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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-05
India and the War.

The Indian army is composed Of
10000 Indian troops with, British Of
ficers, and about rs, 900 British soldiers
writes Rockwell Clancy. They are
trained to the highest efficiency in
arms, and are always ready for active
service.
Shortly after the declaration OF wal
it became known that British and In
dian troops were to be sent to France
to join the allies. Military plans were
kept out Of the papers until thousands
of troops were on the sea 1t is not
publicly known how many AVE gone
20 Europe. We have read of their
cordial reception by the French. The
ruling princes Of large native states
have shown remarkable loyalty to the
British government. Within a week
after the declaration Of war they had
offered to the viceroy the
Of their states. Lord Dufferin, while
viceroy of India, organized the i'm
perial service corps, made UP Of In
dian troops belonging to the larger
native states, which have been trained
" British officers. These troops.
which are keTt IN by the ruling chiefs,
rom a second army for India. Thou
-ands Of them have gone to Europe,
accompanied by several Of the ruling
chiefs, who are trained leaders.
Perhaps few Americans realize the
size and importance of some of these
native states. For instance, the ma
haraja of Mysore rules over a body Of
people exceeding the whole popula-
ton Of Sweden. The malaria of
Gwalior has more subjects than the
king of Denmark.
In addition to giving their sons for
h support of the empire, rich and
poor have subscribed toward the In
dian relief fund, which now mount
to 81, 800, 900. The purposes of this
fund is to help the families OF Indian
soldiers who have one to the war
In all parts Of this empire most en-
thusiastic meetings have been held by
Indians of all religions to pledge theil
support Of the government and tt
raise money for the Indian relief fund
!, Indian women are at work in thei,
: homes. making clothing for soldier.
, in the hospitals. This great war ha.
united india as it has never hefor,
zen united.
Negroes to Africa.
J Recruiting negro students, me,
e and for missionary service i,
Africa" was one Of the great topic
( presented at the Negro Student con
ference in Atlanta recently. The com
, mission presenting this report wa
imposed Of DR.. Frank K Saunders
'arlin p. Beech. of Yale Uni
Icy. Theodore I. Ben
-<ippi; DR.. 8. Il
> e., Tenn: Dl
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-05
Mexican Pe0n.
(by southern Missionary News bureau
Ida clyde Clarke, Editor-l

(By southern Missionary News bureau
Ida clyde Clarke, EDITOR
Bishop Tugwell Of Western Equa-
torial Africa, writes to the Church
Missionary society hat the attitude Oh
the people throughout Nigeria Is one
Of intense loyalty to King George.
Every day at noon the peace bell
is rung. and special meetings TO- pray
CT are everywhere largely afforded. in
September the bishop WtS at Wafrl,
a growing town near the mGuth OF
the Benin river, and nearly 500 were
present at an intercession service. ana
the collection vas for the Prince OF
Wales fund. Al oSboebo IN Septem-
Der the head chief forbade the usual
drumming during the ten days Osnurl
festival. saying that it was not seemlH
70 rejoice when our fathers are SUI
fering through the war
A number Of German women ana
children from Duala, capital or the
Cameroons. have, at the request OF the
district officers, been accommodates
at the G.. NJ. s. mission houses al
Jbadau ana ovo.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-05

Not 10 De oUtdone by a sister Sun
daV school in HiIliamstown, n. j., the
scholars OF the Methodist Episcopal
SUNDAY school ar MooraStoWn. n. j.
have decided to foreeo this "a their
usual Christmas candy treat. II the
mouey thus avfd-S3U-haS been
sent as q contribution TO the Metho-
dist war relief fund.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-05
Liberia i'm War Times.

Down in Harper. Liberia. on Cape
palmas. there is real suffering among
the missionaries n natives. TT is
difficult for US TO get anything to
eat writes DR.. William @. Aston,
I'd Of Cape Palms Methodist school.
ave 10 pay $40 for one bag oi
q bags n week are required
~students. When the
declared. we had
sixty-s>
the rise A. ~.
supply has IT,.
number to thirty.
heartbreaking to turn
Won't YOU help us to keep
remain? II IA.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-05
Mexican s.Pcon' at His Human Worth

After n s~ereies of accidents which
required three operations III TOUR
days. writes Miss Laura Temple. pre-
eidcnt of the Sarah l.. Keen Methodist
college, Mexico City, 1--WE hoped that
we should be free from hospital eX-
perienccs for at least a few weeks.
one morning thar he had q growth on
one morning that ne mar q growth on
his foot. Operations had become 50
common that he evidently wanted TO
try one. The hospital doctors were
amused over his request and arranged
an hour for what they supposed o
be "A simple affair.
1.-TWO days later erysipelaS set in,
and the mans condition grew rapidly
worse. IL was decided that only by
the use of a serum could his life be
saved. Tn doctors who informed me
to this effect, said that the serum cost
% pesos a tube and probably six tubes
would be required to effect Il cure.
This seemed like an enormous sum
to spend on a poor poem. j saw III
the balance before me the life Of a
man on one side and 120 pesos $50
United States gold on the other, and
L felt il would be wrong TO thu
the money. So l told the doctors to
go ahead with the remedy. Fo a few
days the case seemed doubtful, but
the gardener Is now pronounced out
of danger"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-05

fuence, but the Supreme Control
changes not, and we are content TO
leave our cause to the King OF kings.
/ am very anxious that We should get
. spiritual blessing out OF this. Sure
" now il ever, we ought to draw
near to God"
Our oldest Missions.
'tThe oldest of our missionary so-
~cieties. the Society for the Propaga-
ton of the Gospel" says Dr.. Nardiaw
Thompson. was founded in lfoI
during a period in which we were at
war with France. n when a trencn
invasion was seriously threatened Inc
twenty-five years from 119o-lSlos
which covered the immense revoiu-
tionary and Napoleonic struggle, We're
the years in which most OF our great
Protestant missionary -sociteS were
founded. The Baptist Missionary Sos
ciety was founded in 1902. the Lon
don Missionary Society in 1879. the
Edinburgh and Glasgow Missionary
Societies in 1893; the Religious Tract
Society in 1899: and the British and
Foreign Bible Society in 1904: and
there was a greet and GROWING ac~
tivity in foreign missionary service
amongst the Wesleyan Methodists I'm
der the leadership of DR.. Coke. issuing
in the formation of the Wesleyan
Methodist Missionary Society in 1913"
DR.. Thompson shows that at the
close OF the last three Enelish wars
the Crimean, the Indian nlutlny, and
the South AfTiCan-Ihe missionary so
cietieS emerged with still stronger re-
sources. His conclusion is that the
country can, If it will, face the pres
sue OF the present war without lam
age to the missionary societies.
Presbytcrians i'm China.
Nearly all Presbyterian churches III
China are united in six synods which
have a total membership of nearly
0 1000. The union of the Presbyterian
churches-AInerican Presbyterian,
north and south, Reformed, Scotch.
Irish, English, Canadian-was accom-
plished without opposition, authoriz-
ing a Council Of the Presbyterian
churches in China" At the meeting
in T~sinanfu, May 1916, 1914. it was
agreed that n time had come for
taking steps toward the organization
of a general assembly.
1t is worthy of note that the
Gil disavows any desire to ~ccentua
PreSbyterianiSIn in this union Of the
various branches Of the Presbyterian
church in nina
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-05
"PEACE BELL" RINGS EVERY
DAY IN WESTERN AFRICA
Intense Loyalty to King George BY People OF Nigeria
Mohammedan World and the European War-Tht
Mexican PeOn.

haps partly because OF it-nearly q
thousand III this region during the
past year have been brought from
~heathenism into Christ's kingdom"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-05

NfS. L. y. roma, enc
zuela, as treasurer OF the Christian
Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian
church in Caracas, writes:
1T is my pleasant duty to tell you
that by the mail that takes this let
ter, the treasurer of our mission is
sending the board the sum Of $35 gold.
This is a contribution from our church
and Christian Endeavor Society to
the Presbyterian Board of Foreign
Missions Of the u. S. A. h may not
seem 20 the board a very large sum-.
but il you refer to my letter telling
of the conditions here and the poverty
Of the people, and also when you
know hat this is an extra-not inter-
fering with the regular contributions.
er increased during the past six
months, | think you will agree with
me that our people have done well.
"The plan Of laying aside each
week something for this gift to the
board was thought Of and proposed
by our Elder Senior Roldan, six
months ago. The offerings were
brought at our, conservation meeting
the first Monday in October. After
the devotional exercises and roll call.
Senior Roidan took up the collection,
winch was consecrated to the Lords
use in prayer, after which the money
was counted, and the mount an.
~ ~ SoiSI CSdllOu.
Our people are now planning for a
regular contribution to the board and
Will at once begin their saving for
this object.
Tn lighting Of the church, which
costs $50 a year, is paid for by the
people; they also subscribe for a re-
llglous periodical for distribution.
which costs SIS a year: they provide
the hymn books and Bibles for use
in church and Sunday school, and he
rest OF their contributions are devoted
to any object approved and voted
for by all.
From the founding OF our church
the duty and privilege of giving has
been ever kept before the people. il
has been ever kept before the peopi.
1t has been impressed upon them tina,
giving was a part of worship.
May not this little Offering be so
blessed that it may go further and
accomplish more tina much larger
gifts That have cost the givers less"
Arabic Press in Cairo.
most important and useful branch
or mission work is being carried on
by the Nile Mission Press under the
superlntendency Of Mr.. Arthur T. Up-
son, late of the North Africa mission
In 1902 the need for such a nuhlishina
house, in order to produce Arahi,
literature which would really reach
the Mohammedans, was made plain
70 MT. Epson. He, therefore, on his
retirement from the North Africa mis-
sion in 1903. set about holding meet
lhss IN England with the object OF
raising funds for the establishment
Of the Nile Mission Press. By Feb
ruary, 1905, his aim had proved sue
cessfui, n premises were establish
ed IN Cairo and the distribution O..
literature amongst the Moslem world
IN real A beginning
/ NJ n VII 90
present day fifteen colporteurs Arc en-
: gagged IN this FORK. In 1913 100000
books or eight-page tracts were dis.
and publications in the Ar
aDic tongue are circulated 70 nearly
i forty different lands
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-06
poRFlRio plAz.

Since the retirement the world has
had reason to revise its estimate of
Porfirio Diaz. The place that he held
for generation has not been filled
and, after four years of fighting no
worthy successor is in sight. For "a
years his rule gave stability to his
country. When in his old age he was
swept aside Mexico reverted to the
anarchic conditions from which he had
rescued 1t.
Doubtless he was a dictator, but he
shines by comparison with those who
have attempted TO usurp that role
Madero, who overthrow him, was well
intentioned, but his betrayal proved he
was lacking in the force and sagacity
that enabled Diaz TO maintain his seat
SO long. Huerta, without Maderos
good intentions, was equally deficient
in the personal virtues of Diaz. Car
rama has been obstinate and opinion
ated, but without Diaz's capacity for
leadership. Comparison shows what
Mexico lost when It exiled the octoge-
marian who died yesterday.
The patriotism of the exPresident
has never been doubted. His faults
were those of his environment. He
believed the Mexican people were not
capable OF greater self-government
than he permitted them and events
since his withdrawal corroborate that
view. He reorganized the finances of
the country. encouraged the develop
ment of its resources, the building of
railroads and other great improve
ments. That he did practically moth
| ing to fit the people for self-goyern-
ment of their condition, and that he
failed to provide for successor who
might have taken the reins and as
sured the continuance of stable adj
lministration, may seem a curious lack
OF foresight were II not for the back
ward habit OF mind of the Mexican
statesmen of the period. It need not
be charged to self-interest so much as
to groove of thought that regarded
the Mexican people as destined sub
jects of tutelage.
But with it all Porfirie Diaz will be
remembered as having given his coun-
try an era of peace and material pros
perity, which. if it did not penetrate
very deep, was at least far removed
from the poverty and devastation that
his wouldbe successors have visited
upon it,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-06

a nursing OF our wrath TO keep II
warm. The hastily jrmped at conciu-
sions without full Information are
riveted in our mind Prejudice springs
from passion and begets passion.
Most international preiudices origi'
nate and thrive on this luxury of in
dignation. Much OF the bitterness Of
partisan politics is due 10 IL. Consider
the prominence I'm political platforms
OF the denunelatory planks. The poii-
ticians evidently believe that there is
greater rallying power in the viewing
with alarm, that is, the luxury Of
indignation, than in the pointing
with pride" A great many are like
the traditional Cet who was always
'agin the government" But It is
dangerous tendency as President
Hadley warns, II popular government
is 10 endure it must be through self
control. We must not give way to
this luxury of indignation" we must
wait for full information on the facts
and carefully calculate the conse-
quences. If Europe had done that II
would not be plunged in ruinous war
today. II we had not kept our self
control we might have been in II.
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spondent replied.

opOllutnt Itplitu
81 know one that is rottener," he re-
piled with a suggestive nod back to-
ward the trench line beyond Ypres.
Were the turrets still holding out !?
The visitors could report that they
were. To the German gunners they
must be like the high apple on the
tree that will not come down for all
the small boys stone throwing. 1t
must have cost about two hundred
thousand dollars in shells to destroy
Ypres by manufactured piecemeal
earthquake and it will cost several
millions to restore it.
Occasionally father of a family
who had TO leave the town during the
bombardment is able to secure a cart
and permission to return to the salvage
of the remains of his house. He finds
that nothing has been disturbed ex-
cept by shell fire. Ypres is forbidden
bad lands where no one may go except
on military business. In q sense it is
policed too in the same way as a
rattle snakes nest. The citizen who
goes to CLEAN a mattress, bureau and
the family Bible from the debris of
his roof takes time to see if the tur-
rets and the clock face lof the old
Cloth Hall arc still holding out
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-06

Melon cuttings in the Astor family
are events of note. A few years ago
William Waldorf Astor, the self
expatriate, gave to his eldest son,
william, certain New York properties
valued at six millions Of dollars. Now
he has just given to his youngest son.
John Jacob Astor. New York City
properties worth seven and half
millions of dollars. The old man is an
expatriate from America. but not from
the American dollar.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-06
HE Luxury OF INDIGNATION.

That was an expressive phrase
coined by President Hadley of Yale
in his baccalaureate address. The
greatest menace to our peace, he said,
is "the luxury OF Indignation without
full information OF the facts or ade-
quate calculation Of the consequences. :"
AS the collegiate equivalent Of the
common expression flying off the
handle" it is more elegant and more
eloquent It is luxury in which prac-
tieally all indulge. And like most
Injuries it is likely to be costly in the
end. Relieving our feelings may be
soothing. but it is just as likely to be
irritating. Instead of finding a vent
in Indignation if may prove in effect
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-06

Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria,
is quoted as saying that half the shells
fired at his army in Northern France
we're made in America. In that event
they must have been fired from this
side OF the Atlantic. The first ship
ment of shells from America did not
leave our shores until June 2l-~about
ten days ago-and so have probably
not been delivered even at this writing
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-06

face One of the novel exploits of the
war. however. was the sinking of an
Italian submarine by an Austrian un-
derwater boat The reports of the
encounter, however, were not suffic-
iently complete to indicate the value
Of that sort of warfare.
The result of the development oil
the submarine with widening range
of action, mounting disappearing
guns for surface action, and with in
creasing numbers of torpedo tubes as
shown by reports from Europe, has
been to create a school of navy Of
ficers here who are said to be urg-
ing the abandonment of dreadnaught
building in favor of huge submarine
fleet. Other officers declare the
backbone OF a navy must always be II
first line battleships and are urgins
larger and more heavily armed dread
naughts than ever. Some place-be
tween these two schools of theory, II
is said the course of the department
will line in its recommendation to
congress.
Officers who advocate the subna
rine navy say that it is thoroughly
practicable for the United States, be
cause the mission of the American
navy is 10 defend the United Slater
from invasion, not to prepare the wa
for an American invasion of an enem,
country. That, they declare, has al
ways been the theory of the navy de
partment and accounts for the fac
that no great efforts have been made
to obtain appropriations for swif
battlecruisers such as those employed
by the British and German navies
Lacking a merchant marine to be pro
tected and being a self-contained ma
tion, fully able to support itself witt
the resources within its own boun
Idaries, they argue that battle cruis
ers have not been considered ne
cessity to the United States navy an
the attention has been concentrate
upon getting the greatest possibl
number of heavy battleships, floatin
fortresses to defend the coasts. Tha
theory, also accounts for the lowe
speed of American super-drea
naughts it is said. and the create
concentration of gun power in ship.
of American design, compared to sim
liar ships abroad
With fleets Of submarines statione
along both coasts and with navy yards
equipped to care for them, those of
fiaers argue that even the battleship
could be spared from the desens
line and that no enemy would dare
approach with ships and transports
a coast well aimed and defended wit
land guns as we'll as submarines. Tho
risks would be too great. the chanc
es Of Overwhelming disaster too many
1t is ertain that congress viii bt
asked to provide liberally in auHiliar
ships for the present navy, particu
larly as to parent ships for submarine
flotillas Navy officers are obtain
ing all possible data on German an
British submarine tenders and ma
propose the construction Of several o
those vessels so designed as to b,
able to raise sunken summarized D
cven to take aboard and transport for
considerable distances several of the |
little fighting ships. Reports have /
reached the United States CT severa |
such ships in the European nayies.
1t is also probable that a number 0
swift scout cruisers wiz be recon-
D ended and that a consistent cruis
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-06

a. program viii be proposed, design
ca TO give the navy an ample fleet of
these ships within few years. As
vet, however, there is nothing TO in
dicate the recommendation of bat
tie cruisers at this time. The depart
ment, II is intimated probably will
content itself WITH slayips before con
grcss "a full Presentation OF the arr
guments for and against that type.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-06
\ Doctors Prescription for Cough
An Effective Couch Treatment

Onefourth to one teaspoonful of
DR.. Kings New Discovery, taken as
needed will soothe and check Coughs,
Colds and the more dangerous Bron-
chial and Lung Ailments. You cant
afford to take the risk of serious i'll
ness, when so cheap and simple a
'emedy as DR.. Kings New Discovery
obtainable. Go to your Druggist
today, get a bottle of DR.. Kings New
Discovery, start the treatment at
once. You will be gratified for the
relief and cure obtained
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-06
rHIRrY-slx FoR 25 CENTS

Dr Kings New Life Pills are now
supplied in well-corked glass bottles,
containing Sc sugar coated white pills,
for 25c. One pill with glass OF vat
er before retiring is an average dose.
Easy and pleasant to take. Effective
and positive in results. Cheap and
economical to use. Get bottle to-
day. take a dose tonight-your Con-
stipation VIII be relieved in the morn
Ing. SO for 25c., at all Druggists.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-06
NEURALGIA PAINS STOPPED

You don't need to suffer those ag-
onizing nerve pains in the face, head,
arms, shoulders, chest and back. Just
apply few drops of soothing Sloan's
Liniment; lie quietly few minutes.
You will get such relief and comfort!
Life and the world will look brighter.
Get bottle today. 8 ounces for Csc,
at all Druggists. Penetrates without
rubbing.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-06

Hudson Maxim says we spend
enough on chewing gum every year to
build three battleships. II the cost OF
.'chewing the rag" could be converted
into 'coin of the realm" II would
probably suffice to construct navy
larger than the combined navies OF all
the world
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-06

When President Lowell, of Harvard
declares, as he is quoted as doing
that man reaches his mental prime at
% he must be making his own In
diyidual case the basis of general
statement.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-06

After all the June rainfall was
normal in quantity. Frequency oil
rains created the impression that 1t
was an unusually wet June, but the
total precipitation was only up or
down. to the usual average.
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statement.

Memphis is bewailing the theft Oh
an educated horse. In this particular
neck of the woods there are some
several educated jackasses to steal
any one of whom would be to perform
a patriotic service.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-06

If you feel ''buc, mo account, =
lazy. you need good cleaning out
HEiRBI.NE is the right thing for that
purpose. 1t stimulates the liver,
tones up the stomach and purifies the
bowels Price soc. Sold by Owl
Drug Store.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-06

Two weeks of testimony taking ana
the court does not yet know whether
Harry Thaw is sane or insane 1t must
suggest to the prisoner new form OIL
the old joke. Am here again, OF
-. o.,
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Have The Leader mailed to your
address before leaving on your vaea-
tim. lust like letter from home.
Address chanQed as often as desired