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ligious people in the world. They are
born religiously; they eat, battle, shave
and write religiously; they die and are
cremated or buried religiously, and for
years afterward are devoutly remem-
bered religiously. They will not take a
house or open shop or Office, they will
not go on a journey or engage in any
enterprise without some religious OBJ
servance. We thus appeal in our mis-
sionary effort to a deeply religious ma
ture: we sow the gospel seed in a re-
ligious soil
1T is hard for foreigners to under
stand the habits Of thought and life
that prevails in a strange country. as
well as all the changes and sacrifices
that conversion entails, and, with our
bruSque, matter-of-fact western instincts
and our lack of spiritual and philosophi-
cal insight. we too often go forth de-
nOuncing the traditions and worship of
the people, and, in so doing, are apt,
with our heavy heels, to trample on be-
liefs and sentiments that have a deep
and sacred root. a knowledge of the
material on which we work is quite as
important as deftness in handling our
tools; a knowledge of the soil as Iieces-
sary as the conviction that the seed Is
good"
The central fact in the Rev. MIR. slater $
remarks concerning midas religions Is,
that in order TO understand and appre-
ciate them-which as he says, have a
theOsophic basis-we must look beyond
all shows feasts and ceremonials and
get to the undercurrent of native
thought, which is a reflective spirit, a
growth from within.
Trusting that the reader will find
pleasure and profit in this study: | am
yours truly, MAUD MAPLE
Danville, ILL.,, Jan. 25.
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ALEXANDER POPE.
Contributed by a Member of the Sci
entifc Class, DanviIIe College,

Contributed by a Member of the Sci
entifc Class, DanviIIe College.
Every man has his influence and
we must not be led to believe that the
poets and great men Of a few centuries
back We're Of any less Importance be-
cause they lived in the times they did.
AS the minds of men are moulding our
government OF today so We're the minds
Of men moulding and governing the
events Of the times in which they lived.
So It was when Alexander Pope APP
peared before us.
The people cared not for right and jus
tice, but had their minds fixed on the
great thing, political power and influence,
and in this we see the standard toward
which they were working
There are always in each period Of
years making a century, men ready TO
rise above their surroundings and to be-
come something great. either as writer's
or as leaders in political affairs.
Alexander Pope was the most famous
poet in his century
Although he did not write as much
poetry as prose, still he is classed with
the poets.
His own century dwelt on his merits.
while the ninteenth is disposed rather
to dwell upon his defects, both as
poet and as a man. but all are agreed
that he was not poet Of the first class.
In one of his poems he expresses this
thought. chat the man is called the poet;
it is not the man in himself. but the soul
Of the man that is the poet"
Is we are to judge Pope with human
fairness and not merely by comparison
with standards Of abstract perfection
there are two features To be kept in
mind First. the character CT political
strife i'm those days and second, the po-
litical relations OF men OF influence.
So long as the succession OF the crown
was doubtful and political failure meant
loss OF property Punishment or even
death men seeking higher places in po-
Itical life worked more earnestly than
i'm modern days. for there was nothing
In public opinion 10 keep men within the
common bonds of honesty and the stand
ard had become 50 low that men would
stoop 10 almost anything To gain political
power.
II Pope had been man of more self
viii he would nave been better able 10
withstand the spirit and influence Of
the age IN which he lived. but he had
a peculiar nature, and in his case We see
that the surroundings had more to do in
the making of the man than the man the
surroundings, as affection and admiration
were as necessary to mis- life as the air
he breathed.
Although some of our prominent liter
airy men criticise him and find fault with
his writings, it is a question whether
they would have done better with the
same opportunities.
As a boy Pope read the books which
he had. and this way became diligent
student.
As a man he was different from most
of his day, for in his reading he read
for the sense and thought and not
merely for the sound of the language.
In his writing it is said of him that
every verse is a masterpiece when taken
alone. and, that II we want to read any
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brought about in literature or intemper-
ance IL will have to be through the chill
dren. They are the hope of our country.
The older ones have become so saturated
IN vice and iniquity that il is hard to
make an impression on them, while the
mind OF the child is plastic, and impress
sions made on the child's mind bv read
ing pure literature viii. no doubt event
udlly enable it TO withstand the tempta-
tons OF this world. 1 know of a COM
munity where d reading circle estab-
hshed would be a great blessing The
parents are too poor to buy pure litera-
lure FOR their children TO read. and in
their endeavor to earn daily bread they
neglect the mental anu moral training
And those parents who could do il will
not, Tor every cent they can spare land
more, too goes TO the saloon, and can
We expect anything more OF the children
than TO grow UP ignorant wrecks of
manhood and WomanhOOd if left in this
condition? They have no ambition higher
IMAM TO be like their parents-play cards
read dlme-novels. or such as the saloon
affords, and drink whisky.
They are languishing in sin. where we
nave never been. Dear friends, L hope
You viii take hold Of u. Phra es's''
plan and make it one grand success is
the ardent wish Of
'FIDELTA FAY"
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thing of Pope's we must not read a
whole poem, but just one verse and
stop, for then we have something beau
tiful.
ASK pore to paint in verse whatever
Won might q scene on lonely noun
tain in the wintertime, brOoklet hid
den in the forest with its banks flinged
with bluebells and lilies. a magnificent
landscape with the sun Just going
10 rest and the farmer returning home
from his days labor, all these and more.
and he has the exact expression ready
and gives everything 50 minutely that
YOU at once see it as though il was a
picture on canvas.
To this descriptive power Pope added
oratorlcatl talent and tact and what he
did not express with his pen he aid
with words and actions.
Nothing Of Pope's was printed until
1909 when he was twenty-one \ few
years before this he had met Trumbull,
a man of great influence. and had been
introduced into the highest social and
literary circles Of London. II was through
his effort that Pope's attention was
drawn TO the highest class OF French
critics and of studying many things pet
tanning to this subject that he published
his Essay of Criticism
Trumbun took great interest i'm Pope
and through his effort caused him TO
write his piece known as Windsor For
est and TO translate Homer"
But this did not satisfy him, for H.
wanted To write something real and
from experience. as he expressed IT, and
in 17l2 appeared piece called THE
Rape OF the Lock" 1t was well re-
ceived by the social as Well as the lit
erary circles, of which he was a mem
Der, but II was revised. made larger and
again appeared with greater applause
than ever.
But 1925 begins the third period of
Popes career in which he made his
fame as a moralist and satirist
The Dunciaid' was the first work OF
this period TO appear and is among his
best works. He was stirred 10 action
and caused TO write this piece by the
reading of a book pertaining TO the value
OF the character of poets compared with
their writings
Pope's Essay on Man" was next writ
ten and was well received by all the
readers of that day.
This was his last and greatest work
He died at the age Of ufty-seven.
During his lifetime he had one great
desire which, il he would had lived but
a few years longer, he would have no
doubt reached that plane as to be poet
of fame abroad as well as at home, but
in spite of his faults (Which are claimed
to be many we can truthfully say OF
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4 Fair of Her own.

Dear II. /. c. Friends am glad oncs
more To be permitted To write 10 the
page and 10 see the page filed once
again. 1 did not attend the worlds fair.
bur we had a fair of our own. About
three hundred railroaders encamped at
the same place we live. working on the
Ohio Southern. They We're here about
seven months. The members speak OF
a book catalogue. Please send me one.
We live near TO the biggest trestle in the
road When il was being built thou
sands OF people gathered on the banks
of the river every Sunday. lt looked
like big camp meeting. all except tho
preacher MAZE"
ST Paris. O. Jan. 26.
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FAILED.

"Failed-in his trlst-a man who once
Had been a landmark unto all
The prison house for seven months
Consoles his fall"
L read 1t with an eye that burns.
Yet will not let relief in tears
And at his name my memory turns
To other years.
Fallen! that one with whom I used
To walk in days of sunlight passed,
Old lazy days. He has abused
trust at last!
In cooling shade. by winding stream.
With book or fsh-pole in his hand.
1 said, beneath his great eyes CLEAN.
That he was grand.
How could those eyes that in his youth
With Indignation filed when he
Saw men choose wrong beside Of truth,
Choose evily?
How must his heart rebelling rise
That lesser souls above him now
Are lords and he in miseries,
The lowest low.
The murderer will offer him
His sympathy. and those who break
The law, with him. at table grim.
Their food partake.
The man who may not read a line
With british passion overfull
His coming there takes as a sign
OF kindred soul
look TO him as TO a star
4 traveller gazes I'm the night
Deep in q forest and afar
From his homes light.
Dropped by the wayne more 70 be
\ mark along the path Of time
OF truth. and its supremacy
Before its prime.
1t il a curse to touch the wrong,
And. like shadow. it will cling
Unto our hand throughout our long
Earth wandering.
And at the end. although it may
In secrecy he hidden here,
1t Will confront the doer. aye,
Undo him there.
1t is an easy task TO do
The right. and have a conscience clear
And face that would not blush to view
All in a hemisphere.
And know when comes the certain end,
If seeking God can heaven win,
The golden gates will open, and
Admit you in.
The Father knows our weaknesses.
And he has placed the golden prize
So all who seek in righteousness
May mount the skies.
Nor do ] think if we should fall,
If stretching out an open hand
For sweet We find the bitter gall
In unknown land.
l am no judge, but yet I think
The Father understands. and views
And he forgives the ones who drink
The unknown ooze.
And If sin there should be done.
Hearty repentance, and a prayer,
May lift and bear the erring one
Beyond despair.
VIII Jacobs.
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PARLIAMENT or RELIGIONS.
Concerning the Religion of HindOoism
by MAUD Maple"

Dear Concerning the Hindoo
religion a great deal that is of interest
might be sketched from the papers pre-
scented at the parliament. but as space
forbids we must confine our selections
principally to the representatives OF the
various faiths, letting each speak for
themselves. so we here present to you
the brilliant and entertaining speaker,
Swami Vivekananda, the orange-attired
monk Of Calcutta. India. who. in present
ing the Hindoo religion, said:
Three religions now stand in the world
which have come down TO Us from time
ehistOric-Hinduism, Zoroasterianism
and Indaism. These have all received
tremendous shocks and all Of them
proved by their revival their internal
strength. but Indaism afiled to absorb
Christianity and was driven out of its
place II birth by its all-cOnquering
daughter Sect after sect has arisen in
India and seemed TO shake the religion
of the Vedas to its very foundation
but, like the waters or the seaShOre in
a tremendous earthquake, il has receded
only for awhile, only to return in all
absorbing Hood, and when the tumult Of
the rush was over these sects have been
I'm the immense body of another faith.
The Hindus have received their
religion through the revelation Of the
Vsdas. They hold that the Nedas are
without end It may sound ludicr0us 10
this audience. how book can be without
beginning or end. But by the Nedas no
books are meant. They mean the ac-
cumulated treasury Of spiritual laws dis
covered by different persons in different
times. just as the law of gra vitation
existed before its discovery and would
exist IL all humanity forgot il. so with
the laws that govern the spiritual world
the moral. ethical and spiritual rela-
tons between soul and soul and between
individual spirits and the father OF all
spirits were there before their discovery
and would remain even If We forgot
them.
The discoveries Of these laws are called
Rlshis and We honor them as perfected
beings and / am glad 10 tell this audi
ence that some Of the very best of them
were women"
In defining existence, he said:
Here stand, and If T shut my eyes
and try to conceive my existence, T., T.
T. what Is the idea before me2 The
idea OF a body. Am I then nothing but
a combination Of matter and material
eubstances2 The Vedas declare, no 1
am a spirit living in a body. / am not
the body. The body viii die. but ] will
not die. Here / am In this body and
when II will fail, still l will go on liv-
ing. Also 7 had past The soul was
not created from nothing. for creation
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SHOOTING IN COURT.
E-cIting Events at Trial I'm
Kentucky.

MT VERNON. Ky. Jan. 26.-Yester-
day afternoon during the examining
trial of Bill Newcomb for shooting his
sister-in-Iaw some days since. Mat
Burke. the wounded woman's husband.
drew a revolver and opened fire on the
prisoner There was wild stampede
among the spectators. Officers soon dis
armed Burke and found that Newcomb
had sustained no damage from the flying
balls more than a few holes through his
clothing The shooter was placed in
charge of an officer. and later gave bond.
At the conclusion of Newcomb's trial,
as he was being taken back 10 JAIL he
spied Burke as they We're leaving the
court house. He made "A grab for him
nd dealt him a blow on The neck which
put him To sleep Tor half an hour. New
comb was held TO the grand jury in the
case for shooting the woman.
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An EVIL TO BIZ DREADED.
Impure Literature One OF the Worst
Influences in the World


Dear II. J. c. Frends-Although not a
member. permit me, as friend. to oc-
cupy a place among you for a short time.
It is my good intention to become a men,
Der soon if you will admit me. L have
been greatly interested in your literary
club for some time: was glad to see the
advertisements crowded out this week:
hope you will not allow them to re-
appear
u. Pirates" your ideas on impure
literature found a coincidence in my
mind. /. too, believe that impure Htera-
ture IS more potent factor for evil
than saloons. although they seem to be
almost inseparable. for in the vicinity Of
the saloon there vile literature ALWAYS
abounds. and vice versa. Your sugeess:
uOn or distributing pure literature was
good one. but pardon me- dear friend if
j say that IL did not go for enough for
/ am afraid there would not be as large
an amount distributed as there should
be. suggest that you request each
member TO pay into the treasury a
small sum. which the club may fix. pay
able semi-annually, and the president
appoint a committee TO secure. or make
q list, OF such literature as they may
think best, and the president appoint
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the amount raised. That he also ap-
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some one to act as librarian, and chang
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enough, thus forming a reading circle in
these destitute places. And that such
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distributed and shall submit a written
report of the same to the annual con-
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friends, can we "throw out the life line"
to those who are sinking under the in
fiuence of vile literature than in the way
az Pirates" suggested?
l believe II ever a reformation Is
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'Failed-in his trust-a man who once
Had been a landmark unto all
The prison house for seven months
Consoles his fall
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him as we can of every other poet and
great man. that the world is better
because of his having lived"
a SCIENTIST"
Jan. "a
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-09-29
A Rock Island County Boy.
Police POinta.

Charles Brown was fined 81 and
costs this morning by Magistrate
Schroeder for failure to pay dog tax.
A. j. Robinson, of Davenport. was
fined Is and costs by Magistrate
Schroeder for peddling potatoes with
out license.
Yesterday afternoon j. W. Thomp-
son. Jacob Bleuer, Charles Coyle and
Robert Thompson g and costs each
for violating the dog ordinance.
j. Darlington, bum, was arrested
by Chief Sexton this morning on Sec
ond avenue and taken to the station,
where be is sleeping off a nice jag.
A tough individua al giving his name
as McCarty. and claiming to hal
from California. was arrested this
morning by Officer Etzel for being
drunk and rushing the can under the
viaduct.
Gustave Uttke, who lives on Tenth
street near Fifth avenue, was arrest
ed yesterday afternoon on a charge
OF abandonment, preferred by hi.
father-in-law, John Ittner. who ha!
kept Uttke's child since the death o.
its mother few months ago. Uttk,
furnished 5000 bonds for his appear
ance next Wednesday.
| John BOos, who runs saloon OF
Fourth avenue, was arrested yester
day afternoon. charged with sellin,
liquor to minors. Boos sold intoxi
cants to Chris LUCE. Theodore Beck
strom and Tom Nickle, three Molin,
boys, who. while drunk, held up :
citizen OF that town few nights ago
in consequence Of. which some Friends
OF the boys have entered complaint
The case was continued until
O'Clock Monday afternoon.