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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-16
East Runnlo Live Stock.
East Bumalo. y. y NJ.

East buIIIO, =. /, May 10.
DunninG & Stevens. Live Stock Com
mission Merchants. East Buffalo. y. Y.
quote As follows: CattIe-Three cars
on sale: market steady to firm: Veals.
S3.JOd5.75. Hogs-Receipts. IS cars;
market steady; Workers. SI.4OGJ >. %.
Sheep and Lambs-Eeceipts, 80 cars;
market higher for lambs. tops. $1,000
5.2O: others. S3.25Gt5.OO: sheep firm:
top mixed. $410a+.SO: others. 81. 25I4. 90 ,
wcthers and Yearlings, $4.3Od45O.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-16
ST. Louis Grain.

st Louis, May 10
Wheat-H CHER: No. - red cash eleVa-
tor. SIC: track. 75lac; May. 1SXc: July.
$3.50: September. 69Cc; No , hard. 726
72isc. Corn-Higher; No. > cash. 43lac:
track. 44@441ac; May 44c: July. 1915 a
4SXc: September. 43c. OatS-Higher:
No cash soc; track 3O63OAc: MAJ
30lsc: July. 21i4c: September. 25Isc: No
. NNhifa HIl RN-n-S sI...lEN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-16
Chicago Live stock.

Hogs-Estimated receipts for the day.
20 OOO; sales ranged at S4.40@5.55 for
pigs, s5.JOd5.SO for light. s. 6OH 90 =
for rough packing. S5.6Od5.S1I. for
mixed. and S5.10d5.S1l. for heavy pack
ing shipping lots. with the bulk of the
sales at $5.1JG5.S0.
CaJtle-Estimate receipS for the
day, 10000. quotations ranged at $3.50
900 choice o extra steers. S5.2Odj.65
good to choice do. Si.15M5.2O fair TO
good do. 81 2Od4.s5 common to medium
do. S3.SO6J4.SO butchers steers. $4.SGGC
go fed western steers, $2.ICM4S0 stock
ers and feeders S1.T5N4.j0 COWS. $500
1 90 heifers. S2.J0M4.JO bulls and oxen.
S3.15Gi4.5O stays. Sl00H5.2O Texas steers.
and S3.JONj.25 veal calves.
Sheep and LambS-Estimated receipts
for the day. 1900: quotations ranged
at S3.75cI4.6 WeSeTns. $3.COd4. - natives.
81. 5Odj.4O western lambs, and $1,000
, 40 nlIiNf lam hs.
The Washington times., 1901-10-14
PERSONAL.

Senator Hanna's secretary says that
since 1896 500 children have been named
| after the Senator.
Ex-state Senator Charles C. McChord
| OF Washington County, Ky. has been
| chosen as the head Of the committee
which is to direct the Democratic cam
! paign in the Blue Grass State this fall
He is spoken of as one of the most sue
cessful campaigaers. as he is one of the
most popular men in the Democratic
| party of the State.
William H. Eder, an old resident of
Elkton, Md, cheerfully informs the
philadelphia Public Ledger that he
has read every issue of that paper from
its first number. published in 1886. He
has copy of the first issue.
Sir John Ramsden is the richest CT all
English baronets. His income is esti-
mated to foot up $4,000 year.
1T should not escape attention" says
THE Review of Reviews" that og all
the long line of illustrious Presidents,
Theodore Roosevelt is the first to be born
and brought up in great city. Other
Presidents have passed over to cities. and
so have become more or less identified
with city conditions and city life, notably
Presidents Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison.
but Mr. Roosevelt is the first President
fibre the cosmopolitanism of the great
modern city. and that city-New York
Chaplain William f. Edmondson. T. S.
N, has been retired on furlough pay, un-
der the provisions of the Revised Statutes.
on account of disability incurred in the
line Of duty. He is suffering from asthma.
Miss Helen Gould has given $4,000 for
the perpetual endowment of two scholar
ships at New York University They are
for graduates Of the Iryington and Tarry
town High Schools.
a movement is on foot in North Caro-
lima. prompted by the tobacco dealers. to
erect n statue OF Sir Walter Raleigh in
Raleigh. Collection boxes are to be placed
in stores where tobacco is sold
Ex-Governor Hogg, of Texas, says that
about year ago, while on his way to
New York, he stopped Off at Beaumont
and having made million or so there
he will now resume his journey TO that
city.
Prof p Waldenstrom, a member of the
Swedish Parliament, who has come to this
country TO attend the Yale bicentennial,
is at present in Boston. Speaking of the
general sorrow in Sweden over the death
Of President Mckinley, he said the other
day: TO my mind. one Of the most i'm
presslye Incidents In Stockholm at the
time occurred when the United States
Minister to Sweden. the Hon. w. W.
Thomas addressed the people at the un-
yelling of John Ericsson's statue in the
Berzelius Park. The news had reached
us OF the Presidents death. and II was
feared that the United States representa-
tive would not be present; but he soon
appeared on the platform. and his open
ing remarks were, quoting from memory:
Could the President speak at this moment
he would surely say, do your duty on
this occasion and let not my death inter
fere."' AS he uttered these words the
flags, both the American and Swedish
were raised to the tops OF the STATS, and
when he had finished his address they
were all lowered togethe;."
The Washington times., 1901-10-14
Kindergarten Methods.

Twenty-Five or thirty. years ago. q
| newly awakened interest in child train
ing, due to contact with German
thought. caused kindergarten methods
to be the object of general discussion
| and study In this country, and the re-
suit was the establishment of kinder
gartens all over the land. There are
educators nowadays, however, who are
beginning to suspect that the kinder
garten business is a little oyerdOne.
among these are certain sorely tried
school teachers, who have taken class
es into the primary grades direct from
training given according to Froebel
A communication received from a
Washington Kindergarten contains an
outline Of the instruction given in one
lesson, and the reasons for it. 1t is as
follows:
The second gift: Ball, cube, and cylinder of
wood.
TO teach the property Of weight, let the
child hold the object in his hand with closed
eyes. Nhy2 Because he will think more about
the subject with EYES closed. Because the
weight will make more impression by weighing
down his hand. Because the child attains a
clearer perception Of the object by feeling than
self. Because weight Is a property which can
not be proved by sight. Each sense is quick
ened by the loss or absence Of another, as in the
case Of the deaf and the blind
II this is a specimen OF the instruc-
tion given by this teacher it vii seen.
to the average parent that her work IS
largely made up Of telling the childre II
over and over, with great elaboration.
something which they know already.
Most people will also be inclined TO
wonder whether the old-fashioned plan
of instruction was not. after all, the
more sensible, and more in accord with
the natural development of the infant
mind. OF course, the pretty plays, ex-
ercises. and stories Of the kindergart-
en- are pleasanter for the pupils than
the oldtime primary or district school,
and yet the latter could be very pleas
ant on occasion.
1t will be generally admitted that the
main object of sending children to
school is that they may learn to read,
write, and use the multiplication table,
and afterward pass to other branches
Of knowledge in season. 1t may also
be claimed, with reason, that the school
fits the child for social and business
life as solitary instruction does not, and
that the teacher has usually more fit
ness for the task of instruction than
the mother or father of the pupil. Be
fore Incorporating the kindergarten into
the public school system, as many edu-
Gators are anxious to do. 1t may be well
The Washington times., 1901-10-14
Mesmcrism as n Misdemeanor.

A curious incident which occurred
in Paris not long ago suggests that a
new class Of misdemeanors may in
time be added to those now on the
statute books. a mesmerist, one DR.
Vial, has been arrested on the charge
of u1esmerizing Miss Thorne, an Aus
tralian girl. without her consent or
knowledge He was in a street car,
engaged in an argument on mesmerism
with d doubling friend. and made a
bet that ne could cause the young
lady opposite them to follow him to
his Office without speaking to her. He
fastened his eyes upon the girl. whom
he had noticed as being of a nervous
disposition, and the experiment was
successful She followed the two men
10 Dr. ViaTs Office, and was there told
70 take a knife and stab a fruit vender
across the street, which she Immediate
ly started to do. The physician then
aroused her from her trance and
apologized. The young lady went home
and told her brother. and the result is
a law suit. Before bringing the suit.
however, the brother did what most
men in a similar situation would be in
clined to do-he thrashed the doctor
soundly.
The defence of the physician is that
he performed the experiment merely
Through scientific interest. but it is not
much of a defence IL the facts are az
represented He might as well claim
that he was actuated by enthusiasm
The Washington times., 1901-10-14
Circulation Statement
Ambition and Virtue.

When Edward NJ. Shepard was taken
up on the mountain to survey the City
of New York and all the riches there
of-all his. if he would fall down and
worship the Tammany Boss-he fell
Nothing can obscure this fact and
nothing can explain it to the satisfac-
tion of the men who are asked to vote
for the Shepard of 1901 on the record
of the Shepard of 1897 Mr.. Shepard
himself, as an honorable man, has no
choice but to vote for his opponent.
For. as he said on a memorable oc-
casion in 1925:
again and again independents have elected a
good man on the theory that all that is re-
quired is to have a good man in Office. Again
and again they have been disappointed in the
practical results. / tell YOU feliow-citizens,
Democrats and Republicans that much more is
Necessary; that the best of men in any office
Is himself, against his viii, however powerful.
in chief measure the creature Of the conditions
or the instrument of the forces that surround
him
Mr.. Low will probably not be elect
ed unanimously, but If all the men who
believed in Shepard in 1898 vote for
him, and only those who believe in
Shepard now vote against him, his
majority will be very great.
The Washington times., 1901-10-14
The President md the West.

The st Louis Republic" suggests
that upon the question of revising the
tariff the West and the East will prob
ably stand opposed to each other, and
that in such event President Roose-
velt's closeness of touch with the peo-
pie of the Nest should be notable
factor in the trial of strength. The
implication is that the President would
be with the West against the East.
Probably Mr.. Roosevelt would not
thank anyone for even remote inti-
mation that he could be swayed in his
actions as President by any sectional
consideration whatever, and there has
been nothing in his associations to in
dicate that he is likely to be. Born
and reared in the East, he has lived
and Travelled much in the West, IA
miliarizing himself with Western
thought and the needs Of that sec
ton. But the effect of this upon a
well-balanced mind should be merely
to broaden it and make 1t national in
its cast, rather than sectional. Even
this. however, would be a point gain
ed, we will not say for the West, but
for the whole country.
The interests of the great body of
the people, as affected by tariff condi-
tions, are the same In all sections.
Those living in the East are quite as
much subject to the extortions of the
trusts as are those who reside in the
West. The trusts are making all the
money they can out of all the people.
AS these great industrial combinations
are chiefly located east of the Missis-
sippi and north Of the Ohio the north
eastern section of the country may be
said to enjoy some compensation in the
way Of wages and other disbursements
for the injuries received. 1t Is a spe-
cious plea, though, because these
moneys could and would be distributed
without the trusts as well as with
them-probably better.
The circumstance that the business
of the trusts is mainly in the East
enables them to plead the interests of
this section when in truth they are
locking after their own interests sole
ly. But these great combinations are
influential in molding public opinion,
in controlling political conventions, and
In shaping the actions of those elect
ed TO Office If the President is man
thoroughly Eastern in thought and
feeling. he is quite likely to be subject
TO this potent influence, even while he
may rot be conscious Of it. But if his
mind is in a state of perfect balance.
If be is in close touch and sympathy
with both the East and the West, it is
only natural that his views should be
freer from that bias which frequently
causes a man 10 regard the interests
Of his particular section as Of greater
Importance than those of any other.
All that the people of the West can
reasonably ask of President Roosevelt
is that he viii consider carefully the
arguments they have to offer, and then
treat them with absolute fairness.
What is more important, this is all
that they need. Let the people of the
West show that they are honestly in
favor Of an honest revision or modifi-
cation Of the tariff, and they will have
plenty OF help in the East.
The Washington times., 1901-10-14

for science in kidnapping, chloroform-
ing and viyisecting n human subject.
On the other hand. should this sort
of offence become at all common, ii
will be peculiarly difficult to punish it
by law. 1t is easy to see that fraudu-
lent complaints might be made, impli-
eating perfectly innocent persons in a
supposed attempt at hypnotizing un-
conscious victims, and criminals might
plead the fact that they were hypno-
tized when they wish to escape TAX
ing responsibility for crimes planned
by companions of more experience. On
the whole. should the practice of mes
merism ever become so common as to
make it necessary to take such things
seriously, perhaps the best way to re-
strain the adopts in the art would be
that taken by the brother Of the lady
who figured in this incident. After
having been thrashed by sinewy and
athletic Australian Anglo-Saxon, it will
probably take more than any mere in
terest in science to induce that Paris
ian hyDnotist 10 practice his art on
victim to whom he has not been intro
duced
The Washington times., 1901-10-14
The Real Point.
(From the Pittsburg Dispatch

CFrom the Pittsburg Dispatch)
It is singular how Judge Advocate Cen
eral Lemly's grudging confession concern
ing the failure to communicate intelli-
gence to Schley when McCalla met him on
the way to Cienfuegos avoided the real
point. and how in that way the point Is
generally missed by the press
The vital point which is established by
this testimOny-and which was amply eS-
tablished before-iS that Schley was not
Informed that there were insurgents on
the shore and Of the means of communl-
eating with them and learning at once II
the Spanish ships were inside the bay
The oversight OF McCalla in this respect
nence is reserved for Robley d. Evans.
who was two days in company with
Schley before Cienfuegos. iE possession of
the vital information, which he did not
communicate to the officer in command.
The Washington times., 1901-10-14

Almost every day some Republican of
more or less prominence rushes into print
with the statement that he is in favor OF
continuing the policy inaugurated by the
late President Mckinley. The trouble
with these declarations is that they are
entirely too general. If these believers in
the policy of Mr.. Mckinley would be more
specific and tell US something definite that
they are in favor of doing. it would be
more satisfactory and enliGhtening. 4
mere statement of approval amounts to
nothing. We have reached a point at
which something must be done.
The Washington times., 1901-10-14

to examine it thoroughly and see if it
contributes much of intrinsic value to
the real training of the child.
This plan of holding a ball or cube in
the hand with the eyes shut does not
teach the pupil anything about read
ing or writing, and most children of
average intelligence comprehend the
idea of weight without any such elabor-
ate instruction. 1t may be urged that
the child is at this age too young to
learn to read But if a baby of three
years is given alphabet blocks to play
with and somebody is at hand to an
swer questions. that baby will begin to
learn the difference between the letters
without any special methods of instruc-
ton Picture books containing easy
words and Illustrations of the most
common nouns are the next step, and
a child possessed of natural curiosity
will easily learn to read of its own ac-
cord. through the desire to know what
the pictures mean, il a little tact is
used, and the parent is not too ready to
save trouble by reading the stories
aloud. There is no manner of doubt
that children who learn the sound and
the look of new words almost at the
same time have less difficulty with
spelling than those who learn first by
hearing and afterward by reading. 1t
is entirely possible that the bad spell
ing which is one of the most common
and annoying faults among graduates
of public schools is due to the system
of oral instruction. The child insensi-
bly, comes to regard the teacher as a
sort of chute through which knowledge
is to be poured into his mind without
effort on his part. When, in addition
to this, the impressionable years of
childhood are taken up with elaborate
explanations of the obvious fact that
a ball is heavy in the hand, perhaps it
is not strange that country youngsters,
who pick up their learning by them
selves, so often outstrip those trained
in city schools.
The Washington times., 1901-10-14
The Difference.

(From the Philadelphia North American.)
There is one important point of differ
ence. however. between the status of
Heistand and OF Hawks. Hawks has
been discharged from the service of the
War Department. which is we'll rid OF
him. Heistand has been promoted from
jor TO lieutenant colonel. The honor
The Washington times., 1901-10-14
When Thieves Enu Ont.

(From the Louisville Courier-Journal-)
Sugar is now selling at the lowest price
ever known, and there are threats that it
may be put lower in the war between the
American Sugar Refining Company and
the American Beet Sugar Company. Wien
thieves fan out honest men get their dues.
and when these two trusts part company
it brings the price of their products down,
in spite of the tariff and all attempts to
.:trnngle cOmpetlLiOn.
The Washington times., 1901-10-14
CompIicating the Issues.
(FrOm the Philadelphia Record.)


Some of the prohibitory tariff duties
may be greatly reduced without any dis
turbance Of the revenue, but to the great
relief of consumers The question OF clip
ping the wings of the trusts. which are
enabled under the shelter of prohibitive
duties to lay the whole country under
tribute, ought not to be complicated with
other issues The unearned profits of the
combinations can be pared down without
affecting ths condition of the Federal
rI,r.nl
The Washington times., 1901-10-14
Defeat the Subsidy Grab.

tFr0m The chicago JouTnaI.l
Nevertheless. the opponents Of subsidy
must be alert and unwavering. Nothing
is 50 insdious as these attacks on the
Treasury. particularly when. as at this
time, there is a large surplus on hand.
Nothing must be left undone that can aid
in defeating this daring and unconscion-
able subsidy grab.
The Washington times., 1901-10-14
Reciprocity.

(From the Chicago Trihune.)
If the nation is to have a great and per
manent foreign commerce 1t must see to
having the necessary gates. Reciprocity
gives the benefits of free trade without its
disastrous effects on home industries.
The Washington times., 1901-10-14

The British Ministry may easily be for
given the irritation it exhibits toward
those well-meaning statesmen who at
tempt TO advise it how TO prosecute the
Boer war to a successful conclusion. What
it wants is a simple recipe for relinquish-
ing the tail of a bear who was attacked
when small and has grown to alarm
ing proportions during the period of con-
The Washington times., 1901-10-14
Nothing to Lose,

CFrom the St Louis Post-Dispatch)
President Roosevelt may reason that az
the Southern States have remained Demo
cratic under the policy of his predeces
sors. a new policy cannot make matter
worse in . political sense.
The Washington times., 1901-10-14

Mr.. Croker's candidate administers the
chaste rebuke to Mr.. Lo.- that he must not
even pledge himself to do right before
election lest he corrupt some honest
mans vote. a." he says
81 have not given, nor until the people shall
have vested me with power and until my oath
shall have been taken with clear conscience.
will | give, any pledge or promise OF any char
acter that l will, il elected, appoint any man
to any Office, that ! will remove any man
from any Office that he now holds
The individual in question, Of course. is
Devery. Mr.. Low is willing to say that
he will remove him and afterward, We
hope. escort him to the penitentiary. Mr..
Shepard, in the interest Of a milk white
conscience, naturally refuses TO commit
himself against the man whom, next to
Croker, Tammany delights to honor.
The Washington times., 1901-10-14

II a recent statement of the chief coun-
sci for the prosecution may be relied upon,
today will see the closing of the Govern
ments case against the man who won the
sea battle of Santiago. and witnesses for
the defence will be permitted to take the
stand. They will be welcomed for their
cause, even If they add nothing to the
structure which Ler1ly has already built
up in vindication of the courage, skill and
Job-like patience of Admiral Schley. But
We trust they will keep back nothing on
the point which is now of greatest inter
est. To wiz: Who organized the conspir-
acy to ruin Commodore Schley at the
time of his appointment to the command
Of the Flying Squadron. and in whose in
terest was this conspiracy begotten? This
is a question which every thinking Ameri-
can asks himself dozen times day.
The Washington times., 1901-10-14

Earl Roberts, who entered on his seven
tleth year September 30, now nearly fills
whole page of the British Museum cata-
logue. The literature associated with his
name and fame has naturally received an
impetus from the South African war. No
less than thirty editions of his "Forty-one
Years ir India" are noted His only other
work is The Rise of Wellington" but he
has contributed futroductions to the
memoir of Gen. Sir II. C. Rawlinson and
TO Mr.. Wnkinson's From Cromwell to
wellington His stirring career has in
spired a number of essays in biography.
There is Roberts of Pretoria also
Roberts of Kandahar" His Life and
Deeds" are chronicled by one writer, a
second depicts him I'm War" while a
third. wishing to be thorough. presents
him both In Peace and War