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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22
Movement Toward Church Union.

Never in the history Of Professionalism
Eas there been SO much discussion Of
the question OF church union as now.
To show that the movement In this d.
rection is gaining force and momentum.
most Of the eminent churchmen who
discuss the subject favor the idea OF
the churches getting together There
Is much difference Of opinion as to the
Details of doing this. but the desira-
bility Of union is generally admitted.
Public opinion recently published a
symposium on the question from some
of the most noted divines In America.
DIR. S. u. Mcconnell. one OF the leading
rectors of New York city. takes this de-
cidcd position:
Diversity has never been the genius
and glory of Professionalism" but its be-
setting fault and weakness. The great
leadaSs of the Reformst.n were keenly
alive ~ this ddnge., defended the move
ment against the charge and did their
best to forefend against IT. The life OF
Protestantism Is not being sacrificed to
the new liberal movement" On the con-
trary, the continued existence OF Protes-
tantism is bound up In the fortunes OF the
movement Professionalism has come to
the end of the path along which 1t has
been moving for three centuries. Unless
1t find, and find soon a new and true ap-
peal to make to the soul the religious life
of the people will be found to be divided
between the institutionalism of Rome and
reverent and ethically strenuous ag-
nosticism.
Bishop Henry C. Potter employs
what is dangerously akin to sarcasm
In reference to some of those who op-
pose him. He says:
"Is the life of Professionalism being sac
riticed to th.-pew liberal movement?' No.
| should answer, not the life OF Protes-
tantism, but possibly the life of une1ifying
idiosyncrasies and incidentally of many
worthy persons who at present are sup
ported as the ministers OF diversity In re-
ligion, but who, If Professionalism, with
its august and enlarging principles OF
liberty of worship and conscience, were
maintained by minimizing needless divi-
siOus would be compelled to turn their at
tention to secular callings for their main
tenance.
A former moderator of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian church offers this
strong word:
1t seems reasonable to believe that the
consolidation Of Protestant sects, together
with the perpetuation OF the spirit of
Professionalism, would tend not to laxity
of faith and practice, but rather TO
strengthen faith and to stimulate the
practice of the fundamental Christian vir-
tues, for there would remain no incentive
to spend time and energy defending and
propagating mere denominational pecul-
iarities, but that time and energy could
be more proftably spent in teaching the
essentials of Christian truth and applying
them TO the development of Christian
character.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22
The City and Country Beautiful.

The movement to beautify our cities
Is becoming widespread 1t is one of
the most hopeful signs of the times.
1t should extend to every municipality
of the land should invade every vii
lage and should be carried into the
country itself. No supremely great
civilization has reached full flower till
1t has been manifested In artistic sur
roundings. Greece here evolved her
chief glory. The landscape gardening
of England is a more certain sign of
her high civilization than her immense
navy or her far flung battle line"
SO in America 1t should be the dream
of every patriotic citizen to make each
city thing Of art, and the whole land
a noble poem written in the language
of grass, of flowers and of trees. No
country was ever blessed with a bet
ter natural groundwork. Mountain and
prairie, hill and river all lend them
selves to the pleasing task. The mar
velous love Of country shown by the
japanese comes from the fact that they
have made their land beautiful enough
to love. Why cannot Americans create
for themselves a like incentive to
patriotism Of the highest and best sort?
On the subject of beautifying our
cities a recent writer in Harper's Week
ly says:
Up to very recently there has been little
that was organized, little that was con-
scious and little that was social In a large
sense in the average city. The urban
communities of the United States have
been mere industrial happenings. In the
true sense they have not yet become
cities. Their life has been not dissimilar
from that frontier existence which has
ever been found in some portion of the
United States just in advance of political
organization But of late years this brick
and mortar life has been fusing into a
higher order of municipal organization.
1t has shown some signs of organized pur-
pose.
And nothing more surely indicates this
changed conception of the city than the
interest which Is beginning to be taken
in the matter Of municipal art This in
terest Is general. sThe people of Washing
ton, New York, Chicago, Cleveland, San
Francisco and many minor communities
are working through one agency or an
Nother for the rendering of their cities
more beautiful. This fact Is significant
more as an indication of the spirit of con-
temporary thought than as an isolated
phenomenon. AS In religion. so in poll
tics 1t is the spirit that counts, and the
distinguishing motive Of present day
movements Is belief in the city as
whole, In its life, outward form and ap-
pearance; in It's schools, parks play
grounds; in its purpose to become a bet
ter, more wholesome and happier place
Of living.
Here is a reform worth while, one
that has no party lines, one that con-
tributes to religion, education art and
in its effects even to literature one
that inculcates nation-love, one that
adds to the social sense, one that makes
for the enjoyment and refinement of
the people.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22
Pan-American Railway,

The adage, Go away from home to
fed in some recent comments and state
ments of the Revue de Commerce Ex-
terieur concerning the building Of the
Pan-American railway The article
was transmitted to America by one of
our consuls and was translated and
published in the consular reports. 1t is
as follows:
The construction of a pan-American
railway to unite the three Americas,
which was decided upon at the pan-Amer-
lean congress at Mexico is now assured
by the formation of the Pan-American
Railway company at Guthrie Okla, with
capital of $243 00O The line will start
from Port Nelson, on the Hudson bay,
thence to Winnipeg, and will traverse the
Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma,
Texas, Mexico, Central America. Panama.
Colombia. Ecuador, Peru, and end at
Buenos Ayres. Branch lines will be built
to Rio de Janeiro and Valparaiso. The
total length of the line will be about IL 900
miles. Only about one-half of this will
be built since existing lines cover the bal
ance. 1t is estimated that 1t will cost
$l93, 100000 to build the connecting lines
and that 1t will take eight years to COM
plete it. Brazil and La Plata are being
visited by an agent Of the company.
There is no project put under way
in recent years of more immediate i'm
portance to the American continents
than the Pan-American railway. 1t
will tend to civillze the countries
through which it passes, to bring
them closer to the United States, and
for this reason to increase the influence
of this country with the other nations
Of the western hemisphere. 1t will
open vast and rich sections of country
to American investments and in time
will result in not only closer COM
mercial union between the nations
traverSed, but In a closer political
union as well. 1t has long been, the
fond dream of certain Americans that
in time there would be greater United
States of America stretching from the
north to the south pole. However this
may be, the Pan-American railway
will tend to draw the peoples together
in all real and beneficial ways, whether
it serves to extend or eliminate mere
boundary lines or not.
The project has been under consider
alton for a number of years, and pre-
liminary steps have been taken toward
the building of the road.
There is nothing inherently improb-
able in the story of the French paper,
and it is to be hoped that it is true.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22
America and Japan.

II is not that the United States does
not appreciate the friendship shown by
Russia in the past that the sympathIes
OF most Americans are with the Japa-
nese in the present war. This people
has shown its gratitude for that friend
ship on more than one occasion. But
today is not yesterday. a progressive
nation faces the present and future.
The average American has little sym
pathy with the spirit. the government
and the methods of the Russian empire.
They seem TO him TO belong TO the mid
die ages. He sees in them the igno-
rance, superstition, despotism and big
otry from which he has escaped He
does not believe in absolutism and the
closed door. In his view Japan is fight
ing the battles Of civilization and lib
ery. Moreover, he takes peculiar in
terest In the island empire, for has
she not been the pupil of america?
In a recent letter TO the outlook
George Kennan, the writer who gained
fame In exposing the conditions in 81
IBERIA, gives thrilling example of
the influence of Yankee thought in the
land of the mikado. Mr.. KEENAN, on his
arrival in Yokohama was fortunate
enough to see an enthusiastic farewell
TO number of troops starting to the
front. 1t is little thing, but it speaks
volumes. He says:
Leaving the carriage, l made my way
with some 1iiiculty toward big Amer
lean flag which | could see side by side
with Japanese standard near the CEN
ter of the throng, Just before | reached it
one of the bands suddenly struck up THE
Battle Cry of Freedom" The whole as
semblage instantly burst into a thunder
GUS shout of "Banzai!' and before
knew it l was holding both hands aloft
in the Japanese fashion and shouting
"Banzai!' with all the voice | had. 1t
was not the battle cry with which l was
most familiar. but II the japanese were
going to carry our flag and play our mu-
sic / was ready to adopt their huSah.
A few minutes later another band began
to play John Browns body lies %-mol-
dering in the ground and / doubt very
much whether that old war song to which
so many thousands of American troops
have marched, ever stirred the fighting
spirit of stranger or more patriotic as
semblage of people than the crowd of
bareheaded Japanese laborers, artisans,
fishermen and sailors who held their
hands aloft under that forest of flags and
shouted, "Banzai For the great empire
Of Japan, Banzai!'
And yet some people wonder why
Americans sympathize with the little
brown men fighting for what they be-
lieve their very national existence.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22
Consider the Red Ant.

Since the report of the government
expert who discovered an ant that
would destroy the cotton boil weevil
there has been more red ant literature
than in any equal period of the worlds
history since Solomon. All of those
who know anything about the insect
and a great many who do not have
rushed into print to give the world the
benefit Of their knowledge or lack of IT..
The ant has been treated scientifically,
historically, industrially, editorially and
In most every other way known to
man. Enthusiastic cotton planters
have drunk his health, and he has even
been preached and prayed over. But 1t
was left for Texas scientist to place
the capsheaf on the shock of discus
sion, and this he does to the discom-
future of the ant and of the govern
ment expert who discovered him. The
gentleman from Texas has the floor:
The ant is known scientifically as So
lenopsis debilis texana and is common In
cotton fields throughout Texas. 1t is un-
doubtedly one Of the most useful insects
In retardng to some extent the develop
ment of the boil weevil, although, on ac-
count of the nature of its work. 1t will
probably never be of any very great prac-
tical Importance. 1t is frequently to be
found in squares on the ground In the
act of destroying larvae. but more often
the pupae. Occasionally they have been
found entering infested bolls which are
yet hanging upon the plants and destroy
ing the pupae which had become exposed
by the premature cracking open of their
cells. In some cases they have been
known to destroy young adults which had
emerged but not become thoroughly hard
ened. but In no case that has ever come
under the observation of entomologists
have they been known to attack the adult
weevils.
The Washington Post translates the
foregoing after this fashion:
In other words. the Texas person as
serts-
First-That the department experts
ant is no news to him.
Second.-That there Is not the slightest
occasion for the majestic and picturesque
expeditions to Patagonia or wherever
abundant numbers and at no cost worth
mentioning almost anywhere in Texas.
Thrd.-That the solenopsis thingumbob
whatdyecallem isn't worth 80 cents as
an exterminator. even after you get him.
Thus do our fond dreams vanish. Aft
er sending a high priced expert all the
way to Patagonia and having him dis
cover red ant that would break a
boil weevirs back and lay him out in
thirty seconds by the watch, to have a
plain cotton raiser from Texas knock
the props from under both expert and
ant In this fashion is discouraging.
Let us hope that our Texas friend is
acquainted with some other member
of the red ant family and that the
Patagonian specimen belongs to a
fiercer and more strenuous type.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22

The average politician imagines that
n national convention creates pro-
found commotion throughout the coun-
try. AS matter Of fact, it occasions
scarcely ripple on the surface of
events. The farmer, the laborer, the
manufacturer and the merchant go on
with their work, and the great currents
of the nations life keep up their even
flow, undisturbed by the clicking of
political machines or the more or less
perfunctory applause of actual or
would be officeholders.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22
NO.. 10
The Quality of Courage.

Al lne stIeuuous struggle OF Souls
upward the coward always goes to the
wall, as he deserves to do.
Courage is shown in a thousand
ways. In tie fireman 1t dashes into a
burning building TO rescue the help
less; in the soldier Ii overcomes the
fear of the heart and goes into the bat
tie; In the engineer it stays at the post
If duty to save the passengers behind:
in the public official it stands by con-
viction despite consequences; in the
editor 1t speaks its honest thought and
dares denounce corruption wherever
found;> in the true devotee ii follows
the Christlike through all ridcule and
persecution, and in every man it meets
the battle of life unfinchingly through
good or ILL.,
1t is not alone a physical quality,
though 1t has its expression on that
plane. In Its higher aspect it is a
moral attribute. Napoleon described
that man as having true bravery who,
though In deadly terror of the fight,
yet held his place In front of the
charge. Mere insensibility TO danger
is not courage Often it is only stupidi-
ty. But the man who swallows the
lump in his throat who stills the beat
ing of his heart and goes on, that man
has heroism in his makeup.
Bravado is only counterfeit. Loud
talking is usually resorted to in order
to cover up weakness. 1t is a bluff.
But beware of the man who says little
and says that quietly. When you strike
him you are next to the real article.
1t takes courage to go against the
current. 1t is so much easier to drift.
When men ask you to do something
that is hurtful or that is beneath your
manhood, have you the bravery to re-
sist? If you see fragrant wrong in
the civic life about you, have you the
nerve to oppose 1t? If you hear one of
your friends unjustly assailed, have
you the courage to stand up for him?
Have you the manhood to resist doing
or countenancing mean or little act?
When a lie seems the easier way out,
have you the strength to tell the truth2
When you are offered money for be-
traying a cause, have you the sturdi-
ness to be honest?
All these are the marks of the brave
man.
What we need in our national life Is
courage-courage to expose the bribers
who are debauching the government.
courage to oppose the combinations
that are robbing the people, courage to
stand by principle at whatever cost
The people love men. They are tired
of weaklingS, of tools, of those who
have not the bravery to follow the
promptings Of their own souls. Men
who bend to circumstances have no
business at the front. Only he who
can follow principle is worthy to lead
a people
We need those of the temper of the
martyrs Of old, who went to the stake
rather than surrender a conviction.
We need Tilden in every municipal
ity, man who cannot be cowed by the
machine, a man who will denounce a
rogue, though he is the boss of city.
Courage is the quality Of genuine
manhood everywhere, and these are the
higher expressions of it.
In one case it reScues q child from
the flames. In another 1t rescues a
city or nation from corrupt ring.
Everywhere it rescues men and women
from their baser selves.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22

The young man on the rear seat VIZ
smoking decoction of cabbage leaves
and hemp. Beside him was the only
vacant seat on the car, so the fdgety
man took 1t. After wriggling and
squirming for time the latter blurted
out: "Phew That's a vile weed you're
burning" Yes" drawled the other,
"it is bad, very bad-almost as bad as
your manners"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22

One of the notable results of the Jap
anese war is that jiu jitsu is to be
taught at Harvard next year. Profess
or Y. Yamashita Of Tokyo will begin
the instruction In the Japanese art Of
wrestling at the opening of the fall
term, and the course will require only
500 as an entrance fee. Since jiu jitsu
has been given the official sanction of
President Roosevelt, Professor Yama-
shita will probably be buried under
500 bills before he has been In Cam
bridge two days: ----------..
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22

The hen was thought to be one of
the most steady going and reliable Of
creatures, and yet one in Indiana has
been laying petritied eggs, and another
in Maine has head like snake. Even
Biddy is catching the disease for doing
freaky things.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22

Knock and the world knocks with
you. Boost and you- boost alone, for
the world has it in for the fellows who
win. 1t has ounces enough Of its own.
Roast and you bring an answer.
Praise, 1t is lost in air Men give slight
heed to the taffying screed, but the fel-
low who kicks gets there
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22

Some one suggests that when baby
cries the mother should have a tuning
fork handy to give it the proper key.
Another health specialist says that
babies should be taught to bawl in
concert. Why not teach the colicky in
fant the popular airs and use it for a
music box?
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22

There is marked difference between
the tactics Of the board of education in
New York city and that in Chicago.
New York is seeking new means to dis
courage its women schoolteachers from
getting married, while in Chicago one
Of the requisites in an applicant is
physical pulchritude.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22

The official hullabaloo over the Slo-
rum catastrophe gives point to the old
definition of an Investigation as an ef-
fort to locate the responsibility for a
disaster after it is too late to make
any difference.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22

The hospital reports show that men
still try to stop electric fans with their
fingers. They probably have more fin
gers than they need. AS finger ex-
terminator the electric fan Is almost as
interesting as the buzz saw.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22
The Early Bird.

A correspondent for Boston paper
has been making observations of the
time that the birds tune up and get
into action each morning. 1t was not
known before that Boston people stay
up all night, as the city of culture was
supposed to be very proper and to re
tire at the curfew hour. But it is proba-
BILE that this young man is addicted to
late hours, for it is morally certain
that no inhabitant of a modern city
would arise at the unheard of hour of
2 a. m. However, here is the result of
the correspondents investigations Of
early birds:
Robin, 2:53; song sparrow, 2:5S;
kingbird, 3:15; chipping sparrow, 1926;
field sparrow, 3:2S; Baltimore oriole,
3:32; crow (cawing), 3:39; catbird,
3:4l1a; pine warbler, 800; oven bird,
3:51; yellow warbler, 4:02; barn swal-
low, 4O3; brown thrasher, 4:04; king
fisher (rattling), 4:06; purple finch, los.
Just what the object was in publish
ing this list is not apparent, but prob
ably it was for the benefit of the early
worm. 1t Is not stated whether the
Boston bN.s actually get up at such
unreasonable hours or whether, like
their observer, they make a night of it
and sing in the way of celebrating on
their unsteady way homeward. In Ell
ther event they must have tough
time of It from loss of sleep and our
sage advice would be for them to re-
form.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22

If the newspapers would let Dowie
alone it would be decided relief to
the public and would cause the bottom
10 fall out of prophet Elijah Ills
BUSINESS in very short time. The only
ray to deal with some people Is to ig-
Sore them
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22

A large fortune is hunting for q
newspaper man in Missouri And the
funny thing about 1t is that the man
cannot be found. Possibly he is para
lived.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22

1t is said that bee stings cure rheu-
matism, probably on the theory Of
substitution. The stings are so much
worse they make you forget the rheu-
matiSm.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22

A man In one of the middle states
offers to teach agriculture by mail. A
better way to learn it, however, is to
take course as Kansas harvest
hand
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22

The Filipinos at the worlds fair pro-
test against having to wear clothes.
AS they are too restless to pose as
statuary, there seems no other way out
Of it. They might compromise on fash
lonable bathing suits or ball dresses.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22

Admiral Togo's attempt to duplicate
at Port Arthur the japanese exploit at
Weihaiwei in the Chino-Japanese war,
when torpedo boats successfully enter
ed the harbor and blew up two bat
tleships, was a failure, but 1t gave the
Russians something to think about, and
it is not likely that Admiral Without
will be found sleeping at his post here
q
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22

Still another hero has been reward
ed without pulling the Carnegie leg.
A fisherman rescued drowning girl at
Lake Hopatcong, and after she came to
she kissed him.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22

A German physician says that piano
playing will cure badness. 1t must
be admitted that Paderewski occasion
ally does some hair raising stunts on
the keys.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22

Uncle Russell Sage would have us be-
lieve that lending money is such a
fascinating occupation that any one fol-
lowing it would not want to take time
for a vacation.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22

A California astronomer has discov-
cred 100 new stars. Kuropatkln dis
covers more than that every time he
gets bumped into while "luring the
Japs on"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22

One hardly knows which to pity most
the car for having such country to
rule or Russia for having such man
at its head.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22

Perhaps the reason for the recent
Haitian revolution was that Haiti
hought Santo Domingo had been mo-
,opolizing the footlights long enough.