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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30

The peanut seems to be playing the
part of "civilizer" in some of the for
eign possessions in tropical Africa.
traders give a negro bushel of nuts
for seed on condition that he returns
four bushels from his crop, and since
the yield in good years is twentyfold,
the black man generally has surplus
which he can sell at the rate of a shill-
Ing bushel. From a single station In
Senegambia there were shipped. in
1898, twenty-nin thousand tons.
Small boys and scientists have long
been In agreement touching the value
OF the peanut; now statesmen also will
have to do 1t honor, since it seems like
~ to lead the native African into the
paths of agriculture.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30

The presence of hundreds of young
STEERS of all ages wearing glasses in our
public school should have admonished
the school authorities long ago that
present school methods or practices are
largely responsible for the impairment
of the eyesight of children. In many in
stances 1t is noted that before a child
has passed through the primary grades
1t Is found necessary to embellish it's
face with pair of spectacles. While
the present tendency to cover with
glasses the face of childhood may be
partly ascribed to the modern industry
and persistence of eye specialists, it is
percentage of cases there is positive i'm
pairment of vision and the glasses are
Indispensable to study and to good
health. There is no longer any DISPOSE
ton to challenge the statement that
visual defects have positive and direct
effect upon the nervous organization,
interfering with digestion or heart ac-
ton or causing headaches and mental
depression. An investigation of the eye
sight, or visual acuity, of children in
the public schools of one city, has re-
suited recently in some important dis
closures, among them being the fact
that 81 per cent of the boys thus far ex-
amined have less than two-thirds of
the normal keenness of sight, while 81
per cent of the girls fall below two
thirds M normal also Cd
that the first three years of school life
Increase eye defects third The
marked increase in the visual defects
In the first three years of school life is
attributed to the greater concentration
Of the powers of vision in the effort to
learn to read. In older persons, where a
cursory glance at few letters in n line
of reading reveals the meaning, the eff
fort to read is not attended with much
eye strain, provided the type is of good
size. In children however, the eve must
take in the form of every letter in every
word. Increased eye defects in the
lower grades are also due to the fact
that the primary rooms are invariably
the poorest lighted. When it is known
that eye strain has a deeterious effect
upon the general health and that eve
defects are uniformly accompanied by
decline in mental power, amounting in
many instances to dullness. 1t is easy
to justify every movement on the part
of the board, no matter what the ex-
pense, to remedy these defects and to
remove rs far as possible the causes of
visual impairment among school chill
dren. The rooms should be better light
ed and no text books should be allowed
in the schools that are not printed in
large type.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30
An Inconvenient Bottle.

Golfers Weekly tells of an old farm
er who had been to the metropolis, and
was describing to his friends the
splendor of the hotel at which he
stayed.
Everything was perfect" he said.
"all but one thing. They kept the light
burning all night in my bedroom, a
thing l amt used to-"
We'll" said one wag, why didn't
you blow 1t out?"
BLOW II out" said the farmer. How
could l? The pesky thing was inside
bother
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30
NEW PROOF OF EVOLUTION
Darwin's Theory Sustained bv g..
pairing the Blood of Men and

Darwin's Theory Sustained NV g.
pairing the Blood of Men and Ans.
The latest proof of the correctness =.
Darwin's assertion that there is noo.
relation between man and ape is firm,
shed by discovery of the corresnond
ence between the blood of man and tho
ape.
Blood exposed to the air coagulates-
forms jellylike mass. After tin,o
the coagulum contracts and exnels .
perfectly clear fluid called serrr,
Lately experiments with this natural
serum showed some queer results
When the serum of rabbit was mixad
with the blood of an animal not closely
related to it, for instance guinea Mo
the blood corpuscles of the guinea nio
were thereby dissolved. But the sernm
of the rabbit mixed with the blood of q
closely related animal, hare, for in.
stance, did not affect the blood of the
hare at all.
The serum of a horse works No
change in the blood of the donkey, but
destroys (dissolves) the blood cornus-
Giles of the rabbit, lamb or man. Tho
dog fox and wolf readily permit ex-
change of blood, while the blood cor
puscles of the dog are dissolved by car
serum. This, then. seemed to furnish a
new and sure means for establishing
blood relationship between animals.
Experiments with human serum show.
ed that it dissolves the blood corpuscles
of all vertebrates, also those Of the
lower ape. But the experiments with
the higher apes gave different results.
Neither the blood cOrpuscles of the
orang-outang nor those of the gibbon
were dissolved by human serum. and
human blood was carried into the
blood course of a chimpanzee without
in the least affecting the latter's con-
dition
These experiments serve to show
that the blood of man and that of the
higher apes must be looked upon as
identical. 1t is absolutely sure that
none of the tested serum of animal re-
sembles the human blood as closely as
does the blood of those three apes-the
orang-outang, chimpanzee and gibbon.
This highly interesting scientific dis
covery furnishes new proof for the pro-
liability of mans evolution from lower
animals. 1t throws some light on the
sorry experience had with TRANSMISSION
of animal blood in the blood suffering
human beings. Some scientists main
tain that the sheep and man, the calf
and man stand too far apart in the or
der Of descent to permit intermixture
Of their blood without harmful results.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30

one does not need to be LAWYER in
order to realize the force of Gen. Man
derson's address before the American
Bar Association, respecting the neces-
sity OF uniform divorce laws. No two
States exactly agree in statutory treat-
ment OF the subject. What is cause for
divorce in one State is not cause in an
other, The result is that the legiti.
macy of children Is called In ouesiion
real estate titles are clouded and many
other injusuces and annoyances con.
unually arise which could ba wholly
avoided by uniformity of divorce laws
In all the States. Nor is there any So
rious obstacle in the way Of attaining
such uniformity. A joint convention
OF representative lawyers from the va
rious States would agree upon = de-
slrable statute and the various Iegis-
latures would undoubtedly enact the
necessary legislation. ANY Governor
who should take the initiative In tho
matter might depend upon meeting
win a friendly response from his fell
low executives. And even If there
should be few dissenters a large ma
1orlty of the States would reach nm
agreement which would greatly i'm.
prove the situation. 1t is unfortunate
that there should be any necessity AT
all Tor divorce. The seyering of the
marriage tie is perhaps the most seri.
Gus act with which the civil law con.
Germs itself. But If we are to have AZ.
Fofces-ahd there is small hope that we
can abolish them-it is at least adyisa.
Die that the laws governing them
should be the same throughout the ma.
uoh' IL is the part of wisdom to mini
mize bad business. The States should
get together and reform the d,yoroC
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30

Most people who are not in good
health know in a general way what
ails them; some of them know what
kind of food they ought to eat in order
to overcome their bodily infirmities and
prevent recurrence of them. But PEG.
pie who have good health usually con-
slider only their taste or their pocket
book when they order meal An ex.
pertinent which one of the Boston ho-
tells Is making shows that others be-
sides invalids are beginning to under
stand that 1t Is important to have the
right sort of food as well as to have it
properly cooked. The cafe of this no.
tel provides not only n bill of fare, but
diet list made out by a physician
and intended as a guide 10 the patrons
of the house. 1t presC es the food
best suited to various physical condi-
lions To the fat man it offers a va
riety of dishes that tickle his palate,
and at the same time check his ten
dency to grow fatter. The thin and
anemic can procure the things which
make blood and tissue and build up an
enfeebled system. The new way Of
looking at the food question puts health
first and preference afterward. 1t con-
siders the needs of the Individual, and
makes practical application Of the old
saying that 'one mans meat is another
mans poison" 1t tries to make the
diet like a well-Stocked wardrobe, of
fering plenty of variety, yet designed
for and fitted to the person for whom it
is intended. Lilac is charming color,
but the red-haired girl does not need it
to enhance her peculiar charms. Sir
loin steak is a toothsome and desirable
thing, but melons and coarse bread
may be better for the full-blooded man
who has a tendency to rheumatism.
How one can fit his diet to his own
needs Is a matter which the physician
can best decide. 1t is certainly easier
to preserve heath by the use of proper
food than to regain it by taking medi-
cine; and the prescription filed in a
restaurant is pleasanter to take than
one compounded by the druggist.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30

Mrs. Nancy A. Mitchell, "a, who lives
in Lyon County, Ky, is believed to
have the largest number of living de-
scendants of any woman in Kentucky,
If not in the United States. She has
237 living descendants, including 10
children, 100 grandchildren, 100 great
grandchildren and seven great-great-
grandchildren. Mrs. Mitchell has been
married seventy years. Only one of
her children died. She belongs to a
church, five miles from her home, and
rides horseback to attend the services
two and three times week. The
church organization is seventy years
old, and she is the only living charter
member.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30

Twenty cadets We're found deficient
at the recent West Point examinations,
and were discharged. Every one of
them failed in mathematics. There
may be consolation to the young men
In the fact that In Greater West Point.
otherwise known as the world at large.
many reputable and useful citizens are
poor mathematicians.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30
Good Shooting in Cambridge.

Years ago, when Bert Harte, fresh
from the Pacific slope, heard the list of
famous men living at Cambridge, he
said to Mr.. Howells:
why, you couldn't fire a revolver
from your front porch anywhere with
out bringing down two-volumerw
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30
Some Nineteenth Century wonders.

y
If the telescope of the seventeenth
century reveals to us myriads of suns,
the spectroscope of the nineteenth
tells us what substances compose
these suns, and, most wonderful of
all, the direction and rate in which
each is moving. The mariners COM
pass easily yields place to Morses
electric telegraph perfected in 1914,
while the useful barometer and Their
mometer are certainly less wonderful
than Bells telephone and Edison's pho
nograph. DR.. Roentgens IN" rays,
which pierce the hidden recesses of
nature, and, literally speaking, reveal
theinner man: Marconis wireless teleg-
raphy; liquid air; the bacillus or
germ theory of diseases, for d notable
group of the latest wonders.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30
Gold Product of Canada.

1t Is estimated that the Canadian
gold fields yielded last year 1,257,S62
ounces of gold, valued at $4,000, 900.
Compared with the preceding year,
1899, this is an increase in ounces OF
about 100000, and In value of $1,000
600.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30

laws. Perhaps If they were to do that
they would see the ACCESSIBILITY for uni
form legislation in many other matters
respecting which there is a great and
tutas
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30
Prison for Microbes.

New York's costliest small building
will be the $4,000 laboratory, 26 by 90
feet which the Board of Health ID
erecting for meteorological expert
ments. 1t Is to be a steel "bomb-proof,"
with solid asphalt walls.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30

If It's true that uneasy lies the head
that wears a crown, about the only
"Reminiscences of the old racing days
King Edward may have is an occa-
sional nightmare
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30

According to a New York newspaper
Nlkola Tesla is preparing" to tele-
graph across the ocean by the wireless
method. Yep. Preparing. Preparing
is Nik's long suit
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30

In Wilkesbarre, Pa, a man thrashed
his wife expecting she would bring
action for divorce, but she merely had
him arrested for assault. The man has
not been born who can figure out In ad-
vance just what a woman Will do.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30

Prince Henry is said to be the home
Hest man in Europe, but candidates for
postmasterships do not tell Queen VIII
helmina So
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30

The author of THE Man with the
Hoe" might bring himself up to date
by writing a few warm verses on THE
Woman with the Az"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30

Some of these days a maddened
woman with Ratchet will make
things interesting for the grocer who
covers the sidewalk in front of his
store with his goods.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30

There was a duel the other day near
Phoenix. Ariz. The Paris fashions do
not prevail in that section. A man was
killed.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30
Observation-Disclosures,
2 TIMELY TOPICS.S
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

This proposed raising Of the Maine
has double interest. 1t is also at the
bottom of the late American-Spanish
war.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30

1t can be said of almost any boy OF
IL that he may be better looking when
he has a mustache to cover his teeth.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-03-30

Learning seems to make as many
mistakes as ignorance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
STAYS IN JAIL FOR SPITE.
Pennsylvania Court Is Asked to Ex-
pei a Stubborn Old Man from
Prison.

James Cannon, 6S years old, infirm
and gray-headed, declares that you
can't make a man leave a jail if he
doesn't want to. He has been in The
county Jail at Scranton, Pa, Since
1894, and now says he won't leave.
The question that is concerning the
authorities is, Can a free man be
forced to leave Jail? reports local
exchange.
The old man was sent there seven
years ago for refusing to sign iced
disposing of his own property. He
was accused of contempt. He de-
clared he would never sign. A bill
was passed giving county officers the
right to sign deeds of transfer, and
Scranton breathed free again. But
Cannon won't bulge out of Jail.
''I've got used to Jail life, and like
it," said he. II guess I won't leave.
I'll spite them ALL
Then habeas corpus proceedings
were started. Cannon refused to
sign the petition. Now Scranton
wants somebody to come forward
with scheme to get a man out OF
Jail against his wishes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
SHE WAS TOO KIND-HEARTED.
Michigan Girl Thought to Perform q
Kindness to a Gentleman
in Church.

There is one young woman living at
LAnse, Mich, whose benevolent dis
position received severe shock on a
recent Sunday evening, says the Chi
cago Chronicle. She was at church
and sat directly behind tall, we'll
dressed stranger, with a travelling
hanging to his collar. Being one of
those generous-hearted, whole-souled
girls who grow up to be motherly old
ladies, friend to everybody in town,
she thought how glad she would be if
some kind-hearted girl would do as
much for her father were he to go to
church with a travelling hanging down
his back, so when the audience rose for
the first hymn she concluded to pick
it off. Carefully raising her hand, she
gave a little twitch, but it was longer
than she supposed, and foot or more
appeared. Setting her teeth, she gave
pull and about yard of that horri-
BILE thread hung down his back. This
was getting embarrassing, but, deter
mined, she gave it another yank and
discovered that she was unraveling his
undershirt Her discontinue was so
painful that chloroform would not
have alleviated her sufferings nor a
pint of powder hidden her bushes
when the gentleman turned with an in
curing look to see what was tickling
his neck
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
VALUABLE GROSBEAK EGGS.
-FOUR Dollars Each Received by q
Maine Lad Who Caught Some
of the Birds.

Last February, when the tempera-
ture held at zero for a week at a
time and the snow was falling every
other day, Hector Sanborn, aged Is,
set horsehair snares about his home
ana caught more than two dozen pine
grosbeaks. Most of them were fe-
maies, says report from Dexter, Me.
lie kept the birds in large, open
and well-lighted room at the rear of
the barn and fed them on seeds and
refuse fruit. While the weather con-
tlnued cold the birds were most
healthy and took kindly to the new
way of life, becoE- ag fat and frisky,
with nothing to do but eat and sleep.
In March several pairs mated, built
nests and began to lay eggs, and by
April 1 the boy had secured "a fine
specimens.
Then the spring weather came and
caused the birds to have commissions,
from which nearly one-half died.
Finding that he would be unable to
keep his pets through the SUNNI err,
young Sanborn liberated the sur
vivors, allowing them to go north and
seek more congenial temperature.
The boy has received an offe" Of
four dollars for every pine gros beak
egg he could spare. He a once
shipped 80 to the Boston natura list
who wished to complete a collect on
of rare eggs, and few days ago he
received check for $3.50. If next
winter proves to be cold enough to
drive the grosbeaks to Maine the boy
can see big fortune on easy terms.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22

Mrs. Sam Rapson and son returned
Tuesday evening from a few days
visit i'm Duluth.
Frank Dacey was up from Duluth a
few days this week on business for the
Gogebic Boiler Works.
The Austrian band give ball at
Skala's hall tomorrow evening to
which all are invited.
w. j. Trythal returned Friday
from his visit to his old home in the
Michigan copper country.
Mrs. Chas. Lndberg was taken to
Duluth this morning to secure treat
ment at one of the hospitals.
Landlord Bartlett of the Vail and
Exchange enjoyed a visit from his
father several days this week.
E. A. Roberts returned last week
from Oregon where he had been max
ing final proof on a timber claim.
e. Osterberg and family departed
Tuesday for Bull, Mimi, where they
will make their home in the future.
Flor de Nicollet cigar the best for
your money. Try a few.
Jacob Pete has put the finishing
touches on his sewer contract, COM
pleting the work the fore part of the
week.
Andrew Wattilo made proof be-
fore Commissioner Westcott Thurs
day on his claim in the Burnside
district.
j. III. Boyd a lineman Of Duluth has
arrived to assist Messrs Miller and
Gallagher in the telephone construct
ion work.
0. G. Korb returned Friday from
Duluth having been excused from jury
duty for week. He goes down again
next week.
IL. Ill. Austin who has been in the
|city in the interest of Stoddard' 5
lectures went to Two Harbors yes
terday morning.
Mrs. Rich. Bateson and son return
ed to Chisholm Saturday morning
after visit with friends and rela-
tives in the city.
Frank Jarich and Anna Snider-
Schitz secured license to wed Tues
day. The wedding occurs Sunday at
the Catholic church.
VIM. Holmes and Chas. Leith went
to Tower Monday from where they
went into the Vermilion river country
on Mr.. Holmes claim.
Elias Solumi, a Finnish miner EN-.
ployed at the Chandler, fell down a
chute Wednesday and was instantly
killed. He was "a years of age. The
funeral occurred today from the Fin.
nish church.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-22
LOCAL HAPPENINGS,

Get your Buffalo souvenirs at
Losey's.
The Chandler paid of its many en-
ployes Monday.
The Chandler has erected trestles
at No. 2 shaft
The Oliver company paid its en-
ployes Wednesday.
Chas. and JAS Symons were up from
Two Harbors Monday.
A. C. Swallow made a business trip
to Duluth Wednesday,
Miss Amelia Aubin spent Tuesday
in Tower with friends.
John Maxi and Anna Kylimala have
secured a license to wed.
III. B. Rogers returned Thursday
from his visit in Minneapolis.
Adam WESTERN and Mary Kauppl
secured license to wed today.
The city council had meeting
Tuesday aud transacted some ousl-
ness.
G. G. Miller, of the Duluth Paper &
Stationery Co., was in the city Mon
day.
Remember the Thanksgiving dinner
and supper at the NJ. e. church next
Thursday.
Father Buh spent a few days in
Tower this week returning home
Wednesday.
Harry A. Chinn and Miss Clara
Sandberg will lie married at Tower
tomorrow.
Maurice Brown and Miss Carrie
Pocket of Winton have secured g
license to wed.
e. M. Clark, of the Duluth Music
Co., was in the city few days thi.
week interviewing his..many custom
ers.