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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-07-28

looking in a very bad way in their midst.
Whats up?" Banning asked.
"Oh nothing" painted the other, making light
"only the chief. he has touch of sun, l guess
Sort of. delirious and wanted to axe one of the
boys. He better lie down awhile"
you don't it," cried the other hasten
ing forward and feeling if icy hand had
touched him.
Hes off his head, anyhow declared Norquoy
significantly, and Banning he was not
mistaken. The elder man, dizzy, muttering, and
at times ravng. put to bed in his tent, and
all night Banning watched beside him.
OF course, it overwork and sun, he re-
peated to himself, as he listened to the wildly
derious cries and visions OF the sick man. After
awhile the opiates Banning gave took effect, and
Grendon seemed to quiet into sleep His friend,
however still sat awake thinking Was it sun?
And if not, what it? He knew Grendon to
be an absolutely sober man. familiar with the
climate, and acquainted with the dangers added
to it by alcohol. Also he in good
physical condition. Under his direction and Nor
quoys care. the camp nearly hygenic as
it possible to keep it, and this was not the
season of the year for the swamp fever. What
this mysterious attack, and it true as
of the Indian carriers had told Banning, that
the gods of the Mayas were indignant at the desc
Grafton of their temples, and would smite the
desecrator with madness? Why should the heads
of the expedition in succession be the ones al
ficted? Sorely puzzled troubled and suspicious.
Banning went to the door of the tent to breathe
the fresh air. 1t long after midnight and
very still. Suddenly, and noiselessly, he saw the
flap of Norquoy's tent open, and the tall figure OF
its owner seemed to glide out of the crack and
disappear into the night. Banning listened and
watched but no sound rewarded him. There was
no reason why Norquoy should not go out if he
chose and yet Banning said nothing at all about
it to him the next morning.
WHATEVER had been the cause of Grendons at
w tack it had practically passed off with the
dawn. He was shaky, and complained OF headache,
but pooh poohed Banning's anxiety He had touch
of fever, he said, and would be more careful in
the future, and he kept his word. fortnight
and some days went peacefully by, and in the
excitement and the hard work Jack Banning had
little time to worry over the occurrence. He re-
turned to his tent evening to find his chief
there before him. Grendon spoke OF slight head
ache and dizziness and beside him on the ground
Banning his medicine case OF simple rene
dies. Id lie down. SIR he suggested, but the
chief shook his head.
oh I'm not sick he declared rritably. III
sit here and smoke awhile before going to bed"
Banning turned to his diary and was soon alb
sorbed. The acrd smoke of Grendon's cigarettes
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-07-28
Author of THE Quincy Case

obeyed him implicitly. His
work on the Jaguar stair
way, one of the richest
sections of the ruins, had
been steadily carried
ahead; so that the assist
ant was kept busy for the
first fortnight in obtain
ing negatives of the mag
nificent bits of carving
and monoliths Norquoy
had unearthed. And yet,
he puzzled Banning.
There were moments
when his eyes shone with
scornful CLEANS, almost
of laughter; and when
his observation of his
companions carried in it
a something of mockery.
But there was little time
after all to speculate
about Norquoy. The work
on the stairway was or
ganized and vigorously
pushed; and Grendon,
with his energy and his
learning, saw rich mate
rial in view to occupy
both.
One day nearly a month
after their arrival, Jack
Banning came out of the
tent he used as a photo
graphic darkroom, and
met Norquoy running to-
ward it with an anxious
face. Behind him, a group
of Mexicans moved more
slowly, with Grendon,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-07-28

Try of my cigarettes said Norquoy.
Copan, the famous ruined city of the Mayas.
that mysterious people of Central America lay in
lovely valley beneath Banning. as he drew rein.
The mountains they had just passed through
raised craggy heads behind the little group. The
Copan River wound along below, dividing into
halves the immense low heaps and mounds OF
stone and earth which once had been houses and
buildings. On the right bank a huge, vague mass
of terrace and plateau showed the famous tenn
pies, with stairways reaching up to them. Cedars
and cebas grew among the blocks of stonework,
forcing them apart. The characteristic of this
ruin. which at struck the eye of Grendon and
his assistant, was it's ncoherence. Not in Egypt
central group of ruins, here great, scat
tered pile, spreading out by the river bank what
must have been innumerable temples and other
edifces. Just under them, now half mile away
little bunch of huts. and white, cleaning tents
showed the camp of the expedition to the new
And they looked, a figure somewhat
taller than the others grouped about the tents,
ical sky.
That's Norquoy,'' said Grendon to his assistant,
and Banning stared with interest at the man who
had outstayed his ill-starred chiefs.
IT ALF hour later when they were all laughing
- and talking in the camp together he in
cned to believe that Norquoy might outstay any
body anywhere. TALL lean and wry he had not
ounce of spare flesh on his bones, and was as
gnarled and brown twisted cedar tree His
eyes were black but even under the sun of Hon
verged originally the blond. For the rest he
afability itself; courteously respectful to
Grendon his chief, cordial and friendly to
Banning. All the while he chatted he rolled and
smoked innumerable tiny cigarettes, and Banning
conscious that his penetrating eye studied
them both.
Yes, you're just in time, DR.. Grendon,' he was
saying, I'VE had to stop work on the Jaguar stair
way when Jarvis went off the hook, and the steae
there fine, very fine. There's plenty Of work
for a good photographer
"Bannings camera is excellent" said Grendon,
Interested feeling in his pockets all the while.
Bother. it looks if l out of tobacco"
TRY OF my Cigarettes said Norquoy
promptly, proffering which his chief as
promptly accepted Its Mexican tobacco, but not
at all bad"
Very good, the contrary" said Grendon
after the first puff two, and the talk flowed
about the work; while the assistant, who nc
smoker, sat by on case OF timed beef and lis
tened with interest.
Norquoy had not wasted time during the inter
regnum it was evident; and indeed during the
next week Banning had many times to acknowledge
his ability. The gang of MeXicans and halfbreed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
Royal Product of Southern Fields

The cotton plant stands unrivaled in the agricultural world. It accom- plishes more, travels farther, and is fuller of possibilities than any other plant in the whole range of cultiva- ton.
 To begin with, it well-nigh clothes the world All nations and all classes wear cotton goods. Some wool and some silk are used, but cotton is king in the matter of apparel.
 The seed, too, is rich in uses. The oil that flows from the seed is shipped far and wide and it is put in more forms than the farmer who grew it dreams of Then there come the meal and the hulls, both of which are excel lent feed for animals.
 And now they say 100000 tons of cotton stalk pulp are to be turned into commercial paper, thus adding millions of dollars to the yield of our cotton fields to say nothing of the paper mills that will be established amid those fields.
 The truth is, the time seems to be near at hand when every cotton grow ing district will be deficient until it secures cotton spinning and weaving mill, an oil mill and paper mill, with warehouses to hold the districts crop.
 The cotton plant would then do it's full work in the south, and this is what this section of the country should strive to inaugurate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Iron Market Strong.

The pig iron market is very strong at S11.5O for No 2. and an advance to SIP is expected in the near future. Matthew Addy & Co.'S Cincinnati circular of yes- terday says.
 There are at least two good things in the market: in the first place a much better and wider demand and in the sec ond place really good buying. This buy Ing has been made up of southern iron to a very great extent and at prices that were tempting. The result is that the order books of several of the larger south ern companies are well filled. and they are practically out of the market. The danger that prices would go lower has been removed. and the fact is generally recognized that pig iron has touched bot tom.
 Furnace men Ihave a good deal more sand in their craw than was the case month ago. Their position is well exem- plified by the president of one of the largest of the Ohio producers. He said he was confident we were about to see vast improvement in the next 30 days in pig iron. and that all conditions were shaping themselves to this end. That is the prevailing sentiment. As for consum- CTS there is no doubt but that their trade is getting better little by little. There is nothing spectacular in the way things are going, but they are moving, and the paralysis that froze the trade at the be- ginning of the year is a thing of the past"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
City Milk Supply.

AS the warm weather is now upon us, 1t is to be regretted that no active meas ures have been taken to improve the milk supply of the city of Birmingham" said a well-known citizen yesterday. Every one who has young children in bis home is not so situated that he can get away, not necessarily to a cooler climate, but to a pure milk supply, so must remain and let the young members of the family drink the milk that Is offered at the door no matter how great the pollution. Those who had to remain last summer and to use dairy milk can appreciate the dan gers, siclSnesses and even death to which they subjected their little ones
 ''The health report of the city. stating the number of deaths in infants and chil- dren during the past summer showed an increase instead of diminution. This is in striking contrast to other diseases, as pneumonia and tuberculosis, which showed satisfactory decrease.
 q believe it is now pretty well an es- tablished fact among physicians that the death rate among infants in summer is in inverse proportion to the quality of the milk. l am not offering a specific method to improve the quality of dairy milk, but do hope that something will be done to improve it. The pollution of the milk of Birmingham is now matter of common knowledge"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
Rapid Increase In NeCeSSarleS

Up goes the cost of living. There seems to be no limit in the upward direction. When it is not one staple food product it is another and some- times a flock of them climb upward to- gether, and every one of them belongs on the workingman' table, for it is the plain, substantial foods that are going up rather than the luxuries of the menu.
 A year ago, for example flour in carload lots was worth but s5.45 a barrel. It is now worth $76O. Irish potatoes that were month ago offered in carload lots at S5 cents are now selling at $120 8 bushel. Tn three months corn meal has been advanced cents bushe1 in carload lots. Cab bages that were worth s1.75 crate in car lots last year are now selling at S2.70 a crate. Navy beans have gone up to s2.S5 bushel. short time ago they were offered at $190. Eggs are nearly 50 per cent higher than they were one year ago. Coffee has been marked up ? cents a pound. Bacon Is 2 cents higher in price, so are hams. All other pork products are higher, and the stiff prices of beef are well known.
 Nearly every one of these increases in the cost of living can be traced to Ongleyism and the monopolies and trusts it has fostered and promoted, and the party that passes a new bill without bringing relief to consumers will indeed have much to answer for at the polls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
Duty on Wheat a Sop to the Farmer

There are jokers of all sorts in the Aldrich bill, but not one of them is more demagogic and deceptive than the proposed duty on wheat. In the Dingley tariff the duty on wheat is D cents bushel. In the Payne bill it was left at 25 cents, but the Rhode Island Senator has raised the rate to 90 cents. The entire business is a piece of empty and arrant demogog- ism.
 This is a wheat shipping country. We always have some surplus wheat, and the price of our surplus is deter mined by the crops of Europe and by the surpluses of India, Argentina, Aus tralia, Canada and elsewhere. duty on wheat brings no revenue to the government, and it has no use what ever in a wheat exporting country ex- cept to give the the farmer an impress sion that he, too, is in some way pro- tected by the protective system. And yet no one pretends that the duty on wheat advances the price of the arti- cle in this country. No one will seri- ously insist that there is any sense in duty on wheat
 The wheat duty might in case of a wheat corner prove harmful, but wheat corners come rarely and do not stay long. The wheat joker in the Aldrich bill will work no harm perhaps, but no farmer should be misled by it. It af- fords no protection simply because we grow every year surplus of wheat. It is but another illustration of the dis honesty and insincerity of a modern tariff bill-a bill that disregards the treasury and is drawn with an eye single to special interests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
ILLINOIS WOMAN
 HEADS THE ). 4. R.

Washington, April 2S.-After 20 hours de- voted to counting and recounting the bal lots cast yesterday, the Daughters of the American Revolution today found the honors of the biennial election of their society divided between the administra- tion and antiR administration forces The big fight of the congress was won by the administration in the election of Mrs. Matthew T. Scott of Illinois, to be pres ident-general. The second office in point of honor, that of vice president-ge general in charge of organizations, however. went to the anti-administration followers by the election of Mrs Miranda B. Tulloch of this city.
 With a majority over Mrs. William Cummins Story of New York of only 8 votes out of s73 ballots cast, Mrs. Scott 8 victory goes down on the records of the society as one of the most closely con- tested in the history of the organization. Scarcely had the first wave of disap- pointment at the narrow defeat of Mrs. Story swept over heR followers before ac- ton was being taken to renew the fight to elect the retiring New York state re- gent as president-general two years hence when Mrs. Scotts term will expire
 So close an election stirred the congress beyond the experience of years. It was characterized by a bitterness that pre- vented the motion of Mrs. Story to make the election of her rival unanimous being adopted, with dissent from & group of anti-administration delegates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
TumbliDg Wheat Prices

The wheat king has flown to New Mexico. beyond railroads or even tele- phones, and the price of wheat is going down even more rapidly than it went up. The wheat king is on his partners ranch, but whether he goes with a full or an empty pocket is not known. Whether, in fact, he has liquidated his holdings, or is waiting for higher prices in June and July, is problem in Chi cago. and elsewhere for that matter.
 MT. Patten's personal affairs need not concern us greatly. What does concern each and every person in this country is the size of the wheat re- serve and the condition of the growing crop. There is really no reason for anticipating a failure in the winter wheat crop or a short average in spring wheat. The price is to be adjusted to demand and supply instead of the manipulations of MT. Patten or any other man. MT. Patten Is on a ranch in New Mexico, and consumers are at home watching the price of bread. That price has been greatly increased and the coming week will no doubt develop a level that wheat can stand at until more is konwn about this years crop than is known at present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
An Encouraainq Sian.

"Of the many evidences of improved business conditions few have been more cheering than the announcement in a New York district this week that at a con- ference of officials of the United States Steel corporation the question of wage reduction was not considered, but that questions pertaining to new development work were discussed" said a prominent business man.
 Early in the year it was authoritatively announced that all appropriations for i'm provements and expansion except for cer- tain plants nearing completion had been withheld pending industrial depression. A new finishing plant in the Ensley division of the Tennessee company had been de- signed, but that with many other plans for expansion is held in abeyance. The business situation is improving so steadily that the Steel corporation officials are be- ginning to get ready, it seems, to go ahead with new work. It may be that the Tennessee company will not be able to start any new project before next year, but 1t is safe to say that plans will be worked out in detail long before this year closes. The year 1910 promises to witness new era of prosperity" ,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
SHAkESPEARE'S BIRTHDAY.

By Alfred Austin
 (April 23, 1564) Gravest and yet most cheerful among
 men,
 Twas fitting that his life should dawn
 in spring, When merle and mavis carol in the glen, Even as today they sing His boyhood feeted among Arden's woods. Flowering toward youth, as flower the as-
 pen buds,
 Waking from the wintry dream. Slowly into another dream he past The dream of Love, the sweetest dream.
 of all, Whose warm glow retrospectively is cast When evening shadows fall. Thence, on to other scenes for which hs
 pined,
 Where mortal passions, mortal woes,
 abound, And there his vast and universal mind Their tragic theatre found. When grew his wise imagination ripe, In Hamlet's dual soul and wavering will He drew the masterful magnetic type That lures Ophelia still Last to '1oved live removed" from
 crowd and stage Homeward he turned, where rustic bel-
 fries chime, Bequeathing his rich self, not of an age. But for all space and time> sMeasvre for Measure. Act I. Scene (
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
Multiple BaSing Points

The Iron Trade Review calls atten- tion to the facts that steel is made from pig iron, and pig iron has long had multiple passing points. There are as many passing points in pig iron as there are producing districts. It is the natural thing in pig iron, and no harm or confusion flows from it in handling pig iron.
 The Iron Trade Review thinks the multiple passing system would fit fin. ished steel products equally as, well. "The idea" it says, "of establishing a passing point at Chicago for bars, plates and shapes, for instance, may be re- garded as proper on the practical ground that Chicago is large produc- ing and consuming district, and is des- tined to become a much bigger one. Likewise the making of any city on Lake Erie or in the south a passing point would rest upon the commercial fact that large center of production and consumption has been estab- lshed."
 The Review presents at length the advantages that flow from the multi pie passing system in pig iron. There is more competition at times hut no
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
CHANGES IN RIVER LIFE.

the coffee sacks and hemp bales, started their evening musicale:
 The boat comes sailin' round de ben,
 Goodbye, my lovah goodbye;
 She's loaded down wid wimin an men,
 Goodbye, my lavah, goodbye!
 It was sung to a long, plaintive tune, carrying with 1t the agony of parting. As 1t rolled out into the darkness, now and then illumed by the red glare from an opened furnace the black man seemed to have come into his kingdom; Kingdom peopled with weird shapes and enveloped in the mysticism of a dark continent. He was not longer a hum-drum newer of wood and drawer of water, but part of the sublmity of the river. The steady move of the engines, the cascades from the great paddle wheels, the long, sonor- ous roar from the steam pipes and the pleasant quiver of the boat seemed the natural accompaniment of the negroes lullaby, and the whole scene was so en- chanting that few passengers retired to their staterooms until late in the night
 Swing high,
 Swing low,
 Sweet Char-i-o-t!
 Come for to carry me hoine
 The boat swept on past the great Vul- can iron works, where the blasts showed red against the houses and gave them the appearance of a town on fire; on past Bloody Island" where statesmen met to shoot holes in each other, and then down the broad water avenueiby the mountains of iron, the wheels throwing behind great pillows that sparkled back the lights from the rear cabin.
 A large and fast boat never had much trouble in securing plenty of deck hands But there was no prestige in employment on a small stern-wheeler, devoted mostly to freight traffic, though the wages might be better. The aristocratic travellers rode almost altogether on the side-wheeed boats and the roustabout liked best to work where he could be seen by patrician eyes. Like everybody connected with the boat, from cabin boy to pilot he thought he was the whole show. Hs liked to show his strength and the ease with which he could carry a coffee sack or a pig of lead. Yet he would permit a little, one- gallus mate, whom he could pick up and shake like mouse, make public ref1ec- tions upon his character in words that sizzled The roustabout supposed the mate was hired for his proficiency in that par ticular line, and if he hadn't kept 1t up it would have meant that the mate was ailing or neglecting his employers in- terest.
 The roustabouts of the old days had no organization, and strikes were of rare oc- currence. They were faithful and satis- factory workers, and when they swarmed around a pile of freight 1t seemed to dis appear like magic. But it seems the newer generation Is becoming wise to condi- tions, and the river roustabout, as the old-time voyagers knew him, may become extinct because of his increasing wisdom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE sKIMPERa.

The Skimpers have to skimp no more,
 For times are better now And there's not always such a frown Upon Pa Skimper's brow. Ma Skimper rides about in state
 And very seldom sees The Griggers and the Chubleys and, Completely at her ease, She snubs the people whom she used
 To hobnob with before, In the old days, now forgotten, when The Skimpers were so poor. Pa Skimper tries his hand at golf,
 The oldest girl, some day, Will wed a dukelet from abroad,
 So all the papers say. The two boys-Reginald and Jack
 Are rolling rather high, As if to prove the world holds naught That money will not buy, Contemptuous as well of those
 Who lack fine ways and style, As offspring often are you know, Whose fathers made a pile. The Skimpers cut a mighty swath
 In Newtown where they live, Large sums to public charities,
 With loud acclaim they give. A trip abroad's no more to them
 Than picnics used to be, The jewels that Ma Skimper wears
 Are wonderful to see. And yet, 1t seems, their hearts are not The hearts they had before And they're not so lovable as they were In the days when they were poor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-24
BRANDENBURo FOUND.
Newspaper Writer Is Again Arrested
 In San Francisco.

San Francisco, April 2S.-Broughton Brandenburg. a newspaper and magazine writer of New York, was arrested here tonight on New York charge of grand larceny He is accused of getting notes from the late Grover C1eveland's steno- garpher and publishing them in the form of a political letter in the New York Times.
 Brandenburg Is charged with selling the Times the letter, and declaring it was dictated by MT. Cleveland. He was ar rested in New York on charges of forgery and grand larceny. The former charge was dropped but after having pleaded not guilty on the other he was released on $150o bail.
 On February 1 the case was called for trial. but Brandenburg could not be found and his bail was forfeited.