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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-02
Decoration Day at Nora Springs.

I JUDIIJdIT.
Nora Springs, June decoration
day was duly observed by our citizens.
The q. A. r. post had the exercises in
charge. They had very impressive
and appropriate exercises at the ceme
terry, after which they marched to the
Nora Springs Seminary, where the
program was continued in the chapel,
with fine speech by James E. Blythe,
of Mason City, who was orator of the
day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-02
Gilmore 8, Pocahontas 8.

NTVCIiI % eS-ItepuDIlCan.
Pocahontas June 1.-The ball game
between Gilmore and Pocahontas at
Gilmore resulted in a score of TO s
IL Gilmore's favor. A big delegation
went from here to root for the home
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-21
WEAPONS OF THE CHINESE.
How Their Arms Were Evolved
Method Of Designating Rank.
lNew YORK Evening Posi-.

(New York Evening Post.)
The prominent part played by China
in the worlds affairs during the past
seven years has aroused the interest
OF collectors, who have brought TO this
country many specimens of wares and
goods peculiar TO that part of the far
east None among these is of greater
historical value than the weapons.
which are in use in ALI provinces of the
empire, even in the districts where the
imperial armies are equipped with
European firearms. One of the best
collections was shown in New York
not long ago, and is now in the pos
session of the commercial museum at
Philadelphia. Single specimens of
value are to be found In the Chinese
club rooms in China town, and in many
of the bric-a-brac stores scattered
about the city.
A careful study of the weapons
shows that most of them are naught
but industrial appliances suddenly
employed for purposes of offense- One
spear is a pitchfork and another a
trident similar to that of the eel spear
employed by our own fishermen. An
other CHASTITY weapon. when examined
carefully, proves to be a scythe blade
fastened to the end of a strong pole.
The halberds. or hatchets, AK heads,
AIDES and cleavers wired or tied with
thongs to stout slaves Even the
spears and lances show an agricul-
turaI or domestic rather than mill
tary origin.
These weapons may be viewed as
historical souvenirs which are pre-
served as testimonials of the bravery
of the Manchu conquerors. The Tar
tars take great pride in their conquest
of the middle kingdom. Before they
came from the north they were saw
ages in comparison with the civilized
Chinese. They preserve this fact in
their laws and customs. The cuff of
every officials coat is made in the
form of a horses hoof to indicate that
the Manchurian armies were cavalry.
not infantry. The official footwear is
a cavalry boot, which. though made of
satin with kid-cOvered sOleS, is in cut
and general appearance the same as
the heavy leather articles worn by
their ancestral troopers 300 years ago.
When they conquered China they ex-
perlenced the strongest resistance
from the farmers and fishermen, who
armed themselves with whatever came
to hand and attacked the invaders
with fierce intrepidity.
In honor Of these victories they re-
! tanned the primitive weapons of their
captives and used them as trophies of
their battles. Each Manchu officer
employed a lot of Chinese captives and
armed them with their own spears,
! tridents and axes as the case might
be. The practice has, been kept up
ever since. When a mandarin goes
calling he has one or more guards in
his retinue, who are armed with these
simple cOntrivances. So far has the
idea been pushed that in nearly all
the temples there are weapons which
belong to the god of the temple, and
| these are usually of the same agricul-
tural character as those employed by
the guards of civil and military Of
I ficials
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-21
the NATIONS TOBACCO BILL.

DURING THE YEAR 1900 the tobacco
IL bill OF the nation WAS $3.50, 076, $40.
In 1900 81 30 cigars and cigar
cites were manufactured in the United
States. OF the total. s, lie. 596. 42t were
cigars and 3.25S. 1896 were cigarettes.
Laid end to end the two outputs com
bined would make a string long enough
TO wrap around the globe thirteen
times. with enough left over to reach
from Salt Lake to Omaha and back to
Denver. The exact length of the string
would be 44e.747 40 miles.
These figures are compiled from a
census report recently issued about to-
bacco manufactures. They are inter-
esting because they show to how great
an extent the American people will so
10 secure luxuries, Tor nobody except
the most inveteTate tobacco user viii
assert that My Lady Nicotine" is any
thing else. Two hundred and eighty
odd millions smoked and chewed and
snuffed away in single year.
1t viii be gratifying to the enemies of
the cigarette TO know that the produc-
ton OF this noxious article shows a de-
crease as compared with former years
This may mean that fewer cigarettes
are being smoked, or it may mean chat
more are being imported than formerly
There is a slight gain IN the nIanufac-
ture over 1929, but in 1898 nearly 4,9O0,-
100000 cigarettes were made here: in
both 1897 and 1895. considerably more
than 4O0O.0 900.
On the other hand. the consumption
of cigars has steadily increased. AL
most every year since 1869 shows a gain
and the increase for 1900 over 1899 was
close TO round LOCO. 600, 600.
Practically every state and territory
in the Union has. at some period in its
history. raised tobacco. Seventy pounds
of it We're grown in Utah in 1850. but
not a pound has been reported since.
The soil and climate in this state are
not at all well adapted TO tobacco eul-
ture. Idaho entered the tobacco lists
for the first time in 1900, when the Gem
state raised $50 pounds. Colorado's
last report was in 1880. when 12o pounds
were raised. Arizona produced 100
pounds I'm 1900.
Says the report:
The total production of the United
States for 1900 was SsS, 1921 pounds,
an increase Of s79.so6.s2s pounds. or AIS
per cent. over the crop of 1890. All the
states and territories were represented
except Colorado. District of Columbia.
Nevada. Rhode Island and Utah. but
the cultivation OF tobacco on large
scale Was confined to comparatively
few states The crop OF only eighteen
states exceeded LOCO 900 pounds each
and that of thirteen states, 5000 00C
pounds each. Eight states produced
more than 10000 600. and three states
more than ieo.Oo0.00o pounds each
Kentucky. North Carolina. Virginia
Ohio and Tennessee. in the order
named. were the greatest five pro-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-21
INDIAN DANCES.
Barbaric Ceremonies Forbidden Upon
the Reservation.
(Southern Workman.)

tSOuInern w Orkman.D
The Omaha is the only dance now
practiced among the Sioux; the war
dance died with the accession of peace:
the sun dance has long been frowned
upon by the Great Father. and the
gnoSt dance has been peremptorily for
hidden ever since the trouble spring
ing from it in that unhappy fight at
Wounded Knee in the early winter of
1891. But the Omaha, danced fire.
quently upon the reservation, has not
been actually forbidden. although the
Indian agents in general disapprove of
II, and so far as is possible discount
tenance its perpetuation. IT is primar-
lily a social function, with this unquali-
fed disadvantage, that IL tends to
ward the continuance of that state of
society known to the Indians during
their days Of barbarity; that il en-
phasizes uncivilized delights and that il
has nothing in common with the civ
iliZation toward which we are trying
TO lead the red man Every time the
Omaha is danced the dancers are
drawn more closely to the old lives
and the old ways; a reverence for the
customs of their ancestors is enkindled
within them, and whatever refining
influences of civilization may have
hitherto impressed them are. for the
time. utterly forgotten. and eventually
much weakened. 1t is the great social
reflection of barbarism, and its in
fiuence cannot be for good
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-21
TO DIG FOR NATURAL STEAM.
Scientists Propose TO Utilize the
Earth's Reat to Drive Engines.


Startled by the volcanic occurrences
in the West Indies, Colonel Henry c.
Demming, geologist to the director OF
the United States geological survey in
Pennsylvania. has evolved an extraor-
binary scheme whereby he says the
human race can get all its steam pow
er for nothing.
Colonel Demming says that while the
events of the last two months are ap-
palling in the loss of life, it seemed that
Nature was emphaticany calling the
attention OF man &c an enormous power
not utilized for human wants and COM
fort The deepest hole in Pennsylvania,
in Pittsburg, nearly 5000 feet, produces
hot water; 5000 feet further. and, he
says. it would produce steam.
Continuing, Colonel Demming says:
las Professor William Halleck of Co
lumbar university says, in order to
give the steam commercial value a
method must be provided for dropping
water to the hot areas, allowing il time
TO heat. and yet having it returned to
the surface as steam without inter-
rupting the flow To effect this two
holes might be bored into the earth
$4,000 feet deep and perhaps fifty feet
apart
There would be temperature far
above the boiling point of water. Then,
if very heavy charges Of dynamite or
some other explosive were lowered 10
the bottom of each hole and exploded
simultaneously a sufficient connection
might be established between the two
holes. The rock would be cracked and
assured in all directions, and shatter-
ing il thus around the base of the holes
would turn the surrounding area into
an immense water heater
The water poured into one hole
would be heated and turned into steam,
which would pass through the second
hole TO the earth's surface.
The pressure of such a column Of
steam would be enormous, for aside
from its initial velocity the descending
column of cold water would exert a
pressure of at least 5000 pounds to the
square inch, which would drive every
thing movable through the second hole.
The problem is therefore a mechanical
one, concerned chiefly with connecting
the two holes This accomplished the
| water heater would operate itself and
establish a source of power that would
! surpass anything now in use
In case of seismic disturbances
these holes, il we had them in every
city and town in Pennsylvania, would
! serve as vents and tend to lessen any
1 serious shaking of the earth in any part
/ of the state. We have harnessed the
lightning; why can We not now put at
/ least the bride on the heat beneath US
/ to our benefit?''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-21
NEEDED IMPROVEMENT.

A LII OVER THE UNITED STATES
II fust now more attention is being
paid to municipal improvements than
ever before. This does not mean that
better electric light and waterworks
systems are being installed, or that
garbage is beirg more scientifically
handled. The civic improvements
which are creating the most interest
are the aesthetic improvements. Ell
forts are being made TO make American
cities more beautiful to the eye of res
ident and stranger.
Shade trees are being planted, parks
laid out and we'll kept, bouIevards
PLANNED and unsightly obstacles lev
eled Salt Lake is today one of the
most beautiful cities. naturally, in the
world. This is fact generally con-
ceded by visitors, and proudly claimed
by its citizens. But there is an album
dance of room in Salt Lake for i'm
provement, as there is room in prac-
tfcany all lines of human endeavor for
Improvement.
One particular feature in making
cities more attractive has received
scant notice here. That is, the making
of slightly back yards. In Salt Lake, as
in many other cities, the queen Anne
front and the Mary Ann back -four
ish. Householders devote their best
thoughts and energy to the front lawn
and the flower beds therein. Out in the
back yard the weeds are choking out
the struggling grass and the empty can
holds converse with the ash and garb-
age barrels.
1t isn't so very hard to make the
back yard attractive. Twenty minutes
work day viii serve to keep it in
splendid condition. Grass is easy to
grow. and the poorest can have neatly
kept walks and a few flowers. A tree
here and there, preferably fruit tree,
viii add to the general appearance of
the landscape, giving shade in summer
and fruit in season.
There is another matter in this con-
nection that will appeal to mothers.
y properly kept back yard makes the
best kind of a playground for children
Youngsters must have breathing space.
They are not, as a rule, allowed To run
over the front lawn. and the street be-
comes their only refuge. If they have
a back yard that doesn't look like a
crematory dump they can be kept
there. out of mischief and away from
possible danger.
Let the mothers and the fathers of
Salt Lake take more interest in the
Mary Ann" sections of their premises.
The result cannot fail TO improve both
the moral and the municipal tone of the
community.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-21

ducers, whose combined crop was s7s,-
79l, 900 pounds, or 1873 per cent of the
entire production
Kentucky alone produced 36-2 per
cent of the entire crop Of the United
States. The genesis of American to-
baceo culture was in Virginia. and that
state exceeded any other in quantity
grown until 1870. when Kentucky took
first place. Among the leading pro-
ducers, North Carolina showed the
greatest percentage OF Increase for the
decade between the eleventh and
twelfth census, and in 1900 ranked sec
ond in quantity grown, Virginia being
third The SeS 1929 pounds shown in
table as the total production of the
United States was valued at $50, 993, 00S.
or an average of Sc cents a pound.
This was grown from 1.101, 4S3 acres of
land. distributed among 3os, 317 farms.
the average crop being 1882 pounds per
acre. 1t is estimated upon the expert
ence of a series of years. that the
United States grows approximately
one-half of the worlds supply of to-
bacco"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-21
A Joke That Failed.


Jack Reynolds. one time local newspa-
per man and now manager or something
at the Duquesne Garden. loves a joke.
Long time ago when he used TO cover
the south side for an afternoon paper. he
and Tom McQrade, then sergeant at No.
police station, put up job-one of
Inany-on David SitZler, still sergeant
there.
Dave had pair of new shoes. of which
he was inordinately proud They were a
little tight, he admitted, but he guessed
they would be all right in a few days.
Jack and Tom began TO tell stories of the
terrible things that had happened to men
who wore tight shoes, until Dave, thor
oughly alarmed, announced his intention
or giving them away. which was all that
the jokers had been striving for.
Dave showed up next day with a pair
of old shoes.
Give the others away queried the
Jokers. joyously.
Nope" said Dave. Sold them for half
dollar more'n / gave for them"
Guess III meander forth to Fifth -
said Jack. which was the way he daily
announced his intention OF returning to
the office
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-21
JOHN w. MAckAY.

WITH THE DEATH of John W.
w Maekay, another picturesque fig
ure in American life passes from the
stage of mortal existence. For nearly
forty years Mr.. Mackay had been con-
spicuous. In the late sos he began
taking millions out of the great Com
stock lode in Virginia City, New, and
ever since he had been adding to his
vast wealth. And those who know Mr..
Mackay say he was never spoiled by
his money.
He never forgot that his hands were
once caIloused from handling the pick
and drill, that once he earned his
bread by the sweat of his face. So
his comrades of the old days ever re
ceived from him a cordial welcome.
help, if they needed it, ana hospitality
as a matter of course. John w.
Maclxay was a doer always He was
essentially man of large affairs and
the capability with which he man
aged them is shown by the great
works left as lasting monuments to his
worth.
In spite of his seventy years and
more, Mr.. Mackay was not an old
man. He carried his age with the
jauntiness. almost. of youth. and up
to the time he was stricken was fond
of athletics and outdoor exercise. 1t
was thought that his splendid consti-
tuition would bring him safely through
his Illness. In fact, it was reported
some days since that his condition
was growing better, and the news of
his death, therefore, causes greater
shock.
Mr.. Mackay was the last of the IA
nous quartette of bonanza million
aires,' as they were called in the old
days. Flood. O'Brien and Fair long
since were called to the other side.
Now the muster is complete. OF the
four, Mackay will be the longest re-
membered and the most sincerely
mOurned, for he had in him the traits
which win warm friendships and which
hold them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-21
His NATURALIZATION Oath.
~ York -

A Yorkshireman who has been citizen
these twenty years of the United States
took a fellow countFyman TO Judge Gil
dersleeve's court the other day TO have
him naturaliZed. The foreigner entered
the court room with a cigar. and kept
the smoking butt between the fingers of
his uplifted hand as the clerk per
functorily recited the oath. Without ris-
ing or falling infection the official reeled
IL off thus: i swear that l viii support
the constitution or the United States. and
that ] absolutely and entirely renounce
and abjure all allegiance and fidelity TO
every foreign prince. potentate. state or
sovereignty. particularly to King Edwar I'd
VII king of England. Of which country
l have been a subject',-and just then
noticing the ciCar-''and if YOU don't take
that sinking cheroot cut of your hand be-
fore his honor happens to look this way
and see il he will have you deported. so
help me God" The butt dropped without
exploding. and the man became a citi-
zen
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-21
HAIR CUT OR ARREST.
Desperate Trade Measures Adopted by
a West Indian Barber.
washington Star

washington Starr
The large corps of newspaper CORE
SpondentS which went down TO the West
Indies after the volcano disasters bfought
back any number of interesting stories of
their adventures at St Vincent and Mar
Unique The best of these, perhaps, is
one concerning two well known CORE
spondenJs who started TO explore the
streets of st. Vincent town One of them
went into a hat shop and the other waited
outside for his companion TO emerge.
siX-fOot West Indian negro came up 10
him and inquired if he was from the
United States ship Dixie. The CORE
spOndent replied in the affirmative,
whereupon the negro informed him that
he represented the St Vincent board OF
health, and that the correspondent must
have his hair cut Immediately or return
to his ship. The newspaper man smiled
scornfuliy. The negro did not. but firmly
told him that he must take him back 20
the ship if he refused to lose his back
locks. And the negro looked as if ne
could do il. At this juncture the CORE
spondent's friend came out of the hat
store and joined them. The big negro pre-
scented the same ultimatum to the new
conner, and finally both correspondents
were escarted down the street by the al
legged health official.
As they turned into an intersecting
thoroughfare the trio met a policeman,
and in a twinkfing the stalwart negro had
become but a flying black streak away
down the avenue The two men told the
story to the guardian of the peace, who
smiled sardonieally. why, that man is a
barber ne said land keeps a shop
right down on the next corner
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-21
CANADA's GAME FIELDS.
They Are in No Danger of Ever Be-
coming Game Barren


To one who knows what the vast soli-
tudes of northern Canada really mean the
dread of game determination seems rather
uncailed for The latest census of La bra
dor gives il a population of one man to
every thirty-five square miles. This can
hardly be called an inconvenient crowd
ing There are almost many persons in
a single east side New York block as
there are in the whole of Labrad dor Why
should game become extinct in this re-
gion2 [ must confess i can see no reason
other animals should not live out their
lives just as they have always done. The
numbers killed by man must surely be
quite insignificant. The same conditions
obtain in northern Ontario. the greater
part Of the northwest territories, and a
very large part of British Columbia. The
date is far distant when there viii not be
sufficient game and to spare for the
sportsman who * content to take the
hind the luxuriOusneSs of the fashion
able resort
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-21
At Dawn.

Bonneville (Mass) Journal)
It's fun in Summer time to rise
Up at the break OF dawn.
And with the clicking mower clip
The whiskers on the lawn.
The air is fresh, and cool, and pure
The exercise is great,
And one can cut lot of grass
From four o'clock TO eight.
What matters It. though neighbors swear
And try to stop their earS2
The man at work upon his lawn
Their comments never hears.
Although they funne- and fuss, and fret,
1t doesn't bother him.
And so he twists the mower round
And shOves il with a vim
Oh, yes. it's fun to stir your blood
And cultivate your Drawn
By rising with the sun to NOW
The whiskers on your lawn.
And even though the neighb0rs' eyes
Are sleepleSS, open wide.
Don't let the thought disturb your Joy
The law Is on your side
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-21
hEr. Meek's Cat Was a Tom.
CNew York TeIegraml

lNeW \ Ork ItIegranl-1
Everybody could see he was peculiar
the moment he sat down for his first
square the other day, and no one made
any attempt to converse with him The
little man looked uncomfortable and
glanced about fUrtiVely, until, getting
little holder. he suddenly broke out with
Ny names Meek. Then ne looked
about eXpectantly. and, seeing that ice
was not yet broken, started out bEaVely
to tell about a pet cat he once owned
But the conversational ball would not
roll, and TWO young women began to gig
gle greatly. when the matronly woman.
who taught in mission school. became
mercifuL She smiled upon the crest
fallen Mr.. Meek. and just TO say some
thing. asked. WAS your cat an AngOra,
Mr. Meek
Mr.. Meek thought a moment and then
replied. braVely- No. il was TOM
The lover OF cats has sought a new
boarding house
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-21
VERSES OFTEN CONFUSED
Greed.


believe If / should die
And you should kiss my eyeiids when he
Cold. dead and dumb 10 all the world
contains.
And. from its exile ia the isles of death
Life would come gladly along my
veins
l believe if were dead
And you upon my nfeless heart should
Not knowing what the poor ciod
It would find sudden pulse beneath the
touch
OF him il ever loved in life so much.
And throb again-warm, tender true 10
l believe if on my grave,
Hidden in woody depths or by the wave,
Your. eyes should drop some warm tears
From every salty seed of your dear grief.
Some fair sweet blossoms would leap into
To prove death could not make my love
forget
I believe if should fade
Into those mystic realms where light is
And You should long once more my face
I would come forth upon the hills of night
And gather stars. like fagots. Till thy
Leo By their beacon blaze. fell fun
on me-
believe my faith in thee,
Strong my life, so nObly placed TO be,
| would as soon expect to see the sun
FAN like a dead king from his height
sublime.
His glory stricken from the throne of
time.
AS thee unworth the worship thou hast
won.
believe who hath not loved
Hath half the sweetness OF his life I'M
proved
Like one who. with the grape within
his grasp,
Drops it with all it's crimson juice I'M
pressed
And all its luscious sweetness left un-
guessed
Out from his careless and unheeding
clasp.
I believe love. pure and true,
Is to the soul sweet, immortal dew
That gems life's petals in its hours OF
dusk
The waiting angels see and recognize
The rich crown jewel. Love OF Paradise,
When life falls from US like withereo
nuSk.
Mary Ashley Townsend.