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Hamor arc Pl1i1osophy
ROUGH, BUT SINCERE.
By DUNCAN n. SMITH

/: may he more polite ic say
Papa" and "Father. dear
Such titles much less harsh may SOUND
TO cultures dainty ear.
1t might he bettsr were the talk
OF youth run IN that plan.
But somehow / warm up 10 Dad"
And My old man
1t seems to h,iil.l wall between
The father and the son
To have their daily Intercourse
To such politeness run.
The gentle father who says please,
My son, do t!lus and So"
Don't reach him like the one who
shouts.
Here. Md, take this and so.'
We're getting in these modern days
Too gentle and polite
To raise Il race of roustabouts
For rough and tumble tight.
They would be lovely were the world
A kindergarten class
But it's foot race and a scrap
From first to last, alas:
II seems the youth is more equipped
Fer trouble anyway
Who calls his father My old man.
Or Dad or even "Iiey!"
He may not in society
Re much of q success.
But when it comes to eating ice
He'll hack ont more or less.
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Couldn't if He Tried.

"IEands up shouted the robber bold
who had worked his way into the dime
nrascum with the intention vi taking
away the hard earned money from the
freaks.
The fat man. the living skeleton and
the bearded lady complied, but the
only reply from one occupant of the
room was frenzied sbrieks of laughter
The startled robber turned his trllsty
gun in the direction of the inirth and
was about TO repeat the command. but
the sight uinerSed him, and he SUNK
away, mut'ering. "Foiled.'
His gaze had rested on the armless
wonder III was q marrow escape for
the rest Of you" observed that genial
person.
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A FAIR NATURE STUDENT.

Grace GaIlatin Thompson Seton, Wife
of Noted Writer on Animals.
President Roosevelt in his remarks
about nature fakirs did not mention
Grace Gallatin Thompson Seton. al
though he did call in question the kind
of stories about animals written 10y
her husband. Ernest Thompson Seton
Mrs. Seton is a very accomplished
woman and has donescrcditable work
herself, both as an artist and as
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-08-21
Ocean Heart.

The throbbng and vibration of the
engines of Il modern steamer lave a
most extraordinary effect upon the
human heart. Let ii be said mt once
that ocean travelling does not in amy
Way iniure the heart: on the contrary.
it benefits it, with the general health.
But the vibration of the machinery
is transmitted to this vital organ with
the most extraordinary results so far
as medical examination is concerned.
A ships doctor will tell you that when
he listens through his stethoscope to
the beating of mans heart at sea
1t seems as If every moment the heart
would stop. With sturdy and invalid
passengers it is just the same The
heart appears to the doctor as If every
beat would be its last. This being the
case. it is exceedingly difficult for the
physician to ascertain the true condi-
tion of the travellers health. and he
generally resorts to the eNpedient of
singing his patient in hammock.
where the vibration is considerably
lessened. though no device can over
come 1t atogether.-Lo London Answers.
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new church or buy the Baptist church.
The bill posters are at work billing
the town for Yankee Robinsons Show,
here IN Dow City Aug. 18th. Why.
yes of course you can go and bring
the children. you know you have seen
all the shows in the country. but the
children have never seen one.
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Explained.

what &c you mean 10y kicking my
dog
What do You suppose mean: To
lie q sort of y big brother to him, to
feed him pound of liver out of my
own private pocket money? Well, you
are wrong. meant to kick him. See?
Kick. kick. understand? Say, you
must lie one of those fellows who can
never take 8, hint. ] bet the dog knew
all along what l meant. Is that salts
faclory:'
The man didn't say whether it was
or not. but he walked away muttering
something about some people being
natural born smartieS.
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pou City.

-~< At the recent quarterly meeting of
the Methodist church presided over
by Elder Griffith the membership
voted unanimously to ask the Bishop
to return Rev. Curtis for another year.
This was the proper thing to do, as
Rev. Curtis has done we'll.
Burkhofer and O'Meara shipped
seven fine horses from here Sunday to
for the Chicago market.
The city is to have $50 a year for
furnishing water to the Illinois Cen
trail stock yards.
The Methodist membership will
vote on Tuesday Aug. &c who shall
be the lay delegate from the Dow
City church to the annual conference
held this year at Council Bluffs.
There is rumor that one of the lady
members will be recognized at the
election
Look out for the change in the N.
w. time card.
Walter Kelly had runaway on
Monday. The team made for the
livery barn and no one hurt.
Cate Saxton of the Paradise did
not know he was SO strong until he
disclocated the shoulder OF Ed Baber
the other day. Mr.. Saxton got to
scuffiing with Baber in fun and
handled him in such way as to dis
locate his shoulder. DR.. Evans was
called to tend the injury. The affair
is nosjoke to either of the parties.
The referee in bankruptcy. Mr..
Mayne of Council Bluffs has declared
another dividend in the case of the
Green bank failure. Previously he
had made one of eight per cent. and
the one recently was of five per cent
: making thirteen in all. This is final.
Our people are not at all satisfied
with this settlement of the banks
affair.
Messers Chamberlain and How orth
are back from Wall Lake.
Frank Howorth had colt killed by
lightning at the farm soetheast of
town.
Uncle John Ruf, received word an
nouncing the death 4 his Oldest son
Hiram. at Holden. Mo. He was
about 81 years Of age. Mrs. C. But
terworth sister and Mrs.J.R Griffin
took the pa train for Holden. There
are no particulars of his death.
S. E. Rudd is the happiest man in
Dow City. all on account of pair of
twin girls who arrived at his home
Monday morning Aug. 18th to glad
den the home Mother and little ones
doing we'll, and Sanford able to be
cut.
Mrs. F. F. Logan of Chicago ar
rived in Dow City last Friday even
ing to visit her grandparents. Mrs.
VIM. Kelly. She will stay several
days.
Uta Mckay of Missouri Valley is
visiting at the home of w. E. Dow.
Mrs. C. D. TORY who has been
visiting her muther for week went
to Omaha Saturday night to visit
friends there.
The North Western r. R. has a
gang of men here taking up the
pianks on the platform and will put
in cinders instead.
j. B. Coburn and his crew are dig
ging the ditch to the l. C. so as to
lay water mains to be supplied by the
city.
Rev. A. e. Griffith was here and
held the quarterly conference Satur-
day afternoon. He preached Sunday
morning at the M. E. church and after
the sermon administered the sacra-
nent. Over one hundred communed.
A large number for our church.
Mildred Virgins went out to her
sister Grace to stay week before
school commences which will be
Tuesday Sept. 3rd. Monday is labor
day. which is holiday.
The German Lutherans are soliciting
funds by subscription to either build q
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writer. She calls herself book de-
signer and writer. Like her husband,
she is exceedingly fond of the out Of
door life and has extensive oIpor-
tnnities for indulging her tastes on
the large estate in Connecticut where
the author of wild Animals Have
Known" has established his home. She
was born in 1872 in Sacramento Cal.
and is a graduate of the Packer Col
leHiate institute. New York The pho
!ograph of Mrs. Seton is published by
courtesy of Doubleday, Page & Co.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-08-21

London doctors assert that eggs as
articles of diet are not worth their
lost. Evidently American doctors are
II league with the great American hen.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-08-21

We never could understand why
p;nty is considered exclusively sun
day quality.
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A luxury.

Quite hlithely people go TO law
And act as Though il We're play,
lopt when their money all is spent
They come away.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-08-21

No man has poked more or better fun
at knights and lords than w. S. Gill
bert, author of "Pinafore." Now King
Edward has made him one of the
bunch in spite of himself.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-08-21

The mere you see of some people
the less there seems to be of them.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-08-21

We hate TO see some people make
the most of themselves for the reason
that 4 little OF them goes good way.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-08-21

The more, you indulge Your friends
the heavier ,lhe bin Of complaint they
are apt 10 send in LATER.
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up SOno.

Summer has it's pleasures, pastimes
and pests. noticeably pests.
Secretly most of us are certain that
the most important part of the uni
verse is just us.
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ancestors of some of MS would show
up some.

1t is All invi-
tation TO the
devil to look
like him.
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Keeping up with the procession
takes SO much energy aud concentra-
lion that some Of Us can't enjoy the
band.
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PERT PARAGRAP HIS.

Misfortune does not insist on doing
business with those WHO refuse to
recognize her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-03
HOUSE OF STUDIES TO
BE DEDICATED TODAY

Announcement has been made that the
community chapel In the Dominican House
of Studies at the Catholic University of
America has been completed and will be
dedicated today with impressive cere-
monies. Mgr. Diomede Falconio. the papal
delegate to the United States will officate.
assisted by large number of clergy.
Mgr. d. j. O'Connell, rector of the Cath
Ollie University Of America. will be the
celebrant OF the mass, which begins at 10
o'clock. The sermon will be delivered by
Rev. l.. F, kearney, provincial of the Do
minican Order in the United States Among
the participating clergy will be the repre-
sentauves of the faculties of the Catholic
University of America and affiliated col
leges but owing to the limitations of the
chapel only a small number of the public
in general can be provided for.
The design for the chapel being the work
of one of the Dominican fathers, more than
ordinary interest is felt in IL. 1t is thought
to represent the best example of a COM
munity chapel in this country. The altar
is entirely of wood. being carved by a cele-
brated wood carver in Belgium, and rep
resents the fifteen mysteries of the rosary.
The woodwork OF the chapel including a
wainscoting of handsome Gothic design and
rough beam ceiling, is, like the altar, OF
Flemish oak. There is a background OF
old rose coloring.
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American English.



Mr.. Sidney Lee, the Shakespearean
scholar, expresses the opinion in a London
lecture that the Americans write and read
or speak the English language more cor
rectly than the English, and exhorts his
countrymen to exercise the same care to-
guard the purity of English that the Amert-
cans habitually use. This is rather inter.
esting, and attracts additional attention be.
cause several English newspapers join in
approving Mr.. Lees opinion.
The opinion is valuable because the dag.
nosis is substantially true. There are a
few Englishmen-they form small class
who perhaps exercise more care from ear
Hest youth In speaking and In writing En-
giiSh than cultured and educated Ameri-
cans. They eschew slang: they enunciate
properly, because they have been habitu-
ated to correct English from their early
youth and In daily associations. They take
great pride in guarding the purity of their
English, and regard correct speech as a
badge and mark of distinction. And SO it
is in England, where the educated and un-
educated classes are most sharply defined.
In America we are all pretty careless, but
then the great mass of Americans are i'm
mensely superior in their education and
speech to the mass of Englishmen. Tho
raw and uncouth Yorkshire speech is, in
fact, a dialect; the north of England man
Is not readily Ineligible to a man from
the south. The common people speak q
rough, elementary language, in which the
the great mass of Englishmen have not
had the common school education which in
America Is universal. In England a few
a very few-have a feast, and the rest In
education are on short commons. In Amer
lea nearly every one has a decent provision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-03
PAINTED PRoJECTILEs.
French and German Bullets Compared
With British.

From the London Graphic.
The great continental powers are perfect
ing and sharpening their weapons. Both
France and Germany are now introducing
new pro1ectiles for their rifles, and with
regard to these the expression sharpen
ing" Is literally correct. Up to now a some
what similar shape of bullet to t. 1t now In
use In our own army has been practically
universal, but in the new French and Ger
man bullets there has been quite new
departure in this respect. Differing, as
they do in most particulars, they are alike
in this, that the round point has given
place to an absolutely sharp one. The
German bullet known as s. Is almost conf
cal, and has a thin steel envelope 1t 10
only about an inch long, and weighs lit
tie over 1854 grains, as compared with the
new French d projectile, which is good
half-inch longer and weights over 1877
grains is of solid copper, and like cigar
In shape Our own bullet is, like the Ger
man, made of hardened lead, but has an
envelope of a mixture of copper and nickel,
is one and half inches long, and weighs
2l5 grains.
It is therefore heavier, but less hard, than
either the 3D. or rs" bullets. Trials have
proved that both these projectiles have a
very fiat trajectory and very great pene-
trative powers The German bullet, which
has the tremendous muzzle velocity of
2.S21 feet a second, has on this account
the fiatter trajectory at ranges up to 165
yards. Above this the superior weight Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-03
FURTHEST UP.
Mrs. Fanny B. Workman Tells Of the
Ascent Of the Himalayas.

From the National Geographic Magazine
Harrington Putnam of New York sends
the following extract from a letter from
Mrs. Fanny Bullock Workman, who has
been making some marvellous mountain
ascents in the Himalayas:
I'VE have just finished journey to the
Nun Kun range southwest of Ladakh with
six Italian porters and the guide, and can
for moment claim world record with men
until some one goes higher.
"Dr. Workman went to 22,65O feet. We
camped higher than any one has yet
camped. highest camp being 1880 feet,
20,632 feet and Camp America q, 800 feet!
All of us conquered two other virgin snow
peaks Of ls,743 feet and 70, 16s feet and
four snow columns from 1880 to 1890
feet.
my idea was to have European porters
carry all camp kit after coolies gave out.
and this they did successfully from the
third camp on. There was chance for OBJ
serving the effects of rarefied air; and we
found insomnia our greatest difficulty
mo one slept more than a very few min
utes at time at our three last camps Our
lowest minimum temperature at Camp
America was six degrees Fahrenheit, and
it was bitter In Mummery tent.
This is my last trip, 1 suppose, but It
was glorious. and l hate to leave the
Himalayas. We climbed well above the
Duke, did we not?'
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the French bullet begins to tell, and its
trajectory and penetration at longer ranges
are better than those of its German rival,
though it only leaves the muzzle of the
rifle at the rate of 1886 feet second. We
may note in passing that the muzzle velo-
city Of our own bullets is reckoned at
1000 feet a second. AS regards penetrative
qualities. the German bullet Ia said to have
penetrated three feet three inches OF FIR at
100 yards, fourteen inches at 874 yards, and
over half an inch Of iron at 1913 yards, while
at this range a man is liable to be killed
even IL standing beinnd q brick wall eight
and a half inches thick. The French bullet
is at least as formidable at these ranges,
and will, 1t is said, pass through six men
treme range of this projectile is said to be
no less than Asp yards, that OF the new
German bullet 4.274 yards. Both the d
and IS bullets have quite surpassed the
performances of the British bullet fired
from our new short magazine Lee-Enfield
rifle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-03
LEISURE AND IDLENESS.
Independence; Chance to Follow Ones
Bent and Develop Talents.

From the Phibadeapbla AeuBeF.
During the past decade or longer close
readers Of newspapers have noticed that
every few months, or certainly once year.
there appears in very many parts OF the
country a little homily on idleness. usually
conveyed in the form of story OF the rear
ful fate of the man who suddenly became
rich and relinquished his lifelong occupa-
tton. The fortunate, or unfortunate. person
10 generally permitted-or forced by some
tired hack writer-to relate his own direful
experiences.
Yes. he declares, he certainly had led
life in which the daily grind had got on his
nerves." For eighteen years he had doubled
IN over the old desk and had plodded on
amid dismal surroundings. 1.-THE wood Of
tho desk had entered his SOUL" His COM
nanions in misery were decent enough fell
lows hut hopelessly commonplace. Their
old Jokes were worn threadbare; their
minds. none too full at the beginning and
unreplenished by reading or ,npIov , men.
of any kind, had been SOUNDED to their thin
dregs: they had all become tired OF each
other and Of their work, which was largely
mechanical and uninteresting, and the pros
nects for the future had dull, leaden as
pect calculated to form a background for
very moving. If sordid, everyday human
tragedy. . 81.
aware. died in Portland, Greg. or at any
other convenient place On the map. and left
him her whole fortune.
Well, sir, he was, Of course, stunned oy
his good fortune; the shock Of surprise was
succeeded by a wonderful Joy. He had
dreamed hazily in his waking hours OF
something like that. but never believed 1t
could come true. Then he decided to enjoy
himself. He travelled and disported HIM
self, and for long periods just did nothing.
It was all very pleasant for time, but at
ter while he began to weary Of the aim
less existence; was unable to adjust himself
to the idIeness and to reconcile himself to
the emptiness of the life, when all around
him there was the seething activity of the
men who were driving forward the world.
The mere routine became attractive by
comparison-but why prolong the inevitable
sequel of this orthodox story? The man
with the competence actually returned to
his former office. obtained his old position,
and was naturally happy ever afterward in
his drudgery.
The men who write that sort of stuff.
even for hire. should be keenly watched
when they think they are alone In a room
with articles of value. 1t is utterly dishon-
est, and all clear-thinking people know that
1t is false teaching. One of the great bles-
sings Of life is leisure, which means indie
pendence, the opportunity to follow ones
own devices, to do the most attractive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-03
FAMOUS SOCIETY PLANS
HONOR TO REV. DIR. HALE

Planning a memorial to its founder, Rev.
DR.. Edward Everett Hale, on the occasion
Of his eighty-fifth birthday. April 3. 1907,
the Lend-a-Hand Society, through all the
affiliated Lend-a-Hand clubs in the country,
is making an earnest effort to raise per-
manent endowment fund of $1,000 and thus
perpetuate the organization. Boston is the
headquarters Of the society, and Gov. Cur
tbs Guild, jr., of Massachusetts, is chairman
of the honorary committee, in which are in
cluded nearly one hundred men and women
prominent in the official, business and So
cial life Of the country, all of whom have
given hearty Endorsement to the PROPOSE
ton to raise an endowment fund.
Kidder, Peabody & Co. of Boston have
been appointed treasurers of the FUND, and
all prospective contributors have been asked
to send their offerings to the treasurers
direct. $780,
Thousands of copies of a circular letter
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Rigors Of Alpine Winter,
From the London Globe.

From the London Globe.
The situation in Switzerland, owing to
snow storms, is much worse than Is revealed
by the scant kilograms leaving the coun-
try. The state of things has rarely been
30 bad at this time of year.
The uplands already lie two yards deep
under snow, and the mountain villages of
the Simplon and other villages are abso-
lutely cut of from the rest Of the country.
An attempt has been made in the legisla-
ture to induce the government to keep these
passes open all the year, but the cost was
declared to be prohibitory.
From Berne in the beginning of the week
several diligences were long overdue, and
their arrival was awaited with anxiety. A
number Of peasants who had gone with cat
tie from the valleys to the uplands had also
been caught, and were quite unable to de-
scend while efforts to reach them involved
much danger.
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Feast Day at Mission House.

The feast of st. Francis de Sales, the pa
tron saint OF the Apostolic Mission House
at Brookland will be solemnly observed
at that institution this afternoon at 4
o'clock. There will be appropriate services
and the sermon will be delivered by Rev.
William Sullivan, and Mgr. d. J. OCon-
nell. rector OF the apostolic Mission House,
Catholic University of America. will give
benediction The music will be rendered
by the Pauist choir in connection with
St Thomas College. a large portion of
the faculty of the Catholic University has
signified an intention to be present. 1t is
declared that st. Francis de Sales Is not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-03

have been sent out from the headquarters
of the society," and a leaf1et accompanying
each missive gives a brief history of the
Lend-a-Hand Society and clubs. The clubs
began to form thirty-five years ago; twenty
years ago the Lend Hand Magazine tho
organ Of the clubs was first issued, and
fifteen years ago, the society, which Is the
union OF the clubs, was formed.
Rev. DIR. Edward Everett Hale. founder
OF the Lend-a-hand clubs. was born on Tre-
mont street, Boston. eghty-five years ago
next April.
The society asks as q monument to the
broad outlook. the prophetic vision, the faith
and hope and love Of all mankind of the
man who gave the worldwide notices,
Look up and not down;
Look forward and not back;
Look out and not in;
Lend a Hand
that on his next birthday the society may
show him the fulillment of his wishes, the
endowment of the work which he started.