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The Springdale news., 1916-05-05
GO TO SUNDAY SCHOOL
By ERNEST G. SELLERS
Director of Sunday School Course
Moody Bible Institute
CONFUClANIS AND THE SUM-
DAY SCHOOL.

HOW can we reconcile the fact
1 that Japanese baron, a de-
voted follower of Confucius, is one
of the main promoters of the
Worlds Eighth Sunday School con-
vention to be held in Tokyo soon
after the close of the present world
war Baron Shibusawa, the j.
Pierpont Morgan of Japan" was
IRrecently given a dinner in Chicago
by some of the men who control
the destinies of the nation and the
occasion was entirely in the inter
ests of the Sunday school move
ment. Neither wine nor tobacco was
in evidence. President Judson Of
Chicago university said of his
friend, the baron: He is our
friend; he is a man of education
and wealth which he is using for
his countrymen. He stands among
the finest flowers of Japanese civil
ization, and we, too, are his
friends. The Japanese emperor,
y
ca5led to Baron Shibusawa in San
Francisco the comforting of the
highest order of his realm, THE
Order of the Rising Sun" Speak.
ing through an interpreter the
baron said that wealth for ones
own benefit Is not a good thing, but
is justified only when used to up
lift ones fellow men. He spoke of
his own religion and what it meant
to him. He told how he had met
Christians in this country and in
his own land, natives and mission
aries, and had learned to hold them
in the highest esteem. He said
that for many years, in his latter
life, he had had longing in his
heart for something that would
build up a moral character among
the Japanese YOUTH" Something"
which seemed to be lacking, and
that as he had gone through the
land he suddenly realized that the
| Sunday schools In Japan were Sc
| curing exactly the thing he had In
! mind. IF this is what the Sunday
schools can accomplish" he said,
I'VE welcome you to Tokyo"
Count Okuma, the premier, and
| others prominent in the Sunfiow-
| er kingdom. are uniting with the
| Christian leaders of that land to
make this an epochal convention.
| Already over 1000 has been
pledged for the necessary expenses.
It would have been held, but for
the war, in October, 1916.
i (Copyright)
The Springdale news., 1916-05-05
GINGLES' JINGlES
ALESMAN SHIP.

Is craftsmanship easy? No. not
on your life, it's always hard
work, garnished plenty with
strife, and would you be hep,
spear this tip as bunch, you
must know your biz and you
must pack a punch, and know
that the line you are selling is
right. This confidence you must
take into the fight, for II you
lack faith in Nour line and your
self, you flutter and buzz, and
you're shooed On the shelf. But
granting that you have the
knowledge you need, you're wise
to your goods and you know
you'll succeed. Remember. il
you would annex your wealth,
you must by all means take good
care of your health; it's we'll
not to make a smoke shop of
your face, and don't play the
bone-head by going the pace. In
short, you must all the time be
at your best. for craftsmanship
hands you the real acid test. 'Tis
only the fittest make good in the
game. The road is no place for
"a "a ,a auss that ,ee..,N 9.,G
The Springdale news., 1916-05-05
PAGE EIGHT
STEELE.

jim Pope left last Thursday
for Kentucky via St. Louis.
Sam Claypool is spraying DR.
Miller's apple orchard on the
old Borum place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Payne and
daughter Ruby spent Sunday with
Charley Mitchell.
Local hands have been fixing
that bad place in the road up by
the sawmill.
Edwin Boles was out from
Fayetteville Monday looking af-
ter his berry patch.
Will Langford, who has been
working for c. W. Harrington,
left last week for parts unknown.
Quite a crowd of young folks
spent a pleasant evening with
Gene Avis Saturday night at an
egg roast.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. A. Greathouse
and Mr.. and Mrs. Will Peterson
and children spent Sunday even
ing in Steele.
Steele is now able to fill your
wants in the blacksmith line as
we have with us a good smith
and a modern repair man.
Rev. Julian Foster filled his
regular appointment at Steele
Sunday at eleven, but was I'M
able to talk at night on account
of sickness.
Miss Beulah Robinson of West
Fork, Ark, arrived at Steele
Sunday. Miss Robinson will
clerk for j. c. Steele through the
coming berry season.
Sunday School lately organized
at Steele, is being we'll attended,
and everybody is taking interest.
The time has been changed from
2:30 p. m. to 1000 a. m.
Steele now has a new addition
known as new town. = 1t is To-
Gated a quarter of a mile east OF
the local station and contains
five tents and two three room
houses. All are now occupied ex-
cept one house and one tent. and
There S room on the west side
for 800 more people.
Don t be mistaken and don t
be misled, about those reports
as to that hail storm we had at
Steele. We re all right. for you
would have to have d powerful
magnifying glass to find those
hail pecked berries We escap-
ed the lawful hail. = Now, look
ing for hand, we We got the ber-
ries to pick and the house to
live in. Let's get acquainted
IN that new association at Steele.
Hayseed.
The Springdale news., 1916-05-05
Public Education
In Arkansas
Eight Studies In Vital Educational
Problems.
EDITORS NOTE.

The Extension Division OF the Uni
versity of Arkansas. in cooperation
with the United States Department of
Agriculture. will offer this year,
through this paper, free correspond
enee course in Educate in Arkan
sas. consisting of eight lessons. Pre-
ceding lessons may be had on request
The additional lessons on Education
in Arkansas" Will bet Vocational Ed
The Springdale news., 1916-05-05
Soils and Soil
Fertility
Eight Stucies In Fundamental
Agriculture.

EDltoIus NOTE.
The Extension Division of the Uni
versity of Arkansas, ia cooperation
with the United States Department of
Agriculture. viii offer this year,
through this paper. a free correspond
ence course in Soils and Soil Fertii-
ity, consisting of eight lessons Pre-
ceding lessons will be sent on request.
other lessons viii be "Barnyard Ma
nure." Commercial Fertilizers"
The Springdale news., 1916-05-05

If 1t happened, it IS in The News.
The Springdale news., 1916-05-05
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The system

Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form.
The Quirine drives out malaria, the
sron builds up the system. so cents
The Press., 1916-05-10
AN OLD TIME DINNER.
Curious Table Manners of England ls
 the Seventeenth Century.


 An account of hospitality in England in 1929 gives good idea of the man ner in which a country gentleman ot the period lived. Dinner and supper were brought in by the servants with their hats on, q custom which is cor roborated by Fynes Moryson, who says that, being at a knights house who had many servants to attend him, they brought in the meats with their heads covered with blue caps.
 After washing their hands in basin they sat down to dinner, and Sir James Pringle said grace. The yiands seemed to have been plentiful and ex- cellent-"big pottage, long kale, bowe of white kale," which is cabbage; "brach soppe," powdered beef, roast and boiled mutton, a venison pie in form of an egg and goose. Then they had cheese, cut and uncut, and apples. But the close of the feast was the most curious thing about 1t.
 The tablecloth was removed, and on the table were put towel the whole breadth. of the table and half the length of it, basin and ewer to wash, then a green carpet laid on, then one cup of beer set on the carpet, then a little lawn servfter plaited over the corner of the table and glass of hot water set down also on the table; then be there three boys to say grace, the first the thanksgiving, the second the Pater Noster, the third prayer for a blessing of Gods church. The good man of the house, his parents, kinfolk and the whole company then do drink hot waters, so at supper, then to bed 9
The Press., 1916-05-10
A Shabby Royal Palace.

The Persian royal palace is a most unattractive place. The courts are fill ed with painted figures of cast iron in d kind of operatic Romeo's costume. and with boys of gilt iron offering vermilion cups to gilt eagles. The tanks are stag nant and shabby. the gardens neglect ed The rooms are horrible even for one of those monuments of bad taste called royal palaces; the walls are GOV cred with mirr~i>. and d decoration made of small pieces of mirror set in elaborate patterns. the effect remind ing one of Il wedding cake. The fur niture is without exception European, of poor quality and worse taste; there is not q single one of those exquisite works Of Persian art which in the col lectiCns of Europe arouse enthusiasm not so much as d fine carpet. Neither the famous peacock throne-So long CT roneously thought to be the one built for the great m0ghal and footed by
 Nadir Shah-nor any of the jewels are now exhibited. Local gossip believes them to have been broken up and sold
 in Europe by the present government. -"From Moscow to the Persian Gulf"
The Press., 1916-05-10
washinqton as a Business Man.

Washington was g man of extraOrdi- nary activity. It was his custom to rise at 4 o'clock, and he claimed that a great deal of his work was done while others slept My manner of living he wrote, lis plain, and I do not mean to be put out by it.''
 It was said of him, "At the time of his marriage it is no great strain of metaphor to say that Washington had now his first chance to sit down since the days when he had bored over his school copybook.'' After the war and his first term as president Washington found his estates run down and un- profitable, yet he so redeemed his for tunes by his application to his affairs and by good business Judgment that he died the second richest man in America at that time.-
The Press., 1916-05-10
A Case of Identification.

"Is that the officer who arrested you?" his honor inquired of Nose Han fbel, an old negro whitewash artist, ar rested for assault.
 T can't rekerlect," answered the pris- oner.
 Sure, I arrested him, judge," put in the policeman. with indignation. He knows it too."
 '"Take a good look at him, Moses" :" insisted the judge. Isn't that face fa- miliar?'
 The darky squinted long and scowl- ingly at his accuser.
 "Now dat I uses mo keer, jedge," he said, "'peers like dey is somethin' fa- milyus erbout dat face, but dis yere worl' is so full Ob nacherally ugly folks jes' an ordinary man kain't al- ways tell de diffunce betwix 'em. Oats him. jedge, dat's him. But be ez easy ez yo' kin on him, kaze he got wife and fo' chillun.'-Case and Comment.
The Press., 1916-05-10
Equal to It.

"I was recently playing in a melo- drama" said an actor "where fin the last scene the heroine and myself were supposed to be imprisoned fin n turret chamber, every door locked and barred on the outside and an internal machine placed underneath. timed to explode in five minutes.
 "We were working up the agony The audience was breathless with ex- citement. 1 made Il dash toward one of the doors with the intention of try ing to break 1t down and found it wide open. Here was predicament | stood dumfounded. The audience be- gan to litter.
 "The heroine automatically whis- pered, oh, Charlie, the scene is bot tied upr
 "An inspiration came to me. l seized my sweetheart and dragged her through the open door, shouting, An. thank heaven, way of escape!
 "Then, flashing back with wall of agony-'No; the outer door is fastened 1! We are lost! Lostr"
The Press., 1916-05-10
EXPERTS IN TRACKING.
Australian Natives of Both Sexea . Trained From Childhood.

g.. Trained From Childhood.
 The Australian aboriginals are the finest trackers in the world. London Answers declares.
 On many occasions they have per formed feats which are almost beyond belief But to them the work is quite habitual. The bo.ysare taught to track from birth. @..a t:fr"~
 The women are just as expert as tue men. Horse tracks are child's play to them. They can track horse at full gallop. They can track anything possums, snakes, iguanas, even beetles leave sufficient trail for them to work on.
 The standard of honor among these tribes is high. When one of them breaks their strict code, fearing the wrath of the tribe, he bolts and, know ing he will be pursued, uses all his knowledge in an effort to elude those in search of him. But it is Questiona- ble if there is single case on record where he escaped.
 What might be called classes ir tracking are held for the youngsters The tutor will get them in a body ant then disappear into the bush and dc everything he can to make them lose his tracks. He will tiptoe along fallen logs, swim a quarter of a mile along a stream, double on his tracks, and so on.
 Finally he returns to the boys, who then set out to pick up the tracks.
The Press., 1916-05-10
Japanese Fear Foxes.

The Japanese have many curious su- perstitions about animals, the chief among which is their belief ill the su- pernatural power of foxes. There are ,numberless shrines. indeed, dedicated to foxes in Japan. The baflger is another animal feared by the sup ,rstitious Japanese mind. It is believed to have power to annoy people and to be able to turn into a priest at will.
 The crying of weasels and the baying of dogs are considered evil omens. and such insignificant happenings send a shudder over the believers.
 In Japan light colored mouse in the house is sign of happiness. If spider falls from the ceiling in the morning it brings pleasure, but if at night it is thought to be very unlucky. To see a. centipede at night means happiness in Japan.
The Press., 1916-05-10
BREAKING INTO FARMING.
Some Advice to Those Who Yearn to
 Woo the Soil.

Some Advice to Those Who Yearn to
 Woo the Soil.
 "How can I make start?" ask men who have grown tired of uncongenial positions.
 Certain things seem clear. First the individual must decide for himself just which line of work he prefers, and then he should secure a good knowl- edge of the theory of it. The next thing is to develop a knowledge of the practice of the work, and about the only way to do so Is actually to work awhile at it. Don't be too badly alarmed In this day the farming busi- nesses are crying for labor, and the workers are paid well for their serv- ices.
 Next, he ought never to buy place unseen He should look over the prospective farm, consider location. soil, climate. markets and labor condi- tions. In short, he must be prepared to handle farm business like any oth CT business. He must be prepared for hard physical and keen mental work.
 If he is capable of these. especially of the latter, he need not be afraid to venture into farming proposition, for 1t will repay his efforts. But if be hasn't this ability let him stay right where he is.
 Never let him attempt to show the natives how to farm, for without good business management behind it he will find farming about the hardest work with the poorest pay on earth.-Justus Miller in Countryside Magazine.
The Press., 1916-05-10
Troubles of a Great Bank.

The Bank of England has had its troubles, notwithstanding its great financial strength. It has passed through many perils. At various times It's notes have been at a heavy dis count, its credit has been assailed, 1t
 has been threatened with impeachment
 and it has been attacked by rioters.
 The first run on the bank occurred
 In 1707. Other panics or runs occurred
 In 1745, 1797 and 1895. In 1892 the Duke of Wellington was unpopular,
 and four men placarded the walls of
 London with the words. "To stop the
 duke, go, for gold.' Nobody knew ex- actly what it meant, but it produced
 tremendous run on the bank. At
 one time the bank lost f320,OO0 or al most $1, 100000. through the forgeries of one man and still more at another time by the forgeries of another man.
The Press., 1916-05-10

alive.
 "Dick! Dick! Oh, Dickr' she whis- pered sobbingly.
 A strong, warm hand covered hers, and the man beside her looked down out of Dick Hedges eyes. He wore a captains uniform, and in his other hand was gold laced cap.
 "Dick!' Hitty thought she screamed the word, but it did not leave her lips.
 Easy, lass; easy, lassI" he whispered gently, and then while the screen dis played further pictures of these far countries Hitty saw no more. Was not life unreeling for her a greater TO- nance than could be depicted on a dead?
 Dick whispered the meager details of his story. He had been lost at sea and then rescued, and when he had re- turned to civilization some one from Edgewood had malfciously told him that Hitty Morton had forgotten him and was married to another man.
 Only little while ago had Dick heard that Hitty was still unmarried,
 
 to ascertain if she still cared for him. He had dropped into the theater and glimpsed her face. He sat beside her and saw that she wore his ring alone upon her third finger. He had seen her face when his own picture-taken un- known to himself-had leaped out of the crowd upon the wharf in Shanghai. He had heard her murmured words, her unconscious cry of joy at seeing him.
 "Then I knew that you still loved me and that I was not too late" he whis- pered as they followed the crowd out side. My ship sails from San Fran cisco on the Fist, Hitty, so we must be married at once so that we can start on our honeymoon voyage. You remem- Der how we planned 1t, eh?"
 Of course Hitty remembered. They walked along in happy conversation. Dicks free arm.
 Mrs. Deacon Peddie and a group of missionary ladies overlook Hitty Mor- ton and brought her to a realization of her sins.
 "Hitty Morton! Where are those missionary shirts?' demanded Mrs. Peddie. We're holding the barrel open till morning sos they can be put in.'' Hitty took the package from Dicks srasp. but he snatched it back again. If these are shirts, mems size,' he said genially, 'I guess I'm the mission ary they'll about fit. I want 'em for my troosaw. Hitty and I'm going to be married in a day or so."
The Press., 1916-05-10
What Is a Weed :?

The simplest definition of weed is fas plant out of place." and the unhu-
 man scientist may be satisfied with
 that dispositi ion of the lovely mountain laurel or th,' arist"rratic rhOdodendrOn when gle.,t &lje, ilnruS of either stand i.i ine way Of a road or a building. l think I may construct my own defini- tioI of a weed as, in the first place, 8 plant of persistent and spreading :;ro.yth that 8 not sufficiently feauti- tul in foliage or flower to commend it ss: ils u:t, ;.ake or as plant at tractive ill itsl If that tends to posses; the land to the exclusion of all else. Thus the OK eyed daisy is weed, even though it is beautiful. because it spreads consistently. so that whole fields on the careless farm wave with its flowers. justifying the gibe of Dr.. Bailey of Cornell, who said, when pass ing such a display. That man is not a farmer; he's florist" This same Dr. Bailey's definition of a weed as "a plant not wanted" is simple and true.-J. Horace Mcfarland in COun- tryside Magazine.
The Press., 1916-05-10
One May to Get Fame.

Walter was something of wag One day his father said to him:
 "See here, my son. You must begin to think of the future. What are you going to do to gain fame and fortune when you grow up?''
 I'm going to make toothpicks," an swered the boy. +fa
 "Going to make toothpicks! I don't understand how you'll ever become ia mous.' f1>
 "Why, father. it will be easy enough I'll manufacture millions upon millions of them, and on each I'll stamp my name. The toothpicks will be in every body's mouth, of course, and so will my name. And if my name is in every ones mouth shall be famous enough. '
 "Well, we'll" said the astonished gen tleman, q think I would do well to let that boy alOne."-St. Louis Globe-Dem- ocrat. .s7
The Press., 1916-05-10
The Eclipse Monster,

The Mohammedans of Macedonia , look upon any eclipse of the moon as full of portent indic cating bloodshed. It is met with reports of firearms, and from the millarets the imams call the faithful to public prayers in the mosques. This re alls in striking man. ner the practices of many savage and barbaric nations. The great nations of Asia, such as the Hindus and the Chinese, still cling to the belief in the eclipse monster. The latter meet 1t with prayers. like the Turks. But even in civilized Europe, both ancient and modern, one finds numerous proofs of this superstition. The Romans came to the succor of the afflicted moon by fiinging firebrands into the air, by the blare of trumpets and the clang of brazen nots The superstition survived through the middle ages into a very late period. France, Wales and Ire land offer many instances as late as the seventeenth century.
The Press., 1916-05-10
Whole Hoo or None,

The old saying Whole hog or none refers to MOlammed allowing his fol lowers to eat all except one portion of a pig. but failing to mention what the portion was, so that if Moham- medan did not leave pork strictly alone he might as well consume the whole hog as risk eating any part of it.
The Press., 1916-05-10
Stood bv Her,

Congratulations! I hear your daugh. ter is engaged
 "Yes. It came as d surprise"
 Well, now that 1t is really so, I want to tell you that there was never d moment when gave up all hope for you. Judge.
The Press., 1916-05-10
Reckless Bravery,

Have you ever stopped to think how many deadly germs there are on a dol lar biil?"
 "Oh, yes," replied MT. Jobson, sigh ing, "but whenever see a man with a big roll of bills in his hand I long to share his peril" = Birmingham Age Herald
The Press., 1916-05-10
Her Suspicion.

q declare for it," said Aunt Pretty Frawlts to Mrs. Judge Tubman. ''l believe old Captain Peggington is thinking about marrying again. Burr Burt says the cap'n painted up his wooden leg yesterday. Burt didn't tel me, but he told Ellick Smart, and El lick repeated it to his sister Prissy and Priss told it to Pheeny Partlow and Pheeny told 1t to the sweet potato peddler, and the sweet potato peddlei told me not ten minutes ago. So guess it's so."-Kansas. City Star.
The Press., 1916-05-10
Drives Him to Drink.

"I'm so sorry about it, but my hus- band actually hates music"
 How stranger'
 Isn't it? His prejudice is so strong that he has to jump up and leave the theater whenever the orchestra is play ing an entr'acte. ."-Cleveland Leader.
The Press., 1916-05-10
The Trea of Genaaloox.

It is with the tree of genealogy as with the oak of the forest-we may boast of the timbers it has given to a state vessel, but say naught of the three legged stools. the broomsticks and tobacco shoppers made from the ends and chips.-DOuglas Jerrold.
The Press., 1916-05-10
Franklin as. a Printer.

A letter of Charles Wilson Peale. who painted the first portrait of Wash ington, is dated Oct. B, 1914, and dis cusses inventions, windmills, etc. In it he says:
 "Dr. Franklin when he was a young man went to London and worked in divers shops and in different parts of the printing business. I heard curi- Ous anecdote of him. He hired himself to work at press in an office. When a friend of the owner of the press came to see him, the printer told his friend that he was in great want of com positor and asked where he could find one. I am much surprised that you should want compositOr when you keep a man at the press (pointing to Franklin) who Is the best compositor in London he said.''