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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-02-15
KITCHENS IN oLDEN TIMES
Size Of Culinary Department Was
More Important Than Its Fur.
nishings Long Ago.

In olden days the size of the kitchen
seems to have been of more import
ance than it's fitments in detail. At
Hurstmonceux, for instance, there was
a kitchen % feet high, with three
huge f1replaces, and bakehouse with
an oven IA feet in diameter; then
there is an old Welsh kitchen at
Penrhyn Old Hall, near Llandudno,
dating from the Fifteenth Century,
which has many primitive culinary
contrivances, now obsolete or super.
seeded by more modern devices; a
meatjack with a fywheel, steel
toasting stand, and fan bellows. A
wonderful old kitchen is at Battle
Abbey. and that at st. Marys Hall.
Coventry. is remarkable for the IA
nous "knave's post" to which posi-
bly, recalcitrant solutions were tenn
porarily attached. There is medieval
kitchen in Westminster Abbey, al
though nowadays little remains
whereby to identify it save the rubble
flooring, the buttery hatch and an adj
joining cellar-nOw or lately the DIM
ing-room of the resident canon. Hamp'
ton Court Palace, too, has its great
Kitchen" with a vast vaulted roof and
sets of antlers on the walls.
Our ancestors fully recognized the
advantages of having large kitchen.
An order, dated April 10, 1906, com.
mands Hugh de Nevill to have the
kings kitchen at Clarendon rooted
with shingles, and to cause two new
kitchens to be erected, one at MARI
borough and the other at Ludger'
shall, to dress the royal dinners In;
"and 1t is particularly directed that
each kitchen shall be provided with a
furnace sufficiently large to roast two
or three oxen.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-02-15
The Fatal MYN

Out Of loyalty to his own sex the
manager of the woman's suit de-
partment discharged the young WON
an stenographer and hired man.
The first batch of letters dictated to
the man were written to about hun
dred old customers, whom he invited
to examine privately lot of exclu
sive garments before they were placed
on sale. The day after the letters
were mailed the women focked into
the store, but the fire that burned
in their eyes was the fire of the
avenger rather than of the bargain
hunter One word which each woman
had underlined in her letter explained
their wrath. The garments, so the
manager had meant to say, had been
designed for women of stock figure,
such as they possessed, but the male
stenographer had drawn on the alpha
bet and had written 1t "stocky."
mo woman on earth would have
been guilty Of such a mistake"
growled the manager
The next week the girl stenographer
had her job back.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-02-15
PERPETUAL NOTION" DYING
Idea Could Get Hearing, but
His Time Has Passed.

What has become of perpetual mo-
ton? That is question heard fire..
quently, and seldom is there a reply.
There was time when a glib-tongued
man with a perpetual motion idea
could get respectful hearing in scien.
tif1c and financial circles, and, If he
were plausible enough, obtain fnan-
cial backing. Kelley. the motor man,
lived In affluence for years on a per-
petual motion idea attractively pre-
sented to men and women who had
both money and an overstock of cred
ulity. Nowadays, however, the man
with the perpetual motion idea is at
discount. and little is heard of him.
Many persons who have studied the
efforts of shrewd men to get into the
pockets of the rich by using perpetual
motion schemes as the golden key
wonder that Kelley should have met
with such success at such late day.
AS early as Its the Partisan Acad-
envy of Sciences refused to receive
any further schemes for perpetual mo-
ton, regarding 1t as an impossibility.
1t was admitted then that there had
been a time when the perpetual mo-
ton problem was worthy the attention
of philosophers and men of inventive
genius, just as there was time when
1t was an open question whether the
earth was round or fiat. :
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-02-15
LONG PACKAGE OF MAcARoNl
Customer Shows the Grocery Clerk
How II Can BE Made Up Into
q Small Bundle.


Into grocery store came man
who bought a number of things, all
of which he wanted to take with
him: they were all things of small
bulk and they would have made q
comparatively small handy bundle but
for package of macaroni. This was
slender, but it was long and 1t would
queer the whole bundle. The clerk
didn't see how he could do anything
about that.
ooh, yes, you can" said the Gus
toner, you Just break the package
in the middle across the edge Of tho
counter"
The clerk followed this instruc-
ton, finding that the macaroni broke
readily and pretty evenly. He smiled
with satisfaction as he now saw the
macaroni package reduced in length
by half while its bulk was not very
greatly increased. for a macaroni
package isn't bulky anyway. Now
1t was possible to put all the things
It included into q moderate sized and
trim bundle.
Il never heard Of that before" said
the clerk.
ooh, I've done that often" said tho
customer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-02-15
Let the Fairies Alone!

Another good but misguided won.
an has undertaken campaign for
the abolition Of Mother Goose. .
"Alice in Wonderland" and fairy sto.
ries of all kinds. She declares that
these stories are lies and ought not
to be tolerated. In her opinion Moth.
er Goose is worse than witch. and
as for Lewis Carroll-well, this Mrs
Gradgrind," of Boston, would have him
hanged on the highest hill. All. but
it would be sad old world if all the
men and women in it were Gradgrinds
If all the dear delightful tales that
have to do with fairies and imps and
elves and hamadryads were to be de.
stroyed. The world is sad enough as
it is, but 1t would be infinitely sadder
and dreader if children did not be-.
lieve in Fairy Fne-Ear and mothers
and fathers did not yield allegiance to
the Dame O. Observation-Disclosures Post
Express.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-02-15
Insane for Hiring Him.

This one was told of the late Sen.
ator Dolliver. It Is of the trial of a
man for murder, who was undoubted.
ly guilty, but was acquitted, greatly to
the surprise Of the presiding judge.
The Jury had been out two days con-
sidering the case, without reaching a
conclusion. Then the Judge called the
jury into court and asked what the
difficulty was. The foreman said:
Judge, there Is only one thing that
Is troubling US. Was the prisoners
counsel appointed by the court, or re-
tanned by the prisoner HIMSELF"
The prisoner is man of means"
said the Judge, land he retained his
own counsel"
Ten minutes later the jury sent out
word that an agreement had been
reached. They filed into court. The
foreman rose and announced the yer.
dict: Acquitted. on the ground of in.
sanity"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-02-15
Why They Made Her Mayor.

Oldham. in England, is the first OF
the old towns to elect woman at the
head Of municipal affairs, Mrs. Charles
E. Lees. having been elected mayor.
She opened Fairgrounds, gave eleven
acres to the Sunday school and anoth.
er large estate for pleasure resort.
She is president of the National Union
of Women Worners, and it was she
who formed the society to make Old.
ham a beautiful as well as historic
town. She was some time ago given
the freedom Of the city, and it was
with joy that the citizens found that
she could serve them in the chief
civic Office.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-02-15
A Lively Cause.

Some time ago representative Of
the gas company decided that the gas
meter of certain business house in
Washington Court House, Ohio, was
not working properly; in other words.
the company was of the opinion that 1t
was furnishing more gas than it was
getting paid for, so it decided to exam.
inc the meter. Imagine it's surprise
when 1t found the meter literally full
of cockroaches, which had so inter-
fered with the working of the meter
that the gas bill jumped up from about
$40 a month to something like s25
after the reaches We're removed. The
business man said that this was the
first time he knew that there was any
real good in cockroach.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-02-15
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!. HAYS NEWS. +
4. +

John Harrington made business
trip to Manning Saturday.
Mayme Biernes is visiting in Den
ison this week.
Mrs. Joe Harrington visited at the
Fred Fitzsimmons home Sunday.
Ed Brockelsby spent Sunday. with
his folks.
Mr.. Tim Quirk, who is staying at
the Fred Fitzsimmons home, was in
Vail Saturday, the first time since in
December.
Gertie Kearney was on the sick list
this week
Mary Launderville visited friends in
Vail the first of the week.
John Lally and Ed Olson were in
Manila Saturday.
Nellie Biernes is still quite sick.
Patrick and John Walsh made a
business trip to Manila last Saturday.
Miss Annie Gallagher visited at the
home of her brothers, Patrick and Will
last week.
Rose Maynard spent last Saturday
and Sunday with her sister, Mrs. P. F..
Gallagher.
Mr.. John Plotz made business trip
to Des Moines last Monday.
Mr.. Willie Weeman, of near Audu-
bon, spent Sunday at the home of his
uncles, John and Fred Plotz.
Miss Hattie Voss was Denison Wis
itor a few days last week.
Leslie Pruter was on the sick list
last week.
Fred Lahndorf, Jr. spent Sunday at
the parental home.
Mr.. George Maxwell purchased a
nice team of horses near Deloit
Mr.. Pat Gallagher was business
visitor in Manila few days last
week.
All the Hays young folks who at
tended the dance in West Side last
Saturday night report fine time.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-02-15
Low Stage Of the Mississippi.

AS showing the low stage Of the
Mississippi river an eastern Missouri
paper prints this: "a load of steers
was driven from Town Island to Tib-
bits Island on dry land in the middle
of the Mississippi river at Clarksville
Sunday. 1t was spectacle that never
had been witnessed in the memory of
GAINESVILLE residents. A sandbar ex-
tends from one island to the other,
due to the low stage of the river, and
the cattle. owned by Mayor Buchanan,
followed this route
Persons from Illinois drive half
way across on dry sand and are met
by the GAINESVILLE ferry, which trans
ports them to the Missouri shore,
while north Of town there is one place
that can be waded from shore to
shore kansas City Star.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-02-15
vaearies Of the Human Heart

There is something at once so uni
form. and yet so compounded in the
human heart! One simple habit, or
desire, may display itself in such a
variety of forms and directions: pro-
duce SO many opposite phenomena:
and disguise itself under so many
characters; while so many dissimilar
actions and characters may spring out
of the same bias of mind, even when
the being who is subject to it suspects
nothing of such connection between
them.-Schiller.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-02-15
A Missourian's Curiosity Shop,

]. M. White. residing near Pack.
has in his possession a purse that is
104 years old. chest which Is 1OA
years old, a bedspread Lightweight
years old. The bedspread on which he
sleeps is ninety-eight years old; it is
a massive piece of furniture. He
has razor, mug and walking cane
sixty years old, the wood of the cane
having been brought from Central
America. One Of the lamps he uses
he bought in 1S67.-Pineville Herald
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-02-15
ENGLAND GETS BEST COFFEE
All the First Grade From Java Goes
There-America Uses Much
Formosa Tea.

America does not get the highest
grade of coffee produced in Java. nor
the best grade of tea from Formosa."
said Horace T. Tompkins, an Ameri-
can exporter from the island Of For
mosa.
1T is somewhat strange that it is
almost impossible to get good coffee
in Asia, as it would seem that Java
could supply that part of the world.
but it is fact that good coffee Is I'M
known in the Orient. One can get first
class coffee in Belgium, in France or
in England. and good coffee in the
United States, but here we get only
the second grade Of the coffee bean.
In fact there is not great quantity
of first class coffee produced, and 1t
all goes to England, where the de-
mand for the finest grades Of every
thing to eat is limited. Formosa
sends to the United States every year
about 100000 pounds of tea. 1t is
of good quality, but not the highest
grade. In the whole island 20 more
than 1000 pounds of the very best tea
Is grown, and this is shipped to va
rious countries. But small quantity
of it goes to New York.
"Formosa has a population Of s.
100000, most of whom are Chinese.
There are about $4,000 Japanese. The
Viceroy of Formosa. Satsuma, is a
man of great ability, and is friendly
to the United States and Americans.
Dartotoi, the principal city of For
mosa, has a population Of $4,000"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-02-15
When They Paid.

In the last installment of the Potash
and Perimutter stories Abe tells Nav
russ that one delinquent debtor will
pay the firm sooner or later. Mawruss
retorts: Sure. know, Abe; and If
them sooner or later fellers would pay
you oncet in while sooner, Abe, it
would be all right, y understand But
they don't, Abe; thehy always pay
you later"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-02-15
UnheaIthfuI,
for womer

For near thousand years Rome
sat on her seven hills. Then she be-
gan to decline.
These sedentary pursuits do tell on
one sooner or later!" sighed the mis-.
tress of the world.
Meanwhile the learned doctors
were making all sorts Of guesses as to
what allied her.-Puck.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-02-15
Would Cater to Women.

The local English trains have very
poor cars, the seats being uncomfort
able and otherwise unfit for women, so
that many of them, who can afford it,
are travelling by automobile. Because
of this there is movement on the
part of the railroads in England to
make the train service more attractive
for women.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-02-15
LONG and Short.

30OS 211O 0TIO1 =
Il understand that little Mabel Jones
Is engaged to that extremely tall
young simpleton. Buddy Browne"
Eyes, and have you heard her ex.
cuse?"
"Excuse?"
yes. She says she Is only carry.
ing out natures most memorable law"
"The law Of lover"
mo. Of contrasts."'
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-02-15
What Did Mamma Dor

Dominie-What a lot of pennies you
have in your little bank! Were they
given you to buy candy?
Freddie-No. sir. Those are the
ones ma gave me to put in the collec.
ton basket.-Judge.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-02-15
ia olrnoaA

"Why, do you suppose Cashit has
built an aviary beside his garage?"
II suppose 1t is for the bird men"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-02-15
6 GOD NE VS.

For the erection of the suitable
head stone or monument it we
handle the work.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-08
WHY DO THEY DO IT?

why people should weep over the
sorrows shown on the
stage, when there is 80 much real SOL.
low in the world, never could I'M
derstand,' says well known writer.
And it is just as hard for us to see
why people suffer needlessly for
months CT years. Here is the case of
NJ. Carter of South Akron, O., who
says:
'.lT:r two years / was in badly
run down condition. felt weak and
miserable and lost considerable flesh
Then heard that vinol was great
thing to build up the body and create
new strength.
Now, after taking vinol and get
ting SO much good from it 1 have de
cided to write and tell you that it has
made me strong and we'll again. and
! have gained weight, too"
If you are weak and sickly, need
new strength and better blood, take
Vinol, our delicious cod liver and iron
remedy, for depend upon it, that is
what you need and it will build you
mp. We guarantee it-money back II
you are rot satisfied. McGrath Bros
Drug Co, Keokuk, Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-08

the result there was based almost en-
tirely upon national issues.
On the other hand the republican
leaders pointed to republican gains
in Massachusetts, as the basis for the
prediction that the Bay state would
swing back into the republican col
umn in the national election next
year and found great joy In new re-
publican victories in upper New York
and New Jersey.
The victory Of Daniel Stephens,
democrat in Nebraska, and Taggart
in Kansas, were hailed by democratic
leaders as evidence Of the sentiment
in the middle west on national issues.
Great gains were scored everywhere
by the socialists, who elected mayors
in Ohio; gained victories in Science
tady where a mayor and assembly
man were elected and cast more votes
than the democrats in Bridgeport,
Conn. The socialist leaders are more
enthusiastic than they have been in
years and predict in 1912 their vote
to break all records.
The fight in Maryland, where the
republicans elected T. l.. Goldsbor-
borough governor was largely on To-
cal issues. Virginia and other south
ern states showed the usual demo
cratic majorities.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-08
REPUBLICAN, GAINS
mn ELECTIQN
Continued from page ~

election of Newton D. Baker to be
mayor of Cleveland; the reelection of
Brand Whitlock in Toledo; the vic
tory of Rudolph Blankenburg over
the Penrose machine in Philadelphia;
the loss of the New York assembly
by Tammany and the result in Ken
lucky where democratic landslide
will put Representative Ollie James
in the United States senate together
with the great socialist gains and 9TH
er features in the returns-all were
hailed by progressiyes regardless OF
party, as victories for the rule Of the
people.
Though optimists in all branches OF
all parties found much basis for graf
ification, the democratic national lead
ers seemed most jubilant. They saw
much significance in the heavy vote
in Ohio and the democratic victory in
President Taft's home city. They
hailed the election of Foss in Massa-
chusetts as a reputation of republi-
can tariff principals and contend that
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-08
Beats Mustard Plaster
Docs Not BMsferI

MUSTERoLE is clean. white ointment m ade
with the purest oil OF mustard. 1t does nil tho
work of the old.fashioned mustard plaster-does
IL better and does NOT bitter. You simply rub It on
briskly--and the pain Is gone!
MUSTEROLE is what Twentieth Century
science has made of the remedy that your
mother and grandmot other depended on. Thou
sands who have used MUSTEROLE will tell
what relief 1t gives from Sore acknowledgements
It's Croup-Stiff Northumberland -
ConRestion-Plcu Rheuma tism-L umbago
Pains and Aches of tho Back or Joints =
Sprains - Sore Muscles Bruises-C hilblains-
Frosted Feet-Colds of the Chest Ut prevents
Pneumonia).
For sale by leading druggists everywhere
Many Of these display the MUSTERQLE sign
(shown below in their windows. MUSTERoLE
comes in Jars OF two sizes, Csc and Soc. Accept
you. send Csc and we will mali you jar postage
prepaid.
The Musteroie Company. Cleveland. Ohio.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-08

he handicap of poor health, she dis
played an energy that apparently had
no limit. She was indomitable and
untiring in whatever she undertook
and knew no such word as fail.
Combined with these qualities she
possessed the attributes and graces of
true womanhood in an eminent de-
gree. She was pre-eminently home
loving and housekeeping woman. In
those sacred precincts she gave her
best and was at her best. AS wife and
mother she shone resplendent and
earned an immortal crown. AS was
said of old, sHer children rise up and
call her blessed" OF these there are
three. M. Moorhead of Chicago,
Frank G. Moorhead OF Des Moines, and
Mrs. l.. H.. Aver, Jr, Of this city, all of
whom, with the husband, we're present
when she passed away.
Earlier in life Mrs. Moorhead was
active in church work as a member OF
the Congregational denomination, but
precarious health in later years limit
ed her activities in that line. She wat
OF deeply religious nature and lived
true to her convictions without var
iableness or shadow Of turning"
large circle OF devoted persona
friends sincerely mourn her loss from
their midst. She was in many re
spects a remarkable woman and to-
much honor cannot be done her mem
DRY. The world is greatly the game
by reason of her life, character, ea
ample, ministries and ideals.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-08
Al Strange Story.

Argyle, Mich.-Mrs. VIM. H. Carson.
in letter from Argyle, says: Il was
almost wild with pain in my head.
and other severe pains, due to wom-
anly troubles. Cardui gave me great
relief at once. Further use of Cardui
raised me from my bed of agony.
Cardui saved my life, aid can't be
thankful enough for what it did for
me-" Whether seriously sick, or simp-
ly ailing, tako Cardui, the woman's
tonic. AS q general tonic for women,
to improve the appetite and build up
the constitution, Cardui is In class
by itself. Those who have used 1t
say 1t does the work; it relieves, 1t
cures. Try 1t. Your druggist has 1t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-08
wife Of Postmaster Samuel w. Moor
head Passes Away at the Family
Home After Lingering
illness.
HOME HERE MANY YEARS
Splendid Woman Of Grace and Char
acter Who Made the World Bet
ter for Having Been a
Part Of It.

After a lingering illness Mrs. s.. w.
Moorhead, wife Of Postmaster Moor
head, passed away at the family home,
900 Blondeau street, at 1:45 this after
noon, death resulting from inanitton
causeds by gastric ulcer and compli-
cation OF diseases. The funeral will
be private and will occur some time
tomorrow at the residence, the hour
not yet determined.
Mary NJ raham was born In Law
renee county, Pennsylvania, near New
Castle, of Scotch-Irish parentage.
After completing the curriculum Of a
country school she took course at
the Pennsylvania State Normal school
at Edinboro, Penna., and later attend
ed Westminster college at Wilmington
in the same state. For number of
years she followed the profession of
teaching, in which she achieved note
worthy success December 20, 1869,
in New Castle, Penna., she wes united
in marriage with Dr. S. w. Mcorhead,
and came with him to Iowa the follow.
ing spring The trip west was made
=
by boat and the first landing on Iowa
soil was here in Keokuk. After brici
residence at Batavia, Iowa, ana Alton
Iowa, the family home was establish
ed at Council Bluffs and was continued
there until in the fall of 1881 when II
was transferred to Eagle Grove, Iowa
Four years later--in the fall of 1885
the family removed to keokuk, ant
this city has been the home Of de
cedent ever since.
Mrs. Moorhead was typical repre-
sentative of her Scotch-Irish ances
try, of which she was justly proud
Though frail of body, she was endow
ed with remarkable strength of mind
and great force of character. For lei
to will was to accomplish. Despite