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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-13
Duluth Grain.

Duluth, Feb. Is.
Wheat-Cash, 7ssSs May, 1855; July
Il a.
Wheat Cash No hard. 75ss; No i
northern, 7Ss's; No. northern, GsisM
6sts; No spring. 55'a q 60 4 TO arrive
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-13
Corn7-Cash, 3sla@sss4; May, 1885.
oats-cash, 26,s@27; May. 2s14.

Peoria Produce.
Peoria. Feb. 10.
Corn Higher; No. 3, s7s4
Oats Firm: No. white, 2514 a 5llsa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-13
roreign Grnin Market.

Liverpool, Feb. 10.
Wheat Steady; unchanged to "a
higher: spot, rs ll14d, March, IS, l1ssd;
May, IS.
Corn-Steady: unchanged TO I'D high
er: spot, IS 101adMll Ed February, IS
1915 March, IS lpc, May, - 9ssd.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

prevent weeds from growing up. AL
most all the common weeds have a bad
effect on the health of the community.
Willie weeds that are deadly poisons
are found in a large number of cities
and villages throughout the country.
Henbane. or deadly nightshade, Is
found in Il few localities Unison weed
and purple thorn-apple are common in
most cities east Of the Mississippi Riv-
err. Their seeds, which are somewhat
attractive III appearance. are extreme
ly poisonous, and children are killed
every year by eating them. Nine cases
of fatal poisoning from this source were
reported to the Department Of Agricul-
ture in a single year. while there were
doubtless many less serious cases
which We're not reported. Weeds also
harbor injurious insects and fungous
and bacterial diseases Of cultivated
plants.
state weed laws" says the report,
"are rendered ineffective by the un-
checked production Of weeds In cities.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

one Of the richly carved arm CHAIRS
for which the natives are famous and
kept near his usual seat. When Gent
eral Wolseley captured Coomassie, the
Ashantee capital, in 1874, the stool had
been secretly removed and 1t has re-
manned ever since in the possession Of
the tribesmen. The last time q white
man saw 1t was seven years ago. King
Prempeh had not been able to afford
the coronation ceremonies, so he sought
loan of $1,000 from the British for the
purpose. When the commissioners sent
to negotiate the affair were ushered
into the monarch's presence q band Of
musicians played ON elephants tusks.
"Under a large and gorgeous canopy"
says DIR. Freeman, one Of the commits
sioners, "stood roomy chair Of native
manufacture. studded with bright-head-
ed nails and enriched with silver orna-
ments and on this reposed the cele-
brated royal stool. Prempeh was seat
ed on q similar chair under his own UNI
brella and not under the canopy
Early In 1900 the astute Ashantees de-
clared they could not pay taxes to d
governor who had never sat upon tho
golden stool. To be able to satisfy
their scruples Sir Frederic HodgsOn be-
gan the search for the royal emblem
which resulted in the recent war.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

The rod as an educational and cor
receive agency in the public schools has
been sustained by two Chicago judges.
A few days ago Prof. G. Stanley Hall,
In addressing a mothers club, declared
that DR.. Spank Is still as indispensable
In q well-Ordered home where children
are being reared as he was in the days
of Ben Franklin. The new education"
1t is true, Is RELOCATING the rod to the
limbo of obsolete things. The idea of
restraint or correction has no place in
the real up-to-date theory of child
training. From the schools this ''new
education" Is spreading to the homes.
1t ia based on the notion that the nature
OF child must not be curbed. He must
be permitted to follow the tendencies
of the child nature, unhampered by
rules or chastisement. A generation of
young hoodlums and rowdies Is the
Inevitable result Of this theory when
carried to an extreme in the home and
in the school, Its baneful consequences
are already perceptible In towns where
1t has been systematically followed out
in the public schools. 1t breeds disre-
spect for authority. contempt for law,
and general disregard for the peace
and good order Of community and for
the rights and feelings of others. Its
fruits are seen in wanton destruction
of property in the suburban towns,
where the police are few and far be-
tween. and where boys are not sup
posed to need police surveillance. In
these towns they enjoy all the advan-
tages of the NEW education" Recogni.
ton Of authority lies at the basis of all
rational training. whether In the home
or the school. 1t Is elemental in any
proper scheme of preparation for citi-'
zenship. Behind this recognition Of
authority Is the fear of punishment.
Without punitory law there would be
no civilization. This does not mean that
children should be punished with un-
reasonableness or brutality. The rod is
not always the best form of punish
ment. Neither should the natural ex-
pressions Of the child nature be ruth
lessly crushed. But the punitive factor
In child training must not be abolished.
II all disciplinary measures are to be
abandoned In the rearing and educa-
ton of children. government will soon
become farce-for behind all govern
ment Is respect for authority.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

ling which grows somewhat like the
elder. The bush is cut down and the
pith extracted from the stem, which is
afterward peeled, polished, dried and
painted with primary colors in barnaric
style. The simplest form is straight
stem from three to six feet in length.
A more expensive kind is made from a
step with two terminal branches. This
demands much more care in extracting
the pith and enables the owner to offer
friend mouthpiece on one branch
while he Is enjoying another upon a
second. Three-stemmed sticks are also
made. and. very rarely, four-stemmed
ones. These are kept as curios rather
than as useful articles and are SUP.
posed to have been employed upon es.
pecial occasions in the days of the
Incas.
The bowl Is of red clay. gray clay or
sandstone and the mOuthpiece may be
Of bone or horn or decorated silver and
amber. The length Of the stem causes
the tobacco smoke to cool appreciably
In Its passage from the bowl to the Inns
and givesa taste almost as mild as that
produced by the oriental nargIle. The
tobacco used with 1t Is Of rich red.
brown color, about intermediate IN fla
v0r and appearance between Virginia
and Havana leaf. These pipes make
very pretty ornaments for mantel or
for a wall. being much more pleasing
to the eye than the "church warden
familiar to all smokers. They are
strong and durable. but, unless oiled
or vanished now and then, they are
apt to split in a dry climate. Collect
ors make It a rule to oil them on the
inside once a year.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02
Salt and skylights.

The absorption OF salt as a means OF
prolonging human life is among the
discoveries" recently made by the
scientists who make newspaper stories
All man has to do is to lick salt until
he learns to love 1t with the affection Of
brfndle COW, or HE him to the shore
where the restless waves wash the UNI
changing rocks, and sup In a few gal
Ions Of natures solution.
There are still to be found in some
places remains of the old blue glass
skylights with which people prolonged
their Hives quarter Of century ago.
It cannot be denied that many of those
who had the rays of the sun fall on
them through the colored glass, and re-
lgiously made themselves look like a
moonlight effect In modern theater
every day. twenty-five years ago, are
still living. Some who did not use the
blue glass have also survived. Thus
science works Its way.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

There Is Justice of the peace In
Pennsylvania who deserves banquet
and q monument. The other day a
wife beater. accompanied by his bruised
and disigured helpmate, was hauled
before the squire" The brute laughed
in the face Of Justice and called the
magistrate upon the honored bench a
vile name. The later had his coat OF
IN q second, vaulted to the floor, and in
less time than 1t takes to tell the story
had the wife-beater's nose distributed
al over his speaking countenance,
both Of his eyes closed, several teeth
rattling around the courtroom and the
culpit begging for mercy. That Is ex-
actly the sort of justice to preside over
the trials of wife-beaters. May his tribe
ever increase!
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

Some one recently declared that
lynching. like murder, is growing to be
q national habit. There ia certainly
some ground for the assertion. When
the first burning Of a negro at the stake
In Paris, Texas, was announced, two
or three years ago, wave Of indigna-
ton swept over the whole country.
Several burnings have occurred since
then. and the latest ones have hardly
attracted public notice. Baltic Crutch-
field, q colored woman, was lynched
near Rome, Tenn. because it was sus-
pected she had stolen 1925 from q
pocketbook. She and her friends de-
ciared she found the pocketbook and
kept the money. The mob did not know
whether she had stolen II or fonnd 1t.
A. she had the money, that was suf-
ncient cause for lynching, and the cow
ardly savases seized heF, carried her
. . bridge. shot her. and threw her
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

Tor Improvement. 1t urges that not
only should grOwths of noxious weeds
he destroyed as sanitary measure.
but that vacant lots should be put to
the best possible use while they remain
unoccupied. They should be made to
yield their highest value to the people.
In crowded cities 1t is suggested that
they be used as Fairgrounds for the
neighboring children. Most city chill
dren are accustomed to seeing either
vacant lots overrun with weeds and
not available as Fairgrounds on that
account. II no other, or carefully kept
parks, where the turf and flowers are
labeled Hands off," What they should
have Is chance to play untrammeled
by rules which forbid them to walk on
the grass.
The work of destroying the weeds
and improving vacant lots can, in the
opinion Of the department, be best done
by municipal direction under the i'm.
mediate supervision Of the park or
street departments. II it is done gen
orally it will not only improve the pub
lie health and furnish Fairgrounds for
thousands Of city children but will
avert millions Of dollars of damage ia
the farmers Of the surrounding coun.
try.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02
Specific Directions.

A Memphis gentleman who has just
returned from an overland trip through
Mississippi says that one day he
stopped at negro cabin to ask the way
to the village for which he was bound.
In reply to this hail an old white
headed man came to the door and the
following conversation took place:
"Can you tell me how to get to B-1'
asked the traveller.
''Saitinly l kin. sab" replied the dar'
ky. "You follow dis here road till jist
before you gifts In sight OBJ de next
house. and den you truns to de right
and dar Amt no odder road to put you
OF from dar on till you gifts to whar yoy
ID a-going. Memphis Scimitar.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

weeks, and he Is quick to adopt desper-
ate measures when he sees field grow
ing up with the Canada thistle, for in.
stance. In the city. on the other hand.
there Is no crop to be affected, and va
cant lots, even in the best residence
districts. are often given up to what
ever will grow upon them.
I'm Chicago" sterniy declares the
Agricultural department, trough pig
weed. tall ragweed, and cocklebur are
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

VI all English writer's on current DO
litical topics Henry Norman has the
broadcast and best-infOrmed mind in so
1ar at least as travel and cosmopoli-
tan spirit are concerned. In view,
therefore, of Russia's present position
as to China and the East. and her ap-
parently determined stand for domin-
ance in Manchuria, this extract from
an article by Henry Norman in Scrib-
ner's Is suggestive: ut has been point
ed out that the sea alone stopped the
Cossacks In the seventeenth century,
and when they got to work again in the
nineteenth the Russians crossed the
Pacific and pushed on to within few
miles of San Francisco long before the
first prairie schooner sailed over the
plains. The map of Asia is a Russian
stepladder; the Trails. Western ST.
IBERIA, Eastern Siberia, Baikalia, Kam-
chatka. the Amur. Manchuria; the
steppes; Khiva, Turkestan. the Merv
oasis. Rokhara, Samarkand: these are
the rungs she has climbed. Persia,
kashgar, Afghanistan. India itself
unless mightier force than herself
bar the way, her feet will be there.
too. In the fullness Of time. The half
south In her course is shown by the
gradual descent Of her naval base In
the far East: Petropavlofsk, Nikol-
aiefsk. Vladivostok, Port Arthur. II
you would understand Russia. and in
terpret the forecast Alright, the march
Of great events, never forget that, for
her. eastward the course of empire
takes Its way; that as the sap rises.
as the sparks fly upward. as the tides
follow the moon, so Russia goes to the
sunrise and the warm water. This il
what the history Of Siberia strikingly
illustrates. and it Is from this point Of
view that the great Siberian railway
derives its chief significance"
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

Military statistics indicate the con.
slant decrease of illiteracy in Germany.
Out Of 147,917 men who went into the
army In the military year of 1899 1900,
only a87 men-less than an eighth of l
per cent-were iliiterate; and Of the
b,614 who entered the navy, every one
could read and write. This remark
able showing Of the extent to which
education prevails among the people,
and also shows an Improvement over
former conditions.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

cant city lots have
usually been cu.ti-
waited at one time
or another, SO that
the native vegeta-
ton has been de-
stroyed and the
conditions are ia
vorable for the
growing of migra-
tory weeds. Again,
1t Is the farmers
business to look
cut for dangerous
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02
PIPES SMOKED BY AzTEcs.

Curious Specimens Of Ancient smokerss
Articles from Central America.
The increasing commerce with Hon
duras and Nicaragua is bringing to
this country many Of the odd nipple
ments and curios Of those lands. The
Spanish population has q large admix.
ture Of Axtec OF other aboriginal blood
and preserves many Of the Implements
as well as customs which prevailed in
the time OF the Montezumas. One OF
the Queerest survivals In this regard
ID the long pipe. which is still employ
ed In the rural districts Of both repub
ucs. It = made from Z shrub q . sap
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

The hog Of to-day constitutes no less
han $40 different articles Of commerce,
and next to cotton and wheat furnishes
the largest values in exports from the
United States. Its name has become
an epithet Its application to man
means greed and brutishness. 1t Is CON-
monty supposed to be q scavenger. like
the puddle duck. 1t takes mud baths.
So do men. There Is much virtue in
mud. The hog bathes in pools of 1t to
coat his skin against attacks Of insects;
man dips his festered hide In 1t to i'm
prove his circulation and draw out his
govt and rheumatism. The hog Is
pachydermatous: SO Is man-notwith-
standing Cuvier's classification. have
seen men, know men to-day. with skins
thicker than the hide of the rhinOceros.
The hog Is omnivorous-so IL man. The
hog Is carnivOrous by choice-so Is man.
The hog Is herbivorous, granivorous,
gramnivorous and phytivorous by edu-
eation-sO Is man.
These reflections are induced by the
lndignities offered q useful animal.
The hog was the cleanest of beasts until
man built a sly and imprisoned him
In filth, fattened him on alth, killed
him In filth and ate him In filth. No
animal, wild or domestic, is 20 clean
about its bed a. the hog. II wants pure,
Sweet fresh straw every time. The
hog has brains. 1t has been known to
excel the pointer In seeming quail. An
authentic instance IL mentioned by
Bingley in Memoirs Of British Quad
supeds" Of keen-scented SOW that
would stand at birds which the dogs
had missed. Whoever heard of an edu-
eated OK or sheep? Yet we have had
m our stage educated hogs that could
spell and play cards, count and tell the
lime. Hogs make docile pets. Many q
poor family has its pet pig sleeping on
the pallet beside the children, priv.
legged to the best in the house.
The hog caused the biggest mutiny
sver known in the history of the world,
and was responsible for men being
blown from the muxzles Of cannon.
When Great Britain shipped cartridges
b India for the native troops she reck-
sned without her host, for the ammuni-
hon was creased with lard, which 80
offended the religious scruples Of the
sepoys that they arose a. one man in
rebellion. The American hog nearly
caused war between Germany and the
United States and only the diplomacy
" Whitelaw Reid obtained for the anil
NAL admission into France.
Moses and Mohammed were opposed
to the hog because, while 1t divides the
hoof and IL cloven-footed, yet It chews
not the cud. The camel is not eaten
tor opposite reasons-it chews the cud,
but IL not cloven-footed. The hare ia
also unclean. because while II chews
the cud It divides not the hoof. All civ
tlized nations have passed and repassed
laws governing what q man shall eat
and how much It shall cost him, but the
only sumptuary measure that ever
stood the test of time 10 the law OF
Moses concerning the hog. It has been
pn the statute book for $3.50 years.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02
CLAIMS TO BE CHAMPION
CHESS PLAYER or OHIO.

Tiffln claims the champion chess
player of Ohio. He recently won the
title at the State tournament at Co
lumbus. Julius c. "Opens Ia not ma
tive Buckeye, although he was edu-
Gated at Canal Dover, having removed
to Ohio from Missouri, his place of ma
tivity. when he was quite a youngster.
His father-nOw deceased-was a Ger
man Evangelical minister and a good
chess player himself. Young "Opens
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

Nowadays the burglar. sneak-thief or
footpad gets along all right as long as
his operations do not bring him in con-
tact with those Of the opposite sex. II
there IL woman In the case the ruffian
10 inevitably held till assistance comes,
and he Is landed In JAIL The American
woman of the twentieth century Is a
great institution. What do we not owe
to that muscle-creator.. the bargain
cushi
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02
SACRED RELIC or AsHANTEE.

Golden Stool Has Been the Cause of
Many Wars with Enxla~A.
vie golden stool Of Ashantee's mon
archs has for many years been the
cause Of contention between the ma
tives and the British. Descriptions Of
It have been conspicuously wanting
and 1t has remained a. mythical az the
golden fleece which Jason and the Ar
gonauts stole from the sacred oak of
colchis or the three golden apples which
hung in the garden Of the Hesperides.
The announcement that the recent up
rising was the result Of attempts of the
governor. Sir Frederic Hodgson. to re-
cover the sacred relic was generally in
terpreted In two ways by Americans:
Either the British were attempting to
rob the tribesmen Of : large nugget Of
precious metal or the account had some
meaning mot understood, a. would be
the case. for instance, with the news
pf the browning Of King ri XII OF the
Kansas City carnival.
But the golden stool 10 q real stool.
although 1t IL not made Of gold. 1t
uodu4 mUIS 10 Tue AAIlCHoe Oh Tue dOlO
Coast than the ancient scone stone
which forms the support Of the corona
don chair Of England signiaes to the
loyal Briton. This symbol Of authority,
pn which the kings Of. the Ashantees
have been crowned Tor nearly 100 years,
IL doubly prized a. y piece Of remark
able workmanship and - = spoil Of
conquest. II was captured from the
Sultan Of Jamin early In the century.
Its base ID m oblong piece OF wood
heavily gilded. In the center Of thia
10 . gilt support resembling char,
coal braxier; on each side are square
pillars These, with the braSier, sup
port . concave seat The stool d NO,
the only article In the regalia. There i
| Q state umbrella and there are solder
axes and euriously carved scimitars.
After his enthronement the king %
cupies the golden stool only once {
rear. ~ reet Of Ne tims Il = put q
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

learned the game while attending
Wooster University in '96. He at once
became q devoted student of the
checkered board. He plays system
largely his own. and his successive VIC
tories are proof that it Is a valuable
one. He entered the newspaper BUSH
ness at Pittsburg. but decided to take
up the law. and he il. now studying at
Tiffin. Ohio experts, who have seen
"Opens at play, believe that he is a
coming Pillsbury. and that he will win
international honors some Of these
days.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

In many of the
smaller villages
the State weed
laws are well en-
forced. or the
weeds are kept
down because Of
local pride in neat.
ness, but this Is
seldom true in the
larger cities"
The department
concludes with
some suggestions
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02
CANADA THISTLE

CANADA THISTLE. Agricultural q G.
partment, "for the original Introduction
Of weed In cities to one upon a farm"
The foreign weed pests are brought
into til" cities in many different ways.
All kinds Of weeds have better
chance to grow in cities than in the
country because in the first place va
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

"Mr. Carnegie" says Russell Sage,
sis q very generous man, and COM
, mend him for it, One of Mr.. Sage's
most noble traits Of character Is never
to permit himself to show the slightest
jealousy In the matter of generous CIV
ing.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

The London critics are finding all
sorts Of faults in Mr.. william Waldorf
Astor's new book Of stories. 1t APP
pears that his refusal to permit the
Gale Of his book in the United States
u not any more Of deprivation for
us than we had supposed.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

into the river. When a mos kills a
woman In this inhuman manner upon
mere suspicion of crime for which
IN every civilized community imprison-
ment is considered ample punishment,
1t Is time to ask the question. us lynch
Ing becoming a national habit?"
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

That Englishman who says the col
lege units man for the struggle Of
life has probably been drawing his con.
illusions from aspects presented by the
football, tabasco sauce and spread
eagle reports alone.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

First, a young man thinks he can cap
tivate all the good-looking young won.
en- he meets. Those are his salad days
Later on he succeeds in becoming
''best man" to one of them. Those are
his solid days.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

only the centers
where vice and
crime thrive and
from which they
spread. but they
are also the nur-
series for all sorts
of noxiOus and crop
destroying weeds.
Almost all the i'm
ported weeds get
their first start in
the cities. There
are a d u e n
chances" says the
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

abundant, while
there are hundreds
Of acres within the
city limits covered
almost with Can
ada thistle, and in
Q e raj places
Russian thistle Is
rapidly increas-
ing"
From Chicago
the wind and the
water and t h e
railroads carry the
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

seeds OF these and other noxious weeds
to different parts Of the country.
The Department Of Agriculture points
out that it is not only as a protection
to the farmer that city residents should
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-02

It 10 probable that Tolstoi can stand
It Il the church can. Ecclesiastical au-
thorities can hardly do anything to de-
tract from the popular belief in the
sincere charity Of the great Russian
writer.