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stitions or religion is ancestor worship, |
and on certain days Of the year all the
members of the family perform their
sacred duty of carrying to the graves
of their progenitors gifts Of incense,
sandalwood, candles, food and drink.
The ancestor has special niche in the
household, as well as the family god or
gods, for when a man dies it is believed
that his ghost acquires great powers
and must be placated with gifts.
AS for the family idol. he has good
time or the reverse, according to the
family fortune. So long as things go
along smoothly he has a plate of rice
placed for him at every meal, and joss
sticks and incense are burned before
him daily But if ill luck comes to his
owner he is first cursed for a neer do
well; then, If it continues, he is kicked
out of the house, or, if made of metal,
battered to pieces and sold for old junk.
/ While the visible embodiments of
their gods are of mechanical manufac-
ture. the Chinese also have mechan-
! ical arrangement by which they do
their praying, which consists in turn
ing big cylinder filled with innumera-
bic invocations on paper or parchment
After jerking bell rope as he enters
| lNe temple, 10 INFORM the SOu OIL HIS
presence, the Chinese worshiper then
gives the cylinder a whirl and reels off
more prayers in minute than an ordi-
nary petitioner can utter in years.
Superstition is rampant in China. and
the soothsayers are consulted on every
important step or occasion, no class be-
ing exempt from its pernicious fnau-
ence. One of the superstitions of the
Cbinaman is his belief in the flung
! shway," or the eternal balance of
things, as, for example, If a window is
opened on one side Of a room another
must be opened on the other, etc. This
superstition takes more forms than one
can conceive, and case is cited of a
high mandarin, who had represented
his country at foreign court, pros
trating himself before and worshipine
) a green lizard found in his courtyard
, because he had been assured that il
: was the incarnation of the great dragon
king who was then devastating thu
country by a terrible drought. We ar,
considering, of course, the native al
untouched by foreign civilization
which rolls off him like water off
ducks back, and as uninfluenced by tn
missionaries who have devoted so man.
years trying to overcome his supersti
tions.
Strange to say, it is this ancesto
worship which. while it has kept Chin
so long unprogressive and laggard i
the race between the nations, has give
rise to the most tender family ties i
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in negligee, which they would not feel
at liberty to do if women were present.
Both sexes of the higher classes wear
most expensive garments, and the fash
ions change, though almost impercepti-
bly,, as in our country. The men, as
well as the women, are very proud of
their fine embroideries and exquisite
silks, their beautiful needlework and
precious stones in elaborate settings of
gold
have settled religious belief, as we
regard it, still they have their convic-
lions and are strongly swayed by the
ethical teachings of the great Confu-
Icius The central feature of their super
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intoxicating beautiful flial piety On
account of the fact that the possession
of children will probably secure him
perpetual worshipers when he shall be
entombed with his ancestors, the Chi
nese father welcomes birth with joy,
and from that hour the mother becomes
a person of Importance in the house
hold The childless wife is despised
and maltreated, but the mother Of a
large family is almost idolized, for the
Chinaman holds, with Napoleon, that
the greatest woman is she who is the
mother of the most sons.
One of the first lessons the children
learn is courtesy. and rich and poor
,Slis.a arc taI~lt a >ldress their par
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-. Gays that are dark
And for tricks that are vain
rt,, t4t.s.u Cts,,oa 80 ,,an,,l;ar
ee is peculiar.

r@O ASCERTAIN why John China
man is peculiar" we must go
u further back tharf>the history of
our own civilization takes US and
grope among the musty traditions OF
long forgotten past. He lays claim 10
an antiquity that laughs our own TO
scorn and to lineage which, by COM
parison, puts that of the barbarian
completely in the shade. Everything,
of course, depends upon the point OF
view. and If it is admitted at the be-
ginning that an ancient ancestry car
ries with 1t a prestige before which the
rest of the world should bow, then the
Chinaman has an advantage at the
start. The chronicle of Chinese dynas-
Ties alone extends back to nearly 5000
wears before the beginning of the Chris
tan era, or some 5000 years in all.
which is quite respectable period.
China in fact, is survival OF another
and more ancient world than that in
which we live at present. and herein
lies the explanation of one phase OF
Chinese peculiarities.
Nearly 1900 years ago, or about A. d.
so, the Chinaman introduced gunpowder
from India and was using 1T to some
advantage 1,400 years before the alleged
discovery of America Thirteen nun
dred and fifty years ago the art of MAX
ing paper from vegetable fiber was
brought into Europe from China, where
it was probably invented at least so
far back as the sixth century, printing
was practiced by the Chinese; in the
tenth century the imperial classics
were printed, and by the thirteenth
much of the literature of former ages
was in circulation.
In fact, there are few great inven-
tions of modern times, saving those
pertaining to steam and electricity.
which were not common in China at
Sne time or another. These facts may
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COMPLEMENT TO THE CLOTH.

A distinguished clergyman tells a sto-
nv at his own expense: He was on
tramp through the mountains with am
other clergyman for companion. One
day they mounted the drivers seat Of
a stagecoach. AS is often the case, the
stage driver was an interesting charac-S
ter. whose conversation ahounded in
good stories. The three speedily be-
came friendly, and it was with reluc-
lance that they parted at the end Of
the journey Pm glad to hev met yer,
fellers,' said the driver on leaving
them; Eyer see, I haven't seen n.sa
this sunmeT--nplv ninisterS.'
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he was going" For instance, when we
address the Supreme Being we raise
our faces and direct our thoughts to
heaven; but the Chinaman -prostrates
himself upon the earth, in which he
supposes his gods to dwell. Our loca-
ton of intelligence is in the brain, while
the Chinese locate it in the stomach
Their meals, especially their dinners,
begin with sweetmeats and preserves
and end with plain food, like rice, con-
trary to our custom of eating the SIM
pier articles first and the dainties last.
And, while we use a fork in conveying
the food to the mouth, the Chinese use
1.-THE primitive chopsticks.
AS we shave our faces and allow the
hair of our heads to grow, SO John
Chinaman shaves his head and coaXes
| out all the hair ne can on his chin;
he chalks his shoes, while we have
ours blackened and polished; he shakes
his own hand when he casually meets
| a friend: after u visit he backs out
tremendously and does his bowling in
the street; at the left hand is his post
! of honor; he pays his doctor only while
he is we'll and docks his salary so long
as he is sick--a custom which, 1t would
seem, could not be too highly com
mended.
The Chinese gentleman prides him
self upon his ceremonious etiquette and
the punctdal observance of polite for
/ malities; he never thinks of sitting
while his guest is standing or until he
| has bowed him to seat at his left
hand Yet the Chinese have recently
revoked the guarantee of safety due to
all ministers at Picking, and Chinese
Officers at Taku gave the command to
4 fire upon the foreign ships before war
1 was declared, for their foes We're bar
i barians" in their estimation and not
Ientitled to consideration.
All these things mentioned may be
il merely matters of ethics for which the
4 individual is not to be held responsible
i any more than for the cues worn by
i the men and the deformed feet of the
4 women. Both these fashions are due
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His Peculiar Superstitions, Gus.
toms, Cruelties and Strange
Performances His Lam
guage and Religion.

ways counts for more than quantity.
and that a nation is truly great only in
proportion to it's achievements and not
to it's area or population. For example,
in 1895 little Japan destroyed China's
mighty navy and brought the boastful
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-05
Rrnkeman Fan. pcad.

Boone, Oct. 5.-Brakeman James Can
ter. running between Clinton and
Boone, fell dead Wednesday about 4
O'Clock in the afternoon, in the cab of
engine 3O1. Mr.. Canter left Clinton on
the third section of No. 10. with Conduc-
tor Whitson. Wednesday morning. and
complained Of not feeling we'll during
the trip west.
When the train arrived at Boone he
climbed on engine 3O1 to ride from the
freight Yards to the city and said he felt
very sick. Shortly after the engine
started he fell striking against the fire.
box, and expired Immediately. His
death lie thought to be due to heart fall
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-05
the GRINNELL GRIsT.
Football Schedule Arranged-Crowds
start for waterloo.

Special to- Times Republican.
Grinnell, Oct. 5.-John Fitzgerald re-
turned to Grinnell Wednesday evening
from trip to Jefferson county, New
York, and Vermont. His visit in YER
mont was In Addison county, his former
home.
The schedule of foot ball games has
been completed. A difficulty in arrang-
ing for one or two games caused the
delay. Oct. 5. Drake at Des Moines; 49,.
Cornell at Grinnell; 20, Minnesota at
Minneapolis: q, Wisconsin at Madison;
Nov. 3, Anes at Grinnell; 10. Nebraska
at Lincoln; II, S. U. l. at Iowa City,:
q, Drake at Dies Moines. The second
team will play as follows: Oct. 90. s. y.
l. at Grinnell; Nov. 8, Eldora at Eldora;
"a, Ames at Ames.
The excursion train for Waterloo was
crowded full by the time it reached
Grinnell and not more than one-half of
those wishing to 60 crowded in and
found standing room. Many waited for
1.-The regular train. No. IA.
An evangelist or Sunday school man
ager was hurt last night by being;
thrown from a buggy No particulars
are accessible this morning
| Hamor Shockley, former Grinnell
resident, but for years q Montezumas
man, has skipped. John Moler, super
4 visor. buys grain and has been losing
oats and night or two ago set a
watch that caught Shockley in the ele-
vator with a sack of oats on his shoul-
lder Shockley. who keeps feed barn
and livery, informed his captor that he
lhad been engaged by Dr. Vest to carry
the doctor to see a man who had been
49, J,-- al.
soon as he returned he would give him
self up. But he took a team and
skipped and has not yet been appre-
4 hended.
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bankers We're Generous.

Richmond. Va. Oct. Sin their clos
ing session the bankers of the United
States demonstrated that they are
generous, patriotic and conservative.
Their generosity was denoted by res
solution to send $1,000 to the city Of
Galveston. Hardly before the words
were out Of the mouth OF the speaker
some one was on his feet and shout
ing: Make 1t $4,000.
II accept the amendment with all my
heart shouted back banker No. 1.
and the sufferers Of Galveston will get
a. check for $4,000 from the American
Bankers Association within few
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-05
WHEAT QU|E TODAY
The Market Has Been Easy and II.
regular, Prices Within Mar
rev Range.
Quotations a Fraction Lower Than
on Thursday Corn Fraction.
ally Lower.
Heavy Selling Of December and May
Oats Cattle steady-Hegs
Shade Lower.

1.-THE following market letter is furnished
the Times Republican by Martin slack.
members of the Chicago Board of Trade,
from their local Office, over q East Main,
thru A. j. Clark. local manager.
Special to Times Republican.
Chicago Oct. 5.-Wheat--Wheat has
been quiet and rather easy, altho irreg-
iular. The range has been Very small,
within y cent, and the price is a frac
ton under Thursday. Liverpool is Esd.
lower. Argentine shipment was $4,000
bushels. against 100000 the week previ-
Gus. Clearances, 16s, 900 bushels. There
is some cash demand here, $4,000 bush
els being sold. The flour news was
strong. Large sales at st. Louis and
Baltimore. The commission people
bought.
Corn--Corn dipped a little early on To-
cal sales, led by Phillips. The poor cash
demand of yesterday and today had its
Influence, but prices recovered their
small early loss in spite of dizziness in
demand Receipts, 545 cars, with 675
ESTIMATED for tomorrow. Clearances.
lleS4 900 bushels. Argentine shipments,
4 $4,000 bushels. The market all day was
a quiet one.
oats-The incident in the oats market
has been the selling of December and
May by Phillips, about 100000 bushels.
| The buying was scalping, led by Buck
Iiey. Prices have yielded a very little.
May being off u Of cent from the
opening. The selling was probably of a
Ilong line.
A . W = + 81
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-05
MYSTERY IN TORONTO SUICIDE
Young Woman Who May Have Chs
cage Relatives Takes Her Life

There.
Toronto, Ont, Oct. 5.-The tragic and
suicide of a woman believed
to be connected with people in Chicago
was reported to the police here yester-
day. Since August a Woman giving the
name of Mrs. NJ. Q. Hall lived in a re-
tired manner here in a luxuriously fur
nished house with only a colored maid.
She was only %. a blonde. plump and.
radiantiy beautiful, With clear bright
eyes and quiet smile which won
everybody's confidence, tho she invited
none. She was We'll educated. but made
friends with none of her nelghboTs. and
had but few visitors. 1t was said She
came here from Baldwin. Mich. The
story told by the maid is that. going to-
her mistress bedroom in the morning
she found her lying on the floor uncon-
scious. both gas jets turned on. and
that despite medical aid, she died in.
three or four hours.
AT intervals since her arrival here an
American. evidently a wealthy south
erner, arrived at her house, Well sup
piled with baggage for a short visit. a
young woman, who from her .esem
blance to the deceased the neignbors
took to be her sister. arrived from Chi
cage early in August and remained
With Mrs. Hall until two weeks ago
She gave her name as Miss Dennison.
and there is no reason to believe that
this was not her proper name. She
l5had a friend here, a Miss Powell, who
boarded at q hotel. She refused TO give
information about the deceased.
LAWYER Murston, who drew up the
llease Of the house where she lived, re-
fuses to give Information. According to
| the neighborhood gossip Mrs. Hal was
about to be divorced from her husband.
Thurston practically admits that she
was concerned in divorce proceedings
now pending in the United States and
says her husband was a. prominent
railroad man. 1t was also said the de-
4 ceased was connected with prominent
families in Chicago and st. Louis. A
i telegram has been sent to her father at
A st. Louis, who is expected soon.
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Boundary Dispute Acute.

Tacoma, Wash, Oct. 5.-A new boun-.
dairy marking has just been discovered
in the disputed portion of the Mount
Baker district by surveyors of n rail-
road. They found the monument in the
vicinity Of Chillawhack lake. in the mid
die of wide swath which was years
ago cut thru the timber. If the boun-
Diary follows the line of this swath Red
mountain and all the disputed strip is
on the American side. This is the third
boundary mark to be discovered in that
vicinity, one on Red mountain, one to
the west and this latest discovery. 1t Is
expected the report Of the dominion sur
veyors will be made in a few days, and
the boundary dispute will then be on a
basis different from miners squabble.
II the Canadians claim the line Is south
of the present location the Washington
authorities will be asked to make q SUR
vey at once. .ss
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struclk for Lower WaRes.

Owensboro, KY, Oct. 5-The striking
miners at Basket won the strike for
recognition of the union, carrying with
1t a reduction OF wages. The former own
er of the mines never recognized the
union, but paid wages averaging cents
more than the union scale. Thie -
probably the first time a strike for low
er wages was ever made.
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a Trust busted.

Chicago, Oct 5.The Sanitary Laun-
dry Company, a combination OF indi-
vidual laundries, formed year ago
with a capital Of $4,000. 900. is said to be
at an end. A meeting OF the stockhold-
!ers was called this afternoon and 1t is
expected the laundries composing the
alleged trust will soon be doing business
individually. The dissolution is said to
be due TO the strenuous battle given
them by independent companies.
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q SPECIAL SESSION.
Pinsree yvill cali Michigan Lexisla-
sure 90 Consider Railroad Taxation

Detroit, Oct. s.. Governor Pingree will.
call q special session of the state legis-
lature to be convened at Lansing on
Wednesday. The object Is to consider a
joint resolution authorizing the submits
sion to the people at a general election
next month OF constitutional amend
Elnent permitting the taxing. OF railroads
and other corporations on the value of
their property, instead of specifically
upon earnings as at present. The At
kinson act, which has been declared UNI
constitutional by the supreme court a
short time ago. provided for this
change.
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Local Markets.
The following prices quoted are as
nearly correct as it is possible to OBJ
tain from the dealers themselves. The
quotations are for prices paid by deal
ers, corrected Friday afternoon:
GRAIN AND FEED.
The Kansas City Grain Company re-
ports the following prices:
Oats-19.
Corn-32.
Wheat-62.
CORN.
The Glucose Sugar Re6ning Com-
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The Horse Market.

Chicago. Oct 5.--Receipts yesterday,
100; last Thursday liz. There was no
noticeable in the trade.
Business continues unusually dun at a
decline of s5115 from the top prices last
week. Exporters are practically out Of
the market, as several buyers have re-
ceived stop orders and others are forced
to restrict operations for the want of
trans Atlantic transportation. Current
auction prices follow:
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pany will pay s4h cents for corn.
LIVE STOCK.

pany will pay S4Aa cents Tor corn.
LIVE STOCK
Receipts today, 2S7.
Britain g. Co. are paylng the Follow
ing prices for hogs In wagon load lots:
Selected light, 140 to 200 pounds, 49,
Selected heavy, over 200 pounds. 4.S0.
Stays and piggy sows graded accord
ing to quality after reduction. Rough
includes thin old sows. milky bellies and
hogs unfit for packing. Premium hogs
must be smooth and fairly we'll fatted.
All hogs subject to government In
spection.
PROVISIONS.
Marshalltown grocers quote the fol-
lowing prices for country produce:
New potatoes-30 cents.
Egga17.
Butter-20 cents In trade.
POULTRY.
Butchers, commission and cold stor-
age houses are paying the following
cash prices:
Eggs-14 cents loss of.
Young chickens-411s cents.
Old chickens4l1s cents.
HIDES. TALLow AND WOOL.
II. Willard, Son & Co. are paying the
following prices:
No. green hides-6 cents
No. 2 green hides cents.
Pelts-4O@so cents.
4 Horse hides-l50@2.0 90.
Tallow-3Hs
/ Beef fat-1.
/ Wool-15@16.
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Guilty Tho Not . suspect.

st. Louis, No., Oct. 5.--Augustus G.
Lane four months ago shot Albert VIII
son in the back. He had not been gus
pected of the crime, but he surrendered
to the police and confessed. Lane was
a former employe of the Transit com
pany. His victim had taken strikers
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-05
OFFICIAL WEATHER FORECAST

"A Z
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Oct. s..
For 1owa-Partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday, with possibly occasional
showers.
Synopsis OF Weather Conditions
The lowest pressure is over Montana
and Wyoming. The highest is still over
the Atlantic coast, but is lower than it
has been for the past few days in that
section.
The temperature has remained nearly
stationary.
Light rains are reported from the
lakes westward over Minnesota and
the Dakotas TO the Pacific coast and
also from Alabama and Louisiana.
The following observations were
taken at a. M. central time:
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ASSOCIATED PRESS MARKETS.
chicago L1vestoc..

Chicago, Oct. s,
Cattle Estimated receipts. 1000;
steady; beeves 450G5:so; stockers;
weak. 2.5od4.5o; cows. 2.75g4.l5; Tex
ans, 3.3oa4.oo
Hogs Estimated receipts, $4,000:
shade lower; heavy, 5,o0@5.45; light, sos
45.5O; mixed. 5.0oQ5.5o.
Sheep Estimated receipts, 5000;
steady; 3.SoG4.oo; lambs. 4.2595.20.
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New President Of Northwestern.
Chicago, Oct. Sit is reported that
DR.. Robert D. Sheppard. financial sec.
rotary OF Northwestern University, has
been selected as president Of that in
stitution in succession to DR.. Henry
Wade Rogers, resigned.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-05
Asks Leave to Fight Duel.

Pana, ILL.,, Oct. 5.Judge Fighter Of
Shelby county yesterday morning re-
ceived Q letter from Ralph Corti.tan
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Cash Prices.

Casn Pr1ces.
wheat-No. 9 red, 761s@5s; No. 8 red,
T29T6i3; No. 2 hard. SO 74ls; No. hard.
I2973ia; No northern spring, 1880:
No. 2 northern spring, I1ds0; No. 3
spring. 71GTS.
Corn-No. 2. 4o7s; No. 2white, Al; No.
2 yellow. II; No. 8. 4oa4 g Al.
G)ats--No. z, 22aI22s4; No. 2 white, Esq
&c; No. 3, 22a4; No. white. 2S14 42Ss4.
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N0'N0R[ CONCESSIONS
Coal Operators and Railways Will
Uoncede No More to the
Strikera
If the 10 Per Cent Offer is Rejected
the Strike Will Be Fought
Out.
Last Of the Reading Company's
Galleries Shut Down This
Morning.

New York, Oct. 5.-The Evening Post
says: President Maxwell, of the Jersey
Central, and the president of another OF
the coal carrying railways. who declines
to be quoted for publication, made def
mite announcements today that no fur
Their concessions would be granted to
striking miners and If they did not ac-
icept the 10 per cent offer the strike
would be fought out.
1T Isl supposed this decision was
reached at a joint meeting Of the coal
railway presidents and operators, which
was held in this city last evening.
Shenandoah, Oct. 5.-The North
Franklin colliery at TreNerton, operated
by the Reading Company. is idle today,
the employees falling to report for work.
There wasno disturbance. The mine
employed 60e.
Hazelton, Oct 5.-This morning $500
Hungarian and Italian women, armed
with clubs and rocks. marched from
Nlilnesville to Pardee colilery at Latimel
and attacked eight Italians of the night
shift az they passed along the highway
to their homes. Several men We're struck
by rocks, but none We're seriously hurt
The men made no attempt to defend
themselves. soon getting out of reach 81
the excited women. The latter returned
to their homes satisfied With the demon,
stration. Some of the foreigners are be,
ginning to show an ugly disposition, ap'
pearing on the highways in great nun
bers carrying clubs. A collision between
them and the coal police may occur a
any time.