Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-10
Incidents aud Observations.

Football. is popular sport. The spirit
of the gladiator was restrained in the
past years of our transition. The In
huence of the tanning processes have
been unfavorable for the development,
of a noble race of III n, All athletes
are not great men, but the great men
are, rs II class, lovers of manly sports,
Primitive man engaged IN the chase
rs Il part of his iiiework, and manly
prowess was the highest ideal. The
arena in later age took the place OF
the PERSONAL contests with the wild
beasts. And then followed an age Of
leetlessneSs and discomfort Much Of
the dissipation ana many Of tine eX
cesses of the present day are Cue tU he
tanning prpcesses that have restrained
athletic sports, and cngcoHvrad re-
tiveness. There are those who cry out
against footballs because there i con-
slant danger Of personal injury to the
players. There j, danger in all sports
There is more danger in cua-tug,
coursing and mary either popular
sports than in football Chjvalry and
many other traits OF the n0hicSt az
men have waupd Stnc2 ia sport, oi
the arena have been diseOuragp' yhe
revival of games n which strength
and courage are required will grouse
sleeping energies, 70 be atrayed in the
battles for reform and PROCESS " hen u
more sturdy generation Of men have
been Installed ia the Offices Of life
Every axe and all peoples have had
their great healeIs. If any mortal man
had possessed the power TO alleviate
the tOrtures of disease he would have
been written down in history in un-
mistakab,e terms as n beueiactof OF his
race. There are mcn whose fame live
after them. All peoples in thcirpyiin-
ative stages have had their medicine
men who healed the sick hy incautu-
ton, and prayers to idols. These cere-
monies were often accorded the most
devoted faith. The ignorant people OF
heather tribes did not know the true
history of all other mcdicine men vino
had imposed upon them; or they would
have repudiated many OF tlle pgcien.
ders, no doubt. The traditions of PEG
p,, who have 10 written historic ar.
often unreliable: and The miraculous
deeds of these heroes are passed among
the succeeding generations unchalleng-
ed, The savage is made to believe that
during the life time of his grandfathers
ancestral heroes had all the powers oi
The Deity. That these people should
believe in the miraculous healing OF
the sick should not cause surprise: bat
for enlightened people in the face oi
the history of thousands of these inn
posters, to believe in the magic OF
earthly heaters passeth all understand
ing. The defenders of Christian
science try to shroud their betiet- and
their works with mystery. The ian
guage of their defenders through The
puOnc prints II mace btaNN Wild NOfu'
that will confuse the student II pur,
English; unless he be a reader OF
the literature that pertains 10 the
mythical science Of the tbrjstuu ol
the mental hea,ers. The eau g of rc,i
giOn is surely not advanced 10y tht
advocates of isms so far beyond iht
reach of reason. 1t is not an advanced
science. 1t Is rather a resurrection iron
the dark ages and the realms wher
Ignorance reigns at the present time
In this age when the history If thou
sands of medicine men and 50 calle'
heaiers are before us those who ar
possessed of full mental vigor could no
believe in the Hermanns, Schattier