsidiary forms or practical april
cations of the primary principle of efficien-
cy. The principle Of efficiency. applied to
the higher education. as applied to other
forms of services. means getting the utter
most out of every condition and from every
force. 1t represents the largest product for
the least expenditure.
This principle of efficiency necessitates
the fullest use of every dollar given in the
endowment of the higher education, the
most constant use of equipment of every
form, the calling out of all resources OF
teaching staff and of student body. Mega
lively, 1t forbids the duplication Of unnec-
essary Institutions. 1t forbids the setting
up of Unnecessary educational or other ma
chinery for grinding out the educational
grist. It demands that the longest return
be made for each expenditure. for this
year, for all years for this place and this
condition. and for all places and conditions.
The application of this principle of pro-
ficiency would lead to union or an ANAL
gamation of many colleges
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-24
An Auction in Japan.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
A San Francisco man last night Vas tell
ing of various customs of the japanese
which had come under his observation.
zone of their peculiarities is shown in
their method o. conducting auction.
They have auctions in Japan just as We do
in America. but they go at it in little diff
ferent style.
1.-THE auctioneer exhibits the article which
he proposes to sell and asks for bids upon
l.. He does not exhort or caiole, and there
is no excited clamoring of bidders. Lawyer
Marks would be impossible In Japan for
each man who desires to make a bid draws
from his pocket slip of paper. writes upon
II the highest figure he will pay and de-
posits his slip in a box. After the bids are
all in the auctioneer opens the box chances
at the bids and promptly awards the article
10 the man who has offered the greatest
sum-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-24
Willow Culture in New York State.
From the Clyde Times.

From the clyde Times
One Of the crops that has for some time
been attracting attention to- Lyons and
GaIen is that of the basket willow, which
has grown to considerable dimensions In
these two towns. The crop has just been
marketed. and Clyde and Lyons have the
distinction OF being TWO of the most I'M
portant shipping points for this commodity.
In the two towns named Ii Is estimated
that there are nearly three hundred acres
devoted to the culture of these willows.
An average yield this year was six tons to
the acre. and an average price OF about~$lI
per ton was received for the crop that has
been sold. Syracuse is the market to which
all of the willows grown in this vicinity
find their way. When the willows are
stripped of their bark and otherwise pre-
pared for manufacturing purposes they are
worth about $125 per ton.
1t Is said that the first willows grown In
this part of the country were planted by
John 4. Blackburn in 1850. Mr.. Blackburn
came from the south, and gained some
knowledge of willow culture near his former
home In Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-24
UNDERGROUND WALL IN TEXAS.
Mysterious Structure or Deposit That
Gives Name to County.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Near Rockwell Is one of the most curious
formations in Texas, This town and
county were named after it. and many con-
tend that in spite of the opinion OF scien-
lists to the contrary, the formation Is the
product of the toll of prehistoric race:
The rock wall. as 1t is known, extends
along three sides Of the town. but generally
at some distance from it, although to the
south 1t is to be found within 200 or 800
--.-.. of the corporation line.
NO one seems to know just how long 1t
ls but traces of 1t have been discovered
across the river in Dallas county.
Biologists say that the wall owes its
Orgin 70 voeanlS inches is tS
and from to Is incheAVl length. They are
piled on top of one another, just like brick
and with the same regularity.
All of 1t Is under ground At some places
1t comes to within teHfeet of the surface
Of the earth In others one. Will have to
dig down to twice that depth before Its
top Is touched. In the localities where 1t
turned eat ever many of etones and ans
Of the fields are paehtifully besprinkled
with them.
Wells have been dugsqbwn by the side OF
the wall for a distance Of fully fifty feet
but 1t extends beyond tnat depth.
The stones are of a light yellow color and
evidently have micai j6G them. There are
some stre ah;s too which closely resemble bs
and when exposed tor stss elements does not
deteriorate. This isoa%tested by pieces
which have been left EXPOSED for more than
q generation. MA
Another curious THAI about 1t Is that
there Is no other stone-iH the county which
is just like It, Rockwell county has some
fine building stone, but It is an entirely
different kind. 1t resembles more nearly
than anything else the bricks which are
manufactured from the clay found in this
section.
Many believe that this wall was built by
prehistoric men as a fortidcatt0n for set
Element which once stood on this very
spot. Asked to explain why It is that the
wall Is now under ground. they call atten-
ton to the belief Of geologists that ones
the Red river found its way to the sea down
through this valley and that It was mtles
In width. This black dirt. the theorists
contend, Is mixture OF alluvial deposits
and clay, and these mixtures, they say,
covered up the wallis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-24
JAMES W. RADCLIFFE. AucrIoNEER.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE UNIMPRoyE]
real ESTATE. on Is STREET NORTHEAS'I

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE UNIMPRoyED
REAL ESTATE, On * STREET NORTHEAST.
NEAR The NEW UNION STATION.
BY virtue OF certain deed OF trust duly re-
corded, in Liber No. 2106, folio 2S5 seq Of the
land records Of the District Of Columbia and ut
the request of the party secured thereby l. the
undersigned, surviving trustee. will SELL at pub
lie auction. in front OF the premises, on WE'D
NESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF DE-
CEMBER, A. ID. 1904, AT HALF-PAST FOUR
O'CLOCK PM, the following described land and
premises, situate in the city Of Washington in the
District Of Columbia, and designated as and being
part OF lot numbered nine 90. in square numbered
seven hundred and seyenty-five t1T5l, and con-
tained within the following metes and bounds
following: Beginning for the at a point on
X street twenty t20) feet east from the north
west corner Of said lot numbered nine CO.., and
running thence east seventeen 40 feet eight and
one half $50 inches: thence south one hundred
and foriy-two Q4g feet seven % inches; thence
west seventeen az feet eight and one half (S15i
inches, thence north hundred and fortytwo
Qi2) feet 90 inches to the place of beginning,
together with the improvements
Terms of sale: Stated at sale. A deposit of
Sl00 will be required of the purchaser at the time
Of sale. THOS r. STEPHENS0N
delo-c&us Surviving Trustee.