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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 23, 1919 
They Shall Not Pass 
Hushed is the cannon’s roar, the war is 
past, 
The foe has bowed his gory head in death. 
At fearful cost the world has been made 
fit 
To .be a dwelling place for freeborn men. 
I with my comrades gave the best 1 had 
Nor ceased till carried bleeding from the 
field, 
Broken in body now this task is mine 
To marshall all the forces left to me 
That I may make a place for me and 
. ,,,, mine- 
lathis new world which IJiave helped to 
make. 
And n,ow behold. I face another battle 
l'ittfper, than.any fought in bloody Franco, 
Foes in" the guise of friends are ranged 
against me 
With weapons deadlier than the German 
sword ; 
They ply me not with shrapnel but with 
drink 
AjS&si^eh songs’with^s.oft caressing 
Are used to lull my sbuPfn s'liFtlifui sleep. 
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They, shall not pass the barrier of my 
pride 
N<».r grind to dust .my. manhood's citadel. 
My soul is mine, and it is allT have'*' 
And by the sacred mem’ry of the dead 
1 ipust and . will possess my soul in honor 
Nor suffer it to match’ m.v broken body. ' 
I will have none of maudlin tears and 
pity. 
The sacrifice I made was freely made. > 
And with the mem’ry fresh of those who 
Bleep * * 
On Flanders field, T spurn cheap adula¬ 
tion. 
Give me of your wise counsel, help me 
learn 
Some useful work, then give me work to 
do, 
And when T stand once more a man ’mong 
men • 
Earning my daily bread with brain or 
brawn 
And asking neither charity nor pity. 
Then will I clasp your hand of approba¬ 
tion 
And smile a proud reply to your “Well 
done.” 
—J. w. Jorgensen in Carry On. 
We receive numberless letters from peo¬ 
ple asking about wills. Many childless 
couples desire to write joint wills, or 
leave their property in such shape that 
on the death of one party it will naturally 
pass to flu* other. Our advice is to con-- 
suit some good lawyer or business man 
and have him draw up a proper document. 
You will then know just what you are do¬ 
ing. A will need not be any elaborate 
document, but it should state clearly just 
what you want done with your property; 
The papers tell of a case here in New 
York where five words were accepted as a 
legal will. A man owning more than 
$10,000 worth of property merely wrote 
on the margin of his newspaper. 
“I leave everythiny to Mary” 
ITe signed his name and two compan¬ 
ions signed as witnesses, lie died a few 
moments later—he probably felt death 
coming on when he wrote. “Mary” was 
his housekeeper and the court accepted 
this document. Do not imitate this, how¬ 
ever, but have a document drawn by 
someone who knows. 
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At this season many women make great 
use of the fireless cooker. This hot 
weather often makes life in the kitchen 
like that in the fiery furnace. Then, too, 
many women are busy at outside duties, 
and must have some relief at cooking. 
So they prepare a dinner in the cooler 
morning, put it into the fireless cooker 
and have only to take it out at noon, and 
prepare a good dinner without roasting 
for several hours over the hot stove. It 
has been said that tin* proper companion 
for a fireless cooker is a good-natured 
husband, but we have seen some fine 
meals come out of the tireless—good 
enough for anyone. 
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This is- a practical age, and most 
people are looking for practical help. An 
English farm paper gave the following: 
A minister, in the course of his sermon, 
illustrated his point by .saying: “You 
know you plant roses in the sunshine, 
and heliotrope and geraniums, but if you 
want your Fuchias to grow you must keep 
them in a shady nook.” 
After the service a woman came up to 
him. her face beaming with pleasure. 
“Oh, I am so grateful for that sermon.” 
she said, clasping liis hand and shaking it 
warmly. 
His heart glowed for a moment—only 
for a moment, though. 
“Yes,” she went on, fervently. “I 
never knew before what was the matter 
will my Fuchsias.” 
And then this: 
Parson (delighted to find an allusion 
suitable to his hearer) : “And now, John, 
I suppose the time has come to beat our 
sword ■ into a ploughshare?” Prosaic 
Smith : "Well. I don’t know, sir. Speak¬ 
ing as a blacksmith of-45-years’ exper¬ 
ience, I may tell you it can’t be done.” 
Agricultural Copy Service of the 
Missouri Experiment Station tells of a 
.blind man, Mr. C. E. Jones, who has 
made a success of the poultry business, 
vegetables contain those vitamines which 
are so essential to growth and health. 
Lettuce, spinach, carrots, onions and 
many others will now be known as car¬ 
riers of vitamines. We have usually con¬ 
tented ourselves with saying they are 
“healthy,” without knowing just what 
that meant. .Now we begin to know arid 
this knowledge as it develops will prove 
a wonderful blessing to those who “eat 
to live” and realize that the body is made 
up of “what goes into it.” 
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Mo&t people of middle age can remem¬ 
ber when every Spring the pantry shelves 
were well filled with bottles of some 
“Spring tonic,” purchased or made at 
home out of roots or herbs. Oceans,- of 
this stuff was consumed—and is i»o4C' for 
that matter—because the Winter diet con¬ 
tained too much pork, peeled potatoes 
and pancakes. These foods contained few 
These Mothers Know Where to Look for Dirt 
unaided. Mr. Jones built a good poultry 
house and equipment; The work has 
been done well in spite of all handicaps. 
Mr. Jones does not stop at providing 
good equipment; he, uses progressive 
methods in handling li is flock. His 
method of recording the eggs produced 
is unique. A small section of hardware 
cloth, one-fourth inch mesh, is tacked 
to a board. In the first vertical column 
In* uses tacks to designate each Hen.' In 
tin* horizontal columns he sticks tacks 
(o record the days on which each hen 
lays. In this way the- records are kept 
for a month. At the end of the month 
the tacks are removed for a new start. 
Those fine articles on vitamines by 
Dr. Osborne show the great value ot a 
garden where the family can have a full 
supply of vegetables and fruits. The 
scientists are now finding that certain 
of the- needed vitamines. - What the 
“Spring tonic” did was to supply this 
element, and thus gave the poor old body 
a chance to patch itself up. Then came- 
dandelions, rhubarb and the other garden 
stuff to help along thp cure! The medi¬ 
cine man got the credit and the money— 
because we did not understand. 
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Sometimes, as the Hope Farm man 
relates about the yellow turnips, the fam¬ 
ily hits upon an improved diet without 
knowing why or how it happened. Dr. 
Osborne says that without doubt old- 
fashioned molasses—a residue from the 
juices of the sugar cane—contain those 
vitamines. This may account for what 
we have, noticed in . the South among 
negroes and poor white* who eat great 
quantities of molasses. They keep well 
and strong on a diet which would send 
most of our Northern people to “dys¬ 
pepsia”—and the medicine bottle. For 
a time following the Revolutionary War 
many of the Northern farmers sold butter 
and cheese and used Cuban molasses on 
their bread—and kept in excellent health. 
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There is no vegetable in the world so 
commonly used as potatoes. If bread is 
the staff of life, potato is the crutch. 
Those who have read Dana's “Two Years 
Before the Mast” will remember how the 
sailor suffering from the scurvy was 
cured by eating raw potatoes ! lie-was 
too feeble even to <-hew, so they" smaslied 
the raw potato skin and all rind fed "-the 
juice to him. By. persevering in- this 
treatment he was ebon able- to cffCwii he 
pulp, and withife .--10..days: he \yns. !able 
;.fo dor his full. w7)rk. We-' shall learn 
; from fh-ise articles by Dr. (Kltorno, that 
this poor fellow came close to death be¬ 
cause his food contained none of the 
needed vitamines. while the potato sup¬ 
plied them. But here is a thing to re¬ 
member—about potatoes. Most of the 
vitamine principle is found in the outer 
part of the tuber. When a thick peel is 
taken off with a knife a considerable part 
of this useful principle is thrown away. 
Of two people—-offe .who eats the potato 
skin and the other wfio throws it away— 
there is no doubt that the former tfould 
have a better ration-! 
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We have not had ns- many applications 
from teachers for rural schools as we 
expected. . Most, teachers seem to have 
placed themselves without great trouble. 
Some of the calls for teachers seem to 
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be worth while. Here is a sample from 
Long Island that looks good to some Of 
us who taught country schools years ago : 
Once more we come to you for help. 
We need a teacher for our- rural school— 
pay $25 per week, and if the teacher cares 
- to do so she. can act as her own janitor 
arid get $80 additional for the season’s 
work. There will be probably about 40 
children. She .may teach from .30 to 40 
weeks a* she desires. E. b. PAYNE. 
J Long Island. 
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During the past few months at least 
50 people have asked for information 
about putting a .water supply iu the farm¬ 
house. This water is to come from 
springs, wells, ponds or brooks, and all 
sorts' of power contrivances are suggested 
for putting it where needed. The point is 
that country people are determined to 
have these water convenience*. For years 
the water has remained outside, but nmv 
there has come a time when it must go 
inside and do its work for comfort and 
convenience. No one cau estimate the 
improving change which this introduction 
of flowing water will bring to the farm¬ 
house. With hot and cold water circu¬ 
lating freely- through the house, family 
life will be quickened and made better, 
just as the body is renewed by a better 
circulation of the blood. The farm borne 
deserves the best there is, and flowing 
water is a necessity if we are to have the 
best. 
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On page 1231) a writer thinks we are to 
come back to the old-time flower garden 
and family visiting in the country. We 
think so, too. The present feverish rush 
for money and social standing will have 
its day. and following if will come a 
quieter and calmer country life. Some 
day we shall get through with trying to 
ape and imitate .city life and manners, 
and learn to develop a wiser plan of life 
for country living. 
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The Mail and H rhe:e tells the story of 
a young man who passed 10 weeks in a 
German military prison : 
All they had given them to eat was 
stock beets boiled with an issue once a 
day of a slice of alleged bread about five* 
inches .square. ‘ On this ration nnwomid- 
ed men were worked from early in the 
morning until late at night So if you 
think the world is not using you right in 
the matter of food, I suggest that you 
give this ration a trial for the next week. 
And it was a case of high cost of living. 
too, since the price was liberty. Few of 
us know or realize what some of our sol¬ 
diers went through on the other side. 
