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The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24
Why the Bows Leave the Farm.

$. A. Hover, of the Missouri state normal school, gives some good req sons why the boys leave the farm. He says:
 One reason is because our methods of instruction in the country schools, until very recently, all tend to lead the boy cityward Most of his text books are written by city people. and many of his teachers are brought from the city to instruct him in city ways. Captains of industry have been held up before him as models, and little or nothing has ever been done to put him in touch and sympathy with his country surroundings.
 On the contrary he has been taught that the country is a good place to get away from that, the city only could supply his mental and bodily wants to the full. Until recently We have had no text books on the different divisions of agriculture that have been adapted to the needs of the country boy, and never a word Of instruction Il oAd e'Hy oi Aio eedeHSio upoii eAo oup- ject. The idea with both country teach CTS and country parents has often been to get the children away to the city where they would have better edu- cational advantages.
 This is all wrong, but fortunately, the country is waking up to the injus- tice that has been done and reforms are being inaugurated in many places.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24
Taft Boom Was Born in Barber Shop

in his eye as often as he had it in his mouth. The shaving of the president and the midday cultivation of the lasted half hour.
 Taft, when he was in Washington, often saw the president several times in the morning. But Mir Roosevelt had many things on his mind then and 10 leisure. For an hour or longer aft CT II: 30 his outer office was filled with men who had appointments.
 At the one o'clock shaving time came the first respite. The room in which the president was shaved is small, narrow one, between the presl- dents office and that of Secretary Loeb. It is used as an anteroom to both offices. On the wall is long, framed photograph of a squadron of battleships.
 At this window is a low-set leather upholstered chair Against the wall at one side a writing desk.
 When the time for shaving arrived the low, leather covered chair was pulled out from the wall. A neat foot rest of two steps was produced from under the writing desk and set in front of the chair.
 Roosevelt took his place. Then came Taft, who pulled up another chair alongside.
 When Taft was away Roosevelt oft en received others in the shaving peri cd. Sometimes the correspondents talked with him there. Sometimes it was Hon. Jimmy Garfield, he of the classic brow
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24
Wholesale Prices Are Highest in Years

cent higher than the average for the year 1907.
 When the commodities are divided into nine groups every group shows an increase in price in 1907 as compared with 1906. For farm products taken as whole this increase was greatest, namely, 109 per cent; for food, 4.6 per cent; for clothes and clothing, 5.6 per cent; for fuel and lighting, 2.4 per cent; for metals and implements, 6.1 per cent: for lumber and building materials, 49 per cent; for drugs and chemicals, s3 per cent; for house furnishing goods, 6.S per cent, and for the miscellaneous group, five per cent.
 The effect of the money stringency in the latter part of the last year is reflected in the decrease recorded in all commodities during November and December, the average price showing a decrease of 3.5 per cent. below Oc- tober. Of the 25S articles for which wholesale prices were recorded 172 showed an increase in the average prices for 1907 as compared with 1906; 35 showed no change and 51 showed a decrease
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24
AN HONEST DOCTOR
 ADVISED PE-RU-NA.

MIR. SYLVESTER E. SMITH, Room 4V1 21s, Granite Block, St. Louis, Mo-, writes: 'Peruna is the best friend 8 sick man can have.
 "A few months ago came here in 3 wretched condition. Exposure and dampness had ruined my once robust health. had catarrhal affections of the bronchial tubes, and for time there was doubt as to my recovery.
 My good honest old doctor advised me to take Peruna, which did and in D short time my health began to im- prove very rapidly, the bronchial trouble gradually disappeared, and in three months my health was fully re- stored.
 Accept grateful mans thanks for his restoration to perfect health."
 Pe-ru-na for tiis Patients.
 A. w. Perrin, M. D. s., 9s0 Halsey St., Brooklyn, N. Y., says:
 "I am using your Peruna myself, and am recommending it to my patients in all cases of catarrh, and, find it to be more than you represent. Peruna can be had now of all druggists in this sec- tion. At the time began using 1t, it was unknoWn."
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24

WASHINGTON - The nursery of w Taft's boom for the presidential nomination was room in the execu- tive offices of the White House groands, where President Roosevelt, before he left for his home at Oyster Bay, was shaved each work day. Here, when the boom was a green and ten der thing, it's first young shoots pushed to the light. Here it was coaXed to sturdier growth. Here, in full blossom, it was talked over and admired
 Frank Hitchcock was the official and the president the unofficial manager of the Taft boom. The president at these heart-to-heart talks with the can didate, was in barber chair. A cer- tain White House messenger wielded the razor and father brush. It was the only part of the day when official busi- ness did not claim all of Roosevelt's S time. It was Taft's one chance to do most of the talking.
 Even then, the barber had to be watchful, and quick to snatch away the brush or blade. When T. R. wants to talk he sometimes forgets he is be- ing shaved If the barber's hand had not a gamblers quickness, the presi- dent would have had the father brush
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24
Farmers and the Farmers Union.

How does the income from the farm. er's labor in proportion to his hours compare with that of other laborers
 In discussing this question there are several factors to be taken into consideration. First, most farmers and we must credit part of his in- come to his capital. His teams, h2r' ness, implements. feed, and seed, and also his land. if he is landowner. are so much capital, for which va must allow reasonable income. Sec ond, the families of farmers can and do help more toward earning the living than the families of other classes of laborers Even a six-year-old child, on the farm, can do many little turns by which it can learn it's salt,' and even earn a part of it's bread.
 In order to make the comparison as nearly equal as possible, take the case of a farmer who works another man S farm for one-half the income Cor pos sibly less), having everything fur nished him by his landlord. Then the living of the family may be said to depend entirely upon their labor. But even in this case the different members of the family have a much better op- portunty to assist in earning the lly. ing than in the cases of most families living in town.
 Now. a wage-earner in town is sup posed to be able to support a family in respectable style, almost entirely, by working eight hours per day when he has steady work. Thanks to the results of organization. But where can we find even one farmer who can do this, unless he has a considerable amount of capital to assist his labor, to say nothing of all of them doing so. Even a man who owns five thousand dollar outfit, consisting of land and supplies, must work more than eight hours a day in order to make ends meet properly and lay up a little each year for old age.
 Now, we don't want to be understood as begrudging the wage-earner what he has gained by means of his union, for We believe in labor unions, as well as in farmers unions. The point intend ed is to show that farmers ought to strive as earnestly and as successfully to improve their conditions, as wage earners have done and are still doing.
 The farmers independence that we oh ic nj thino n doubt, but he should have an income sufficient to support and educate his family in manner beftting an Ameri- can citizen. And in order to secure this he must devote enough time, to enable him to price his own pro- ducts.-Union Farmer.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24

TT will be of interest to those who l were busy last year in keeping the wolf from the door to know that fig ures on wholesale prices of 258 repre- sentative staple articles reached the apex of their soaring last October. These statistics are for the IS years between 1890 and 1907
 The annual report on this subject of the commerce and labor department shows that the average for the year 1907 was 5.S per cent. higher than for 1906; 44.4 per cent. higher than for 1897, the year of lowest prices during the 1S-year period, and 29.5 per cent. higher than the average for the ten years from 1890 to 1899. Prices reached their highest point during the 1S-year period in October, 1907, the average for that month being 1.2 per
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24

nR. HARVEY w. WILEY'S hygienic D experimental students, irreverent- ly referred to at times as the poison squad" have ended the seasons feast ing at the bureau of chemistry, and their condition is being carefully noted to ascertain what effect the diet has had upon each.
 Seven young men compose the class, and they have been giving their services to demonstrate what effect saltpeter and a variety of miscella- neous food products chemically or arti- ficially treated have upon the human system.
 The students have resumed the reg ulation boarding house meals with out fear of interfering with the scien- tific investigations of the govern ment
 Besides taking up such matters as summer beverages, widely advertised as possessing medical properties, but
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24
Women and the Farmers Union.

Mrs. s. C. Mirrell, writing to the Jasper, Florida, News urging women to take an active interest in the Farm CTS Union, says:
 sI think the ladies can promote our privileges very much by joining the union and working for it, while our fathers, husbands, and brothers are endeavoring to solve and master the business problems that confront us.
 Since I joined the union and learned more about it's principles, the better I like it, and hope that it will tie for justice, equity, and the golden rule, then, when we have succeeded we can enjoy the victories as much as any one.
 There are so many things which require the best thought and action of the farmer. The financial exchanges should be so adjusted, that when the farmer has anything to sell, he could realize as much profit on his invest ment as any one else. We should raise everything that we need if pos sible and buy only the luxuries. An other subject, and I think the greatest of them all, is the education of our boys and girls. Oh, how we wish them educated and refined, but so many have to be denied the opportu. mites and privileges that should fit them for the positions of life.
 of the tillers of the soil could get their share of the wealth which they produce, they could have more money to spend, spare their children long CT from the farm and give to them the much needed advantages that their cousins of the cities have'
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24
Makes New Record for Cabinet Changes

The chances are that he will continue to serve through the term of MT. Roosevelt, and should Secretary Taft succeed to the presidency, it is possi- ble that Secretary Wilson would con- tinue in the cabinet. It will be 12 years next March since Wilson be- came secretary of agriculture He is 73 years old, but man of great activ- ity. However, it has been a matter in office so long, as it has been the Roosevelt tendency to get younger men into his cabinet
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24
THE retirement of Secretary of War

THE retirement of Secretary of War Taft leaves but two men in Roose- velt's cabinet who were there when he succeeded to the presidency on the death of President Mckinley. These are Secretary of State Root and Sec retary of Agriculture Wilson.
 MT. Root was secretary of war when MT. Roosevelt became president in September, 1901 He shortly after ward retired from the cabinet, but was persuaded to re-enter it upon the death of Secretary of State Hay.
 There have been more changes and shifts in President Roosevelt's cab inet than in that of any of his prede- cessors. He has had two secretaries of state, Hay and Root He has had three secretaries of the treasury Gage, Shaw and Cortelyou.
 With Luke E. Wright he has had three secretaries of war; Root, Taft and Wright He has had three attor- neys general, Knox, Moody and Bona parte; five postmasters general Smith, Payne, Wynne, Cortelyou and Meyer; five secretaries of the navy Long, Moody, Morton, Bonaparte and Metcalf
 He has had two secretaries of the in terior, Hitchcock and Garfield He has had one secretary of agriculture, Will son, and three secretaries of commerce and labor, Cortelyou, Metcalf and Straus.
 The retirement of Secretary Taft has led to some speculation as to how long Mr. Wilson will continue at the head of the department of agriculture
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24

and the problem of carrying heavy pieces of iron and machinery from one department to another, so necessary in the work, has been made easy by the discovery of Electrical Engineer Dr. Frederick H. Millener, working un- der the direction of w. R. McKeene, Jr., superintendent of motive power and machinery.
 Millener's wireless truck weighs nearly three tons and is capable of hauling at speed of six miles an hour load of ten tons on its own frame and an equal load on the small cars which are included in the equipment. Including it's own weight, the wire less hauls load of nearly 25 tons.
 The truck carries IA feet of copper wire made into wireless" wing and an antennae about two feet high, from which the electric waves are picked up and transmitted to the machinery be- meath the platform of the truck.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24
Work With a Will.

A Farmers Union member in giv- ing his ideas of unionism as applied to the farmer, says:
 "We want to organize till We have g. large majority of the farmers of the State enrolled as members, then we will know where our forces are and who to depend upon in time of action.
 Our business department should be so complete and cooperative that we would have a channel through which every member could secure equal priv ileges and benefits. Some of the coun- ties are succeeding along this line while some are doing nothing. We can so combine and cooperate as will benefit every enc. That would mean brotherhood, cooperative union.
 eff we take up the complicated questions that come before us, it must be with will and determination that means success. for, after we have talk en a stand and failed we are worse off than before we began if that failure was for lack of effort.
 "To succeed we must take a very broad view of the subject. whatever 1t be, for other interests are necessa- rily affected by it.
 Whatever we undertake must have a very careful and intelligent investi- gation; then after knowledge of the situation, push the matter to a success with all the cooperative force of the union.
 "If we wish to build for the union it must be done on plans that are common sense, practical, safe. They may be opposed for while. but the light will succeed"
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24
Farmers Educational
 AND Cooperative Union Of America
A Nature Creed.

l believe in the brook as it wanders
 From hillside into glade; 1 believe in the breeze as it whispers When evenings shadows fade l believe in the roar of the river
 As it dashes from high cascade; l believe in the cry of the tempest
 Mid the thunder's cannonade. l believe in the light of shining stars I believe in the sun and the moon, l believe in the flash of the lightning l believe in the night birds croon, believe in the faith of the flowers,
 l believe in the rock and sod, For in all these appeareth clear
 The handiwork of God.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24
Curious Fact About Vision,

Dr. H. c. Stevens of Seattle reports recent experiments which show that objects seen by indirect vision ordi- narily appear larger in the right half of the field of vision than in the left. With smaller number. of persons this is reversed. From these facts he de. duces a possible origin of right and left-handedness. Right-handedness. or its reverse, develops at about the age of seven months Dr. Stevens sug. gests that they may be due to the phenomena of vision just described By reflex effect the infant reaches after the objects best seen with inc arm nearest to them.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24
Teaching of Agriculture in Oklahoma

Teaching of Agriculture in Oklahoma.
 The Oklahoma law requiring the teaching of agriculture in the public schools, it is claimed, places the new state far in advance of any of her sis ter states in this respect.
 In addition to agriculture, the law provides a system for teaching horti- culture, road-building, stock feed ing and domestic sciences and economies in the common schools. Secondary grade schools are provided for in each of the five su- preme judicial districts, two to be To- cated each year until all are estab- lished Each institution is to have an 80-acre farm as an experiment sta tion, and besides the regular work short courses for the instruction of farmers are to be given each year The district schools are to cost S20- 900 each and $12,000 per year is al lowed for maintenance. Teachers are to be instructed in agricultural topics fin the normal schools and the A. & M vollege is to be the cap sheaf of the Jystem.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24

robe heated by electricity. The outer surface is made of heat-re- taining material, and between this and the lining is a mesh of wires. These wires all run together at one of the pock. cts into a com mon lamp socket
 This is connected with a regular electric current
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24
Swadeshi.

In the sense in which Sir William Harcourt remarked We are all soclai- ists now" it may be said that all An glo-Indians are believers ln SWace9hi While all reasonable Anglo-Indians dep recate the senseless agitation ana the unsound economics of the eXtrem- ist advocates of Swadeshi prlnclples' they are all anxious to assist that natural development of indigenous ln- dustries and the creation ot ne" ones upon which the future prosperity ol the country so largely depends.-Plo' neer Mail.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24
MOTIVE POWER BY WIRELESS

A similar antennae, built like a cyl finder and attuned to the electric car, swings from 65-foot f1agpole at the central station and from this antennae flow the power waves which control the movements of the truck. Inci- dentally it may be mentioned that this is the first time an antennae has been built in the shape of a cylinder.
 Another feature of the car is trav- cling ground something that cleo
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24

The problem of transmitting electric
 power by wireless telegraphy has ap- parently been solved by the Union Pa cific railroad at it's big shops in Oma- ha, where every day can be seen it's new wireless electric truck travelling around the shop grounds hauling string of smaller trucks loaded down with heavy burdens and driven from wireless station in the center of the shops. The shops cover many acres
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24

The gamblers who have insisted on selling the cotton crop for 1908-9 be- fore it was planted are finding that though they may yet be able to con trol the price of cotton to certain extenfyF they cannot control the weather. At this time there is every indication of another short cotton crop. By united action in marketing the producers can control cotton and let the supply and demand regulate the price.-Farm and Ranch.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24
A Substitute For a Raw Fil+er

Not many amateur photographers possess ray filter. A good substi. tute is to use the orange glass from the ruby lamp. This can be held in position in front of the lens with a rubber band. A longer exposure will be necessary, but good cloud effects can be procured in this manner.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24
NEW ELECTRIC RENovAToR.
Clever Machine fer Domestic Use
 That Makes Cleaning Easy.

A novel adaptation of the vacuum cleaner principle to light domestic work is shown in the accompanying il- lustration.
 A small but powerful electric motor is mounted on wheels, and fitted with a handle after the manner of an ordi- nary carpet sweeper. Power is ob'
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24

tricians have been trying to discover for long time.
 The application of the cylindrical principle to the antennae and the dis. covery of the travelling ground will make possible wireless connection with moving trains, the great drawbacks to which are overcome by these two finds.
 In operating the wireless truck it is customary to have the wireless waves picked up whenever it is necessary for the car to move around the grounds. At such times the truck is attached to the train of cars on which the machinery to be moved has been loaded, the wireless waves are picked up and the little train silently moves down it's narrow-gauge track. When it's destination is reached, switch breaks the connection, the wireless waves are stopped and the car comeN to a standstill.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24

by plug and cord. Another pocket, explains Popular Mechanics, holds a snap-switch which enables the wearer to quickly turn the cur rent of or on. The garment, which is used as an ordinary lounging robe when the current is off, is practically fireproof.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24

If you can have help enough to keep your household machinery in perfect running order without making a ma chine of yourself, do so by all means. White floors are lovely, shining tim ware is very fine, spotless windows and highly polished silver are de- light; the mending basket, emptieo every week is much to be desired, but there are things of more import ance, and if it all depends on one pair of hands, one back, and one set of nerves, for Heavens sake, for your sake, for your children's sake, don't.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24
Dinner Time.

ae-You know we can live on bread and cheese and kisses.
 She-Yes, and when shall we pc married?
 "At high noon.'
 Well, you'd better get busy and get a supply of bread and cheese. - Yonkers Statesman.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24

Of the 19,493.441 bales of cotton manufa ctured for the 12 months from Sept l, 1906 to Aug, 91, 1907, two thirds or 12,8S5, ,626 bales were from the southern states. And the 1907 crop is not only nearly 100000 bales short bu 3,000,000 bales or more are being withheld from the market, making total shortage in the south's supply for the factories nearly 5,000,00O bales. Cot ton ought to go to 15 cents.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24
adiusted Conditions.

Do you think these trusts and mer- gers have put the great capitalists on terms of friendship"
 Not as a rule,' answered Dustln Stax. Tt has simply brought the fighting to closer range. ."-Washington Star
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24

No flock will pay unless healthy and vigorous If your fowls are often sick when those of your neighbors appear in good health. both having good management, it indicates a constitu- tional defect of some kind, and a lack of vigor Usually it requires too much time to attempt to breed vigor into such fowls, and nothing short of con- plete change of stock can effect cure.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24

Have you bed of gravel or of coarse, sharp sand? If so then you have material for much building. Con. crete is more and more used and those who use it properly find it best mate. rial. There is no need for expensive costly investments in machines.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24
Manila School of EIectrieitv.

A laboratory for the teaching oi electric science has been established i'll Manila by the Jesuit fathers.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-24

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.-Richter.