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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-09
AN OLD SMOKERS DREAMS
He Had to Give Up His Pipe and
Cigar, But Still Enjoyed
Them.

1T has been IS years since [ was
told to break loose from tobacco, as
over-induigence in smoking was about
to knock me out" said S. ]. Mason, of
Chicago, reports local exchange.
From that day, though SO dear
lover of the weed, l haven't put
a cigar or pipe between my lips, and
yet, strange as it may sound, on nu-
merous occasions find myself putting
out huge clouds of smoke drawn from
the most fragrant Havanas that ever
were given to solace mankind.
"These smokes, let it be understood.
come in my dreams, but the enjoyment
they confer is as solid and substantial
as in the old days when the indulgence
was a reality Curiously enough, too.
the visions always present a group of
friends. can see them putting away
vigorously. l catch the aroma they
blow forth; hear their conversation
as in the old days, and the whole at
mosphere Is of tobacco. Yet, despite
these vivid pictures, awakening brings
no desire to resume the ancient habit.
and % l expect to continue dreaming
of smoking to the end of the CHAPTER
without ever putting it in practice"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-09
A BIT OF CHINESE HuMoR.
Illustrative of the slyness Of the Mon.
golian Under ALI Cir
cumstances.

Here is typical example of Chit
full OF people was on the point OF
pushing off from the shore whe1 q
man came running up in hot haste
and asked to be taken on board.
There's no room; we can't take you,''
answered the boatman. But he was.
not to be put off so easily. IF you
will let me come" he cried, II will
tell you tale" The passengers be-
gan to discuss the situation I'VE
have nothing to do" they said to each
other, "and it's very tedious. If he
were to tell us a story it would while
away the time" Accordingly (regu-
lations as to the number of passengers;
being by no means strict in the f1owery
land) the applicant was allowed to
come on board The passengers
squeezed closer and so managed 10
make room for him, proving the truth
of the German adage: MANY patient.
sheep go into small fold"
After giving the newcomer a little
breathing time they asked for the
promised story. Without hesitation he
began: "Ch'ao Ch'ao once led $4,000
men (infantry and cavalry to the
south of the Yangtze" Ch'ao Chao
was a famous Chinese general who
lived in the time of the Han dynasty.
about the beginning of the Christian
era and whose deeds of prowess are
still related with great gusto among
his fellow countrymen. "On their
way went on the story-teller, they
had to cross river by a bridge which.
consisted of a single plank. They
crossed over one by one" Here the
narrator began to make noises which
were supposed to represent the tram
ping of the steeds: "Teh-teh- teh y"
This went on till his audience grew
rather tired of it. !
At last some one said: please go
on with the story" "You must wait
for them to cross the bridge" was the;
answer. when $4,000 men and
horses have to cross a one-planh
bridge it won't do to hurry them; they
must be careful or they might fall into
the water" and he calmly resumed his
"teh-teh-teh.'' Again his audience
pleaded for continuation of the story,
but again he declined to be hurried.
"They can't cross the bridge in
short time" he said; "they must go.
slowly and carefully" So he went OH
with his "teh-teh-teh,' and, however
much he was urged, he would say.
nothing else. So the boat reached its.
nd no CT uyoc
finished, because Ch'ao Chaos army
had not yet had time to cross the
bridge.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-09
Fighting by Lamp1igi,t.

DR.. Anita Newcomb MCGEE, who is
to take from Philadelphia to japan a
detachment of Red Cross nurses, was
talking the other day about wars hor-
rors.
"In Cuba, during our war with
Spain" she said, "a new nurse of mine
had occasion one afternoon TO buy a
gallon of oil.
"The price of the oil was enormous
ly high, and the nurse complained
about it.
why she said, do YOU charge
SO much?'
con has gone up. ma'am,, the dealer
answered.
why hrs il gone up?'
con account If the war;
"The nurse sneered. Have they ia
ken, she said. to fighting now BY
lamplight? IN. Y. Tribune
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-09
FIRST BOOKS TO BE MADE
Every Civilized Nation from Its Earl
lest History Knew the Art
Of Writing.

The oldest books in existence are,
doubtless, those of the Babylonians;
but the great permanency of these is
explained by the material of which
they are composed, and it does not
necessarily follow that they were the
first books to be made, says Harper's
Magazine. We know that the Egyp-
tians employed a papyrus roll from
the earliest historical periods, and
that the Hindoos made their palm-leaf
books at very early day. In short,
every civilized nation is discovered at
the very dawn of its history in full
possession of a system of bookmak-
ing.
1t is impossible to decide the ques-
ton as to whether one nation borrowed
from another in developing the idea
of bookmaking.
Limiting our view strictly to the his
toric period, we find, as has been said
the five types of books in general use.
We have now to consider briefly the
distinguishing characteristics of each
of these types before going on to note
the steps of development through
which the modern book was evolved.
First let us give attention to the
papyrus roll of the Egyptians. AS
has been said, this type of book was
employed in Egypt from the earliest
day of the historical period. AS is
we'll known, papyrus is a species of
primitive paper-the word paper" be-
ing, indeed, derivative of "papyrus'-
which was made of strips of the papy-
rus plant placed together to form two
thin layers, the fibers of one crossing
those of the other, and the whole made
into thin, firm sheet with the aid OF
glue and mechanical pressure The
strips of papyrus were usually from
8 to Ia inches in width. and from
few feet to several yards in length
This scroll was not used, as might
perhaps have been expected, for the
insertion of single continuous col
umn of writing. A moments consid.
Grafton will make it clear that such q
method would have created difficulties
both for the scribe and for the reader;
therefore the much more convenient
method was adopted of writing lines g
few inches in length, so placed as tt
form transverse columns, which fol
lowed one another in regular sequence
from the beginning to the end of the
scroll
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-09
POLITICIANS OF PoMPEII.
There Were Candidates in Those Days
Run by Factions as in
Our Times,

Recently Joseph Oxford read paper
before the Society for the Encourage
ment of the Fine Arts in which he de-
scribed what must have been munich
pal election in Pompeii shortly before,
in 70 A. D., the ashes and lava of We
suvius overwhelmed it and Herculane-
UNI. 1t is the claims of candidates, says,
the Boston Transcript, that we read in
these strange and long undecipherable,
inscriptions on the walls. tits the Pom
peiian way of announcing: For mayor,
Michael ]. Gracious, the friend of la
bor"
Some of these placards are rudely-
done. Some are set forth with skill
and with embellishments. One of them
contains bit of street car health food
yerse-all painted in red. No less than
our own candidates of to-day, those of.
the year 70 were put forward by par
ties Of supporters. There were the.
trades interests. There was the money
power to be vituperated on the stump.
The spellbihder addressed as Friends.
and fellow citizens of Pompeii," the,
woodcutters' union, the fishers, the per-
formers and dyers, the BARRIERS and por-.
tiers. He explained to them what were.
the mere rights of man and what were
their more glorious privileges as free
and united advocates of the six-hour
day.
And there were faddists in those days.
persons to whom South Boston would
apply the epithet "bughouse.'' These.
were the long sleepers, the deep drink
ers. They ran candidate in common
who was solemnly pledged to the sup
preston of street noises and the chief
plank in their platform was club sand.
witch.
The heterogeneous religion of the city
crept into politics. Venus was princi-
pally worshiped we know, but by the.
side of her temples were shrines to Isis
and Horus and Anubis. And at this last.
election we hear of minority party who,
in caucus assembled decided to call
themselves the Isis passive resisters..
They seemed to des4e most of all rep.
resentation on the police force.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-09
Lights and Winks.

a Russian ophthalmologist affirms
that contrary to generally received opin-
ion the electric light is less prejudicial
to the sight than the other varities of ar
tificial light. He bases this affirmation
on the fact that diseases and affections of
the eye are directly proportional to the
frequency of winking. Now he has shown
that winking occurs with evndleligh.
6.8 times minute; with gaslight. 2.S
times with sunlight. 2.2 times. and only
1.3 times with the electric light.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-09
Inquisitive Farmer.

In each telephone receiver there is.
bit of granulated carbon that looks.
not unlike gunpowder. The other day
near Huntington, w. Va, an inquisi-
tive farmer took his telephone to.
pieces to see what made it talk. He.
spilled out the granulated carbon, bu.
since the stuff looked like gunpcwder-
he thought it must necessarily be-
nothing else. Wherefore he got down
his powder horn and filled up the
space with the granules. Then he
called up central" to see if everything
would work all right. An electric
spark set the powder off and the
farmers ear was almost torn off.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-09
THE Lone-Aeo.

o. the beautiful, beautiful past,
With its memories all aglow;
They are cleaning tonight. with a radi-
ance bright,
From the shadowy long-ago.
The mountains, rock-ribbed and rough,
Where our feet grew weary and worn,
Are brought to view and are clothed anew
With beauty of heaven born.
The storm in the valley sighed
With its sometimes sweet refrains,
But our souls are at rest on it's heaving
breast,
For the music alone remains.
The sunset of life draws near
In the sweet and blessed calm;
Its tender ray gilds the sombre day,
And mellows it's tears to balm.
And we list at eventide
For the distant bells, which, 10!
In the waning light, ring sweet good
night
To the chimes of the long-ago.
Marion Boal, in United Presbyterian.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-09
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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-09
Tobacco Ash Wasted

1t has been calculated that 5000 tons
of tobacco ash is annually wasted in
England. 1t would make an Invaluable
fertilizer TO: poor soil, considering that
rs per cent. consists of calcium and
potassium salts, and is per cent. of mag
nesium and sodium salts, including near
ly five per cent. of the essential constitu-
ent to all plants-phosphoric acid.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-09

doubled, but were entirely fruitless.
In June, '98, had occasion to ride
over part of the range about ten
miles distant from the home ranch.
The nature of the country was rather
curious. The soil was heavy, orange
colored sand, growing a fairly good
stand of pasture grass, and spanglcd
at this season with wild flowers of
every hue. At frequent intervals there
rose red sandstone rocks, some of great
size, and carved by weather into the
most fantastic shapes. Here would be
a table, many hundred tons in weight,
set on three slender legs; there thin
slab, serving edgeways for sun dial
Fancy could picture George Washing
ton, the Sphinx and other celebrities,
when the strange masses were looked
at from the proper point.
These crags were the home of Wild
cats, and my bull-terriers (who gen.
orally succeeded in following me when
l meant to leave them at home) were
soon busting one from rock to rock.
The cat finally took refuge in mass
of red sandstone about an acre in ex
tent, the terriers following, and while
| waited for them to come out again |
amused myself by examining the
curious formation. On three sides the
walls were sheer, or perhaps little
ovcrhanging, to the height of 40 feet.
At the top the weather had done
strange work. Growing the walls
were great mushroom-like shapes, on
high. thick stems. each different and
vet all alike. The intervals were al
most regular, giving the appearance Of
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-09
Ocean EGG Boilers.

The automatic egg boilers on ocean
craft are destined to cook 200 eggs at
once, a clock arrangement causing the
basket containing the eggs to hop out Of
the water at any half minute up to sin
minutes.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-03-05
WILL MAKE BACON.
poses to Drive American Pig
Out of ireland.

Richard Croker has begun his resi-
dence in Ireland by throwing himself
into the industrial revival that Is pro-
ceeding there. His first scheme is the
creation Of bacon factory in Tipperary.
He is not going to run it exclusively as
his own, but he is finding the money TO
set the machinery in motion. He has
planked down $4,000 to put up build
ing, which will be supplied with the lat
est machinery and appliances for bacon
curing purposes. He has financed a
delegation which is now exploring Den
mark for the purpose of ascertaininS the
latest methods employed in that country
in creameries and bacon curing.
1t is Mr.. Cookers intention to work
the factory on the cooperative principle.
He has made thorough investigation
into the possibilities of the proposed
business and he has satisfied himself
that the native product will drive
American bacon out Of Ireland. He is
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-03-05
BIG BEARS IN ALASKA.
There Are so MANY OF Them That
stock sEai~crS Make Complaints
90 Legislators.

Senator Foster. of Washington state.
has received a Macedonian cry for help
from the ravages OF big bears in Alas
ka. II President Roosevelt ever again
wants glorious hunt for bruin. Mr..
Foster is willing to pilot him to the
grounds where great game is plentiful.
The Alaskan variety Of bear is said to
weigh from 1900 to $500 pounds.
A recent letter in Dir. Foster mail
from Seattle tells the story. I'VE
shipped 300 head of cattle and 800
breeding ewes to Kodiak. Alaska, last
spring" writes firm of packers from
that city. THE bears have been get
ting into the bunch and have killed SOB
to data During the mlx-up about IL
bears were slain. About 80 days ago
two bears got into the sheep and after
killing p sheep and tearing the coat
of one man. the bears were killed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-03-05
IS VERY PECULIAR WILL
Last Testament Of John CrisweII a
Subject Of Comment.
MAKES NUMEROUS REQUESTS
But Provides That all His Property in he
End Is to Go to the Falling Waters

The will of the lata- John W. Girls
well, filed for probate with County
Clerk Bender Monday, is perhaps
one of the most remarkable documents
offered for probate in this county IN
many years, and has occasioned vast
deal of comment on the part of those
familiar with Mr.. Criswell and the
terms of the instrument. The will
was written on hotel note paper De.
cember l6, 1902, aud its first provision
is to revoke former will made in
Baltimore and in which Daniel Miller,
for Whom Mr.. Criswell was travel
ing salesman. was named as executor.
1t was evidently Mr.. Criswell's in
tention to draw up a formal document,
for it is said he had engaged a local
attorney for that purpose. His death
came suddenly with the task unfinish-
ed, and the rambling and imperfect
document found among his papers at a
local bank was readily admitted as
his last will and testament by the
county clerk.
That Mr.. Criswell intended all his
property, with enc exception, to
eventually go 10 the Falling Waters
Presbyterian church, no one who
reads the document can doubt. With
the single exception of the tract OF
land in Missouri, willed to Robert
Criswell. of that state, in fee simple
all the real property is left to residents
of Berkeley county, with the provis-
| ion that the benefciaries are to hold
the requests during life only, when
| it is to revert TO the Falling Waters
church. The bonds. cash in bank,
stocks, etc, are left to Margaret V.
Criswell, of Baltimore, under the
same provision. The interest on the
81, 600 is left to the trustees of the
church for the purpose of caring for
his and other graves and long list
of tombs to be cared for out of the
paltrv interest is enumerated In the
will. TIE interest on the sum of 81, 600
is also left to young lady, distant
relative, with the provision that it go
at her death to the church.
The Only near relative Mr.. Criswell
had, with the exception of his wife
with whom he had not lived for
years., was step. brother, and his
name does not appear in the will, the
farm on which he resided going to "A
more distant relative.
There is great deal of speculation
as to whether the will is a binding
instrument in all of it's provisions. Ii is
regarded as certain that it will not
hold in the courts as regards the pro-
vision that the property is to revert
to the church, but whether the other
provisions will be accepted is as vet
uncertain. ATTORNEY A. 9. Naden-
bousch has been made executor.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-03-05
DECISION RENDERED AT LAST
BILL OF COMPLAINT AGAINST THE
BA LTImoRE & OHIO DISMISSED
Judge Declares That They Did Not vio'
late Contract by Sending Traffic
via This city.

In the Circuit court in Baltimore
on Saturday, Judge Dobler filed an
opinion in the case of the Western
Maryland Company against the Bal
timore g. Ohio railroad company, in
which he dismissed the bill of compl-
amt, The suit was for alleged breach
of contract on the part of the Balti-
more 81 Ohio to ship all of its traffic
between its road and the Philadel.
phia s. Reading via the Western
Maryland over the Cherry Run and
Altenwald cut off, and not by the
way of this city, as they are doing at
present. The arguments and testi
mony i'm the case have occupied sew
eral months.
The Judge said that from the plead
ings and testimony certain facts were
clearly established and he made his
decision according. He said that the
Western Maryland threatened to di-
vide the traffic and that the Balti-
more 81 Ohio did not violate it's con.
tract withdrawing traffic from the
Cherry Run route and forwarding it
by a shorter line via the Cumberland
Valley through this city.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-03-05
NEWS OF JONES SPRING.
United Brethren Minister VIII Leave
for New Charge.


Jones Springs, March Rev. s. A
Crabill, for some time past pastor of
the United Brethren church at this
place, will dispose of his effects in a
short time and leave for his new
charge in Pennsylvania. Mr.. Crabill' 8
retirement from this circuit will be
regretted by many, as he is an ex
cellent Christisn gentleman and a
good preacher. who endeavored to
discharge his duties to the pest of his
ability. His friends here will wish
him success in his new field of labor
H. III. Horner, A. G.. Horner and
Harry Murphy will shortly leave for
Ohio to reside permanently.
Charles Minghini has recovered
from siege of illness.
O. W. Crowell spent Saturday in
Shepherdstown on business.
Miss BerthaIBovey visited her par
ents here last Saturday and Sunday.
DeWill Horner, of Bunker Hill, is
visiting friends and relatives in this
section.
Miss Carrie Stuckey and Albert
Horner were guests of Mr.. @. W.
Stuckey on SUNDAY.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-03-05
FIREMAN FATALLY INJURED.
ii. G. PRICE JUMPS EROm AN ENGINE
AT CUmBERLAND.

AIights on His Head and sustsiDs
Fracture of skull-Formerly
Lived at Brunswick.
II. G. Price, of South Cumb erland.
formerly of Brunswick, Md, Balti-
more and Ohio railroad fireman, was
fatally injured Saturday night in at
tempting to jump from his engine,
near the South Cumberland coal
tipple. Price started to move the en-
CINE, and for some reason lost con-
troll. of it. The engine started rapid.
ly down through the yards, and when
Mr.. Price found he could not stop the
engine he jumped, alighting on his
head. The engine ran on and dashed
into another engine, derailing and
damaging both. Fireman Price was
removed to the hospital, where an
operation was performed, but his
physicians state he cannot possibly
recover. A portion of his brains was
found oozing from large wound in
his head Heis about 35 years of age.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-03-05
CHANGE IN REAL ESTATE.
Deed. Recorded for Tract. Tia. H.v.

Deeds Heeorueu hor 1fees Ah~s nav
Been Transferred.
The following are deeds that have
been recorded for tracts Of real estate
located in the county, recently trans
ferred:
John Wilson and.wife to Nancy E
Ogden, two tracts located in Berkeley
county. $3.50.
Lucy Z. Tabb and husband to DR.
J. H. Shipper. lot in Gerardstowr
district, $500.
Mark A. Little and wife to A. j.
Snyder, lot in NJ. M. M. & l. Co.'S ad
dition, 1925.
Mary E. Uhlum to J. Frank Thomp
son. lot on College street, 1926.
George W. johnson special com. tc
A. II. and l.. E. Bentz, lot in Martins
burg, $4,000.
A. f. Bentz and wife to Mark A.
Little, lot on North Queen street
80, 900.
Thomas ]. Harris and wife to A.
Kogleschatz. ir.. lot in Martinsburg,
$3.50.
W. @. Kilmer, trustee, to j. III.
Richards, lot in Hedgesville, $500.
J. @. Leidig and wife to II. B.
Couchman. Z acres in Opequon dis.
trict, $537.75.
w. W. Barner and wife to Flora B.
Shirver, lot in Arden district, $l75.
Hattie Darby and others to r. s.
Eichelberaer, lot on West Race street,
81. 700