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Decorah-posten., 1897-01-29

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ees ell 4 CONNER ipf StnaIrlng Oms
firing Slu!ei.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-25

The bronze statue of Gen. Grant mill
be the next beautiful art work erec,sd
and unveiled in Paramount park sar,
the Philadelphia Telegraph. II is IN
be located on the east river drive at
the point where the Fountain Green
drive winds up under the stone bridy.
on the Reading railroad, about half A
mile above Girard avenue bridge, Thu
granite face of the bridge between tho
two piers will be the background, Al.
ready work has been commenced on
the pedestal, and as quickly as posi-.
BILE the statute will be put in place
The date of the unwilling has not vet
been fixed, but when it takes place i,
will probably surpass anything of tho
kind ever before attempted by the
Paramount Park Art association. In
the statue Grant sits deep in thought.
Clay or bronze could not give strong.
err picture of the contained. resolute
| impressive soldier. The horse reflects
his masters patience and tirmness
| The general wears field clothes, heavy
cavalry boots, close buttoned coat,
and the long cloak that he wore after
he was placed at the head of the army.
1t falls in fine, sculpturesque folds over
the horses back and accentuates the
grim determination of the whole cos.
tune. The cost of the statue is not the
least interesting part of its story and
a rather startling part to those who do
not know much about bronze statutes.
Immortality in brass is not to be had
for nothing. When everything is paid
for, pedestal and all, the monument
will have cost about 100000, perhaps
$1,000 or $4,000 more than that.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-25

The wheat area OF the Argentine
Republic had come up from 100000
acres In 1883 to 100000 in 1898. and
to something like 100000 acres a
year later, while its exports OF surplus
wheat had risen from an average OF
100000 to 35,OOO,OOO bushels a year.
Since 1880 the capacity Of Russia to
export wheat has grown at least Az
per cent, and 1t Is still growing. The
quantity exported In 1893 was 9O,OOO,-
900. in 1894 116.O0O.0O0. and in 1895
100, O00,000 bushels. But, in spite OF
this, there Is shortage in the world $
crops of this year, variously estimated
at from SO.OO0,OOO to 90,00O.OOO bush
els.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-25

The present market price of toads is
6 pence a dozen. OF all the means of
Kidding an infested garden of slugs and
other pests there is nothing to touch a
judicious regiment of toads. They
will keep the worst garden clear of in
sect enemies for any length of time,
and in view of this the toad trade has
sprung up. At evening the toad catch
ers set out, and along the banks of
streams and under hedge rows they
find the little brown slug killers, walk
ing solemnly in straight lines on the
prowl for worms and BEETLES. The willy
catcher lifts them one by one and
slows them in his sack, and if he
knows anything of the ways of wild
things he will fill all his receptacles
in an hour. Three or four dozen may
be taken in an evening almost any
where-even On Hampstead Heath.
Florists and priv ate people with large
gardens buy the toads at 6 pence a
dozen.-Answers.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-25

In the case OF the Fall Brook Irri-
cation Company VS.. Bradley. Supreme
court of the United States upheld the
right OF a state to divide it's territory
into irrigation districts. and tax the
property in the districts for the con-
struction of irrigation works. The ac-
ton was begun by the appellee to pro-
cure an injunction restraining the col
lector of the irrigation district from
giving a deed to 1t of the premises be-
longing to her. based on sale OF her
land made by the collector for nom
payment of certain assessment upon
the irrigation district, and to set aside
such assessment. and for other relief,
on the ground that the act incorporat-
ing the irrigation district was in vio-
lation of the constitution of the United
States and also of the California state
constitution. The Supreme court held
the Wright irrigation law Of California
valid, overruling the decision of the
Federal Circuit court for the California
district. The decision does not cover
the inclusion" and Exclusion" acts,
which were adopted as amendments to
the main law. The decision is OF i'm
portance beyond the limits Of the state
of California, because OF the fact that
other states in the semi-arid region
have adopted the law in substance.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-25

The late Archbishop OF Canterbury
practiced in marked degree the spirit
Of federation toward those who were
doing religious work in other ways
than by the methods he followed. In
one OF his sermons he spoke Of travel
ing with literary man who had just
returned from India. Speaking Of re-
ligious dlssensions. the observer Of Ori-
entail men and things remarked. when
= man has passed some years in a
country where people worship cows. he
comes to think comparatively little of
the controversies which separate Chris
tians." The archbishop said he had
never forgotten the moral Of that ram
dom saying One important lesson
from the useful life OF this eminent
man Is that fidelity to ones principles
may consort perfectly with the highest
courtesy and kindness to those who
bear another UNCONVENTIONAL name,
but are serving the same God and
Father of us all.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-25
Mother dear, etc.
Mother dear. etc.


Mrs. NJ. V. Harkin, in an autobio
graphical sketch contributed to Our
Army Nurses" relates lively adven-
ture which befell her near Corinth,
Miss. The hospital in which she was
nurse contained few patients, and
one day, feeling the need of outdoor
exercise, she asked the doctors per-
mission to 60 to ride. This was read
lily granted, but coupled with it was
an injunction not to go far, lest she
should fall into the hands OF the enc
my.
Il was we'll mounted" she says,
"and, feeling that there could be no
danger, | wanted to enjoy my liberty
to the utmost. So away | went, with
my little orderly at my side, and soon
turned into pleasant road, shaded
with beautiful trees and leading almost
north. My horse was fresh and eager,
and we dashed on. At last We saw
soldiers, but they were our own men,
and, OF course, l was not afraid of
them. As l flew by. as fast as my
horse would go, l thought I heard
voices calling, but l paid no attention
and rode on for as much as two hours,
when l came to large ravine that
cut the road in two. l stopped, looked
down into the dark gull and then
raised my eyes to the opposite hill,
where l saw rude farmhouse and a
white COW grazing in the field. l
thought l would cross the gully and
see if could buy drink of milk.
l had gone about halfway down the
hill, when at the bottom l saw five men
In the well-known "buttermilk" uni
form. My breath almost left my body
as the foremost of them said:
Halt! You are my prisoner"
He walked toward me, and in an
other minute would have had nv horse
by the bride
II will die first" was nv Thought
as jerked the rein: and my dear old
horse turned with a jump.
Shoot the spy!" they shouted.
was in truth flying for dear life
They fired three shots after me but
must have gone like the wind, for
heard no more of them.
When l reached the picket lines the
little orderly had already reported me
as gobbled''-that is, taken prisoner
The oflicer gave me scoldng. and tolt
me how three of our men had bear
Killed there short time before A,
Tor me. ! was almost sick with fright
Youths Companion.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-25

At the Hotel Alcazar. st. Augustine,
Fla, a letter was received the other
day which has been constantly on the
60 since the middle of last July, when
1t arrived under a foreign postmark at
the Grand hotel in New York. ad-
dressed to Catherine Wynn. The pro-
prietOr OF the Grand was requested to
forward 1t II Catherine wasn't at his
hotel He did so. and each hotel man
who has received 1t since has also for
warded 1t. The Alcazar manager did
likewise. and II the addressee's name
1s known at any Of the big hotels In
America she Is likely to get her letter
some day. II has been down the At
lantic coast md as far west as st.
Louis. 1t has now been sent to Ashe-
willie, and will travel through the south
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-25
NapOleOn's Schemes.

Durlns the summer of 1877 Napoleon
was at Ajaccio on a leave of absence
says the Century. But disquieting news
ABOUT the movements of his regiment
began to arrive. They really concern
ed MIN little, but, using them as an ex-
cuse for his own ends and without
awaiting the end of his leave. he made
ready at once to start. He reached
faris IN October, fortnight before he
was due, to find his regiment near 81
Denis, ON its way to the west whoro
incipient tumults were presagino Tho
coming storm. The estates penera, -,
France we're about to meet for the Ave,
time IN l75 years. They had last met
IN 1914 and had broken up in disorder
Ihey We're now called as the last reme.
dy, not understood. but at least untried
Tor ever-increasing embarrassmerts
and the government, fearing still graz,
er disorders, was making ready to re.
press any that might break out IN die.
trlcts known to be specially disafYected
All this was of secondary importance
to Bonaparte; he had a schema IN use
the crisis for the benefit of his far,;,,,
Compelled by their utter destitution =,
the time of his fathers death he h I'D
temporarily and for one occasion ne.
sumed his fathers role of supnliant
Now for a second time he sent IN ,
petition. 1t was written in Paris and
addressed, In his mothers behalf. &c
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-25
WORTHY WORDS,

The SANDER of some people Is as
great recommendation as the praises
of others.-Fielding.
Let us bind love with duty, for duty
is the love Of law, and law is the ma
ture of the eternal.-George Eliot.
Things divine are not attainable by
mortals who understand sensual things,
summit.-Zoroaster.
Every man feels instinctively that all
the beautiful sentiments in the world
weigh less than single lovely action.
james Russell Lowell.
Liberty is the right and the duty OF
the human soul; he who pretends to
enslave the conscience must desire to
enchain the body.-Mazzini
That there should one man die igno-
rant who had capacity for knowledge
this l call tragedy, were it to happen
more than twenty times in the minute
Carlyle.
To pardon those absurdities in ear.
selves. which We cannot suffer In
others, is neither better nor worse thar
to be more willing to be fools ourselves
than to have others so.-Pope.
40 quality will ever get man more
friends that sincere admiration of th,
qualities of others. 1t indicates gener
| osity of nature. frankness, cordially
i and cheerful recognition of merits.-
DR.. johnson.
Virtue is not mushroom, tina
springeth up Of itself in one nigh
when We are asleep. OF regard it not
but q delicate plant, that xrowetl
slowly and tenderly. needing mucl
pains to cultivate it, much care T.
guard It. much time to mature it, IL
our untoward soil. in this worlds I'm
kindly weather.-Barrow.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-25

the resident intendant for g.,
Though supplication in form I,
like his fathers humble and ,,.
cringing papers, being rather a do
than request: it is unlike the
another respect, in that il co,,.,
a falsehood. or, at least, an utterly ~.
leading half-truth; a statement u.s.
he had shortened his leave for =.
mothers urgent necessities. The ,,a
was not handed in until after tho
piration Of his leave and his trus a
ject was not to rejoin his regimen,
was limited in it, but to secure saco.s
extension of leave. Such was the s,..,
ness of discipline that he spent ali :,
November and the first half Of n
cember in Paris, remaining there ,l.,
is, until he actually succeeded i, ~.
curing permission to spend the nov.
six months in Corsica. He was cr'
as disingenuous in his request to tbs
miniyter of war as in his memoria, :,
his intendant for Corsica. represents.
that the estates Of Corsica were ahou.
to meet and that his presence was o,
sential to safeguard important ,n,s,
ests which in his absence wopl,
be seriously compromised. Whatevs,
such plea may have meant. his ssr
GUS cares as the real head Of the fsm,,,
were ever uppermost and never psy.
| lected. Louis had as was feared Ina,
his appointment and, though not n,.,
the legal age, was really TOO old N
await another vacancy; Lucien was do
termined to leave Brienne whether a,
no and to await at AK for the five,
chance which might arise of erter;,.
the seminary. Napoleon made som.
provision-what it was is not known
for Louis further temporary stay q,
Brienne and then took Lucien with
him as far as their route lay toyethe,
He reached his home again a. ,hs
Christmas season.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-25

The training of dogs for military
purposes has long been cultivated in
the jaeger regiments (chasseurs pied
OF the German army. In the so-called
lager battalion of the guard at Pots
dam no less than thirty dogs Of various
kinds are employed for this purpose,
says the London Telegraph. The care
of the animals. which must be very
young, is intrusted to reliable people,
but change in their attendants is fire.
quently effected so that the dogs mar
be accustomed more to the uniform
than to the individual. The training
begins By causing the animals to ac-
| company single patrols on sentines
walks, the dogs first being led by .
string, but later permitted to run free
Having accustomed them to the uni
form the next step is to send them
back, and they soon understand tha'
they are intrusted with messages, writ
ten on a slip Of paper which is exact
ly SO large that it can be concealed BE-
hind the copper plate on the collar'
When the patrol examines the latte
the animals can scarcely be held back
and as soon as possible race impetu-
| Ously to the main body. 1t is some
| what more difficult when the dogs have
to again find the patrol, who has mean
time continued his march; but the an.
imals qualified for the performances o.
war succeed in this also before iohs'
After having learned to take messages
they are taught to seek for the wouha'
ed, to bring ammunition to companies
engaged in battle, and, what is mort
difficult, to find the enemy wlthou'
making any noise. OF the animals SUI.
mitted to the battalion for traihins
only few were capable of satlsiylns
the demands made of real war dos
AS yet German pointers have snow
themselves the best for this purpose
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-25
~ ~: II = n Il u ~ #%** ~ ~
Il II
i PROBLEMS ABOUT MARS. !
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That lovely orange olored object
nhich CLEANS with unr aatched splendor
high UP in the caste IN sky every clear
evening just now is the planet Mars.
Although one IF the smallest of the
eight large DC dies which revolve around
the sum- IL has probably excited more
popular interest than either the giant
Juplte-f, with his belts and great red
spec, or Saturn, encircied with a ring
nat makes Tammany and the circus
manager turn green with envy. Mars
has only half the earth's diameter, and
only about One-seventh its weight; but
1t is believed to be more nearly In the
same condition as the earth than any
other extra terrestrial sphere in the
solar system. And suspicious have
been entertained that perhaps it might
, even be inhabited by turkey eating,
novel-readng, opcra-loving, cigarette
smoking mortals like human beings.
| Hence, whenever the earth catches up
| with it in the race around the sun,
| as it does once in every twenty SIX
| months, and comes within hailing dis
| lance of the ruddy little ball, astron-
| omers scrutiniZe it eagerly. Just now
the earth is running about neck and
neck with it, and will continue to do
| SO for two or three weeks to come
On December 10 the earth, which has
the inside track, crosses a straight line
| drawn from the sun to Mars, and the
| latter is then said to be 'in opposition
| to the sun.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-25

consequence of a slight rise Of the sea-
II, as is credible, the Marian oceans
are very shallow, one can understand
why their color fades out near the
edges, and how the access OF a little
water from the polar regions might
produce the effect observed So, too.
with the canals. If they are veritable
water courses, and if the little dark
spots at their intersections be lakes"
las they have sometimes been called,
their visibility and the duplication of
both canals and lakes might well be
dependent on the time and plentitude
OF the water supply from the poles.
Schiaparelli however. has suggested
that the variations in the size and color
OF the dark markings might possibly
be due to changes of vegetation over
vast area" and even the result of
agricultural labor and irrigation upon
large SCALE" At the same time, he
emphasizes the paucity Of the informa-
ton on the subject. and observes. with
true scientific caution, that the wide
liberty OF supposition thus afforded
constitutes the gravest obstacle to ac-
QUESTION Of well-founded notions" No
definite proof of the existence of either
| vegetables or animal life on Mars has
yet been afforded, although the pre-
| sumption in favor OF the former is
probably stronger than that in support
| of the latter.
Are the Dark Areas Vegetation:
Professor William H. Pickering has
also advanced the theory that the dark
areas on Mars represent vegetation.
His most effective argument is that
light reflected from them Is not "po-
| lariZed," as it should be If they are
water. except in the case of the tempo.
rary belt formed around the melting
polar cap. 1t would seem to be of the
utmost Importance. therefore, that
careful tests be made with the polari.
scope by other skilled astronomers a,
this opposition, to verify or disprove
Prof. chickering's statement. Perciva
Lowell, of Boston, who erected a special
observatory at Flagstaff, Ariz.. in 1885,
for the study of Mars, imagines thai
the canals are belts of vegetation lining
| "atSi COuictS tudt are uuCu udIIOWCl
and consequently are themselves in
visible here. He thus assumes tha
Mars has inhabitants of as much in
telligence and engineering skill as mel
possess; but he is almost alone in con
sidering the case proven. II one viii
observe the distinction between natura
growths, like forest and prairie, on tn
one hand. and, on the other. the arti
fetal flower bed and market garden
he will find 1t easy to accept the vege
tation theory in general way. withOc
going SO far as the enthusiastic Bus
tonian does.
1t ought to be pointed out in this con
nection that Mr.. Lowell speaks of tn
changes in tint and size Of the darl
areas and the development Of the canal
as being gradual; but the veteral
Italian expert, who Is everywhere re
garded the highest authority on thi
subject. describes some of these phe
nomena. and especially the duplication
Of the canals and lakes. as occurrinl
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-25
A PiOus Bird.

A little girl in this city took cha's.
of a friends canary awhile ago WIN
the friend was out of town. when s''
returned her charge she reported;
Il think it is all right, but there w. W..
one thing that worried me a little. 'u'
didn't take any bath yesterday a
though filled the tub, as usual o,
The owner of the bird laughed. W
that's nothing" she said. "festelu.,
was Sunday. She never takes ga.
on Sunday. l don't know why, Tor -.
never neglects it on other days. Du
SO it is. She has this rule, and 81
never breaks it."
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-25

the sombre-hued regions just men
toned.
Now, while these various markings
have been seen often enough in exactly
the same position to give them an ap-
pearance of permanence, and to make
possible an elaborate chart OF the Mar
tian surface, they have exhibited some
puzzling changes of outline and tint.
1t will sometimes happen that So
called sea will be sharply defined. On
other occasions its edges are vague.
their color shading away TO pale gray,
scarcely distinguishable from CONT
mental borders which have also lost
something of their characteristic hue.
Moreover. the extent of the seas Is
greater at one time than at another.
Many noticeable encroachments OF the
dark areas upon the bright ones have
been recorded. Then again, the ca
nails" are more numerous at one time
than at another And the phenomenon
of doubling, first observed about fifteen
years ago by the Milanese astronomer
Schiaparelli, is also visible only at GER
tain times, and to very different de-
grees of abundance.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-25
The Doubling" Phenomenon.

The fact that both canals and lakes
(Mr Lowell calls the latter "oasesD are
sometimes doubled. the duplicate lying
exactly parallel with and about sew
enty-five or a hundred miles away from
the original, renders the theory OF con-
struction by the inhabitants of Mars
a still mere difficult one to accept. 1t
is hard to understand the motive for an
arrangement. Then again, while 1t is
conceivable that system OF cross ca
mails and gates might account for the
time intervals between the appearance
of one twin and the other, the seeming
rapidty with which the latter develops,
often within twenty-four hours, is not
easily reconciled with what we have
observed in connection with terrestrial
vegetation along artificial water-cours-
es. There is another queer thing about
the termination" of the lakes. Their
shapes differ greatly, from time to
time, as if they were the products OF
accident rather than design. For in
| stance, Ismenius is at the intersection
of the canals Euphrates drumming north
| and SOUTH and Protonilus drumming east
and wesD. Now, on December %, 1881
| Schiaparelli perceived that the latter
! was double. and there were two lakes,
| one north of the other, and both greatly
| elongated in an east and west direction.
The lakes were, in fact, bands continu-
GUS with the channels of Protonilus, but
much wider. But on May 81. 1888, the
distinguished Italian discovered Eu-
pirates double and Protonilus single.
lsmenius was again pair of twins,
but utterly unlike the twin lakes OF
1881. In the first place, their positions
relatively to each other were different
One was due west of the other Sec
ondly, their shape was changed. They
were round, not elongated. A large
number of such cases can be cited
which cannot easily be explained on
any theory of design, but which strong
ly suggest mere chance.
At the next opposition of Mars, late
in January, 1899, the planet will be
still farther away from the earth thar
he is this time. but at an equally goot
elevation. The outlook for new anl
startling revelations during the mex
few years is not, therefore, particularly
good.