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LETT ERS TO A FARMER By K«T. M. V. KeUr. C.3.B. (i^ontlauod from last week> ««t, uoremittins toil, and, genunUly, U>« groatueiis U tu proportion to tba awildulty of the toll. WUetbor we con- alder pnupers' sonit of th« sods of roymit)', the men of ciiurarter, of wnl^ht, of capability, owe thoir acblevementH to tbelr faltlifulneae to work. The ou« wbo la truly to be pitied 1« ba who has never learned to work, who baa nerer known the faa- cinatlou uf being absorbed In his dally pursuiUi. For him wbos« life has ,,.., been one of constant occupation, no apend his daya attending some "ttU i ..^^j^^ pastime can bo a aubatitute. RuthiM* Waste. What would you think, my dear famifr friend, of a young man whoae father bad made rreat sacrifice* to prepare bim for a career in law or medicine, wbo had cx>mpleted hli â- tudles 6ucoe»»fully, taken a unlrer- ally degree, practised his profaaaion for a number of years, and then de- liberately gave It up to drive a street car or delivery wagon, or perliapa machlno in a factory? Of course, you would say no sane' man would eater- Uln the thought. Did you ever real- ise that this l« precisely whet many a farmer has done when be decldw to tuek a livelihood In a city? No other profession requires so many years to lit oneself for success therein ae are require! to be a suc- cessful farmer. Your own observa- tions have taught you that from among the boyn who show some skill In different farm operations at the age of eight or nine, few could be entrust- ed with the management of a farm at twenty-one, and many not at twenty- Ave. Every competent farmer has had a threefold trainingâ€" of a mechanic, a buslneiw man and a professional man. To acquire all three Is the task of years; many never acquire them. You have seen the case of one who has had the skill of an expert In any of the hundred little trades, the ever-varying occupatlon.s day after day on a farm requlro fainiliarity with, and who fuile<l through lack of man- aging capacity or of a practical know- ledge of the science of agriculture. The average boy or yonng man would learn a foreign language in less time than ho would icam all that la neces- sary to handle a horse properly. While any one obliged to live a certain term among foreigners will learn their lang- uage, many a one has lived and died on a farm without dering to call himself a horseman. This is only ono ex- ample. To grow up on a farm means to be learning Boinethlng now or ac- quiring further ^kiU in some occupa- tion or otiher, almost dally. Now, >x)u have acquired Uies* and gone through long years ot drill; what us-e can you make of it all when you take up your resldenco in tbe city? Simply a case of throwing it all away to begin with Bomothdng else, an absolute wa.ste of what years were required to garner. The capitalist who spends the accumu- Jations of a life time on Uie erection of a factory and then, Instead of de- veloping a business, allows the plant to fall to plecos. with rust and ruin, is not more foolish in his wastefulness. The Only Education. I should like i:> havo another word witli you on your complaint that farm life entails too much hard work. Even thoiigli we had only this world to think of, a life of work would be, perhap.s, the greatest blessing wliich could come our way. There Is no true great- ness which Is not associated with eam- Olve him In advanced yeans weullb and opportunities uf leisure, surround him with honor and friends, and con- demn him to idleness, will hlti life know any happiness? Your first and last anxiety is tlio future welfare of your children. No matter what yoti do for them, no matter how much you try to give them, from this world') point of view ia there anything ol.so will so contribute to their happltuss, to a persevering satisfaction amid life's uncertain terms, as an early training In habits of industry and en- durance of toil? The father who con- templates moving a young family to tho city must face the responsibility of acquiring this formation. The acquaintances you will make in the city give ample evidences of this. Only a small proportion of the young people who grow up there are trained In the best habits of work. Rich men's sons are generally a failure, chleHy because, having never knowrn what it was to work hard as boys, they ob- ject to carrying burdens In later life. Ambition is an Impossibility to him who is trying to escape labor. Only a few working men's children In cities spend their days In assiduous toil or get to look upon work rather than play a.s the rule of life. Their plans for a future are based chiefly on avoiding occupations at all heavy or fatiguing. For this very reason, the city boy, If he is not disposed to look for a clerk- ship, or for a position with starvation wages In the civil service, would he found a few years later at some other calling which in their dally occupa- tion, call for a minimum expenditure of strength. From the beginning, their efforts lack vigor, they grow up unused to the idea of throwing real energy Into their undertakings; they never accomplish anything worth while. Are these the careers you would open up to your children and grandchildren? (To be continued) ^AND THE WORST IS YET TO COME Instructinos Obeyed. The managing editor of a small city newspaper wheeled his chair around and pressed a button on his desk. The subordinate wanted entered. 'Here,'" said the editor, "are a num- ber of directions from outsiders telling us how to run our paper. See that every one Is carried out." And the office boy, gathering Ihem In a large basket, did so. i â-  .'s .^ the w.i> tiny Kvinv iliiiii in Uritisli (.'olumbiu. Tiio pii'turo shows an i!vi-r.ige-slzed li^an and woman htanditig before a gigantic hollow-trunked cednr, fill; Interior of which \.- l^rgi onriugh to hold a full size touring car. Say It Aloud. Do you talk to yourself It may be assumed that your reply Is In the negative. Self-talkers are often re- i garded as a trifle queer. I Yet it you call to mind all your ac- quaintances who have this habit, are not the majority, if not all, of them ' men and women of considerable men- 1 tal gifts? I One of the greatest commercial magnates in thl3 country talks to him- 1 self. It would be palpably ridiculous to hint that he must be "queer." He's j to much of a force! | Great preachers, statesmen, and ' writers are nearly all self-talkers. Go ; to tho unlver.slties and get to know â-  the leading professors â€" men of Im- mense learning and Intellectual power â€"nine out of ten of them talk to them- selves as they walk about! The truth is that there is no finer exercise for the brain, and no better way of solving hard problems. Self- talking is at once a clariller and a safety valve. Strong, intense, silent, mental con- centration Is really good; it strains the brain. Arguments crowd upon one another, and those that are rejected are not really Jettisoned. The mind retains tlieni. But self-talking puU.s them out. as It were, and throws them away. Tho next time you have a knotty problem to solve, try talking It over with your- self, aloud, and you will be astonished at the result. One welj-known author hap admitted to the writer that he thrashes out all tbe complications of hia plots In that way. His frlonds admit that he is clever, but they also think he's "queer"â€" a little bit "touched!" He's not. All that ho does Is to use a method which, as he knows from ex- perience, helps him. Self-talking is never a sign of Idiocy. One of the flrst symptoms of mental affliction Is silence â€" a withdrawal into one's self. Is Edison a fool? No! Yet he talks to himself! Try It yourself and see how it helps you. Safety First. "Great Suake.s!" surprlsedly ejacu- lated Cousin I>ank, from over beyond Mount Plzby, aa they were going homeward from the crossroada store along In tho shank of the evening and paused at a burst of soufid. "What's that queer noise?" "Aw, that's Just Oliver IJnken out on the hlll.slde, some'r.s over yonder, learning to play the occordlon," re- plied Gup Johnson, of Rumpu.s RIdgo. "You can hear bIm right smart of a ways on a still night like this." "What's his idy of practicing all by himself in tho dark?" "He moves around just about so of- ten, and fellers going along the road yur can't tell whur to tshuot at him." A Washing Ceremony. Since the deaths of the Russian Czar Nicholas II. and the old Austrian Emperor Francis Joseph, Spain is the only remaining European country where the Sovereign observes the ancient religious ceremony of "wash- ing" the feet of twelve old men on Maundy Thursday. In Madrid the ceremony, as perform- ed by ICing Alfonso, consists In his kneeling on a cushion before each of the old men, who are seated with feet bare. A Court dignitary holds a gold dish before the feet of each man in turn, while the King sprinkles a few drops of tho scented water over each foot, and then touches each lightly with a cloth handed to him by one of the Bishops present. We Bet on Her Father-"Are you going to divorce your husband, Mabel?" Daughterâ€" "No, I think we'll flght it out." Misjudged Him. ".•Vro you married?" ticked Colonel Whito of a negro applicant for a Job. "Nawsuh, boss." was the reply. "I makes mah own llvin'." ♦Twinkle, Twinkle! . . ." Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you are: Up above the world so high Like a diamond In the sky. The centenary of the death of Jane Taylor, authoress of "Twinkle, twinkle little star," was observed recently at Ongar Congregational Church, where from 1811 to 1829 her father was min- ister. A memorial tablet in the church wiis decorated and wreaths placed on tho grave. In his sermon the Rev. R. Newland said that 120 volumes ot art, poetry, theology, philosophy, and biog- raphy had been written by the Taylor family. « Joe's Ultimatum. Joe wore the expression of a man with a grievance as he leaned against the window of the village store where he had long been employed â€" so mnch so that Harry stopped to inquire the cau."!<>. "Hello, Joe. ain't you working?" asked he. "No, I ain't, and I ain't goln' to work any more till tho boss takes back what be said." "What did ho say?" "He said ho didn't want me any longer," declared Joe. When you come to a beauty spot that has been wrecked by an earlier picnic party, don't complain. See that you don't leave a similar sig^ht for the motor tourist who follows you. A wildilower on the bush is worth ten in the tonneau, withered and trampled. Leave the flowers where you can enjoy them most. If motor- ists are to strip Canada of her foliage motoring will be stripped of one of its fundamental assets. Debris is dangerous. The careless smoker plus the littered picnic spot result in the forest fires that wreck the countryside, literally and figura- tively. Bare hills encourage swollen streams and floods. Floods ruin the roads and lay waste the valleys. Nine-tenths of wildflower picking along the roadway is simply a bar- baric desire to prove man's supremacy of nature's handiwork. This is demon- strated by the fact that few wildflow ers ever live to grace vases in the homes of those who pick them. Some- where along the road other tourists will be annoyed by the sight of with- ered flowers strewn about where they have been thrown away by those who think that the countryside's beauty is unlimited. There are many roadways that will never be attractive again, and the number of beauty spots in Canada is decreasing. The tourist always selects the cream of countryside beauty and if each motor party leaves behind It a trail of ruin it will not i>e long before old-timers will be talking of the coun- tryside that used to be. MENACE TO COUNTRYSIDE. This is what will happen if tourists fail to appreciate the fact that the problem is a matter of persorid duty. It requires only a few broken bottles, some tin cans, a defunct tire ainS a few discarded newspapers to make an ideal spot the last word in unsightli- ness. Just one tourist party can put out of business a spot that might otherwiso be of unending delight to hundreds of other people, who take pride in the country and who know that if they do not preserve it no one else can do it for them. When you are tempted to wreck some ideal location you have selected for your evening rest or your noonday tour luncheon, just keep in mind the fact that youll probably come back again some day and taste of your own eelflshness. The country is not so large that a million and a half tour- ists can wreck each beauty spot they chance upon and never return to it again. Natural Resources Bulletin. The Natural Resources Intelligence Service of the Department of the In- terior at Ottawa says: One of the most attractive exhibits in the forest products display at the British Empire Exhibition to tho business man is a roll of newsprint eighteen feet in length. This paper was made at one of the Northern On- tario mills, and is but a portion of the product of a machine which turns out 800 feet of paper of this width per minute, or a daily output of 200,000 pounds. When consideration is given to the fact that but one newsprint-making I machine is working at this capacity, ] the output of the many mills with ] many machines will be appreciated, j The woods to provide the raw ma- ' terial for this industry is taken from our forests. It is therefore self-, evident that they deserve all the care we can give them, particularly from fire. « Slightly Inebriated. Irish barrister (addressing the Bench) â€" "Your honor, I shall first prove to the jury that the prisoner could not have committed the crime with which he is charged. If that does not convince the Jury, I shall show that he was insane when he committed It. If that falls, I shall prove an alibi." Have Lived on Water So Long, "No, I can't see why prDhlbitionists should make good sailors." "Because they've lived on water so long." Wistful Doubting. Ah! to be as sure Of sunshine again As plump robins ~ Singing through the rain. Ah! to be as sure That my way is right As the small gray moles Digging without sight. â€" ^Mariou M. Boyd. Shallow waters make most din. One hate.s to think of H.R.H. the Duke of York as being an ordinary "housebreaker," but what can one do In the face of such evidence a.s this? Tho fact is, the old Docklands Settlement building he is starting to d>.molish is to be replaced by a fine new one. IN RABBITBORO â- ?» IS>e TRiEX) ON NEAPLLV E-V HAT IN me. PLACE ' nv â- 7 ARE. AeoUT WORN OUT . 1 r ) ,^- J HOWJA Lme. \THlS ONE, BET TV ? 7^ OH TH/ST'5 A FRiCHT! IT HASN'T f\ Bir / NO .-ISN'T IT 1 WON'T GET l" AvNV WAY THE L\mr ' THl5 OME. • « 7 ^ \ ^n A "^q p i^ ? 4 M li fe. .... i m 111 ^ weuL \F vouvEi Qoire Fl(Nl5HEP WITH MY ^'^'^ PER.HAP3 VOf 'LL LET rOE PUT IT ON :