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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-01-13
EXPENSIVE SAWS.
1lave Diamond Pointed Teeth and Arc
Used in Cutting Slabs
of Slate.

Probably the most expensive saws i'm
use anywhere in the world are those in
the factories OF Pennsylvania, where
ars1e1ss asse I9aaGtp6iqfss there are 800 bori
zontal saws, II feet in length, each of
which is furnished with rs cutting dia-
monds, each saw being worth $4,000.
The slate land which furnishes the ma
terial for these costly saws TO work
upon was once SO little valued that the
tract upon which the famous Chapman
quarry in Pennsylvania is situated was
sold for pint of whisky. Its subsequent
owners have taken millions of dollars
from the land.
The most valuable slate deposits in
the world are found in the central part
OF the state. In the neighborhood of
the Pennsylvania quarries there are
houses whose walls are entirely of slate.
the blocks of which they are made are
smoothly sawed, and are most substan-
tial.
When slate is blasted in the quarries
the rough slabs are taken to the shanties
OF the ''splitters." The stone forms nat
urally the layers. and the splitter"
following the grain, or ribbon" with
his large chisel, separates the blocks
into strips. Then these strips are
passed through a trimming machine.
where. by blows of a heavy knife, they
are cut into rectangular Shingles
ready to be used for roofing purposes.
When slate is cut up for use in other
ways the procedure differs. The huge
horizontal saw, with its scores of dia-
monds, is called into play; it is lowered
upon one of the blocks of slate by a
ratchet. The workmen play a stream
OF water upon the slate to keep it cool,
and wash the dust from the cut. After
saving the block is planed by being
| moved back and forth by machinery I'M
der tirmly-fxed chisel. 1t is after
ward polished much as marble and gran
lite are. The value of the slate quar-
ries run into the millions.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-01-13
AN OvER-WIsE CAPTAIN.
Did Not Believe in weather Predic.
tions and Paid Dearly for
His Skepticism.

The weather bureau has saved hun
dreds of vessels from shipwreck, and
thousands of human beings from drown
ing by it's forecasts for the benefit of
mariners. Once in awhile its hurri-
cane predictions are not materialiZed,
owing to the dissipation OF the atmos-
pheric disturbance before reaching the
latitude calculated. or by reason OF the
storm veering off in some other direc-
ton. Usually, however disturbances of
such magnitude as to warrant the is
suance Of hurricane warnings make
themselves felt sooner or later An
example of the dependence that may be
placed on these warnings occurred dur
ing the latter part of the summer. On
August II the weather bureau sent a
graphic warning to Tampico, Mexico,
that a hurricane was approaching the
Mexican coast.
AS the following day, however, was
clear, with light breeze, the captain
of the steamship Jason sailed on the 18th
late in the afternoon. The ships log
tells the rest of the story. Fine weather
up to midnight, then cloudy, and finally
rain at dawn on the 14th, accompanied
by gale and very rough seas. The
storm increased in force until evening,
and by morning on the 18th had exhaust
ed it's fierceness, and by the following
morning sufficiently to permit CT the
matches being opened for the first time
in three days. A lifelong sailor de-
clared it the worst storm he had ever
encountered. The sea was comparable
only to seething. boiling cauldron.
When the matches We're at last opened
27O head of cattle. out of cargo Of G13,
were found dead. The captain, deceived
by the fine weather and nonappearance
of the stern on schedule time, took his
chances, with disastrous results.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-01-13
When Is n Man Rich.

A man with a single million may ten
you in all seriousness that he is poor
Judged from the plane of the pluto-mil-
lionaire he is, indeed, too poor to enter
into and hold his own with their recrea-
tons, pleasures, functions. etc. A man
with $4,000 is considered we'll to DO.
He himself may claim no more. But from
the point of view of the man with Moth
ing at all. $4,000 might purvey all the
dreams OF avarice. But even the penni-
less man who has spirit like Cyranu
should be counted rich, for he feels it,
December Cent. per Cent.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-01-13
GOT IN ALL DETAILS.
Woman Who Opened Bank Account,
for Nephe,Ss and Nieces Gave
Particulars.

"A reporter who was in a hurry was
standing in line at a local bank wait
ing his turn to deposit. There was only
one person ahead OF him and he was
congratulating himself upon his good
luck. The person ahead was a woman,
ana when the reporter arrived she was
just opening up negotiations with the
receiving teller, relates the Washington
Star.
Now, want to open accounts" she
began, for some little nieces and neph-
ews CT mine. It's for Christmas pres
ent, you know '-confidentially-"
I'm only going to put five dollars in each
book. OF course that isn't much, but"
here the teller endeavored to get down
to the business details, but in vain
If they're real saving, as l want them
to be, they'll soon make it more. Lots
OF rich men started with"
Yes, yes, madam" interrupted the
teller IN despasati spf s9t eopGfd ftdhfY
names and ages?"
Why, there's Fannie, my namesalle;
she's nine-no, maybe, it was eight her
last birthday What? Oh, her full
name? Frances Anne, of course-how
stupid of me-and then Joe-no, Joseph
William, named after an uncle that died
hes six and just as cute as he can
be. You wouldn't believe what that
child"
Yes, l would, madam. But please be
as brief as possible and omit every
thing but business Are there any more
children?"
"Oh. yes; there's the baby, Mildred.
She's ten months old, and thought she
seemed pretty young to have a bank
book all to herself; so I'd like to take
one for her and her mother together
her mothers only my brothers sister
in-law, but she's just like an own sis
ter to me. What? I can't do that?
Well, that's funny. But you fix it ac-
cording to the rules. of course"
The reporter, who had at first glared
sayagely at the loquacious depositor
now shifted YEARLY from one leg to the
other and began to show signs of col
lapse.
The teller succeeded in extracting the
necessary information as to the birth
place of the children, and then inquired
in whose name the books were to be
held in trust for them.
will you have it in their mothers
name or their father's?" he asked,
shortly.
Their fathers? Mercy sakes!" ex-
claimed the depositor, energetically
Why, he's perfect, good-for- thing
scamp, if there ever was one. You
couldn't trust him.
mo, | suppose not" fastened the
teller repenting that unfortunate sug-
gestion. The mothers, then, l sup
pose. Her name, age and birthplace.
please. Be asquick as you can, madam. !"
AS he finished the entries he turned
with sigh of relief to see who was
next; but the reporter who had been
waiting so long had given up. He was
| already half block away from the
bank, walking dejectedly and wiping
his brow like a man who had done a
hard days work
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-01-13
Artist Uses Cnmera,

Probably no living artist makes such
liberal use of photography as an aid
to his art as Mr.. Linley Sambourne, the
weIl-known Punch draughtsman. In a
single Louis Seize cabinet he has no
fewer than 10000 photographs of every
description of military Uniform, and
there is at least an equal number of cam
era studies of every conceivable subject
likely to be OF use, from an elephant to
a hospital nurse" Many CT these have
been taken by Mr.. Sambourne himself.
who is an expert with the camera.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-01-13
Mincrsl production.

The mineral products of the United
States are S55e,00O,000 in coal. S242.-
o0o,000 in pig iron, SS7,000,o00 in crp-
per, SIS,0oo,o0o in gold, $cs,00O,OOo in
petroleum, $5500o.OOO in stone, $685.
100000 in silver, s27,oOO.oo0 in natural
gas, and 5000. 900 in lead.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-01-13

"A Weasel seized Bat, who begged hard life "No
no. said the Weasel Il give to BIRDS Birds the
Bat Il bird Mouse. my bodyo Ane, 81 she
got off that time few days later she fell into the
Weasel who unlike the former had stronger anipay
Birds The Bat cried for NO. WEASEL mercy
Mouse But said the Bat you from my wings that am
a Bird And so she escaped that time
so bonorablv
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-01-13
GREED.

When God had made the world He stood
ana gazed upon the charms it had:
Inc thing that He had done was good,
lts glowing beauty made Him glad.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-26
IN 0KLAHoMA woNpER.

This is a large and wonderful coun- try, and all it's wonders are not known to those who do not travel far from New Haven. Oklahoma has some won ders, and though it IS a comparatively fresh territory, one of it's chief won ders is the salt plain in Woods county. This plain is twelve miles long north and south, seven miles across, irregu- larly oval in shape, occupying more than two townships in all The plain is as flat and level as a floor, with not a trace of vegetation on all it's broad ex- panse. but is covered with white salt concretions which glitter in the sun and blind the eyes like a snow field. Tales are told of travellers getting lost in a blizzard or sandstorm on this plain and wandering about until almost dead from fatigue. On a hot day beautiful mirages dance before the eye and all kinds of fantastic shapes appear, so re-
 
 alistic that it requires an effort of the will to convince one that they are noth- ing more than ocular delusions. Al though the Woods county plain is the largest in the territory, it produces relatively small amount of salt water. In woodward. Blaine, Roger Mills and Greer counties there are plains, not so large as that of Woods county, but which furnish much larger amounts of water which comes bubbling up out Of the plains in the form of springs.
 oil and gas have also been found in Oklahoma, and there will be lively times there by and by.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-26
sUGGEsTIoN.

Not so very long ago New Haven was troubled about her government At least she thought she was. being in- stigated to so think by highly intelli- gent gentlemen who are supposed to know what the people ought to be troubled about and when they ought to be troubled. Out Of this trouble, or thinking and instigation. grew a fine new charter, which was said to have in it some of the very latest and best in- ventions for insuring good government to a suffering people. Now there is more trouble, or at least, more talk of trouble, and as nobody has yet sug- gested another new charter We will rise to do it. With a new charter. increased responsibility, definite requirements. etc, etc., we should certainly have bet ter government. And if after having tried new charter for awhile we find things are not perfect the initiative anG referendum must be added to our stock .of governmental machinery. Oh those beautiful and mouth-filling wordsl
 Could anything possibly go wrong if we had the initiative and referendum?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-26

votes in their respective commonwealth are cast by others than those concerned with range interests, and have veered to the side of the builders and the stoekmen of small holdings The inertia and indifference of the Eastern member of Congress is departing. He has heard from his constituency in Massachusetts, New York, or wherever else he may hail from that the people are ready to take up the matter of ad- ministering the free grass to the advan- tage Of all. His newly discovered in- terest may at bottom be politically sell fish, but his advocacy is going to be disinterested, and while his theories may sound academic to the horsemen of the plains they are founded upon a public policy under which this country long ago put an end to crown grants to court favorites, and which in varying manifestations is now demanding toll to the public treasury from the bene- ficiaries of all natural monopolies.- J. D. Whelpley, in Success.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-26

their deficiencies. Of the milk foods. which are generally prepared from milk condensed, sweetened and then evaporated to dryness, with the addi- ton of flour of one kind or another, partly converted into dextrine, some show an excess of carbohydrates, largely consisting of starch, which is quite unsuitable for an infant under mine months old; others are overload led with sugar or fat, and all have ob- jectionable features. Of the condensed Imilks, prepared from cows milk by the evaporation by means of heat under less than atmospheric pressure of a portion of it's water. so that it is gen. erally reduced to about a third of it's volume, with or without the addition of cane sugar, some are made from skinned milk, and are therefore desti-
 ute of clements essential to infant nu- triton, others are made from whole milk, but are so sweetened that fat and Ialbuminoids are reduced below their proper proportions, and all of them de- viate more or less from what perfect infant food ought to be. The great rec Iommendation of the proprietary foods
 lis that they give little trouble. But |even indolent mothers, Dr. Crichton- Browne says. would hesitate to trust to
 them if they realized that the pleasing |plumpness they produce is often hol- low mockery and that their exclusive use often leads to anaemia, rickets and Iscurvy, and undermines the power of resistance to infectious disease.
 Too bad If babies are so soon to be
 done for the old inquiry is still perti-
 nent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-26
Graduatin'

Sis is goin' to graduate; Mother works till offul late; Got a lot of wimmen, too; Guess they never will get through. Gemunnee, when they all come How that old machine does humi Every woman sits and sews, Maxim graduatin' cloze. Sis is goin to graduate; Things is in an offul state; Cloze is piled up six feet deep; Amt no place to eat or sleep. Things is lyin' on the chairs, Table, bed an everywheres; Every place a feller goes Has to keep away from cloZe. Sis is goin' to graduate; She's shoppin' at a fearful rate, Buyin hats an gloves an shoes, Lace an ndkerchiefs--iest sloughs Never gets to school no more, Graduatin's such a bore; Keeps her busy makin' bows For her graduatin eloze. Sis is goin to graduate; Geei It must be somethin' greati Relatives'll all be here, Stringin' in firm far an near; Rushin in an runnin' out, Can't find what it's all about, But from what 1 see I s'pose jest means cloze.
 Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-26

FIGHTING FOR THEIR HOLDINGS.
 With feverish activity the range hungry stockmen are now using every honest method, and, in many cases, dis honest methods, to make their footholds secure, for the warning has been utter ed and it's meaning cannot be mistaken. With a million immigrants coming to the United States. each year, with 5O,0OO Americans seeking new farming lands in Canada in the past F months and with the rising price of bread and meat, the attention of the people can not be diverted longer from the threat of a day in the near future when the United Staes can no longer be called the coun- try of free homes.
 From far away in the Eastern States, where there is no free grass, but where lives majority of the people. the real owners of this property, now comes an inquiry as to the why and wherefore of all these bloody wars among a few for what belongs to all; and furthermore, by what right individuals are building up great baronial landholdings out of the public domain and under laws pre- sumably enacted to encourage the peopling of the country.
 The range men are bold, we'll estab- lished in their position, and confident of their ability to resist encroehments by newcomers or among themselves. Neither do they fear the local authori- ties, for they control town, city, and even State Governments. as absolutely as they control the coming and going of their employees from the home ranch es. In the past they have felt no danger of possible interference from Washington, for they have been practically represented by 26 United States Senators and many members of the lower house. Of late, however, their political weight has fallen off. Some of the Senators from the 1S range States have discovered that majority of the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-26
THE ONLY ONE LEFT.

The last. child looked about him pain fully and winced, without knowing why, at the contemptuous glances of the grown-ups. His mother, shame faced and absorbed. fed him furtively from a bottle, and blushed as she did so.
 Mother" said the child, curiously, what is the matter? Are we different from the rest? What have we done to cause all this prying contempt?"
 His mother sighed as she replied:
 My boy. it is no longer good form to have children. The idea of not having them, promulgated at first by few queens of society, gradually spread to the masses, until it became firmly es7 tablished. Now no self-respecting wife ever has any babies. You are the only one left. You are the last child"
 But, mother. whom am to play with?''
 Playing went out long ago with the advent of psychology and the higher education. It was discovered that children got a certain amount of pleas ure out of playing, and this not being in accordance with the scheme iof life as taught in the highest thought cir cles, it was stricken off the list"
 But, mother. is there no hope for me?"
 None whatever. By being born you have fatally compromised yourself and me. You are a freak, and am ostra- cized. There is no help. for us.'
 And the last child, overwhelmed by the seriousness of the situation, con- scious of the humiliationsof his position,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-26
FREQUENT.

Shawter-Gadboy is always talking about his broker in Wall street.
 Singerly- some people like to ldwell on their misfortunes. Brooklyn Life.
 Tonl-No. I never see Jack any more. Were no longer friends. Dick-Indeed? Does he owe you money or do you owe it to him ?-Ex- change. Young lawyer-Then the litigation is Ionly in preliminary stage? Old lawyer-That's all. The case hasn't been before the courts more than 1.-two years.-Puck. A lady writes to ask what she should wear at the fair.
 Well, for one thing she should wear Ia bouffant pocketbook with a long, green lining. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 There's nothing in the world that quite satisfies Bingle."
 Yes there is" What is it?'' eBingle. Chicago Record Herald. Naybor-Is that new henhouse Iyou're building? MT. Snappey-No; this is an old one I'm building to take the place of the new one I tore down last week.-Phila- ldelphia Ledger.
 Jlmjones-I met a ghost last night, and it spoke to me. Samsmith-Whalt did it say? Jimjones-Haven't the least idea. I'm not familiar with the dead languages Chicago Daily News. Blobbs-These trolley accidents are getting more and more frequent. Slobbs-What has happened now? Blobbbs-A woman thanked a man for his seat, and he dropped dead.- Philadelphia Record.
 Hes too honest to use money on an election" Well" said Senator Sorghum, T Idont know. Maybe he's too honest and then, again, maybe he's too economi- al."-Washington Star. Edna-I don't know whether to call my bulldog Pompey, Scipio or Caesar. Arthur (who has had a sad experi- ence with the animaD-I think Agrippa would be a more suitable name for him. Glasgow Evening Times. In New Jersey-Mrs. Newcome-I sec that mousquetaire gloves are not going to be worn this summer Mrs. Subbubs-Is that so? Well, that certainly shows that sprinkling crude oil did some good, after all.--Judge. Customer-But that umbrella looks so awfully cheap and common the price you ask for it is preposterous Dealer-My dear sir, that's the beauty of that umbrella. It's really the very best quality, but it's made to appear cheap and common so that no one would think it worth stealing.- Phila- delphia Press
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-26
ARE gHKY SLAIN Ar THE START:

q ~ ss 1T E1 SLHhN dl h Y St4A hI /
 It is becoming more and more dan 'gerous to live. Hardly day passes in which some new scare isn't sprung on a trembling world. Now comes Sir James Crichton-Browne, the eminent English authority on education, mental diseases, etc., and tells how the babies get it in the neck and in the stomach. He declares that of the 150,0OO British infants who die annually in the first year of life three-fourths are fed arti- ficially. In France the mortality of suckled children is per cent, and that of hand-fed children is 61 per cent. He quotes the authority of Dr. Hope, medical officer of health for Liverpool, to prove that sanitary conditions have no marked influence on infant mortal ity, and that the methods of infant feeding are chiefly responsible for the high death rate. The patent infants foods and condensed milks which are so portentously puffed, he says, need only be mentioned to be condemned. Thousands of infants have died of them; thousands mained for life by
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-26
4 mIssouRI IhcipNNT.

Once in a while there is an incident lthat seems to count against the prohi- bition theory. Such was something that lharpened the other day to a man i'll
 Bellama Springs, a watery place in
 Missouri. This man went fishing with his gang, and they didn't carry any water with them, feeling sure that they would be able to find all the water they wanted. But they did carry some jugs filled with stuff that both cheers and Iinebriates And it is owing to two of
 those jugs that the excursion was not shadowed by tragedy. They saved
 the life of one of the party. The.cro was in slxiff, except one who was com- ling down the bank with two two gallon Hugs, and in some manner he slipped and fell into the river. He did not let go his grip on the jugs. They acted as life preservers, and he f1oated safely | down the river where the bank was not
 
 there he uncorked the jugs and cele- brated his deliverance. And while mod lerately glad that their .comrade had es- lcaped a watery grave the rest of the lgang found fault with him for using
 too much of that which was in the jugs to celebrate his escape.
 It will be noted that we said above Ithat this incident "seems" to count Iagainst the prohibition theory, and it lmay only so seem. When a rumseller in defending his rumselling told the great pr. Johnson that he was obliged to live, the stern and sincere Doctor replied | that he didn't see the least necessity for Ithat Perhaps this Missouri man who was saved by two jugs of rum could lwell have been spared. If he could his lsalvation can't fairly be called an ar lgument, or even a reason, against the prohibition theory
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-26
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

hIMbEilLE1 Af EINOE ISAll(IE. City Engineers Office, No. IT, City Hall New Haven, Conn, May 23d, 1904. Sealed proposals will be received al this office until 2 p. m., June Eth, 1904. For constructing a Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge on Kimberley Ave. ove} West River, between the City of New Haven and the Town of Orange. The superstructure and the substruc1 ture with approaches in separate cont tracts. Blank forms of proposal, and any int formation concerning plans, specifcaE tions, bonds, &c., will be furnished upof application. No proposal will be received afteI the time specified, and all proposals moi on the blanks furnished or not properlJ tiled out will be rejected. The right to reject any or all bids il reserved. By order of the Director of PubliI
 Works of New Haven and the SelectI
 men of the Town of Orange. k
 c. w. KELLY m24-3t City Enginee1'