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Ould Matt'ew Moran.
"Och! 'tis he that looks natural, lay-t
In' there dead,"
Said ould Matt'ew Moran,
,rWld the palms nt his feet an' the
lights at his head
An' the cross In his han',
Heart an' soul are at rest,
An' It's all for the best,"
Said ould Matt'ew Moran.
When he'd laid by his coat an' had
hung up his hat
An' had shuffled away to a corner, an'
sat
Wld his stick twlxt his knees an' hla
han's on the crook,
'Twas hlmsel', an' no less, had the
"natural look."
For the folk o' the parish were wont
to declare
Ne'er a wake a success unless Matt'ew
was there.
"'TIs a sorrowful world," he leaned
over an' said
To the man by his side, wld a shake
of his head;
"There's so much In It now that's de
ceitful an' wrong,
'TIs a blessln' our fri'nd here was took
while he's young."
"He was slventy-flve lasht July," said
the man,
"An' I doubt If ye're more than that,
Mlsther Moran."
Wld a tap o' the end of his stick on
the floor,
"Shure a man Is as ould as he feels
an' no more!"
Said ould Matt'ew Moran.
"Och! the breed o' men found In these
days 'TIs a crime!
Shure, they're not the strong stuff
that was raised in my time.
Who's the nlxt wan to go? Jf yc'll
jlsht look around,
Yo'll find manny a sickly wan here,
I'll be bound.
There's no life In thlm now like the
lads in my day."
So he sat in his chair an' jisht mut
tered away,
While the neighbors came in an'
passed out o' the door
In a stiddy procession. Ten minyits
or more
Since the ould man had spoken, the
man by his side
Found him sittin', asleep, wid his
mouth open wide.
Undisturbed in his corner they let
him dream on
Till the lasht o' the neighborly mourn
ers was gone.
"I've noddin,'" scz he, as he rose to
his feet;
"Och! the houses these days are jisht
murthcred wid heat," I
Growled ould Matt'ew Moran.
"There's so much in the world that's
deceitful an' wrong,"
Said ould Matt'ew Moran,
"'TIs a blessin' indeed to bo took
whin ye're young,
Like that dacint young man.
Well,' there's wan gone to rest,
An' it's all for the best,"
Said ould Matt'ew Moran.
The Sailor's Homing Call.
My soul is steeped in the clear star
shine Of the mystic night,
And thrills at the wind's low, whim
pering whine.
Through the dull ghost-white
Of the beating sail.
The crystal gleam of the pale north
star
Is my only guide;
The boom of the waves on the shores
afar,
Where the land men bide,
Sounds the swelling chant.
TIs the thrill of the magic homing
call
Of my own roof-tree;
I am speeding back, 'neath the night's
black pall,
Where the heart of me
Shall ever bide.
Love's Patriot.
Red are the flagrant lips
Within the garden-close:
Love, thy dear ones eclipse
The beauty of the rose.
White are the flowers that fill
The meadows of the sky:
Love, thou art whiter still
Than any star on high.
Blue is the sea agleam,
And blue the dome of night:
Love, thou hast eyes of dream
Bluer and all delight.
So, ever shall thou be,
Since thou dost well combine
These chosen colors three,
American and mine!
Julian Durand.
The Coming Day.
Grieve not, sad heart, there is an end
of tears!
Think not that sorrow shadows all the
years;
The darkest hour comes before the
day,
The saddest moments pass like
night away.
For Id the world is love and song and
light;
Work to bo done and battles still to
fight.
Mourn not the past, whate'er Is
light will be.
And each day duwn conceals a victory.
Well Planned Farm.
One Farmer's Idea of Dividing Ono
Hundred and Sixty Acres.
I submit the following diagram
of a farm of ICO acres in 11 divi
sions, two or ten, one of 20 and
three of 40 acres each, writes a
correspondent of the Indiana Farm
er. The farm has a road on two sides
and fronts the east. The ten acres
on which the buildings aro located
consist of six divisions.
No. 1 dwelling and door yard, 2
orchard, 3 familj garden, 4 front
barn lot, 6 truck garden, 6 barn lot,
with ample room for feed troughs
and straw stacks, allowing no stock
PUOtiC WOAO . NORTH gioi
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Plat of Farm.
loose In front lot, 7 open wood, pas
ture, used for night pasture during
the summer for the work horses,
also handy for the milch cow, 8 per
manent pastures, with some timber
affording shade In summer and a
wind break in winter. Nos. 9, 10
and 11 aro 40 acre fields for culti
vation, and will admit of the three
years' rotation plan. Some of the
good features of this plan aro these. ;
The larger llelds avoid the groat ex-
pense of much fence building, and (
this is quite an item at this time.
Again from No. S stock can be turned 1
Into any Held on the farm, doing
away with the need of a lane, or
driving stock over the eultivr-tod
fields, getting from ono to another. j
Host Fertilizer Vor Gardens.
Wo always save all the poultry ,
manure which we scatter over the
surface as evenly as possible and It i
is well raked in before planting the
seed. Wo also save the ashes from j
our wood fires, and give the surface
a generous sprinkling which is also
mixed with the soil. This applica
tion of potash makes our onions firm
and fine flavored and makes our
peas and beans bear an enormous
quantity, and benefits other vege
tables also. Did wo not have the
ashes we should use the commercial
fertilizer rich in potash for our on
loiii!, peas, beans and tomatoes at
least, besides sweet and Irish pota
toes. Our spinach, lettuce, mustard, cab
bage and peppers did the best when
a good application of poultry ma
nure was given. One year we grew
nearly six dollars worth of mango
peppers on a trifle over a square rod
of land. These peppers were a mar
vel to all who saw them and would
have continued bearing longer but
frost cut them short.
Protecting Insect Destroyers.
In France, painted notices aro
posted on every farm and along the
public highways, bearing the follow
ing: "This board Is placed under
the protection of the common sense
and honesty of the public. Hedge
hogs live upon mice, snails and wire
worms animals injurious to agri
culture. Don't kill a hedgehog.
Toads help agriculturo; each one
destroys 20 to 30 Insects hourly.
Don't kill toads. Moles destroy wire
worms, larvae and insects injurious
to farmers. No trace of vegetables
Is evor foun'd in his stomach; does
more good than harm. Don't kill
moles. Each department of France
loses yearly millions of francp by
the injury done by Insects. Birds
are the only enemies capable of bat
tling with them vigorously, they are
a great help to the farmer. Children,
don't take the bird's nests."
Repairing Run Down Soli.
Clover and the legumes will not
restore an old and run down soil un
less they are supplemented by man
ure or fertilizers. A well managed
system of dairy farming where every
thing grown on the farm is fed out
Is tho best and will produce more
good manure than any other system
of farming adapted to a large por
tion of the country.
Keeping Roys on Farm.
Do you talk with your boys about
the business of the farm? Is your
daughter satisfied? Is your home
such a one as she can Invite her
young company to without being
ashamed? Fathers and mothers, are
you companionable with your sons
and daughters, or must they sneak
away from homo In order to haye
an enjoyable time?
Life of Peach Trees.
It Is claimed that the moBt profit
able period In the life of a peach
tree Is from four to eight years.
From a peach census taken last year
In orange county, New York, It seemo
that thorough cultllvntlon In
essential to the peach trco than
either pruning or spraying.
THE MODERN BANK.
What Happens When It It About to
Be Examined.
The modern bank was about to be
examined.
"Sorry to keep you waiting," said
the assistant janitor to the examiner,
"but the Prosidept "has to have a ,ew
days to call In some collateral that ho
had to use to negotiate a loan In order
that his wife could give a string of
poarls this year and beat some one
else."
"Don't mention it," said the bank
examiner. "I am In no Immediate
hurry. Still, perhaps I could see the
cashier?"
"You must give him a little time,"
said the assistant janitor, in a gently
reproachful tone. "You must reme:r.
ber that you sent no notice that you
were coming, and of course he will
have to hustle around and get from
some other bank the money he had to
borrow recently to buy his boy a rac
In? car. It was only a paltry twenty
thousand, but "
"Well, I might go in and sit with
the paying tellers a little."
"Wouldn't have you associate with
them for the world! You know we
nre only paying them about ten or
twelve dollars a week now, and as
trey have large families to support,
they are really shabby, and not fit
company for a gentleman."
"How about the office runner?"
"Ho would be all right If toe were
here, but he's down at the race track.
Come around early next week and
we'll have things fixed up so that you
can send In a report to Washington
that will be something really worth
while. You'll have to excuse me now,
as I must dust out the safe deposit
boxes where we keep the securities
left here by our customers for safe
keeping."
HIS MISTAKE.
"Did you see the discouraged look
ing young fellow who was in awhile
ago trying to get a job?"
"Yes."
"That was J. Walter Clarke, who
read an essay at his college r mi
mencemont on 'The World Needs
Us.' "
A Child of Nature.
It was a primitive ho::ie In the
Tennessee mountains where the kitch
en range Is still a thing of a vague
and distant future. Cindy, the capa
ble, buxum and barefoot, performed
her duties on the hearth of the yawn
ing fireplace, and deftly raked the
coals around the baker whore the
corndodgers were browning. A glow
ing ember, unseen by all save old
Rudd, rolled out on tho hearth as
Cindy stepped forward with the pot
hooks, and he sounded the warning.
"Sa-ay, Cindy"
"Whut, pa?"
"You done sot yer fut on a coal o'
fire."
"Say I did, pa? Which fut?"
Ambulance Field Examination.
Scene Hamilton South Haugh; sol
dier supposed to have been wounded
is brought to surgeon's tent by bear
ers. Bearer (reporting) Severe scr.lp
wound, sir, accompaniod with Insensi
bility. Surgeon Well, what have you
done?
Bearer Dressed the wound, f'r
and gave him a little whiskey ami
water.
Surgeon Whiskey and water! I'oi
aid you expect an insensible man u
swallow that?
Bearer He axed for 't, sir.
Useful Place.
Freddy Say, wouldn't you like e
have three eyes?
George Yes.
Freddy Where'd you have tie
other eye?
George I'd have It in the back of
my head.
Freddy You would? I wouldn't.
ueorge Where would you have
yorr other eye?
'reddy Why, I'd have it in the end
of my thumb, so 1 could poke it
through a knothole in the fence and
sec the ball game for nothln'."
His Weigh.
Fat Fellow When I weigh three
hundred I'll stop.
Lean Lad Stop what eating?
Fat Fellow No; getting weighed.
Heredity.
Knlcker Whom does the baby re
semble?
Bocker Its yell takes after its'
father's college.
A Life Sentence.
Teacher asked her scholars foi
nmn very J" Fmtfuw, Oi oy
. "Imprisonment for llfo."
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Home-Made Brooder.
Not Hard to Make end it Will Do
Good Service.
I have made and used a brooder
that gives good results. The ma
terial costs about two dollars and
a handy person can build one in a
day. The gas from the lamp does
not go Into the chick apartment at
all, but filters around under the
floor, making it dry and warm, ex
plains a writer in Farm and Home.
The lamp flame is about three inches
from the sheet iron. The heat flows
f-n di
DETAILS OF HOME-MADE
BROODER,
up gently through the drum, F,
which is perforated with holes In the
side, thus letting part of the heat
out Into the hover and the balance
In the brooder above. The heat res
ervoir, G, between the sheet Iron,
K, and the floor, C, is about one
Inch deep. The tube, F, should not
touch the sheet iron,' merely extend
ing through the floor, C. It takes
the least oil of any brooder I ever
operated.
In the cut, A, is the paper roofing
over inch-matched boards, B; C is
board floor of same material; D are
small windows, E is the hover, H
are holes in each side of the brooder
for the escape of gas and fumes, L
shows door to reach the lamp, N
air space below the floor.
Poultry Notes.
While oats are a good egg pro
ducing food, better results can be
secured by alternating with bran.
Rolled oats soaked In sweet milk
Is a. good ration to commence feed
ing young chickens.
Scald out the drinking vessels once
a week. Filth is easily carried to the
system through drinking water.
Clean dry earth is one of the best
absorbents for the poultry house.
Scatter it liberally over the floor.
Sprinkle the nests with a solution
of diluted carbolic acid. It will aid
materially in keeping down lice.
Boiling milk that is fed to tho
fowls will increase its value and les
sen the risks of its producing di
sease. Stick to One Breed.
The man who sticks to one breed
from year to year through all its ups
and downs, is sure In tho long run
to enjoy the Just rewards for his
constancy. The breeder who keeps
changing from one breed to another,
or who makes endless "crosses" hop
ing to find one "easy to breed" is the
one who is always complaining about
his poor luck In the poultry business.
A good poultryman can make a suc
cess with almost any breed in the
field.
The Flock Degenerates.
Some think that by crossing pure
bred fowls better results can be ob
tained, and they proceed to cross
this, that and the other varieties to
suit their fancies, and thus,the flock
is degenerated. Careful breeding
has been caried on for many years
to bring out varieties useful for
every known requirement. No cross
is so good as the pure breed in all
its purity.
A Requisite For Shells.
As hens require carbonate and
phosphate of lime for their shells, it
must be supplied in unstinted quan
tities and In the most convenient
manner for them to pick up and
swallow. One of the best ways of
supplying Is to keep old plastering,
broken oyster shells or fresh bones
pounded fine where they can help
themselves.
Chenpest Remedy.
Kerosene Is the cheapest remedy
for the red mites, or lice, that Infest
the roosts and nest boxes. The pat
ent lice killing preparations may be
more effective in penetrating cracks
and crevices, but coal oil is cheaper
and more convenient. One of the
simplest ways to exterminate the
body louse ' is by means of a dust
bath made of three-fourths soil and
one-fourth wood ashes.
Causes of Diseases.
Nearly all poultry diseases are
caused by oold, drafts, dampness, Im
proper feeding or lack of cleanliness.
Neglect or carelessness is at the bot
tom of It all. Remember, that it
Is easier to guard against disease
than to cure It, and It Is almost al
ways unsatisfactory to treat sick
fowls.
Overfat Hens.
Beware of overfat, inactive hens;
they are almost certain to be a
source of trouble and at the best are
unprofitable stock to keep either for
layers or breeding stock. Now Is
the time to weed out the drones.
Keep Only Old Geese.
Keep the old geese for brooding
purposs. Market the young ones,
Owse may M fHl be fcpt rn ser
vice many years and thus differ
from chickens.
WOMEN OVERDO IT;
WE ARE BECOMING A PEOPLE
OF HARD-RIDDEN FADS.
One of tho Chief Dangers of tho
Ago Too Many Theories of Llfo
The Food Faddist nt Fault.
Ry Roxnnna Queen.
"That poor child was washed Into
heaven," said a witty woman when
hearing of the death of a friend's
young daughter. "The mother was
a believer in cleanliness and little
Susanne was the victim.
"The youngster was always put
In the tub morning, noon, and night,
and many Is the day I've known her
to have four or five baths. She was
a peaky little thing, sick half the
time, but the doctors could not make
her mother realize that keeping tho
pores open did not mean an orgy
of bathing."
The chief danger of the age is
overdoing. We have so many theo
ries of life that often we are worse
off than without any. An overdose
benefit Is like an overcooked steak;
the best is lost.
Few of us realize the distinction
between a good thing and a too good
thing, which is one cause that we are
becoming a people of hard-ridden
fads.
The woman who is too fat Is told
to reduce. Now, reducing Is all
right, but rapid flesh shedding is a
disease breeder. To reduce In mod
eration is woll; to live for reducing
Is a virtue overdone.
Perhaps our fat friend Is told to
exercise. Does she go in for a brisk
walk twice a day and gentle calis
thenics morning and evening? Not
she. She walks until she Is ready
to drop with fatigue, and bends,
turns and twists like an aspiring
contortionist until she loses her
good looks and good health along
with her flesh.
If dieting is the order she draws
no line between rtarving an.l pru
dent eating; wrinkles and dyspepsia
follow.
A lengthened waistline usually
means a belt dropped almost to her
knees in front nnd a figure that is
a caricature in its shortness of legs.
Tho food faddist is in special need
of learning that well done is not
overdone. Who has not been pes
tered with friends who, being told
that the hot water cure is tho last
thing in cure-alls, treat themselves
like the tank of a locomotive, or
who sneer at beef-eaters when they
become nipped with vegetarianism.
It is well to bring up children
carefully, it is overdoing to bring
them up so carefully that their
young lives aro made miserable by
rules and regulations, and they aro
robbed of childhood's heritage of
ronping.
The successes in life are not al
ways the boys and girls whose par
p'l'n have advanced ideas. In child
trr!ning. Perfection forced into too
close range has a way of getting
distorted.
mother vith ultra views of de
corum was horrified to see her 15-year-old
daughter smoke a cigarette
and dance a skirt dance for the
amusement of her friends the first
time she went unchaperoned. The
girl explained that was like a der
vish running amuck from an over
dose of goodness.
The sanitariums are full because
women do not seem able to learn
that to work is well; to overwork
Is nervous prostration.
Tell an lndlscrlmlnatlng woman
that the polite hostess Is never Inat
tentive to her guests, and that Is the
house where the guest feels like
shrieking "For heaven's sake give
me a minute alone!" There's noth
ing more tiresome than overdone
hospitality.
The crank is usually the person
who overrides a good idea.
To make pleasant remarks means
popularity; to always make pleasant
remarks is sychophancy or insinoer
ity. Solid reading is good; never to
read anything in lighter vein is to
hnve a brain with as few high lights
as a silhouette.
To learn that well done is not
overdone is the surest safeguard
against life's excesses. Moderation
may not be exciting, but It wears
well.
Queens Who Smoke.
Somehow it seems unimaginable
that Queen Alexandra or the German
Empress or the Queen of Rumania
should have taken to the "cigarette
habit," to which most of the younger
consorts of European rulers confess.
Yet Carmen Sylva Is on a list of
"Queens who smoke" which has Just
been published, and explains that she
has never yet put a poetic thought
into writing without that best of
nerve soothers, the cigarette, be
tween her lips. The Dowager Em
press of Russia, Queen Amelia of
Portugal and the Dowager Queen of
Spain are also among the smokers,
and, of the younger generation, the
Empress of Russia, who had never
smoked a cigarette before her mar
riage, is now probably the one whose
dally allowance of cigarettes Is the
largest. But, then, "ladies' cigar
ettes" In Russia are of the mildest
kind almost us mild as chocolate
Imitations.
A La Mode.
"What's that curious looking oharm
you aro wearing on your watch
chain?"
"ThPt 1 o"'- '"nt-of-qrmF
chauffeur rampant., policeman, couch
f.nt hiHtire nf the nesce exnnrtant "
ITlTTTTlTTl 1"
Her Great Secret I
i"I"t"f"T'T'y"T'T'y"T''y'T'T'T''r'T"'y'',T,wy"t
Tommy Daly waited until tho pretty
girl wearing the gingnam apron pass
ed very close to his table before ho
asked the question that had been on
his lips all day.
"Goln' to the Jolly Three's masquer
ado Saturday night?" he Inquired.
"Sure I am," she laughed over her
shoulder, as she passed on. "All tho
girls Is goln'. What would I stay
home for?"
While this admission brought a
cortaln quantity of balm to Tommy's
troubled soul, It was not all he sought
to know. In fact, his Inquiry was but
preliminary to the main question,
which he proceeded to put when tho
pretty girl returned from the stock
room and smiled In the most tantaliz
ing way as she drow near his table.
"What aro you goln' as, Kit?" he
asked, innocently, pretending to bo
vastly Interested in the mechanism
of a nail puller. "I'm goln' to be a
cowboy," hq added, in a burst of con
fidence. "Ah, wouldn't you like to know,
though?" said Kitty, lingering a mo
ment to enjoy his discomfiture. "You
got a nerve! What would I tell you
for, an' have you tip me off to every
body? I should say not!"
"Honest, I wouldn't, Kit," protested
Tommy earnestly. "I Just sort o
wanted to know for myself. It's more
fun when you know somebody before
they unnask. I wouldn't give you
away, Kit."
"Sure, you wouldn't," she retorted,
"because you won't have no chance. I
ain't goln' to tell even my mother
what I'm goin' as. You wait an' see,"
The next day Tommy kept his eyea
and ears open for chance Information
about the masquerade, with especial
reference to the disguises to be as
sumed by the girls of tho factory.
However, news was scarce and diffi
cult to obtain. Otto, tho apprentice
boy, was his chief investigator, but
Otto's reports wore lacking in the
personal element most interesting to
Tommy.
"Thoy's a bunch of 'em goln' as
jockeys," whispered Otto after Tom
my hud bribed him with a cigarette to
toll all he had overheard at the vari
ous tables in tho big room. "An' two
la goin' to bo newspapers their dress
es will be all made out o' newspapers.
Them is the two big ones at the last
counter iu;:ir the fire escape," added
Otto.
Tom in interest in this informa
tion was but lnuquld.
"Wunt'.i Kitty goin' to wear?" ho
dcmandc'i. "Didn't you get wise to
that?"
"Which one is Kitty?" asked Otto.
lorani looked his disgust.
"Tnat's Kitty the ono with the big
bunch of hair over there near Ran
som's desk," he explained in guarded
tones. "Tho pretty one," he added, S
with a smile glance at the boy.
"Oh, her!" said Otto. "That's the
one I heard Ransom askiu' what :ho
was goin' as an' she said she wouldn't
tell nobody."
Saturday came and found Tommy
no wiser as to the great problem of
the hour. The shop was teeming with
gossip of tho masquerade. There was
even a wild rumor, which could be
traced to no authentic source, that
Ransom intended to lay aside his im
pressive dignity as foreman for one
evening and attend the reception of
the Jolly Three.
Along in , the afternoon Kitty con
trived to get near his table and es
cape Ransom's altogether too watch
ful eye long enough to whisper a brief
message to Tommy.
"Say, I got a good joke on Ransom,"
she said.
"Have you?" asked Tommy, bright
ening visibly. "What is it? You can't
make me sore stringln' him."
Kitty tossed her head a bit at this.
"I don't know what license you've
got to get sore or get glad over his
troubles," she retorted. "Anyway,
lemme tell you. He's been just crazy
to find out what I'm goin' as to-night."
"He ain't the only one," said Tom
my. "Well, I wouldn't tell him," pursued
the pretty girl, "Just because I wasn't
goin' to tell nobody it's more fun
that way. But I found out that Miss
Hasenbeck, you know, that ono that's
scrappin' with him about chewin' to
bacco around where there's ladles
J found out she was goln' to-night as i
a trained nurse. So I told Ransom on
the dead quiet that I was goin' as a
nurse. He'll think she's me!" con
cluded Kitty joyously.
"I don't see what he's trallin'
around to find out what you're goln'
to wear for," he snapped. "He makes
mo sick."
Kitty smiled archly. "Oh, go on!"
she said. "Didn't you want to know
yourself? What are you kicking
nbout?"
She glanced over her shoulder to bo
sure they were unheard and then,
stepping dellcously close to Tommy,
said:
"Some o' these girls is goin' as
Jockeys. I don't think that's very
nice do you?"
"No, I don't," said Tommy. "They
ought to know better."
"I think," murmured Kitty, "that n
nice quiet costume Is better some
thing like a flower girl."
Tommy's eyes glistened.
"Do you like a flower girl costume?"
he asked, eagerly.
Once more Kitty took a quick look
around and then she smiled sweetly
at him.
"Btrre T do," ph ld. nnd then floit
'd away, leav'.i.. ' t
' hnnnlnoen