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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-05-10
THE DANGER OF oVEREATlNG.

The Denison Commercial club has
fed itself into a state Of rare and de-
lightful complacency. The men who
two weeks sago, were ready to de-
nounce the devil, alias C. & N. W..
and all his works. are now wreathed
in smiles and are singing psalms OF
thanksgiving to the beneticient cor
poration. Had there been ten courses
to that banquet instead Of six we
probably would have had little girls,
dressed in white, streWing roses in
the path of the fast mail
1t is true that you can catch more
flies with molasses than with vinegar,
but we have seen men sit down on the
sticky paper which they had prepared
for the unsuspecting fly.
1t is true that No. II will hereafter
stop for water at Denison seven times
a week instead Of five, and it is a
matter for congratulation among all
loyal Denisonites that they can now
get east of Carroll without getting
foot upon the soil of that loathed con-
temporary. 1t is also true that Deni-
son mail will be delivered direct from
the morning fast train instead Of jog
ging along with the milk cans some
three-quarters of an hour later. But
this latter was done at the order of
the postal department and is a matter
over which the railroad has little or
no control
We do not wish to sound discord-
ant note, but just as we advised the
hot-heads to go slowly when they
talked of starting row with the
Northwestern, so We would now adj
wise our people to wait until we get
some real concessions before pre-
senting any hallows.
We need better switching facilities
between the two roads. We need de-
cent accommodations for passengers
on the west-bound platform of the
Northwestern. We need more ade-
quate stock yards. These are lasting
and substantial necessities which the
railroad should grant. Train sched-
ules are but transitory affairs. Next
week there may be no "No. 12." An
entire new time card might go into
effect just as it is about to do on the
Milwaukee road.
The railroad officials are splendid,
big Drained, genial men. They can do
much for Denison, and Denison can
do something for the road they rep
resent. Let us get together and keep
together, but at the same time let us
beware the exuberance of Well-fed
stomach. There is danger in over
eating,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-05-10
The Parsees of India.

It was at a point near the ancient
city Of Surat that the Parsees first
landed in India when driven out Of
Persia by their Mohammedan conquer.
ors eleven centuries ago. Few things
are more remarkable than the manner
in which this small community has re-
tanned its religion and racial charac-
period The peculiar style of head
dress worn by the Parsees is said to
have been made compulsory by tho
Hindu king Of India when the Parsees
first obtained refuge in that country.
and they have used 1t ever since. To-
day the ParSees are the leading COM
mercial nation Of India.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-05-10
NESTS IN COLONIES.
Homes Of the African Grosbeako as
Bio as a Natives Hut.

Big as Natives Hut.
The biggest birds nest in the world
not excepting the stork's. is built by
the African grosbeak. 1t is really 100
nests or more bound together with
closely interviewer sticks. vines and
strands Of coarse grass and is not
built by single pair Of birds. but by
a colony of them. 1t is Of such enor-
nous size that at little distance it is
often mistaken for one Of the native
huts built in the trees SO frequently
found in wild tropical countries where
man eating animals abound. and the
only way to sleep in safety is to "roost
high.'
The birds usually select a thorn tree.
probably because Of the protection af.
forded by the sharp, long thorns
against marauders. All around the
nest the roof Of sticks. matched with
dry grass. projects to let the rain run
off. A deep fringe of grass hangs from
this cornice like curtain to keep out
any stray drops. These great nests
are added to from year to year. each
pair of mated birds building on the
main nest. Sometimes the nest be-
comes too heavy. and the branch
breaks or the great mass Of sticks falls
to the ground. destroyed by its own
weight The grosbeak is no larger
than an English sparrow and just rs
gregarious.-N York Press.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-05-10
WOOL, SILK AND LINEN.
Tests That Will Determine the Quality
Of tho Fabrics.

OF tho Fabrics.
If you wish to find out whether the
material sold to you as all wool or all
silk is really so make S per cent So
luton Of caustic potash and in this
boil your sample Of silk or wool. If
the entire sample is consumed in the
boiling your material is what it pre-
tends to be: if there is u residue that
residue is cotton. The caustie solution
consumes the animal fbers
If you wish to find out whether the
silk that seems to be heavy silk Is
weighted with mineral burn the sam
pie and the ash will show You how
much mineral weighting there is. The
pure silk will be wholly consumed.
In buying supposed linen goods Of
toweling or suiting, dip your sample
into concentrated sulphuric acid for
two minutes and wash it out carefully.
The cotton will have been consumed.
the linen will have resisted the action
Of the acid This test is one that
should be made with precaution. as
vitriol is not thing to be tempered
with.-Mary Heaton Worse in Success
Magazine
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-05-10

country It means PANIC, with each
letter capitalized.
The trust question is an entirely
separate problem and should be treat
ed as such. Lowering the tariff is the
poorest possible way to regulate
trusts. While you are injuring the
trust, perhaps, you are killing Off all
the independent men who are fighting
the trust. The independents would be
the first to fall before cheap foreign
competition. Then we would have the
trusts and the foreign made product.
We might finally kill the trust by WHIP
ing out the industry. Then we would
have the foreign goods only-and the
foreigners have trusts just the same
as we do. Then we would have for
eign trust that we could not in any
wise control, that was employing
cheap labor, paying nothing for the
support of our government and fur
nishing the poorest possible market
for our products. The way to regu-
late the trusts is to regulate the
trusts. not to kill American industry.
Too high a tariff is much better than
too low tariff. Events prove this.
Too low a tariff always brings hard
times, protective tariffs, even though
some schedules were too high, have
uniformly brought good times.
"Open the mills Of the country and
the minis will take care of them
selves" 1t was true when Mckinley
said it. 1t is true today.
The tide is the other way just at
present. Progress moves in spirals,
we are on one of the back stretches
now. Perhaps we must go through
another panic to get the govt out of
the system. But the diet will be slim;
an awful lot of mush and milk and
mighty little cake and pastry. The
country goes about for all the world
like testy, grouchy, grouty old man
with touch of liver and the deevils
own temper.
There are a lot of us who have only
been able to secure fair abundance
out of the general bounty. We do
not have any too much now and when
the dieting of hard times begins it will
go hard with us. Some people i'm
prove in health on fortyday diet OF
cold water and fresh air, but it is not
to be recommended to the general
public. That is approximately what
we will have under low tariff. How
do we know? You must have been
borne since 1893 if you ask that ques-
ton.
Republicans, standfast by protec-
ton, do not let any sophist talk you
out of it.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-05-10
PURE FOOD LABELS.
They Were Used In Palestine as Early
as the Year $50 3. c.


as the Year $50 3. c.
Professor George A. Reisner Of Har-
ward university discovered among
some specimens Of earliest Hebrew
writing in the excavations Of the city
Of Samaria, in Palestine, most inter
esting record of the first pure food
laws in history. He also found an
cicnt writings dealing with the first
instance on record Of the keeping of
wines in a government warehouse IN
der bond.
Dating back to the period of King
Ahab. $50 B. c., these inscriptions are
considered to be one Of the greatest
finds of the Harvard Palestinian ex
petitions which delved into the city Of
Ahab and Omri for three years. They
found labels on wine and oil jars.
These mention the year in which the
wine was laid down in the cellars Of
the palace storehouse, and they state
the vineyard from which the wine
came, important facts that are recog.
nized equally we'll by winners today.
On the oil Jars the label runs. "A jar
Of pure OIL" with the mention Of the
district from which the oil came. The
bits of pottery on which the descrip-
tons were written were not parts Of
the jars, but were evidently intended
to be attached to the necks Of the re-
ceptacles, just as are labels or seals
at the present time.-New York World.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-05-10
HUMAN SKULL PUZZLE.
A Cavity That May Have Been the
Seat of a Sixth Sense.


Despite the progress OF physiology
the study Of the human body is full
of mystery. Some of it's we'll known
organs have never revealed either
their uses or the reason Of their crea-
ton. The part played by the spleen
IN human life was discovered but re-
gently 1t is now regarded as one OF
the principal agents in the circulation
Of the blood. But there are in the
marvellous human organism mys-
ferrous parts which it is possible that
no savant. however profound his
learning, may ever understand. For
instance, in the skull, behind Ghe car
tilage Of the nose, there Is a little
cavity OF unknown origin. PhysolO-
gists believe that at one time-severa
thousand generations ago-it contained
a gland consisting Of two lobes joined
by their common base.
This cavity--the delta turcica-is, in
the opinion Of certain savants. the
vcsiige of a sixth sense which was Of
great use to the antediluvian ances
tors Of man. 1t is believed that this
little gland enabled them to see in the
darkness when they had not yet learn
ed the secret of procuring light: that
It was the seat Of the mysterious
sense Of situation or locality. the pow
err to orient their course. the sense so
highly developed to this day in saw
ages and certain animals. The theory
is plausible. but it is doubtful whether
man will ever acquire any real knowl-
edge Of the reason for the existence
of the delta observation-disclosures.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-05-10
STRAIGHT TALK.

Republicans:-It is time to hold fas
to the good old doctrine of the pro
tective tariff. There has never beer
time when this country prospereC
under a low tariff. There has never
been country on earth that had con
ditions anything like those of the
United States, that has prospered ex
cept under a protective tariff. The
arguments for low tariff are the same
old arguments. Buy where you can
buy the cheapest" "Open up the mar
kets of the world" 1t is the same clap,
trap that lead to the hard times OF
1857 and the early '90's.
Here are a few fundamental facts:
The revenue must be raised for the
support of the government.
1t must largely be raised by the
means of tariff.
1t must either be raised by low
tariff on many articles of every day
consumption or by a higher tariff on
fewer articles.
The tariff must be placed on articles
which we do not produce, such as cot
fee, or on articles we do produce
such as beef.
DO not get the idea into your head
that a low tariff will lessen your
share of the governmental expense
for it will not.
good market for what he sells is
much more important to the producer
than cheap market in which to buy
Every forehanded man sells more
than he buys. If he does not he runs
behind every year. 1t is therefore the
selling market which is of vital i'm
portance.
The American laborer is the best
purchaser of farm products in all the
world. When you destroy his buying
capacity and get in place of it the
market of other countries whose lab
orers are used to a very much cheap
err mode of life, you cut yourself Off
from the best market to get the poor
est one.
The American labOrer consumes a
beefstaak every day. The foreign
laborer consumes a few pounds of
boiling meat" once a week.
Destroy the American market and
you kill the goose that has been lay
ing golden eggs for the American
farmer for 10, these many days.
A low tariff will do for the farmer
lust what the mail order house does
for the local retailer.
The country is adjusted to the pro-
tective basis. To get down to low
tariff basis will create a terrific jolt
in all the business mechanism of the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-05-10
Merely a Test Case.

A burly negro came 10 the doctor OF
a West African missionary settlement.
Doctor. pull one Of my wife's ttet h
out" said he.
The doctor examined the wOman's
mouth and found only sound teeth.
"8h. that makes no difference" said
way. If it doesn't hurt her too much
then yuu can pull my tooth that Is
aching Success Magazine
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-05-10

those republicans who decided to
break the deadlock and vote for Ken
yon. We believe he will be a man in
his own right and that, through his
influence, faction in Iowa re publican
ism may soon become thing of the
past. Certainly Mr.. Young has no
cause to feel anything but gratitude
for the men who labored so long and
so earnestly for his election and we
are glad indeed that he has made a
sweeping and complete denial.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-05-10
The Borrowing Neighbor.

Say. John. yer haven't been over ter
my home since my birthday gatherin'.
jest year ago termorrer."
at amt that | have hard feeins
ag'in you. but you have so cOnfounded
many things what belongs ter me that
when | come it kind o makes me
homesick "-PittsburG Times.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-05-10
Told Him In Few Words,

A man once wrote to the Rev. @. r.
Spurgeon. the famous preacher. saying
that he had heard he smoked and could
not believe it to be true. Would Mr..
Spurgeon write and tell him If 1t real!
~ was so? The reply was:
Dear Sir-1 cultivate my flowers
and burn my weeds. Yours truly, O. Il.
SpurgeOn."
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-05-10
Where He Drew the Line.

DR.. M. Dee-YOu have a foreign
body in your eye.
Mr.. Mulcahey-A foreign body, is
it? Well, OF don't object t. German
or Pole, er Frinchman; but II uts
a Dago thot's in me oye git him out
quick, and OIL wallop him.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-05-10

From the strength shown by the
Mexican insurrectionist president, we
should Judge that he was something
more than a colorado Madero" after
all.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-05-10

Let us give the cemetery associa-
ton credit for doing some good work
this spring. The water mains are
being extended and large number
of Towering shrubs are being set out.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-05-10
Geo. M. Chapel.
Section Director

Chautauqua patrons remember the
Kirksmith Sisters orchestra, the pOpu-
lar number appearing on the first day
of last year. This season we are to
have another seXtette of Winsome
girls, the Dunbar Singing orchestra,
for the first days musical program.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-05-10

Hon. Arthur x. Peck, who gives H.
Illustrated lectures on Life Saving Serv-
ice, has himself served in the ranks
and knows the hazardous enterprise
from first to last.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-05-10

The few knockers who objected to
the courtesies shown the Northwest.
ern officials will please stay in the
back seats.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-07
To Electric Light Customers.

We wish to call the attention OF
all patrons of the city light plant to
the fact that on the 18th instant Mr..
E. v. Camp, of Dalton, Ga, will as
sumo charge of the light plant, and
the commissioners Of public works
wish to make a change in the method
of running the business, Heretofore
the bills each month were presented
personally, which consumes a great
deal of time and is very expensive as
we'll as unsatisfactory. Under this
system it took a week or more each
month to collect the bills, and as the
Superintendent must of necessity do
this work it interfered greatly with
the service, as he cannot give the
proper attention to the plant and be
on the streets so much of the time
collecting.
Therefore we have decided to mail
bills hereafter, and customers can
either mail checks to Mr. E. H. Hen
derson, town clerk and treasurer, or
to Mr.. Camp, or they can pay either
of these gentlemen in person by call
ing at the Office of Mr.. Henderson
or at the plant. We have also made
arrangements with the Bamberg
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-07
Mr.. Brabham Elected.

J. F. Carter, ESQ.,, who has been
a. member of the board of public
works for a year or more, has re-
signed because of other pressing
public duties and Mr.. A. M. Brab-
ham has been elected by council to
fill the vacancy. He will finish out
the unexpired term Of Mr.. Jno. H.
Cope, to which Mr.. Carter had pre-
viously been elected. Mr.. Brabham
was elected by city council at its
meeting Tuesday afternoon, and has
already entered upon the duties OF
the position. He is public-sprited,
progressive, and energetic young
man, and the other members of the
beard expect good work from him.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-07
Census Figures.

From a bulletin sent out by the
government census bureau we note
that the total population Of South
Carolina is 1,515,400. In 1900 the
total population of the State was l.
340,316, and in 1890 1,151,149. The
white population for 1910 is 679,162
in 1900 it was 557,sO7, and in 1896
the total was 462,00S. The negro
population figures are as follows:
1910, s35,s43; 1900, 7S2,321, 1890
6SS,934.
For Bamberg county the figures
are: Total population, 1910, 1884;
1900, 1926; white population 1910
$3.50; 1900, 5,65S; negro population
1910, 1854; 1900, 1858.
For Barnwell county the total pop
ulation in 1910 was $4,000; in 1900
35,504; whites 1910, 1861; 1900
1O,OSS; negroes 1910, 24,64S; 1900
25,416.
A study of these figures is inter
esting and shows that the negro race
is decreasing in population in thu
lower tier of counties. Where they
are going to Is a matter of conject
ure. but it is our opinion that the!
are dying off. We do not believe
that the negroes are increasing ii
the low country. tuberculosis anc
other fatal diseases are taking then
away rapidly, no matter if they os
breed rapidly.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-07
Masters Sales.

At the request Of Mr.. S. T. Lam
ham, Master of Spartanburg county
Master H. G. Folk sold several tracts
Of land at public auction here last
Monday. The sales were made in
the case of receiver of an assess
ment fire insurance company. Sew
eral of the tracts advertised were
not sold, as the parties had paid up
The following tracts were sold:
No. 2 to G.. F. Rizer for $3.50;
No. to S. G. Mayfeld, Esq, fol
$3.50. All the other tracts were
bid in by H. NJ. Graham, Esq, fol
S. NJ. Wetmore, receiver. No. fol
$66.58; No. 10 for $92.46; No. II
for s29.69; No. 13 for $25.34; No
Il for s21.5S; No. Is for s18.75; No
1S for 1896.
Notice was given in several cases
as to mortgages on the property, az
to property not being located on the
land described, and that the defend
ant in the action did not own any
property at the time the policy wa:
issued or now.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-07

Banking Company to receive these
payments, and you can pay your bill
there, and the bank will give you
receipt.
All lamps, wiring, supplies, etc.,
must be paid for cash at the time Of
delivery or when the work is fin
ished, except by special arrangement,
for it is our intention to reduce
the bookkeeping to a minimum.
We trust the patrons will coop
crate with US in this matter. The
commissioners give their time to this
work for nothing, and we are rum
ming the plant in the best interest Of
the town, as we see it. We get no
pay for our services, and If others
think they can do better We are per-
fectly willing to step down and out.
The present chairman OF the board
has served the town in this capacity
since before the plant was installed
at a great sacrifice, and the other
members give their services at
great sacrifice as well. Therefore
We feel that it is not asking too much
Of our people to cooperate with US
to the extent Of calling at the bank
and paying their bills or mailing
check. It Is your plant and we are
endeavoring in every way to reduce
expenses and make the investment
a profitable one for the city, and the
old method of personal collecting was
the largest item of unnecessary ex-
pense. Our rate for current is less
than any town this size anywhere,
and we would like to still further re-
duce the price if possible. Help US
to make the plant .. success, for it Is
the property Of the citizens Of the
town. Make any complaints to Mr..
Camp, who will be glad to adjust
them.
Bills will be mailed the first or
second of each month, and they must
be paid by the 10th of the same
month. If this bill is not paid by
that time the lights will be cut out
without further notice. We will
make no exceptions, so save your
selves and the board trouble.
A. w. KNIGHT,
G. M. DICKINSON,
A. M. BRABHAM,
Commissioners Pubic Works.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-07
Booth to be Installed.

Mr.. R. N. Ptaff, manager of the
telephone exchange, was In the city
last Friday afternoon and told US
that he had signed contract with
the Peoples Drug Company for the
installation in their store Of tefe-
phone booth for long distance and
local service. The booth will be
equipped with the regular automatic
slot device. BY this device the per-
son wanting to talk drops the money
in the slot before he talks and the
operator at the central Office gives
you the connection after you drop In
the money. Mr.. Pfaff says the booth
will be installed just as soon as pos
sible. This is a progressive move
for Bamberg, and one which will be
a great convenience to the travelling
public, as they will not have to go
down to the central Office for long
distance conversation.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-07
Damage at Lodge.

In letter renewing his subscrip.
ton Maj. Joe Carter, of Lodge,
writes us: eve are so weather
beaten that I can hardly tell you
how bad it is since the cyclone. The
continued drenching rains every day
adds further damage to the crops.
Cotton is damaged at least 35 to 40
per cent, blown out, and is now
sprouting in the burr. What is
open seems as though it will be lost,
and that was 35 to 40 per cent. OF
the cotton crop, which was fairly
good crop. The farmers here seem
ed to be fairly well pleased at the
cotton crop had this calamity not
come to it."