OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
THE COUNTRY CHURCH.
a tlino when some pessimists fnnev thtit
A I the church Is not holding Its own nn an ln
I Hucnce In the world, and when they even
I A ti .11 tk 4. A i
enter into n discussion oi uic causes 01 me
supposed decline, some facts recently nseer
tallied concerning the eondltlous of tho coun
try churches are encouraging, although they
are not surprising.
According to tho religious statistics, which nre coinplletl
nnnunlly by tho League for Soclul Service, the avcrugo
gain made by each of the religious associations In tho
United States during 11)04 was three niejnlora. With a
single exception, nil the Protestant churches Bhowed n
Bmnller numler of accessions In 1004 than In 1801, the
corresponding year of tho prcvlou decade.
More recently guthcred statistics from ono hundred and
ten rural churches present quite a different picture. The
churches were of nil denominations; every State except
six was represented, nnd forty of the churches guvo fig
ures whb permit of comparisons.
During the ten yearn from lilM to JtWM the average
membership of these churches Increased from one hundred
and twenty-nlno to ono hundred and sixty-six, an average
gain of forty-seven mombore; and during last year there
wa nn averugo gnln of ten members. These tlgurcs
Rhpw most hopeful conditions. Tho cause of tho
gain of the country churches must In some degree bo at
tributed to tho rural mlnlstora, especially to the younger
ones. The level of ability and cultivation has risen pro
portlonally more among tho equntry clergy than among
their city brethren; and whero diversions aro less en
ticing, Intellectual ability is a magnet which attracts even
those who are Indifferent In religious matters. Youth's
Companion.
T
THE STRUGGLE FOR SUCCESS.
HE world wide struggle for success has al
ways been going on, but nowhere has It been
so generally participated In or so hard
fought as It Is now in tho United States. It
A.t. A 1 J I - A
is me moiogicoi struggle lor cxisrenco enr
J ried into the highest sphere of life. Tho
struggle ror existence among annua is is car
ried on chlelly with tooth nnd claw. The battle for suc
cess among civilized men Is carried on mainly with cun
ning, skill and genius. There have been some changes In
the conditions of tho contest besides that of weapons
which ore worth noting.
The struggle for exlstenco among animals In a state of
nature necessarily Is Immediately destructive, however
much In tho long run It may promote evolution, while
thnt among civilized men generally Is and almost always
might be whollly constructive. Under natural conditions
the number of animals that can find In a given area
enough nuts or fruit or grass to live on Is strictly limited.
The success of some, therefore, means the death of others.
If the vanquished are not killed by tho victors they must
starve to death.
The same thing was true once among men, but science,
the arts, division of labor have made It true among them
no longer. Whether one man's success hurts other men
defends now on the way ho wins and uses it. If lie win
it by treacliery and robbery and use It for purposes of
extortion, like some American "captains of industry," It
Is Injurious to others. Its effects are strictly analogous
to those of the destructive victory of the beast that proys.
On the other hand, the success of the man who rises, and,
having risen, holds bis ploco by sheer force of character
and ability. Is a blessing not only to himself but to those
over wliDmj ho triumphs nnd every one lse. A man
cannot honestly get to and keep nt the top ot u great busi
ness without introducing Into It economics or Improved
methods which benetlt his customers and tho public. Ho
cannot honestly got to and keep at the top of his profes
sion, whether it bo that of lawyer, physician, engineer, or
statesman, without rendering services that redound to tho
advnntago of the community.
Tho public does not think things out fast, but usually In
the end It gets around to tho right conclusion. Under tho
Inllucnce of the elastic English political economy, which
came near teaching that everything economic that Is la
rlglit, there long existed a tendency to regurd every man
who achieved large material success as a kind of public
benefactor. It has lately dawned on the popular con
sciousness that n man may amass wealth and give em
ployment to thousands of pcoplo and still bo only a public
robber a human benst that preys. It seems likely, there
fore, that hereafter n Healthier public sentiment regarding
the strngglo for success will exist. There will bo, as
there should be, a dlsinwltlon to measuro u rnnn's gonitis
and claims to public respect less by the results ho achieves
nnd tnoro by tho way bo achieves them. ChlcagV)
Tribune.
A SQUARE DEAL.
RESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S square deal epi
gram and his fearless Integrity In following
It up with good works has increased his iop
ularlty Immensely. Farmers are In sym
pathy with tho President In his recommen
dations, almost to n man, regardless of their
party affiliations, bocauso they believe In
honest legislation. Fanners represent tho wholo country
hotter than any other class becauso their Interests aro
moro homogeneous. Wo havo no big gct.rlch-qulek
schemes llko promoters of big commercial enterprises
nnd our wishes aro Identical with the great mass of con
sumers. It Is not to our liking to have tho postoffice run
In tho Interest of tho express companies, or laws contin
ued that favor tho adulteration of food products. It Is
not to our Interest to have the present railroad rebate
practice continued. The railway managers would also
llko to discontinue the practice If they felt they could
trust each other. It Is not to our Interest to retaliate
with Germany until we got our farm products shut en
tirely out of the market. Hut what aro we dohig to In
lluenco legislation? Aro we writing to the Senators and
Congressmen who are paid to represent us? Aro they
familiar with our views on these subjects? Hadn't wo
better take some of tho responsibility homo with us and
deliberately think It over? Farm, Field and Fireside.
HIS WIFE'S MONEY.
,NCE upon a tlmo a man married a woman
who had Inherited 500 from a grandfather.
This was all Bhe ever received, but tho man
never got credit for his efforts the rest of
his life. He built a new store. "Did it
with his wife's money," tho neighbors said.
The home was made over and enlarged.
"His wife's money did it." was the only comment. Tho
little measly $500 she inherited was given tho credit for
everything he did during life, and when be died and his
widow put up u monument with his life Insurance, "Her
money pnld for that," was snld again. But this is what
her mouey really went for: During her engagement she
bought herself a $350 piano and a $150 diamond ring,
and In a few weeks lost tho ring; there was nlways some
regret that she didn't, lose the piano. Atchison Globe.
"What In the world Is tho matter
with you, Henry 7" queried Mu Jones,
with a look of astonishment, us the
genial head of the Jones Family sud
denly threw down his paper, peeled oil'
his coat, and started to roll up his
sleeves. "Havo you got 'em again, or
Is It just ono of your regular attacks
of everyday idiocy? What do you see
this time? Do they wriggle like spa
ghetti or waltz llko pink alligators?
Shall I got you somo cracked ice, or
would you prefer a straight jacket?
Shall I "
"Silence, inadnmo! Silence, wom
an!" thundered I'a, In a commanding
tone. "What do you mean by such
slander? How dare you make such a
serious accusation? How daro you cast
aspersion on the fair name of ono who
has been rallying around tho reservoir
ever since tho first of tho year? 1
want you to distinctly understand that
Hps that touch cough euro can never
touch mine! I want you to distinctly
understand that I am an ardent disci
ple of tho water faith. I want you "
"But, Henry," interposed Ma, not at
nil frightened at Pa's savage glare,
"you aro acting so funny! You nre
acting so much like a Jones ! You look
just llko you did tho night you thought
you had cow horns and crawled
around on all fours trying to hook lit
tlo Fldo! What agitates you, anyway?
What are you going to do? What "
"What am I going to do, Airs.
Jones? What am I going to do, sweet
heart?" yelped Pa, In a loudsomo voice,
as he contemptuously glanced at the
newspaper. "What do you suppose I
urn going to do? What would any emi
nent citizen do when ho waxes wroth
over the new-fangled recipes that the
dUorlnl geezers aro now soaking in
,th( cook page? What would any loyul-
hearted patriot do when ho Bees the
good old customs of long ago distorted
like a monkey face In a cheap side
show? Do you think that I am going
to sit here and read that stuff without
emitting a protesting yelp? Do you
imagine for ono moment that I am go
ing to stand for such modern concoc
tions ns long ns I con raise my hoof
In a strenuous kick? Not on your life,
lovey-dovey ! Not on your life! I am
going to show these yaps how to make
fudge, I am "
"Mako fudge," exclaimed the hnr
poonful .Ma, In scrapful accents. "What
does an old quawk like you know about
making fudge? Who ever accused you
of being sweet enough to cook candy?
I don't believe that you "
"What aro you talking about madam?
What aro you talking about?" inter
jected the barktul Pa, looking wild
eyed nt his little Mary. "What aro you
trying to spout? I suppose you think
that I don't know anything nbout
fudge? I suppose you think that the
only real enndymnkers on e-arth ore the
esteemed Smiths! But there is where
you guess again, Mrs. Jones ! There Is
where you guess ngoln! I want to tell
you right hero that I know nil nbout
tho candy game from the planting of
tho sugar enne to the heart .pangs of
tho poor dude who has to buy It! I
want you to get wise to the fact that I
not only fried fudge In my boyhood
days, but also served nn apprenticeship
in pasting taffy on tho sticks. I want
it
"For mercy's sake forget It, you
squeaky heathen I" Interrupted Ma, pet
ulantly. "Talk alout something else!
Chirp about your famous ancestors!
Tell me what a wonder you nre! Sing
It over again to mo! Shout the "
"Don't get gay, Smithy! Don't get
gay!" was tho squally response of the
exasperated Pa. "Don't try to, net kitty
like your dear mother! Just you follow
mo to the kitchen! Pick up your foot
and hustle henco to tho cookery! I will
show you what I know ubout the fudge
busluoss! I will show you that when I
cackle words I hnve got tho deeds to
back them!"
So saying Pa swiftly sailed from the
room, consorted by Ma and little Fldo
and In n few minutes another charac
teristic Jones stunt was In full swing,
"Don't sit nround llko a substitute,
madam! Don't sit around llko a sub
stltuto!" commanded tho strenuous Pa,
as he turned more steam on the stove.
"Drop thut Infernal dog and got mo
some chocolate! If you haven't got any
chocolate got mo some choeolnto chips
or coal tar! Norah, trot out the fry
ing pan I Whero do you keep the fry
ing pan? You can never find anything
In tills house! You can never find any
thlg hero but tho Smiths I Where Is
the sugar, Mrs. Jones? Don't you have
sugar? Do you sweeten tho coffee with
that dill pickle smile of yours? Norah,
fetch mo tho butter. That's tho stuff
Holy smoko! I didn't ask you to haul
out enough to groaso a llfe-slzo locomo
tive! I am making fudge! I am not
starting an oil refinery ! Whoro Is all
tho milk, Mrs. Jones? Whoro Is all the
milk? If you can't Hag a milk train
occasionally, I'll sell Fldo and buy a
brlndlo cow! If you- -"
"Shut up, you simple heathen ! Shut
up !" shouted Ma, with considerable
spirit. "You mako me mad ! You mako
mo peevish! If you will run away and
play I will buy you some candy! If
you What aro you doing, you crazy
crook? That's not the way to
mako fudge! You nre only wasting the
materials that you are putting in It
You don't stew candy tho same ns you
would fry Easter eggs! You havo got
enough butter In that pan to keep n
ham sandwich foundry working for six
months! You have "
"Who Is doing this, sweetheart? Who
Is doing this?" broke In Pa, wltlT a
dartful glance at Ma. "Who Is tho su
perintendent of this fudge factory?
This Isn't any of your modern recipes.
This Isn't any of your cooking school
styles with a hemstitched apron and
rubber gloves on the side! This is tho
mil thing! This Is tho way my good
old mother used to mako It I This Is tho
All, boo how it bubbles, Mrs. Jones J
Seo how It bolls I Now then, Norah,
chuck mo n pant Chuck me a pun quick!
Get out of tho way, Smithy I
Back off ond give mo n chance to pour
this out! Doesn't that look all to tho
good? Doesn't that make you jealous?
Just wait until It gets cool and hard-
ons! Yuni-yutnl I can almost taste It
now! And to think thnt you spitefully
Insisted that I didn't know how to
make fudge! Don't you wish you hadn't
said It, dovoy, dear? Don't you wish
you hadn't said It?"
With this Pa put tho candy out to
cool, but when ho went to toko a look
a few minutes later It hadn't fudged.
It was tho same an hour later! It was
tho same two hours later, nnd It was
safe betting that it would ho the samu
forever.
"1 told you so, you sweet old hero!
I told you so!" cried tho delighted Ma,
with a wwii ful smlln nt the disappoint
ed Pa. "I told you thnt yon weren't so
many! I told you thnt you wero mak
ing a moss of It! If you-want to cat
that fudge you will havo to suck It
through a straw 1"
It was then that tho battle began In
earnest and early the next morning nil
tho natives for blocks nronud wero ask
ing each other If they had heard a
fearful rumbling Uk night beforo thnt
sounded UJo nn oarthquako. Philadel
phia Telegraph.
WHAT WATER 18 CAPABLE OF.
Mlx-lneti Stream CleiieriUe 12,000
llore I'nwiT nt llntto Creek, C'nl.
Imagine a ierpcndlculor column of
water moro than onc-thlrd of a nrilo
high, twenty-six Inches In dlamoter at
tho top and twenty-four Inches In diam
eter at tho bottom. Tluwo remarkable
conditions are compiled with, as far
as power goes, in tho Mill Creek plant,
which operates under a head of 1,1)0!)
foot, says tho Philadelphia Ledger. This
llttlo column of water, which, If liber
ated, would bo Just about enough to
mnko a small trout stream, gives a
capacity of 5,200 horso power, or
enough power to run a good-sized ocean
going vessel.
As tho water strikes the buckets of
tho waterwheol It has a pressure of 850
pounds to tho square Inch. What this
pressuro Implies Is evidenced by tho
fact that the average locomotlvo car
ries steam at a pressure of 190 or 200
pounds to the square Inch. Wens this
stream, as It Issues from tho nozzle,
turned upon a hillside, tho earth would
fado away before It llko snow before
a Jet of steam. Huge bowlders, big as
city oillces, would tumblo Into ravines
with as little effort ns a clover burr
Is carried before the hydrant stream
on a front lawn. Brick walls would
crackle llko paper and tho hugest sky
scrapers crumble beforo a stream llko
that of tho Mill Creek plant. It takes
a powerful waterwheol to withstand
tho tremendous pressure.
At Butte Creek, Cal., a single Jet or
water six Inches In diameter Issues
from the nozzle at the tremendous vel
ocity of 20,000 feet a minute. It im
pinges on the buckets of what Is said
to he the most powerful single water
wheel ever built, causing the latter to
travel ot the rato of ninety-four miles
an hour, making -100 revolutions a min
ute. This six-Inch stream has a capa
city of 12,000 horso power. Tho water
for operating tho plant Is conveyed
from Butte Creek through a ditch and
discharged Into a regulating reservoir
which Is '1,500 feet above the power
house. Two steel pressure pipe lines,
thirty Inches in diameter, conduct the
water to tho power house.
KlfttiltiK for the Ontoixin.
Perhaps the most unusual method of
fishing is the ono employed by natives
of Hawaii in capturing the octopus
with a cowrie shell, says tho Southern
Workman. One of these shells Is at
tached to a string and placed face
downward against another shell or a
pebble the same size. To the upper
shell is fastened a hook for bait. The
octopus Is particular In regard to tlie
color and decorations of the shell, re
fusing to rise unless this has small
red spots breaking through a reddish
brown ground.
Arrived at his fishing ground, the
fisher for octopus either looks for his
victim with a water glass or he makes
tho surface clear by chewing up and
spitting upon the water a mouthful of
condlenut ment. Having located the
octopus, ho drojw the shell Into the
water and swings It back ond forth.
The animal puts out one arm and
seizes it. If the bait Is attractive an
other arm Is put ubout It and finally
the shell Is hugged closo to his body.
Then the fisherman draws up the
octopus and stuns it by a blow between
tho eyes. Ho has to move quickly, for
tho octopus with his eight strong arms
is said to lo no mean antagonist.
I.Ike Home.
Ivnicker What do you think of Nia
gara Falls?
Bocker Well, from the amount of
wator I should say there, had been
some mighty careless blasting going on.
New York Sun.
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epaVoriteSl
fcXtfWtfm MttMM aaw nftftMt
"When dove I'nuncd II y,
I was bny with my plowing,
When Iovo passed by.
"Ootno." sbo cried, "forsake .thv drtiiltrlnsri
- - o
Life's delights are few and grudging;
What unth mnn of nil bin Htrlvlng,
All his planning nnd contriving,
Horn beneath tho sky?
When tho grave opes to receive him
Wealth and wit nnd honors Iwivo him
IiOW endures for nyo 1"
But I answered : "I nm plowing.
When with straight and oven furrow
All the flold U covered through,
I will follow."
Iovo panned by.
I was busy with my sowing,
When Iove passed by.
"Com," oho cried, "glvo o'er thy tolling!
For Uiy moll thou hast but moiling
Follow mc, whero meadows fortlln
Bloom unsown with rose nnd myrtlo,
Laughing to the sky;
Laugh for Joy tha tltousand flowers '
Birds and brooks tho laughing hours
All unnoted fly."
But I answered: "I am sowing.
When my neros all aro planted,
Glndly to thy r- ' i-lwtntvd
I will follow."
Lovo passed by.
T wns busy with my reaping,
When Lovo passed by.
"Come," who ciled, "thou pluntcd'at grloT
1"R. Ripened sorrows art thou sheaving.
If the hwrt Ho fallow, vnin is
Gnrnerod store. Thy wealth of grain is
Less thnn Lovo's least sigh.
Hnsto Uieo for tho hours fast dwindle.
Ere tho pyre of IIopo shntl klndlo
In life's western sky."
But I unswurcd: "I am ronplng.
When with song of youth nnd maiden,
Homo tho hock-cart conies, full-ladon. 1
I will follow."
Iivo passed by.
I had gathered In my harvest,
When Love passed by.
"Stay," I called- to her, swift speeding,
Turning not, my cry unheeding
"Stay, 0 Low, I fain would follow,
Stay thy flight, oh, tleot-wlngod swallow
Cleaving twilight sky!
I am old and worn and weary,
Void my fields and heart and droary,
With thoo would I fly.
Garnered woo Is all my harvest,
Sad ghosts of my dead hopes haunt moJ
Flcrco regrets, like demons, taunt mo 3
Stay ! I follow I"
liovc passed by.
Solomon Solls-Cohcn.
HOW CHINESE REGARD AMERICA.
Did you ever know a man who didn't
do u wholo lot of uuuocessary tulk?
I.oolc (Tpon 'Mi In Country .Merely urn
IMiiee to Ot'.t Weal 111.
The Chinaman, unliko tho European,
regards America as only temporarily
his home, preserves his national cus-i
toms and peculiarities, and finally re
turns, carrying his savings with him,
says William J. Bryan lit Success. IIo,
Is not attracted by our institutions and
brings with him no love of American
Ideals. To him tho United States is a,
field to be exploited, but nothing moro.,
The European casts In his lot with us,;
mingles with the population, and, In a
few generations, his Identity Is lo3t in'
our composite race. IIo has neither
peculiarities of thought nor of dress
to distinguish him from those nmong
whom he labors, and his children aro
soon an Indistinguishable part of tho,
community. Not so with tho Chinese.
They ore not only distinguished by
their dress, language and habits, but
they remain entirely separate and apart
from those among whom they dwell.
This difference Is duo not only to tho
wide dissimilarity In history, tradition
nnd habit, but nlso to the absence of
any permanent or patriotic interest In
the land In which they sojourn.
It would require generations to bring
our people down to a plane upon which
they could compete with the Chinese,
and this would Involve a large Impair
ment of tho efficiency of their work.
It Is not just to tho laboring men of
the United States that they should bo
compelled to labor upon tho basis of
Chinese coolie labor or stand idle and
allow tholr places to be filled by an
alien raco with no thought of perma
nent Identification with our country.
Tho American laborer not only pro
duces tho wealth of our nation In tlmo
of peace, but ho Is also Its suro defend
er In time of war who will say that
his welfare nnd the welfare of his fam
ily shall bo sulKirdlhated to the Inter
ests of those who nblde with us for but
a time, who, while with us, aro exempt
from draft or military burden, and,
who, on their return, drain our country
of Its currency? A foreign landlord sys
tern Is almost universally recoguled
as n curse to a nation, because the renl
money Is sent out of the country. Chi
nese Immigration on a lurge scale would
give us the evil effects or foreign land
lordlsm In addition to Its other objec
tionable features.
Ask tho overogo woman how old n
eontenqiorary Is, and sho will Hayi
"Oh, I don't know. She's a good maujl
years older than I." (