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JHE RURAL PRESS The Local Paper a Moat Uaaful p Agency on the Farm?The Preea, . JjL Pulpit and 8chool a Trinity of Influence That Muat Be Utilized fe? Building Agriculture. By Peter Radford Lecturer National Farmer*'.Union A broad campaign of publicity on the subject of rural life is needeft in this state today to bring the problems of the farmers to the forefront. The city problems are blazoned upon the front puges of the metropolitan dailies and echoed in the country press, but the troubles of the farmers are seldom told, except by those who seek to profit by the story, and the glitter of the package' ofttimes obscures the substance. A searching investigation into the needs of the farmers will reveal many Inherent defects In our economic system that can bo easily remedied when properly understood and Illuminated by the pow or of the press. The rural press, the pulpit and the school are a trinity of powerful in- ( fiueuces that the farmer must utilise to their fullest capacity before he can occupy a commanding position in public affairs. These gigantic agencies are organized in every rural community and only await the patronage and co operation of the farmers to fully develop their energy and usefulness. They are local forces working for the best interests of their respective communities. Their work Is to build and their .object is to serve. They prosper only through the development and prosperity of the community. Every farmer in this state should subscribe for the local paper, as well as farm periodicals and such other publications as he may find profitable, but he should by all means subscribe for his local paper, and. no home , should be without it. The local paper is Dart, of the community life and the editor understands the farmer's problems. It (s the local press that will study the local problems and through Its columnH deal with subjects of most vital importance to local life of the community. A Noble Task. In too many instances the country papers mimic the city press by giving prominence to scandals, accidents and political agitation. Th? new rural civilization has placed upon the w.rural press renewed - fesponsibtlitleB, and enlarged possibilities for usefulness. It cannot perform its mission to agriculture by recordiug the frailties, the mishaps and inordinate ambitions of humanity, or by fllliug its columns with the echoes of the strug gles of busy streets, or by enchanting stories of city life which lure our chlldreu from the farm. It has a higher and nobler task. Too often the pages of the city dailies bristle with the struggle of ambitious men in their wild lust for power, nnd many times the (James of personal conflict scar the tender buds of new civilization and illuminate the pathway to destruction. The rurul press Is the governing power of public sentiment and must hold steadfast to principle and keep the ship of state in the roadstead of progress The rural press can best serve the interests of the fatmters by applying sts energies to the solution of problems affecting tiie local community. It must stem the mighty life current that is moving from the farm to the cities, sweeping before it a thousand boys and eirls ner dav. It bus to rtonl with the fundamental prpbloiriH of civilization at their fountain head. Its mission is to?direct growth, teach efficiency and moid the intellectual life of the country, placing before the public the daily problems of the farmers and giving first attention to the legislative. co-operative, educational and social needs of jhe agricultural classes within its respective community. The Power of Advertising. The influence of advertising is clearly visible in the homes and habits of tlje farmers, and the advertising col- j fiams of the press are making their i . Imprint upon the lives of our people. | The farmer iKJssesses the things that 1 are beat advertised. The farmer Is entitled to all the j art vftlitupf* nnrt ilnupvua ?!1 t>r!ee of life. We need more art, rcl- , | once and useful facilities on the farms, and many homes and farms are a ell balanced in this respect, but < the advertiser can'render a service J by touching the advantage* of modem equipment throughout the columns of. the rural press. j The farmers are in need of pcraunal feeds?*!;!p. Thoy have political load era, but they need local industrial 1 community and educational loaders. \ HIS NEED OF IT. "1 never saw a man with so much , arhlreas in his manner." "Xo <lonbt; he's canvassing for a "T ?ee a .singing <lo<r inowiMfd for exhibition." "I suppose his program is largdk ?o*o*d of THE COUNTY FAIR " > o/ rcler nnw'wrc! Lecturer National Farmers* Union The 'farmer gets more out of the fair than anyone else. The fair to a city man is an entertainment; to a farmer It is education. Let us take a stroll through the fair grounds and linger a moment at a few of the points of greatest Interest. We will first visit the mechanical department and hold communion with, the world's greatest thinkers. You are now attending a congress of the mental giants in mechanical science ol all ages. They are addressing yoir- in tongues of iron and steel and in language mute and powerful tell ah eloquent stofy of the world's progress. The inventive geniuses are the most valuable fdfm hands -We have and they perform an enduring service to mankind. We can all help others for a brief period while we live, but It takes a master mind to tower into the realm of science and light a torch of progress that will illuminate the path v*?? ui iiviuzaiion ior iuiure generations. The men who gave us the sickle, the binder, the cotton gin an?l hundreds of other valuable inventions work in every field on earth and will continue their labors as long as time -Their bright intellects ^avtf conquered death and they will live and serve mankind on and on forever, without money and without price. They have shown ub how grand and noble it is to work for others; they have also taught us lessons in economy and efficiency, how to make one hour do the work of two or more; have lengthened our ' lives, multiplied our opportunities and talffen toil off tlip back of humanity. They are the most practical men the world ever produce^ Their Inventions have stood the acid test of utility and efficiency. Like all useful men, they do not seek publicity, yet millions of machines sing their praises from every harvest field on earth and as many plows turn the soil in mute ' applause of their marvelous achievements. FARMER RADFORD ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE The home is the greatest contribution of women to the world, and the hearthstone is her throne. Our social structure is built around her, and social righteousness is in her charge. Her beautiful life lights the skies of hope and her refinement is the charm of twentieth century civilization*. Her graces and her power are the cumulative products of generations of queenly conquest, and her crown of exalted womanhood is jeweled with the wisdom of saintly mothers. She has been a great factor in the glory of our country, and her noble achievementasahould not be marred or her hallowed Influence blighted by the coarser duties of citizenship American chivalry should never permit her to bear the burdens of defending and maintaining government, but Should preserve hor unsullied fiom the allied Influences of politics, and protect her from the weighty responsibilities of the sordid affairs of life that will crush her ideals and lower her standards. The motherhood of the farm in our inspiration, she is the gunrdian of our domestic welfare nnH o nlJ., to a higher life, but directing the affairs of government la not within woman's sphere, and political gosRip would cause her to neglect the home, forget to mend our clothes and burn the biscuits. RURAL SOCIAL CENTERS We need social centers where our young people can be entertained, amused and instructed under the direction of cultured, clean and competent leadership, where aesthetic surroundings stir* the love for the beautiful, where art charges the atmosphere with inspiration and power, and innocent amusements instruct and brighten their lives. To hold our young people on the farm we must make farm life more attractive as well as the business of farming more remunerative. The school house should be the social unit, properly equipped for nourishing and building character, bo that the lives of our people can properly function around It and become supplied with the necessary elements of human thought and activity. PATERNAL SOLICITUDE. "I'm sorry I missed the football game, son. Business prevented niv going, but I understand you gave a good account of yourself." ''Yes, dad, I made one of the touchdowns and came through the whole game without a scratch." "Ahem! my boy, are you ?piite sure you played with your aecus? ? -1 ? -'-'i UM wiini *piru r PAINFUL REMINDER * "Did you bring back any souvenirs of the war in Europe?" "Oh, yes." "A piece of shell, maybe?" "No, ? case of acnte indigestion caused by missing so many meals while I was tiyuu t# (pi wit" ^?T" ' ~ MURCH AS | icnnim PEUTuni nUUUIRL ULI11 Li I N A Broader Sphere for Religion-?New Field for .the Rural Church. By Peter Radford Lecturer National Farmers' Union i The social duty of the rural church 1 is as much a part of its obligation* as its spiritual side. In expressing its social Interest, the modern rural church does not hesitate to claim that it is expressing a^true religious in* stlnct and^Lhe oldTln.e idea that the social in^YTncts should be starved while the spiritual nature was overfed with solid theological food, is fast giving way to a broader Interpretation of the functions of true religion. \Pb take our place ]n the succession of those who have sought to make the wortt a fit habitation for the children ' of man when we seek to study and understand the social duty of the ' rural church. The true christian liRlon is essentially social?its, tenets . of faith being love and brotherhood ; and fellowship While following after ] righteousness, the church must chal- | lenge and seek to reform that social order In which moral life is expressed. While cherishing IdcalH of service, the rural church whfch attains the fullest measure of success is that which enrichoB as many lives i as it can touch, and in no v;ay can 1 the church come in as close contact with its members as through tho avenue of social functions. The country town and the rural community need a social center. The church need cffer no apology for Its ' ambition to f}U this need in the community, if an understanding of its : mission brings this purpose into clear consciousness. The structure of a rurul community Is exceedingly com plex; it contains many social groups, each of which lias its own center, but | there are many localities which have but one church and although such a uuurcu cannot coiumanu me interest of all the people. It la relieved from the embarrassment of religloasly divided communities Social Needs Imperative. The average country boy and girl have very little opportunity for real I enjoyment, and have, as a rule, a vague conception of the meaning of I pleasure and recreation. It is to fill this void in the lives of country youth ' that the rural church has risen to I the necessity of providing entertain- ' ment. as well as instruction, to its : membership among the young. The children and young people of tho churoh should meet when religion is not even mentioned. H has been found safest for tliom to meet frequently under the direction and care of the church. To send them into the j world with no sociul training exposes them to grave perils and tp try to | keep them out of the world with no j social privileges is sheer folly. There ! Is a social nature to both old and ! young, but the strclal requirements of [ the young are imperative. Tho church must provide directly or Indirectly some modern enuivalent for th? hunk. . ing bee, tbe quilting bea and the Hinging schools of the old days. In one way or ertiother the social instincts j of our young people must have opportunity for expression, which may tako the form of clubs, parties, picnics or other forms of amusement One thing is certain, and that ia that the chu-ch cannot take away the dance, the card party and the theatre unless it can offer in its place a satisfying substitute in the form of more pleasing recreation. Universal Instinct for Play. In providing for enjoyment ths church uses one of the greatest methods by which human society has developed. Association is sever secure until it ia pleasurable; ia play the ln' stinctive aversion of. one person for , another is overcome and the social i mood is fostered Play is the chief ; educational agency in rural communities and in *the play-day of human childhood social sympathy and social | habits are evolved As individuals | come together in social gatherings. > their viewpoint is broadened, their j ideals are Mfted and Dually they con| stitute a cultured and refined society. ''It Is plain, therefore, that the church which alms at a perfected society must use In a refined and ex- 1 alted way the essential factors in social evolution and must avail itself of the universal instinct for play. 1 If the church surrounds itself with [ social functions which appeal to the villi ii cr nninnor ile inornhnrnKm I# will till a large part of tha lamentable gap In carol pleasures and will reap the richest reward by promoting a higher and better type of manhood anl womanhood. MIS CLASS. "What kind of a glass of fnrNionv was Hamlet?" "As Lord Hamlet, I take it lie was , a sort of pet r glass." HER STYLE "That singer has a nrnutrknblv ' tliin voice." I "Yea; suggests she ought to aingj in a skeleton kqy." "s?, RISING YEAST SAVED SHIP Old Sailor Say* Fermenting Cargo "Riz and Riz" Until Veslel Became Buoyant. "Yes/' sai^l the ancient mariner, waring his long clay pipe in the air as he- sat in the inglenook of the Vampire inn, according to London Tit-Bits, "it was the strangest intervention o' Providence and natural law as I've ever experienced. Three 1 i i '< 4 tiays ana nignts on en?i we.had worked at the pumps, and the ship was getting lower^jn the water every hour. Then, we' ktww not why, the" purnps became dry." No water came," work as we might. The crew stopped and looked at each other aghas^Bnt as for the ship, she began to steady herself, and tlfeu gradually rose in the water till Iter warerlinc was two feet above the surface. At last a gigantic wave came, and she sailed on the top of it clear over the reef and landed high up the-sandy beach. We #ere 3aved!" He paused and then continued: "How it happened??we had a cargo of yeast altoard, and when the water reached it, it riz and riz, and ?-* The rest was lost in the applause of the company, assembled. FELINES FILL BOY'S PURSE ?a . , Reaps Harvest of Nickels From Neigh Dors oy capitalizing the Instinct of Six Kittens. Although many children have heard the storv of how the cat came hack, it remained for Pete Lamb, the six-vear-old son of .Justice of the Peace Porter 10. Lamb, to put the well-known feline trait into prnc-: tieal use. The old cat at the Lamb home hud kittens several days ago. About that time little Pete needed some spare nickels for cornucopias. Jf cats always come hack, surely kittens will, argued Pete. So the next morning lie started out with the six kittens in a basket aud sold them to the neighbors for five cents apiece. Exactly as forecast, the cats came back. Before sundown six hungry kittens were looking for their mother. "Great!" said Pete, and the next morning he started out again. Pete liecame so rich that his father's suspicions were aroused and an investigation ensued. Now Pete is. iigunng out otlior schemes of high finnnoc. ? t 'v. % fiT"" M Is \ ' C\ GIANT TREES HAVE FLOWERS Forests of Paraguay Vast Masses of Blossoms In Spring and Summer Seasons. A great many of the big trees of Parugnay?the giants?flower in the spring and summer, and vast masses #1.1. - - A ? or me mosr gorgeous mounts are at the disposal of the bees. Iu fact, it is difficult for one who has never seen it even to imagine these thousands of square miles of forest ablaze with gold and heliotrope, white, yellow, pink and green blossoms during the flowering season. Curiously enough, the two trees which attain ?the greatest size, and almost invariably stand head aud shoulders above the general mass, bear the most beautiful flowers. They are the lapacho and lapacho erespo; the former having large heliotrope and purple blooms?something like Canterbury liells?clusters of which grow at tlu* end of each twig. The lapacho erespo has a bloom exactly similar in shape, but of a rich golden yellow color. Both these trees array themselves in full regalia of bloom before 1 a single leaf appears, and it is only after the flowers begin to fall that the foliage commences to appear. ; When all the other trees hove nessed flowering there remains the hitter orange, of which the forests are full, and the blossom of which imparts to the honey a particularly delicate , flavor.?Wide World Magazine. jf BERNHARDI'S CAREER. Frcdcrich von Bernhardi, who haa 1 come into world-wide prominence I through his book, "Germany and the N'ext War," was horn November 22, 1849, at Pctrograd (St. Petersburg), 1 where his father was stationed as J Prussian consul, lie was educated >I at Berlin and Ilireohberg. lie has twice been married. On April 18, 1869, he entered the nnnv and be' came general of the Seventh army corps in January, 1908. lie has re- ^ ceived the decoration of the iron cross and the title of excellency. As a retired general and adviser to the kaiser, and living at Cunnersdorf, he wrote the work which has turned the , attention of the world in his direc- ' I tion. I I PAYING THE PENALTY. < Mr. Work hard'?My dear, I have < lost iny situation and it just happens ] that I haven't a dollar ahead. We j must go to the poorlvousc for di' j 4# =~ illlf MM II ilillillillllilillii ^jjjgygi/r White - nniP1^ Mrs. W.?Surely Borne of the grocers with whom we have deal: for so many years will, trust us? Mr. W. (sadly)?No; I have no credit anywhcru. X alwayB paid cash. TO -DEVELOP HOME INDUSTRY. ? Javanese people are advised by the government to use homemade ar- m tides as much as possible instead of those made in foreign countries. The advice is being accepted with enthusiasm. YANKEE-OOODLE-'DOD-OO. "He's a patriotic poultry raiser." "How's that ?" . . "Has Rhode Island Reds, White Wynndottes and Blue Plymouth Rocks."?J udge. DOCTOR ENGAGES PATIENTS Uses Want Ad to Securo Faohtonably Dressed "Patrons" for Hie Reception Room. . An applicant came into the office to answer an ad for 15 stylishly gowned women. She was referred to the box number. She applied and found that the advertiser was a young doctor. '*1 am here in answer to your ad," she said. "Indeed?" smiled the- doctor?politely. but without committing himself. "Yes. What do you wont ? I'm the first to get into the office, but there arc 2'! others outside. What are our duties to he?" "Your duties arc to sit right here," answered the physician. "My office hours are from 10 a. m. to 3 p. ni.. You and the other swell dressers arc to sit in the recent ion room, look- >?t I ~ 7 """ the three-months-old magazines uiul glare at one another. That's all. 1 pay five dollars a week each. Do you want the job?" SOLDIER'S H RD FATE. Killed hv a golf ball while an senfry duty is the fate that recently !>efell a member oQ G Company of he Fourth Black Watch (City of Dundee). Ho had been doing duty is guard at- Wonnit, and was at a <pot which adjoins Wonnit golf course, when a ball driven by a ladv from a considerable distance struck liiin a severe blow on the temple, ausing a wound and a considerable How of blood. He was conveyed in a lazed condition to a villa in which lie had been billeted. It was supposed that lie was recovering, but utcr lie collapsed. SB;c=nriinr=:^ [H >\ wr ^ J i i