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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-17

CONSERVATION m lsoo' the animals. And
this in city in which there are con-
siderable number of people living who
relate stories of having hunted wild ami
mails within what is now the corporate
limits of the city. In fact, one does not
have to go so very far back to find the
days when the presence of wolf in the
city was not so unusual thing AS
late as the early COS it was not an I'M
common thing to see them in what was
then the outlying districts, but which
are now densely populated sections. At
even later date wolves were to be found
in the Calumet and Wolf lake districts,
and also in what are now the suburbs
of the north shore
e. o. Gale, one of the early pioneers
of the city who is still living, tells of
seeing big timber wolf inside what is
now the western limits of the city after
the civil war had broken out He saw it
on a number of different occasions as he
was going in or out of the city on the
railroad. 1t would stand by the track
and watch the train with wondering eyes
as though he resented the intrusion of
this agent of the rapidly advancing civil
ization, He was one of the rear guard of
the wilds out of which Chicago had not
then entirely emerged.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-17

tales of the cid
hunting days He claims TO have killed
the last wolf CLOSE in''-that meaning
within what is row the retail and~whcle-
sale district of the city-in 1886, though
wolf hunts as late as we'll into the 40s.
These wolf hunts were events in the So
cial life of the then growing town, and
were participated in by goodly proper
ton of the male population, and resulted
in the killing of considerable number
of the animals within a few miles of the
center of the town. The record of one
of these hunting parties YVES 40 wolves
and one deer.
AS late as 1884 400 pound bear was
shot in a tree at what is now the inter
section of LaSalle and Adams street. a
point that is now practically the center
of the business district, but one block
from the Board of Trade, and was then
within short distance of the strag gliIg
village street. During the same year a
hunting party of half a dozen secured the
woods to the north of the village and
drove the game towards the river. Bear,
deer and wolves driven before the hunt
ing party rushed through the village,
and those that escape the unerring aim
of the frontiersmen escaped to the woods
to the south. OF smaller game, such as
muskrats and beavers, there was an
abundance to be found in the river, and
as late as into the SOS prairie chickens
were to be found within " miles of
what is now the business district.
These things are remarkable when
compared with the conditions of to-day.
Where these things occurred but little
more than so years ago there now stands
a city of more'than 100000. Nowhere
else on the globe could such a trans
formation have occurred.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-17
PO0LEY'S VALENTINE

HERE was no good reason why
the comic valentine should have
hurt young Pooley, but it did hurt
him, though he Rugged the mortifi-
cation to his bosom with Spartan for
titude and laughed SO much at it that
no one in the family circle suspected
that he did not enjoy it as much as
they evidently did.
The points of resemblance between
the valentine clerk and Pooley were
not striking. Pooley's ears were of
normal size, and did not flap from the
sides of his head in manner suggest
i've of an alarmed elephant, nor was
he in the habit Of decorating them
with quill pens. They would hardly
have known a quill pen in the Office
if they had seen one Then. he had
rather a good nose-long enough to
express sagacity, but not so long as
to smear the columns of figures in the
ledger before him when he was work.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-17

year was in his voice. Then he looked
down at his new valentine She was
white. and looked shocked and
frightened.
What is it, Margaret" asked
Pooley, with much concern.
OH" she cried. bursting into
tears. lit was l sent that horrid thing.
IL didn't know you then-and-and
tive We're sending lot OF them
the girls-apd-anyway, l know it was
silly, but | didn't think it would hurt
anybody's feelings-and to think that
it was you Oh. I'm SO unhappy, and
I'll never"
ooh, pshaw" said Pooley. "You
don't think l minded. Why, thought
it was a good jolle-but it's better
one this year.
Then he took down the comic valen-
tine and gaZed fondly on the atrocious
clerk, then folded it up tenderly and
put it into his breast pocket.-Chicasc
Daily News.
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dent try to learn a
new lesson that will prevent others. To
do this long lists OF rules for trainmen
and telegraph operators are prepared.
In speaking of these rules a railroad
conductor said to me the other day:
IF | was to obey the rules that are
given me | could not hold my job a
month. They are not made with any
expectation that they will be obeyed, but
with the Intention of placing the blame
on employees when an accident occurs. l
am running a way freight train out of
Chicago, and am expected to run it on an
outlined schedule. If conformed to
all the rules given me could not get it
over the road in twice the allotted time.
If l don't get it over the road in that
time am laid Off If have wreck the
company find some rule l have dis
obeyed, and am laid off, Under pres
ent conditions the trainman must exer-
else his best judgment and take his
chances. His best friend is the station
agents and telegraph operators along
the line. Very often both jobs are held
by the same man, and you can't expect
perfection at $40 a month
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
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ing at his desk, nor was it of a bright
grass-green coat or red and blue
checllered trousers and purple-striped
shirt cuffs, and, being a rather mod
est and well-conducted young man,
the charges of snobbery and bump
tiousness in the atrocious doggerel be-
low the valentine seemed singulariy
fiat and inappropriate. But it was
he had never considered that dis
graceful. it somehow seemed to him
now to afford ground for the sheer.
AT the least, Pooley thought. it
showed that somebody disliked him
probably honestly believed that he
was snobbish and bumptious. so that
his maligned ears tingled and he
burned with resentment every time
the comic valentine met his eye.
That was quite frequently, for he had
taken particular pains to have it
pinned above his little work table in
the sitting-room- to show how
little he cared When friends came
in he was sure to call their attention
to it,
In addition to this. Pooley spent
much time specializing as to who had
sent the thing He compared the hand
writing on the envelope that had con-
tanned it with the handwriting of his
! friends and acquaintance. and came
to many conclusions, the result OF
which was that his friends began tC
complain among themselves of GER
tain change in his manner-a lack OF
the old warmth and frank kindness
| and a cold and distrustful air. The
evil influence lasted for exactly one
year. For some months before the st
Valentines day following he had been
more than slightly under another in,
huence. 1t had pretty golden hair and
| blue eyes and its name was Margaret
| Margaret was a friend of his sister
and had been to Pooley's house severa
| times.
So it happened that just before ST
Valentines day Pooley spent quite ar
| eXtravagant sum OF money in the pur'
| chase of an arrangement of laces, rib
| he directed with his gloved left hand
| and mailed secretly. On the morning
of ST. Valentines day he himself re-
| ceived modest little card which
seemed to give him inordinate delight
His sister noticed it, and wanted to SET
what his card was, but Pooley firmly
refused to crafty her curiosity.
Its another comic one" declared
| the sister. You're afraid to show it.
| Her remark somehow dashed Poo
| ley's pleasure. He was nervously APP
prehensive for the rest of the time
that he was in the house. He start.
ed at the sound of the postman's sec.
ond knock, and felt an unaccountable
sinking of his spirits when he re.
turned home that evening.
Il was pleasant surprise to him
therefore. when he found nothing
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-17
THE MEASURING OUTFIT.

was for the purchase of meal for the
poor, while the remainder was set aside
to be divided among each years four
conspicuous brides-the oldest, the
youngest, the tallest and the shortest
who were married IN st. Cyrus Parish
church.
The administration of the fund is in
the hands of the parish minister, and
unhappy at times is his task, such are
the jealousies which arise among the
competitors, for there is keen rivalry
for these legacies which amount to
hardly more than $50 each; but that is
quite an important sum in so remote and
simple village. All st. Cyrus turns out
on Bride Measuring Day." and the oc-
casion is made holiday.
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ywT no is the most famous woman in
w this country? You will not have
to think before you al

Helen Miller Gould"
Born less than 30 years ago, very
quiet in her manner, devoted 10 no fad,
taking up no special profession, Miss
Gould is still the most prominent Amer
lean woman OF her Cay, and probably
the most prominent young woman in
the world
From her earliest childhood Helen
Gould has been called little" Helen.
AS small girl she was tiny, and even
now she is only five feet six. When her
father died u years ago she was very
slight and, it seemed to her friends,
shorter than she is now. She was dark,
very silent, very undemonstrative, not
dressy, and in no way obtrusive. No
one thought that. at that age. she would
ever become great philanthropic fig
ure in the worlds work.
One of the first deeds was the cree
ton Of a beautiful memorial chapel to
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-17

connection with the terrible disaster OF
December 30.
A charitably inclined westerner who
would not permit the divulgence of his
name was the first to offer assistance,
and this he placed in the hands of DR..
Meyer, a Baptist minister of the city, to
be dispensed as he thought best. 1t
seems rather strange, at first thought
that a minister should be selected to dis
pense charity to ballet girls, stage fairies
and the so-called frivilous folk in gem
eral, but practically all the assistance
these unfortunates have received has
been from the hand of this good man,
who has not only dispensed with excel
lent judgment the fund placed in his
hands, but has attempted to add to it,
and has succeeded in doing so to linn
tied extent.
1t is also rather remarkable that in the
list Of contributors to this found there is
a dearth of names of theatrical man
ayers. They are not numbered among
the charitably inclined of the city.
Neither to this needed new charity FOR
to any of the established ones have they
been notable contributors.
The poor of the city have been good
patrons of the theaters, spending their
small savings for gallery ard balcony
seats. The new law that closes this por-
ton of the play houses will either result
in a saving for them, or it will entail
even greater expenditures for more ex-
pensive seats. 1t is hard to guess which
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SURE OF POPULARITY.
No Matter Where She May BE Placed
the "Friendly Girl" Invari-
ably Wins Out.

The friendly girl makes friends wher-
ever she goes, and retains them She
is bright and cheerful, and enters a room
like sea breeze. fresh, laughing, nod
ding right and left with happy impartial
ity. The "blues" and the "doldrums"
fly out of the window when she comes
In. They simply can't endure her sunny
presence.
She is ready for every thing. She never
throws cold water on your plans. She
claps her hands and says they ere
splendid, and suggests way to make
them even more delightful, so sweetly
and modestly that you think it is your
own suggestion.
Wherever she goes she sees the droll
| side OF things. And she has such a
funny, whole-hearted way of describing
| them that it is as good to hear her as to
have been there yourself-even better.
for she has the humorous eye, which is
a great gift.
She doesn't abuse it. though. You
needn't expect to be RECALLED with bitter
sarcasm and spiteful exaggerations. She
can be clever and comical without be-
| Ing uMklnd or uhruthful, or coarse.
| And this is also great gift.
She is receptive and responsive. She
likes everybody, not considering it her
dpty to suspect anyone of evil until
| positive proof has been presented. She
prefers to consider all the world hon
est and glad until it proves itself other
wise.
1 vi ion n Vy ri a1x b..
She has friends everywhere For peo-
pie who have met her never forget her,
and she has room in her own heart for
everybody.
The girl who has friends-who makes
friends and keeps friends-bless her!
1t does not matter whether she is rich
and good looking. or poor and plain. Her
faculty for friendship makes up for
everything else. and there isn't ANYBODY
we'd rather have around.-N. Y. Weekly.
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upon the critical preacher by closing his
church for not complying with the build

upon the critical preacher by closing his
church for not complying with the build
ing ordinances.
Were all the ordinances upon the
statute books of Chicago strictly en-
forced the city would be model for the
municipalities of the world If it survived
the ordeal. For example, there is .
smoke ordinance that makes it mis-
demeanor for manufacturing establish
ments to turn great clouds Of black
smoke into the atmosphere. The law is
practically dead letter, and though
there Is spasmodic effort at it's enforce
ment the manufacturer Of whom an ex-
ample is made pays his minimum fine
and his chimneys continue to smoke.
Saloons are supposed to close at n i'd
night. They do so at times only. Dogs
are supposed to wear muzzles through
out the year. A few of them do during
the summer months, but the really dan
gerous street cur that never wears one
is never molested by the dog catcher. 1t
Is the valuable dog that is caught.
Gambling houses, policy shops, books on
the races are not supposed to exist in
the city. They do. People are forbid
den to throw refuse into the streets. The
law is a dead letter.
These are few minor things. In the
matter of building construction there is
not city statute that is not violated
more or less. To attempt to remedy ex-
listing defects would Dara1ize husinese
but fora time, at least, 1t is probable that
new buildings will comply with all the
requirements of the laws.
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Making Work Less Tiresome.

Though never grudging a hard days
work where DUTY demands it, there are
many ways by which we can tighten la
Dor. and make our work less tiresome.
Fol. instance, when big ironing has
got to be done what a comfort and re-
lief it is to the feet to use a cushion to
stand on during the doing OF it, 1t can
be made up from an old quilt folded and
covered by piece of carpet. Until
it has been tried no one can believe the
rest it is tc tired feet-Chicago News.
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city a new problem.
The closing of the
theaters because of
the violation of the
b u ii d i n g ordi-
nances by the play
houses, threw sew
eral thousand peo-
pie out of employ,
ment, the majority
Of whom had no
financial reserve to
fall back upon.
I b e S e unfortu-
mates were the last
to ha thoupht Of i'm
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town as a strug-
CLING village, the
one character who
Is recognized as au-
thority on all sub
j e ct S connected
with the early his
tory of the city is
Fernando JOINS.
He arrived in Chi
cago in 1885, when
he was Is years of
age, and has resided
here ever since.
Jones can tell
some interesting
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-17

rious railroad acct
dents that have &C.
Cured this winter.
In every one of
the several big rail-
road offices in this
city there is a
corps eli men whose
duty it is to devise
ways and means Of
avoiding accidents.
They tax their in
genuity to protect
the travelling pub
lie against mishap,
from every acct
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-17
BRIDE MEASURING DAY.
In kincardineshire, n Quaint
Scottish Village.

Measuring brides for legacies is the
remarkable ceremony which annually
takes place in ST. Cyrus, quaint little
village in Kincardineshire, Scotland, on
the brink of the German ocean; and
here Is picture of the primitive meas
uring machine which has decided the
fortunes of scores of matrimonial candi-
dates.
More than so years ago native Of the
village, who had been paymaster gen.
eral of the Indian army, bequeathed a
sum of money the interest of which was,
for all time coming to be disbursed in
five equal parts every year. One part
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-17
How to Keep Glove. Clean.

Rub light gloves with fine bread
crumbs after each time of wearing. If
you allow them TO get very dirty home
cleaning is seldom success, but treated
in this way they will look nice for quite
long time.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-17

being shipped from
w / S C o n S in to
Kirksville, M o. i,
created consterna-
ton in the south
east section of the
city for a number
Of hours several
days ago. Mothers
hustled their chill
dren into the house
and hustled in aft
er them, then lived
behind b arr e d
doors until the po-
lice had canturefl
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-17
At the Reception

"Why is everybody leaving the draw.
ing-room? Supper hasn't been an.
nounced yet, has it?"
mo. Miss Ella Cutie is going to re-
cite that beautiful poem beginning"
ooh! Excuse me. See you later"
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-17

SAdi SSo IllC PCoplc
of the city with a
disregard of law in
general, and the
city officials with
neglect in enforc-
ing the laws. In a
way the preacher
is right.
Building Com
missioner w l.
liams, who has fig
ured so prominent
ly in the Iroquois
fire inquest, says
that should be en-
force the building
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-17

How to keep Tins Bright.
To keep tins bright, wash we'll with
strong hot soda and water; when dry.
polish with cloth and a little pow
dered whiting.
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nately he could close two-thirds of the
stores and manufacturing plants, a
goodly majority of the churches and
public halls Of the city, and retaliated
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-17

"You, told Charley Chubbins you
thought he sent that beautiful valen-
.ine!"
Yes. Charley is very rice young
man. with good prospects"
But you know we'll enough that he
didn't send it,
''Of course. But it didn't do, any
harm to let him know that shouldn't
have been bit angry if he had
Washington Star.
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The old Settler.

While there are number of people
still living in Chicago who knew the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-17
st. Valentines Day,

The 14th of February is observed in
commemoration of ST. Valentinus. a
bishop of Rome noted for deeds OF
kindness and beneficence. Shake
speare refers to the day as one on
which birds choose their mates From
whatever source the day derived its
origin, it appears that sending friend
ly or sentimental messages on the 14th
of February is an ancient time-hon-
ored usage. 1t is a pleasant and
harmless diversion. if not abused.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-17
'eeded Charity.

The Iroquois fire has presented to
the charitably inclined persons of the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-17
PAST AND PRESENT
How Chicago Became Frightened at
Three Wild Wolves.
OLD SETTLERS HUNTING TALES
wild Animals Were Plentiful But .
Few Years Ago-A City of Lave
breakers-Need of a New
Charity.

Chicago.-Three gray wolves that had
escaped from cage in which they were
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-17
A city of Law Breakers.

In commenting upon the Iroquois the
alter fire prominent Chicago preacher
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-17
How She Did 1t.

Ethel-How did you get him to apol-
oglze?
Edith told him never to speak to
me again.-Judge.
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Feminine Comment.

Bess-rhe sending of valentines en-
ables us to secretly reward our friends
and get square with our enemies.
Nell-Sure thing. It's a poor val
entine that fails to either please a
woman or make her mad. - Chicago
Daily News.
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To an old Sweetheart,

IT'S time for valentines, my dear:
You Tilted me, | think last year.
And | should now revive the flame,
But. goodness. I've forgot yorr name.
Detroit Free Presx
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-17

AS railroad center Chicago has had
interest in the series of Sc
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-02-17
Papa Kicked Him.

Tessie-Papa got an awful valentine
that said he was an old mule-and
he thinks you sent it,
Willie-Why, don't see how he can
suspect me.
Tessie-But surely you remember
how he helped you off the front steps
the last time you called! =. Detroit
Free Press.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-06-09

tend the Methodist sunday school for
they will give their yearly program
on that day and have prepared most
excellent program for the occasion.
While driving along the road south
of Ross Monday, Ed Bates met a man
an a bicycle and his team became
frightened and ran with him, turning
his buggy up side down in ditch
and going home, leaving Ed uninjur-
ed but having to walk home.
John Cozine has accepted the posi-
ton as manager for the lumber yard
CT John Weighton in Ross and is busy
making himself familiar with the
work and yard. John is careful,
conservative, business man and will
look carefully after their yard in a
thoroughly competent and business
like manner.
The gathering last Saturday night
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Schroeder, was success in every way.
All joined in enjoying the good old
games so long known to the young
people and the same ones that made
the hearts of the older people beat
faster when they too were young and
them.