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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-08-22
Wooden Ammunition.

Some years ago civil war was raging
between two Afghan tribes, the All
Khel and the Nala Khel. The latter
tribe built great hopes of success on
cannon Of such a size that 1GO men
we're required to draw 1t. A Sikh
trained in a British battery was en-
caged to work the gun on the under
standing that he receive ~ rupees
every time he hit the village fort OF
the foe. This did not prove remuner-
alive, for. according to an eyewitness
the ammunition consisted Of "olive
wood balls bound with iron bands.
which have a highly eccentric flight
and are calculated to do about equal
damage to friend and foe" After a
three days bombardment, in which the
fort was hit only three. times, the hos
tilities came to an end.-London Stand
ard.
Two sentimental college youths were
discussing the quality Of girl they
would choose as life companion. The
more sentimental of the two asked,
(Which kind of girl do you prefer. the
one who can walk and walk and walk
without ever having to stop and rest
or the girl who has to stop every now
and then In a shady place by the road
side?"
81 like the girl" said the more con-
servative youth, "who can walk and
walk and walk without ever having to
stop and rest, but who prefers to pause
by the wayslde every now and them
o..
ArgOnaut. ---.-------
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cd in the success of the war. He came
over to this country on war mission,
and as newspaper man himself he
fully understands the services of the
newspaper press in support of the
war.
He sees that the newspapers are
giving the government splendid sup
port and that it is for the interest
of all the allies to end the oppressive
conditions that have prevailed in the
paper market 1t is too bad that the
American paper makers could not
have taken step of this kind to re-
lieve the present intolerable situa-
ton.
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Thouohtful Wife

"What's that string about your finger
for, Jones? asked q member Of the
firm.
"Oh, my wife tied it there to remem-
Der something she told me-" answered
the clerk.
And do you remember what she told
your
"Yes, sir. She told me to be sure
and not work. too hard" - YOnkers
Statesman.
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Old Clothes,

The remaking Of old clothes is one of
the most prosperous industries in this
country. Old suits are torn to pieces,
the wool and the cotton being chemical
" separated. The wool is then wash
I'd, dried and respun and made into a
spick and span tailor made suit.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our many kind
neighbors and friends for their as
sistance during the death of our dear
father.-Andrew Huskey and family.
Mrs. Henry Joens and family. VIM.
Huskey and family, Joe Huskey. Mrs.
Perry Brogden and family. Mrs. Geo
Hartman and family and James Hus-
key. 34-lt*
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FARM LANDS FOR SALE
IOWA
FOR SALE

ONE OF THE BEST 200 ACRE
farms in Green county. Good i'm
provements, all tiled and in high
state of cultivation. Lays fine, no
rock, gravel, or gullies. flowing we'll
near house. Price $195 per acre.
ALSO 200 ACRE STOCK FARM,
100 acres fine laying in cultiva-
ton, balance timber with about 40
acres cut off and in pasture. Improve
ments poor, but soil the very best. A
chance to make some money at the
price, $135.
A NUMBER OF OTHER FARMS
in the best corn belt Of Iowa. If you
want to make change or are tired
Of renting, call on or address. J. E.
Miller, Box 1872, Coon Rapids. Iowa.
33.tf.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank +. N. of A. and
all other friends for the flowers and
other kindness shown us in our be-
bereavement.
Mr. and Mrs. l.. r. KepfOrd,
Mrs. J. N. Lee.
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AUTO LIVERY-I AM NOW CON
Quoting an auto livery and will Civ"
both night and day calls prompt at
tention. Roscoe Romans, phone No.
1926. 32-tf
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w. c. MASON AUTO LIVERY
service with J. B. Romans Co. Day
phone. 1856. night phone 1924. Prices
reasonable. 30-tf
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FOR SALE ON CROP PAYMENTS
i have 1900 acres good northwest
ern Iowa farm lands; will divide into
small tracts to suit purchaser. A good
chance for owner of small Iowa tract
to trade same in on larger farm. Farm
ers only need apply. II. A. Evans.
lawyer, Sioux City, Iowa. 33-2t.*
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BUSINESS BRIEFS

II you are interested in commercial
education. send for our catalogue.
Mankato Commercial college, Manka-
TO. MINI. -. :" '-- SALT
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FARMS FOR SALE - Three 24O
acres. $40. good terms; 100 acres.
1910, good terms; 100 acres. 5000. good
terms; 100 acres, $3.50, good terms;
100 acres. $165, good terms; 100 acres,
$16O, good terms; 100 acres, $155,
good terms. Several good farms in
Minnesota for sale or rent, good
terms Jas J. Petit, Storm Lake. Blu
ena Vista County, Iowa. 33-2t
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"A POSITION OR YOUR MONEY
Back" is our new policy. Write for
full particulars. Humboldt Business
College, Minneapolis, MINI. Sat.
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WANTrD-DINING ROOM GIRL.
Good wages. Thos. Nielsen, Hotel
DenisOn. o4-u.
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FOR SALE 49, IL THOROUGHBRED
short-horn bulls, of serviceable age.
For quick sale as wish to close out,
and make room for future stock P.
w. Weberg, phone Isl, Denison. 3Otf
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WANTED

WANTED-A COMPETENT GIRL
for housework. Inquire at this
office 34-tf.
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LIVESTOCK FOR SALE.

FOR SALE: TEN QO) REGISTERED
Hereford bulls. Mahoney Brothers.
Kenwood, Crawford county, la. 26-tf
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WANTED--A CAPABLE GIRL FOR
dormitory work. Inquire of Mrs.
John SillettO. Phone 81. Salt.
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE FOUR CYLINDER
Empire roadster in good mechanical
condition. Inquire of c. NJ. Nc
Grath. 33-tf.
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WANTED TO RENT - MODERN
house. B. X. IOmpkins, DenisOn. 33-3t
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BUSINESS BRIEFS CONTINUED
Be satisfied. Buy REQ. Ask the
man who drives ore. 36-tl

HAVE YOUR TIRES FINED UP
now, ready for spring. If the tread is
worn off. we can put on new rubber;
if the fabric is weak we can reinforce
it. All work guaranteed. Clarence
12-tf
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WANTED-YOUNGM MARRIED MAN
to work on farm Inquire Of Robert
Theobald. Astor, la. soft.
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You will get printing of character
from the Review. Off.
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WANTED LADIES TO KNOW
that they can do their own sewing
at Shows college at an expense of
only soc per day. Everything first
class and satisfaction guaranteed. De-
b0rah Tumkins, Manager. 33-tf
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MODERN, FURNISHED ROOMS.
wanted. Inquire at this office. (X)tf
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To Teach Care Of Game.

For the first time In the history of
this or any other country the sciences
Of the breeding and preserving Of game
birds will be taught in one of Amer
ica's great universities. This is made
possible by the passage Of bill In
the New York legislature appropriate
ing $4,000 for the purchase of farm
in Tompkins county, New York, on
which 1t is provided experimental and
practical breeding Of game may be-
carried on. It Is further provided that
the trustees of Cornell university shall
accept, maintain and administer the
farm and that it shall form part of
the New York State College Of Agricul-
ture 'for the purpose Of conducting
practical experiments In and giving in
struction on the breeding Of game"
1t is specifically provided that the
farm shall be run in close cooperation
with the state conservation commits
sion and that it's surplus product shall
annually be placed at the disposal OF
the commission.
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Detached Motor Barge.

The first stage Of striking expert,
ment In inland water transport was
completed with the arrival in London
Of two barges laden with coal from
collieries in the north of England. The
barges were propelled for 100 miles by
a detachable motor. The new device
consists of a four.cylinder, 17-horse
power marine engine, capable of haul:
ing two boats with load of 100 tons.
1t is mounted on the top Of the cabin.
and controlled from the helm. Petrol
is employed for starting. and paraftin
when running. The engine and attach
ments can be transshipped from one
barge to another in a few minutes, and
1t is stated that its use means econ
omy in time and money BY comparison
with towing by horses.
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IS MOST VEN0M0us SNAKE
Echis carinata Of India, Found In
Nearly Every Part Of Peninsula, :
Is Death Itself.

The most venomous of snakes is
held to be the Echis carinata of India.
1t is about Is inches long and of gray
color. The creature is death itself,
and carries in it's head the secret of
destroying life with the concentrated
agony of all the poisons.
This snake is tolerably common in
India, being found in nearly every part
of the peninsula.
Fortunately, however, for man, it is
not like the cobra, hOuse-frequenting
snake for it's aggressive habits would
make it indefinitely more fatal to life
than it's dreaded relative.
This king OF the asps does not turn
to escape from man as the cobra will,
or flash into concealment like the ko-
riat, but keeps it's path against its hui
man assailant, and pitting it's 10
inches OF length against it's enemy's
bulk, challenges and provokcs con-
tlict.
A stroke with whip will cut it in
two. or Il clOd Of earth disable it; but
such is its malignity that it will in
vite attack by every device at its COM
mand, stalking its own life on the mere
chance Of it's adversary coming within
the little circle Of it's power. At most.
the radius Of this circle is IL inches.
Within it, at any event, lies certain
death, and. on the bare hope of hand
or foot trespassing within it's reach,
the Echis throws its body into fig
ure-of-eight coil. Then 1t attracts at
tcntion by rubbing its loops together,
which, from the roughness Of the
scales, make rustling, kissing sound,
erects it's head In the center and awaits
attack.
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PAGE THREE
Testing the Eye.

Lecturing on the EFFECT on the Eye
Of Varying Degrees of Brightness and
Contrast before the Illuminating En-.
gineering society recently, DR.. James
Kerr of the public health department
Of the London county council, referred
to some effects which may be surpris-
ing. Having to examine long lists Of
figures in black type, he tried to IA
cil!t:te his task by drawing vertical
and horizontal lines In red ink, but
the different focusing Of the black and
red strained his eye and gave him a
headache, which did not trouble him
when all the figures and lines We're
either black or red. Doctor Kerr ques-
lions whether target is more distinct
when a brilliantly Illuminated disk up.
pears on Jet black background than
when the surroundings were dinusely
Illuminated.
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Washington City Of Women.

Washington has always been a city
of women. The census of 1910 showed
the percentage of women in Washing
ton to be larger than in any other city.
There were then 91.3 men to very 100
Notwithstanding to the census,
which never explained what any 100
women would be doing with the one
third man that was part of their quota.
If things keep on the way they are
going, Washington will soon have two
women to each man. Cabinet officers
already have announced that in the
matter Of employment, all other things
being equal, women should have the
precedence over men. The new move
ment is born Of prospective war neces-
sity; the men will be needed on the
firing line and In mobilizing the ma
TONS industries.
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Novel Outdoor Elevator.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

A curious example Of elevator con-
struction as seen at the courthouse
In Los Angeles, CAL, where, owing to
the architectural design Of the building
and Its location ON hill, the elevator
is placed outside the walls, is de-
scribed In Popular Mechanics Maya
zine. One Of the streets on which the
building fronts is two stories lower
than the courthouse, and the elevator
shaft runs down to the level Of the
street, access from which Is gained
by means Of tunnel beneath the
courthouse lawn.
The shaft is of steel construction,
with circular front and ornamental
ironwork ut each floor. The design
would not be practical in any but a
mild climate, and the elevator Is said
to be the only one Of its kind. 1t serves
four stories above the higher street.
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1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
GARDEN IN MIDDLE OF CITY
Plot 10 Cultivated at One Of Busiest
Corners in New York 40 Object
Lesson to Passing Thousands.

At one of the busiest corners of
New York city-Union Square-a mod
ell backyard garden Is growing as a
demonstration of what may be done
with small plot to relieve the threat
ened food shortage, the Scientific
American states. Two squares, meas
uring 20-by-2O and 2O-by-4O feet, are
cultivated scientifically by John Nc
Carthy, the gardener in charge Of the
square; and the cultivator is always
ready to lay aside his hoe to answer
the questions Of prospective planters.
The ground of the model garden was
correctly prepared and fertilized and
is planted to potatoes, cabbages, let
tuce and onions; in fact, just the va
riety Of vegetables that the average
householder would care to raise. The
operation Of planting and tending the
garden has been observed by thou
sands, and large proportion Of the
spectators will surely benefit by this
example. In addition to explaining
the art Of backyard farming, Mr.. Nc
Carthy gives little pamphlets to all
who are interested, with complete d.
rections for surfing garden plot and
tending it to produce results. This is
essential, for the ignorance Of the av-
erage city dweller regarding agricul-
ture Is limitless.
The demonstration garden, a project
Of Park Commissioner Cabot Ward, Is
an object lesson to the throngs Of
commuters who pass it daily. The
sight Of the growing things that look
so fresh and appetizing is enough to
make anybody want to shed his coat
and dig In a garden Of his own.
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Wonder Of the Ace.

About the hottest thing this side OF
Old Sol Is an oxyacetylene torch, says
the Wall Street Journal. The little
blue flame elected by one Of those
looks the picture Of innocence, but it
has the power of u dozen giants. It
can bite through armor plate as easily
as boring 4 hole in plank. It has
become 4 valuable aid in shipbutlding.
Under the old method ship plate was
cut with saws, but by the new method
an oxyacetylene torch is attached to a
small lnOtor-driven car, which travels
along n marked line and cuts any thick
ness Of steel ut 4 much more rapid
rate. 1t is also valuable in tearing
down buildings, where it is used to
cut through beams. and as for rivets,
it is Only Il matter of i few seconds
to bite off the head of The largest.
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Savory Rice.

Add one cupful of rice to six cup
fuls of boiling water and cook for five
minutes. Then drain. Fry out six
slices Of bacon in saucepan and in
it fry one small onion. Then add rice
and stir gently with fork until all the
fat is absorbed. Add one cupful Of
strained tomato pulp, season with one
half tablespoonful salt and one-fourth
teaspoonful paprika. Then add two
and half cupfuls boiling water and
cook until rice has absorbed all the
liquid and Is very tender. i
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-11-21

The beginning Of the nineteenth CEN
fury saw the disappearance of the
"hundred-legged" dining table, and the
pillar-and.claw table made its bow, as
the most comfortable of tables; and
with this the modern table has arrived.
OF the strangely uncomfortable, clum-
sy types evolved during the Victorian
period, the least said the soonest for
gotten. They came with the glass
flowers, the haircloth furniture, and
the marble tops and twisted, spindling
legs and veneer finish. Today the
beautiful in all that is past is being
reproduced in the "American renais-
sance of art" to suit the rapidly grow
ing demands for greater beauty in
form, color scheme and line in the In
terror of the home.
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Too Much.

Food Dictator Hoover said at a
Washington reception:
1--WE mustn't have too many food
rules. They're good thing in mod
Grafton, but too much Of the best Of
things is bad. A war profiteer visited
q sculptor's and said:
"'What's the very finest statue in
the universeT
"'The Venus de Medici, undoubted-
ly,' the sculptor answered.
"'Well, put me down for five doz-
en- Venus de Medicis, them said the
millionaire. I want 'em to trim up
the front lawn of that there S0-room
marble cottage I'm buildin' in New
port"
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Hard Paper Products.

Many containers, and other articles
formerly made exclusively of wood,
tinplate. yulcanized rubber and metal
or fibrous materials, can now be made
of paper, at lower cost and equally
serviceable, by means Of special ma
chinery which winds paper with an
adhesive on one side into tubes or bar
rels in an infinite variety Of sizes and
shapes, says Popular Mechanics Maya
zine. The times being especially op'
perfume for such substitutes, hard pa
Der products may soon replace wood
for shipping packages, large and small !;
also for machine accessories such as
split pulleys, harvester rolls, tool ana
other handles, and many purposes IN
the electrical industry.
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WOMEN HAVE BOARDING HABIT
!It 70 Always Hard Tor. Them to Part
With Useless Things Which They,
Couldn't Give Away.

"Every time I think of the way our
American troops are slipping away
from our shores and landing unexpect-
eddy somewhere in France realize
more and more how very differently
men manage things, after ALL" re-
marked the impatient woman, accord
ing to the Detroit Free Press.
"Just imagine trying to send con-
tinRent of women abroad in such fash
ion. Why, even the nurses who are
leaving us are expected to 60 prepared
with clothing and supplies enough to
last them two years, and yet the men
can 60 with small provision for their
needs and not be bit bothered at 1t,
either.
! "A chap know rushed in to say
good-by to me as he was leaving for
a training camp and he was able to
settle all his business in few hours
and all he had to do at his rooming
place was pack his clothes in suit
case and move out in an hours time.
"And think how long it would take
either one of US to dispose of our Sec
ond-hand belongings and rid our ward
robes of the unessentiaIs we've left
hanging in the forlorn hope that the
styles will bring them back again
sometime before the moths dispose Of
them for us.
) and we women are always clutter
ing up a place with keepsakes that
we'd hate like the mischief to throw
away and we couldn't give them away
for love nor money, either"
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Portable Fire for Soldiers.

A compact portable material for
building small cooking fire is u bless
ing to the soldier in the field in winter.
The Italians have devised homemade
fire ration" which the people at home
prepared last winter for the men in the
cruel Alpine passes. The fire ration is
made from old newspapers, and cam
die ends, or other paraftin material.
The newspapers are cut into little
cylinders, which are afterwards boiled
in the paraffin. This produces high
ly compact and combSlstible little cyl,
inder which can be used for heating
food in the field.
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And the Jokesmith Dodoed.

They were discussing that Joke
about getting down off an elephant.
"How do you get DOWN." asked the
jokesmith for the fourth time.
"You climb down."
"Wrong!'
"You grease his sides and Slide
down."
"Wrongw
"You take ladder and get down."
"Wrong!'
"Well, you take the trunk line
down."
mo, not quite. You don't get down
off an elephant; you get it off goose"
Indianapolis News.
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Save Darning.

BY stitching with sewing machine
above and below any broken stitch in
silk hose the thread runs no farther.
Only half an inch Of stitching Is
needed.
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FLASHLIGHTS
A religion that doesn't wear
makes a mighty poor cloak.

A religion that doesn't wear
makes a mighty poor cloak.
No matter how sweet her dis
position may be, any homely girl
can tell you that sweet DISPOSE
lions do not seem to be what the
men are looking for nowadays.
Father can't hang so much OF
his clothing on his hook In the
closet but what mother can al
ways find room to hang q few
of her skirts on 1t.
The easiest way to get along
in this world Is to make up your
mind to get along without the
things you can get along with
out.
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A Fine Deal.

II had a fine deal today"
"That so, my dear? What was it?"
"You know Jiggs and Jogg's store,
where 1 always paid cash for every
thing bought?"
EYES,"
swell, they let me open charge &C.
count, and now I shall have more mon
ey to spend on myself"
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Naturally.

"Old man Butts is always running
down his sons school, and l believe
it is because the boy is always ut the
foot of his Glass;"
AT the foot, Is he? Then that Is
where the shoe pinches.'
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Mrs. Askitt-How did you come to
lose Bridget She was such fine
cook.
Mrs. Benton Holme-I asked her to
make orange ice on st. Patrick's day.
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got u strangle hold and was using 1t
cruelty, blood drummings in his ears
shutting out Dams threats. He was
lost unless he heard. Jess darted to-
ward him. Dan thrust out huge foot,
tripping her deftly. But like flash
she was up-had thrown herself pro-
tectingly in front of BOyce and thus
caught in her own white shoulder the
thrust Dan aimed for Boyce's throat.
Silence fell like pail over the bab-
BILE. Boyce caught Jess as she was
falling, laid her down and stanched as
best he might the yelling blood. At
ter look ut it Buddy laid hold on
Dan to throttle him. Other hands tore
his away, their owners saying signifi-
cantly: "We'n do bettcr'n that, Bud
give him all he deserves" Jess
heard and understood. Dan would be
lynched. Family she tried to rise up,
on her elbow, crying weakly: Don't,
don't, neighbors! Don't do murder
This is-just an accident"
Then she tainted dead away, but her
protest saved Dan. Her hurt, though
severe, was not mortal. Long before
it was fully healed all the Cove knew
and rejoiced that as soon as she was
strong enough she would be taken first
to Lumberton, then on to far fine
house, where the elder Boyces would
be more than happy to welcome her as
a daughter.
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