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The Washington times., 1904-08-21

~ NE Of the most talked about i'm
migrants" that have recently
~ arrived in the United States is
the Guatemalan ant. an insect whose
people have lived Tor centuries among
the mountain wilds Of Central America
Like the negro who landed at James
town IN 1920. the Guatemalan ant has
been brought 20 this country without the
desire or knowledge Of Americans. and
against his own consent. He was cap
tured. Gagged, and imported into Texas
by way OF New Orleans. several months
ago. by q representative OF the Depart
ment Of Agriculture-one OF that nomad-
&c army OF investigators who pitch their
tents in every cline. from the equator
TO either pole.
The captor says that. IN expatriating
the Guatemalan ant, the Department Of
Agriculture has promoted scientific IN
vestigation, and that this is one the
cases where the theory Of "the consent
Of the governed" should not be too
vigorously respected. The ant has a diff
ferent story 10 tell Civilization requires
that the Department Of Agriculture, II
is said. should take up 1.-THE white mans
burden" IN Guatemala. as well as else
where. and carry forward there the
work Of benevolent assimilation"
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A Most Interesting and Intelligent Little In
sect Is This Ant, With Well Ordered
Habits of Life and Unlimited
Personal Courage.

Of obsequioUs attention on the part Of
the workers and drones.
A hundred ants are always ready to
project their singers and protect the
queen from harm. In the ant kingdom
the age Of chivalry is not yet dead
Prof. Cook captured a number Of
nests or colonies" Among them
were queens, drones. workers. cocoOns,
larvae. and eggs. These he imprisoned
in Jars half filed with earth, and
brought them to the United States.
A Complete Success.
He passed New Orleans unmOlested,
but when he arrived in Texas he was
greeted very much as a stranger is in
the enemy's country. Texans had an
idea that the Guatemalan ant would de-
stroy cotton, and that il would be sui
cidal TO permit it to get abroad in the
Lone Star State This al-rm was soon
quieted, however, and Prof. Cook began
his experiments.
He has been extremely successful. The
ants have multiplied and been exceed
ingly fruitful. and now they are numer-
Gus enough TO operate effectively our
wide territories. Whenever given a
chance they drive the boil weeviI out
completely.
Can He Stand the Winters7
The question that is now giving the
department anxiety Is whether or not
the ant can live through the winter in
the cotton belt of the Southern States.
The climate and configuration Of this
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he caught several boil weevils and put
them on the field cotton. The moment
the ant saw them. he made for them.
stinging them one by one. killing them
and carrying them into the ant nest a
few feet away
Then It was that Prof. Cook realized
lac had solved the problem. Those who
saw him say that as the significance Of
the discovery dawned upon him, his
eyes lost cor moment their microscopic
expression, and colored with laughter
How the Ants Live.
Then he got busy
He traced the ants to their nests.
These nests. or colonies" are in the
ground. from one 70 three feet below
the surface Of the earth. They are
reached through an aperture about the
size OF a half dollar on the surface Of
the earth. These apertures are vertical
to begin with, but a little below the
surface they begin 20 wind, and are bro
ken by galleries that run of at right
angles from the main aperture. In these
galleries the workers" live
Royal Chamber and Throne Room.
At the bottom Of the nest is the royal
chamber" and nearby the throne
room" The royal chamber IS where the.
queen ant lives. The throne room is
where the queen and the drones meet on
state occasions and hold their cabinet
meetings.
Tiny Kingdom, Indeed.
At these meetings the workers" are
represented and reports are heard on
the various departments OF the king
dom.
Each Of these ant kingdoms number
from 50 TO 90.
They consist of the queen ant, the
male drOnes-and all the males are
drOnes-and the workers. Only few
drones are permitted. The workers
have habit Of killing off the males
who are ineligible TO be drones The
queen ant IS the object Of a great deal
The Washington times., 1904-08-21

The world IS young. Some Of the
races thai people IL may be too old
and even now yerging toward decadence.
Man some one has said, is the tadpole
OF an archangel. and the super-man-
the man OF the tuture-may be as great
ly the superior Of the man Of today as
are we Of some OF the higher animals.
The future IS big with promise; the best
OF the worlds history has never been
written
Let US look carefully then TO the
adoiescents-the individual children and
the separate races that give promise Of
the most rapid growth. In them reside
the hope and the glory Of ages yet to
be"
DR.. c. Stanley Hall, president of Clark
University, recently delivered a series OF
three lectures at Howard University. He
spoke I'm the morning. at noon, and in
the evening. each OF the lectures upon
a different topic, but all tending 20 the
cultivation OF a spirit OF intelligent care
for the children Of the race The
evening lecture had for It's subject
Adolescence. the title OF DR.. Halls re-
ceQt book, that has received such wide
II favorable criticism. Those who have
read and understood have hailed the
author as the protagOnist OF a new gos-
pei.
English. the Language and the Liter
ature. and How TO Teach IT," was dis
cussed By DR.. Hall in the lecture deliv-
cred at noon. DR.. Hall is an optimist-
ne says-but he treated the subject from
the standpoint Of one who has looked
for perfection and found something de-
cidedly different. And yet possibly.
that IS a way the optimists have.
Language Is Decadent.
He bemoaned IN his introduction the
growing incapacity Of the young Of the
present 10 speak and write the language
Of the race, and declared Investigations
made by educators among the applicants
for admission to a number Of colleges
and universities had revealed a state Of
ignorance that surprised and shnmed.
Then be proceeded TO discuss the causes
and 70 assign cures.
dltion OF affairs are several. said DR.
Clark
in the first place" he said. English
f. the biggest language on earth. TIL,
last edition Of the Century Dictionary
contains $4,000 words OF accepted and
approved excellence. as against a little
more than 5000 IN the first edition OF
Webster. The dictionary OF the French
Academy contains but 5000 words
Spanish COCO. German 5000, Dutch
5000, and Portuguese $1,000 II is easy
70 see the difference and appreciate its
meaning.
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Nor IS this all The words IN the
dictionary do not include derivatives
and many others. The leading editor
- the Century Dictionary has recently
declared be would undertake 10 produce
one million good English words. that
would receive the sanction of philolo-
gists. for one million good American
dollars, that would pass muster at the
bank"
other difficulties Of tIe language were
adverted TO by the speaker. 1t has
borrowed from almost every tongue
between 5000 and 5000 words from the
Indians. many from the Chiuese-it has
added 20 itself from the baby talk Of
mothers and gathered a new inspiration
from the slang Of the Eamins on the
streets. No languaSa IS so creative;
none has such a capacity for absorption.
Slang Is Everywhere.
In fact" said DR.. Hall, 1T lis diff
cult 10 enforce the prim proprieties Of
Addisonian OF MlltOniC syntax upon the
mind and speech of the modern boy Of
our schools. No matter how diligont
the effort IN the classroom, rs soon as
he IS again on the streets he Eelapses
into his native element and begins TO
may be, as has been suggested. that
one reason for the decadcnce Of English
IS that we have tried TO make children
speak too correctly"
The wrong or excessive use Of foreign
languages in the schools was rCundIy
condemned, the almost universal ef-
fort 70 teach a smatterinE Of Latin
coming IN for a special share Of repro
baton. On this special subject Dr. Hall
voiced a very definite opinion that "a
little learning is a dangerous thing"
I have no great regard for the poly
glot speaker. who IS just that and moth
ing more anyhow" said DR.. Hall.
when run across one Of these gentry
/ am forcibly reminded Of the linguistic
prodigy who dwelt some years ago in
Europe, Of whom 1t was said he could
recite the Lords Prayer in thirty diff
ferent languages. It was added, though,
stand what was said in any one Of
them"
The stress placed on reading and writ
ing as contrasted with speaking and
hearing-the cultivation OF the eye and
fingers. as opposed 20 the cultivation
Of the tongue and ear-in the schools
Of today, won no favor from DR.. Hall.
Man spoke and heard for hundreds Of
thousands Of years before he wrote or
read. and 20 emphasize the later method
Of communication was 10 make use o.
the long circuit instead Of the short.
Books shou>- Aanished from the
The Washington times., 1904-08-21

theater. wept at the troubles depicted
upon the stage-and suffered her coach
man 10 freeze to death in the snow with
out. We should give pity and sympathy
where it is due.
And last Of alI-Iove, the greatest OF
all our emotions. The love Of God, OF
nature. OF the other sex-how INSOFAR
ably are they woven together? So in
separable are they. indeed. that he who
fails to feel any one Of them cannot
feel. che others in their fullest efrul-
gence. Education should teach us to
love Alright all Of natures handiwOrl,
the clouds and the winds and waves,
for they are Of God
Everyone who natures properly VIII
pass from the life Of selishness to the
life Of sacrifice and self-denial- Altru-
ism becomes a passion. and we make q
virtue Of the sad necessity Of our being
Love has triUmphed, as when
Love took up the harp Of love ana
smOte on all its strings with mignt;
Smote the chord Of self, that, sigh
ing, passed in beauty out OF sight
Golden Age Of Life.
Adolescence marks the growth OF the
religious sentiment-the birth OF new
and higher life. The power Of good and
evil struggle for supremacy. as at no
other time. CriminaIity increases. but
good. too. is stronger and more wide
reaching.
1T is life's golden age, not only in the
lives Of individuals, but in the lives OF
nations Some races are decadent; some
are rising. higher, higher, higher, every
day; it may be they are destined to rule
the world.
.sThe old races have passed or are
passing away The tramp OF Roman
Iep-ions once shook the earth and the
sbrines of Jupiter, Apollo and Venus
stood by the side Of every highway in
the world. Now Rome's soldiery march
no more and of all the gods in her
pantheon there is not one that keeps
n worshiper-uO. not one. The gods Of
Rome are as dead as Rome herself For
such reasons I deprecaJe the imperial
ism that would seek to throttle the rise
of primitive or adOlescent races, wher-
ever they may be found.
Yes. the world is young, while some
of the races that people il may be 100
old and verging toward decadence-
may be following Rome on the down.
ward slope Man some one mas said,
is the tadpofe Of an archangel,' and the
super-man-the man of the fUture-maY
be as greatly the superior OF the man Of
today as we are OF some OF the higher
animals The future Is big with prom
Use; the best of the worlds history has
never been written
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class room during the early years Of a
child's instruction The story with its
potentialitles for wise instruction, for the
stimulation Of the imagination, should
have a prominent place In every pri-
mary school curriculum.
The Charm Of the Story.
There was never yet born teacher
who was not a born storyteller-never
one who could not weave that hypno-
thing spell OF once upon a time If /
We're Plato's wise tyrant and had the
power to select every teacher in the
country I would mare those only who
could spin their fancies into words and
lead the willing imaginations Of little
children into the byways Of romance
beyond the mountain passes Of mys-
terry and beauty, as once Of old the Pied
Piper Of Hamlein led the rats and chill
dren Of that city by thu incarnation Of
his magic flute"
And TO illustrate what he meant DR.
Hall told a story himself. with such
simple effectiveness that the point was
pressed home once for all
once upon a time there was a little
girl" he said who had lost both father
and mOther-who had no friends 20 care
for her and who must make her own
way in the world. She had only the
clothes she wore and another dress, and
a loaf OF bread. but stin she started
bravely out.
1T was cold; the snow lay deep upon
the ground. After little while the lit
tie girl came upon another, Of her own
age, who was starving. and she gave her
d loaf Of bread. She went on and there
was a child who was shivering In the
cold, and she gave the clothes she was
carrying StiIl a little farther on an
other little girl was cold and unhappy
and the first little girl gave har her
outer garment. And IN the deep wood,
where the snow was deeper and the cold
colder, she found n little girl who was
freezing and naked and she took off her
under garment and wrapped il around
the cold limbs.
The stars were shining and she stood
and looked up to them for help-and all
Of a sudden the stars became silver dol
lars and fell at her feet and she lived
rich and happy ever after"
A Profound Effect.
There was a ripple Of relieved laughter
as DR.. Hall concluded the simple little
tale. He had told IT so solemnIy and
with such pathos that the end had not
been anticipated and though II appears
"a bit futile, perhaps, in cold print, his
manner and expression warmed II into
life, He had made his point.
The sacrifice OF content 70 form
the teaching OF language rather
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than the literature It perpetu-
ates-was given by DR.. Hall as
another cause Of decadence. He de-
clared the young people Of the day were
lacking. almost universally, IN knowI-
edge Of the traditions Of the race The
last cause is the emphasis placed upon
objective teaching and the neglect OF
the symbolic words and expressions Of
the language
AS cures for the evil Dr. Hall prescrib-
&c the absorption of resonant words.
the teaching Of the great epic Ilteratu e
Of the race, the study of oratory, the
elevation OF the drama and the close
study OF the Bible.
The language is rich I'm epic litera-
ture." he said. The traditions that
have given inspiration to wagner's
operas and to Tennyson's poems, TO
Spenser and Raleigh and the great host
Of others are filled with inspiration for
the youth Of the present. They embody
the very eflOrescence Of honor; they
teach chivalry TO women: they contain
the poetry and romance that appeal 10
young hearts. budding and bourgeon-
ing.
Oratory, too, came in for It's share Of
praise, as the present methods OF teach
ing came In for their share Of condeTnna-
ton. DR.. Hall said the modern tenden-
cies were toward trivialities so that the
nation faced a real danger Of instructIng
its youth that the thing to do was Ito
be able 10 talk without having anything
to say" He said the graduate in ora
tory today was given his diploma on
somewhat the same basis as the barber
OF the middle ages was relieved from his
! Observation-Disclosures he could make two
hogsheads Of lather from two ounces of
soap.
The Ideal of OratoTy.
Rather" said Dr. Hall. the ideals Of
the teacher CT oratory should conform
to the dictum OF Qulntilian. to cadence
! the soul Alright and so TO teach the
/ young to cadence Alright the souls of
others The orator should be unstudied
earnest, persuasive The functions of
| the orator, as Aristotle has declared, Is
! TO give to truth the predominance that
! belongs TO it by its own inherent excel
! lence'"
The dramatic ideal drama-said DR..
Hall, has In it untold possibilities OF
good He said the English Bible was a
model OF style and the greatest of all
psychological products. He pleaCed for
| its teaching without regard to the relig-
( ion II inculcates or the dogmas II laws
I down.
our language is a great heritage, "
concluded DR. Hall. land we should
treasure 1t and keep it pure and use fl
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Alright. II We are earnest, diligent. in
telligent, and sincere-if we instiu these
lessons into the minds and hearts Of
young people-then and then only shall
we come into and exhaust the full posi-
bilities of this priceless and unprece-
dented possession"
Adolescence
The lecture on Adolescence" was
that one, as a matter Of course. which
attracted the largest share Of general
public attention and interest. an inter
est. by the way, that was generously re-
warded. Adolescence, II was explained
by the lecturer. comprises the period OF
life between twelve or eighteen and
twenty-fOur or twenty-five. The changes
that ensue. the dangers that infest and
the possibilities that inhere TO this per
Tod OF life were the themes upon which
DR.. Hall dwelt.
The development Of a human being -
he prefaced. represents the develop
ment Of the race. The period Of life
between eight and twelve does not in
vOlve much change. depicting. II the
theory OF evolution be correct, the early
pygmean stage Of racial progress up
ward. It IS the stage Of discipline. of
habitation. Children then regard them
selves as a race apart from their elders:
they hold different theories of life; they
live I'm a different atmosphere.
But with the advent Of the teens a
new era dawns. Individuality begins to
bourgeon, personal tastes TO make their
appearance, personal ambitions to take
possession OF the mind II is the period
Of rapid growth and expansion-and ed
ucation must meet It's needs. II edu-
cation IS to be successful II must sup
ply a secret and sympathetic chord be-
tween the heart and brain of the teach
er and the heart and brain Of the child.
one great function Of education is the
establishment and encouragement of the
special talent"
Phenomena of Growth
DR.. Hall discussed in some detail the
phenomena Of growth. with the pecu-
lisrities that science has noticed. He
paid tribute 70 the microscope, which lad
made many Of these physiological Obser-
vations and deductions possible. He said
that natures way was always the best
and that it was the duty Of the teach
eT to get out OF the road and permit ma
ture to have full swing
1T has been said" he declared, that
one ounce Of heredity is worth a ton
Of education"
During this rapid period of develop
ment a very little serves to arrest Il.
mentally and physically. The pathetic
thing about 1t Is that the qualities last
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Sympathy and Pity.

'SympatIy-pity-it is the foundation
of our civilization. 1t Is keen fellow
feeling for the sufterings Of others. and
it has been said that all morals and tho
whole of ethics are based upon IT. Edu-
cation, we may say, then. Is teaching
young people to pity Alright. There are
some women who expend all their SIN
pathy upon poodles. and there is a story
OF a Russian countess who went TO the
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developed are the highest and best and
noblest- One-fOurth Of the inmates OF
all our hospitals for the insane are
adolescents-and the probability is that
for one that Is confined there are
twenty walking the streets who ought
TO be"
The proneness OF adolescence to dis
ease and TO criminality was next taken
up. DR.. Hall said the criminal sta
ustics showed a steady increase in
Juvenile crime and a steady lowering of
the age at which the first criminal Of
tense was committed. The fact ap-
plies 70 every form of crime and every
type Of vice
1t Is the Age of Love.
Adolescence" said the speaker. lis
the age OF love. 1t marks the awaken
ing Of the affections, not only to the
charms OF the other sex. but toward
God and nature. 1t is a physiological
renaissance. 1t is the day of the birth
of the sentiments and emotions. Child
hood Is essentially selfsh--and naturally
sO-but IN these critical years Of our
new birth comes a great flood of new
emotions.
Then We begin to hear from our
I AeAAfA AOlEDtttlS II mas bttAA computed
by a scientist that each OF the present
/ generation, going as far back as the
landing OF William the Conqueror has
had nine billion ancestors So you see
there is probably the blood OF kings. and
/ beggar-men. statesmen and mendicants
and worse, coursing in the veins OF
every one of US. There must be q
rather complicated blend.
1T is the time when our emotions
should be educated and directed Alright
All Of US feel fear, for instance. but not
in ali of US is fear inspired by the
proper objects. We should fear Cod
not mice or bugs. Education should
teach US to fear the things that ar,
worthy Of being feared.
And anger-there is another emotion
that cannot be suppressed and that
should not be. Isn't there evil enough
in the world to demand all the indig
nant resentment a man can body forth
Education should instruct US to b,
angry on the proper occasions.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-02-26
HAY CREEK

Feb. 24-Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lar
son Of Little Falls visited friends here
Sunday.
John 81. Hanfler attended church at
Ledoux Sunday.
Peter Gregerson drove to Little
Falls Tuesday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kupka left for
Minneapolis Tuesday, where they
will make their future home. They
were accompanied by John Yastrinski.
Fred Hanaer drove to Little Falls
"Wednesday.
There was no school in Dist.
Monday on accounted WASHINGTON s
birthday.
Peter Gregerson ST., entertained a
number of his friends Sunday, being
his forty-6fth birthday. The evening
was spent In playing games. Refresh
ments were served at II O'Clock.
There will be peoples caucus held
at the town hall Saturday at Z p. m.
for the purpose of nominating town
officers and transact1ng other business.
John Hanaer will be q candidate
for assessor at the spring election.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-02-26

trust prices 10 q the top znoteh q
Ignored hy Secretary Shaw. VI
Davis Index figures Tor February,
which had been published : week be-
fore Secretary Shaw met bis deolara-
tion, show that the price Of com.
.modities has reached the highest
point in two years, except In May,
1909. That the tariff fostered the
trusts and supported those high prices
Of most Of the articles sof general
consumption was not considered by
Secretary Shaw Or If he<did consi-
der it he purposely evaded the issue.
because it was impossible to reply
to the democratic contention and the
clamor of the people for reform. The
much heralded legal proceedings
against the beef combine has had a
most disastrous effect on the peck
cts of the of farmer and the consum-
or, for in spite Of the injunction to
prevent the beef combine from con-
trolling the market for cattle and the
wholesale market for beef, the price
of cattle has declined nearly so per
cent and the price of meat is much
greater in proportion of the price OF
cattle than before the injunction was
obtained.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-02-26

John Sharp Williams, the democra-
tic leader, was taking part in a tariff
talk in the House when q republican
asked him: IF you had your own
way what would you do with the tar
if-throw away all duties?" Mr..
Williams replied easily: 1T ! had
an old house to take down and wanted
to build q new one in it's place am
not fool enough to blow 1t up by dy.
Mantle. l would begin at the roof and
take it out that way. I am not fool
enough either to get under the house,
pull out the pillars and let it fall on
me. Common sense is attributed to
ordinary citizens, much less states-
men like you and: me. 49,, - T.. =
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-02-26

Rev. DR.. Cortland Myers Of Brooke
Ign must be a delightful sort of q
freak. He recently visited the presi-
dent, and this Is what he told his con-
gregation:
''Th's last week was in the presi-
dents private Office with him and had
the honor-cf shaking his hand. do
not think that I have washed that
hand with soap since. do not think
I will ever wash@the memory off that
hand. I would like to take that grip
with me out of this world and into
the next and have it as a part Of my
resurrection life; for man that has
shaken hands with Roosevelt has ehak-
en- hands with q man,"
The Brooklyn board of health will
probably have to look after this minis
ter's hand.