THE COOKY MOON. Ik cooky moon hangs in the evening akv. 'All eugary, round and aweetj I suppose it waa hung way up so high 80 no one would art it to nt; But (till there's a wny to Ret a bite For good little girla and boys If only they go to leep at night Without any fusa or noiae. Bo close one peeper and shut one eye. 60 that we II reach it Boon. 'All the babies from Hyloby, All the darling of Drowsveye, From Nnp-on a-Lnn and fcilpepy-aieli, On pilluwa of clouda piled liinh, ao high, xv i-uiiie io me cook.v moon. RUNAWAY SLAVE: A TALE OF ANCIENT ROME Dy ROBERT EUOCNE McALPINEv ill The full moon shone brightly upon the streets of Home; the cool breeze Invited many to leave their close apartments and come out for a breath of fresh air. The streets and broad plazas were gay with the multitudes, .whose varied costumes, speech and complexion showed that they came from every land. Presently a youth In SyrlatI cos tume turned the corner of an alley and began to drift aimlessly with the crowds. Though strong of limb and supple In body, yet the dejected look on his handsome face showed that health of body does not always give quiet of mind. The elation of youth was lacking; he seemed to feel himself on the losing side In the battle of life. Among the bable of sounds, lust then his ear caught words In his own tongue. A middle-aged man and woman passed him, the man telling her something most earnestly; a mo ment more and he began to sing gently. To the surprise of the now eagerly listening youth, the song proved to be a Christian hymn which he remembered having heard. In stantly the scenes of his past life Cashed over his mind and he seemed to gain fresh strength and hope from the recall. Following these new friends till convinced that they were Christians, he ventured to address them In their own tongue: "Pardon me, friends, but would you be kind enough to help a fellow countryman? I have but lately come to Rome, and though I have sought rrnestly for work, there seems to be 110 place for me. My money is near ly all gone, and it I do not soon find Mne honest way to live, my case will be desperate.'' "Ah, who are you and where do you come from?" "That Is a long story, but I am from the Taurus Mountains In Cappa docla, the same region from which you evidently come, and I am an honest man In search of work. ' "Poor boy," said the woman. "You are very young to be so far from home and so' adrift In the world. Where Is your mother?" "Dead, madam, and my father also. They were murdered by a band of mountain robbers," and the boy had a struggle to repress a sob. "'Ah. well, we must, not keep you standing here. Wo are on our way to a Christian service; would you mind going with us?" "I should be. most happy to go with you." t "Are you a Christian ?' ' "No, I know very little about the ect, but I threw away a good oppor tunity to learn it, which I now re gret, for what I then saw makes me believe It more than mere supersti tion, and iu my present friendless state, I think it might tend to give me strength and courage." Such frank questioning and reply drew them, together and by the time the place of meeting was reached, they seemed like old friends. Sit ting dewn among the waiting people, the quiet calm of the place seemed to bring peace to his spirit. And when the aged preacher stood up, the tones of his voice thrilled the youth like noble nusic. Though his stature was small and his silvery locks and bronzed face revealed much hardship, yet the clear light in his eye and the warm glow of his mes sage, made the hearers forget all thought of weakness of his body. The Syrian youth seemed to drink in the words of the Gospel with eager ears; so deeply was he impressed . that he asked for more instruction at the end of the service. His new friends introduced him to several, and presently to the great preacher himself; they told of his desire for the truth, and also of his life-story as far as they knew it. The aged man listened kindly, asked a few questions, and then lay ing a gentle hand on the youth, said, !"I think it is the wish of our Master that you come and abide with me for the present. My friend, Luke, the beloved physician, has been taking care of me, but of late he is so occu pied with the Gospel message that I should not take his time for my bodily wants. If you will make your home with me, you can assist my waning strength much, and I will gladly tell you of our blessed Lord and the salvation through Him." So It came about that young Onesimus for that was his name was taken Into the home of the great apostle to the Gentiles, and was specially charged with caring for his bodily needs. Willingly did he perform even the most menial service; for he loved and revered his master. And that master in turn took the hand some, gentle youth.to his very heart. giving him a love next to that toward Timothy, the more than son. This very love between them tend ed to melt awsy all harriers of re And wlirn it la gone, why the Moon man takca And makes ua another one; And it 'a alwara bright on the daya he bakes, For he cooka it in the aim. And then, when it'a augnry, ahiny bright, The Rood little children come, And they cat the cooky man bite by bite And every etnr ia a erunib. Bo close one peeper and ahut one eye Ho that we II reach it soon. All the babies from Hy lo by, All the ilarlinga of Drowsy-eye, From Nnp-ona-Lnn and fciloepy-siir li, Un pillows of clouda piled Inuli, ao high, jo come 10 me cooay moon. Edmund Vance Cooke, in the Woman'e Home 'Companion. serve. One day after a long conver sation concerning the things of the Kingdom of Heaven, the master, looking earneat'y at the youth, snld: "Tell me more fully your life story, Onesimus; your up-brlnglng was not pleblnn; that is quite clear." "No, master It was not. The most of my life has been spent In comfort. My father was the wealthiest man in the village where we lived; our home was luxurious for that region, and my education was the best that could be obtained." "Yes, your speech shows that, and your hands are not yet hardened by toll. But how did you drift so far from that happy home?" "Assuredly it was not of my own choslng, but as you perhaps have learned, that home was broken up and destroyed by a roving band of robbers. When they attacked the town, my father led the villagers, who tried to resist them, but he and most of his company were slain.. Tie invaders swept down upon us and came straight to our " home. My mother was ruthlessly cut down as she sought to protect my only sis ter; the home was robbed of every thing valuable, then burned; my sla ter and I were bound and carried off to be sold as slaves, and since that awful day I haVe never seen her. The robbers carried me blindfolded to their mountain stronghold where I suffered great bodily hardship and Intense anguish of spirit. After many months, one day I was hastily summoned, blindfolded and present ly handed over to a passing caravan of merchants to whom I had been Why No Farmer is Ever Thrown Out of His Job. Our farmers have heard so much about the down-trodden farmer, until many of them have about concluded that they were worse off than any other class. But there Is one glorious thing about farming, one Is not called from his vineyard, until he receives the summons to come up to the vineyard ol'' the Lord. No farmer is ever thrown out of his job fires, panics, storms, drouths may and will come; but the earth still yields her increase and always furnishes something to do for all of her agricultural children. And as long as time lasts there will be work for the farmer and food for the sower. There are other remunerations besides dollars and cents. There are no great fortunes in farming great fortunes can only be made where great opportunities are offered by an ag gregation of money, men or many smaller influences. The farmer Is too isolated for such combinations. We -do not want such combinations, for here the many must Berve the few, but for independence, for the glorious privilege of work ing out one's "own salvation with fear and trembllne." and for stamping one's individuality upon his home land and com munity there is nothing like the country. L. an e sold as a slave. These men took me to the city of Colossae and exposed me there for sale in the slave market. Very soon I was purchased and taken to the home of a wealthy man named Philemon." "Ah! Where was he from? Was he a Christian?" "He had not lived long in Co lossae, and I think he came from Ephesus, but am not certain. Yes, he was a good man, and his kind treatment of me was the first thing that impressed me with the idea that his religion was good." "The very same! Did he have a grown Bon? And was his wife named Apphla?" "You seem to know his family. He has a grown son named Archip pus, who is also, like the parents, an active Christian worker." "Most assuredly I know that fam ily, seeing I baptized both the par ents and the Infant son, but I have not seen them tor years. The pas tor of that church, Epaphras. is my tellow-prisoner here at Rome and he has told me many things about the church there which Philomen helped him to found. The young man, Ar- chippus, is now acting-pastor during the absence of Epaphras. And so you were in the home of my friend, Philemon? But tell me, how did you come here it you were his servant? I fear you took matters into your own hands and fled?" "Yes, that is exactly the case, but surely you do not think I did wrong In escaping from slavery, do you? True, my master was a kind man, and now as I look back upon it all, it may be that be was planning to in struct me in the Gospel; for he al ways tried to have me in to the ser vices with the other servants. But my heart was bitter over the terrible fate which had befallen our entire family. I saw no reason why I should tamely submit to slavery who had tho rather been accustomed to have slaves of my own. So fierce was my spirit that all the kindness of lay master was lost on me, and I determined to escape. This was the easier to accomplish because ot the gentle control in that household. There is only one thing that I re gret, and that is that I stole some gold from my master to help me in making my way to other lands. By this means I was enabled to come to this city. And was not the hand of God in It so that I was led to you?" "Yes, truly it was the goodness of God which led you to us; but, mj son, your own heart tells you that the taking of that gold was wrong It was, in fact, a theft. And as to the question of your bondage; true, God is our Father, and He would have all men to be brethren; if the Spirit of Jesus ruled In the hearts of men, all slavery and oppression wuld disappear. This la our hope and prayer, but to accomplish it, we must employ peaceful means; In meekness and humility, we must in struct men, and until they become willing of themselves to act out the mind of the Master,- we His servants must carefully obey the laws. By no means must we use violence in order to cause violence to cease among others, for thereby we our selves should become breakers of the law. We muBt be subject to rulers, and servants must obey their masters in the flesh, working heartily as unto th,e Lord and not unto men. Pie that doeth wrong, whether servant or mas ter, shall receive again for the wrong he hath done, for there is no respect of persons with God. My son, 1 know it is hard, but you must re turn." "What! Leavj you! Leave my newly obtained freedom of body and spirit, and return to slavery? And what about the gold?" 'It is hard for me also, for as you know, I have learned to love you as my own child; and, too, I need your help. But your Juty is clear; you must return to your master and serve him till the Lord gives you honorable permission to have your liberty." "As for the gold, I will assume that debt myself. Just at this time I am engaged In writing a letter to the church at Colossae which Tychl cus Is to bear to them. You shall go with him, and by you I will send a special letter to my old friend, your master, and I am well assured he will gladly receive you in my stead and do for you more than I shall ask of him. Yes, my dear son, I grieve to part with you, but it must be done." And so It came to pass that not many days thereafter the messengers received the precious letters, said a touching farewell to the revered teacher with whom another meeting in the flesh was most doubtful, and set their faces to the rising sun. Of their feception by the church at Co lossae and of the subsequent treat ment which Onesimus received at the hands of his former master, the re cord does not speak; but we may imagine with almost a certainty what did happen The klnaiy Philemon gave the youth a cordial welcome, for his own sake, for from the begin ning he had planned generous things for the poor captive. But when he heard his ctory and read the letter sent by his hand from the great teacher who had led him to Jesus, all hesitation vanished; his plans ripened at once and on the spot he told Onesimus he was free. Not only was he free, but taking him by the hand and leading him to an inner apartment, he called a young girl and presented her to One simus. With astonishment the two gazed a moment at each other, and then with joy unutterable they sprang to embrace; for the girl was the sis ter Onesimus had counted lost. But good Philemon having found her also in the slave market and learned her story, had purchased her liberty. Henceforth they both were adopted as children in this home of wealth, where there reigned the Spirit of Jesus. Christian Union-Herald. Spoiling the Tip. A certain Kentucky Justice of th3 Peace was called upon to marry a runaway couple who drove up to his house. When the final words were said the bridegroom fumbled in his pockets T.Ed Anally fished out a silver dollar. "Jedge," said he, "this here's all the cash I've got in the world. If you wants it, you kin have it; but 1 don't mind tellin' you that I set it aside for the honeymoon expenses." Woman's Home Companion. The Citizen and the Press. "The papers are afraid to say any thing," sneered the first citizen. ' "Some people don't feel that way about it," replied the other. "Evei run for office?" "No; but I wrote a letter roasting some follows that needed roasting and the paper didn't print a line." "Did you sign your name?" "Certainly not. D'ye think I'm a chump?" Philadelphia Ledger. Statistics show that, though fair haired people are, as a rule, lest strong than those who have dark hair, yet the former live longer than ;the latter. GARDEN. FARM and CROPS SUGGESTIONS FOR THE UP-TO-DATE 53f AGRICULTURIST P3f - Kindness to Cows. The old cow will get up without be ing kicked. You wouldnt think of arousing the children from warm beds with the vigorous blow from the boot. Kindness Is always as effective, or more bo, with the cows than with chil dren. If a farmer hug a kind heart In him the cow will 1lnd It out In num erous ways. Fanners' Home Journal. Start of Alfalfa. Alfalfa was first brought to Kansas by the late Harrison Parkmnn, of Emporia. Mr. Parkinan first snw alfal fa growing In Chile. He brought the seed to America and In the late seven ties he went to Emporia to live. He sowed alfalfa In a farm which he bought and the plant prospered. It was slow in gaining popularity In Kan sas, but is now one of the state's most Important forage crops. The Leaf Hoppers. The small insects known as leaf hop pers may do greater damage than sup posed. They are very abundant on low growing herbage and have been shown by Professor Osborn to bring about a very extensive although prob ably unnoticed injury to forage plants Iu large grazing runges In the wst as well as in pristine lauds in the east. He shows that on an acre of pnsture land there frequent ly exist a million leaf hoppers and that they eat as much If "not more grass than a cow. One of the species Is responsible for the stories of "weeping trees," which are seen In the newspapers. These In sects In all Binges of growth eject a fluid Fpray, when disturbed and when occurring abundantly on trees, If the trees are shaken, what seems almost like a shower of rain will fall. One of these weeping tree mysteries so called, in Texas, soma years ago, caused much newspaper speculation with various ridiculous explanations. It took a brave newspaper reporter to solve the mystery, by climbing the tree to investigate. Indiana Farmer. Trees for Posts and Lumber. On every farm there should be from three to live acres of trees planted and cultivated for posts and lumber. On western farms the planting should be done in the draws where the soil is rich and water nearest the surface. It will be well enough if the grove is planted In the pasture. The trees of course while young should bo fenced and protected from the stock. When the trees are beyond damage from the stock the grove can be thrown open and used for shade in summer and wind break in winter. For posts, common hedge will prob ably do best In the drier sections. Plant far enough apart that the trees can be cultivated. The trees should be kept trimmed. Good posts will grow before the farmer realizes It. Russian mulberry will do well also. For lum ber cottonwood will be the easiest grown and as good as the farmer can obtain for dimension stuff in erecting farm buildings. Large quantities of cotton" wood lumber are now being used in building. From the Farmers' Home Journal. Where the Farmer Wins. The cheapest eggs, like the cheapest butter and cheese, are made by the man with plenty of land. The farm er who will pay due attention to care of his poultry and to marketing the product need not fear the competition of the village lot and the city backyard. The farmer lays out no money for fancy buildings or fences. His birds forage part of their own living and improve in vigor. They find for them selves what the town poultry keeper has to buy at much expense, only to find his flock surely losing vitality af ter a year or two in close quarters. Yet Eome farmers continue to throw away their advantage by treating their pens as if farm land sold at about $1 a foot. Thus on one farm the seventy ftve pure bred hens brought In over 300, or just about the same as the seven cows on the farm, yet the farm er grudged the hens the small half acre they received out of the sixty. With two acres set with fruit trees the hens would have done still better and the cows scarcely have known the differ ence. American Cultivator. Controlling Nature. Everybody knows that of late years natural forces have been wonderfully subjected to man's need. We are daz zled by the spectacular achievements In steam and electricity, but are like ly to forget the less noisy but no less marvelous conquest of animal and plant life. For example, our parents knew noth ing of the tomato except as a curious ornament In the garden. Sweet corn was hardly better than the commonest field sorts. All oranges had seeds. Celery was little known and poor in quality. In the flower bed the mag nificent pansy has replaced the inslg nlflcent heart's ease, from which it was developed, and the sweet pea in all Its dainty splendor traces its origin to the common garden vegetable. This progress has been made In spite of the great tendency manifested In alt plants and animals to go back to the original type. It Is Indeed a battle to keep strains pure and up to the stand ard they have already attained. alone any improvement. The practi cal results are accomplished by man operating largely for love of the work, like Luther Burbank, in California, and Eckford in England, as well as by thep great seed merchants, who are not only eternally vigilant to hold what ground has been gained, hut have a corps ot trained specialists backed by ample means to conduct new experi ments. Indiana Farmer. Horse Prices. The attribute of quality has been a potential factor in the advance ot prices for horses the last decade. In 1899 there were reported 13,605,307 horses in the United States valued at $511,074,813, or an average of $37.39 per head. In 1908 the live stock statis tics enumerate 19,992,000 horses, ap praised at $1,807,030,000, or an average of $107.76 per head, in ten years horses have lncfeased0,320,393 head and gained in average value $70.37. It would take the average price of three horses a decade ago to purchase an av erage equine today, says Drovers' Journal. Two elements have largely contrib uted to higher prlcesfor horses; one, Improvement In qtmllty and the other tho more prosperous condition of the country. Horses are now bred for par ticular purposes heavy class for draft use and harness breeds for pleasure driving'. An era of record prosperity and increase of national wealth have contributed the ability to pay higher prices for horses. Horses are bred moro for specific use than a quarter of a century ago and the higher qual ity of Individual members of any breed governs the marnet value of the ani mals. Breeders are now raising horses not from sentiment but as a commercial proposition. Horses are produced for industrial use and the more they ap proximate a high standard of excel lence the greater their commercial value to consumers. How I Sell Live Stock. I was a good deal interested in the article on the third page of the In diana Farmer last week on "How to Sell Live Stock," by Prof. Humphrey of the Wisconsin Agricultural college, and I want to give you my experience. I have been advertising more or less in three agricultural weekly papers, but as I found nearly all my sales were made by my advertising in the Indi ana Farmer, I cut the other two out, and now use yours, and occasionally one in Illinois and Ohio. In both hogs and sheep I generally book enough orders to take all I lyive in the course of a few weeks' advertising. But I don't stop my advertising then. I would prefer to write customers that all have been booked for sale, and en close them my circulars, for the next time I have. any for sale I am always sure to get the ofders of these disap pointed customers very early after I begin my new advertising and I find that this plan of going on for months pays me well. I think I found the philosophy of this matter a few years ago while spending a few days at one of the summering lake hotels. I was there about the first of September and it was still hot and the fishing was good. The hotel was full of people enjoying them selves, and one morning at breakfast the landlord announced that all must get ready to leave the bouse, and that dinner would be the last meal for tho season. Everybody complained and protested, but all nad to go that day. I asked the proprietor why he closed his house with It full of well satis fied guests, and he replied:' "That is the way to gat them all back with others next summer, and that if he waited till they had all they wanted they would not be sure to come back." I believe that it is the good things we can't get when we want them that make people hanker more for them. Anyhow, people who want my pigs and lambs for breeders and can't get them because they write too late, are sure to send me an order earlier the next season. And so I keep on advertis ing and answering them that they send orders too late as all for sale was booked. Subscriber in the Indiana Farmer. Alligator Pear Here. ' One of the novelties with which the dealers in fruits are tempting palate.s these days is the alligator pear, or avocado, an import from South Ameri ca. The first thing that occurs to a person seeing this fruit for the firs: time is to wonder why It Is called an "alligator pear," or a "pear" at all, for that matter. In general appear ance it resembles far more closely a giant green fig, its skin sprinkled thickly with tiny black spots, to which the qualifying bait of its name may, perhaps, be due. When divided the resemblance to a pear avnlshes altogether. From the centre Is taken a black pit, as large as an agg leaving the fruit much like a muskmelon cut in half. The meat is a light pink in color, and possesses a delicate flavor suggestive of pea nut butter, but totaftXree from oil! ness. The Halves are srved as they are cut, to be peppered Vnd salted to taste, with the addition of olive oil to lerycomplete the salad. 'S'ew York Sun. "Gluten" Bread and Cracker Frauds By CHARLES CHRISTADORO. j When starch must be eliminated from a sick man's diet, white bread Is the first thing tabooed, and then follow potatoes and other over charged starchy cereals. It is a ser ious matter for the patient to he de nied bread, and so the pathway is smoothed out and the doctor "Pre scribes "gluten" bread, because gluten Is not a carbohydrate, and "gluten" bread is supposed to be free from starch. , What is gluten? Well, spend ten minutes and find out not all about it, but something about it. Obtain a heaping tablespoonful of white flour. Add a little water to It, in a saucer, and dough It into a compact ball. Turn on the tap in the sink, and let the water drip upon youf hands as you roll the ball between your palms. The hall will grow less and less, and the water will be white with starch cells held In suspension. In ten min utes, more or less, the water will run clean and clear, and you appear to have a nodule ot yellow, firm, vegetable gum, which you are tempt ed to call "pure" gluteri. Become a gum chewer for once, and keep a chewlng for a couple of hours. At the end of this time the quantity of gluten is less than when you took it from the hydrant. What has hap pened? You have simply mechani cally crushed and broken" the gummy mass, exposing the lnflnlteslmally fine starch fells to the moisture of the mouth, and the washings out of the raw Insoluble starch has continued, just an extension ot the sink-washing process, with greater mechanical elaboration to expose the entangled starch cell. Now take the piece ot gluten to an analytic chemist. When his report comes In, you read starch fifteen or eighteen, or maybe twenty per cent.; gluten, eighty-five, eighty two or eighty per cent., and begin to appreciate for the first time what real gluten Is. 1 Where a cas9 is a desperate one, and starch or no starch will turn the balance of life, it Is very easy to pro cure and analyze a sample of the flour or cracker of "gluten" the pa tient Is to use. Such a course would save a physician many a perpleilng hour, and maybe an esteemed patient now and then. Gluten Is a word to conjure with. There Is for sale in London and Paris a gluten bread that Is much like baked horn or glue, but It is a step toward gluten, although It may con tain twenty to twenty-five per cent, of starch. The fact Is, nothing short ot an In tricate Installation will produce pure gluten, and that at a price which Is quite prohibitive. Some of the glu ten breads on the market may have a portion of their starch eliminated, while others have little claim to any use 01 tne name. scieatinc Ameri can. Buck Fever. The saying, "A fool for luck," was never more clearly illustrated than in a little anecdote told by Colonel Ev ans in his book on California. The author speaks of "buck fevef " as be ing one of the most, violent diseases which ever attacked the human sys tem. It has been the undoing of many an experienced hunter, but in the case cited by Colonel Evans it proved to be the" making of a reputa tion. A farmer in Illinois named Wheeler had never fired a gun. One winter, however, he heard so much talk about the sport of hunting that his ambition became excited, and bor rowing a gun he started out. When he came back he brought a mag nificent buck, shot by himself square in the middle of the forehead. He said little about his achievement, but got the credit ot being a crack shot, a reputation which, although he went hunting no more, he held for several years. Then one day he told his story and lost his name as a sportsman. He had seen a doe drinking out of a creek at the foot of a bluff about twenty feet high. With wild excite ment he got his gun to his shoulder, shut his eyes, set his teeth and pulled the trigger. To bis astonishment he saw the doe bound away unhurt, while at the sam9 time a glorious buck pitched headlong from the bluff into the creek, stone dead. The buck had been looking down at the doe, and Wheeler had not seen him at all, but his shaking gun sent its shot on a fatal although unintend ed errand. Youth's Companion. Galls and Clams. The discussion continues between those who think that all the acts of the lower animals are satisfactorily explained by the hypothesis ot in herited instinct, and those who hold that there Is an element of intelli gence, if not of reasoning in these things. Mr. W. L. Flnley, in a re cent work on American birds, men tions an observation of his which may, perhaps, be explained either way, but which in any case Is inter esting. A gull seized upon a clam, and rising to a height ot about fif . , . .nnn,n 1 . -ii . . letru icei, anuncu i l iu tail uuu uopu ground. The clam kept its mouth shut Again the gull rose with it to the same height and dropped it once more, with the same result. This operation was repeated fifteen times, when at last the shock had the de sired effect, the shell was opened, and the gull enjoyed its dainty. Youyj's Companion. 1 v irttt. ' 1 Mis Yearning "1 hope," said the young"orator. luai 111 gpccViUs ujbb viv 3 T-tJ u for better things." "They do." an swered the relentless critic. "They nakb mi ytfra to be at home asleep."
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