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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
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leave a smooth, even surface. The
sawdust should be put in a g%unnysack
and set in a tub of warm water for
at least an hour Tor still better. over
night SO that it will be thoroughly
moistened before using. Rule on a
piece of good quality white cloth
(sheeting). about the size of the box,
into squares, two and one-half inches
each way. Number the squares. l. 2,
3. etc. Place the cloth on the saw
dust and tack it to the box at the
corners and edges.
Use care that the kernels do not get
mixed with those from the ear next to
1t. After the kernels are removed,
boards may be laid over the rows OF
ears to keep them in place until the
result of the termination test is
known. Place the six kernels from
ear No. l in square No. l Of the
termination box: from a No. 2 in
square No. 2. and so on with all the
ears. Lay a piece of good cloth Ia
good quality of sheeting) on top Of
the kernels and dampen it. Press the
cloth down gently with the palm of
hand. being careful not to misplace
the kernels in the squares.
Now place over this cloth another
cloth of the same material. consider
ably larger than the first one (about
six feet %square). and fill in on top
with two or three inches of moist,
warm sawdust. Pack it down firmly
with a brick or with the feet. The
edges of the cover should then be
folded over the sawdust in the box
to prevent drying out. Now set the
box away until the kernels sprout.
Keep in an ordinary warm place. like
the living room. where it will not
freeze. The kernels will terminate
in about eight days.
Remove the cover carefully to avoid
misplacing the kernels in the squares.
in the termination box, and discard
all ears whose kernels in the box are
dead, moldy. or show weak germina-
ton.
Caring for Seed Corn.
If the kernels show weak. spindling
sprouts. or q part Of them are very
weak and uneven the ear should be
thrown out to make place for an a
whose kernels give strong. vigorous
sprouts. Remember that the kernels
which are slow to sprout. and are
weak, will be behind the strong ones
in the field.
After the seed has been sorted. test.
ed, shelled. and graded for the planter.
and the bad kernels removed. it should
be placed in h%alf-bushel sacks and
hung up in a dry place. Put in sacks.
separate from the rest. the seed from
the best 100 ears. When planting,
use the seed from the best 100 ears"
on one side Of the field from which
to pick your seed corn for the next
years planting.
We cannot afford to neglect this i'm.
portant work. II every farmer would
test every ear of his seed corn In the
winter in the way described above.
the yield would be wonderfully in.
creased. No other time will be SO
profitable to the farmer rs that spent
in testing the vitality Of his seed and
in grading to insure the planter drop.
ping the proper number Of kernels
in each hill. 1t is possible for every
one to do this work. It will cost moth
ing but the time, Of which there is
plenty ut the season when the work
should be done.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
Handicapped,

Il notice you masticate your food
thoroughly. Are you a disciple of
Doctor Fletcher"
No" said the moody man who was
disposing of an omelette in a dining
car. II was in such a hurry to catch
the train this morning that I came
away from home and forgot my teeth"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
WHEN ONE BORE MEETS MATE
Man Who Has Just Been Presented
With New Baby IS Introduced to
Owner Of New Automobile.

At a smoker some time ago refer
ence was made to the matter of favor
1te topics of conversation.
One afternoon Brown and Green
were communing with each other in
the lobby Of a hotel. when a nan with
I his countenance shining like great
gladness headed their way.
Here comes Madison" remarked
Brown to his friend. "He has just been
presented with a new baby. and he will
talk us to death in telling of it's glo-
ries."
That's all right" responded Green,
glancing in the opposite direction. Il
guess we will be able to fix the thing"
Come again, old man." said Brown,
wonderingly. 81 don't get you"
There's a neighbor of mine over
there who has just bought a new auto
mobile" explained Green. I'VE will
introduce them and then take a slide."
philadelphia Telegraph.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17

The examination Of fairly accurate
records has convinced scientists that
there has been NJ %appreciable change
in the climate Of northern Europe in
1900 years.
Instead Of a wind shield that might
interfere with the vision q motor cy.
Gle can now carry a device that de.
fleets the air currents and dust above
q riders head.
Tho attorney general Of New York
state is handling $3.50 cases, involv.
ing owe. $3.50, 000.0 900 in money and
property.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
Business ~"Scenery."

"How's the scenery around Jinx-
ville?"
Infinitely varied and changed every
week." answered the suburbanite.
You don't mean to tell me the
eternal hills move from their bases
and the streams depart from their an
'cient beds?"
Certainly not, but l dare say Jinx-
vile has the busiest lot of billboards
of any town in the country"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
Mild Criticism,

These young men running up and
down the streets in gymnasium suits
while the thermometer hovers around
zero are still in their right minds?'
asked the Man from Mars.
ooh, yes" answered his guide. But
l would hardly go so far as to say
they are in their right clothes"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
INTERESTING ITEMS

: A novelty for smokers is tobacco
packed in paper cartridges to be
smoked in any pipe or in specially de.
signed tubes which resemble enlarged
cigar holders.
William Frederick Allen. who died
recently at his home in Orange, N. j..
at the age of seventy years, was the
inventor Of the present method Of COM
putting standard time in this country.
which system has been adopted in
practically every civilized country.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
Tree" Riddles.

What part Of your hand is like a
tree? Palm.
Which is the debtors favorite
tree? The willow Twill owe).
Which is the tree that fire does not
burn? Ash.
What tree carries most fruit to mar.
ket? The axle tree.
Which is the most ancient tree?
Elder.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
Real Conversation.

II hope you don't indulge in gos-
sip"
I'm afraid" replied young Mrs.
Torkins, that I like it. OF course, l
don't try to make any up for my.
self, and l don't care much for what
my friends now and then mention.
But l must say that Charley was
never so interesting as he was while
he was serving on the grand jury"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
Jealous,
rs Bliggins a reformer?"

as Bliggins a reformer?"
1.-THE worst kind"
what do you mean by the worst
kind'?"
There are Objectionable as we'll as
one of those who hate graft because
they never had a chance at It,"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
Odd State Of Affairs,

ITS rather odd when you think of
It,"
What is?"
why. my nearest relative lives
eighty miles away and my most dis
tant relative only about eighty feet"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
Domestic Experience,

DO you believe life is a game Of
give and take?"
"Oh, yes" replied the meek looking
man. but you don't quite convey the
idea"
MOI"
i've found life a game of give in
and take back"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
Too DANGEROUS,

B~londine-I'd hate to be married In
Holland.
Hrunetta-Why?
Blondine-Imagine being struck on
the head with an old wooden shoe.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
One Of the Symptoms.

Are you and Miss Calder still at
outs?"
I'm afraid so. She still pretends
that she doesn't recognize my voice
when I call her over the telephone"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
low.Grade Melody,

Walker-I'm thinking seriously of
investing In an automobile.
Ryder-Well. I've got a little beauty
that I'll sell to you for O mere song.
Walker-For a mere song. Ell? To
the tune Of what?
Ryder-"Old Hundred"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17

so you would advice me to accept
Dick, would you. Ella?"
Yes. indeed. my dear Myme. l
was never engaged to q young man
whom | liked BETTER"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
Boss of a Laundry.

what is your occupation, Rastus?"
Use manager OBJ a laundry, sab. an
makes a right comf'able livin'."
What is the name of your laundry?"
Hannah Maria Johnson, sah."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
a Test Failure,

"A good soldier always keeps his
head at a critical moment"
We'll, our captain lost his head Just
as we were about to Charge
What made him do that?"
"A cannon shot took 1t off,"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
BUSY Campers.

Asker-Do much hunting on your
camping trip?
Tellit-Quite a bit. Had daily hunts
for the dishcloth, frying pan, can
opener and soap.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
Baruainino for the Feather,

my dear, l wish you would learn to
make a good cup Of tea. 1t Is not diff
cult to learn, and 1t would be a feather
in your cap"
"If I learn will you buy me that will
low plume?"-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
It's All Dark.

"A mar should try to make the best
Of his misfortunes." remarked the
philosopher.
True enough" replied the man
with a worried look. But when an
inexperienced motorist tries to change
a tire without assistance, there is
simply no brighter side to the per-
formance."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
He Knew,

Professor-Tell mo what are some
of the uses Of hot air?
Student (absently)-Well. in oratory
It is especially useful in warming up
an audience to the subject
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
One Careful kiotorjst.

June-Bob drives his car very care
fully since Belle accepted him.
Ethel-Ycs. Bob knows If he loses
his automobile license he'll lose hir
bclle, TOO.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
Danger.

UanDer.
Don't give your fiancee that
Chesapeake Bay dog Of yours"
why not?"
There might be trouble. Didn't I
hear you say she was a duck Of a
girl?"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
Erluhtened,

FTTVNICHCU.
Before we were married you said
you would gladly die for me-"
Great Scott, dear, you aren't 60
ing to ask me to make good on that
promise, surely?"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
Mystery,

WyoeCFy
I've been all yer de world, num-"
said the tattered tourist. Fur a little
breakfas' III tell you how de other half
lives"
I'm not curious to know" replied
the angular woman. I've got six
children and a worthless husband, and
I haven't found out yet how we live"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17

Boarder-I don't think the city water
is at all good. 1t has a whitish appear.
ance this morning and tastes some
thing like milk.
Landlady--That glass contains milk,
sir, and trust you will remember that
your board was due yesterday.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
Painful Demonstration,
Nothing could be kinder"

You say this motorist took you to
q hospital after he ran you down."
Yes,
Nothing could be kinder"
Maybe not. but he didn't have to
run me down. did he, just to show me
he had q kind heart?"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17

Wayne-Dinkly tells ME that he Is
worth $4,000.
Payne-Well. l believe he recently
inherited that amount, but as a matter
of fact he isn't worth ten cents.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
Safe Subject.

Here comes Dubwaite. He quotes
Shakespeare on the slightest provoca-
ton, but does it indifferently we'll"
We'll have to be careful not to
mention any subject that will start
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17

DR.. David Starr Jordan OF Stanford university offers testimony a g to
what the care of animals may DO in building up the character of a boy. in
the lamb paymates Of his youth: f
II owe a great deal" he confesses. ito a flock Of lambs that were put
in my care when We q boy, and which cared for for q number Of years,
shearng them all myself giving each one a name and keeping account OF
the amount of woel furnished by each one. Ever since this experience I
have regarded natural history IS a mean of grace to a boy and girl. It can
show itself In no better way than by making friends among animals"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17

Suppose we talk about %appendici.
tbs? So far as | know, there's no
reference in Shakespeare's work to
appendicitis
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-02-17
BY p. G. HOLDEN.

will be a short corn
crop this year and mil.
lions of dollars will be lost
to the farmers If great care
Is not taken in selecting
and testing the best ma.
tured corn for this seasons
planting.
We may we'll take the
u,,rpipu IN hoart for this
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-05-11
WAR TIMES IN AUSTRALIA

Joe Skurrie, Socialist, who was SEN
fenced to six months Imprisonment
for talking against war from a soap
box in Melbourne, Australia, has been
released after serving six weeks in
Jail. This was brought about by the
protests of Socialists, Laborites,
Trade Unionists and l. w. WIS.
Many men and women are being
thrown into Jail in Labor Party gov
erned Australia, because of their
speeches and writings. Many a So
cialist meeting has been broken up
by soldiers. One of the latest was an
open air meeting at Yarra Bank,
where an audience of 10000 people
were listening to several speakers,
when suddenly the soldiers swooped
down upon the crowd and beat them
up, threw the speakers from the plat
form and tried to set fire to it.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-05-11
WHAT IS SLAVERY?
(Shelley.)

IT'S to work and have such pay
AS just keeps life from day to day
In your limbs, as in a cell,
For the tyrant's use to dwell.
IT'S to be a slave in soul
And to hold no strong control
Over your own will, but be
All that others make of We.
So that we for them are made,
Loom and pillow and sword and spade,
With or without your own will, bent
To their defense and nourishment.
IT'S to see your children weak
With their mothers pine and peak,
When the winters winds are bleak
They are dying whilst I speak.
IT'S to hunger for such diet
AS the rich man in his riot
Casts to the fat dogs that lie
Surfeiting beneath his eye.
And at length when you complain,
With murmur weak and vain,
IT'S to see the tyrant crew
Ride over your wives and you.
Men of labor, heirs of glory,
Heroes of unwritten story,
Musings of one mighty mother,
Hopes of her and one another,
Rise like lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number;
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which, in sleep has fallen on you!
Ye are many, they are few.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-05-11

Thousands among the workers are
longing for an education. They have
been crowded out of school because
they had to make living and they
realize that without an education they
are hopelcssly lost in the battle for
existence and become the helpless vic
Tins of exploitation. We cannot hope
to take our place in he machinery of
production without an education and
we can never inaugur 10 an equitable
system of distribution Of that which
we produce while the aiority is en-
shaved by ignorance.
TIE FIRST STEP
THE FIRST STEP IN AN EDU-
CATION Is THE ABILITY TO
READ AND WRITE THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE CORRECTLY. Before
we can take any advanced training we
must lay this foundation of an educa-
ton.
Speech spoken and written is the
medium by which men and women
must convey their ideas. One cannot
get in touch with the truth concerning
the great forces of life about us that
have power to make or mar life for
us and for our children, except
through an understanding of English.
We cannot make ourselves understood
by the people about US except by our
ability to choose and use the words
that express our ideas.
If we want to take course in some
branch of industry, "A course to ad-
vance us in our trade, to help us mas
ter trade, we need an English course
first.
If we want to study law or enter
any of the professions, we cannot
hope for complete success unless we
can speak and write correctly
IT'S THE MAN WHO CAN TALK
AND WRITE!
In the Union, in the Local, where
the great problems of labor are being
discussed and the new Commonwealth
of Industry is being formed, if you
cannot find words to properly express
your ideas, yau cannot sway the men
about you and mold their opinions.
It's the man who can talk effectively
who carries the crowd with him. 1t
isn't enough to have something to say.
You must be able to SAY 1T.
When you halt for word, when you
have to use one word over and over
because you have no other at your
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-05-11
DO YOU WANT AN EDUCATION?

command when you use the wrong
word. you have lost your influence
over your audience and your power is
gone.
When you argue with friend and
would convince him of the truth of
your ideas and you stammer and halt
in your expression, he loses confidence
in you. He thinks if you knew the
truth, you would be able to tell it.
When you write letter the mis-
spelled words, the illegible hand writ
ing which can only with difficulty be
deciphered, all these mistakes speak
of the lack of education and leave you
abashed and Inundated before the
world
PLAIN ENGLISH EVERY DAY
We have felt that the greatest SER
vice The Peoples College could render
was to prepare course which would
supply common school education in
English, written and spoken, and such
a course is ready.
The Peoples College offers a thr-
ty weeks course in Plain English, Civ
ing good common school education
in English and Spelling.
There are sixty lessons in all, two
each week for thirty weeks.
We send you material, all complete,
everything necessary to sit down and
begin to study.
The lesson assignments and exami-
nation papers are sent to you each
week. You study the assignments for
the week, prepare your examination
and return to the college. We exam
inc papers carefully, correct them, Of
fer suggestions and return them to
you.
You may ask all the questions you
like and ask for all the help you need.
YOU STUDY WHENEVER YOU
LIKE--a few minutes after supper,
at noon after your dinner, before the
whistle blows, on the car on your way
home-any time you can find few
minutes time to spare.
AT COST AND EASY PAYMENTS
The price of this 30-weeks' course
is 12.50-$2.00 first payment and
$3.50 per month for seven months.
This makes the course cost you five
cents a day for the thirty weeks.
THE PEOPLES COLLEGE
Education for the workers by the
workers"
FORT SCOTT, KANSAS
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-05-11
MINNEAPOLIS LABOR
FORMS ARMY; TO BUY
RIFLES AND BULLET

A labor army is being organized in
Minneapolis.
News of this reached New York last
night when copies of the Labor Re-
view of that city arrived.
According to the Labor Review,
900 union men volunteered almost
en- masse.
The Labor Reviews account fol
lows:
"The call for recruits was Justify
answered by the members Of organ
lied labor, and on Wednesday evening
the assembly room at the headquar-
tiers, l04 Washington avenue south,
was crowded with many men eager to
shoulder arms in behalf of organized
labor.
"The uprising of the Irish workers
evidently had lent spirit to the work
ers of Minneapolis, and they seemed
to realize that no one could tell how
soon the class struggle would become
a. matter of guns in the United States
as it has already in Ireland.
"A perfect ne of organization was
mapped out, a nd then a committee
was appointed to ascertain the price
of 1000 rifles and 10000 rounds of
ammunition for one thousand men.
Everything bore evidence to the
fact that the labor men are in dead
earnest, and those who may have
thought that the citizens army was a
joke would have soon come to realize
that it is grim reality if they had
been on hand Wednesday evening.
'The only thing which bothers the
Assembly's Committee on Military
Affairs is to find men qualified to
drill the unexpectedly great number
of men who have responded in answer
to the call for volunteers"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-05-11
TO RED FEATHER
SUBSCRIBERS

| am having to bear the expenses
of publication almost wholly out of
my own pocket and that it will be
two years at present rate of growth
before it will sustain itself. The
fourth number is in preparation and
full twelve numbers will reach each
subscriber in time and will be red hot
when they do come.
Yours in revolt,
BRUCE ROGERS, Editor.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-05-11
THE PRIDE OF INTELLECT
A DIALOGUE.

main Ignorant mudsills."
Doctor: How did my somewhat
expensive education keep others in
ignorance
Socialist: Our world, doctor, is one
of mutual interdepShdence, so that
leisure class necessarily implies an
over-worked under-paid class. Let
me illustrate. Here is a family group
of five who by their continued united
labor are able to live and enjoy GER
tain amount of leisure. Now, if one
of the five quits work, you need not
be told that the other four would have
to work all the harder. And what is
true of a group of five would hold
good for group of a thousand or a
million.
Doctor: If my education has been
parasitic, how about education gener-
ally, especially the advanced courses
of education?
Socialist: Like your own, doctor,
such education depends upon the ex-
ploitation of the wage worker. The
pride we feel when we consider the
lofty edifice of civilization should be
mingled with a touch of shame for
the slime of the serpent-slavery is
over it all from base to summit.
Doctor: If culture implies GER
tain degree of exploitation, it gives
the black eye to the common saying
that the paths to greatness are open
to all. Apparently you do not believe
the stories of poor boys who have be-
come great.
Socialist: Kindly mention a few
instances. AS well expect blood from
a turnip as mental greatness from the
overworked, underfed proletariat.
Study the biographies of the worlds
great minds, and you will find they
come from the middle or wealthy
classes.
Doctor OF course, there must be
exceptions. Take the Socialist move
ment, for instance. It's founders I'M
doubtedly must have been from the
working class.
Socialist: Marx, Engels and La
Sale, the men who did most to place
Socialism on a scientific basis were
born of wealthy parents and had
every advantage that wealth could
supply.
Doctor: Accepting your conclusions
as logical-that leisure of body is a
necessary factor in mental advance
ment-and that exploitation of the
many is required to give leisure to the
few, one would naturally infer that
the object of Socialists in abolishing
exploitation is to put a stop to human
progress. Is that your plan?
Socialist Do you remember what
Aristotle said over 1000 years ago.
'There must be slaves, until the shut
tie shall move of itself, then all men
may be free" That time has now ar
rived. Thanks to inventions, exploit
alton is no longer needed to give to
man-to all men and women-the re-
quired leisure. In the cooperative
society of the future, an hour or two
devoted each day by every able-bodied
person will be enough to provide the
means of life, so that every mind will
have time to develop to its fullest
capacity.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-05-11

Geo. H. GOebel, Everett, May IA.