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THE CUMBY RUSTLER
G. M. MORTON, Publisher
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The tragedies of aviation keep pace
with its achievements.
Once again the prospect of winning
the pennant inspires the fan.
Among the world’s hardest workers
may be numbered the convention
claque.
A Cleveland writer offers one dollar
to everyone who will read his book.
IV would probably be money well
earted.
Again it has been declared that the
hobble skirt is doomed. Its slaves will
probably rejoice and the world at large
certainly will.
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That reported microbe for the pres-
ervation of youth must have tried it
on Itself. The exilir of youth idea is
rather venerable.
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A Walking club in New York holds
out exceptional social advantages as
an inducement to Join. To walk into
New York society is a new fad.
Farmers’ Educational
and Co-Operative
Union of America
PROGRESSIVENESS IN SOUTH
Dr. Maurice F. Egan, Minister tc
Denmark, Relate His Views of the
Farmers of Dixie.
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Westerners who. are praying for
rain overlooke the fact that the easi-
est way to start a rain storm is to
leave their rain coats at home.
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Henceforth it is going to be posl-
hle to alight from a street car with-
out being bowled over by some auto-
mobilist with more gasoline than
sense.
The goosebone prophet says we are
to have a hot summer. We usually
have high temperature in the Bummer
time, and we need i^; at least the
crops do.
We stand r :ih both feet for the
abolition of the ancient practice of
hurling rice and shoes at bridal cou-
ples. T?he bridegroom suffers enough
Without it. —
It might be possible to make chick-
ens grow faster by shocking them with
electricity, but Society for the Preven-
tion of Cruelty to Hens may make it
undesirable.
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Two Minneapolis youths have been
sentenced to ten days in Jail for call-
ing a woman a chicken. What would,
have happened to them if they had
called her a hen?
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In Belgium the man who refuses to
▼ote is thrown into jail, but there are
not prisons enough to accommodate
even a fraction of the nonvoters in
this patriotic land;
Matters Especial Moment to
the Progressive Agriculturist I
Every little acre has a climate all
Its own.
All too many men leave their wives
Is a widow.
The hoat springs will not soak out
original sin.
Wild oats should be plowed under
before they bloom.
The man who poses and reposes
will get few posies.
There are tricks in all trades but
that of the politician.
Pork production in the south has a
most inviting future.
A grouch and bad health nearly al-
ways travel together.
Life’s shadows are certain proofs
that the sun still is shining.
The rise of the cotton boll weevil
is laid to the killing of the quail.
It is better to promote a good cause
than to be promoted in a bad one.
There is no “unskilled labor,” but
there are a lot of unskilled laborers.
He who knows when to let go has
learned one of the secret^ of success.
The man who lives game usually
does- not worry about the dying part
In order for a man to keep in trim
It Is not necessary that he be trimmed.
Riches may be a burden, but few
of us are willing to kick at a burden
of that kind.
About one-half the egg business
Df Denmark is handled by co-operative
egg-export societies.
Some men get rich on farms and
others fail. The reason? Some farm
systematically and some do not.
The grumble is the father of the
growl and the grandfather of the
grouch—and who loves a grouch?
Laughter promotes digestion, good
health, peace of mind, spreads cheer-
fulness as a deadly enemy of the
grouch.
EDUCATION FOR THE FARMER
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The American marines at Peking
won first place in target practice at
800, 400 and 500 yards against the
military guards of the other legations.
Peace hath its victories.
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The French aeronauts say that two
centuries will pass before men will
safely fly across the Atlantic. This
transforms the present generation into
mere Innocent bystanders.
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An American spendthrift
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rested in London for throwing money
into the street, but as a rule the wait-
_Pers and porters do not allow Ameri-
can visitors to go that far.
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Stuttering, according to an investi-
gator, is three times as common,
among hoys as among girls. We al-
ways have noticed that a girl seldom
ban any trouble in talking.
A Parisian scientist is fighting the
germ of old age and thinks he is on
the way to prolong life indefinitely. If
he is successful, he will practically de-
Oslerlze the human race.
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Just now the man without a straw
hat la as conspicuous as was the man
with one in April.
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“Why are minors depressing?” asks
an exchange. Ask some big leaguer
who has been shipped back to them.
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California woman saw a burglar en-
tering a window and beat him over
the head with a chair. We take it that
her husband comes home every night
at a reasonable hour.
A Philadelphia fish dealer discover-
ed among his wares a fish wearing a
diamond ring. This is a great ad-
vantage over the restaurant oyster
which sports its pearls unset.
Department of Agriculture Distributes
Thousands of Publications on
Modern Methods.
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Men who were farmers fifteen years
ago, but who have beoome city busi-
ness men, would find a vast change in
the methods of tilling the soil and
raising crops were they to return to
their original way . of earning a liveli-
hood. Farming methods have under-
gone a wonderful transformation.
Many labor-saving devices have been
Invented, new ways of dealing with
parasites have been discovered, in-
tensive farming is in vogue, and the
system of rotating crops is in force.
The farmer of fifteen years ago would
find today that planting and growing
and doctoring are on a more scientific
basis, and that profits are more cer-
tain and regular. While the knowl-
edge of successful experiments was
circulated from farmer by word of
mouth in the old days, new education-
al forces ai»e now at work, says the
Washington Post. Probably the great-
est of these is the department of ag-
riculture. From a statement just is-
sued, it appears that nearly 200,000,-
000 publications of all kinds have been
printed and distributed since Secre-
tary Wilson assumed control. More
than half that number has been cir-
culated in the last five years. Four
hundred and fifty different pamphlets,
discussing subjects of special interest
to farmers and expressed in terms un-
derstood by all, have been issued, and
84,000,000 copies have been placed in
the glands of applicants, mostly farm-
ers, who had need of the information
they contained; and of these more
than 39,000,000 were distributed with-
in the last five years. The magnitude
of this work of disseminating the in-
formation so earnestly sought and so
carefully verified is only measurable
by the immense advance of scientific
agricultural knowledge and practice
by the progressive farmers of the
country. It has cost many thousands
of dollars to issue all the pamphlets
and documents of various kinds, but
inasmuch as millions of dollars have
been saved to the farmers, the invest-
ment has been a very profitable one.
A new solution for the high cost oi
living problem has been found by Df
Maurice Francis Egan, American min-
ister to Denmark, after a month's
journey through the south. Mr. Egan
was invited to make the trip by the
Southern Commercial Congress, iD
order to lecture on farming in “Dixie.”
Mr. Egan’s opinion of the farmer
of the states he visited is not very
flattering, but he declares that they
are rapidly advancing, and in the
course of time “will be on a par, in
so far as efficient conservation of
crops is concerned, with the ruralites
of Denmark.” To a newspaper repre-
sentative Mr. Egan said:
“The Danish farmers are an intelli-
gent class of persons and devote all
their time to close study of their sojl
and how to Improve its income. They
are all members of the Co-operative
Society, which, to my mind, is the
solution of the high cost of living
problem. Such a society does away
absolutely with the middleman, and
in additioxf to reducing the price of
the commodity to the consumer, yields
a larger profit to the producer.
“Denmark is purely an agricultural
country. There are no industries and
no minerals, therefore, the people
must turn their attention to earn their
living by agricultural pursuits. They
have their choice between conserving
their soil and emigrating, and they
have chosen the former with all the
patriotism worthy of good Danes.
“An opinion I formed on my trip
may surprise the majority of your
readers, but I am convinced that it is
a fact. I believe that the farming
country of the southern states is more
adapted to the production of butter,
eggs and bacon than it is for the rais-
ing of cotton and tobacco.
“Denmark farmers get every Inch
of fertility out of their soil, while
American farmers do not. One Mis-
sissippi farmer told me that he had
‘exhausted’ three farms, and would
again move as soon as the one he is
now tilling is exhausted. Denmark
farmers are educated and do not ‘ex-
haust’ their soil. They believe in
rotation of crops. A specialist visits
each farmer every eighteen months
and explains the workings of the
farm.
“The southern farmers are showing
a great interest in conservation, and
are becoming more open-minded.
They are ever ready to receive sug-
gestions which will enable them to
profit most, and should be. It is
pathetic to note, that these men. who
live on the most beautiful and fertile
soil in the world, do not realize their
advantages. There the cattle could
graze all tte year round. As jt^ls,
the feeding of live stock is much neg-
lected.
“The key that will release them
from their handicap is found in the
co-operative system and education.”
Mudmonal
SUNMfSOlOOL
(By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Eve-
ning' Department, The Moody Bible
Institute of Chicago.)
LESSON FOR JULY 21
THE GROWTH OF THE KINGDOM.
LESSON TEXT—Mark 4:26-32, Matt. 13:
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GOLDEN TEXT—“Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done, as in heaven so on
earth.”—Matt. 6:10.
Last week we observed the fact
that the genesis of this new kingdom
Jesus came to establish was to be
the life, his life, when was as seed.
The reception of the seed in various
sorts of soil, however, made a vast dif-
ference as to the ultimate outcome.
Today we may observe from these
words of the Master what are to be
the processes of the establishing of
the kingdom, for wre do not read into
this parable a record of the final con-
sumation, but rather that these para-
bles reveal different aspects of the
same general process.
While it is true that this first para-
Principles More
Than Life
Pathway of American History Written in
Blood and Sacrifice.
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IFE is dear to all of us, and the
Almighty meant it to be; but
principle, and especially reli-
gious principles, are a greater
treasure than life. Somehow or other
it seems that all great principles have
made their way up over the sacrificed
lives of martyrs in the right. The
pathway of American history is writ-
ten in the blood and sacrifice of the
fathers from Plymouth Rock to now;
so of the Church. The torture and
the stake have been the steps to the
freedom of religion from the shackles
of religious tyranny. What a wonder-
ful path the path of history is! When
a man or a woman loves principle
more than self or life, there will be
an effort to establish it. Had not the
founders of our State and Church
stood for the principles of free gov-
ernment and conscientious action in
religion, neither our present glorious
State or Christian civilization would
ever have been attained.
Religion is nothing without the
truth. Ancient history shows that
all teaching, philosophy and worship
ble is only recorded by St. Mark it is
in reality a complement of these para- . were false and vain without revela-
Assurance of Farm.
There Is nothing like the * farm
when hard times come knocking at
the door. There may not be much
money going in seasons of stress, but
there is always the assurance of a
full table, a roof over one’s head and
no fear of an evicting landlord.
Poor Citizen.
The man who provides himself with
everything new and useful in the way
of labor-saving machinery may be a
good farmer but he is a poor! citizen
and falls far short of his duty if he
fails to provide equal facilities to help
his wife in her share of the work.
Thinker Is a Winner.
The farmer may not have as much
time to read as would be good for
him, but he has plenty of time to
think. And the thinking farmer, if
he thinks along right lines and backs
his thought with his muscle, is a sure
thing winner.
Co-Operation.
Economy may also be practiced by
several poultrymen in one locality
co-operating and buying their grain in
carload or half carload lots, direct
from the miller; in this way saving
the profits of the local grain dealer.
Announcement is that the United
States mint is to resume the manufac-
ture of gold coins. We wondered why
they had been so scarce lately, but
thought they had all been spent.
Paris has new ballet which has
so shocked some of the critics that
they refuse to review it. The an-
nouncement of their refusal has, of
course, led to overflowing audiences.
That Connecticut eagle that tried to
carry off an 8 year old girl was not
■working for a summer resort, either.
Better Pastures.
A little observation will prove to any
one that a great change for the better
might be made in the pastures of this
country. There are many farmers
who are not getting what they ought
to from this part of their land. One
of the worst features about the pas-
ture is the use which mahy are mak-
ing of the feed by feeding nothing but
poor cattle.
Difference in Butter.
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The wind whisked a $100 hat away
from a Chicago girl the other day
and blew it so far that it has not yet
been found. This settles it. We shall
have to do something about the wind.
The only difference between butter
that is worth 30 cents per pound and
butter that is worth 5 cents per pound
is the intelligence of the producer and
manufacturer. It takes the same kind
of raw product for both.
Kindness Never Lost.
Kindness to animals as well as to
humans is never lost. It ennobles the
nature of the giver, whether there be
an immediate or a visible return or
not. Usually it does its work unseen.
Advantage of Co-Operation.
bles about the kingdom found in the
thirteenth of Matthew and elsewhere.
We have already noted that the seed
is the word, Luke 8-11, and that the
soil is the hearts of men, but here
Jesus tells us that in the spiritual
as in the material universe man
“knoweth not how” the life principle
propogates itself. It is a helpful
thought to every Christian worker
that he is not to be held accountable
for that part of the process; his part
is to be that of the man who shall
cast the seed into the ground. Not
upon, but “into.” (v. 26). Having
thus planted the seed let him ‘sleep
and rise again” e. g., let him trust a
wise God to see to it that the seed
germinate and bring forth. All of
your worrying and mine cannot hasten
the process nor change the result once
the seed is sown, so let us be care-
ful to sow them right and as far as
possible be sure we plant it in proper*
ly prepared soil.
Process is Gradual.
Again let us beware of presumptu-
ousness “he knoweth not how.” Can
you, my reader, define life? Can you
explain the transmission, the develop-
ment, the propagation of life? We ac- j
cept the results of these things in na-
ture without questioning, why stagger
at similar things in the spiritual
realm? Why question the reality of
the Christian life when we see all
about us its results? In verses 22 and
23 of this same chapter we are ad-
monished that if we have ears “let
him hear” (a positive injunction) and
almost the very next word tells us
to “take heed what we hear.” Going
on down to verse 28 of the lesson
we see clearly the reason for these
words, for our lives will grow and will
reproduce each after its otvn kind. If
we sow wheat we reap wheat. If we
allow tares to be sown in our lives
we shall reap tares.
The process is a gradual one, hut a
sure one. “First the blade, then the
ear, and then the full corn in the
ear.” The harvest will not take place
until the process be completed. It is
not till the fruit is ripe that the hus-
bandman puts forth his sickle. We
are not to bother ourselves so much
with the process as we are to guard
the source. Sow good seed and God
will see to it that it shall bring forth.
Let us not expect the “full corn” of
ripe experience from the “tender
blade” of early Christian life. Let us
have patience till these young Chris-
tians have time to reach the full ma-
turity of their powers. Jesus the har-
vester of this parable knew when to
put in the sickle, viz., when the fruit
is “ripe,” (v. 29, R. V.)
The Main Truth.
Looking back over history his was
indeed “less than all the seeds in the
earth,” yet he set into motion those
principles aad powers that have
caused his kingdom to become great
in the earth (Isa. 9:7.) Under the
branches of this kingdom have lodged
the weary and the stricken ones. The
birds of the air symbolize the gather-
ing together of the nations of the
earth .that they may take refuge un-
der the shelter and shadow of the
kingdom of God, see Ezek. 17, Daniel
4, etc. We must beware of fanciful
interpretations or applications. The
main truth is that almost without ex-
ception the beginnings of all great
movements in the kingdom of God
have been like mustard seed, small
but exceeding great in their growth.
Witness such moral developments as
the slavery question. Compare the
present day temperance agitation with
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One advantage of co-operative dairy
improvement associations, gays Prof.
Hayden, is that proved bulls can be i what it amounted to one hundred, yes,
passed from one herd to another. An-
other is that money can be saved by
co-operative advertising.
Tlie same can
other "move-
The Germans have adopted baseball
and are said to have become highly
(proficient in the art. But it will b«
fyears and years before they have b*
| come proficient In th^ vocabulary.
Chickens in the Garden.
The one time when chickens may be
admitted to the garden is when there
are asparagus beetles to be destroyed.
In the same way, the services of a
few ducks should be obtained to elim-
In&tq potato bugs.
Developing Milkers.
A breed of milking Shorthorns is
being developed by a Minnesota asso-
ciation of farmers co-operating with
their state and national agricultural
experiment stations.
Best Looking Farms.
The best looking farms, that is, the
farms that have the best homes and
stables, are usually farms that look
to the dairy cow for the larger part
of the revenue.
twenty-five years ago.
be said of countless
ments.”
For the third parable that of the
leaven which a woman hid in the
I three measures of meal wo need to re-
I fer to Paul’s inspired words as record*
j ed in 1 Cor. 5:5-7 and Gal. 5:S-9. Here
! Paul explicitly tells us that leaven Is
| a type of sin. That we who are in
j Christ are a new lump, unleavened.
; That the old leaven is that of malice
I and wickedness, but that we who havo
put away leaven are the bread of sin-
cerity and truth. What do we there-
fore infer? Viz., that as growing up
alongside the good seed shall also
grow the tares with fruitage of death
and decay.
tion. All the progress of modern
times in the greatest nations of the
world is due to the presence and spirit
and influence of the truth of revelation
and of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. So,
when this is committed to us with this
injunction, “Go ye into all the world,
it is not for us to question expense,
labor or results. Our work and mis-
sion is to act. This refers to women
as well as to men. And, indeed, this
experience is essential to the develop-
ment of a true disciplineship in each
individual man or woman. Hence we
urge upon laymen and laywomen to
identify themselves with this noble
cause. First, for the sake of the
truth, for the sake of the kingdom of
God, that it may be spread abroad
upon the whole earth. And then, sec-
ond, for the reflex influence upon
yourself. This kind of work is ne-
cessary for the development of the
truest kind of a religious spirit. if
we are not working for others or for
the kingdom, we grow selfish and dim-
inish our personal enjoyment of reli-
gion.
Barriers to Success.
Activity is as essential in religion
as in physical and mental growth.
Loving life and loving self is our
greatest barrier to success in all un-
dertakings, and as well in religion.
Had our fathers and mothers in the
.life of the Christian church or of the
:State loved their lives more than the
principles for which they stood, what
would have become of civil and reli-
gious liberty? Now we can look'all
the way back to Abraham, Moses, the
prophets, and apostles, and coming
down through centuries we find along
the pages of history the lives of saints,
patriots and martyrs that went out on
the altar of principle. Men and women
of the twentieth century, the principle
is the same. We must take an active
part in the development of character,
patriotism, church work, and the
spread of the Gospel if we are to save
the nations, the Christian church, and
even our own lives. Principle must
be elevated over life.
This is the greatest and most mo- i
mentous age in history. If we are
ever going to save the world, it must
be now. Over the graves of patriots,
heroes, prophets, martyrs, apostles and
missionaries may be written these
words: “They loved not their lives
unto death. Patriots bleeding, wound-
ed, suffering and thirsty and faint lay
all clay and night on the battlefield or
behind prison walls that you might en-
joy a goodly country and a prosperous
and happy life and home. Saints and
martyrs have gone to death with songs
and prayers on their lips that you and
1 and coming generations might have
the truth.
Shall we not be true to these things?
Shall we not maintain this noble char-
acter as a sacred heritage? This is
the measure of heroes and saints.
These are the men and women who
have made history. They are the an-
cestors other nations and ages worship
as deity. Shall not we stand, then,
where they stood and for the same
thing for which they stood? Shall not
we join the great Christian forces, and
start on in this splendid life? Will
we let all of this burden fall on others?
Shall the work cease, or will we rally
to the rescue? What is your response
today? Morals, truth, religion and the
world need the missionary spirit more
than anything else. We need it in so-
ciety, politics, the world and the
church. And perhaps more than all in
the individual heart and in the home.
We must quicken the Christian church
and its members until they reach the
spirit of sacrifice and of forgetting of
self. Men and women who will rep-
resent great religious interests and
stand for them in the great moral and
religious issues of this century, are
needed.—Rev. J. M. Reimensnvder,
D. D.
A breeze came lazily along
And to the toiler sang its song;
“The little brook still leaps and flings
It's foam upon the swallow’s wings;
The willow’s shade, still degp and cool
Spreads as of old across the pool
“And down the hill the meadow blooms.
Still loose their wcmderful perfumes,
And every nodding clover head
Is lush with honey, and as red
As it was when you used to tease
The honey-stealing bumble bees.
“The winding road is gray with dust
The old well chain is brown with rust,
The orchard knows the.drowsy tune
Of insects in the afternoon;
They have not changed—field, bird and
tree
Are all back where you used to be.
“The old-place still remains unchanged,
From none of its old ways estranged;
The lazy fence still loafs behind
The vines with which it is entwined,
And O, the little path still goes
Down through the thicket of wild rose,
“And all of them send -word to you—
The shade, the brook, the orchard, too—*■
To you who felt that you must roam:
Turn from it all, and journey home!”
It may have been such words as these
Were whispered by the vagrant breeze,
Or did the toiler, all day long,
Sing to himself this luring song?
INTERESTING INFORMATION.
William Shakespeare could not-
drive an automobile.
Christopher Columbus -would
pose for moving pictures.
not
If a man could jump as far in pro-
portion to his height and weight as a.
grasshopper can he would seldom miss-
a hoat.
John Milton never had his photo-
graph taken with his -index finger
pressed against his cheek.
Napoleon Bonaparte w'ould not have-
a telephone in the place.
Seasickness may be cured by taking:
a brisk walk through the woods.
Marcus Aurelius would not speaif
at chautauquas.
TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING.
Mrs. Askit—What’s the matter with
your little Johffny today?
Mrs. Teilit--He ate so much Health
Food that it made him ill
God’s Handiwork.
The “very good” of the creation week
was not God’s last verdict upon his
work, but this: “This is my beloved
Son in whom I am well pleased.” God
is better satisfied with Jesus than he
ever could have beeh with Adam. And
his final workmanship is the redeemed
man who is “created anew in Christ
Jesus.” To every new-born soul the
spirit witnesses, “well pleased;” and
to every glorified life the king shaii
say “Well done!”
To Insure Brevity.
“We have an unusually long list of
speakers tonight,” says the toastmas
ter, glancing at the notables flanking,
him along the table for the orators
of the evening, “and in order that
each guest present may know just
what he is to expect and can govern
himself accordingly, I am going to
ask each speaker to whisper in my
ear before I introduce him the num-
ber of minutes he will talk.”
It went down in history as The Dim
ner of Ten-Minute Speeches.
Hard Work.
“You don’t look a bit well,’' says
the mother of the college boy. “Have
you been studying hard?”
"Yes, indeed,” answers thf !t*d.
“But your professors say you are
away behind in your lessons.”
“Well, what can they expect, I've
been studying hard ever since I st.^rt
ed in, learning all the class yells. Now
that I’ve got them committed to mem
ory, 1 suppose 1 can give a little tinn
to ihose books.”
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