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Decorah-posten., 1902-08-29

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@rnHo 5Or's College,. &c Siss 4.
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Of human beings have taken place as.
incidental to this sort of idol worship.
No one will ever know how many lives
have been taken to appease the wrath.
of these so-called gods.
In religion, however, Africa is COM
ing to reflect the doctrines of the out
side world. The religions of the east
and the religions of the west vie with
each other there. AS a result Africa
is becoming more Christian and a good
deal Mohammedan. The Mohammedan
religion with its early foothold in the,
northeast has gradually spread until
its influence is strongly felt in the
great upper half of the dark continent
Christianity has made some inroads on
the coast in the west and south; and
the great interior remains in its
primal condition-devoted to Nature
worship mixed with a thousand crude
conceptions of the heather.
The religious concepts of the vari-
Gus negro tribes in those portions Of
central and southern Africa where,
neither Mohammedism nor Christian
ity has penetrated, is governed largely
by their degrees of intelligence. The
tribes highest in the scale undoubtedly
worship supreme being, whom they
set great way off, through the lesser
deities which are at hand and whose
images they can see and handle. Some
times these deities are represented by
rivers and trees, and the latter, then
known as fetiches, are supposed to-
contain the spirit of the God appealed
to. The ability to distinguish between
this unseen spirit and the material
image in which it is supposed to dwell,
varies in different tribes according to
the position of the tribe in the scale
of intelligence. The Bushmen and
other low types have no nice distinc-
tions to make. The Bushman regards
his little fetch image as itself mystic
riously powerful, looking to it for
good fortune in much the same way
that persons in more civilized coun-
tries have regarded the left hind leg
of a graveyard rabbit. though of
course with all the honest intensity of
which he is capable.
1t has been declared by some tray
elers that there are tribes in Africa
which have no religion whatever; but
this is hardly probable More reliable
authorities aver that there is no tribe
which has not its superstitions con-
corning mysterious power even though
they know not how to define this pow
er; and these superstitions concerning
the common mysteries of life and of
Nature Invariably find some express
sion in rites of worship however crude.
MILTON B. MARKS
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story of Western Farm Life.

Eleanor Gates is young western
woman who has done some good
work in literature within recent
years. She likes especially to weave
her early ideas, gathered on a Da-
kota farm, where she lived during
her childhood, into her stories, and
does so with wonderful success.
She has but recently completed a
story entitled ''The Biography of a
Prairie Girl which is said to be far
superior to anything ever attempted
by her before. The time of the story
is about 25 years ago, and into it is
woven every phase of western farm
life of that time, attended as it was
by all the hardships and pleasures of
the frontier. The story is to be run
as serial in the Century Magazine,
beginning with the August number.
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EDUCATE THE
FARMER :: :: ): ):
BY Hon. JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture.

higher levels OF comfort and happiness that they weary
hand with better trained head have
telectua moral and spiritual life the previous question
the educators Of the producing country called
The fouryear college does begin enough
continue long enough the day in this
regard Teachers wanted primary schools and
IN work the universities They wanted
that has been done in all the ages truths I'M
DERIVING production. and their application farm.
THE MOST USEFUL. AND VALUABLE EDUCATIONAL
WORK IN ALL THE WORLD APPEALING TO THE EDJCA-
TOR is THAT OF THE FARMERS OF THE COUNTRY Po
work along this line is waiting The organization of faculties
to do the work. apparatus laboratories books illustrative ma
terials from primary postgraduate beyond studies
specialists be combined must be brodened and
where specialists must be grouped reach meet
the pressing demands of poducers-a waiting This is
the field applied science where grower seeks the help
OF the scholar of the experimener of observer.
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tribes of negroes and each of these has
its own language. So varied have these
tongues seemed that few attempts to
classify them have been made: never
theless it is thought they may be
traced to five distinct heads or groups.
OF these five, the first two are the Ha-
mite and Semitic tongues; while the
remaining three are purely African.
OF the latter the first group comprises
the various Nigritian languages. spok-
en- by the inhabitants of that territory
known as the Equatorial Belt. the sec
ond includes the great Bantu and KAT
fir divisions and the third includes the
tongue of the Hottentots and Bush
men.
The real African religion is essen
TALLY the religion of the heathen. 1t
is the outgrowth of fear and reverence
for Nature as it appears to the child
of the woods. Innumerable rites. oft
times of an abominable nature form
the body of this religion. Some of the
rites aud ceremonies are directly
traceab'e t. the ceremonial religions
ct the east which have somehow fl
tered 10 tie heart Of Africa, mixing
themselves with the crude religious
conceptions of the ignorant blacks and
producing system o. rites that are
sometimes grotesque, but more often
revolving tothe civilized sense. The phi
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losophy of Shamanism, which recog-
nizes supreme deity who is assisted
by a great many lesser gods, good and
bad, is found to be a prevalent doctrine
in some portions. But so crude does
it become, in some sections especially,
that it is nothing more nor less than
fetichism-than which in it's worst
forms there is no more horrible sys~
tenn of so-called religious ceremonies.
The fetch worship requires an almost
infinite number of idols, each of which
is worshiped under the supposition
that it contains the spirit of the par
ticular diety it represents, and whose
aid or mercy the surplicant desires to
invoke. The most hideous sacrifices
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A Critic siIenced

A bishop who was travelling in a
mining country, and encountered an
old Irishman turning windlass which
hauled up ore out of shaft. 1t was
his work to do this all day long. His
hat was off, and the sun poured down
on his unprotected head.
Don't you know the sun will injure
your brain if you expose it in that man
ner?" said the good man.
The Irishman wiped the sweat from
his forehead and looked at the clergy
man.
do We think I'd be doing this all
day if had any brains?" he said, and
then gave the handle another turn
Tit-Bits.
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4
Ia M culiarities of physique, re-
ligion and language of the
many tribes of people who inhabit
Africa. So numerous are the branches
of the African race that map of the
country must be divided and subdi-
vided many times before all the sec
lions can be shown; and they never can
be correctly presented for the reason
1 that the boundary lines between the
tribes have in many instances been
swept away by intermarriage, wars,
or other intermingling and by the for
nation of half-breed races, so that
while the tribes and races of Africa
differ radically from each other they
are oftentimes SO gradually blended
that to establish an arbitrary line be-
tween them is impossible.
The colored peoples of Africa may
first be divided into three classes, each
of which has distinct origin. These
are: The Northern and Northwestern
race, the Western, and the Eastern.
Some authorities insist there is still
a fourth separate and distinct race to
trail and Southern Africa.
Of the Northern race the Berbers
are an excellent example. Their fea-
lures are small and regular, their lips
thin, their hair long and their fore
heads indicate intelligence beyond the
ordinary African. They are supposed
to have sprung from the Caucasian
race.
The Western race is the fat-nosed,
thick-lipped negro with which the
world is best familiar. The Eastern
race are Malays from Madagascar.
Under the fourth division are some
times placed the pigmy tribes of cen
trail Africa and the Bushmen of the
south.
The Caucasian race may properly be
divided into two sections: The Hamitic
and the Semitic, the former being the
most important. The Hamitic division
may be taken to include the inhab-
itants of Somali Land, Gallas, and
some of the inhabitants of Abyssinia;
while the Semitic race may be taken to
include the inhabitants of Algeria
Tripoli, Tunis, certain portions of the
Nile valley, the soudan, the Sahara,
and portions of Abyssinia.
The Mongolian race in Africa shows
no especial divisions, being chiefly
composed, as we have said, of Malays
from Madagascar who are tainted
with negro blood.
The real negro race is the interest
ing one and must be many times sub
divided into tribes and clans. The first
great general divisions are: The Ban
tn, the Guinea negroes, the negroes of
the equatorial regions and the negroes
of the Nile. The attempt to separate
each of these four divisions into the
various tribes which belong to it
would be task far greater than that
Of classifying all of the many tribes
of American Indians. However, it may
be we'll at this point to add that the
Hottentot, the Katfir, the Zulu, the
Matabili-all especially we'll known to
us-belong properly to the fourth d.
vision of the negro. They live in South
Africa and are at home in the wilds
where the Bushman dwells.
There are in Africa probably not
fewer than 300 separate and distinct
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The rats of the island of Jamaica
have so increased in number that the
residents have combined to DESTROY
them. The animals have thus been
forced to change their manner of
lie. They have taken to tree-climb-
Ing, passing the day in the tree tops.
chiefly among the wild pines, then
coming fosth and feeding undis-
turbed at night, when their enemy.
the mongoose, is asleep in the thick
cts.
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A Household Hint.

"'I shall never permit myself to be-
come household drudge" said the
young woman. II shall endeavor to
improve my mind.''
'"That is good idea," answered
Miss Cayenne; "but don't let your lit
erary pursuits monopolize you. Re,
member there are times when currant
jelly appeals to man great deal
more than current fiction. "-Washing-
ton Star.
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The Feminine Way.
new

II left the planning of our new
house entirely to my wife"
"How did she go about it?"
"She had the architect make pro-
vision for the necessary closets first.
II see. And then merely cut up
what was left into rooms"
"That's what she intended to do,
but there wasn't anything left. When
she had laid out the closets the en-
tire building space was gone. Chi
cago Post
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habits life represented by these simple words Summer
extraordinary influence American very few Of
US stop to think how extraordinary We haven't because
we haven't time that we have the Summer Girl.
For have Summer Man. remember that If we
had the Summer Girl would have would not be Sum-
ner Girl She would only be the Girl Summer which would be
very different.
She is the Summer Girl then, because for part year.
very important out-ofdoors she detached
which she lives at home and very largely people not
see during the other months of the year.
Now in summer other times year, men who are
worth their salt The Summer Girl understands the
situation She knows REAL MAN when She recog
@ ms scarcity IN summer-and she accordingly
her to vot She has keen humor to be serious
at the wrong time Generally speaking the wrong
When tempted being Airt in summer
consider tor what she with The thought
will check you
The average in his out otown days is NOT SERIOUS
PROPOSITION Remember many OF him are not enpta
tons to thought Witness his Panama
his blazer his cigarette Remember that She may moments
OF PerpleSty in recognizing him Noble Animal.
At the end OF the he will evapora may Wis.
IDLE Tor week or for He be frivolous
seriously long time; he be fry
Girl must wear though be Of gauze interval
She knows her business divine instinct to her Her
business is to be the Winter Girl when the un
rufHed and undisnayed to the affairs of her life.
These affairs be in Society," Business
does not matter which If she has made great being
serious the greatest the world because
she has learned the Gentle Art of Not Being Serious All the
We have adopted much peoples
10 have
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The Reporter Scores.

Senator Treacle-Did you tell that
reporter I had nothing to say?
Servant-Yes, sir.
Senator Treacle-I suppose he was
very much disappointed.
Servant hardly know, sir. He
said he was aware of the fact that you
never said anything, but was under
the impression that you never missed
an opportunity to talk.-Chicago
Daily News.
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A Fleeting Glance.

"A Fleeing Glance.
Maud-Did you notice who that lady
was who got out of the train and stared
so hard at us?
Mabel-Do you mean the one with
the open coat with silk facings, red
bolero, blue trimmed hat, gray gloves,
striped flounce with diamond stitch
ings, with an umbrella and a red
backed book and mole on her left
cheek. and frightfully ugly?
Maud-Yes, that's the one.
Mabel-No; I hardly caught .
glimpse of her.-Chicago American.
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An Arbitrary Rule.

Mr.. Nupop-Why isn't little Robert
out with his nurse? Perhaps the
nurse sent you from the employment
agency didn't come,
Mrs. Nupop-Oh! yes, she came, but
she didn't suit at all. She had nothing
but blue dresses to wear, and you
know blue is only for girl babies;
pinla's for boys.-Philadelphia Press.
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Following the usual Cour.e.

DID you call on her father?"
Yes. He treated me we'll, too. /
asked him for Maud, and he said it
would be just as Maud wished. l
thanked him, and then he said it was
always customary for Maud's suitors
to take him out to dinner. And he
somewhat unpleasantly added that a
dinner was about all there was in it
for him. '-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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He PAYS the Bills.

I've heard that women purchase naug
When they go out to shop
That all they do is price the goods
Where'er they chance to stop.
The rule may be that women scorn
To purchase tucks and frills,
But my wife isn't built that way;
know-I pay the bills
Ohio State Journal
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Her Deduction.

Mrs. Bings-Mrs. Nexdoor told me
you once wanted to marry that Miss
Upton. She wouldn't have you, pre-
sumo.
Mr.. Bings-Did Mrs. Nexdoor say
Miss Upton refused me?
Mrs. Bings-No, she merely re-
marked that Miss Upton had always
been a very sensible grin. Y.
Weekly.
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FIatterins TruthruIpe..

Mrs. Fortysummers-I told Mr..
Beach l was 2s, and he said didn't
look it.
Her Loving Husband Well, you
don't; you haven't looked it for !!
years.-Tit Bits,
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She Wnx His,n

He started with: 20 Dora, please"
She did not stop to listen.
He meant to flop down on his knees,
But she hoped up on his'n.
PHILADELPHIA Press
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Great activity is displayed in mercantil
we're never SO good as now This shows
that business people have done we'll and
made money; which enables them to meet
their obligations promptly.
Another evidence of confidence in the
future is the activity of money. THERE
NEVER WAS A TIME WHEN IT WAS
MORE GENERALLY EMPL DYED ALL
OVER THE NATION THAN AT PRES
ENT
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The outlook for a prosperou

The outlook for prosperous
year is very bright if the crops
pan out well. 1t now looks as if
there would be large harvest.
The industrial situation is GER
tainly very promising, as the con-
tinued demand for iron and steel,
on a large scale, would indicate.
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Lucas-Did youse ever speckalate
on Wall street?
Timothy-Yes, ulster stand around
the stock exchange an wonder where
my next meal wuz comm FROM
Ohio State Journal.
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The Good Old Kind.

The wireless nouse-trap fellows plan
We herewith beg to question.
But know the mouseless mouse-trap Is
A practical suggestion.
IN. Y Times
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passion, class, prlvilege, cast, birth,
and all that. The people govern
here. They should be educated
with a view to their development
along the lines of their life work,
whatever that may be.
What can be done for our
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-07-29

Lady of the House-This little bit of
ice won't last an hour. Why don't you
give me large piece these hot days?
The 1ceman-What for? 1t would
only melt.-Chicago Journal.
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Preference,

We praise the girl that's tailor-mada
For figure most divine.
But when it comes to marrying,
The ready maid is mine.
Life.
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Sternphace-Don't you know that
you can't support my daughter until
you go to work and earn salary?
Lawrence-Oh, l don't want to sup
port her, | only want to marry her!"
Chicago Daily News.
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The Old, Old Wish,

We wish 1t were tomorrow
What time we work away,
And. later, think with sorrow:
'Ah. if 'twere yesterdaym
Chicago Record Herald.
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GIadness.

These are the gladdest days of all,
The loveliest of the year;
The cherry seasons over, but
The watermelons here.
Chicago Record Herald.
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Clever Little Boy.

Mamma, | know the gentleman's
name that called to see Aunt Ellie
last night = and nobody told me,
either"
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HE summer girl is an American invention We
could not fancy her being invented anywhere
else in the world. There is nothing like her in
England She could not have been made in
Germany" She has happened to us. She is
one of our institutions. Some day it will be
discovered that she is very important institr-
ton.
YES, AN INSTITUTION.
The conditions the habits of mind the
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Sure of Him.

Tess-If you really love him, why
did you refuse him?
Jess-Goodness! You don't suppose
I'd be SO unmaidenly as to accept him
the first time?
Tess-But he declares he'll never
propose to another girl as long as he
lives.
Jess-Of course. I'm not "another
girl. "-Philadelphia Press.
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well, then, what is it, Bobbie 2"

why, George Don't! / heard her
say: George Don't in the parlor four
or five times running. That's what his
name is!"-Tit-Bits
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she-What are you thinking about?
He-Nothing.
She Isn't that rather egotistical1
The King.
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we have adopted much peoples
who have responsibilities people educate men of leisure
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PROS PERITY--
WILL 1T CONTINUE?
By HENRY CLEWS,
New York Banker; Author of eighteen
Years in Wall Street." Etc.

Great activity displayed IN mercantile circles Collections
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-07-29

E are but just beginning to
have detailed information
of an authoritative kind
concerning the various pc
culiarities of physique, re-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-07-29
He Had speculated.

Philadelphia Press.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-31
HARD TIMES IN RUSSIA.

Russia, the giant of Europe is in a very bad way
financially
The number of French loans which have been ne.
Sotated in recent years have made this plain to the
world. Russias necessities and the desire to keep M
her credit and secure financial accommodation have
been at the bottom of the French and Russian aIli
The French are acute enough to recognize this
perfectly we'll but they need Russias military power
for actual or potential for their own foreign policy
and lend that country money so as to secure her helm
Few foreigners, however, have been aware of the
extent of Russa's difficulties until the recent report
to the of Mr.. de Witte the Russian minister OF
finance. The metal industries, Mr., dc White reportg
on the verge Of ruin the textile industries are
depressed and many bankrupt; the productivity
OF the land has decreased ~ per cent during the p
twenty years. the average OF land because of bad
cultivation produces but onedfth produced by an
In America; the number of horses has decreased as
per cent during the past thirty years decrease that
can not be explained by the Introduction of uiachin-
ery ~ per cent OF the agricultural population are
hopeessly in with their taxes; Finland po.
land and the Caucasus which are Inhabited bv non
Russian nationalities the only parts of the empre
showing general prosperity
Famine has prevailed in Russia TO a frigbtfl a,
tent. The peasants have a hard enough time when
the crops gathered but when the crops fail there
is general sacrifice Of live stock the hope OF pro
longing life, and then when there Is no more stock IA
kill. famine sets in.
Russia is rich In undeveloped resources but unlegs
something is done to relieve the poverty of the meas
ants the outlook is dark indeed The only thing tbat
holds out any hope is that the Russian people have
capacity for enduring suffering that is enormous bein
people OF extraordinary vitality Conditions which
would XIII another endured by the Russians
ith q fortitude that is wonderful