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we 011 1' am LS nt A NEW YEAR’S PRAYER by Laura Simmons Oh, Young New Yearâ€"take not these things from me: The olden faiths; the shining loyalty Of friends. the long and searching years have proved The glowing hearth-fires and the books I loved; All wanted kindnesses and welcome: All safe. hard-trodden paths to which Oh, blyth New Year, glad with the thrill of spring-â€" Leave me the ways that were my comforting. A RULE By Sarah Stuart Barber I asked the New Year for some motto sweet, Some rule of life with which to guide my feet; I asked and paused, he answered soft “God’s will to know.” "Will knowledge, then, sufiice, New Year?” I cried. And ere the question into silence died The answer came: “Nay, but remem- Once more I asked. "Is there no more to tell?” And once again the answer softly fell: “Yea. this one thing all other things above, God‘s will. to love.” God's will to do.” by Mary Carolyn Davies God. let me be a giver. and not one Who only takes and takes unceasingly God let me give. so that not just my But other's lives. as well, may richer Let me give out whatever I may hold, Of what material things life may be heaping: Let me give raiment. shelter. food or gold. If these are. through Thy bounty, in But greater than such fleeting treas- urers. May I give my faith and hope and cheerfulness. Belief and dreams and joy and laugh- ter gay Some lonely soul to bless. What will you bring to me. New Year? What will you bring to me: What of joy or what of grief In days that are to be? What will you bring to me. New Year? Ah. noâ€"you will not tellâ€" Enrapt in silent mystery You guard your secrets well. But what you bring to me. New Year. What you bring to me. Matters not so much. I know As what I bring to thee. If I bring to thee. New Year. Faith and courage high. What circumstance can come to I cannot profit by? n Saying It With Daggers Meeting his pet enemy on Main St. one day. Jim observed affably: "I was sayin' some good things about you to a mon this morning." "You was?" "Ya‘as. I said you ,had the best. cattle an' sheep of any farmer I knowed. An’ What was more. I said that. pair of hosses o' yourn was the finest in the Countyâ€"wuth at least Come in 8: Chat Awhile $800.00." “Who'd you say it to?" queried the flattered man. "The tax assessor." Thursday. December 27 1928 At Home A New Year‘s Resolution BE A GIVER! my keeping. â€"Ruth Raeburn. For three generations or more the Canadian Boat Song has been a fav- orite selection in the school-books of English-speaking Canada. It is a song that is associated with the two colon- izing rivers of Eastern Canada, St. Lawrence and the Ottawa; it' is as- sociated with the name of Simon Fraser, discoverer of the river he named in British Columbia, and In- spired by a Hench-Canadian Chanson and written by an Irishman, it links two great races wtrioh hare beef} part- ners in building this nation, Canada. As such it is peculiarly Canadian, and savors of our soil and our past. It is therefore, natural that there should be a desire for information as to the author of the Song and as to the cir- cumstances under which it was writ- poet. He was born in Dublin in 1779 educated at Trinity College, and early embarked on a literary career. In 1803 he was appointed to the Admiralty Registrarship at Bermnda. Upon the expiry of his term of office he re- turned to England by way of mo United States and Canada. This journey enabled him to give full play to his poetic fancy, and his passage from the Great Lakes to the Sea was literally festooned with garlands oi’ 80B? 1555 Thqmas M03”... th_e Irish Câ€"HA VCI‘SC. Faintly as tolls the evening chime Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time. Soon as the woods on shore look dim. Row. brothers, row, the stream runs fast The Rapids are near and the day- light's past. Why should we yet our sail unfurl': There is not a breath the blue wave tu curl. But. when the wind blows ofi the shore. Oh! sweetly we’ll rest our weary oar. Row. brothers, row, the Stream runs The Rapids are near and the day- lighi’s past. Utawas’ tide! This trembling moon Shall see' us float over my §u1_°ges soon. A Canadian Boatsong Oh. Row? brothers. ro w the stream runs fast. The Rapids are near light’s past I was in overalls. as they Went riding by my grounds today. And looking up I saw them pass Within their limousine of glass And waved to them a friendly hand They were too proud to understand - â€"v The author of “A Canadian @993 They fancied me a workmen: They fancied it were shame On friendly terms with men As if it mattered if I were. And made it plain they wished no calls From men who dress in overalls. And yet I chuckled at the pride With which my greeting was denied. For just a. week or so before When fashion’s evening dress I wore. When fashion s evening dress I wore This self- same pair to flatter me Had asked me to their house for tea. Poor fools. W hue Must always wear the garo or Shy Poor fools to think that any dress Can make a man‘s value, more or Poor fools. who overalls can’t see Yet ask an evening dress for tea! A this green isle! hear our us cool heavens and favor- AN INCIDENT to think a friend worth wear the garb of n D tyle ! workman there, the day- like me A. Guesc. Mr. Coolidge’s New England ConScie'nc’e The Hon. Calvin Coolidge, whose 1 name will next year be added to the ‘ list of forgotten Presidents of the United States, has been airing his views on international issues. Since ‘ very few of the qualified leaders 0; public opinion in that country place a high valuation on Mr. Coolidge’s intel- lectual powers there is no need to take his utterances very seriously, and it is to be hoped that the British public generally will follow Lord Birkenhead’s lead in refusing to do so. But it is quite obvious from certain comments in the European press that in spite of the experience of the last decade many foreigners are still un- aware that when the President of the United States speaks on international questions he speaks as a more or less irresponsible person devoid of power to pledge his country to any course. That is particularly true where the lChief Executive is, like Mr. Coolidge a President in virtual retirement, mere- ly keeping the seat warm until the accession of his successor, a few months hence. Mr. Coolidge seems to be the poses- sor in a marked degree of a certain type of “New England Conscience”. That type of conscience so far as we have been able to observe its opera- . tion impels a man to exact the last‘ cent he thinks he can obtain from somebody else, and if it hinted that he is grasping or merciless, to impeacn the moral rectitude of the other fellow. The relentless money lender is usually a highly moral person much given to lecturing others. The career of Mr. Coolidge somewhat resembles that of K0 K0 in Gilbert’s humorous classic “The Mikado” in that he was Waited by a favoring gale. As one sometimes is in trances, To a height that few can scale Save by long and weary dances. But his utterances and. antics are less diverting than those of the chief of- ficial of Titipu. First of all outside nauons ShOlllCl understand that Mr. Coolidge’s re- marks were addressed not so much to outsiders as to the hundreds of emin- ent men, particularly the members of V--' -â€"â€"'â€"â€", L _ the “Amei'ioan Association Favoring Reconsideration of the War Debts”, which has been endeavoripg _to arouse the conscience of Washington to a more generous revision of the whole problem of war debts. Lying sheets like the "Saturday Evening Post” of Philadelphia, have been trying to de- ceive their readers into the belief that the movement is a “foreign agltation"; but as was pointed out in these coi- umns some months ago the movement really comes from the best elements in the United States, who from the standpoint of both ethics and expedâ€" iency think that their country should recognize a fuller partnership and res- ponsibility in the task of lifting Eur- A: L-_‘-mnv\§f|19 -0w-wâ€"â€" 'U ope out of the slough of bankruptcy. The movement is certainly not or Brl- tish origin. Great Britain has stood steadily by the position taken by Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin. (then Chan- cellor of the Exchequer) at Washing- ton on January 8th, 1923. when he said: “May I put it this way? We intend to pay". Views of General Pershing and Others THE DURHAM CHRONICLE act' 4, 1917 had been able to give us our choice as to whether we should rather give up freely and for all time the billion dollars in money or give up the lives of several hundred thousand of our’ sons. there would have been no hesitation as to our choice. Fate, however, determined that choice. It determined that Great Britain and France should give up the lives dur- ing that first year”. , L‘_ - mfidn. Newtori D. Baker, who was the United States Secretary of War guymg the period of United States participa- tion as a belligerent, should know better than anyone else the unwrit- ten understandings in connection with his octmtry’s participation, and in re- viewing the situation he has said: “If the foregoing observations are. sound, the United States is not justified its own best industrial and commer- cial interests in adhering to its present policy with regard to_ the settlement of inter-Allied debts. The time has come when these questions, including the British settlement ought to be re-Op- ened. Personally I believe that a can- cellation policy will be wise”. 7â€"w- vâ€"vâ€"â€" _ ‘ These citiatibns which could be very widely multiplied are presented in order that the suggestions of revision V. “ A v--vv v vâ€"â€" v and cancellation which annoy Presid- ent Coolidge so much, come from some of the best minds among his own people, and from men who have a much fuller knowledge of the issues involved than he. Mythical European Menace The narrow and censorous conten- tion that nations on the other side or the Atlantic do not deserve any con- sideration because their behavior is not up to Mr. Coolidge's standards cannot fail to cause exasperation abroad. He points out the fact that nations are in the aggregate spending more on armaments than before the “V. V v-- â€"â€"â€"_____ war. This circumstance, he neglects to mention, is in some measure one to the fact that his predecessor, Pres- ident Wilson forced on the negotiators at Versailles, treaty clauses which called in being a large number of new nations, and changed many historic boundaries. Having by its influence as a creditor of the leading powers brought new nationalities into autonâ€" omous being, the United States by the action of its Senate at once proceeded “Vv-v-â€" 'â€" to leave them flat. But it cannot be argued with any pretence 01' decency that the United States is wholly without responsibility for the diffi- culties which have helped to pile up armaments in Europe. Most hypocrit- ical of all is the President’s pretence that either he or his Government was seriously endeavoring to promote dis- armament in the Geneva Conference which proved abortive :ast year. The A-------- :A- "ALLVLA yovvvâ€" ".-__ _ , aim obviously was to get an excuse for } building a fleet of large battleshrp‘ cruisers with 10-inch guns and pull the wool over the eyes of the millions of peace-loving Americans that the United States is “menaced” by Europe. In so twisting the fact as to create the .impression that the United States is “menaced” by debtor nations, Presid- ent Coolidge is trying to make the world believe that large battle cruisers are necessary for the defence of United States trade. Some or the “big navy” advocates whose tool Mr. Cool- idge has been from the outset, are a llittle more outspoken than he. One ‘5 U UCU fire-eating admiral told the public last year that such a navy was necessary in order to “force” United States surplus products on reluctant nations. Other advocates of this policy hardly take the trouble to conceal their view that the British West Indies must be ac- quired by force if necessary, because they “menace” United States interesss in the Panama region. Fortunately the United States Congress has so far refused to be deceived. and has scrap- ped the major part of the program; ;and undoubtedly the day when Mr. now past. ERGOT. ITS CAUSE AND CONTROL Ergot is an important disease of rye. wheat, barley and many kinds of wild and cultivated grasses. Besides reduc- ing the yield and quantity of the grain. the ergot bodies cause sickness or death when eating by animals or the domestic fowl. . ’ â€" r-n-A-ACQR WVWVWW most severely from the ergot disease. The common wheats in use are rarely aflected to any extent, and the same is true of barley and oats. Brome. western rye, (Lolium) and other wild wheat and rye grasses, which are com- monly found about the borders of fields, are also attacked by the ergot A succession of crops susceptible to ergot should be avoided as far as pos- sible. It is very important to avoid sowing either rye or durum wheat after ergot infested crops of these Drill seeding is much preferable to broadcasting for, in addition to burying the ergot bodies deeply, the period of blossoming is shortened, thereby re- ducing the chances for infection. A mixed early and late rye should not be used, nor should the close planting of early and late varieties be practised. Deep ploughing after a bady infested crop, is recommended, in order to bury the ergot bodies which have fallen to the ground during harvest. If these ,are deeply buried, they will not be able to germinate successfully and pro- duce spores. .Care should be taken that the ploughing be sufficiently deep to prevent the ergot bodies be- ing brought to the surface by subse- quent cultivation. Early harvest les- sens the number of ergot bodies which fall to the ground. It is also a very profitable practice to mow or destroy other grasses which are susceptible and growing nearby; the mowing to be done while they are still in blossom. These wild grasses are very often the principal source of infection. No .suitable variety of rye, or of wheat, has yet been found to be re- sistant to the ergot disease. To be a farmer sure is grand, to feed the stock and plough the land, and on your cattle put your brand; but all this means hard work. For one must rise at four o’clock, and after he has fed the stock, must care for all his feathered flock; this duty never shirk. He cannot stay in his soft bed nor be a chronic sleepy -head; for he would lose his sturdy tread, his farm would go to seed. He must not stay up late at night and burn a lot of midnight light; his farm would soon become a blight and covered o’er with weed. The man who early ploughs his farm need have no cause for sad alarm for there is strength within his arm to make his good land pay. I simply haven’t got the pep, to be a farmer with a rep, and follow with a springy step, the plough, each blessed day. éht I niust iabor through the night, and make a long and earnest fight to get a rep for stutj I_ write, pefore I IT’S GREAT TO BE A FARMLER “Ill‘e world’s asleep, my verse ideas are more complete; in fact I make them Then, at the farmer’s rising time, when I have finished one punk rhyme, I hear the old oak hall-clock chime, and in my bunk I leap. And so I know I’ll never be a sturdy farmer of degree; I cannot help itâ€"for you see, I’m very fond of sleep. heavy tractors are so popular on the terms, they can raise mashed turnips. Dora says she supposes, now that PAGE 3.