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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-24

These mills are engaged in cutting lum-
the town of Hardin.
1t is clear that Russia intends to pro-
vide for all the requirements of lum-
Der in Manchuria and Siberia, with a
possibility of entering the Chinese mar
ket.
The government has established a
ruling that all railway and government
supplies must be purchased from the
Russian companies if possible. This is
encouraging many industries in Man
churia, of which the lumber industry is
one.
The recent purchase of considerable
quantities of lumber from the United
States was due to the haste in providing
quarters for Russia's army in Man
churia.
The railway will require many ties,
or sleepers, as these decay very fast,
many having to be replaced before the
railroad is completed. This is due to the
fact that the railway is not yet ballast
ed, and the ties are laid deep in the earth
and sand not even the ends being eX-
posed to the air. These ties are now
coming in considerable quantities from
Siberia and Japan, and | do not believe
it possible for the United States to COM
pete for the trade.
The Russians are familiar with the
lumber, wheat and flour business, and as
they have the natural advantages and the
earnest support of their banks, railways
and government throughout Manchuria,
| am convinced that their development
of these industries is likely to soon close
this market to the United States in these
products, and if they show intense en-
ergy and enterprise they will become Sc
we're competitors in the great markets
Of China for flour, especially, and pos
sibly for lumber.
There is none of the lumber that ]
have yet seen equal to the Oregon pine
but much of it is good enough for the
common markets of China, and will be
accepted for most purposes.
HENRY r MILLER
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-24
A MODEL.

When I lay Dolly down to s'eep
She shuts her eyes up tight,
She never gives one single peep
However dark We night.
She doesn't fink of booger men
Or bears or tings like vose,
Or kick We cover off her when
She's once beneaf We clo'es.
An when my Dolly's wide awake
An settin' up in bed,
She doesn't cwy at all or make
A naughty fuss; instead
She's jest as quiet as can be,
An lets me comb her hair
An wash her face. l fink vat she
Can't really, truly care.
She sets a 'zample to me, vough
l am her muvVer dear;
l always ought to have, l know
But still 1 don't, l fear.
I can't, alvough l often try,
Sit still an never stir.
If l was filled wiz sawdust, why,
l might be good like her.
Chicago Daily News.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-24
AN AID TO BEAUTY.
Although Their Owner May he Plain
of Face, Good Teeth Will Make
Her Attractive.

No woman can be considered beautt-
full who has not clean, regular, we'll
preserved teeth. They are an attraction,
although the owner may be plain of face.
No matter how pretty or handsome
girl or woman may be, if she does not
display good teeth when she laughs,
smiles, or sings, she is not really pleas
ing to the eye.
There is no greater misfortune that
can befall child than to have moth
er who will humor it when it begs not
the time the short-sighted, over-indul-
gent parent may believe that it is
kindness to yield to the entreaties of tho
little one, but few years later this
spoiled child will regret that it was not
made to give that care and attention to
the teeth that will cause them to be
healthy and sound, and look like row
of little pearls.
Every six months the maid or matron
who is really careful of her teeth pays
| visit to the dentist And the watchful,
! prudent mother takes her offspring
quite as regularly as she goes herself.
| Oftentimes the dentist finds nothing tn
do, and when he does the patient does
not suffer as much as when the teeth are
permitted to go long untreated. The
woman or girl who visits her dentist
twice year is rewarded in other ways
than that of being saved from pain, fer
the bill then is always less than when
one goes only after the tooth has begun
to ache and decay. The frequent visits
toothache-N. Y Weekly
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-24

ceilings high, and, like all Cuban houses,
they are difficult to furnish so as to look
homelike and inviting.
There is little art in Cuba, and as a
consequence few if any, pictures are
found hanging on Cuban walls. Sonora
Abreu, however, appreciates the at
Effectiveness Of a room hung with pic
lures, and, therefore, has made of them,
She has discovered as we'll the artistic
effect, of small tropical palms indoors
and has used them to advantage.
In country where they grow so
plentifully one would imagine that Gu
ban housewives would use them as a
means of decoration, but they are al
most totally ignored. Sonora Abreu's
house is filled with bric-abrac, and
many oriental rugs and real brussels
curtains, all in excellent taste.
In the wealthiest Cuban homes it is
the custom to stable the horses in the
courtyard of the house, and also to
push the carriages through the immense
portals into the lower corridor itself.
Sonora Abreu, however, has followed
the American custom and constructed
stables for her fine horses away from
the house. Living in the country, as she
does, there is more ground space and
she is better able to build outhouses.
Her plantation, given over almost en-
tirely to the cultivation of coffee, is one
of the largest in Cuba. 1t is composed
of 10000 acres of magnificent coffee
land. A mill built at a cost of over
$3.50, 900 stands in the midst of it. When
the plantation and mill are in active
operation several hundred plantation
hands are employed. At present all
work has been suspended on account of
| the unsettled state of affairs. Sonora
| Abreu supports these farm hands even
though they are forced to idleness by the
| uncertainty of the times.
Rosa Abreu is not yet 35 years OF age,
and a great many of the young bloods OF
Havana have sought her hand. She is
! certainly handsome woman, of the
southern Latin type, with black hair
and eyes. Her figure is little too
plump for gracefulness, but she dresses
| excellently, and with such skill that one
is inclined to overlook the tendency tc
embonpoint.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-24

and Japan was fought, the conclusion OF
which practically settled that war.
The establishment of this enterprise
is very likely TO influence the lumber
trade of Chint. to some extent, but more
particularly in Manchuria and North
China am inclined to the opinion that
it will not seriously affect the trade in
central China.
In addition to this competition-which
is already supplying large quantities of
timber and lumber to Port Arthur,
Dalny any Niuchwang and to the Chi
nese Eastern railway-the Russians are
now shipping to all of these places by
steamer from Vladivostocl and vicin-
ity and the Island of Sakhalin large
quantities of lumber.
This lumber is of rather inferior
quality compared with the Yalu lumber;
it is harder, coarser grained, warps and
twists badly, and is difficult to work.
Compared with the Yalu timber it is
about like the Norway pine, compared
with the white pine. 1t is, in fact, very
much like the poor grade of Norway
pine.
Another point of competition in the
lumber business is developing on the
Sungari river, where the Chinese East
ern railway crosses it, about so miles
south of Hardin. Timber in consider
able quantities is run down this river
to this point and is being made into
lumber by the Chinese method, several
hundred men being engaged in the
work l am of the opinion that lumber
from this source will never reach the
sea in competition for the trade OF
China, but it will be splendid source OF
supply for railway use and for the city
of Hardin.
Hardin is only three years old, but ii
is one of the greatest cities of Asia, and
has the largest European population OF
any Asiatic city, containing 10000 Rus
slams, besides the soldiers. At Hardin
there are two small sawmills cutting
timber from the Sungari river coming
from below the city. On the railway
line between Hardin and Vladivostock
there are two large sawmills, the ma
chinery for which cost, in place, $T7 $50
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-24

seer or occupies himself with carrying
papers from one man to another, fol-
lowing in each case the directions given
as to the destination of the particular
paper or parcel.
After time the bell strikes as a sig
nal to begin tying up. This is soon fol-
lowed by the bell to get such tirst-class
matter as has come in since 6: 40 and add
it to the sacks. In this Pete takes no
part, but as soon as the bell to leave
sounds he hurrfes to his place under the
clock.
AS each man rings out" he surveys
him carefully until the one comes along
whom he chooses to make his companion
for the trip. This man varies each day,
Pete seeming to desire to keep himself
in touch with every route emanating
from the Somerville Office.
Perhaps the most wonderful of all
Pete's many feats is the fact that he can
keep track of the time of day. All car
rers are supposed to ring in" at a GER
tain time when the trip is done. Pete is
always on hand If his companion is
late it makes no difference to the dog.
1t is necessary that he be present, and
present he is.
The day before Christmas all the men
came in considerably late on account Of
the extra work required of them. The
time for reporting from the afternoon
trip is 4:45. On this particular trip
Pete accompanied Carrier Refill
When 4: so arrived the route had been
covered as far as Perkins street. Pete
promptly disappeared. and at 4:45 was
sitting under the clock waiting the ar
rival of the tardy force. Here he re-
manned until every man had reported.
A general favorite with the men, they
have taken the trouble to provide him
with license and splendid collar,
which, beside the number bears the
words: Pete, Somerville Post Office,
Union Square"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-24

! rea's granting of valuable
SM timber franchises to a big
1WNAN Russian lumber company is
/ one of the direct causes Of
the present controversy be-
tween Japan and Russia, and the same
franchises are of more than passing in
sterest in the United States for the rea-
son that it foreshadows a new compe-
tition for Pacific coast lumber in the
far east A rapidly increasing trade in
Oregon pine and hemlock has been de-
veloped in Manchuria and other Chinese
provinces. The same is true in the
eastern provinces OF Siberia, and the
coming of this new competition will
scarcely be rellshed by the lumbermen of
the Pacific coast.
Il The Russian Timber & Mixing Com
pany of the Far East, as the new COM
pany is called, has it's headquarters al
Port Arthur. This company is organ
lied by some of the most prominent men
connected with the Russian govern
ment, and is reputed to have a capital
of $10.30O,0O0. Its principal operations
will be on the Yalu river, where it runs
down timber from the forests of Corea
as well as the large forests of Man
churia.
These forests are very extensive an6
contain immense quantities of exceed
ingly fine timber. There is much fine
timber in this malt"et from that locality
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-24
TRAPPING A WITNESS.
How Smart Lawyer Managed to
Make n Dishonest Clnimant
Betray Himself.

A lawyer who became celebrated for
his success as a cross-eXaminer had
a strong contempt for the bullying
methods resorted to by some of ais
learned friends at the bar The best
way, he said, to deal with a witness
was to seem to agree with him and
hatter him until he forgot that a trap
might be prepared for him and gave
himself away" AS a proof of the ef-
ficacy of this milder process he related
the following experience:
A railroad company was sued for
damages by a stalwart fellow who
claimed that his right arm, which
looked well enough, had been SO in
jured in a collision that he could not
raise it above his waist.
"You say you're unable to move your
right arm freely?" | asked him, pleas
antly.
Yes, SIR
What a PITY" said l. Now just
how far can you raise it?"
"Only SO high said he, lifting ii
to his waist with painful grimace.
'"Too bad, too bad!" l sympathized
"And before this accident I'll wager
you were physically a match for any
MANI"
You bet | was!" he assenteo
warmly.
And could swing that arm around
as we'll as the next fellow?"
"Better!" he declared.
"Just show us how high you coult
( raise it them" | asked, quickly.
away up here!" he answered, hoist
ing his arm straight over his head with
unwary enthusiastically. Y. Weekly.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-24
NELLIE GRANT IN SHOE.
Pleasing Recollection of the Great
Sanitary Fair Held in st. Louis,
Mo-, in 1864.

1t has been well said that many noble
enterprises owe their origin and success
to women. This truth was eXemplified
during our civil war by schemes to pro-
mote the comfort and relieve the suffer
ings of the soldiers A notable instance
was the great fair in st. Louis, known
as the Mississippi Valley Sanitary fair,
in 1864. The project was for the benefit
of the sanitary commission, which had
been instituted in st. Louis in 1861 by
Gen. Fremont.
The enterprise was pushed with zeal
and enthusiasm. The Inauguration was
set for May II, and extensive prepara-
tions were made. The fair was opened
the next day in an immense pavilion,
which had been erected in Twelfth
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-24
wanted 1t Done scientilica1,y.

In his memoirs Adolf Kussmaui re-
latesja curious story of a Heidelberg
banker. This banker was known for
his naughty, forbidding manners; con-
sequently DR.. MUM, the professor of
anatomy, was much surprised one day
when the banker came and sat with
him in railway car and, after pleas
ant chat, asked him all sorts of ques-
tons, especially about the anatomy OF
the heart The next day he even called
by permission in the medical depart
ment and watched the professor dis
secting one of those organs. Then he
drove home and committed suicide by
skilfully plunging dagger into his
heart.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-24
Picture Post Card screen.

pretty use to put the picture postal
cards that accumulate so rapidly these
days, especially il one has friends
abroad, is to paste them in an artistic
arrangement on a screen, then cover
them with glass. A young fellow
amused himself by decorating a three
fold screen in this manner with dado
of stamps and postmarks. Such pro-
duction makes welcome addition to
boys or girls bedroom, especially if the
owner has worked and fused over it
himself, and the possessor is likely to
be the envied of all his or her COM
radeS
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-24
HE KNOWS THE TIME.
Pete, Canine Attache of the Post
Office Mt Somerville, Mass, Is
Wonderful Dog.

Pete, the mascot of the Somerville
post office, stands, according TO his
friends, absolutely without a peer in the
postal service.
The worth of the men in this branch
of the government employ depends in
large measure upon the promptness and
precision with which they attend to the
details of the daily routine. In fact, this
may be said to be the very essence of
the service
But, says the Boston Globe, in the
whole force at Somerville there is not
a man who can equal this small fox ter
rier in devotion to his daily duty.
Pete came to the Office in the fall
of 1902, having followed the Prospect
Hill carrier late one afternoon. He lin
gered about the office for day or two,
and it was soon noticed that the dog
was beginning to catch the spirit of the
regular routine.
He at once made friends with Assist
ant Chief Clerk Griffiths, who took him
he refused. He was accordingly re-
leased and went directly to the Office
where he spends all his spare time. To-
day when off the route and not at his
meals Pete is always to be found at the
Office in Union square.
According to regulations all carriers
must report at g.: 40 each morning and
ring in" Promptly to the minute
Pete takes his stand under the
clock, where he quietly surveys each
man as he comes up and inserts his key
The next operation is the sorting OF
sits by watching every one like an over
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-24
The Smell of Cooking

To prevent the smell of cooking from
getting into the house, sprinkle a little
cedar sawdust on the top of the stove.
When milk boils over on the stove or in
the oven sprinkle a thic.: layer of salt
on the burning milk; let 1t remain few
minutes, then brush off.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-24
Gave Ample Directions.

A little fellow in saying his prayeri
one night entreated blessing OH his
aunt, who was dangerously i'll, and
gravely concluded with these words:
"And please, God, don't forget her adj
dress. She lives at SO Blank street, OF
the third floor to the right"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-24
Keen Your Tenpots Sweet

A teapot which is only occasionally
used should be dried as thoroughly as
possible, and should then have lump or
two of sugar placed in it before it Is
put away. This will prevent the pot &C.
curing musty smell. :.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-24
new to Read Flag color..

The colors of flag are read from
the post OUT; red, white and blue flag
has, therefore, the red next to the
post; the reverse of this is the case
with the blue, white and red flag Of
France, and SO on.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-24
His Early start.

what prediction he has for caus-
ing troubled"
ooh, yes. He won prize in baby
show when he was only Is months
c4a. f.--kNsS. q
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-24
PETE, POST OFFICE DOG.

seer or occupies himself with carrying
papers from one man to another, fol-
lowing in each case the directions given
as to the destination of the particular
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-24
new LUMBER SUPPLY
russia Has Obtained Valuable Tim
bsrsFranchises in Corea.
EFFECT ON UNITED STATES
Che Competition Will Hurt Our Pa
cfffc Coast Lumber INDUSTRIES
One of the Causes of Present
Eastern Controversy.

IUCHWANG, CHINA.-Co-
rea's granting of valuable
timber franchises to a big
Russian lumber company is
one of the direct causes of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-03
Money to Move Crons.

In response to inquiry made through correspondence the comptroller of cur rency has ascertained the general condition of the national banks of their ability to meet the demands upon them incident to the annual movement of the crops. He learns that the de- mand on the banks will be about the same as last year, except In the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Minnesota and Wisconsin, where 1t will be greater, and about three weeks earlier than last year, and in Indiana and Missouri, where it will be less and little later.
 The comptroller finds that the banks are generally as well, in most cases better, prepared than they have been in the past year or two to meet the demands made upon them.
 While the banks will depend mainly upon their deposits with reserve agents to supply funds for moving the crops, the amount of money to be bor- rowed will be about the same as last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-03
From the Bombay Capital.

From the Bombay Capital.
 IN recent article I said something about the uses to which the natives ! apply the seeds of nux vomica tree in the treatment as well as the preven- tion of snake bite poisoning. There is an- other member of the vegetable Kingdom in southern India for which similar won- derful properties are claimed. This Is the lgnum colubrinum, the snake-wood of the old botanists, the Pao de Cobra of the early Portuguese settlers. Botanically 1t is now known as strychnos colubrina and strychnos bicirrhosa.
 The early Portuguese settlers appear to have heard remarkable tales of the vir- tues of the tree. They were led to believe, for instance, that any one who carried a seasoned branch of the tree with him could go with impunity in the midst of any number of cobras, the wood possess ing the power of subduing the most ven- omous reptile. It may not be generally known that this fanciful legend furnished Mrs. Frank Penny with the basis for one of her earlier short and interesting stories of South Indian native life. Strychnos colubrina Is allied to the nux vomica tree, as well as to several other remark able trees found in Asia, America and elsewhere. For example, it Is related to strychnos tiente the java tree, which yields a species of upas-though not the true poison. It is also allied to strychnos
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-03
THE DAYS GONE BY.

By James Whitcomb Riley. O the days gone byl O the days gone byi The apples in the orchard, and the path
 way through the ry; The chirrup of the robin, and the whistle
 of the quail As he piped across the meadows sweet
 as any nightingale; When the bloom was on the clover, and
 the blue was in the sky, And my happy heart brimmed over-in
 the days gone by. Tn the days gone by, when my naked feet
 were ripped By the honeysuckle tangles where the
 water lilies dipped, And the ripples of the river lipped the
 moss along the brink, Where the placid-eyed and lazy-footec
 cattle came to drink, And the tilting snipe stood fearless Of the
 truant's wayward cry, And the splashing of the swimmer, in
 the days gone by. o the days gone Jbyi o the days gone by! The music of the laughing lip, the luster
 of the eye; The childish faith in fairies. and Alad-
 din's magic ring The simple soul-reposing, glad belief in
 everything, For life was like story, holding
 sob nor sigh, In the golden, olden glory of tn
 gone by.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-03
Waste Panar on Streets.

'The streets of Birmingham are kept perhaps. in a more cleanly condition than heretofore" remarked well-known citl- zen, '.but the waste paper that is blow ing along the highways immediately after they are cleaned, there to remain until the sweepers come again. continues an eye-sore to all who are interested In neatness and cleanliness.
 'I suggested to Street Commissioner McCartin this morning that an ordinance should be adopted prohibiting the plac- ing of paper on the sidewalks streets or drainways. Much to my surprise the commissioner said that there is such an ordinance in the code
 'The Birmingham public will bear me out in the statement that the law is not enforced, and further agree with me that 1t should be, in a rigid way.
 T believe that the imposition of heavy penalty for this offense In two or three cases would do vast amount of good toward keeping the city cleanly."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-03
IN HOTEL LoEBIES
Plurality or Majority,


 hear some discussion of the question us to whether tho city democratic com mittee should adopt the plurality or tho majority rule for the coming primary remarked a prominent citizen. T have not made up my mind for whom I shall Vete for for mayor, but I think the can alaate who polls the largest vote, called the plurality vote, should be declared the nominee
 The eity committee has good preee- dent for the plurality system. The ooun- ty committee adopted 1t for the recent county primary, and the state committee adopted 1t for the last state primary Where several candidates arc running for the same office a second primary election Is sure to be the result. The candidate who receives the largest vote and the candidate receiving next to the largest must have Q 'run-over.' Now, second primary Is expensive to the two con testants and Is tax on the time ana patience of the voters. The voters are be- ing importuned now to vote for this and that man, and in second primary they would be button-holed over again. One primary is enough"