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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-07-26

MISS ROSE FOWLER AND THE TELEVuE.
glass six inches in diameter, before
which the talker stands, and a receiy-
ing plate one and three-quarters inches
across, in which the transmitted image
appears. This smaller disk is close to
to the mouthpiece, so that the user of
the phone may see the person at the
other end of the wire and talk with him
at the same time. Inside the box are
an extra induction coil and two more
batteries than in an ordinary telephone
The visual image is transmitted in the
form of photograph. and the working
of the apparatus is said to depend up
on the variations in the electrical re-
sistance of a ribbon of selenium pro-
duced by variations in the intensity o.
a beam of light impinging upon it,
What boon to the busy housewife
the televue should prove. No more
buying of understood or siclsly veget;.
bles over the phone, for the grocer will
have to hold each one to the glass
Madam may even order her bonnet b!
wire and watch it progress to perfec.
ton by merely calling UP the battery
from time to time. Street car compa-
MES will be driven to the verge Of
bankruptcy and dry goods stores will
be converted into vast telephone sS
changes.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-07-26

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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-07-26
Al Animal Story For
Little Folks
The Handsome GobbIer

What an insignificant little thing
you arew exclaimed the big turkey COB
bier as he strutted past puny chick
who was taking its morning meal in the
barnyard. II am so very thankful that
l am not such babe as you.'
II am glad you are pleased with
yourself" answered the little chick.
PLEASED with myself! Why, certain
ly am, and why shouldn't l be?' ex-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-07-26
THE SEEING TELEPHONE.
What May Happen When Fowler's
Invention LIS In Daily Use.

You have probably heard the story
of the absentminded man at the tele-
phone answering the inquiry of the
friend who had forgotten his umbrella.
rs this it?" he shouted, holding the
rain defer to the mouthpiece Of the
phone. This discontinued man was q
prophet as we'll as an unconscious hui
morist, for it won't be long, they say,
before he can see umbrellas and all
sorts of things over the wire. The de-
vice which is expected to accomplish
this miracle is called the televue 1t
was invented by j. b. Fowler of Port
land, Ore, and has already been tested
with success over distance Of 5000
feet. Preliminary patents have been
issued in Washington.
The televue looks very much like an
ordinary telephone. On the cabinet are
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-07-26

A month afterward the same two sat
at opposite sides of the same table
You see, we are having our little
dinners, after ALL" Caverly leased.
Yes; and the gas bills are only half
as big; but l am careful to do the
complaining myself, if there is any to
be done. It's dangerous thing to let
man do" HARRY WINTHROP.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-07-26

SIR JOSEPH GEORGE WARD, X. c. NJ. g.
Our trade is growing, our interests are
identical. 1t would seem wise statesman
ship to cultivate our relations along the
commercial line, and we New Zealanders
are willing.
He has served as minister of rail
ways, telegraphs, industries and com
merce and as colonial secretary and
postmaster general The government
in New Zealand owns railways. tele.
graphs, coal mines and other natural
monopolies. Speaking of the results of
the system the premier sad
We have the largest per capita Of
wealth in the world in New Zealand, and
we have proportionately the lowest rate
OF taxation. We have the cheapest public
utilities and probably the most efficient
Our railroads haul people cheaper than
any in the world. and nowhere are the
railroads operated more economically.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-07-26
An ,Animal Story For
Eittle Folks
THE MOOSE WHO TRIED
TO PLEASE EVERYBODY

There was once a young moose wh1
was brought up far away from his
kind. When his horns began to sprout
he went about among all his playmates
asking them what they thought of the
new venture. The bear told him that
it was perfectly ridiculous to have hard
things growing out of your forehead
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-07-26
A Form Of speech.

Suitor nervously)- ask your
daughters hand
Father (quizzically)-Well, you can't
have it. DO you suppose I'm going to
have one handed girl hanging around
me for the balance Of my days 7-Bohe-
mian.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-07-26
The Opti,,,i.t.

Whats an optimist, dadY'
An opt:mist, my son, is man who
says, We'll. anyway our team would
have won If the umpire an the wealth
er an two scratch hits an n pitcher
with sore finger hadn't helped the
other fellows cleveland Plain Deal
or
The Washington times., 1906-11-18

expecting a very tight-httIng lid" as
It's penalty.
Bec<ham was born in Bardstown,
Ky. November. 1869. He was the
grandson Of Governor Wicklin. and
comes Of one Of tie Oldest families I'm
Kentucky. His mother has the d.s-
tinction of being the daughter of a
governor Of Kentucky. Beckham had
a prediction for politics. and when
eleven years old won his first election
as page in the Kentucky Legislature
He has never been beaten IN his life
At eighteen he was principal Of the
high school az Rardstown. Then he
practiced law. At twenty-three he
was elected a member Of the LegisIa-
ture and made brilliant record. In
IsgS. when he was twenty-eight years
old. Beckham was elected speaker OF
the Kentucky house Of representative.
In 1888 William GoebeI. who had gained
the nomination for governor. placed
Beckham on the ticket with him as
lieutenant governor. When GoebeI
died. February, 1900. Beckham sue
ceeded him. being just thirty years old.
one month within the age limit for
governor.
The Washington times., 1906-11-18

~ HE smart voUug man came into
the smoking compartment, took
a safety match from the p'N
in the rack and attempted 10
light It ny rubbing IL under the td~9
OF the windows,U Failing ia this. NE
tried it under the chair and then ON
the seat of his trousers. Throwing lhe
match oUt the window, with an oath'
ne took another match from the box
and scratched il across every promising
surface within reach
At IcnsJh plying passenger inter
posed:
you can't light one Of those matches
unless you strike il on the box he
said.
"Oh, yes, / can" replied the smart
young man &
No. my friend. I beg your pardon,
but il is impossible. It requires un#c1
OF certain chemicals to cause ignition
Of those matches. and the necessary
complement of those IN the head OF
tie match are found only on the side
o. the box.
Maybe so, stranger" said the smart
young man, but I'll bet you s. l can
light one of those matches without
striking it on the box"
Il don't like to take your money
replied the passenger but III take you
up on that"
Then the smart young man reached
down ana scratched the match inside
the heel of his shoe, whore he had pre-
iously put the coating from the busi-
side Of a safety match boX, and, Of
course, the match ignited at once.
The goOd-natuTcd passenger drew out
his pccketbook 10 pay the bet, but the
young man stopped him.
No, no, stranger" he said: that
wasn't a genuine bet on my part; il
was just "A joke Keep your money. but
If you've got an extra cigar I'll take it
and cail il square
There is a tradition" put in the red
headed man in the corner. with a
yawn, that Abel worked that joke
on Cain and got what was coming to
him i'm consequence. Many a man has
been slaughtered since for less, and
the slayer acquitted on the grounds of
justitiable homicide Gimme a light,
please"
YES" said bridge contractor from
Pittsburg. as the smart young man
went out to get a breath OF fresh air.
Jokes of that kind are an Indication
Of an immature mind but I remember
= case where such "a joke made lit
tie fortune for the victim"
THAT sounGs like a good story" said
the red-headed man. Let's have 4"
u have friend over in Columbus
Ohio named Smart. Everybody calls
him Billy but his fun name is Theo-
dore Dodridge Smart. Bnly's initials
were a bright ana shining mark for the
The Washington times., 1906-11-18

wags at school who insisted that they
stood for n UTofaUe expression of super
fluity. Their victim got SO tired of ii
that no got an has friends L. call him
Billy and Billy he IS 20 this day
''Eut that has nothing A. do with the
story. Bills early in life developed
talent and "a liking for poker. He WASH
a professional gambler. on the con
tTaTy. he WAS and is q shreWd and Jn-
usually successful business man. Eut
poker is his f8vorIte pHsume, and he
doesn't play a Iady's game. either. He
usually wins but sometimes he loses
heavily. and when the cards are run
ming against him and the passion OF
play possesses him he viii stay in the
game until his luck changes or un-u
every dollar he has is gone One time,
eight 0r ten years ago, he had some
business iu Nashville. and while there
pot into "A poker game thar came near
Wiping out his entire fortune. It was
a straight game, all right The other
men IN ia were all substantial business
men of the Tennessee capital and TIL
lys luck was against him from the
start. and as the night wore on his
losses grew from tens TO hundreds and
from hundreds 10 thousands. and still
he played on. For tine particular deal
lie had i'm hand ne had turned nearly
everything he possessed into cash, and
so ne was Well heeled. but his Ioss
meant his ruin. ALONG about , o'clock
i'm the morning lie wrote note 10 an
old personal friend living in Nashville
and sent it out 10 his house by a spe-
ciaI messenger 'Eor Gods sake, IL
read, let me have hundred dollars
at once. or my goose is cooked.
This friend knew BuIys weakness
and froWrtC upon it, lie was a deacon
i'm the church. and il was against his
principles to lend money 20 anybody to
gamble with. But. never dreaming tHat
the situation was as serious as il was,
lie thought he would play a joke on
Billy, and possibly teach him a lesson.
some time during the war the State
of Missouri issued some 'defenss bonds
that were about as good an imitation
of real money as enc could fnd any
where BHly's friend happened 10 nave
one of these bonds. which me preserved
as a curiosity 1t was of the denomna-
tion NJ $i00. just the amoGnt asked for,
so. with q chuckle 10 himself. he put
the bond iE an envelope, addressed it
to T. -. Smart, and gave it To the mes
sai'ger.
Billy was down 10 his last dollar
when the messenger returned. lie
grabbed the envelope with feyeriSh ex-
element, tore IL open. took out the bin.
and. without unfolding il or examining
f., placed it on the table and resumed
his play
well. sir. gentlemen, from that mo-
ment his luck cha lged. lie commenced
The Washington times., 1906-11-18
How De Beeame q LawyeT.

one OF his patrons was struck with
th- boys bright manner and gave him
position as an office boy When
WoIf was about sixteen his employer
asked him II he would not Ike % stu
sv law. Wolf thought he would. lie
accepted the loan of law book,
which he read through In short order
He read others in rapid succession
and. when he Wis old enough 20 at
tend the law school OF fhe University
Of Maryland. lac had saved enough
money 10 start with. For three years
he studied hard and worked harder in
order 10 pay for his books and tuition
Al last he got his sheepslIin. and.
passing the bar examination, received
his license 10 practice
At first cases came slowly. but older
lawyers helped young Wolf because
they admired his pluck and because
they thought he would make good il
given n chance. >Suw he IS known ai
over Baltimore as one OF the abLesr
lawyers in the city Cle az his great
est achievements was battling Senator
william PIuckuey Whyte. tie Nes-7r
of the Baltimore bar Serator Why te
has been twice governor Of Maryland
and has twice represented that state
in the United states Senate. The sue
cess that has attended his long career
IS based on his Erea. ability a. law
yer. lie has successfully defended
sixty men charged with murder He
would never prosecute a criminal lee
cause Of the fear that nc might hang
him. Yet. when This veteran CROSSED
swords not long ago with Harry Wolf
he could do nothing with the astuts
youugster.
And nov Wolf Is coming % Congress
lie will enter unoa his Congressional
duties on March E. 1901 At that time
he viii not De tweaty-seven years Old
and vii bc the youngest man in the
House of Rerre=entauves.
His frieuds-aud their name is le-
siou-decIare that Wolf VIII continue
60 develop .n fae next five sears as he
has in t5e past. This IS the same
prediction as tas been made for SEN
ator--Ie-t B,cEham IT il IS true the
baby of The Senate and the baby OF the
House. should tney remain iu the Na-
tloual Legislature. ar= destined to take
front rank aUcn- their colleagues and
win laureI-. Both are excellent speak
ers. Neither is "a deluaE0gre. and t'la
careers ol both win ae watched with
great interest by cheese vino follow tle
public affairs of the country.
The Washington times., 1906-11-18

10 VIM and the game went on Ehul
surup. Billy by that time had reeof-
erred all his losses and quiz the game
S,e.o0J ahead After breakfast lac went
around 10 SEE his Sauc-imGHiols ntnf-
factor. and when they met they were
two of the most astonisned men YOU
ever saw. for BILLY didn't know until
that moment that a bogus bill had
puEcd him out Of Tire hole
'EIe wasn't tile urst man 10 make
pile from practical joke. said the
red-hetdeC man. I've heard "a said,
though I don't know how true 10 Is jhat
Winfield SCOTT Stra-ton. the Indiana
carpenter who dug mp all kinds of mil
sions at Cripple Greek and left 'em for
tho courts t5 play marbles with-i'ye
heard il said that be went ont there as
green a tcndeTloot rs ever moved West.
ana some fun-loving miners induced
hsm to take up a claim at a place where
there wasn't a sign OF gold, and the
practical miners didn't believe he'd ever
strike anything worth taking ont If he
dag To- the center of the earth Bat he
fooled en- ry opening up one of TIE
richest mines in the Rocky Mountains
"Oh. ves.' chimed in a cotton factor
frcm Dallas. Instances of that kind are
not rare Why. I remember a case in
which I myself played a little part, and
il was quite a remarkable as any of
'em u was a good many years agO. in
the early DAYS Of railroad construction
in Texas, when every man In the state
carried "A brace of rcvolvers and knew
how 20 use them. and gamblers and
thugs and train robbers rcaped con-
tinual harvest in the cessters of pOpula-
tiou TolG wouldn't believe IL n YOU
went 4 ,wn there now. but at that time
Fort Worth was the toughest town in
TcNas the toughest town in the whole
Southwest, in fact.
"One day there blew into Fort Worth
a Young fellow from somewhere up ia
Illinois He was nice. clean. well
dressed youngster: not a dude. but a
li.tle more fastidious about his attire
than was then considered proper IN Tex
as. He had a letter of Introduction 40
q well-known lawyer OF fort Worth
who took him under his protection and
prevented tie boys from having the
snort With the tcnderfoot they miEhl
9th trvise have had I was one Of The
boys in those DAYS. and I was one af a
number who entered into conspiracy to
gently break ia the young fellow by the
iin.-bonored snipe hunt method by
casual Inquiries we learned that he was
ignorant of the mysteries of the suipo
hunt. and when tge volunteered TO show
him some sport that was sport, he ac-
c.rtrd our offer with enthusiasm
I'VE took him out that night. and.
after xlIking as far as We though nee
ossarv. the usual discussion as 10 who
should hold the bag was commenced.
The Washington times., 1906-11-18
win They Lastl

II Is this that makes their entrance
into Congress so interesting. Are they
merely political manipulators who will
fail to measure up to the standard of
valuable Statesmanship. or will they
grow and broaden with Legislative ex-
perience until their names stand for
something in the country at large?
This is the question that many of
their friends and enemies are asking.
Time alone can tell. Beckham has
\six years TO serve in the Senate. Wolf
has only two years TO serve in the
House. Before he is half way through
hIs first term ne must again go before
the people OF his district il ne is 10
be reelected. Their records in Con-
gress will doubtless be watched with
keen interest. II they continue 10
move forward at the pace they have
been during the past i've years. they
will be- heard from. II they fail, they
will drop back into the ruck, and be
lost sight of with the majority Of :he
mediocre men, who. through one cause
or another ind their way into the
halls of Congress, only to stay there
year after year without attracting any
attention.
When William GoebeI, who was as
sasinated while governor OF Kentucky.
started 20 name the rest OF the Demo-
cratic ticket on which he ran for the
Office. the tenure of which proved 50
fatal 10 him, he looked about for
nonentity 10 mn the position of lieu
tenant governor. Tie wanted man
who had few enemies. and whose rec
ord was of such "a nature as 10 arouse
10 antagouism 10 his nomination. Goe-
bel. himself. had killed a man. and nc
WIS particularly anxious % have
peaceable man as running mate.
There was young fellow named Beck
ham-John Cripps Wickline Beck
hanoi Nelson county. who was
bright and had served creditably Tor
several years in the Legislature. He
was only twenty-nine years old. so
had not had time 10 do much harm 10
anybody politically. So Goebel pick
ed him I'D. put him on the ticket as
lieutenant governor and elected him
along with the rest Beckham took
his seat as presiding officer Of the
State senate and nobody thought any
thing more about il. That was seven
years ago
The Washington times., 1906-11-18

4 Born Fighter.

From newsboy to Congressman in
fifteen years is the story Of Harry B.
Wolf the young Democrat. who
comes 70 the sixtieth Congress from
the Third Maryland district. Like
Backham. the Baltimorean has fought
his wa, up the ladder of lie by sheer
force of ability backed up by untlrlng
erergy. So far, NE has not had
chance 10 Prove himself as shrewd
O. manipulatnr of politics as the
young Kentucky Senator. but his rec
ord up To date shows that he is a
born politician. a mixer who has
fnw equals and m superiors \ man
who occupies a seat in the United
States Senate does not have to be
a mixer to take prominent place
in that august body. but the can who
hopes FOR success in the lower branch
of the national legislative body can
not get along with ability alone. He
must be magnetic and must possess
a thorough working knowledge OF the
game of handshaking and back slap
ping With Wolf these faculties are
a matter of nature He has great
big heart and would rather do a good
turn for anybody that came along
than not His genial, friendly nature
did more to win him votes in Balti-
more than his political work, And
y.t>at politics the young baltimore
Democrat is no bungler. This was
shown by the manner in which he met
the hard political fight put up by
his opponent. W. W. Johnson. one Of
the leaders Of the Republican party
in Maryland and a veteran of many
campaigns.
The house to house canvass Is a
great thing in Baltimore and none
knew this better than young Harry
Wolf The day after he was nomi-
n9tei by his party he started out to
reach every doubtful voter in his dis
trict. lie wrote about 5000 letters
asking them to vote for him. lie was
one cf them. born and brought up in
the district he is TO represent, and
he knew how TO reach the voters.
He followed his letters with per
sonal call upol every man and woman
ne knew in the district and saw many
Ec did not know. Most of the latter
knew him by reputation and before
the campaign had got well under way
Wolf could not walk around a city
block in less than an hour even If he
was In "a great hurry, so many were
there who wanted to shake him by
the hand.
The Washington times., 1906-11-18

some of the boys Insisted ON drawing
cards. bur- zs rHlS was tna post oF
honor. We. of COURSE decided ta give iL
10 our guest' from illinois We found
him "A comfortable place iu slump cf
bushes WITHIN ~i-rf of Ih- railroad. and
after giving him explicit INSTRUCTIONS as
TO what to do when We drove ,he suiue
up to him. We sueaked back to town 10
wait for our victim 70 come iu aud pay
for The drinks.
The Youngsters name. If I remember
right was Cotton He stuck 10 his job
like q little man Tor about au hour be-
fore is began rg smell "a mouse An1Llt-
er hair hour and his doubts began 90 as-
sumo the dignity "L certainty. lie was
just about ru start back tu town when
the sound ol zaliop.nE horses came 10
his car lrHlIiuE back into the bushes
he bTcaJhIcss.y awaited developments.
lie said aiterWard- with "a gum, JEal Doe
thought il might he The sulpe coming
Anyway. he kept IulTI- and pretty soon
two men rode tp 10 cottonwood tree
not twenty steps iTum Cotton and dis
mounted. After some talk which he
couldn't hear. ore ut the men produced
q spade and began Ga dig Ht the base oI
the tree FOR nlteel or twenty minutes
the dirt flew and then the other man
took box which lac held. Tut IL IN the
bottom of the hole and together they
carefully replaced the earth and sod,
removed as faE as they could lle traces
of the excavation. then -eMHultCd their
horses and rode rapidly away.
You can Imagine that Cotton was
very much excited Ir would have been
a real adventure Tor Texan. but Tor
tenCeTfoot IL was like page from e.
dime novel BHt na lIIH lose his head
He waited fifteen eF twenty minutes to
be sure JHC coast WAS clear. then he got
over Io that cottonwood and began Lp
dig with his fingers it took him a
long time to get down tu the box. but
ne finally got lt oIr. and Will" he
found ~ pretty H.aFt. % WASH 100
much Of load faT him Geo carry, and la
waddied back io Gown with % and got
DO into his room without being noticed.
Then ne looked U= up. took our chaTpuE
with suspicious good UafUre, and then
set 'em up to tIe crowd Dob tle usual
way, but he dldu --t word about tho
box.
The next moruiEE thc town was Wild
with excitement over the report that the
Texas Pacific train lE1 been robbed
fhe night before aEu - sum estimated ail
the way from AHh" ln Altu-ato taken
from the express Ela-stllr-.T- Cotton puE
two and TWO tuEeIler. sIc then looked
mp tGe railroad esq rr~~ officials. They
described the Stui-I funds. and Cotton
took them l4f flfs room. save them
the spoiIs ana tUII them Ihe whole
story. You can Imagine that Cotton
was the hero ct tEe town for "a few daEs
The express company came fu LIe lfluL
IN great shape ard gave him check
for Sl.tsf. and tHr1 also mHuc present =
to- cvel1 one of tEs party tl1t took
him ont Snipe hunting Cotton Went
back 10 Illinois the ue1t duE- Tie was
friends advised him go get as far away
as hc could. for % was "a sufr thing that
the train robbers would set even II
he stayed.
y went snipe hunting once, said the
red-headed man, "but l didn't catch any
thing but "a case Of ma4aTial fever that
laid me up for two months. &C. g.
Yost, in Commercial Appeal.