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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1904-02-11
THURSDAY, Feb II, 1904.
1.-THE FARMER NOT A
= FAILURE.

FAILURE.
u Most people who are familiar
swiththe progress made in this
9country will incline to the view
that DR.. II. ]. Webber's pessi-
mism regarding the future of
American husbandry is not a
ranted by the facts.
DR.. Weber, who is director of
the laboratory Of plant breeding
in the department Of agriculture
at Washington declared In an ad-
dress before the faculty of seen
3ces ofsthe University of Chicago
that Americans are miserable
farmers" and that as a result of
their Ignorance they will have to
''hustle IN order that the United
States may keep its place among
III Hdll@aS s,
If Dr.Webber had said that
most Americans are not scientific
agriculturists few would dissent
from his opinion. But when we
come to farmers-men who cul-
tivate the soil as a business to
make the most money out of it
it will have to be conceded that
American farmers are the great
est in the world.
Confusion of the terms agri-
culture and farming is common
and natural. Our progress is
scientific agriculture. through
the work Of the state universities
government experiment station
and the department of agricul-
ture makes a distinction advisa-
bic. The farmer is a man who
makes a business of agriculture.
Because he does not reduce to
practic all the theories Of the
agriculturists or does not utilize
a'ltheir discoveries or adopt their
methods, it does not follow that
he is failure as a farmer. Sci
entihc agriculture may be wholly
IN looks. scientific farming is
pract1ced upon the land. The
ideal farmer Of the future of
course will be an agricu1turist as
well as a farmer. He will under
stand the chemistry Of the soil
and he will know more about
4 plant breeding than he does now.
The man who carefully in
Il spects the exhibits that are to be
h made in the palace Of agriculture
Nat the St. Louis Worlds Fair
next summer will hardly beready
ITO concede that the American
Mariner is a miserable failure. He
will find there a most colossal ed
ucational exhibit of the products
5spf American agriculture ever
Essabronght together. Each product
fNpf the soil will have grouped
q sEH, ~, ~. 49,. , ii .g.r- .HM..E E. LEH
ssssa bout it all that pertains to it's
sse cultivation, also everyby-2roduc.
gt hat is made from it and the pro-
cess Of manufacture. Corn and
cotton, for instance, will tie with
s|Nfeach other for supremacy. while
and dairy products will
Seach occupy 10000 feet of floor
space.
l gu During the year 1902 the
MA american farmers produced 2,
aR23,o4S,212 bushels of corn, 9S7,
s842, 712 bushels Of wheat, and
saH6f7o.o65,0 0s bushels of rye; also
J. MR21,823, 963 pounds Of tobacco,
isSXyalued at S57,563,5 $40. In 1908
s'Ssffhey raised 10,75s,326 bales Of
TrHcotton and marketed 25,245,OOO
Shoss. The annual aggregate
value Of dairy cows in this coun-
aItry NOW exceeds $500, OO0, 600.
~ IA w Y . FEN4. =S.HETZ lc4L2 @.aH .L.sr ErFr Esas
! II, y ills clear that the American
! Iytil'erf OF the soil is not SO much Of
ma failure as a "farmer'after all.
4 HChlcago Record-Herald
5MA PATRONS OF TIE HOPE
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Ministers Column.

IL T.. Carroll, u; u. d.: has col
lected from the statistics and re-
ports of the various Churches, a
table of their growth and declines
in the U. S. for the year Of 1903.
tits curious to note that while
the immigration has increased
especially that from the Catholic
church falls far below what it
was last year. DIR. Dowie re-
fuses to give the growth of his
Christian Catholic church,
The following churches show
an increase as follows:
Catholics 166.11O
Meteodists 112,946
Baptists 61,146
Lutherans d 36.567
Disciples of Christ 28,421
Observation-Disclosures 1920
Dunkards 5000
Christian Scientists 8,675
Congregationalists $685.
Reformed 5,54O
United Brethren 2,76O ),
Salvation Army 2.475
Mormons 1872
Universalists 594
The following churches show 8
decrease as follows:
Adventists 9,O11
Quakers (Friends) 1,751
Unitarians have given no report
but they lost heavily.
The following is the whole
number now in each church:
Catholics 1891, 1850
Methodists 6,192,494
Baptists 4,725,775
Lutherans l,715,91O
Presbyterians 1,661,522
Disciples 1926, 1893
Episcopaleans 772,543
Congregationalist $50, 7O4
Reformed 39O,57
Mormons 342sO72
United Brethren 28O,114
Jews 143, 900
Quakers 1866
Adventists 89476
Unitarians $1,000
Christian SCIENTISTS so, 283
Universalists 53,538
SIiritualism 5000
Salvation Army 5000
The following Amounts wer,
raised for church maintenance
OTTO.
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No others have exceeded $40, 600,
900.
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the southwest corner of Charles and
German streets, where six charges of
dynamite, each charge containing 100
pounds, were exploded. The tremendous
force of the explosions tore out the
sive granite columns that supported
The building and left it with apparently
almost no support, but the walls failed
to collapse, and stood until the flames
had crossed Charles street and We're eat
ing into the block between Charles and
Light streets.
Spread of the Flames.
The fire had meantime been com
m%unicated to the row of buildings on
South Charles street between German
and Lombard streets, and all those
places, occupied principally by whole
sale produce and grain dealers, were in
flames. Shortly before midnight the
Carrollton hotel was burned, and the
Gre a sweeping toward Calvert street
with irresistible fury. The firemen
working on the south side had succeeded
in checking the flames at Lombard
street, and al the wind was blowing
from the northwest there was no danger
of it spreading farther in that direction.
The western limit had also been reached
at Howard street, and the danger was
now to the east and north.
The progress of the flames toward the
north had in the meantime been SO rapid
as to be simply appalling. From struc-
ture to structure they few. licking up
the massive buildings al If they were
composed of paper. In the block be-
tween German and Baltimore streets
they flew along, and almost before it
could be realized the buildings along
Baltimore street were blazing from roof
to basement. For a time it was hoped
the fire could be kept from crossing the
north side of Baltimore street, and the
frenen made a desperate effort to pre-
vent 1T. The effort was useless, how
ever. and soon the tal,, narrow buildings
of Mullins hotel began to dart out
tongues of flame, and the remainder Of
the buildings between Sharp and Lib
erty streets we're ablaze, and the fire
began its march to the north. The
flames darted rapidly from place to
place, and soon the entire south side Of
Fayette street was IN the grasp Of the
a2psh
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-13
Sewing Sees to Rescue.

According to South African Exports
there should be an increased demand
for soft goods in British East Africa
4 notice in Nairobi. by John Aims
worth the sub-commissioner. states
that natives entering the town mist
be decently clothed. Missionaries, set.
Tiers. etc. are asked 10 encourage the
wearing OF cloth by natives In their
employ; while the police and govern
ment officials have Instructions tn
warn the blacks that they will not be
allowed in Nairobi unless they are
wearing at least an ordinary loIncloth
So civilization stalks on. Soon, we
suppose. there will not be left any
where one clad as nature first made
man"
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-13
Oh, men with sisters dear.
Japanese Funeral Rites.

Old people IN Japan prepare FOL
death by visiting shrines and inter.
viewing Buddhist priests. When a
person dies the priest selects a posthu-
nous name Ckaiwesi. and writes II
on a slip Of white paper on a tablet OF
uns,ained wood The deceased person
next lies In state for two days. when
the head T. shaven and the body
dressed for intermeut In pure white
the costume being similar to that
worn on festive occasions The body il
then placed In the coffin in sitting
position the hands folded in prayer
and the vacant spaces being filled
with tea leaves, incense or Termilion
The night before the funeral is spent
BY the relatives in prayer. and next
morning procession is formed to the
grave. everybody and everything dis
PLAYING a. much white as possible
The periods of mourning vary from
nfty days et Ri or deep mourning To-
parent during which no business
must be done. the razor abjured, anc
the grave visited daily te three dsys
for cousins. while buku or lighter
mourning Is observed from ninety 70
seven daSs
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-13
FAvCRI-rE OF THE CHILDREN.
Little Ones SOUGHT the Society of
Pref. Mommsen.

j l.. Bashiord writes of the late
Prof Mummsen. the German his
torian He was the father Of sixteen
children in all. of whom twelve are
now living. This diminutive little
man. with his emacIated frame and
silvery locks reaching to his shoul-
ders. was The last person ore would
have expected TO be a friend of child
ren, and Yet it was So They reVeled
in his company, and sought it. Never
theless when he was preoccupied he
could not recognize his own offspring.
One day, when sitting in the tramcar
on his way from Charlottenburg,
little boy near him disturbed him by
eaattariHg loudly as he was reading.
according to his wont What is your
name. yoIngstcr?" he said. in sharp
tone intending To scold him, and TO
mis- surprise the boy pronounced the
word "Mommsen. 1t was not till
then that the professor became aware
that hr was talking TO his own son.
Earlier In life he pushed his infant,
who had been confided to his care in
his study into the waste paper basket
and covered him up with papers'
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-13
Saws Worth 5000.

Probably the most expensive saws
in US anywhere In the world are
those In the factories of Pennsylva-
mia. where articles are manufactured
OF slate In one of these factories
there are 300 horizontal saws, twelve
feet III length. each OF which Is fur
nished with seyeuty-fiye cutting dia-
monds. each saw being worth s5.000.
The slate land which furnishes the
material for these costly saws 10
work upon was once SO little valued
that the tract upon which the famous
Chapman quarry in Pennsylvania is
situate was sold Tor pint of whisky.
Its subsequent owners have taken
millions OF dollars from the land.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-13
They We're Too sashfui.

Professors are sometimes greatly
annoyed by The rowdiness of the stu
dents. but it Is not often that they
have 10 complain OF their bashfulness.
This. however, was the experience. on
one occasion of Prof Saintsbury. who
occupies the chair Of literature In
Edinburgh university 1t Is custom
among the professors al this scat of
learning TO invite their advanced stu
dents 10 dinner and Prof. Saintsbury
some time ago followed the rule ano
invited his honors class. During The
repast the professor said. Gentlemen
glass OF port. The diners were
pite willing. but little timid "No
thank You, they replied. "A glass oi
champagne. them" No thank you
Well. then. a glass of claret?9 NO
thank you" Prof Saintsbury rang
the bell. and turning TO the attendant
said solemnly, You might bring these
gentlemen a glass of milk
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-13
The hittite AIphahet.

II not the Hittite language. at least
the alphabet devised by that warrior
prevailed all over Asia Minor. Many
OF IFS 125 distinct signs were ideo-
gram -survivals OF the picture writ
ing stage. It. therefore. stood midway
between the cuneiform Assyrian and
the phonetic Phoeniclan. In Cyprus
and Asia Minor the far handler alpha
bet which the Phoenicans had adapt
ed from the Egyptian came into com
petition with the various tongues
adapted from the Hittite and van
quished their clumsy characters
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-13
HIS RIGHTS IN THE CASE.
How an Aserieved Man Might Abolish
Cat Concerts.

A retired citizen in the southeast
section has been greatly annoyed by
the how.ing on his own fence and
shed in the back yard o. a big black
cat in the neighborhood. Not being
able To sleep. he called upon his at
torueys the other day To discuss with
him what could be done in the way
OF getting rid of the cats.
There the cat sits every night on
my fence" the sufferer explained.
aud he yowls and yowls and yowis.
Now, don't want 20 get into any
trouble with my neishbors. Tor / am
a lover of peace. but I you'd like to
know IL am not JUSTIFIED in putting
a stop 10 it,
Certainly" replied the lawyer,
Il am well within my rights if ]
shoot the cat, then?"
I'm. we'll. | would hardly like To
say that" answered the lawyer. the
cat does not belong TO you, as an.
derstand the case2"
No"
And ihe fence does 90
Yes"
Well. then. think may safely
say that you have a perfect right to
pull down the fence. Washington
Times.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-13
Had Monkeys "to Burn. "

The story of the mutiiated telegram
which was transposed from 200 levi
athans" to 200 live cats" reminds a
correspondent of the London Globe of
an incident said to have occurred some
years ago. An Italian gentleman sent
to friend in Africa for 'one or two
monkeys" or. as 1t was written in
the language of Rome. Il 2 mon
keys. BY next mail he received
note saying that s. had been dis
patched and the remainder should fol-
low by another boat.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-13
Inc unnossessed.

Ny Hearts Desire hath led me
ThreaEn barren lands and veiu.
And bftrr bread she fed me.
And bade me drink of pain.
Ah. .~ffA / climbed weary way
TO heights of her dis4lain,
Yat would { give the years ! live
fa walk the path agatu.
IHs Hearts Possessed beside mo
flatds IA. level WAY.
Tutra may no ~ hefiar me
NJ thirst or famine stay.
ST. hafh no wish but wish nf milne,
NJ joy save to obey
Ana At my side her fern must blds
UHtil my dying day.
NJ Hearts Posse sssd hath stlll-d me
From all unrest maliEns
J rs sss.d the hope that thrilled me
Win too keen pain and me.
YET % my Heart. mN Hearts Desire
~ ungairsd dream divine
Thu never turned the while ! yearuc
Nos closed her hands ln mine
Helen Scott ii the Smart Set
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-13
Electricity as Medicine.

An instructive instance of the use of
electrical effects in a legitimate way
for treating diseases is described in
a recent issue of the Lancet. London.
The practitioner makes use OF high
frequency alternating currents to
cause electrical osmose. by means of
which drugs were introduced into the
tissues OF the diseased part In %
per cent of the cases of cancer treated
Tie treatment was successful He has
come to the conclusion that radio
active salt OF strontium induced into
the Tissues by cataphoresis by high.
frequency currents would prove a
panacea for all forms of cancer
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-13
poo Exercisers.

There are people In London who
earn quite respectable livings solely
by exercising dogs. and some of those
who 50 live are ladies'. In every sub
urb and in every London park these
exercisers of dogs may be seen each
day. and one gentleman alone pays
15s. week for the walking out OF his
valuable bulldogs. the young fellow
who undertakes the Job having quite
dozen other employers besides.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-13
Great Statesman Slept Little.

NJ Thiers, the great French states
man of a generation ago. prided him.
self on never being found in bed after
5 O'Clock in the morning; and more
often than not he was drinking his
early cup Of coffee and eating his roll
shortly after 4, preparatory to begin
ming eight hours of unbroken work.
which ended with the dejeuner proper
At noon
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-13
WHISKY. POISON AND PHYsIc.
Proof That There is No Rule or Secret
OF lonq Life.

All very old men cas-, about for an
eNeusa or apology far being SO long in
the world Bur recently one died at
age of 1873 and his excuse was that
he had smoked and drunk liquor all
his lifa Another passing away at loi.
had never touched eituer tobacco or
whisky. Some OF the hardest drinkers
know cannot bear the taste Of
WHISKY or brandy before breakfast
Otnegz must have a dram the moment
they get out OF bpd-if they do not
have a bottle under the pillow. There
is NJ rule or secret nt long life.
"Whaf one mans poison. signnr. Is
anothers meat or drink. The French
are nat short-liyed yet they are fond
OF gray,es and sauces. 70 some men
poison is physic New York Press.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-13
The Song Of the Hammer.

At the home OF dame deNaut
Who in mission work always led.
The sewing society sat about
Flyiug their needles ana thread.
And IN a meiodioUs key
Without hesitation or stammer.
tnccssantly and Feleutlessiy
They sang the song u the hammer
Knock knock. knock
with never halt or pause;
Knock knock, knock
Without proVocatton or cause.
Characters white as SNOW
Are dapbCd with spots Of black.
While these righteous. mercifui sisters
sew
To eoser the heathen's back
KNOCK knock knock,
None whom they know IS spared,
KNOCK knock knock.
How their ueighoor's faults are aired,
The absent members too.
Come 10 for their share Of abuse.
While these worthy DANES with much
Sew shirts for the hcathens' use
KNOCK knock knock.
While the hours are dragging slow.
KNOCK. kuock knock.
Till they al get up TO so
Their work Tor tht day is ser,
Their duty done with zest.
And when each il at home alone once
She'll trim up all the rsstg
Oh. men with sisters dear.
With wives and sweethearfs glad.
DIi yoB ever happen to hear
Them giving their friends the gad9
II NOT sneak home some day
And list to the awing clubs ciamUr
A. trzs sitgE that old familiar .ay
EE--.Eal The song II the Hammer"
-NilIlaal r klrk Ia Milwaukee ssuu-
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A Fight to a Finish.

The latest developments in the meat
strike indicate that other unions and
other business houses besides those
directly implicated are to be drawn
into the fight While this may cause
some temporary inconvenience to the
thing. The quicker the thing is
fought out to a finish the better it
will be, and nothing more likely is
TO further this result than the en-
barrassment of interests not directly
hit by the strike.
Nothing Is more certain than that,
sooner or later, a scheme will have
to be devised by which disagreements
between capital and labor, or between
different business interests involving
large amounts of capital, can be set
tied without a stOppage of business
which works inconvenience and dis
tress 10 the public. We have had
fights between railroads and fights be-
tween copper and iron mines and coal
companies and transportation com
panies; fights between coal barons
and miners. factory-operatives and
factory-owners, and now between
meat packers and their workmen.
Sometimes squabbles of this kind APP
pear 10 benefit the public, as when
two firms are after the same business
each tries to sell lower than the
other; but the public generally has
70 pay for IL sooner or later, in some
way. Perhaps the lower price is made
possible by making inferior goods,
and the consumer does not find il out
until he has bought the goods: per-
haps the successful competitor OBJ
tains his advantage by INSCRIPTIONS
methods, in which case there is a
hurtful lowering of the standard of
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business morality; and perhaps the
successful competitor, having obtain
ed a monopoly of trade, proceeds to
reimburse himself by putting up
prices on the public. In any case it
is pretty sure to be the consumer who
gets hit.
This has been made clear in the
fights between the capitalists and the
labor unions No matter which
comes out ahead, the public has suf-
fered a temporary inconvenience and
loss, for which no reimbursement is
ever made. If the capitalist comes
out ahead, he does not make the
public a present Of his profits. and If
the union comes out ahead the pub
lie is only indirectly benefited, by the
fact that the men have more money
to spend, or have secured a better
grip on their jobs. Some way will
have to be found to settle these quar-
rels without industrial war, for that
is precisely what it is-a state of
war.
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Nj. James in New York.

Henry James is coming home, after
an absence of over twenty years. APP
prehensiors have been expressed as
to the effect which New York, the
Flat-Iron Building. and the election
proceedings may have upon him, and
the possibility of his attempting to
put these various things into novel.
Mr.. James traEsposition of Bowery
English into print would surely be
something weird and wonderful.
But there is deeper problem than
all these. 1t is suggested by the idea
OF Mr.. James trying to get through
the New York custom-house with his
vocabulary. There are, to begin with,
grave doubts as to whether that vo-
cabulary is dutiable or not II is
so rich in gems of speech and wrought
and woven phrases that it might come
under the law about manufactured
articles.
And then, what will happen when
Mr.. James undertakes to tell the Gus
tom-house officers what he has in his
trunks? 1t is hard enough TO under
stand him when one has leisure to
read his description Of the commOnest
kind Of scene. he reads so many diff
ferent kinds of meaning into the cpl
sode Of an amiable aged man eating
rolls and coffee at a restaurant. Gus
tomhous officials are not men OF leis-
ure, nor are they familiar with the
James vocabulary. What is more, Mr..
James will not, in all probability,
bring an interpreter along, and there
are not more than half a dozen people
in the country who can interpret him,
and they only to special audiences,
and after time for rumination and
thought. is it likely that anybody
could be found who could do it Off
hand, without having It written
down? And above all, could the in
terpreter put it into English suitable
to the comprehension Of busy, hur-
ried, and New-York-bred custom
house official?
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FOR COUNTRY AND HOME-FUER
LAND UND HEINZ

tBilingual poem-hrst ever writtenD
Sag an. meln Kaemfer. lists klein hehres
Loos
To battle for your country and your
home?
wird NIGHT i'm STREET. der wackre Mann
recht gross
When cannons roar and warriors
horses foam?
Wenn boese Feinde uuser Land bedrob,n
Damn weisst du Held, was Ehrenphehlt.
Then thou must leave thy dear ones
alone
Untn success glows on thy battle
shield
Wer koennte feige SIGH der That ent-
zieh'n
And leave his country In a crisis great
And be indiff'rent to the Yankee fate
Wenn patriotsche Funken s Land
durchsprueh'n.
Oh, say. brave man. canst thou define
thy home?
lists nur die Huette, die beim Frienden
glentz?
Or is It country as in warriordom
Famillenliebe dir das Schwert bek
raentzt?
Ny pioneer. thy loved ones thou dost
leave
When country calls 10 sacred duty thee
I'm Krieg noch ME elm Mann Won Ehre
schlief
Dein eignes Webb sagt. 'ZIeh n
Liebster. ziehl"
The country is thy cherished broader
home
Famihe, Land sind ganz dasselbe
Ziel-
Fuer Web and Kind gent man ms
Kampfgewuehl
Domestic peace may come through
battledom
L. Michel. in New York Sun.