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The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24

but for all time.
our Philippine possessions. and the Government has
spared expense to make them elaborate and com
petc. In a most readable article Mr.. StepheI
O'Grady has described them.
Besides the wealth of engaging dat. about the
Exposition. there will be In Sundays Magazine
number Of bright and diverting stories by popular
makers of fiction; variety of humorous sketches
and poems. Needless to say the cover design, the
color reproductions and the black-andwhite ilustra
tions Of n quality equal to the Importance OF
this Worlds Fair number The center double page
Is a picture of the cascades Illuminated at night.
and is nothing less than triumph of modern art
methods
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24

this student spirit exists at all. and where.
Learning is widely diffused. but are there
still the chosen vesseIs?'' A visit 20 the
British Museum might disclose some in
teresting facts regarding this question. but
more exclusive and therefore nearer our
subject would be a visit to the great Pub
lie Record Office In London. the home of
England's archives. a beautiful large
building in Chancery lane. Here. IN the
shadow of the written evidence Of great
nations history. are to be found a select
number of women who do good. patient,
Intellectual work Of a rare kind.
1t would be difficult even to summarize
the titles of the various records kept in
this vast building. Here is treasured the
pure ore OF England's history in affairs Of
church and Of state. of army. Of navy and
OF law: and the historian, however great
hts desire for fundamental truths. cannot
himself hope to read these records first
hand. but has to apply to the expert rec
ord agent. In this peculiarly select pro-
fession. numbering In all perhaps forty
eight. are women.
Women have been record-reading here
for over twenty years. and not as a re-
suit of the so-called emancipation of wom-
en-. Indeed. rev people OUTSIDE the legal
profession and others Immediately inter-
ested even know that women do such
work.
1t Is not easy exactly to describe
record agents work. but first a glance at
the records themselves may be interesting.
In the wealth of Engiand's archives the
Doomsday Book is the oldest and about
this record alone volumes might be writ
ten. Records of judicial proceedings date
from the reign Of Richard I, the Assize
Rolls begin in the reign of King John.
from whose reign there is an uninter-
rupted series of Chancery Rolls. while
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24

| WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
| 1t is an encouragement that science has
called attention to the fact that mental as
well as physical qualities are transmitted
by narents. Professor Karl Pearson
makes the lamentabie statement that
there is II decadence. mentally and physi-
cally. in British professional and work
ing men"
He attributes this deaeneracy to enerva-
ton "hy wealth or love OF pleasure, or
following an erroneous standard of life"
Thoughtful people will be disposed to
agree with him and to say that what is
said of the British may be said of Amer
leans. for. notwithstanding the advance
Inent of the age and the universal edu-
cational privileges, there are. unmlstaka-
bly,. fewer remarkable minds in this gen.
Grafton in proportion to the population
than there were quarter of a century
ago.
1t Is seen in every class of society and
branch of business and the prUfessous
Educat.o Is more general. hut ability Is
more rare. This can be explained in no
other way than by the intermarriage of
indoient hstless people of mediocre minds,
who have no aspirations or ambitions
h'"Ee tHe GidtiiitdtiOf OI ilelE cNn de-
sires.
What can be expected from the issue of
the union of Gevoteas of society and
pleasure seekers: They neither read nor
think. They drift into any port offering
diversion and ease.
Neither their brains nor their hearts can
develop with nothing to inspire them or
prompt them 10 high attainments The
majority are satiated with everything and
are too Indifferent TO think or act
We watch with interest the experiments
of stock growers to produce animals OF
the finest types, and vet we see daily al
lianccs IN marriage that promisNa nothing
but deterioration Of the race because OF
the enfeeblel condition of the minds and
bodies of the contracting parties. whose
prirrogeritors were probably below the
proper standard Of intelligence and phys
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24
WHY ABILITY is RARE IN AN
ACE OF UNIVERSAL EDUCA TON.
BY MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN.

, ing the seriousness OF the laws of inherit
tance.
Indiana has wisely established an asy-
Ium for "feeble-minded women to pre-
vent the multiplication Of their kind. Last
year there were 404 women in this institu
| ton; 10 of them were between is and 40
years OF age.
One of these women had borne twelve,
another eleven and another eight chill
dren. Five had had nineteen children. and
of these niaeteen the histories of fifteen
had been looked up. These fifteen had
| been maintained at public expense a total
of over 104 years.
The foregoing are only the statistics OF
one year in one State. What appalling
! figures would confront one were 1t possi-
| Bile to show the facts as they exist in all
the States. where these women have been
! allowed to propagate their species unre-
strained by law or any humanitarian ef-
fort?
1t is to be hoped that the alarm that
aroused Indiana to the noble action of
preventing as far as possible the prop
agation OF offspring from such mothers
may spread all over the Union and that
every State will move in the same direc-
tloh- iHey Snouiu IioC stop with tne IN
generation Of feeble-minded women in in
stitutions where they will be prevented
from bringing into the world children ac-
cursed by such an Inheritance.
The men of the nation who are like
afflicted or who are accursed by vicious
habits and evil propensities should also
be confined in some institution where they
| would be unable to multiply their progeny
Inheritance Is serious question, far
beyond that OF material things, and
should enlist the interest and thought OF
all who are alive to the needs of the ma
ton in furtherance Of the great plans and
enterprises Of the American nation. The
mentality. morality and physical strength
of the race will have all to do with it's
destiny.
Copyright 1904. by ". R. Hearst Great
Britain rights reseryed
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
TO-DAY IN ST. LOUIS.

q From The Republic. April Is. 1879.
q A petition signed by prominent
O business men was circulated asking
q that Phelim O'Toole. the captain OF
. the Pompier Corps. though receiv-
q ing but fireman's pay. be allowed
q the pay of an assistant engineer.
q The South st. Louis street rail-
q road was completed to the Gravois
q road.
Q A dramatic entertainment was
q given at Laclede Hall, corner OF
Q Easton and Garrison avenues. for
. the benefit of newsboys. The pro-
q gramme was as follows: "A Happy
. Pair" Miss Strong and Mr.. Sharp;
q recitation. Mrs. George Partridge;
Q music, Arion Quartet: "a Morning
q Call" Miss Chamberlain and Mr..
. Clantice.
q Several additions to ladies'
Q lodge of Masons were recorded in
Q St. Louis. The lodge was known as
Q Venus Chapter. Eastern Star"
Q Patrolman Haley Of the st. Louis
. Police Department took up coIlec-
. ton for a destitute neighbor. Twen-
Q ty dollars was donated.
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I ical strength they should have maintained
had they lived up to their inheritance and
| opportunities.
Continual reproduction of weakness.
! generation after generation. on the priri-
| ciple of like begcts like, Is bound to affect
| the race unfavorably.
If parents would manifest more intelli-
gence In the development Of their Of
| spring and In impressing them with high
| Ideals. and in seeking husbands for their
| daughters and wives for their sons who
would bring to them mental, moral and
physical strength, instead of seeking titles.
| wealth and position, they would see them
happier and do more toward eSalting the
race.
Ezra nnourned over the infirm.ties of his
people. a:tributing the calamities that
had befal!en them TO their connublal
wickedness. He besought them not to
continue in their sins nor seek their peace
! or their wealth forever that ye may be
strong and eat the good of the land and
| leave IL for an inheritance to your children
forever" EZRA. tx. IL.
The God who created man and en-
dowed him with intelligence intended
that he should obey his laws In the
perpetuation of his kind.
The violation OF these laws has
| brought destruction upon nations. They
are as ilnmutabie now as in the beginning
and are just as obligatory as when they
| were first established, hence 1t is the duty
Of all men to consider their individual re-
sponsibilitias and act accordingly.
Before marrying all men should know
/ all about the mental. moral and physical
Inheritance of the women whom they take
as wives. Women should be equally care
| full in consenting to become wives. They
should never assume the sacred relation
of Wife without knowing the antecedents,
actual character and inheritance of the
| man whom they swear to love and obey.
The thought that your children may be
the victims of evil propensities that have
| been inherited should give parents deep
concern. Instances are ever present prov
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24

Johnnie had received good bath. a nice
breakfast and was marshaling three po-
licemen for another morning Of play. Mr..
Resnan said Johnnie was very bad boy
and had caused his parents much uneasi-
ness and worry.
There was no question Of Identification.
for when Johnnie saw him he Immediately
sought the shelter OF a big policeman's 3
arms and carried on all negotiations about
returning home from that refuge. So far
as he was concerned he absolutely declined
to discuss going home. and his sturdy lit
tie legs flew vigorously and his lamenta-
tions were loud when the case went
against him.
What are you going to be when you
grow up. Johnnie?' asked one OF the wit
nesses. as the juvenile Ulysses was being
led away.
"A p'liceman," was the prompt answer
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24
cENsURE THE CUssER.

Senator Nelson of Minnesota "cussed" in the
United States Senate recently. He ripped the word
out in the heat of debate. 1t rolled through the
chamber and colided with the doors and ratified the
windows and Jared the desks and rocked the chan
deliers Il convulsed the dignifed Senators.
Senator Nelson was appealing for Government
roads in Alaska. He declared that the Alaskans
had contributed their gold and other precious metals
and their fish and their furs to the United States
and. he shouted. ''n return we have not done one
damned thing for them!
For a second the Senate was stied while the
'euss'' word reverberated through the chamber
Then the Senators burst into of laugher. 1t
Is recorded that Senator Nelson stated that "some
times adjectives come from the heart" That was
the only al"logy he vouchsafed for thus having
tered forbidden word within the sacred precincts
Of the United States Senate.
The ofense cannot be lightly passed. 1t is not
an occasion for mirth. 1t demands official In
xestigation. Senator Dietrich was exonerated on
charge of traficking in post Offices; Senator Smoot
Is the subject of investigation because it is be
lieved that ne has few more wives than he should
lave; Senator Burton is to be sidetracked and his
passes taken away because he did little law work
on the side; Senator T1lman was forced to acknowl
edge that the bottle he carried in his hip pocket con
tanned cough medicine. Various and divers other
Senators have had to suffer and why, therefore
should Senator Nelson escape? Is he to have the
exclusive privilege of uterng adjectves that come
from the heart in the Senate? Or is 1t to be free
fSr-all contest? An example should be made OF
him.,
EPiainly this "cussing" in public must be stopped
for there is no young girl in this fair land of ours
who would permit her father to attend session Of
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24
Who 1t Was.
Harper's Weekly,

weil-known New York clergyman telling his
Bible class the story OF the Prodlgal Son at recent
session. and wishing emphasize the disgrecable at
ttude of the elder brother that occasion. he laid
especial stress this phase of the parable After de-
scrbng the rejoicing of the household the return
of the wayward he spoke Of who in the midst
Of the festivities failed to share in the ubilant spirit
OF the occasion
Can anybody in the class" he asked, tell me who
this was?'
"A small boy. who had been listening sympatheticaly
to the story. put UP his hand.
I know" he said. beamingly: cit was the fatted
calf,
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24
RUNS OFF WITH TROLLEY CAR.
Piloted Through Suburb of Phil
adelphia by intoxicated Man.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Philadelphia April 23.-Without any
lights burning. drunken motorman pi-
Ioted stolen electric car at a high rate
of speed through the East End. He came
to grief at Forbes and Craig streets by
humping into Bloomfield car. injuring
passenger. The police and street car Of
ficers are now looking for the motorman.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24
The ORIGIN Of 1t.

Catholic Standard and Times.
you not acting you should"
said Noah to his wayward son. rr
Mop replied the latter
No. said the Patriarch 'In fact, you're acting so
badly think I'll call you Ham
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24

Fire companies forbidden by etiquette to
enter the royal grounds when the Korean Palace
burned. This corresponds with the girl in boat
who let swimmer drown because she was $"
modest.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24

1t will cost $50 to see everything on the Pike an
many will go the limit.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24

Korea's navy consists Of one iron barge. How
ever, there twenty-five Admirals, so that the
navy is really a footing.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24

The statement by Colonel YOunghilsband that
the Thibetans yielded Gyangtse remuds one very
much of Il man who yields his purse after beng
knocked out by highwayman.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24

The Democratic battle cry Of Turn the rasca
out is taken in Washington as personal affront.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24

1t severe shock to Wall street TO learn that
Kansas City banker could handle $iO0a.GGI IN
bonds II takes 'em long time TO learn some
things in New York.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24

Speaker Cannon wants it distinctly understood
thar he isn't joking when he says that he does not
care to be the Republican vice-presidental can
didate
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24

The Governor of Colorado ought to be able t.
give the President few pointers OH strenuosty.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24

Senator Lodge and Secretary Shaw should pitch
quarters to decide which is the legitimate spokes-
man of the administration.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24
Thrift.

The wolf listened at the keyiole moment and as
sumed deferential, not to say cringing attitude.
Genuine Scotch dialect!' he exclaimed. and with
drew to distance.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24

Noodle manufacturers have formed a trust and
boarding house keepers will hereafter place only
four noodles in each bowl Of soup. but prunes will
still be served five times week.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24

Professor Langley says that he will not enter the
Worlds Fair airship contest. Perhaps he will enter
the high-dvins contest the lifesaving exhibi-
ton.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24

A New York woman testified in court that her
husband had beaten her 1910 times. The case
shows the dosged determination of some men to
stick to n thing.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24

Nine. Nordica seems to be having more trouble
in shedding her husband than she had in getting
him.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24
POEMS WORTH KNOWING.
SILENT VOICES.
BY TENNYsoN.

HEN the Dumb Hour, clothed in black,
Brings the Dreams about my bed.
Call me not so often back,
Silent Voices Of the dead,
Toward the lowland ways behind
me,
And the sunlight that is gone.
Call me rather, Silent Voices,
Forward to the starry track,
Glimmering up the heights beyond
me,
On, and always on!
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-04-24

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02
POOR MEN ARE OVERLOOKED.

Hints to Brides Galore, but None for
the Bridegroom.
A thoughtful young man of Wash
ington was heard to decry the other
day the fact that while there is de-
luge of don'ts and dos for the bride
to follow, the bridegroom must shift
for himself.
There is absolutely nothing to guide
a man but his own awkward self. It
isn't fair he said. From the time
a girl is old enough to detect sound
she understands the Importance Of hav-
ing things done properly at wedding,
while the prospective groom is only
something necessary to complete the
picture. Nothing short of inspiration
can get a man through marriage cere-
mony gracefully.
'In order to impress the bride and
spectators that he is enthusiastic about
it, he appears with sort of frozen
grin on his face that you expect to
melt at any moment and run down
his collar. If he is too frightened to
respond in a loud voice some of the
brides girl friends will whisper that
it was plainly evident he was un-
willing from the start Again, if he
replies in loud, stern voice, another
bunch in another direction Of the
church will huddle together and ex-
press how glad they are that they are
not marrying him, while the attitude
of many is that they are signing away
their life and all worth living for. So
|, for one think it high time that some
body is writing few hints on how
to behave, that we men may appear
enthusiastic about being married with
out being ridiculous and proving tar
get for the world in general to knock
at."-Washington Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02
In a Prairie Land.
Editorial correspondence

Moose Jaw, ASsinib0ia.
Farmers Review, Chicago, July %,
19o35
Most Of the prairies in the United
States have ceased to exist. Man has
broken them up with orchards, for
ests and farm buildings. But in West
ern Canada the prairies still stretch
grandly from horizon to horizon as yet
unmarried by the hand Of man, save
where the iron road has been laid. To
city man there Is something deli
ciously restful about the vast grassy
solitudes.
Numerous clumps of trees mark the
course Of the Assiniboine River, which
keeps in sight Of the railroad for some
distance.
Grass Is one Of the notable things
about all the landscape of Western
Canada. 1t is remarkable fact that
the entire length Of the Canadian Pa
cific Railway from its eastern termi-
nus to the Rocky Mountains is over
plains where grass grows. The sage
brush appears at some points, but
never to the exclusion Of grass. There
is thus not mile Of this country that
cannot be used for some agricultural
purpose either for filling or ranch
ing.
Moose Jaw Is town of over 1000
inhabitants and one Of the most i'm
portant places in Assiniboia, being the
center of very good farming country
and a great grain and stock shipping
point.
Near Moose Jaw agriculture and
ranching go hand in hand; for near
the town was seen herd of beef cat
tie several hundred in number. On
another side was seen a good sized
herd. OF dairy cows, the property of
the citizens in the town.
In riding over the prairies we saw
many good fields of alfalfa The great
need of the country is timber, which
grows readily where planted, as was
demonstrated by the shelter belts on
some of the farms and the trees on
the residence lots in the town.
stories were told the writer of men
who last year cleared from their wheat
crop more than the land on which it
was grown originally cost them. This
Is easy to believe in view of the large
crop and high price for wheat last
year.'-Henry f. Thurston.
by sending your address to any
agent OF the Canadian Government you
VIII nave mailed to you copy of an
Atlas. railway rates, etc., giving full
EST information regarding Western
Canada.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02
DENTISTRY AN ANCIENT ART.
Greeks and Romans of O1deu Time
! Understood the Craft.

Greeks and Romans of O1den Time
Understood the Craft.
Although the profession of dentistry
Is commonly supposed to be one of the
modern arts there are evidences show
ing that it was practiced many centu.
ries ago in widely separated parts OF
the world. These discoveries establish
the fact that the art is probably as
old as many of the learned professions
now known. The making of false teeth
ancient trade that it reaches far back
beyond the bounds of history, although
it has generally been considered as a
science Of modern origin.
The Greeks and the Romans had
false teeth, as ancient illusions in the
records tell. Perhaps the laughing
pearls between the lips of Cleopatra
were, after all, 'store teeth" and Mark
Anthony did not know it.
The ancients could fill teeth with
gold and far beyond the time OF
Greece and Rome the science of dent
iStry is recorded. Recent discoveries
show that it extended even into time OF
the early Egyptian dynasties. MOI
the banks of the Nile. For 5000 years
or so they had been grinning with
false teeth in their sarcophagi. Teeth
filled with gold, much as a dentist
would fill the aching void in tooth
today, have been discovered in some
of these mummies.
Excavations among the ruins OF the
prehistoric cities OF Central Americs
have brought to light the fact that tht
profession of the dentist was one much
esteemed and profitably followed in the
days Of that mysterious civilization
which once existed there.
The dentists of those prehistoric
American days filled their patients
teeth not with gold but with little
discs of bright green jadeite. The
skulls Of nearly all the people who
were buried in costly tombs and who
were evidently people of fashion have
been found to have teeth in them
filed down to point and set with
these little green discs.
1t is thought that the filling was not
put in to stop a prehistoric toothache,
but as matter of ornament Proba-
bly, the custom originated at first from
the same causes which now induce US
to have our teeth filled with. gold. but
it soon became to be thought ornament
al and so became a fashion and badge
of rank,
The common people, living on coarser
food, were supposed to have sound
teeth, but the pampered mobiles. living
on rich and delicate food, had teeth
which decayed and so were supposed
to require the attention of the dentist.
So, though dentistry has no known
founder, like medicine, it is an ancient
and honorable profession which can
dispute with it's kindred science for
the palm of antiquity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-03-02

DR.. Hartman receives many letters
from Catholic Sisters from all over the
United States. A recommend recently
received from a Catholic institution in
Detroit, Mich, reads as follows:
DR.. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio:
Dear Sir:- "The young girl who used
the Peruna was suffering from Laryngi-
tbs, and loss of voice. The result of the
treatment was most satisfactory. She
found great relief, and after farther use
of the medicine we hope to be able to
say she IS entirely cured" Sisters of
Charity.
This young girl was under the care Of
the Sisters of Charity and used Peruna
for catarrh Of the throat, with good re-
suits, as the above letter testiies. A
From a Catholic institution in Gem
fraf Ohio comes the following recon-
mend from the Sfsfe- Superior:
''Some years ago friend of our insti-
tuition recommended to us DR.. Hartman's
Peruna as an excellent remedy for the
influenza of which we then had several
cases witch threatened to be Il q serious
character.
1--WE began to use 1t and experienced
such wonderful results that since then