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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-12-28

side eight inches apart, and two mar
row strips were nailed across bow and
stern, an extra piece having hole in
it wasanailed ON the bow strip, and a
stick about foot long was stuck in It
for mast. The best kinds of masts
were made of dowels-sticks one
quarter inch thick to be found at lum-
Der yards and hardware stores.
On the mast was. fastened cross
arm just as wide as the boat. A piece
of sheeting made an excellent sail, and
after it was fastened on the arm with
a thread and needle the two lower
corners were fastened securely to the
sides of the boat. The sail was put az
far forward as possible in the bow Of
the boat, for it helped steer, and no
rudder became necessary. Without
any doubt the boy who lives near the
water and finds some odd pieces Of
lumber, some nails and a piece Of
cloth will find in this boatmaking
enough to amuse him OF and on hall
the summer.
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CHAMPION DOG TRAVELLER.
Scotch Collie, Although But Six Years
Old, Has Already Covered
5000 Miles.

AS q globe trotter, with wanderings
extending from the frigid regions of
the north to the tropics, and with east
ing and westing that cover the farthest
reaches of the American continent, six
year-old Shep has record to be
proud of.
1t is something like 5000 miles, of
which considerable was on foot. Shep
is dog, a Scotch collie, the property
of G. Carlton Woodward. He is of the
average size and more than usually
well covered with long, yellow hair,
which turns to black on the tip ends.
Born somewhere in Montana, he
found his way to the Klondike, where,
in Dawson City, in 1902, he was pur-
chased by Mr. Woodward, to become
one of team to draw sled from there
to Fairbanks, $50 miles away. He was
bought at a bargain, too, for he cost
only $50, and showed such intelligence
that he was made leader of the team.
Not counting his trip from Montana
to Dawson City, Shops travels since
Mr.. Woodward has owned him have
been as follows: From Dawson to
Fairbanks, pulling sled, $50 miles;
from there down the Tanana river, by
boat. $50 miles; thence up to Dawson,
by steamer, $50 miles; thence to White
Horse, walking and shedding, $50 miles;
thence to skagway, by train. ITO miles;
thence to Seattle, by boat. 1000 miles;
thence to San Francisco, by rail, 400
miles; next to Panama, where he suf-
fered greatly from heat, by boat;
across the isthmus, by rail-47 miles,
that took three hours-up to New York.
by boat, and from there to Chicago, by
rail, making up the 5000 miles. In Au-
gust Shep started for the Klondike
again.
Shep does his SO miles day walking
without any trouble if his feet are all
right, and if pulling a sled he goes
from So to 40 miles.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-12-28

enough to give anyone fresh, smooth
piece when he is asked. On the paper
draw line II inches long. Four
inches from the end draw another line
across it, which may be seven inches
long. Connect the ends of these lines.
and you will have paper marked out
to look like the kite in the picture.
Cut off all the paper not needed. On
the two lines first drawn cut little
holes about two inches apart, and
through them stick the broom straws.
The tail is made of the same kind Of
paper torn as shown, and should be
about five feet long The ends OF the
cross straw should now be tied to-
gether. fastening them about two
inches apart. Tie thread to this
string, and the kite is ready to fly.
There is generally breeze blow
ing through house, in one window
and out another. Go to the window
where the wind blows outward, and
sail your kite. If it goes round and
round in circle it needs more tail. II
it appears to be too heavy take of q
little Of the tail and then try it.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
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Police Laxity.

Police officials are prone to place the
blame for lawlessness in the city to
lack of numbers in police officers, and it
is undoubtedly true that Chicago needs
a much larger police force if the public
are to be given metropolitan service.
But it is doubtful of the tax-paying pub
lie will willingly stand for greater tax
alton in order that the police force be
increased in numbers until those now in
the city service show what can be done
under proper and efficient police dis
cipline.
The unbiased report of Capt Piper,
of New York, made to the City club a
few months ago, showed much laxity in
police discipline. 1t was pooh-poohed
by the police officials, but the public at
large and the newspapers accepted it at
face value, and demanded a change
which they did not get. Since that time
the Daily News has never dropped the
subject for a day. 1t has kept its news
paper sleuths continually on the track
of the police department, and has day
after day pointed out breaches of discl-
pllu6 duO ucS116SACO Ill pOl4SJ
officers. Taking, for example, an Off
Ger stationed at one of the downtown
street Intersections crossing police
man-whose duties called for his pres
ence on that one street crossing all day.
A News reporter watched him for eight
hours and gave time and circumstances
to account for his absence from his
post of duty for nearly half of that time.
During that time that particular officer
patronized the back door of near
by saloon and secured liquor not less
than half dozen times.
Reporters for the News have followed
policemen from one end of the city tc
the other with like results, finding q
laxity of discipline and disregard 81
standing orders in every police district
The result is the public demand eff
cheney in small force before it's mum.
bers are increased.
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set adrift in Long Island sound. Off
they would go like catamarans, some
times at an angle with the wind, but
always out of sight, never to return.
Once in awhile one would be adjusted
Just right, and then it was hard to
keep up with it by rowing, 1t would
go so fast. The seas would go over
them. but as they had no deck on they
would go. 1t was found after awhile
that too short boat would not steer
very we'll. A long boat, on the other
hand, would keep pointing about right,
SO that they were made from two to
eight feet long. The best way to
build the boat was to find a board
about four feet long and six or eight
inches wide. This was sawed diagon-
ally across the center, and the angle
made on each piece was made the bow.
These two pieces were held side by
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-12-28
Some Postal Routes.

iAmong the many classes that suffer
flfm Chicago's lack of civic improve
mAnts are the city postmen. The rural
free delivery carriers of the country dis
tricts have no need to envy their city CO.
workers, or at least that portion of them
that serve the outlying districts of Chi
cago.
Inrthe spring and winter the neat gray
uniforms so familiar in the business sec
ton of the city give place to hip boots
and slickers in the southern sections
that is as yet but little more than a
swamp. Here it is that the postman,
like the householder, must utilize the
floating sidewalks as a means of max
ing his rounds in the spring, and in the
winter must pillow through great drifts
of snow and slush on unbrollen road
ways.
Equally as bad conditions exist on the
North side, though not to so large al
extent. One carrier there, with ali
eight mile route to cover, has been sup
piled with horse and blackboard to
enable him to get over the territory
IL is d pleasant ldSh III lllc Dl1S3uI udS
of summer, but for some eight months
of the year it is harder proposition
than that of any rural carrier in the sec
tions favored with rural delivery
Sidewalks or paved streets are unknown
quantities, and in places there is no bot.
tom to the mud. To get out of the buck
board is to invite disaster, and he throw;
the mail at the front door and blows {
horn to announce his presence. Dan.
iels. the carrier is one OF the oldest mer
IN the service and is extremely popula1
With the people whom he serves. Hi!
experiences, including numerous res
cues of his~horse from untimely dealt
in the mud, would make an interestin;
book. and he can ten more hard-weathe
stories than any other nan in the posta
service.
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ferred from the fact that within period
of three weeks the newspapers reported
70 hold-ups, IA people wounded and one
murder in addition to more than SO
burglaries.
Chief of Police O'Neil gave two rea-
sons for the reign of crime. He at
tributed part of it to the West sids
street fair, which attracted great
crowds to Madison street every evening
and gave the thugs an opportunity for
successful operations. His other rea-
son was the packing house strike, which
he said not only drew the criminal
classes to the city, but necessitated the
detailing of nearly one-third of the city
police force to the stocllyards, and so
leaving the city at the mercy of the
thugs.
But the street fair and the strike both
passed into history and the hold-ups
and robberies continued with undated
vigor until the business and profession
al interests of the city organized for
public protection, and forced action on
the part of the police, and now Chicago
is gradually recovering from it's reign
of terror.
The remarkable feature of the history
of Chicago's criminal classes is the num-
Der of boy bandits the city has produced.
Some of the most desperate thugs the
police have brought to bay, as for ex-
ample the car barn bandits and the STAY
ers of Hans Peterson, were mere boys.
They are the product of the caves and
shanties constructed by boys as loafing
places in the vast stretches of open ter
ritory within the city. These caves and
shanties serve as reading rooms for yell
low back literature; as drinking places,
and are the primary schools for GRIM
inals. Ostensibly they are innocent play
houses of the boys, but in reality they are
the breeding places of lawlessness and
anarchy.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-12-28
A KITE THAT FLIES WELL
Made Of Material That Is Found in
Every House, and Put Together
in Few Minutes.

Kites are SO seldom seen in town
that they excite comment whenever
they appear 1t takes quite lot Of
room to fly kite, and it is not alto
gether safe thing to fly one from the
roof. Here is small kite which may
be easily made and flown from q win.
dow. The material is found In every
house, and it doesn't take much effort
to make one.
Get two long straws from the house
broom, piece of thin, unwrinkled pa
per, and some light thread-No. so or
60. The best paper is the white wrap.
ping paper used in grocery stores, and
the average grocery clerk 10 kind
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-12-28
The Reign of Crime.

King Highwayman has held court in
Chicago since early in the summer, and
has ruled the city with rod of iron,
scorning the efforts of the police to
drive him from lucrative field, ard be-
coming holder in his operations with
the passing of each day.
The reign of crime with which Chi
cago has been cursed for several weeks,
and in fact months, is subsiding little.
What it has amounted to may be in
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-12-28
Nerve wrecking Noises.

Experts have pronounced Chicago a
city of nerve-wrecked people. A city
commission that has investigated the
subject among the children especially
say that at least one in three are suffer-
ing from nervous disorders of one form
or another and noise is given as the
greatest cause.
There is no other city in America,
and probably none in the world, where
noise is such predominating feature
of city life as in Chicago. There is no
other city in the world with anything
like an equal mileage of cable street
railways, and as noise producers the
cable lines are far ahead of electric
lines. There are few cities in the world
with a greater mileage OF elevated rail-
roads, and none where SO great num-
Der of trains invade so densely popu-
lated business district as in Chicago.
There>is no other city in the world with
SO many trunk lines of railway
entering it as Chicago, and these
railways invade almost every sec.
ton of the city, and the rumble
of trains, the screech of the whistle and
the changing of bells are never stilled.
There is no other city in the world with
a greater number of manufacturing es-
adjustments in it than Chicago, and
each of these contribute their full quota
of noise.
When one mas lived with the noises of
Chicago for few years, and has felt
their effect upon the system, one can
readily realize the truth Of the COM
missions statement that the city is
populated by nerve wrecked people.
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
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THIRTY MINUTE sAlLBoAT.
Just the Thing for Boy Who Has
Neither Patience Nor Mechan-
ical Ingenuity.

The boat that is here shown was de-
signed especially for boy who had
neither patience, tools nor skill. He
wanted boat, and one that would go
fast. A board with a sail stuck upon
it was not to his liking, and SO this
entirely original affair was produced.
Nothing in the boat was of value ex-
cept as kindling wood, but the making
and sailing of similar boats afforded
many an hours entertainment. Each
day when the wind was blowing off
shore one or more of these boats were
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-12-28
THE SUMS JOURNEY.

The sun is up so very long,
Before a bodys out.
He hurries through the dusk and dew,
And garden flowers about
A little child may peep at him
While lying still in bed,
And watch behind the nursery blind
His round and yellow head.
From morn to noon and afternoon,
He PAGES slowly round
And warns the trees and all he sees,
And dries the dewy ground.
Sometimes he sits beside the door,
Sometimes upon the wall.
He stops and pats the tabby-cats
And has smile for all.
But when the day is near its end.
And children nod and yawn,
With steps as far giants are,
He strides across the lawn.
Beyond the field he goes until
Where meadows end. you spy
A half his head, and then instead,
One winking, sleepy eye.
Carolyn S. Bailey. in Youths Compan
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-12-28
How to Get Along.

Barlow-The Wigginses seem to get
along together wonderfully. never
supposed they would, their tastes being
so dissimilar
Catlan-Thats just the reason why
they do get along so we'll. He is al
ways talking on literary subjects and
she talks OF nothing but her house
work. AS neither knows anything
about what the other is Speaking of
they never have any disputes.-B Boston
Transcript.
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Adding Insult to injury.

The day had been appointed for the
ceremony which was to make one of
two, but for some reason best known
to the tickle maid she had relinquished
the glittering solitaire.
ooh, we'll" said the young man in the
case. Il don't suppose could be happy
with a woman who dyes her hair, any
way"
Sir, it's false!" she exclaimed indig-
nantly.
rs it?" he rejoined. 81 thought it was
only dyed. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Just Before Her Marriage.

What she wrote:
Dear Fred-As you are aware. l
shall marry Mr.. Gotrix this coming
week. Will you kindly burn all the
little notes have sent you? shall do
SO with yours. GoQd-by.-Ethel."
What he wrote:
Dear Miss Ethel-Your request
shall be complied with. And. by the
way, your affianced also holds few
notes of mine that wish you would
prevail upon him to let you burn with
the rest.-Ever your friend. Fred
Tit-Bits.
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FAITHFUL TO HIS TRUST.
This Dog Is Not Beauty, But What
he Lacks in Looks He Makes
Up in Fidelity

During the hours of three and four
O'Clock every morning in the week ALI
nighters and early morning pedes-
TRANS meet dog in the vicinity Of
Main and Twelfth streets carrying in
its mouth a tin BUCKET. The dog seem.
lngly comes from the southwest part
OF the city and persists in keeping the
middle of the roadway and walking
between the street and car tracks. II
never ventures on the sidewalk. and
when an owl car happens along It
steps aside and waits urtil the car is
well out of the way before resuming
it's journey, which terminates some-
where in the wholesale district.
He would never win beauty prize
at dog show, but what he lacks in
beauty he makes up in fidelity to duty
and master. His coat is shaggy and
unkempt and he seemingly believes
that familiarity breeds contempt, for
he steadfastly refuses to make friends
with anybody and shows disdain
toward those who have made a show
of friendliness.
Keep your distance and I'll keen
mine," is meaningly shown by the
dogs manner and this holds good to
dogs as well as people, for it is notice.
able that he is not interfered with by
CANNES that he meets up with in his
travels. The other dogs gaze at him
in wonderment, but make no advances
either friendly or hostile. AS yet no
one has been able to find out what the
tin bucket contains, but it has been
suggested that it maU be the early
breakfast of his mazter5 who, it is
thought, is employed as either watcn-
man or night engineer somewhere in
the Office buildings or wholesale dig
| trict.-Kansas City Journal. n
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Sir, it's false!" she exclaimed indig-
Reversing the Rule.

"So!" exclaimed the rejected lover.
Cali you have wanted of me has been to
photograph me in every conceivable
attitude, because am good subject'!"
II confess it, Mr.. Spoonamore, said
the fair camera fend. That is ALL
Before being shaken have been we'll
taken, anyhow" he howled, grasping
his hat and rushing forth into the chilly
darkness of the night.-C Chicago Tribune.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-12-28
In the Fall.

In the fall the shabby lawyer tries to
win a suit of clothes; in the fall deeper
crimson roosts upon the toper's nose;
in the fall the politician gets his work
in on the stump; in the fall the festive
goldman upward makes the prices jump;
in the fall the summer maiden at the
seashore ends her stay; in the fall the
bunko artist selleth gold bricks to the
jay.-Cincinnat Enquirer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-12-28
A Risky Journey.

Indian Chief Ito prisoner)-you say
you are foreign tourist?
Prisoner-Yes.
"And you have title!"
eyes"
"And you are unmarried"
eyes,
"Well, will let you go; but you will
have to run the gauntlet of American
heiresses all the way from Denver to
New York. IN. Y. Weekly.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-12-28
An Experiment.

Pa, didn't you say cat has nine
lives?"
81 may have remarked that that is a
popular belief"
Then our cat must have lost eight of
them before we got her, cause let her
down into the cistern just once for half
an hour. and she looks awful dead now"
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
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money.
What a Baby Can Do.

Friend-I don't understand why you
and your husband should have separat-
ed so soon.
Mrs. Aftermath-It was all owing to
the baby's temper.
mercy on US! How could that be?"
I'VE couldn't agree as to whicl one
of us the baby took after."--N. Y.
Weekly.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-12-28
Where the Mask Comes In.

Patience-He married a woman with
money, believe?
Patrice-Yes. she's got all kinds Of
money.
"Homely, l SUPPOSED"
"Frightfully! But he doesn't mind it,
You see, they spend most of the time
in their automobile, and she wears a
mask."-Yonkers Statesman
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-12-28

Miss Ghest-Do you think that min
eral water is good for the health, Jonas
Jonas-Oh vas, m. When some gem
men fust comes heah, muffin don't sat
isfy EN-, an at de end OBJ week dey S
foreber tellin' me to keep de change
Century Magazine.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-12-28
Color.

"You are common clay, after all:'
he exclaimed, vexed with himself, will
the world, but above all with her
The beautiful wretch laughed lightly
81 only wish l were" she said
"Then | could have my colors fired in
instead of having to have high
priced maid to put them on fresh
every day."-Puck.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-12-28
Quality and Quantity.

1 isn't a-pinin' an sighin',
But dis worl' would seem better, vo<t
If reed bird was big as an astrich
An possum was big as cow.
washington STAR
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-12-28
Not Appreciated.

my heart is lost" the milkmaid sang,
And the farmer said: "B'gosh,
! reckon 'twouldnt make folks weep
Eff you'd also lose yore voice."
Cincinnati ENQUIRER
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-12-28
Retort Civil.

Giffie-Hi, old man! My, but YOU ays
sight! How'd you get all the skin
rubbed off the end of your nose?
Il Spinks with hauteur)-Not by polk
ing it into otheE 7eople's business, CAP
tell you that! IIEIa delphia Bulletin.
ILES. No,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-12-28
Pertinent Query.

He that rises has far to fall,
But if men went dreading the drop,
Say. where is there one among US all
That ever would reach the top?
IN. Y. Herald.
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every dog, sir, has his day."
whats the good of that if he doesn't
know when he is having it?"-Ally
Sloper.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-12-28

Visitor-rve brought you a few choc-
olates. But suppose you always have
quantities of sweets?
Ethel-No, don't. eat 'em all.-st
Louis Republic.
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Sweet Honey.

Ernestine-Yes, indeed, Jack brought
me box of the most delicious candies
l ever tasted.
Eva-You dent say! Did you smack
Your lips?
Ernestine-oh, he attended to thai.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
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A Different Metal.

81 wonder what led him to propose
to her."
1T wasn't lead, but gold. "--Philedel-
phia Press
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