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About Rural enterprise. (Halsey, Or.) 1924-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1926)
RURAL s EN TER PR ISE « proved uniform international T w o L e tte rs SundaySchool ° f ’ Lesson ' ( B v REV I H B P I T Z W A T K R , D, D . D r a t o f Ih » E. v e n ln g S c h o o l. M oody B ib le i s - •N t Ule Of C h ic a g o 1 <tg). l»2< W e e te r n N e w s p a p e r U n io n > L esson for February 28 JESUS T E A C H E S R E S PE C T LAW . O V E R D ID IT FOR L E SSO N T E X T — M a tt t ! 1 5 !» 14-40 G O L D E N T E X T — Y . th in k th a t I am c o m e to d e s tr o y th e la w or th e p r o p h ets. I c a m e n ot to d e s tr o y but to f u l f i l l — M att. 5 17. P R IM A R Y T O PIC — A L e sso n on O be- d le n c e J t N IO R T O PIC — O b e y in g th e L aw IN T E R M E D IA T E A N D S E N IO R T O P IC— O b e y in g th e L aw YOUNG P E O P L E A N D A D U L T T O P IC H o w to S e c u r e R e s p e c t to r L aw . i i Hum°6 Parson Johnsing—Look heah. Mose, w hat am yo' doin' bellin’ dem bars? Mose—Pahson. hit all cum erbout In dis w a y ; A l l didn't hab no trulible wtd de constable ner anybody. Hit would bub bin all rig h t e f hit hundn't bin to' de women's lub ob dress. My wltnmen folks, dey wuzzent satisfied Jes’ to eat mos’ ail dem chickens; but dey had to put de feath ers in delr hats, an' parade ’em as circum stantial e v e r deuce.--A rkansas Thom as Cat. The B ru te T heatrical M anager—Your last act was magnificent, Mias I»e F leu r! Your suffering was alm ost real. Leading Lady—It was. I've got a large nail In my shoe. T heatrical M anager — Well, for heaven s sake leuve It In until the end of the r u n ! T h e Question Country B ookseller (to custnmei witn the Roman govern ment so they came to Him with a who Is searching through a diction subtle question—“Is It lawful to give a ry )—Oh, you m ust look through the tribute to CaesHr or not?" At this S’s for “scissors," not the Z's. Custom er—Well, how s Ol to know? tim e the Jew s were galling under the yoke o f tiie Roman government. Some W ot's the good of u dictionary w ith even denied the right to pay tribute to out a hinder? the government. To Imve answered this question yes or no would have The A n tiq u e Shop Send 4 cents p o stage t o th e P E - R U - N A . C O M P A N Y , C olu m b us, Involved difficulty. To have answ ered "I can read your mind like a hook," O h io , f o r b o o k on c a ta rrh . yes would have conveyed the Impres the professor was droning. "I can sion of endorsem ent of ail that the tell ju s t w hat each one of you Is P e -r u - n a in e ith e r ta b le t o r liq u id Roman governm ent did. To have an thinking " fo r m sold ev ery w h e re . swered no would have at once brought “ Well, why don’t you g o there, Him Into conflict wdth the govern then?" draw led a cynic In the reur KEEP EYES W ELL! ment. C hrist's renlv to this o n e s t ln n seat. BATHE TIRED EYES K W ** c o n ii ic t Children^ Beloved P o e t Will Sleep in Church's Shadow 9 By DE W ITT J. MASON IIEX Eugene Field moved, th irty y ears ngo last sum mer, to his Sabine Farm , in the o u tsk irts of Chi cago, he said, “Now th at W H A T D O Y O U T H IN K ? I am here in my own house, I shall do b etter work th an ever before.” The beloved ch ild ren ’s poet assem bled his thou san d s of books ; arranged his treasu red collection of antique bottles, old songs, bells, w alking sticks and to p s; hung on th e wall the ax G ladstone had given ld m ; laid out D an a’s scissors-—and w as suprem ely happy. Hut he died , meeting w ith th e girl of fifteen who > rule. In term s of ‘L ittle Boy B lue’ or th a t fall and w as buried In G raceland I wns la te r to become his wife. ’The W anderer,' He saved th a t side cem etery, In Chicago. “His sh are of his fa th e r's estate w as , of his n a tu re mostly for pen and Now, the Sabine F arm home is to , $8. (MM). At th e end o f th e y ear in i pancr. Yet it spilled out. “ ‘I alw ays feel like shedding tears,' give w ay to an ap artm en t house; also, Columbia, M o ., he shook the d u st of ’ F ield's rem ains ure to be removed ' higher education forever from Ills feet he said to George M illard one C hrlst- from G raceland cem etery to a special and set off w ith his friend, E dgar ■ mas, ‘when I see all those people going ly built mem orial tomb In the cloisters , Comstock, b ro th er of the young ludy home w ith th eir little g ifts for the o f the little Ivy-clad Episcopal Church w ith whom he w as In love, for a babies. I can 't help crying. It over- o f the Holy C om forter at K enilw orth, hilarious to u r of Europe. From tim e 1 whelms me.’ Witte—o h , how sweet it was of you to tim e he cabled home for money. “He did not have to unbend to chil to rem em ber my birthday with those When six m onths had passed and the dren. He understood them because he “ It may be th a t th ere have been beautiful roses. But there were only poets—not necessarily b e tte r poets, two ad v en tu rers had reached Italy the looked a t the world through th eir eyes. twenty-five of them when there should $8,000 w as all gone. o r m ore religious ones," w rites Robert “F o r him, us for them , It had mys have been thirty. “ ‘I cam e home broke,' he nfterw nrd tery. ‘I believe,’ he suld, ‘in ghosts. I.. Duffus in the New York Times, Iluhby—My, my, did I make a mis “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God “ who would feel more at home In the said, ‘so I got m arried.’ Mrs. Field In w itches and In fairies.’ He had the take? T here's a m irror Just opposite shadow of a cloister than w ould E u w as then sixteen. T heir life together a ir of a changeling; an a ir of knowing ' with all thy heart, with all thy soul you—can you blam e me, deur? and with all thy mind." This means gene Field. Yet the tw o Incidents to wns a happy one. She bore him eight more th an he m eant to tell. g eth er have th eir significance. The children and understood his whimsical “Thnt 'm um m er's face,’ as a friend ! th at suprem e and undivided love to M a r y ’s L ittle C u rl Sabine F arm dissolves Into the thin v ariety of humor. She also managed culled It, hid more th an it revealed. God Is th e first and grpat command M ary had a l i t t l e c u r l su b stan ce of d ream s; hut th e memory th e fam ily finances— h task of which He lam ented, ns new spaper men have ment. Mail’s suprem e obligation Is to T h at h u n g b e s id e h e r ear. o f E ugene Field has not been corroded he was co nstitutionally Incapable, done ever since the A cta D lurna of God. It Is wrong to evaluate man's B u t w h e n s h e w e n t to bed It ch aracter on the basis of his morality T heir only clashes cam e when he was by th e years. U p on th e c h iffo n ie r . Rome, th a t his Job left him insufficient j as expressed In bis relation to his “It may be, how ever, th a t those who cau g h t try in g to sm uggle home books tim e and stren g th . A gaunt, aw kw ard. ’ fellowman. Real righteousness Is do- when money w as needed to pay the homely Pagllacct, counted on to make p ass through th e K enilw orth cloisters H e a d u io r k J Ing the right thing with God. The grocer. people laugh and cry. Not even his will rem em ber the au th o r of T h e Mrs. H ill—I alw ays encourage my g reatest im m orality of which a man “Field knew th a t he wns not In wife knew, perhaps, w h at he w as like Sugar-Pluin T ree.' and 'W ynken, Blyn- can be guilty is bis failure to respond husband to loll In an easy chair, and ken and Nod,’ and forget th e madcap every respect a model husband. Hnd when th e make-up w as off. ! to the dem ands of God. The one who park his feet on top of the radiator. liked to tell about n conversation he “Dana announced a stan d in g offer does not supremely and with undi ed ito r and colyum ist of th e old Den Mrs. N ash—Why so thoughtful? ver and Chicago d ay s; the wild hum or once had In a dream w ith th e p a tri of double the Chicago salary If Field vided affection love God is the g reat Mrs. Hill— When he goes to bed, arch Job. ist who gave u tteran ce to ‘T he T ribune would come to New York. He pre- est sinner. there Is usually about $4 In small ’’ ‘It Is tru e,' Job w as represented as j ferred to sit In th e R ecord office and ( 2. The Second Commandment (vv. change in the chair. P rim er’ ; th e g reat je s te r who lived fo r the purpose of m aking pose and saying, ’th a t for a long tim e I enjoyed let fam e find him there, If It so desired. . 39-40). “ ‘A L ittle Book of W estern Verse,’ p reten se ridiculous; the relentless quite a reputation for being very p a P ru d e n t Scotty The second comm andment Is like tient, but now I have to tak e a back containing much of his best work, a p sa tirist. “Aha Sandy! Did I no see ye In, unto the first In that It centers In seat. You see. th ere’s a woman In peared in 1889, and In a popular eill- ) love. It Is not said th at It wus equal night wl' ho' arm s aboot a lassie?" "E ugene Field cam e o f a d istin guished family, hut not of one given Chicago named Mrs. Eugene Field Hon In 1890; so did ‘A L ittle Book of unto the first; that would not be true. "Na. Jam ie, It couldna been me. to eccentric genius. Ills fath er, us who has proved h erself a lot p atien ter Profitable T ales.’ When he w ent to ) A man may love himself, hut not su alw ays keep ane hand I' ma pocket than I.’ England In 1889 he found his nam e a ] counsel for the runaw ay negro Dred premely. One s love for his neighbor —P rairie F unner. “Field had alw ays w anted to be an passport Into w hatever literary circles may be eith er too much or too little Scott, made a protest again st slavery actor. He even bought complete sets he cared to enter. He w as conscious , The m easure set Is love for self. We which for a mom ent gave him n a Q U IT E T R U E tional prom inence. H is m other, a o f costum es for Hamlet, I.ear and of grow ing powers, of larg er plans. should love God better than ourselves. “But his health hud never been ro- I He is w orthy of all our affections, women of beauty and charm , died In Othello, and In 1872 actually went out 1856. when Eugene w as only six years with a company of oth er reckless bust, and because he hated exercise, and dem ands all. Love Is not mere w as fond o f tobacco and pastry, and emotion, hut a suprem e desire for the «•Id, and he and his bro th er w ere i youths on a b arnstorm ing tour. brought up by nn aunt. Mary Field ' “In June, 1873, he w ent to th e St. would not tak e enough sleep, It grew w elfare of another and a willingness Ixiuls Evening Jo u rn al as a cub re worse. F or y ears he fought, with hu to do everything possible to secure French, In A m herst, Mass, “At fifteen he w ent to a school at ! porter, and before th e year closed w as m orous gallantry, th e Inroads of dys th at end. The command to love our j 1 In 1893 he n early died of ty neighbor Is involved In the command Monson, Mass., kept by a clergym an city editor. Subsequently, he w as city pepsia. 1 fever. His h eart gave way, and ; to love God. To pretend to love God and his wife, and at eighteen he en editor of the G azette of St. Joseph, a phoid I died In his sleep durin g the night j Is folly If we do not love our neigh tered W illiam s college. The influences I pnragrapher for th e Jo u rn al and the he of November 4. 1895. He may have bor. To attem pt to establish a broth that surrounded him werp thus sober Tim es-Journal In St. Louis, m anaging 1 < editor of th e K ansas City Times, and felt I death coming, for he had said, a erhood among men w ithout the recog ing If not absolutely P uritanical. I days befo re: ’Thia Is th e dying nition of the fatherhood of God Is f "H e left W illiams p artly because of then, in 1881, m anaging editor of th e few u tter nonsense. Men become children I tim e of year.' the death of his fu th er and p artly be- D enver Tribune. of God by faith In Jesus Christ. It ' “He had grown gen tler and more { “It was In D enver th a t he began to < disc of the faculty's lack of enthusl- Is tru e thnt In the sense of being | asin over the prospect of having him acquire more than local fame—not I like th e children's Eugene Field. God’s creatures, all men are God’s i any longer. He Irnd not com m itted merely as m anaging editor of a lively children, but In the New T estam ent ( any unpardonable offenses, but lie too i paper, but as p nragrapher, dram atic i sense, men are only God's children hs j plainly lacked thnt respect for office I critic, and. It Is essential to add, prac- I they are In Christ. The only way to 1 The P atrolm an— I caught Skinny ttcal Joker. I and autho rity which w as deemed es- j bring In the brotherhood of man is to Burns, the pickpocket, with the goods sential. Next y e a r he entered Knox I “111 1883 he was called to Chicago, I preach Jesu s C hrist to the race snd on hut he got aw ay from tne. ' liege, a t G alesburg, III., an event j at a considerable Increase o f salary, 1 I The Desk Sergeant— Oh, well, secure acceptance of Him We thus chiefly Im portant because during th at to w rite w hatever he pleased for th e j I become brothers In the real sense of there's many a slip tw in the cop and I year he began new spaper work by i Chicago News, the term when we have God as onr the dtp. • attributing to the G alesburg Register. ' "H e look over a nondescript column I « Father. All obligation resting upon j called 'C urrent Gossip,' which bios- , n 11“ was restless, and in 1879 moved ! P la y in g C o if man Is em braced In these two com ! <ai to the U niversity of M issouri, at - somed out. on August 31. 1883, ns the j u m andm ents T hose who conform their W han p la y in g g o lf , tn ap art y o u r t ( a r . w h ic h a tr o k a y o u a 1 olunihla. T he most significant thing fam ous 'S h arp s and Flats.’ lives to them are God’s children and . T o A a nd la a h p a v o e n a f l o c w e ry b a d . o f c a • hat happened to him there w as his I "Eugene Field did not talk, as a 1 I are the very best citizens. Y o u h a v . to m in d y o u r p ■ a n d q*s. M No Keys Are Needed There An American traveler, putting up at the leading hotel In Auckland. New Zealand, found he hnd no key to his room and asked the clerk to give Mm one. says C apper's Weekly. T hat dignitary, with a p a ’ned look In formed him, “We never lock doors h ere; nothing has been stolen from « New Zealand hotel, so fur as I know, in th e mem ory of th e oldest Inhabitant." The New Zealand, ra live toration. My entire system be came involved and I grew worse. It seemed as if I could not recover from a constant cough and fre quent attacks of bilious colic. My bowels were affected, causing alarming hemorrhages. I tried many remedies and finally took Pe-ru-na. In three days I was re lieved of my bowel trouble and en tirely cured by five bottles. I most cheerfully recommend Pe-ru-na." June 50, 1924, Mrs. Bourland writes again ‘T will soon be seventy-nine years old and enjoy good health for one of my age. I still recomtnend Pe-ru-na and take it myself when necessary.” For more than half a century Pe-ru-na has u proud record of good done. Men and women the world over stand ready to testify to its value in the treatment of all catarrhal disorders. on an island about the size o f the sta te of Oregon. In the Pacific ocean. T here are som ething more than a mil lion New Zealam lers. They have been well isolated from the rest of the world and a re a closely knit people. P oet’s A p pren ticesh ip Have you ever considered how d if ferent the apprenticeship of the poet to hi* art is from th a t of the musician and the painter? The young violinist or composer, once he has felt the urge of the muse, consigns him self to some renowned conservatory w here a great man tak es him under his wing and leaches him his art. T he young p ain t e r feels th e call of P u n s o r Italy, and sets up his easel In th e Lots’”* , In the eyes of a m aster. But th e poet has no person to go to and learn his art from. He m ust qu arry alone, shaping his verses alone, with only th e work» of great dead poets to guide him. H ard and b itte r work and Impossible unless the poetic gift U stro n g .— M ac quelte Journal. I he Soul o f R e lig io n Always rem em ber th at sincerity Is the very soul of religion. A single In tention to please God and to approve ourselves to Hltn must anim ate and govern all th at we do.—Philip Dodd ridge. H oliness Holiness Is religion shining. It Is faith gone to work. It Is charity coined Into sctlons, snd devotion breathing lienedhtlons on hum an suffering.-* Bishop Huntington. w ith Dr. Thompson's llyew ster. IN FLA M E D EYES -w Dr. Thompson*« Mycwsiei RUB YOUR EYES? Us« Dr. Tbooup4M>n*B Hyewater. BATHE YOUR EYES I'* « hr. Thompson's Hyowater. SAVE YOUR EYES! EYEWATER HELPFUL EYE WASH UW H irer, T ru y. W T D r. I» b m ¡ ( 3 s Muokl«t. T h o m p s o n 's E y e w a te r I DISTEMPER. COMPOUND A Boschee’s Syrup / 80\kST) *| J r HAS BEEN Relieving Coughs , 2'liZi f ° r Years Carry a bottle In your car and always keep It In the house. 30c and 90c at all d ru g g ists. For Pimply Skin Peterson’s Ointment “All pim ples a re Inflammation of th e skin," says Peterson, "und the best and quickest way to get rid of them Is to use P eterson's olhtm ent." 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She was th e plainest girl In the village. B ut I forgot th at w as a fte r you l e f t ” —P earson's Weekly. Closing H o u r "John," naked the nagging wife, as the bedtime hour approached. “Is everything shut up for the night?" “T h at dejiends on you," growled Mr llcn p eck ; “everything «is« la " By millions ended H ill'» «top millions o f colds every winter— sod in hours. T h ey end headache and fever, open the bowels, tone the whole sys tem. iJ w nothing less reliable, (adds anil Grippe call for prompt, e lk lent lielp. Be sure you get iL *4 Be Sure It'» w ill 7 ’<v Price 3 0 t