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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-05-22

do the rulings. Hans Lamaak young
farmer living south of Manila rode
for many. as we'll as himself. He did
not win however, but did fine.
The successful ones were as fol-
lows:
1. VIM. jain. Jr.
2. Gus. Lapel.
3. John Rath.
a. John Clausen.
While the ringriding was going on.
the women had ball throwing con-
est in the hall. Some sixteen took
part, the contest being to throw nine
balls into an open barrel some twelve
feet away. There was much rivalry.
The successful three were as fol-
lows:
1. Mrs. Fred Steckleberg.
2. Mrs. VIM. Lebeck.
8. Mrs. VIM. Schnoor.
The ladies of the Lutheran church
served splendid supper from five tc
seven. In the evening came the
dance and this continued long into the
night. We are glad the German
friends had this holiday and keep in
memory one of the great days of sport
among the people of the Fatherland.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-05-22
NOTICES.

There will be union services by the
M. E. and Presbyterian congregations,
on next Sunday. In the morning Rev.
Gable will deliver the Memorial SER
mon in his church. In the evening
Rev. Lacey will give the address to.
the High School graduates of this
year.
On Thursday May 30th. Presiding
Elder Griffith of Council Bluffs will
be the orator of the day.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-05-22

Mr.. Jas. Naughton returned this
week from sojourn of several
months in the Panhandle country of
Texas. He is in the employ of the
Pecos Valley railroad and likes the.
work and the country and expects.
soon to return.
Miss Marion SERVER leaves on
Thursday TO attend the May Festival
at Cornell College in Mount Vernon.
Mrs. c. E. Lyman leaves on Fri
day to spend the week in Council
Bluffs visiting Mr.. Lyman's mother.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04

HOLLY GROVE UNION NO. 1542.. R. l.. Dalrymple. secretary.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
Beware of the Doc,

A wealthy gentleman recently had party of his men friends at his home and entertained them by having a gift. ed lecturer deliver a stereopticon talk on the tropics. which he had just visit. ed. The slides were very beautiful. and so engrossed did the entire audi ence become in the lecture that every one failed to notice the entrance of a pet dog belonging to the host
 Meantime the dog--a most well-be. haved animal--sat quietly down in a remote corner and watched the pic lures with the greatest interest. He followed the advent and disappear ance of each slide fin wonder. craning his neck to the utmost as each picture was slipped out and replaced by an other. At last the lecturer presented tropical glade with several fine ducks skimming over it and was enlarging on the shooting there. when suddenly the dog made one mad rush for the ducks and disappeared through the sheetl
 The lecture came to an abrupt close.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
FAITH IN HER NINE LlvEs.
Cat Took Chances in Flying Leap
 from Burning Building.

During fire in the tenement house at 124 West One Hundred and Second street the other day large black cat
 with shiny yellow eyes, appeared on a window sill of the fifth story. Behind 1t a dull red glow and an occasional pun of smoke gave warning that the flames were rapidly approaching. Fuss understood, and, after short walk on the sill, launched herself into space. The flight through the air was like that of a squirrel. the poise beiAg per feet and the legs spread out as widely as possible. The cat descended in a long, graceful curve, and when she struck the pavement the feet were quickly punched together and there was no dull thud." For a single in stant the cat paused, as if to recover from the shock, and then, with a long drawn meouw and every hair on end. dashed along the street and disar- peared in the darkness.-N. Y. Sun.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
GAN FoRETELL THE WEATHER.
Scientist Thinks Animals and Birds
 Have That Power.

Are the tree toads, swallows. and fishes trustworthy barometers? Prof. Robert Leudlmayer. of the University of Prague, assures the world that
 many species of animals probably sense electric waves emanating from distant storms, the local electric ten. sion, the ionizing of the atmosphere, the permeabiity of higher strata to light in small waves, and the atmos- pheric pressure, as we'll as moisture and temperature, and by certain com
 binatlons of such perceptions are re- Actively led to special actions that stand in casual relation to the com ing weather. The question whether the high or low flight respectively of the insects and the behavior of the fishes, tree frogs, and swallows stand. ing in connection herewith can be used as weather indications seems to him to be not finally answered. So far as the scientific Investigations per. nit conclusion no connection exists indeed but since an instinctive ac. commodation of the conduct of the insects to the coming weather is pos sible and undoubtedly would be ex. tremely advantageous to them, he deems it nevertheless not impossible that such one exists in fact
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
HAD TO KEEP PROMISE.
Woman Paid Penalty of Almost Over
 Active Conscience.

Here is point for Mrs Mary Will. of New England conscience. A family moved into nice apartment in | nice house. The next Sunday they had callers
 Aren't these rooms lovely!" ex. claimed a woman visitor. Are there any more flats like these to rent?"
 The hostess said she believed not
 We'll said the visitor, 'ff there should be vacancy later, kindly let me know and we'll move in immediate ly." Just before going away she re yerted to the fiat. You'll be sure to let me know if anybody moves out won't you?" she said
 And the hostess said she would The next week somebody did move
 What shall do?' walled the host ess. I'd rather live in an insane asy ium than in the same house with that woman
 Don't tell her about the vacancy, suggested her conscienceless husband
 Oh, put Hiunt, dSueu lnc "oh an. ''I promised and l cannot break my word. l simply can't live with that woman, but l shall let her know about the flat and If the worst comes to the worst and she moves in, why, we'll move out, that's all"
 And that, in spite of the protests of the mystified man, was exactly what they did
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
In His Fathers Eootsteps.

Kansas City. Mo. Jan. 17.-D. W. Wade, 22 years old, was arrested Tuesday while at work in the Fletch CT grocery store in this city. A tele- gram from the chief of police at Great Falls. Mont. said that he was wanted there for shortage in his accounts with the Henningsen Produce com pany of that city. Wade was book. keeper for the company Wade is a son of James F. Wee. = embezzling treasurer of Cloud county. Kansas, who Is now serving sentence in the Kansas state penitentiary at Lansing for embedding county funds aggregat, ing s1o.00c
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
Radnex,s Eeathered Ally.

April 12 is the anniversary of Rod ney's timely but much controverted victory over De Crasse, in which he received assistance from an unexpect- ed ally. While the new manoeuvre of breaking up the line'-really invent ed by Capt. Douglas-was being exc cuted, shot shattered the hencook and little bantam cock escaped into the rigging. From this coign of van tage, whenever the Glorieux fired her broadside into the Formidable, he would hurl back a prolonged crow of defiance at the Frenchman. This pro duced mighty merriment among the seamen, and inspired them with . proper spirit for the business" As a reward for his public services. the plucky little bird was reprieved from the cook, and passed the rest of his days ashore as petted pensioner
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
pUck's SCHOOL OF CRIME.
Chance for All Who Would Graduate
 from Home to Penitentiary.

Why work honestly on small sal ary when we can show you by mail how to double your income without in terfering Cat first) with your present employment?
 Anyone will tell you that there is more money in raising currency than in raising mushrooms.
 Learn to be a pickpocket. Some pickpockets make more money than schoolteachers. We will teach wives to pick their husbands pockets, and husbands to pick other peoples pock- cts Pickpocketing is light genteel profession, and if you have the ability there is no limit to what you can make or the prominence you may attain as a pickpocket
 Three of our students are now in the house of representatives, four are sue cessful lawyers, another is wealthy judge, and so on. This course includes mine promoting and industrial insur- ance.
 If you are earning less than $50,000 year we can help you.
 Classes forming. Don't delay. Be- gin now. Address Puck's School of Crime, New York.-Puck.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
PERMITS REFUSED TO LAPS.
Privileges of Keeping intelligence Of. flces in San Francisco Denied
 Subjects of Mikado.

San Francisco, June 29.-The board Of police commissioners Thursday denied the application of five Japa nese for the privilege of renewing their permits to keep intelligence of. flces in this city and refused two Japanese applicants who desired tc obtain new permits for the same business, on the ground that the ap pneants were not citizens of the United States and that here. to fore the policy of the board had been always to give the preference in these privileges tc citizens, against those who are not and cannot become citizens.
 It had been urged on behalf of the petitioners that they were entitled to the privilege by virtue of the pro. visions of the treaty but the police commission contends that if such right does exist it is subject to laws enacted under the general police powers of the state concerning DO. lice and sanitary regulations. A re fusal to grant such permits is not, ac. cording to the construction of the board. violation of the right to trade.
 President Hagerty, in giving the decision of the board. said that it was the policy of the board to grant such permits only to citizens of the United States and not to citizens oi foreign countries and he further suggested that the refusal to grant these permits would open the way for determination in court of tht extent of the right of Japanese il this respect under the treaty be tween the United States and Japan should the applicants desire to take the matter into the courts.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
Pronunciation Of "Girl."

Concerning the pronunciation of girl" it is to be feared that only very careful English people fail to rhyme it with pearl nowadays The song of a few years back-"My dear little grille, grille, with hair SO nice and curly. and every morning early"-- shows the custom of the great public in our time, though in the Wilkins hnd his Dinah" period .girl' was rhymed with dwell" "Gell' was, no doubt the nearest the average man could get to the sound imperfectly represented by 'gairl," and, at any rate, was better than the vulgar gal :" But in these days few authors would go to the trouble of writing "gurl" to show that a character was peculiar in thus pronouncing the word, as Thack- cray did in the case of Mrs. Bungay. So says a London paper.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04

CENTER UNION NO. 1901. \. Dooley, secretary.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
Pussy Willows.

A little girl recently saw some pussy willows for the first time. The teacher Who showed them to her was so fa- miliar with them herself that she as- sumed the child must know how they grew and so merely said;
 See what soft little gray fur coats they have on!'
 Yes" returned the girl, stroking them laconically.
 And see how pink some of them are, went on the teacher enthusias- ucally, much disappointed that the child should say so little.
 Yes" murmured the girl again.
 Feeling the little waif was not much interested the teacher turned to go away, when, to her surprise, her lis 'ener caught her by the dress, whis- pering eagerly:
 II I'll bring you straight. brown t"ig tomorrow will you make some more of those little fur things and SUCK em on miner"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
For Nature Students.

William Archer. the noted English critic, said at one of the meetings of the reformed spelling board in New York
 T have been rather surprised, here in the States, with the general ignor- ance of what we spelling reformers are trying to do. Our aims are not at all understood. We have no idea of going to such ludicrous extremes as many people think.
 Tn fact, the average mans idea of reformed spelling is good deal like the two young ladies idea of natural history.
 What part of the animal does the chop come from? said the first young lady. Is 1t the leg?'
 .Oh. not at all, said the other, laughing. The leg! How ridiculous! 1t is, of course. the jaw bone. Have you never heard of animals licking their chops?'
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
Remarkable Funeral.

A remarkable funeral. among the mourners being 100 of the deceased's s descendants. S5 of whom were com paratively small children, many of them babies in arms, recently took place at Adamsville, York county, Pa. when Mrs. Rebecca Cooling Gadfelter, of that place, was laid to rest. There were 40 grandchildren and 45 great grandchildren. besides the sons and daughters of the deceased, of whom there were five, all the offspring of Mrs. Gadfelter's first husband, who died some years ago. The great num- Der of children, all of whom live in York county, attracted the attention of the mourners and friends and made such an impression that the minister, Rev. Adam Stump. dwelt particularly on their presence and the large family connections of the dead woman.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
Some Famous apuncea. v


 Nathaniel Hawthorne was the dunce of his class. Walter Scott was told by his professor that he was dunce, Both Napoleon and Wellington were dull boys at school, and when Clive won Plassy his father said he did not think the booby had so much sense, Chalmers, the leader of the Disrup- ton, was expelled from his school as an incorrigible dunce. Chatterton was sent home as fool, and Leigh Hunt was considered beyond all hope. .saac Newton, the great oriental scholar. Sir William Jones, and Robert Morrison, who compiled the immortal Chinese Bible and dictionary, were all regard. ed as extremely dull boys.--Sunday Magazine.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04

tary. Meets every "Wednesday night at Hoard Camp school house at FRO.
 FIDELITY UNION. T. l.. Nations, president; John l.. Riding and ard Saturdays In each month at 7:sD pm.
 OLD COVE UNION NO. 174. P. Campbell, secretary; Meets at old Cove school house second and fourth Saturday nights m each month.
 COVE UNION. A. S. McMahon. president; Lewis Fortner. each month.
 OWEN CHAPEL UNION NO. s3o. W. M Bunyard. president; C, "; Fisher, secretary. Meets first and third Fridays or each month at ?. m.
 wESTvIEw UNION NO. t95. T. M. Holingsworth, president; w. C. Eads, secretary. Meets first and third Saturday afternoons.
 ROCK SPRINGS UNION NO. s91. W. II. Gibney, president; w. F.. Cox, sccrc- tary. Meets first and second Wednesday nights of each month. Quito, F. Q.
 FOWLER UNION NO. 12s4. Philip Abernathy, president, Wills Jones. secretary. Meets first and third Saturdays PLEASANT HILL UNION NO. 1900. J. X. Moore, president. J. A. tfHnH, secfe- tary. Meets every other Saturday night at IIatfield postoffice.
 COSSATOT UNION. A. c. Higgins, president; k. D. Wood, secre- tary. Meets at Gap Springs school house every second and fourth Saturday al p. m. Shady P. c.
 RICH MOUNTAIN UNION NO. 1898. Z. Little secretary. Meets every second and last Saturday in each month.
 OZARK UNION NO. z002. $. D. Manning, secretary
 GRANNISS UNION NO. 1733. W. l.. Farmer, secretary.
 HOLLY GROVE UNION NO 15i2. R. l.. Darymple. secretary
 OVERTURE UNION NO. 1897. Charles Burke, secretary
 CENTER UNION NO. 1901. T. A. Dooley, secretary.
 HOLLY SPRINGS UNION NO. 2s4. ]. c. Yell, secretary.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
Poor Qrnhana

Two of the young friends of Bishop WiIberforce of Oxford gave the author lties of the university so much trou ble that they won the nicknames ol ffophni and Phinehas One day they were lounging about the hall at Cud densdon palace. singing the Lutheran refrain; "The Devil is Dead when the bishop suddenly appeared. He walked very gently up to them, and in his most caressing hummer, placing one hand on each head, said in con solatory tone; Alas. poor orphans," Youths Companion.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
PEppLinc A BLACK BEAR.
Maine Sailor Offers One That Can
 churn and Is House Broken.

t's~HS 9Htt0t 0HttS ~NG 'hat @aU
 churn and Is House Broken.
 Three sailors walked into the office of Director Smith of the Central Park menagerie yesterday and wanted to know what was the market price for black bears, says the New York Sun.
 The spokesman introduced himself as Moses Nash. able seaman of the good schooner Mary F. Pennell, which halls from Edison, Me. and is now ly- ing in Whales Greek, Brooklyn. The A. B. said he had fine black bear one year and four months old which ha would like to sell.
 '1s 1t tame one?" the director asked.
 Tame? Gosh all hemlock! He's the tamest and smartest bear in the whole state of Maine. Why, l leave him home to keep marm company, he's that companionable, when l go to sea And intelligent! Why, marm gets him to churn the butter for her every Monday when she's getting ready to go to Harrington. He just loves to work the machine and he gets a good drink of buttermilk for doing it."
 The director asked how he got this very intelligent bear. Nash explained that he had raised 1t on bottle from the time 1t was an hour or so old.
 Nash said the bear was as gentle as a house dog and would make fine pet. He didn't like to part with him, but he needed the money.
 MT. Smith said he had full supply of bears and couldn't make dicker. and the Maine sailors went away dis. appointed.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
Tombstone Refuoe for Cat.

One day this week. when the snow was rapidly turning to slush, and when St. Pauls churchyard was be. reft of it's wonted groups of luncheon. hour strollers, one of the churchyard cats. an unusually soiled and wild looking specimen, was seen perched upon the narrow top of q weather. worn headstone. The space was un. comfortably narrow. and. to keep from falling. the animal was forced to clutch increasingly. But the stone was dry. the churchyard walks were flooded, so the cat stayed. soiled bit of white and black fur. suspicious but apparently resigned.-New York Post
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
Satisfying conaresation's Curiosity.

Rev. c. N. Wright. Wardle Vicarage, Rochdale, for a personal reminiscence. writes: Tn my third living there was a very crowded congregation the first morning I officiated. The parishion- CTS were evidently curious as to the build, color of hair, etc, of their new vicar. As a matter of fact I was, though a young man. very bald. A little thought would have caused me to make my first appearance on any morning but the eighth. but it was the eighth, and in the Psalms, which were read and not sung, l had to say: My sins are more in number than the hairs of my head. London Globe.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
Tornado at Ulysses, Kan.

Topeka, Kan, June 29.-Word was received here Thursday night that Ulysses, Grant county, Kan, was struck by tornado. accompanied by a heavy hail storm late Wednesday night. Two of the largest dwellings in town, together with many barns and outbuildings were destroyed. The three daughters Of A. s. Miller, were injured, one of them seriously Nearly all the windows in town were broken by the hail. Ulysses Is 25 miles off the railroad.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
Bid Trolley System.

St. Louis, Mo, June 21.-Consress' man w. R. Mckinley, president Sf the Illinois Traction system, was li St. Louis Tuesday, and said his echi- pany intends effecting an agreemen' with the Indiana Interurban Electro system, to form a through route from st. Louis to Port Huron. on Lake Huron, and Detroit, Toledo, Cie e land and Erie, Pa. on Laae Erie Congressman Mckinley exlests tEs agreement to be made by January > 1908 and says through electric tram from St. Louis to Chicago VIII be ID operation early next year
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
The Dotcor Away from 1onie
 When Host Needed.

People are often much disappointed 'o nnu ,ha, their family physician Is away rom
 home when they most need his services i''s' cases like cramp collie and cholera morpu' require prompt treatment, and have n many instance, proven fatal before medicine eouiu ho procured or physician summoned. ine r,oht way is to keep at hand a bottle oiCha'n' nsr,atn,s Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem aav No physician prescribes better hieu'-
 WY ~. ,hase dfseases Ry having it m the ha,,sS vol, escape much pain and snneI,t,h9a ,,9a and ali risk Buy it now 1t may sanS ss ii,e' ror sale ny Jackson prngto.' ahaAl'eFa'e's' .
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
oest Medicine in the World for
 Collie and Diarrhoea.

ma Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and '"frhoea Remedy to be the best remedy In '"e Worid, says Mir. C. l.. Carter of Skirum, % 'l am subject to collie and diarrhoea. .'s' springi seemed as though would die, a KY think would ifI hadn't taken Cham Y, s''aihs coiic, Cholera and Dlarrrhoea Rem .,. s, | haven't been troubled with it since ,a "s'' this week, when had very severe at
 and took half a bottle of the twenty-five "t sze chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and
 "ihoea Remedy, and this morning feel
 ne" man" For sale by Jackson Drug te' ana ell draifrs
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
--oay OF A SEA SERPENT.
x,oeked an oarsman Out of His Boat. {.

,.- McNaughton, as his name sig
 ,sa. is a Scotsman, and is conse-
 iu an,,v scarcely likely to exaggerate.
 " has been visiting Clevedon, in
 ,arset and relates the following
 -r of q strange adventure. says
 srnold's @ Newspaper. The incident
 he says, witnessed by many
 MT McNaughton was quietly row. Inc in little skin about a mile off ' l,ovedon pier when large snaky ob- saet which he described as like a
 nse mummy. with large sunken eyes
 anyoloped in a sort of hairy flap" & .uddenly appeared at the rear of tne boat, about 20 yards away. It approached by series of leaps and dives, causing the sea to be sreatly disturbed. MT. McNaughton savs that by plunging the oars into l the surf he endeavored to keep his antagonist at bay
 gut his efforts were only momentar- ilv succes5Iul. III ic" sccoHus IL had reached within few yards of \ the boat.
 T can only dimly recollect what happened," he continued. The fab by monster seemed to leap straight out of the water-straight as an arrow at me. I hardly know what I did. I think must have tucked and crash ed the oar into the creature. At any rate I was flung violently into the water.
 When l regained the surface managed to chamber into the boat. My terrible antagonist was nowhere in sight. In dazed condition, scarcely knowing that I did, succeeded in reaching Portishead.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
cuthrls Ok. Convention Splits.

Guthrie, Ok, June 29.-As a result of three days balloting the democrat ic convention in the fifth congress sional district, in session at Hobart, Thursday afternoon ended in sen sational tumult and two candidates will contest for places on the ticket, Scott Ferris of Lawton and Claud Weaver of Ada, l. T. The Ferris forces walked out of the hall leaving the Weaver men in possession of the official ballot. Ferris claims the nomination by vote of 115 to ss and Weaver claims a plurality of 35.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04

HOLLY SPRINGS UNION NO. 2s4 ]. C. Yell, secretary.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-04
More Thorouoh.

Bobby had gone to Canada to visit his English aunt, and was trying to be on his best behavior all the time, but at luncheon. when his aunt asked him if he would like some curried chicken, he was speeches. with sur prise. What is the matter. Bobby?' asked his aunt Don't you like cur ried chicken" q don't know" an swered Bobby. We don't curry ours; we pick them. m."-Lirpincott's.