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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-11-29

dead with shock. Then took drop
myself Theresa was as cool as Ice,
and it was her plot as much as mine.
We must make it appear that burglars
had done the thing. Theresa kept on
repeating our story to her mistress
while swarmed up and cut the rope
Of the bell. Then l dashed her in her
chair and frayed out the end of the
rope to make it look natural, else they
would wonder how in the world bur
glar could have got up there to cut Il.
Then l gathered up few plates and
pots of silver to carry out the idea of
the robbery, and there l left them,
with orders to give the alarm when I
had quarter of an hours start.
dropped the silver into the pond and
made for Sydenham. And that's the
truth and the whole truth, Mr. Holmes,
if it costs me my neck"
Holmes smoked for some time in ST.
lence; then he crossed the room and
shook our visitor by the hand.
That's what 1 think" said he. II
know that every word is true, for you
have hardly said word which l did
not know. No one but an acrobat or
a sailor could have got up to that bell
rope from the bracket, and no one but
a sailor could have made the knots
with which the cord was fastened to
the chair. Only once had this lady
been brought into contact with sailors.
and that was on her voyage, and it was
some one of her own class Of life, since
she was trying hard to shield him and
so showing that she loved him. You
see how easy 1t was for me to lay my
hands upon you when once had start
ed upon the right trail"
II thought the police never could
have seen through our dodge"
"And the police haven't, nor will
they, to the best of my belief. Now,
look here, Captain Crocker, this is a
very serious matter, though I am will
ing to admit that you acted under the
most extreme provocation to which any
man could be subjected. am not sure
that in defense of your own life your
action will not be pronounced legiti-
mate. However, that Is for British
jury to decide. Meanwhile l have so
much sympathy for you that, If you
choose to disappear in the next twenty
four hours. will promise you that no
one will hinder YOU
"And then it will all come out?"
Certainly it will come OUT
The sailor flushed with anger.
"Whaf aort Of nrOnoSa1 is that tO
make man? / know enough of law
to understand that Mary would be held
as accomplice. For heavens sake, Mr.
Holmes, find some way of keeping poor
Mary out Of the courts"
Holmes for second time held out
his hand to the sailor.
II was only testing you, and you ring
true every time. Well, it is great re-
sponsibility that take upon myself,
but have given Hopkins an excellent
hint, and If he can't avail himself of
can do no more. See here. CAPITA
Croker. we'll do this in due form ri
law. You are the prisoner. Watson
you are jury. am the judge. Nov.
gentlemen of the jury, you have he:- Il
the evidence. Do you find the prisoner
guilty or not guilty?"
Not guilty, my lord" said I.
"Vox populi, vox Del You are nc
quilted, Captain Crocker. So long as
the law does not find some other vic.
tim you are safe from me. Come bach
to this lady in year."
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-11-29
THE GAME OF LIFE.
Your Own Resolution, and Not Fate
Denis the Cards

1Our own AeSOlut1On, ana Not Fate, |
Denls the Cards.
Many man has tried to justify his |
failure on the ground that he was
doomed by the cards which fate dealt
him, that he must pick them up and
play the game and that no effort, how
ever great, on his part could materially
change the result. But, my young
friend, the fate that deals your cards
Is in the main your own resolution.
The result Of the game does not rest
with fate or destiny, but with you.
You will take the trick If you have the
superior energy, ability and determine
ton requisite to take it. You have the
value Of the cards which, you say, fate
has dealt you. The game depends upon
your training, upon the way you are
disciplined to seize and use your OPP
portunities and upon your ability to
put grit in the place of superior advan-
tages.
Just because circumstances do some
times give clients to lawyers and pa
tients to physicians, put commonplace
clergymen in uncommon pulpits and
place the sons of the rich at the head
Of great corporations even when they
have only average ability and scarcely
any experience. while poor youths
with greater ability and more expert
ence often have to fight their way for
years to obtain ordinary situations,
are you justified in starting out with
out chart or in leaving a place for
luck in your programme? What would
you think Of the captain Of great
liner who would start out to sea with
out any port in view and trust to luck
to land his precious cargo safely?
Did you ever know of a strong young
man making out his life programme
and depending upon chance to carry
out any part of 1t? Men who depend
upon "luck" do not think 1t worth
while to make thorough preparation
for success. They are not willing to
pay the regular price for it. They are
looking for bargains. They are hunting
for short cuts to success.
Power gravitates to the man who
knows how. Luck Is the tide, nothing
more. The strong man rows with 1t IL
1t makes toward his port. He rows
against 1t II 1t flows the other way
Success.
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A BOYS Fancy.

George" said his mother. "why do
you pay so much attention to that Mid
dleton girl? She has face like an
apple pie.'
That's my favorite pie. MOTHER
said George. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-04-27

Spoiled children are not all Of ten
der years. Many of us continue
spoiled children all our days. In fact
the worst spoiled children are grown
up. Most of us are spoiled because
Providence and man have been too
good to u.s. II we have desired this,
that or the other, 1t has been given
us; IL our wills have clashed with
those about us, we have prevailed; II
our health has failed a little, there
was much pettlng, pampering and
nursing. Many a loving husband has
thus turned his young wife into a
fretful, peevish and selfish spoiled
child-often confirmed invalid. Forl
in the fullness of love he has made
efforts to grant every wish, buy every
bauble, protect her FROM hardship and
toll, and has asked after her health
so often that she herself commenced
to IVORY over it. So then when this
spoiled child was fully developed the
husband perhaps saw the folly of 1t,
but it was then too late. Then there
is the earnest. striving amiable wife
who waits on her husband, kneels to
receive has caresses AMI wearIes him
with honey-sweet demonstrations.
Soon the man yawns and his thoughts
go a-roving: he expects the service as
a right; he grows into a great and
disagreeable spoiled child, and his
wife discovers Bottoms ear, but per
haps fails to realize her own foolish
ness in the matter. Insidious and very
delicious are these courses of sweets
1t is safe to presume that IL any of
US were offered the same we would
promptly take 1t and demand more.
1t is not for any Of us to judge until
we have passed through temptation
unscathed. Sel1shness sometimes Is
necessary; coldness is braclng; alOof-
ness is invigorating Even where per-
haps we could find pleasure in serving
it is a good thing to hesitate and
weigh we'll whether it Is the best
part of wisdom. The pleasure we find
in serving is the most dangerous cause
Of OVERRIDING. Common sense in love
ls worth its weight in gold The doc
trine and practice of unselfshness
may be angelic. but its too jealous
uphOlding Is injurious to the rest of
the family.
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lliousness, constipation proven, fo-
,vory. Cure those with Ayers pills.
The olac.t L.lrlnr rmln..

Publication of an item from Wash
tngton, Pa, regarding twins ST years
old has brought out the fact that Free
port, Pa, leads by several years, Dr,
Charles u. Gillespie aud his sister,
Miss Mary Gillespie, are twins. and
were born In October, 1870, thus bcIns
~ years old. Dr. Gillespie has prac.
ticed medicine for nearly half cen
tury. lie was captain of Company 4,
seventy-eIgh,h Pennsylvania regimeat,
and served throughout the clyll war.
Freeport has been the home OF the
twins since the close OF the rebellion.
II is believed they are the oldest liy-
ing twins In the United States.
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Mllltrs EDUCATION.

Mlllet. the famous French paiater,
was born OF peasant folk. from whom
he had the habit OF simple aslng aud
powerful physique, From them, too,
writes the author OF Jean Francois
Mlllet and the Barbizon school," he
obtained his great tenderness toward
the people. whom he was destined 10
delIneate 50 powerfully.
by working with his folk upon the
farm he had not only the opportunity
OF necessarily watching the appear.
anee OF hgures In different sorts OF
toll. but he obtained as we'll an actual
knowledge OF the farm laborer's crafts
lie learned how to plow and how to
SOW; he learned all about the pecu.
liar nature OF all kinda OF crops and
every kind Of domestic animal; and
he became acquainted with the dis.
comfort. with the agony that arises
from continuous bodily exertlon, with
all that a rarm laborer suffers from
exposure 20 seorchng sun and biting
wind or frost.
Millet was happy In his instructors,
Ills Ereat.uncle. Charles Allllet. a
priest, divided bis time between Ia.
boring upon the farm and giving In
structlon to his little nephews and
pieces, Al all times this priest i'm.
pressed upon his granddaughter the ne.
cesSlty OF being industrious, upright
and courageous: and from him pro-
ceeded the impulse of that education
that sent MIllct more suitably
equipped for the task that lay before
him than many another arGss whose
name has been written large In his
tory.
II ls said that vergifs words, 1T 10
the hour when the great shadows do.
sccnd upon the plain," first revealed to
the hoy the beauty OF his own sur
roundIugs. and first lighted that tire
which was TO be productive OF some
Of the finest paintings OF evening
scenes that the world Ia Likely ever
10 possess.
As to his Bible and vergll. he read
aud reread them. and always In Latin:
and Sensler says. II have never heard
a more eloquent translator OF these
two books" Instead OF being nm H.
llterate person, indeed, when he went
TO Paris, Mlllet, "'rhe Wild Man Of
the Woods" as he was called by De-
laroche's pupils, among whom he
found himself, was already II cultlyae.
cd man, His education had been far
better than II he had been an ordinary
member OF bourgeois. or even OF a
noble family. Its great characterls-
tics were its thoroughness. It's SIM
pllcity and It's rehnement--the very
characteristics that make his own
works loyable.
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Were human nature In Its family
relations to be judged solely by the
incidents which are reported In the
newspapers, the skeptie and the pes.
simlst might perhaps have reason for
the unfaith which Is In them. There
are always sons who have been dlsln-
herited. daughters who are estranged
from parents, or sisters who are ven.
tllaung \ quarrel In court. Yet not
infreIuently the newspapers also show
the other side OF the shield. Only late.
ly brother became the sole heir TO
large fortune which was intended to
provide for two sisters, as well The
teStator left Il to the brother 10 man.
age for the benefit OF all. The heir.
however, feeling that his sisters ought
not to be exposed 10 any risk or uncer-
talnty, made over the whole property
to them before twenty.f four hours had
passed There Is no rock on which
family affections so often go to wreck
as on that OF money--the settling of
an estate, or the provisions OF a will.
Yet those concomltantS of death In
the family are the very circumstances
which ought to bring all the members
closer together, and make them more
charitable and more forglving In
some cases, no doubt. the teStator him.
self Is at fault. BY common consent
humanity has accepted the motto,
Nothing but good about the dead"
and II enmlty is thus to be cast aside
by the living who look into an open
grave, why should 1t be cherished and
carried over by him Who has received
the great summons? Why should he
wish to stretch from the unseen world
a hand clenched to infiict pain rather
than one open in blessing and benefl-
cence? The love that keeps a family to.
gether sworth any amount OF Justice"
at court or of bonds at the bankers.
The way to preserve 1t, when an in.
herltance is in prospect, is exactly to
reverse the rule usually followed.
When your own interests are at stake.
keep still; speak and act only when
those of the other members OF the
family are affected.
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HORRORS OF THE WAR
The Truth Might Cause Humanity 60
Intervene,

The Truth Might Cause Humanity Ia
ITO my sangulne and perhaps Wis,
ionary mind" writes stephen Bonsal,
in the New York Herald. ut seems
quite possible that were the blood.
curdhng Incidents of the great tragedy
of the LiaoTung depicted as they oc,
cur from day to day and from hour 70
hour by the vivid, dispasslonate pen
OF an eyewitness. the fathers and
mothers OF those who are being used
so recklessly as cannon fodder would
raise Il wall which might be heard
around the world--whlch ought at
least to find an echo IN every human
heart---wshich might arouse the world
and cause shuddering humanity TO IN.
tervene and save the unhuried bodies
OF these gallant men from the carrlon
fate and stay the torture OF the thou.
sands and thousands Of wounded Rus.
sian soldiers who, mangled and torn
by shot and she'll must suffer ampu.
tation and other surgical operat tons
without the alienation OF anesthetlcs.
"of course, In time this tale OF hor.
ror will he told and another chapter
added to the long Indictment which
civilization brings against the sense
less practices OF war, There Is, II
would seem, divinity which defeats
the secrecy. the reserve which war OF.
fees adore and hence we know that
in one OF these trenches, In the midst
of this useless slaughter. there stands.
with charmed life because OF the
indispensable message he bears, some
young lieutenant Of artillery who will
yet relate TO a shuddering world the
story OF Port Arthur, as Tolstoy re
vealed the shame aud human degra.
dation suffered at Sebastopol. And
perhaps In the noisone and unsanltary
subterranean galleries IN which the
wounded are huddled there Is sur.
geon who will survive to tell the story
of this shame In all its shocking de-
tails, as truthfully as Smollett painted
the story OF the yellow fever camps
at Cartagena, when so many loyal
North Americans died In the service
OF the English King.
Seeking for a parallel TO the daily
tragedy OF Port Arthur, the story OF
Sebastopol suggests itself. not only
because II was hitherto the greatest
siege Of modern history, nor yet be-
sause here again the Russians were
on the defensive and gave u notable
exhibition of their prowess in this line.
Indeed, 1t is not farfetched conclu-
sion to say that the siege of Port Ar
thur Is a direct consequence Of the
siege Of Sebastopol, for had not the
Crimean war, OF which the siege Of
Sebastopol was the most striking in
cident, resulted In the practical bot
tling up OF the Russians In the Black
sea and In cutting them or from the
expansion of their sea power In this
direction, they would not have ad-
vanced with such tremendous leaps
and bounds across the continent OF
Asia or succeeded In constructing an.
other temple of war upon the promon.
tory Of the Regent Sword peninsula,
which juts out, IL not into the sea OF
Japan, at least into waters which the
japanese deem 1t necessary for their
very national existence that they
should rule supreme"
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IRISH JAuNTlNo CARS.
They Are Quite Elaborate In C0nstruc'
tion- Cost $40 to $50.

They Are Quite Elaborate In COnstruc-
tion-Co $40 TO $50.
There are In Dublin about 1000 pub
lie cars. For license, says a writer
in Outing, the owner pays fl and the
driver for his license pays half a
crown down and a shilling a year. or
course well-to-do people have cars of
their own. The Dublin doctors who
used to drive soberly in vlctorIas now
cut about In cars like the rest of the
world
A car costs from E40 to E55, though
you may pick up one without rubber
tires for thirty guineas. A deal OF
work goes to the making. From start
to finish 1t takes one month to com
plete a car. The wood used Is birch
or walnut, usually American wood.
The birch car stands the weather far
better than the sOft-grained walnut.
Moreover, 1t will take paint, and eight
cen coats are laid on. The cushions
are nearly always Of cloth. Lance
wood or hickory go into the shafts
Underneath the car there is a movable
well for bags or dogs.
From Dublin these cars are shipped
world-over. Cars are made, too, In
Derry; but | was there Of a Sunday
and Derry was dead) They go to En-
gland, to India, to johannesburg, to
New York, TO Chicago, to Springfield
and California; the car follows the
exile.
1t is pretty fancy and not without
touch OF sentiment. When wealth
comes to an Irishman, far away from
the old sod, he sends back for a bit
of home discomfort to make him con-
tent And then riding on Jaunting
car Is good for the liver. Personally,
like the cranky vehicle. There's deal
of fun to be got out Of 1t. In the
first place, the motion Of a well-bal-
anced car is delightful; then, too, you
can see we'll about you and are near
the horse. So far as the horse is con-
cerned, the vehicle Is kindly one. If
the car be rightly loaded there is no
weight on the nag's back. Moreover,
1t Is easy hauling, for the horse is well
under his work.
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Prof. osler Of Johns Hopkins Uni.

Prof. 0sler of Johns Hopkins Uni,
versity never thought of the advisable
tty of chlorofrming the hopelessly in
sane or criminal classes, but he Is
dead sure that it would be a good
thing for all classes at the age of go.
He also thinks that nobody does any
good work after 40, though Vanderbilt,
Morgan and Rockefeller made a pile
Of money after that age, and Grant,
Lee and Roberts did some tolerably
good fighting when considerably older.
Kuropatkin and Kuroki will never see
20 again.
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Mnr Nryer Iln,e nrnrh nf n.

After a stormy interyinew with Mr..
Boodelle, the successful contractor aud
politician, the sidlgaan, caller had
gone away.
Il fully expected TO see you slug
him." said the private secretary.
"when he called you persistent ylo.
lator OF the eighth commandment
II suppose ought to have done H."
said Mr.. Boodelie. grinding his teeth,
but couldn't recall the eighth com.
maudmcnt to save my llfe!'-Chlcago
Tribune.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-04-27

An interesting exhibition Of the sat
tsfact0ry working of the new chill
dren's court was given not long ago
in New York City. Forty boys who
had been paroled to appear on a Ger
tain day came into court They were
boys who, under the old system, would
probably have been sent to jail for
short terms, stamped with the shame
Of Jail sentence, and perhaps start
ed on criminal careers. Under the
parole system they appeared in court
before justice, who had their com
plete record of behavior since their
trial. Seventeen Of them brought re-
ports of perfect conduct from teach
ers and parents. Each of these was
released from parole and received a
-bordered certificate Of honesty.
truthfulness, industry and politeness,
signed by the justice. Twelve others
whose records were good, but not per-
feet, were continued on parole, and
had silver-sealed certificates. The 9TH
or eleven got no certificates, but ten
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-04-27
A Developed Daisy.

For many years Mr.. Burbank worked
upon the daisy, taking the tiny field
daisy, the pest of Eastern farmers, as a
basis OF his experiments, and develop
ing it until il is now splendid bios.
som from FIVE to seven inches in diam.
eter, with wonderful keeping qualities
after cutting. In the same way he has
greatly increased the geranium in size,
and at the same time has made it far
more billiant in color From William
s. Harwood's "A Wonder Worker OF
Science in the April Century.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-04-27
Greatest Things Are tho Simplest

Greatest Things Are the Simplest.
The trouble with US Is that we look
too high and too far away for ou=
chances. We forget that the greatest
things are the simplest. In hunting for
roses, we trample the daisies under our
feet We are blind to the chances and
blessings near Us because we are look
Ing so far away for them. Every
thing depends upNn the power of tho
mind TO see opportunities. II is the
eye that can see the chance, the pluck
and determination to lay hold OF II and
wiring from 1t every possibility that we
lack, rather than the chance ito make
good. d."-Success Magazine.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-04-27

One sometimes wonders why college
students think that they enjoy certain
privileges and immunities not granted
to other citizens. An antiquarian has
attempted to explain this feeling as
the survival of the customs Of the an
cient chartered universities in Europe,
whose students were responsible only
to the university authorities Of the
town in which the university was sit
uated. There is probably something
in the view, as old customs die hard
and even cross oceans to lands not
dreamed Of when they originated.
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CHANGE for InYenfnrs.

"AIlow me to show you the ideal
snow shovel" said the wandering ped.
dler.
MY dear man." yawned the suburb
ante, my idea of an ideal snow shOv.
el has not yet been invented
Indeed! And what is your ideal ~
"Why, snow shovel that can be
operated through the kitchen window
while the owner sits by hot stove"
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OF them had conducted themselves so
well that the justice continued their
parole. Only one Of the whole forty
had continued TO be a bad boy. and
he was sent to the protectory, Surely
the knowledge OF the homes made
happy by the presence Of the boys is
a tine reward for those whose perse-
verance made the new court possible.
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Political forms touch the life of the
people intimately. Thus, under mon
archy or theocracy or an oligarchys a
man with long hair passes for poet,
whereas under republic he is thought
to be paying an election bet merely.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-04-27

One of the railroad presidents says
rate regulating will be a step in the
direction of socialism. He is probably
wondering why the people haven't fall
en- back in terror. But 1t has come to
pass that a good many of the people
are able to think of things that are
worse even than step in the direction
Of socialism.
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You Can Oct Allen's rOot.nass FREE.

Write Allen $. Olmsted. lie Roy n. Y, for q
free sam ple OF Allen q Foot Ease. IL cures
sweating, hot swollen. aching feet II makes
new or tight shoes easy, A certain cure for
corns. ingrOwing guails aud bunions. All drug,
gists sell It. g5c. Don't accept any substitute
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-04-27

The University Of Pennsylvania has
conferred degree upon Emperor VIII
liam Of Germany. Our alma matters
are doing no little work in promoting
brotherliness among the sons of earth.
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Too much must not be expected
from the movement to tax bachelors.
Rather than pay the tax or marry to
escape it many of them will be con-
trary enough to leave the country.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-04-27

Russell Sage also may be numbered
among those who don't believe in DR.
oSler's theory that all men who have
passed the age OF 60 retard progress
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-04-27

The minister who told young Rocke-
feller's Bible class TO keep their lamps
filled with oil evidently intended TO try
to make them forget their instructor Is
In Europe.