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The Editor Talks How to keep boys on the farm is to-day a vital problem in many homes in Canada. Ideas are as ■'feried as the conditions met with in rural homes, too. But in the face of all the editorials, editorials, contributed articles to the newspapers, newspapers, the farm journals, addresses at farmers' institutes and agricultural conventions, the boys continue to drift to towns and cities. We do not know W. Livingston Larned, nor where he lives or what is his occupation, occupation, but he has written a splendid article entitled "The Farm Speaks to Its Sons," which the Christian Herald of New York has dignified with a beautiful illustrated border indicative of rural Home environment. We will quote portions of his writing that our readers may see his line of thought which cap.tured. us, and held our attention attention riyeted to his heart touching appeals. He takes high ground and seeks to touch a tender chord, that can hardly fail to yield acquiescence to his views. What is this I hear? Mr. Larned asks. You would depart from my hospitable acres and flutter away to realms unknown. Boy, my browncheeked browncheeked son! stay yet another twilight twilight lest the Whole Truth be kept forever from you. Turn with your strong hand on the latch of the little white gate and look back into God's love, peering reverently at you through your mother's soft eyes. Does the great feverish town promise promise more for you, boy, than the tiny home nestled there in the shad- i,ows ? Are there riches more to be treasured than the yield of upturned clods ? Is there a love greater, sweeter, sweeter, purer than the wistful mother- love? Will the world's arms open to you with as much infinite unselfish affection as her arms? They were tender in their first guardianship years ago. Nor are' they less tender now as they press about the rugged man form of you., at each day's fruitful fruitful close. I want you here, boy; need_you, depend upon you; will miss your sunshiny optimism and. plow songs; and I shall find no substitute for your firm, sure strength as tlje grain ripens and the sentinel silos ope their hungry mouths for feed. *■*.**■ The call of the land is his next ap* peal. My orchards would be lonely, indeed, if you were not here to ride the white mare under the low-lying branches; my meadow streams would cease to sing if your steps no longer crunched the wet grasses and clover at their bank^. My yellow and gold acres would stand grimly waiting for the stronger scythe and somewhere up yonder slope, buried deep in marigolds marigolds and tea roses, and phlox and sweet alyssum arid mignonette, a little home would be hushed as though death had stopped, in passing and called to one of the mother's precious brood. Think deep as you stand at the threshold threshold of your high resolve. New world's to conquer, mayhap, but the old is yours already. A king here, God's very blue . heaven bows respectful homage to. you, as with bared head you face the dawn with the larks. Man never yet builded of stone and egotism a more _ beautiful highway than the lane which runs quietly betwixt betwixt your mother's jonquils and the pasture. No Great White Incandescent Incandescent Way can match the bright splendor splendor of these crisp September nights when the moon rises over the black silhouette of the hills and a million stars hang balanced in holy space. Boy! boy! have you plaçed these things in the balance? * * * * Good as are these paragraphs this one is better. He- says : My boy, you stand now at the parting of the ways. Back of you the rugged, homely, honest virtues upon, which the best things in life are fouridationed--a real Home, real Love, real people, if you please, real roses and trees and perfumed perfumed air to breathe. Not .one fictitious fictitious element here in the heart of this grain-yellowed acreage. Nature does not lie. Here all is solid, dependable, dependable, trustworthy, God-fearing. In frorit of you, linked to time by a mere-double thread of shiny steel ar e the tinseled wonder^ of the town. The man in you may bear you on and upward upward and out of the muck of it, but, boy, listen to us! granting that success success does _come--granting that all fares well with yoü-- is "there not greater peace here, in God's country, where you are never far from the love of mother? * * * * Appeals from various quarters were made and the last one we now . give. It is most pathetic: In the village yesterday we saw for the first time the dearth of young faces. All of us were old--old and tired and^ perhaps, a bit lonely, too. Boy! there were old men driving the teams and old men sitting under the trees and old men buying at the stores-^--fine, clever, brown men, as hard a^ iron and brave too; but twilight was coming--all past the forties and fifties. And the slips of girls, bouquets of them, went winding in and out among us like roses in a dead garden. There were too few young men--too few fellows of your age, boy, to pick up the plow where wè had dropped it and to keep on ând on, making God glad he created created the soil and the seed and the mighty mystery of the seasons. It is not bravery or sacrifice or even cowardice cowardice that keeps the little sunburnt girls back home on the farm, lad. It's love--Lord bless them--love; the sort Meats Of Quality Wè Guarantee The quality as well , as the - weight of your meat purchases. We have succeeded in developing developing a thriving business by paying paying close attention to the needs and wants of the particular housewife. She has discovered that we sell only the highest character of meatables at a consistent price. If you are not a regular regular customer of ours become become one to-day. We serve you best C. M. Cawker & Son Phone 64. 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Boy, the old farm and the new one need you. May it please the Master to have you stay! * * * * Since our schoolmaster days we have frequently said that not one minister in twenty-five can talk to children so that they can understand him properly. We have often seen well educated divines utterly fail in attempting, to preach to children. They cannot use simple language and bring their reasoning down to the comprehension of children. On account account of our personal convictions on these short-comings of preachers we were keenly interested in reading in the Christian Work last week an article by Dr. Frederick. Lynch, the editor, on His experience^ the previous' previous' Sunday at Brattleboro, Vt. He said "I had a hearty welcome and found I had three addresses to make. First came one to the children who were in the front of the church waiting waiting for me. How many of my ministerial ministerial readers preach regularly to children ? It is a great test" of ability ability to become as a little child. For it is absolutely impossible to interest these children unless you can get down into their world and touch them where their heart and interest lie. But it is exceedingly gratifying if one has this capacity or talent. We have in New York three or four men who are masters of this art of talking talking to children, and I am often finding in my travels some one who has a genius for it--the natural gift. Not long ago I went to preach for a friend and before I began my sermon sermon he told a Story to the children. His talk so gripped me--it wqs such a perfect, dramatic story for children --that it drove all of my own sermon .out of my head for the time--I had almost forgotten what Ï was to preach about when I arose to begin my discourse. But all the same I did truly enjoy my fifteen minutes with those healthy, wholesome New England England boys arid girls. "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" ; REG.-AO.-DEPT. The trade raark-always guarantees the quality BE SURE TO LOOK FOR IT Write for free copy of our 450-page Musical En- 7 cyclopedia listing over 6000 Victor Records. -0- I was preaching in the Congregational Congregational Church, and I got a glimpse of church life that impressed me greatly, greatly, Religion has'not entirely lost its hold on people when several hundred of them will come through tiyo feet of snow on a sharp winter morning, many of them long distances, to hear a stranger of whom many of thehi had never heard. I could not help feeling, as I faced that eager group, what every pastor feels again and again, what a charge is laid upon a preacher to say something that will pay those people for coming to sit at his feet. Is not the real secret of the success of the best preachers jtist this, that they do feel this responsibility responsibility and seek diligently all the week to prepare some real and satisfying word for those who come to hear them. The minister who scamps his preparation, who does not prepare the best for his people, is on the same level as the shop-keeper who gives congregations where I go, is testimony testimony that most of our preachers are giving their flocks the kind of food they both crave and need. I talked to the men after the morning service. There was a fine group of them there, too. Here again much of this talk about the absence of men in the churches must be taken "with qualification. qualification. I now recall many churches visited and the large groups of men which I found in clubs, leagues, brotherhoods brotherhoods and Bible classes. Before me was this sturdy group of men. This organizing of men has greatly strengthened the churches. It has not only reacted on the church services services but has created a new interest in the social gospel. Tl^ese. men want to hear about what is being done for good government, prison reform, temperance, industrial relations, international international good-will, missions. It is really stimulating to speak to them. They ask questions and organize to serve these Christian capses. * * * * Dr, Lynch" tells a good Henry Ford story. He says Henry Ford gave Brattleboro folk the greatest surprise the Thursday before his visit there they ever had . of its character. Mr. Ford ordered from the Estey Organ Company of Brattleboro a fine pipe organ for his new Detroit residence. He visited the factory while it was being -built and was greatly impressed by the individual interest shown By the workmen in their respective departments. departments. He saw üjtep. working on his own organ with .qjSafmetaking care. Afterwards" he was highly pleased at the way in which the instrument was installed in his own home .and with the organ itself. Now comes the surprise. surprise. On Thursday, March 9, every employee of the Estey Organ Company--thère Company-- thère are over 300:--received a letter from Mr. Ford with a check enclosed. enclosed. These checks ranged from $6 to $25 each. The letters were in appreciation appreciation of .the great care, attention attention and fine work of the men in their several branches of the concern. Well may Dr. Lynch ask, "Was anything like this ever done before in history?" It is the Ford way aparently to do what others hâve not before done. *$►*.*• * Country newspapers like this weekly journal are best mediums for reaching farm homes; Governments wishing to interest farmers in greater land production can aise no means equal to local newspapers, for they j cover^the country homes completely. se t, obstacles may arise, croakers* may quit. But he stays, h"e fights, he triumphs. triumphs. Why? Because he has stam- Nerve wins the long race and ina. the hard struggle. Any trainer of athletes . will certify that, nerve has won more championships than speed or brawn. Got your nerve with you. to-day ? asks the Ford Times editor. Yes? . . . You'll win!!! And when you've lost your nerve, you're The Financial Post of Canada, published published by the McLean Published Publishing Publishing Go.-, 143 University Ave., Toronto, Toronto, is the strongest advocate of this policy that we have seen and the Federal and Provincial authorities interested interested will do well and wisely to follow advice tendered, for it is sane and thoroughly sound. The Financial Post , has pointed out time and time again that the.methods ! through!!! used by the Department of Agricul-! * * * * lure were unbusinesslike and wasteful j The great problem of doing for re- and urged thèrri to adopt plans based ! burned soldiers who want positions upon the actual experience of success-! no t already waiting for them con- ful business concerns. This Avas to j fronts Canadians and many sugges- assemble at Ottawa the best -.agricul- I tions are offered. Lord Shaughnessy turists in Canada, and get them to de- ; made a huge mistake in attacking re- cide upon a line of action that would ] cruiting, but makes a practical sug- be -the most profitable for Canadian | gestion here. He Avould settle refarmers refarmers to pursue. A series of week- , turned soldiers and others on the land ly talks bringing out these points | a f te r the Avar. This is the ready made should be prepared and inserted in lo- j f arm idea extended indefinitely. Men cal. weekly newspapers, read by deep sympathy Avith men in the uninteresting uninteresting sermon. On the other hand the fact,that I find so many splendid. LIMITED 7 3 Street, Montreal DEALERS IN EVERY TOWN AND CITY Victor Records--Made in Canada 727^336 ; » were enough to write for them. is newspapers, read oy j w ill find ready made farms ready for i ;per wno gives f arme r S right across Canada; this to j occupation,, perhaps a thousand of I 2 7" Jmhïr be ™PPle"="ted by booklets giving | t hem to begin with-ready made, that j goods. I hear a great number of, information in detail to be sent only "T... v.! ! sermons and I have a feeling that I ; to farmers Avho vtere interested can almost ahvays detect the lack of hard and conscientious study and The object of this farmers' propaganda propaganda was to shoAv them how, without without much greater but with more intelligent intelligent efforts, they "could make more j money out of, their farms. The cam- i paign was .marked by unbusinesslike rni on - v _ -, . and * inefficient-, methôds, but climatic I hen you realize the utter A\ r eakness ; , ;' , A n J I conditions were abnormal, and Can- YE i "realiz that robs ambition destroys appetite, j îd^ hadlhb grealesTcrbp on'record" and maizes Avork a burden. .• t.A r •r.- as respects dwelling, out houses, and the like, Avith the land , ready for a plough. The terms are to be easy. The idea of a colony appeals at once $1,00000 ing this windfall. All Canada has a deep interest in this question as investors investors and business men depend for-- their dividends and success in business business chiefly on farm production. The ; Post in conclusion says: As the' De- 1 partment of Agriculture, though officered officered by some of the best men in th& Civil Service, x seems unable to learn the lesson of successful experience. Parliament should deal with.it ■*and give clear, instructions as to how the estimates should be appropriated. A .million dollars spent in the right way million dollars spent in' the right weekly talks to the farmers of Canada Canada could easily cause ten, twenty or fifty times that much increase in revenue. Enthusiasm -- Energy -- Nerve and the greatest of these is Nerve! We have discussed two of these virtues virtues recently and noAV we'll exploit the third. Ford Times says: Nerve is not a new virtue, but is a modern label on old goods. Our fathers called it pluck but nerve is pluck raised to the nth power. It's a multiple virtue. To brave the rigors of the Arctic-- that's nerve. To stick to the wireless keyboard of the foundering "Rejpub- lic," flashing a cry for help that quivered through the civilized Avorld --tha's Nerve. With three men on bases and two men out in 9th inning, to fan a mighty batter--plain nerve. It takes the biggest type measures to encircle Nerve: It's the biggest word in the business lexicon and the countersign countersign that admits to the inner chamber of Success. Nerve is no unit. In its composition ai;e self-confidence, courage, energy,, grit, hope, enthusiasm, enthusiasm, ambition, endurance--and then a surplus! * * * * Nerve is the great human asset that puts a whistle on the lips, tobas- co in the blood, cement in the backbone backbone and spunk throughout the home. A man with nerve must perforce be accused with conceit. Distinguish here betAveen conceit and confidence. Conceit is "I" in speech; self-confidence self-confidence is "I" in deed. Nerve makes a man sure of himself, destroys hesitation hesitation and takes the Avabble out of the mind and out of the legs. A man with nerve believes in himself--he knoAVS that he can! Doubt and timidity timidity are strangers to him. In the language language of the phrenologist, he is seven plus on self-esteem and his confi'd- dence inspires the confidence of others. others. -The man of nerve, therefore, becomes becomes a leader of men? ! He is magnetic--he magnetic--he attracts men/ ' He is galvanic--he galvanic--he energises men, His way gives him sway. Nerve begets courage, courage, puts fear on the scoot and is the stuff of Avliich heroes are made. It plunges men into the seas of thrilling rescue; sends th^m aloft amid flames; it goads them to dare and to do. V 4- 4* 4* Nerve supplies energy--a man Avith nerve does not droop nor sag in the middle. His head is high,' his chin is up, his shoulders are gquare, and his back is straight. His action is as brisk as his brain. Yes, Nerve sBoavs in a man's Avalk and conversation, too. Neither his foot nor his tongue fàl- ters--he has the militant tread; he A\ r alks with an accent, and talks with emphasis. He uses a chair chiefly -as a step-ladder to reach higher and his only rest is in bed in refreshing sleep. The man with nerve is a smiling, whistling optimist--he leaks hope, he basks in continual sunlight and success success surrounds his horizon. He does not know Failure and Avould decline an introduction. His enthusiasm is as infectious as the laugh of merry children. Whatever his proposition it is a Avinner. ,He thinks so, and that makes it so. He lasts, too--he has endurance. Discouragements may be- COAL COAL Commencing November 1st,. 1915, the following prices will prevail : Chestnut $7.75 Stove . 7.75 Egg 7.75 IPqct « ...... 0.75 Have your bins filled now before another raise - comes along. E W. LOSCOMBE Standard Banh Building, Temperance St, Phone 177 "Tod's Bread is First in Food Value" Éat Tod's Homemade Bread The rich golden-bread crust of a big, generou's loaf of Tod's Bread is appetizing, pure and Avliolesome through and through." The delicious flavor of Tod's Bread makes it "Rich as Butter-- ( Sweet as a nut." The Flour used is made from the heart of the plumpest, sun-ripeped wheat kernele. And you therefore always get the beet cjuahty of bread, full of nutriment. 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A million dollars was ap- health in a natural, permanent way. preprinted for Ontario, arid- ' it Avas If you ;are run down, tired, nervous,' • . w- ' " i." . ' overworked" or lack strength, -get Scott's common gossip in that Department of Emulsion to-day. " At any. drugstore. .-Agriculture .that they werehaving . Scott & Êc-vriie, Toronto, out. difficulty/in finding avenues for spend- REWARD For information that will lead to the discovery or whereabouts of the person or persons suffering from j cerned. In any case here is his Lord Nervous Debility, Diseases of the Mouth and Throat, Blood Poison, Skin Diseases, Bladder Troubles, Special Ailments, and Chronic or Complicated Complaints Avho cannot cannot be cured at The Ontario Medical Medical Institute, 263-2G5 Yonge* St., Toronto. Correspondence invited. j by its aspects of sociability. Certain- ! | ly the colony idea Avould be splendid -j ! as far as British settlers eon ship this early outlining a practicable ; I plan of settlement on our lands--a j ! plan which is fascinating in the ex- ; j tremc and which judging by the sue- ! j cess of the ready made farm idea, in j Iso far as it,has already been tried,] j is full of promise on a large scale. ! i His plan is Avell worth considering, a least. Not Always Flourishing. "LoA 7 e cannot die." "Maybe not. But sometimes it a trifle billious."