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REPORT TELLS OF
IEOS OF MER
SITUATION AS SEEN DY
COMMISSION ON COUN-
TRY LIFE.
DEFICIENCIES POINTED OUT
Agriculture at Present Not Commer-
cially as Profitable as It Is En-
titled to Be—Highly Organized
Rural Society Recommended as De-
sirable Step—Possible for Congress
to Remove Many of the Handicaps
Washington.—The report of the
romtniuHlon on country life, made to
lhe president, was road in both houses
of congress. Substantially the re-
port was ns follows:
To the President: The commission
on country life herewith presents lis
report. The commission llnds that
agriculture In the I'nlted States, taken
together. Is prosperous commercially,
when measured l y the conditions that
have obtained In previous years, al-
though there are some regions In
which thin is only partially true. The
country people are producing vast
quantities of supplies for food, shelter,
clothing, and for use in the arts. Tho
eountry homes are Improving in com-
fort, attractiveness and healthfulness
Not only In the material wealth that
they produce, but In the supply of in-
dependent and strong citizenship, the ag-
ricultural people constitute the very
foundation of our national efficiency.
Ah agriculture is the Immediate basis
of country life, so it follows that the
general affairs of the open country,
xpeaking broadly, are in a condition
of Improvement.
Most Prominent Deficiencies.
necessary; and In msny cases definite
state laws may greatly aid the work.
Remedies of a more general nature
are A broad campaign of publicity,
that must be undertaken until all the
people ure informed on the whole sub-
ject of rural life, and until there Is an
awakeni-d appreciation of the neces-
sity of giving this phase of our na-
tional development :is much attention
Dthe
phf
the
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Yet It Is true, notwithstanding all
this progress as measured by his-
torical standards, that agriculture is
not commercially ns profitable as It Is
entitled to bo for the labor ami energy
that the farmer expends and the risks
that ho assumes, and that the social
conditions In the open country are far
short of their possibilities. We must
measure our agricultural efficiency by
the possibilities rather than by com-
parison with previous conditions. The
farmer Is almost necessarily handi-
capped In the development of his busi-
ness. because his capital Is small and
tho volume of his transactions limited;
and he usually stands practically
alone against organized interests. In
the general readjustment of modern
life due to the great changes In manu-
factures and commerce, Inequalities
and discriminations have arisen, and
naturally the separate man suffers
most. Tho unattached man has prob-
lems that government should under-
stand.
The reasons for the lack of n highly
organized rural society are very many,
as the full report explains. Tho lead
ing specific causes are:
A lack of knowledge on the part of
farmers of tho exact agricultural con-
ditions and possibilities of their re-
gions;
Uick of good training for country
life in the schools;
Tjack of good highway facilities;
The widespread continuing deple-
tion of soils, with the Injurious effect
on rural life;
A general need of new and active
leadership.
ruber causes contributing to the«
general result ore: l^ick of any ade-
quate system of agricultural credit,
whereby tho farmer may readily se-
cure loans on fair terms; the short-
age of labor, a condition that is often
complicated by intemperance among
workmen; lack of institutions ami In
eentives that tie the laboring man to
the soil; the burdens and the narrow
life of farm women; lack of adequate
supervision of public health.
Nature of the Remedies.
Some of the remedies lie with the na-
tional government, some of them with
the states and communities In their
corporate capacities, some with volun-
tary organizations, and some with in-
dividuals acting alone. From the great
number of suggestions that have been
made, covering every phase of country
life, the commission now enumerates
those that seem to be most funda-
mental or most needed at the present
time.
Congress enn remove some of the
handicaps of the farmer, and it can
a Is ft set some kinds of work In motion
such as:
The encouragement of a system of
thoroughgoing surveys of all agricul-
tural regions in order to take stock
an«L to develop a scientifically and
economically sound country life;
The establishing of a nationalized
system of extension work in rural
communities through all the land-
graftt colleges with the people ut their
hordes and on their farms;
A thorough-going investigation b>
experts of the middleman system of
handling farm products, coupled with
a general Inquiry Into the farmer's
disadvantages in respect to taxation,
transportation rates, co-operation or-
ganizations and credit, and the gen-
eral business system;
An Inquiry Into the control and use
of the streams of the United States
with the object of protecting the peo-
ple in their ownership and of saving
to agricultural uses such benefits as
should be reserved for these purposes;
The establishing of a highway en-
gineering service. or equivalent organi-
zation, to be at the call of the states
in Working out effective and econom-
ical' highway systems:
T$e establishing of a system of
paraela post and postal savings
banks;
A4Id providing some means or
agojAcy for the guidance of public
opinion toward the development of a
real rural society that shall rest di-
rectly on the land.
Other remedies recommended for
consideration by congress are:
The enlargement of the United
States bureau of education, to enable
it to stimulate and co-ordinate the ed-
ucational work of the nation;
Careful attention to the farmers'
interests In legislation on the tariff,
on regulation of railroads, control or
regulation of corporations und of spec-
ulation. legislation in respect of riv-
ers. forests, and the utilization of
swamp lands:
Increasing the powers of the fed-
eral government in respect to the
supervision and control of the public
health;
1'ro' idlng such regulations as will
enable, the states that do not permit
the isale of liquors to protect them-
selves from traffic from adjoining
states.
In setting all these forces in motion.
has been given t
interests; a quickened sens.- of re-
sponsibility. In all th. country people.
t« the community and the state In the
conserving of soil fertility, and in the
necessity for diversifying farming in
order to conserve this fertility and to
develop a better rural society, and
also In the better safe-guarding of tho
strength and happiness of the farm
women; a more widespread conviction
of the necessity of organization, not only
for economic but for social pur-
poses. this organization to be more or
less co-operative, so that all the people
share equally in the benefits and
have voice in the essential affairs of
community; a realization on the
part of the farmer that he has a dis-
till-t natural responsibility toward the
laborer in providing him with good
living facilities and In helping him In
ry way to be a man among men;
and a realisation on the part "'I
pie of the obligation to protect
velop the natural soensry and
attractiveness of the open country.
Underlying Problem of Country Life.
The commission has pointed out a
number of remedies that are extreme-
ly important; but running through all
of these remedies are several great
forces or principles, which must be
utilised In the endeavor to solv
problems of country life. All tin
pie should recognize what these
damental forces and agencies are.
Knowledge -To Improve any situ-
ation. the underlying facts must be un-
derstood. The farmer must have ex-
. ct knowledge of his business and of
the peculiar conditions under which
In- works. The United States depart-
ment of agriculture and the experi-
ment stations and colleges are rapidly
acquiring and distributing this knowl-
edge; but the farmer inay not be able
to apply it to the best advantage be-
cause of lack of knowledge of his own
soils, climate, animal and plant dis-
eases. markets, and other local facts.
The farmer Is entitled to know what
are the advantages and disadvantages
of his conditions and environment. A
thorough-going system of surveys in
detail of the exact conditions tinder-
lying farming In every locality Is now
an Indispensable need to complete and
apply tlie work of the great agricul-
tural institutions. As an occupation,
agriculture Is a means of developing
our Internal resources; we cannot de-
velop these resources until we know
exactly what they are.
Education.—There must be not only a
fuller scheme of public education, but u
new kind of education adapted to
tho real needs of the farming peo-
ple. The eountry schools are to be so
redirected that they shall educate their
pupils in terms of the dully life. Op-
portunities for training toward the
agricultural colleges are to be multi-
plied and made broadly, effective.
Every person on the land, old or
young. In school or out of school, edu-
cated or illiterate, must have a chance
to receive the Information necessary
for a successful business, and for a
healthful, comfortable, resourceful life,
both In home and neighborhood. This
means redoubled efforts for better
country schools, and a vastly Increased
interest In the welfare of country boys
and girls on the part of those \vh<4
pay the school taxes. Education by
means of agriculture Is to be a part
of our regular public school work.
Special agricultural schools are to be
organized There is to be a well-de-
veloped plan of extension teaching
conducted by the agricultural colleges,
by means of the printed page, face-to-
face talks, and demonstration or ob-
ject lesson, designed to reach every
farmer and his family, at or near their
homes, with knowledge and stimulus
In every department of country life.
organization.—There must be a vast
enlargement of voluntary organized ef-
fort among farmers themselves. It is
indispensable that farmers shall work
together for their common Interests
and for the national welfare. If they
do not do this, no governmental activi-
ty. no legislation, not even better
schools, will greatly avail. The farm-
ers are nevertheless relatively unor-
ganized. We have only begun to de-
velop business co-operation In Ameri-
ca. Farmers do not Influence legisla-
tion as they should. They need a more
fully organized social and recreative
life.
Spiritual Forces.-The forces and
institutions that make for morality
and spiritual ideals among rural
pie must be energized. We mis
heart of the problem if we ncgl«
foster personal character and neigh- j
borhood righteousness. The best way
to preserve ideals for private conduct |
and public life is
tutlons of rollgl
POINTS OUT IMPROVEMENTS
FOR COUNTRY COMMUNITIES
Special Message of President of Utmost Inter-
est to Farmers.
The Apostles
Imprisoned
Sund.7 Scho.1 Lcctoo for Feb. 14, 1909
Specially Arranged lor This Paper
The following Is a never faflini*
recipe for rheumatism. To one-half
pint of good whiskey add one ounce
syrup sarsaparilla and one ounce
Toris compoiyid. which can be pro-
cured of any druggist. Take In tea-
spoonful doses before each meal and
before retiring.
Urges That Social as Well as Productive Side of Farm Life
Be Built Up—Work for the Federal
Department.
the
Washington.—With tho report of
the country life commission President
Roosevelt sent the following mes-
sage to both houses of congress:
To the Henate und House of Represent-
atives. 1 transmit herewith the report
of the commission on country life. At
the outset 1 desire to point out that not
a dollar of the public money has been
puld to any commissioner for his work
on the commission.
The report shows the general condition
of farming life In tho open country, and
points out Its larger problems; It indi-
cates ways In which the government, na-
tional and state, may show the people
how to solve some of these problems; and
it suggests a continuance <>f thi WQVk
which the commission began.
Judging by 110 public hearings, to which
farmers and farmers' wives from 40
states and territories came, und from
120,000 answers to printed questions sent
out by tho department of agriculture,
the commission finds that the general
level of country life is high compared
with any preceding time or with any oth-
er land. If it has In recent years slipped
down in some places, It has risen in more
places. Its progress has been general, if
not uniform.
Yet farming does not yield either the
profit or the satisfaction that it ought
to yield, and may be made to yield. There
is discontent in the country, and in places
discouragement. Farmers as a class do
not magnify their calling, and the move-
ment to the towns, though, I am happy
to say, less than formerly, is still strong.
Under our system. It is helpful to pro-
mote discussion of ways In which the
people can help themselves. There ure
three muln directions in which the farm-
ers can help themselves; namely, better
furmlng, better business and better living
on the farm. The national department of
agriculture, which has rendered service
equaled by no other similar department
in any other time or place; the state
depurtments of ngrlculture; the state col-
leges of agriculture and the mechanical
urts, especially through their extension
work; the state agricultural experiment
stations; the Farmers' union; the Orange;
the agricultural press; und other similar
agencies; have ull combined to place with
in the reach of the American farmer at
amount and quality of agricultural infor
matlon, which, if applied, would enable
him, over large ureas, to double the
production of the farm.
For Better Business and Living.
The object of the commission on coun-
try life, therefore, Is not to help the
farmer raise better crops, but to call his
uttention to the opportunities for better
business and better living on the farm.
I If country life Is to become what It
should be, and what I believe it ultimate-
ly will be—one of the. iuost dignified, d<vi
slrable, and sought-after ways of earn-
a living—the farmer must take advan-
tage not only of the agricultural knowl-
edge which Is at bis disposal, but of the
methods which huve raised and continue
to raise the standards of living und in-
telligence in other callings.
Those engaged In all other industrial
und commercial callings have found It
necessary, under modern economic con-
ditions. to organize themselves for mu-
tual advantage and for the protection of
their own particular interests in rela-
tion to other interests. The farmers of
every progressive European country have
realised this esesntial fact and have
found In the co-operative system exactly
the form of business combination tlicy
need.
Now. whatever tho state may do to-
ward Improving the practice of agri-
culture, it is not within the sphere of
any government to reorganize the farm-
ers' business or reconstruct the social
life of farming communities. It Is, how-
ever. quite within Its power to use its
influence and the machinery of publicity
which it can control for calling public at-
tention to the needs of the fucts. For ex-
ample. It Is the obvious duty of the gov-
ernment to call the attention of farmers
to the growing monopolization of water
power. The farmers, above all, should
terms, for
II,« (noli- I have that power, on reasonable
cheap transportation, for llghtin their
' homes, and for innumerable uses In the
church bus
Kr..;it pow.T of 1-adershlp. The whole , taakI ot thc forl
people should understand that it is ,
\ itally Important to stand l>. hlml the 1 Necessity for Co operation.
rurtil church and to help It to become i
' rea, power In developing concrete It Is true that country life has improved
country life Ideal*. It Is rupee-tally troatly In attractiveness, health and corn-
Important that the country chureli re- fort, and that thc Turners • ananp ure
)clul responsiblll- higher than they were. Rut city life Is
tgnlse that It has a
ell as
awn
ty to the entire community
a religious responsibility 1
group of peonlc.
Recommendations of the Commission.
The commission recommends nil the j
correctives that have been mentioned
under the head of "The nature oT the ,
remedies." It does not wish to dls- j
criminate between Important mens- j
ures of relief for existing conditions.
It has purposely avoided Indorsing 1
any particular bill now before con- i
cress, no matter what its value or ob- |
Ject.
There are. however, in tho opinion j
of the commission, two or thr
advancing even more rapidly, because of
the greater attention which is being given
by the citizens of the towns to their own
betterment. For just this reason the in-
troduction of effective agricultural co-
operation throughout the 1' nited States is
of the first Importance. Where farmers
are organized co-operatively they not
only avail themselves much more read-
ily of business opportunities and im-
proved methods, but it is found that the
organizations which bring them together
in the work of their lives are used also
for social und Intellectual advancement.
The co-operative plan Is the best plan
of organization wherever men have the
eat I right spirit to carry It out. Under this
movements of the utmost consequence
that should be set under way at tho
earliest possible time, because they
are fundamental to the whole problem of
ultimate permanent reconstruction; these
call for special explanation.
Taking Stock of Country Life.—
There should bo organized. as ex-
plained In the main report, under gov-
ernmental leadership, a comprehensive
plan for an exhaustive study or survey
of all the condtlons that surround the
business of farming and tno people
who live in the country. In order to
take stock of our resources and to
supply the farmer with local knowl-
edge. Federal and state governments,
agricultural colleges and other educa-
tional agencies, organisations of vari-
ous types and individual students of
the problem, should be brought into
co-operation for this great work of in-
vestigating with minute care all agri-
cultural and country life conditions.
Nationalised Extension Work -Kaeh
state college of agriculture should be
empowered to organise as soon as
practicable a complete department of
college extension, so managed as to
reach every person on the land In Its
state, with both Information and in-
spiration The work shduld include
such forms of extension teaching as
lectures. bulletins. reading courses,
correspondence courses. demonstra-
tion. and other means of reaching the
people ut home and on their farms. It
should be designer to forward not
only the business of agriculture, but
plan any business undertaking Is man-
aged by a comndttee; every man has
one vote, and only one vote; and every
one gets profits according to what he
sells or buys or supplies. It develops In-
dividual responsibility and has a moral
ns well as a financial value over any
other plan.
I desire only to take counsel with the
farmers as fellow-cltlzens. It Is not the
problem of tho farmers alone that I am
discussing with them, but a problem
which affects every city as well us every
farm In the country. It Is a problem
which tho working farmers will have to
solve for themselves; but It Is a problem
which also affects In only less degree all
the rest of us. and therefore If we can
render any help toward Its solution. It is
not only our duty but our Interest to do
Work to Help the Farmers.
The commission has tried to help the
farmers to see clearly their own prob-
lem and to see It as a whole, to distin-
guish clearly between what the govern-
ment can do and what tho farmers must
do for themselves; and it wishes to bring
not only the farmers, but tho nation as
a whole, to realize that the growing of
crops, though an essential part. Is only
a part of country life. Crop growing is
the essential foundation, but It Is no
less essential that tho farmer shall get
an adequate return for what ho grows;
and It is no less essential—Indeed, it is
literally vital—that he and his wife and
his children shall load the light kind
of life
merit of agriculture, through which as
prime agent the ideas the commission
htands for must reach the people, should
become without delay in fact a depart-
ment of country life, fitted to deul not
only with crops, but ulso with ull the
larger aspects of life In the open country.
From all thai has been done and
leario d three great general and immedi-
ate needs of country life stand out:
First. effective co-operation among
farmers, to put them on a level with the
organised interests with which they do
business.
Second, a new kind of schools in the
country, which shall teach the children
as much outdoors as Indoors and per-
haps more, so that they will prepare for
country life, and not as at present, main-
ly for life In town.
Third, better means of communication,
Including good roads and a parcels post,
which the country people are everywhere,
and rightlv, unanimous in demanding.
To these may well be added better san-
itation for easily preventable diseases
hold several million country people In the
slavery of continuous 111 health.
Duty of the Government.
The commission points out, and I con-
cur in the conclusion, that the most im-
portant help that the government, wheth-
er national or state, can give is to show
the people how to go about these tasks
of organization, education and communi-
cation with the bes* and quickest results.
This can bo done by the collection and
spread of information. One community
can thus be Informed of what other com-
munities have done, and one country of
what other countries have done. Such
help by the people's government would
lead to a comprehensive plan of organi-
zation. education and communication, and
make the farming country better to llv<
in. for intellectual and social reasons a
well as for purely agricultural reasons.
The only recommendation I submit is
that an appropriation of $2.").000 be pro
vided, to enable the commislson to digest
the material It has collected, und to col-
led and to digest much more that
within its reach, and thus complete Its
work. This would enable the commis-
sion to gather in the harvest of sug-
gestion which is resulting from the dis-
cussion it has stirred up. The eommis
sloners have served without compensa
tion, and i do not recomihend any ap-
propriation for their services, but only
e expenses that will be required
to finish the task they have begun.
To Develop Country Community.
To Improve our system of agriculture
ems to me the most urgent of the tasks
which lie before us. Rut It cannot, in
my judgment, be effected by measures
which touch only the material and tech-
nical side of the subject: the whole busi-
ss and life of the farmer must also
he taken Into account. Such considera-
tions led me to appoint the commission
on country life. Our object should he
to help develop in the country commu-
nity the great ideals of the community
life us well us of personal character. One
of the most Important adjuncts to this
end must be the country church, and I
Invite your attention to what tho com-
mission says of the country church and
of the need of an extension <>f such work
as that of the Young Men's Christian as-
sociation In country communities. Ret
me lay special emphasis upon what the
commission says at the very end of its
report on personal Ideas and local leader-
ship. Everything resolves itself in the
end into the question of personality.
Neither society nor government can d<
much for country life unless there Is vol
untary response In the personal ideals
of the men and women who live In tho
country. In the development of charac-
ter. the home should be more important
than the school, or than society at large.
When once the basic material needs have
been met, high ideals may be quite in-
dependent of income but they cannot be
realized without sufficient income to pro-
vide adequate foundation: and where the
community at large Is not financially
prosperous it is Impossible to develop a
high average personal and community
Ideal. In short, the fundamental facts
of human nature apply to men and wom-
en who live in the country just as they
apply to men and women who live in the
towns, (liven a sufficient foundation < f
material well being, the Influence of the
farmers' wives on their children be-
comes the factor of first importance in
termining the attitude of the next gen-
eration toward farm life. Tho farmer
should realize that the person who most
needs consideration on the farm Is his
wife. I do not in the least mean that she
should purchase case at the expense of
duty. Neither man nor woman is really
happy or really useful save on condition
of doing his or her duty. If the wom-
an shirks her duty as housewife, as
home keeper, as the mother whose prime
function is to bear and rear a sufficient
number of healthy children, then she is
not entitled to our regard. Rut If she
does her duty she is more entitled to our
regard even than the man who does
his duty; and the man should show spe-
cial consideration for her needs.
Welfare of Nation at Stake.
I warn my countrymen that the great
recent progress made In city life is not
a full measure of our civilization; for our
civilization rests on the wholesomeness.
the attractiveness, and the completeness,
as well as the prosperity, of life In the
country. The men and women on the
farms stand for what Is fundamentally
best and most needed In our American
life. Upon the development of country
lift rests ultimately our ability, by meth-
ods of farming requiring the highest in-
telligence, to continue to food and clothe
the hungry nations; to supply tho city
with fresh blood, clean bodies, and clear
brains that can endure the terrific strain
of modern life; we need the development
of men In thc open country, who will be
In the future, as In tho past, the stay
and strength of the nation in time of
war. and its guiding and controlling spir-
it in time of peace.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The White House, February 9, 1909.
I.ESSON TEXT.—Acts 5:17-32. Memory
verses. 19. 20.
GOLDEN TEXT.—Blessed are they
which are persecuted for righteousness'
sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
-Matt. 5:10.
TIME—Immediately after the last les-
son. The exact date Is unknown, but be-
tween A. D. 30 and 33.
PLACE—Jerusalem; the preaching was
in one of the porticos of the outer court
of the temple. The trial was In the hall
of the sanhedrim, on the temple hill "be-
tween the portico and the temple.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
After the experience of the apostles
with Ananias (our last lesson), there
was such an increase in the numbers
and influence of the church, so many
Kood deeds were wrought, so many of
the sick were healed, so widely pre-
vailed the new teaching, that the
whole community was stirred, and
even the rulers felt the power and the
danger to their position and influence.
Their reasons for opposing the Gos-
pel were all reasons why they should
have favored it. 1. The lessening of
their influence and the loss ot prestige
was what ought to take place when
the rulers ruled for themselves and
not for the people.
2. The teaching they opposed was
the very salvation of the nation.
3. The apostles "filled Jerusalem
with their teaching." Their success
brought joy, salvation, peace, fresh
lif* ty great numbers.
4. The apostles and the church were
bringing healing to the people, lessen-
ing suffering, giving to the poor, re-
ducing crime and vice, giving reality
to the angels' song of "Peace, Good
Will to Men," they were doing what
every good ruler seeks to have done
for his people.
V. 19. "But the (R. V., "an"), angel
of the Lord." One of the "ministering
spirits sent forth to minister for
them who shall he heirs of salvation."
(Heb. 1:14). "In this Rook of the Acts
the word angel occurs 20 times."
"The ministry of angels." "I believe
that angels wait on tis as truly as ever
they waited on Abraham, or Jacob, or
Moses, or Elijah, or Mary, or Jesus
himself. The medieval painters were
fond of filling the background of the
infancy with countless angels; the rep
resentation, though literally false, was
morally true. I believe that angels are
encamping around them that fear the
Lord."—George Dana Boardman. D. D.
"Opened the prison doors." Silently,
without the knowledge of the guards
(v. 23), who were asleep or had re-
laxed their vigilance, being confident
of the strength of their prison
Reasons for this intervention. 1. The
apostlea and the church were still in
training for greater battles and harder
work. Hence by this deliverance they
were taught faith in God, and courage,
and assurance that their bold, defiant
course was approved by God.
2. It was a great advantage to the
cause, as they went on preaching the
gospel, impressing the people that it
was God's cause, and the apostles were
his messengers, speaking his truth.
3. It was a direct refutation of the
Sadducees' doctrine, a blew at their
position. \
4. It tended to impress the minds
of the enemies of the apostles with
respect for them as under God's spe-
cial protection, and probably suggest
ed to Gamaliel (v. 34-39), his fear that
by opposing the apostles the rulers
might be opposing God himself.
5. Hence, it influenced the result
of the trial, and made the escape from
prison a type of their greater deliver
ance from the power and wicked de-
sires of the rulers.
V. 21. "The apostles obeyed, and en-
tered the temple early in the morn-
ing," R. V., "about daybreak," as soon
as the gates were opened. "Called the
council," "the sanhedrim," "together,
and," better "even" "all the senate."
Peter's argument. Critics have no-
ticed the structure of Peter's brief de-
fense as one of the finest specimens
of pleading on record, clear, direct.
Clear Deduction.
"The private detective who was
shadowing the great financier hit upon
a certain way of making him show his
band."
"What did he do?"
"He disguised himself as a mani-
curist"—Baltimore American.
It Will Stay There
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it proves beyond a doubt the best to
be obtained for its particular purpose.
For treating all manner of skin trou-
bles, such as Eczema, Tetter, Ring-
worm, etc., Hunt's Cure has held its
place for many years. I have failed
fo find a surer remedy. It cures itch-
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Franklin, La.
Removing a Blot.
Mister," inquired the tramp, "would
youse contribute a dollar to help beau-
tify your town?"
"What's the idea?"
"Fer a dollar I'll move on to do
next town."
CHILD HAD SIXTY BOILS,
And Suffered Annually with a Red
Scald-Like Humor on Her Head.
Troubles Cured by Cuticura.
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six months old her head broke out in
boils. She had about sixty in all and
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Some time later a humor broke o«."t be-
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her head until it was nearly half cov-
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very red with a sticky, clear fluid com-
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spring. I always used Cuticura Soap
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"Indeed!" cried her aged but rich
husband. "I'll warrant you dream
of his lender advances yet."
"No," she replied, with a faraway
look, "not yet."—The Catholic Stand-
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good friend, good neighbor and good
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lines are given in this report. See | "
Peter's previous address. ! what a friendly old world this would
The charges against the apostles. (1)
. sanitation education, home making, I Tor this reason. It Is of the first im-
the co-operation of the states till be I und all Interests of country life. 1 Vortanc, that tho United States depart-
Joel Chandler Harris Memorial.
The Juvenile Protective association
of Atlanta is to have charge of the
Cfele Remus Home for Children. ,to
bo established as a memorial to Joel
Chandler Harris near Atlanta. The
site for the institution has been given
to tho association and much of the
money necessary for the buildings has
already been collected. The institu-
tion is to be known ns a Juvenile state.
It will contain a school, a gymnasium
and mechanical workshop.
Disobedience to and defiance of the
national and lawful authorities. (2)
Hence disloyalty, almost treason, to
their country. (3) Charges to them
seemingly slanderous, against their
rulers, that they themselves were dis-
obeying their God in whose name they
ruled. These charges were not mere-
ly serious, but, to a Palestinian Jew,
overwhelming.
The boldness and courage of the
apostles was very great.
Threefold Victory of the Apostles.
First. The arraignment of the apostles
gave them an opportunity to preach
the Gospel faithfully to the rulers, who
could not easily be reached in any oth.
er way.
Second. They were released from
their bonds, and were free to continue |
their work with all the more power
because of the outcome of the efforts
to put a stop to it.
Third. They themselves received a
new inspiration of power. They re-
joiced in their sufferings for Jesus'
sake, and in public and in private, in
the temple courts, and from house to
house, they preached that Jesus was
the expected Messiah.
The attractiveness and persuasive
power of the apostles and the early
church is very marked, and was one
•>f the most influential means of lead-
ing others to become Christians. The
piety of some men lacks the genial,
lovable qualities which would enable
to attract young and old to the religion
they love
be if we all loved our neighbors as ws
love ourselves!
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