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A Failure in the
United States.

mic problems find themselves sur
rounded by every untutored crankism
adrIft. Neither the needy poor nor the
bloated plutocrat will tax love so Sc
Verely as the egotistical, narrow mind
ed crank
1t must be admitted, however, in the
face of these experiences, that success
full cooperation, however unlikely, is
not utterly impossible. The Oneida
Community, at first a religious society,
after stormy experience with their
neighbors through practicing free love,
adopted family life in 1880, abandoned
communism and formed a joint stock
company. In 1857 the community
wealth was $1,000; in 1900 the capital
of the Oneida company, limited, was
$6O0,0O and its surplus $150,247, with
219 stockholders Though no longer
strictly q Community" the Oneida
company is undoubtedly a successful
cooperative experiment, employing in
its factories all stockholders that de-
sire to labor. but it is successful partly
because 1T carries on business in the
manner of any other corporation. The
Womans Commonwealth, a little
group of women with advanced
IDEAS, is still in existence at Mount
Pleasant, in the District of Column
bla. TWenty-four celibateS live to-
gether tremendously How long the
community VIII IdSI 1t IS Impossible, Of
course, to say, but thus far has
proved successful. But the bright
particular example of a f1ourishing CO.
operative community, the only one that
stands out as satisfactory enbodi-
ment of the cooperative idea, is the
Amana society, inhabiting seven vii
lagos twenty miles west of Iowa City,
in Iowa. This alone has fulfilled the
hopes of its founders. Originally Der
secuted Pietists from Hesse,- the
AmaniteS to the number of 500 found
ed Ebenezer Community in New York
in 1913; in 1852 when they moved to
their 2e,000-acre tract in Iowa, they
numbered 1900, and now 1900 of them
carry on the farms, factories, shops
and stores of the Amana villages in
happiness and comfort They hold all
property in common; they eat at com
mon tables. Each does his share of
the labor necessary to make the COM
munity prosperous. Their per capita
of wealth is less than that of the rest
of Iowa county, but the system of
common ownership secures equality of
distribution. Though not rich, then.
the community has grown steadily and
gives every promise of continuance.
The explanation of its success lies in
the preservation of the original relig-
ious enthusiasm.
The communistic movement, how
ever, with this exception, indicates
that human nature is not adapted to
community life; the invigorating shock
OF competition is, after all, what
healthy American keenly desire.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
THE. LEE OF FAITH

The Christian Endeavor topic for
Aug. II is found in Genesis xii. 1-5.
Hebrews XII, Is.
From many sides we hear the crv
and demand that the church shouId
preach more about the practical things
OF life and should not so often dwell
upon the realm of faith. The criticism.
however, IS most unjust and unwar-
ranted. The importance of faith tn
life cannot be estimated.
Men live as they believe What thew
are and what they do are above everv-
thing else determined by what thew
believe. The Puritans believed firmly
in God, in Gods control of the affairs
OF this life and in the teachings of
the Scriptures that there would be
punishment for sin here in the life
TO come. The effect Of this belief was
clearly seen in their lives. At a certain
period in the history of the people of
france they practically discarded all
belief in God and sacred things. The
result of this unbelief was most an
parent in their lives. They gave them
selves up almost entirely to the things
of this life that make for destruction
rather than for development, and his
tory has neyer seen worse effects Of
unbelief than were manifested in
France at this time. Faith inspires
life; its fruits are works, and there
fore too much Importance cannot be
attached tc the subject of faith and
it's relation to life
l. The life of faith is necessary
Fau1 says: 1--WE walk by faith and
not by sight. There are many people
IN the world who try to walk by sight,
but it is absolutely impossible. Our al
nest every act of life requires some
faith. We eat because we believe that
the food which we eat will support
our lives. This is an exercise of faith.
We believe in PAST history, in places
lhat we have reVer seen and nt.ople
that we have never known, and thus we
constantly excl else faith in all relations
OF our lives. This being true, it is
folly that the exercise of religious faith
should be so often discountenanced.
IL We must live by faith, why should
It be incredible that we should ex-
ercise religious faith? If we can be-
HeYe In men whom we have not
seen, why can we not believe in God
although we have not seen Him? IF
we can believe in distant countries
which we have never visited, why can
we not believe III & land beyond this
life and look forward to habitation in
1t?
2. The life Of faith is possible. To
some people it Sc ems impossible to be-
Heve In the great religious truths. in
God, in the irreppl alton of the Scrip
lures and in the future life, but this is
rot Impossible. That a life of faith is
not impossible is proved by the multi
tude of those who have lived a life of
faith, whose entire lives have been con-
trolled and directed by their supreme
faith in GOD and eternal things. The
life of Abraham was purely life of
faith. Goo called him to go forth to a
country that he had never seen. He
went forth rot knowing whittier he
went, but trusting the results of the
future entirely to God. In the eleventh
chapter of Hebrews we have a long
array of pat iarchs whose lives were
based upon their faith in God and
eternal truths. What is possible
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
CHE Old
NEVER TOO LATE.

For the sober encouragement of peo-
pie who have reached later middle age
famous correspondent of the British
Weekly has written letter presenting
examples OF great deeds accomplished
after the half-century mark had been
reached. He mentions Lincoln, who
became president at 81; Milton, who
published Paradise Lost at SO; Han
del, who began his oratorios at 55;
Samuel Johnson, who wrote his Lives
of the Poets at 68; Samuel Richard
son, who attained success after so;
and so on through a cheerful compila-
ton of similar optimistic evidence
This is pleasant reading for young
and old-for the. young because it con-
firms their own trust in the future;
for their elders because it renews a
hope that maybe was about to lose a
shade of it's glow and warmth. To
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Communism.
NOT POPULAR IN AMERICA.

NOT POPULAR IN AMERICA.
A recent bulletin of the department
of labor, prepared by the Rev. Alex
ander Kent, is a document more fas-
cinating than half the historical ro-
mances, for it is a historical sketch of
cooperative communities in the Unit
ed States. 1t shows what happens
when the advocates of social regener-
alton go by themselves and practice
what they preach" The report is a
record Of melancholy failures. Of forty
five cooperative communities mark
ing the Owen and Fourier movements
early in the century, with an average
life of two years each, not one re-
mains; of the eleven communistic So
cieties recorded in 1875 but two and
fragment still eXist-with but one
really successful; and of the twenty
inaugurated in the last decade none
give promise of life.
The Shakers, with communities in
nine fundamentally a church
rather than a cooperative society
numbered in 1875, after nearly a cen
fury of existence, 2,415. Last year
they numbered 1,20e, a decrease of SO
per cent in twenty-five years. Finan-
cially prosperous, charitable, indus
triouS, moral, they are gradually diving
out through the detection of their few
children, most of whom leave the com
munity, and through their failure to
attract recruits. In all probability
Shakerism will soon die a peaceful
death. Other societies founded sim
ilarly, by religious enthusiasts from
abroad, have already persisted violent
ly. The Zoar society came from Ger
many at the beginning of the last CEN
fury and settled near Pittsburg, later
moving to Ohio. There, after the
death of the leader and the consequent
decline in regilious enthusiasm, the
new generation, first suing unsuccess-
fully in the courts, secured finally
division by agreement of the common
property. The Harmony society, with
almost the same Xperience-early
struggles, hard-won success and then
agitation for division-has so far STAY
ed off dissolution, but it reduced to a
little close corporation of none elderly
people. The Icarian, like many an
other, failedtt through lack of agree
ment. Withea most fantastic history
of inauguration through the efforts of
periodical journal, of badly managed
enterprises, OF hard work and fierce
dlssension, the Ruskin community has
nVed preeaJious life in Tennessee
ana Georgia until now, after g. decline
from ESQ to s140, very recent news
paper reports declares it's property has
been seized by the sheriff. The Chris
ton commonwealth, composed like the
Ruskin of well educated Americans, IS
in the hands Of a receiver. It's news
paper says: Those who attempt an
application of the lew of love to ccono-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
Curious Things I'm
Lie and Literature.

decisions there is no appeal. The four
objects of the. society are ID the edu-
cation of youth; CD the education Of 9TH
ers by preaching, etc; (3) the defense OF
the Catholic faith against all heretics and
unbeIievers, and 90 the propagation of
the Catholic faith among the heather.
The Jesuits wear no monastic garb, but
dress like any other of the secular
clergy" and live in no religious house
but in private dwellings.
451.--The word bull is derived from the
Latin bulla, "a bubble of water and
then "a round ball of any kind" In the
middle ages it came to signify the capsule
of the seal appended to letters from en-
perors or popes. next it was used for the
seal itself. and lastly for the document
to which the seal was appended. Its use
is now commonly restricted to papal docu-
nents issued with certain indispensable
formalitieS.
QUESTIONS to be answered Aug 81:
45S-What was the ancient custom
known as the Fire Ordeal?
459.--Who were the Invites?
460.--What is hunger?
46l.--What is curling?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
Difficult to flake.

strument. The ivory is then hung up in
a net for time. Later the second half
is turned, and the ball again hung up as
before, in a room where the temperature
is from 60 to 70 degrees.
The ball must be kept thus suspended
for about a year, when it is rubbed and
polished so as to near a certain weight
as Apossible. and to diameter of two and
three eighths inches. Even with the
greatest care it is impossible to make
two balls exactly the same weight
The life of billiard ball after it is
placed in use is an uncertain quantity
If the room in which it is kept is too
hot the pores of the ivory may close,
and crack ensues: Then it has to be
returned to the factory, where it is
shaved off and consequently reduced in
size. A second rated billiard room gets
it next. By and by it develops another
crack, and again goes back to the factory
where this time it is probably fixed UP
for cue ball in pool When it has reach
ed its last limit of usefulness as ball ii
is bought Dy dealers in bone and ivory
and turned into buttons.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
Sunday Study
GUIDED BY CLOUD AND FIRE.

The international Sunday school les
son for Aug. II is found in Nos. X, IL
10, and 1885. "And they first took
their journey according to the COM
mandment of the Lord by the hand of
Noses" The children of Israel were
now many months from Egypt. They
had erected the tabernacle, it had been
accepted and filled it with His glory.
Now the cloud over the tabernacle
was lifted and the people journeyed
from Sinai to the wilderness of Paran
In the order described in this chapter.
Whether it was the tabernacle and it's
erection or the priesthood and the
sacrifices or the journeying through
the wilderness nothing was done and
no step was taken except as God COM
manded or guided by the pillar of
cloud and fire. On the part of Moses
and Israel it was simply a matter of
obedience. Concerning the cloud and
+ its guidings and their obedience read
Nos. tx, 1928.
Come thou with us and we will do
thee good, for the Lord hath spoken
good concerning Israel" Thus spoke
Moses to Hobud. Moses believed the
word of the Lord, and, having respect
unto the recompenSe of the reward, he
forsook all his prospects in Egypt and
fully identified himself with Israel as
their leader under god.
Hobad was in doubt and saw no
such prospect as opened up to the
mind of Moses, and as far as appear
ances went he felt that he would be
better off with his own people.
Leave US not, | pray thee, for as
much as thou knowest how we are to
encamp in the wilderness and thou
mayest be to us instead of eyes," 1t
Jocks as If, for the moment, Moses was
forgetting God and His cloud and His
unerring guidance. So unstable is man
even at his best. We think of Simon
Peter one moment confessing that Je-
sus was the Christ, the Son of the liv-
ing God, and the next acting as sa-
tanS mouthp1ece to tempt the Lord to
pity himself and turn from the cross,
And it shall be, if thou go with us,
yea, 1t shall be, that what goodness the
Lord shall do unto us the same will we
do unto thee" Moses now talks more
correctly, for we are fully authorized
to offer all the riches of Gods grace
and glory to all who will accept Him
through Jesus Christ, but we are not
authorized to seek either help or guild
ance from those who are not His 1t
will help us to remember that Jesus
SAID concerning His own, '"The glory
which Thou gaveSt Me I have given
them" and "as Thou hast sent Me into
the world, even so have I also sent
them into the world"
And as they journeyed the cloud of
the Lord went before them 1t was the
visible symbol of the Lords presence
with them, and He by it was their
guide, their light, their shield, their
oracle, their avenger, their covering,
in fact, it was all they needed. When
the people relied upon God, who $dwelt
between the cherubim, their enemies
fled before them, but when they relied
upon the ark (Which was only the
symbol of His presence), then their
enemies obtained the victory. Wheth-
er on the march or at rest, the great
reality of Israels life was Jehovah in
their midst. In proportion as they
they prospered, but when thew forgot
Him they failed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
Don't Do 1t.

Very often moral cowardice underlies
the beginning Of drunken career There
with drinking
A hundred thousand young men drink
every day because they are afraid people
Have the couragel to be a good fellow
of the kind that is not picked in whisky.
When a man wonders at your ordering
some harmless stuff, something free from
alcohol, point to the druhkard at the 9TH
er end of the bar and say:
That man once Thought that bracer
to believe that what hurts him NAV hurt
me. I shall need all my, feeble ability to
compete with such gehiuses as you other
fellows-therefore, + propose to keep in
tact my brain and ethel mucuous mem
brane that lines me5'
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Can You Name 1t?

pie give three cheers, and Jonah was in
SIDE a whale three days and three nights
and if at first you don't succeed, try, try
again-three times, you seel''
This was received with some CONTEMPT
by the company, and a soulful youth
gushed opt:
Two, oh, two is the magic number!
ones self and one other! The adored one
Just US twol''
A hardfeatured individual who had
been listening to the conversation hither-
to unmoved, here remarked in a harsh
voice:
THE magic number is one. Number
One, in this world, and if you want to.
succeed never forget it"
An interval of deep thought on the part
OF all followed, after which they went in
silently to supper.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
Their Souls in the
Fragrance

was extracted from bloom, it exhibits
marvellous sympathy.
Take, as an example, the cas-, or
Jonquils. AT the end of the year the
smell of the perfume is constant, but ir-
the spring a change appears. In May.
when the jonquils are in full flower
the colorless liquid has it's scent ex-
allied to a surprisingly high degree.
When the flowers are in bloom, the.
bottled essence is very perceptibly
stronger in ordor. AS the flowers
droop, so does the perfume lose it's po-
tency in strict agreement. This mys-
ferrous sympathy between flower and
essence never dies, but ever respond
to the proper seasons.
There is room for reflection in the
thought that every scent bottle holds
the souls of hundreds upon hundreds
of flowers. An eighty-ounce vase will
hold the souls of seven tons of roses.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
THERE is WORK
FOR THEM

the latter 1T recalls the inspiring ex-
ample of the old gentleman who stu
died Hindostanee at the age of so, and
the old lady of 70 who took up fine
embroidery because her eyes had be
gun to fail and she wished to exercise
them.
Bless the old people, of whom many
accomplish so much after the age or
fifty that their previous years seem to
have been merely a preparatory course
in the understanding of true happiness
and the best methods of bestowing it
upon others. For the first fifty years
of life are those of struggle and stress;
in the subsequent years often lies the
true achievement. 1t may not be a
book, a poem, or a deed of statesman
ship. 1t may be only the sculptured
ideal a man has wrought, with how
much of labor and of pain, from the
crude clay Of his own inchoate nature
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
FLOWERS .
A PRETTY THOUGHT.

One of~the principal manufacturers
OF perfumery in the world has declared
that he is quite certain that flowers
actually possess souls. The fragrance
OF a flower is really its soul, and it ex-
lists when the flower itself has perish
ed This, he maintains, is not q poeti-
cal fancy, but an established fact
Certainly the fragrance of a flower
is not dead thing This seems to be
a curious statement to make, but it is
a fact that when certain conditions are
fulfilled part of the life of { hover
never seenlS~to die.
Although the fragrance of flowers
dead years ago may have undergone
all sorts OF manufacturing processes
to extract it and fix it, vet is never
dies. When the flowers of the kind it
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
WHEN PEOPLE GROW SHORTER

Everybody has noticed that in extreme
old age people grow rapidly shorter, so
that person formerly of average height
grows down. into quite a diminutive man
or woman. A German contemporary now
begins as early as the age of thirty-five
years. At thirty, we are told the hu-
man body has reached it's full height,
which is retained for a few years. after
which the growing down process begins.
At first and for many years, the process
is so slow as to be almost imperceptible,
but at the age of about sixty it begins to
be noticeable, and after seventy, even
though the veteran does not stoop at all,
the fact that he is growing down be-
comes apparent to everyone who sees
him
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
Billiard Balls.
MUCH TIME -ANR CARE REQUIRED TO
PRODUCE THE WHITE SPHERES.

MUCH TIME -ANR CARE REQUIRED TO
PRODUCE THE WHITE SPHERES.
It takes more than a year to make a
billiard BALI Few devotees of the game
probably are aware of the infinite pains
that have to be expended on this impor-
Iant part OF the equipment that contrib
utes to their entertainment
Billiard balls are made from elephants
tusks, and only the small tusks, from
four to six inches in diameter, will do
for these furnish the best ivory The
price of this ivory has greatly Increased
OF late, and the demand is far in excess
of the supply. This stringency in the
market has induced prominent billiard
company to offer $4,000 for a perfect
substitute for ivory
The elephants tusks come to the fac
tories cut up in sections, each having
been cut Just large enough to allow Of
the turning Of single ball. Only skilled
labor is employed to work upon it, The
exact center of the piece must first be
discovered by measurement 1t is then
placed in a socket, and one-half of the
ball is turned by sharp edged steel in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
Problems

PRIZES-The first person to send in
correct answers to all problems will re-
ceive a prize of a short story. We will
be glad to receive peculiar original prob
lens from our readers.
ANSWERS to problems given two
weeks ago: -
225-$2, 900.
-Capitalizing a ground rent means
to find sum of money which, if placed
ON interest at the current rate percent
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
Puzzle Corner,

PRIZES-A copy of a short story book
will be sent to the first person to send
in answers to all puzzles The person
who sends in the best original puzzle this
week will receive a copy of a choice
story. The puzzles printed first in this
concerning which opinions may differ. All
puzzles should be written on one side of
paper. Write names distinctly.
ANSWERS to puzzles two weeks ago:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
Quotations.
Famous

PRIZES-The first person to send in
quotations will be given q copy Of m
illustrated book. Address Puzzle Editor.
care T he Globe, st. Paul, MINI.
AUTHORS of questions two weeks ago:
425.-Byron.
426-Thomas Hood
427-E. Bulwer Lytton.
42S.-Tennyson.
429-JameS Russell Lowell.
430-Romans, w., IS.
QUOTATIONS-Auth to be given
Aug. 81:
437-
Beyond this vale of tears,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
THE STRONGEST ANIMALS.

The strongest animals exist entirely on
vegetable food. 1t is the ferocity of the
lion rather than his strength that makes
him formidable. An elephant is a match
for several lions and is a vegetarian. The
animals with most speed and endurance
the horse, the reindeer and the antelope
are all vegetarians.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
Magic DQmber,
A DISCUSSION.

7 often hear of the magic humber
nine, Of course" replied someone else.
There were nine muses., you know, and
you talk of nine days wonder Then you
Iives.''
'Nonsense!" broke in another "Seven
IS the magic number. Seventh heaven,
don you know, and all that: Seven col
week; seventh son Of seventh son-good
Tush, tushi" remarked third Give
IS the number you mean. A man has five
fingers on his hand, five toes on his foot
and five senses; and
Three is undoubtedly the magic num-
per- interrupted another, because peo-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17
Wbaf els
A Delicate Morsel.

weigh rs much as the liver of a good
sized calf. The bird is kept until it is
just ready to die when it is killed and
the liver taken and given "a special Sc
cret treatment, when it is packed in jars
and gold labeled and then passes through
the usual channels of trade to the cpl
curean consumer. These diseased livers
bring the producer the small farmers of
Alsatia, from 81 to 81 apiece, and the
them the higher price they bring. Now
if tempted to order plate de foie gras
on your bill Of fare at some tony restau-
rant you will know just exactly what
you are getting and eating.
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Who Wrote
Them +?

There is life above.
Unincasrred BY the fight Of years,
And all that life is love"
THE light that lies,
In woman's eyes"
49,
81 live not in myself, but [ became
Portions OF that around me-"
40
"A Weapon that comes down as still,
AS snow fakes fall upon the sod;
But executes freeman's will,
AS lightning does the will of God;
And from its force, nor doors nor locks.
Can shield you-'tis the ballot box"