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WHEN, JIM LEFT HOME.
When Jim got ’bout thirty—one,
Thought he’d like to hev some fun;
So he sez to ma: “I guess
I’ll jest quit an’ take a res’,
Tired of allus milkin’ cows,
Hoein’ corn an’ follerin’ plows,
Stackin’ hay an’ cleanin’ pens,
Combin’ horses, settin’ hens;
Jest think thet I’ll go an’ see .
What thet place called New York be."
Ma she made an awful fuss.
Turned an’ locked et all of us,
Ez we set there eatin’ duff.
“Jim, you ain’t quite 01" enough,”
She sez, “fer to leave th’ farm.
You might come acre-st some harm,
Them big cities is so wild,
An’ you might get 105'; my child.
Time to leave your mother's knee
When you he-v turned forty-three."
! Then pa looked from o'er the rim
: Of his glasses straight at Jim.
Then he looked at ma an’ said:
“ ’Liz'beth, you hev 109’ your head.
; Let Jim go. Why, look et me. -
5 My dad turned me out. Sez he:
‘Don't be allus- hangin’ round,
Go an’ build up some new town.
Make your way in life.’ Iwent, -
’ Go, Jim; you'll be president.”
Ma. she cried, an’ sister she
Jes cried, too, an’ clung to me.
Little brother Bill, he said
Thet he wisht thet hemas dead.
Wheanim got up, why, he look’t
Like a. picture in a book.
He sez: “Ma, you ain’t a man,
But pa is. An’ so I can
Go ’way fer a year or two
An’ bring home some gold to, you.”
Nex’ morn ma sez: “ ’Pears to me
Life ain’t what et useter be.
Ain’t the same farm without Jim,
An’ may God take care of him." '
Then she crep’ upstairs where he
Allus slep’, so silently.
By the tear thet dimmed her eye
I‘knowcd she went there ter cry
An’ pray to Him. But, instead,
She foun’ Jim tucked safe in bed.
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‘5 The Love That Was é
-‘ Phonographed é
I.—HIS CYLINDER.
The pho~
nograph has just arrived, and I
hasten to act on your charming idea
that we should hear each other talk
when we are apart instead of only hav-
ing the—er—chilliness of words in
black and white. (Turning his head:
“Why the deuce she should get such an
idea! ”) Yet, after all, how can I speak
to you on a faceless and thoughtless
phonograph, 'when it is your face that
I am dying to see and your little ear
that I am dying to whisper into? The
sight of you is the only thing that sat-
isfies me, so how can I be satisfied with
such a worldly, callous thing as a pho-
nograph? And, if one’s heart is not sat—
isfied, how can one say the things that
one feels, the things that stir in one’s
—er—heart? I take out your photo-
graph—I take out your (Where on
earth—‘3) As I say, darling, I take out
your photograph from the pocket near
my heart, where it lives (Dash the
thing! It’s Belinda’sl), to pretend I
am speaking to your own sweet- little
self. But- at the sight of it I can only
be dumb and think of you. And when
I am thinking of you, telling over your
beauties to my deepest heart, how can
I be so soulless as to pour out my soul
on a phonograph, of all inert things?
(Who’s that? John? Come in. No,
not whisky this morning; brandy and ‘
soda.) The one thing that gives me
happiness is the thought that, though
apart, there is a connecting link be-
tween us, even ifit is only represen‘t‘ed
by a squeaking cylinder. (But that’s
the tape, John. Where are you, John?
John! See if Catapeltes runs in the
first race. Thanks. Now go.) And it
is just that connecting link, squeaking
cylinder and gaping tube though it is,
that brings such heavenly joy to my
'soul. Oh, Cynthia, a man would serve
and wait for years, a man would make
no end of a fool of himself only for love
of you! For one kiss I could give up all
that other men call happiness. (How
on earth I am to chuck Belinda, I don’t
know. I suppose a man must, though.)
Dearest, what- did you, what could
you mean last night by asking me if
I had ever loved anyone else? How can
you doubt me? Do I doubt you? I was
horrified. Such a spirit is the ruin of
married 1i to. The woman who would
be happy must trust her husband abso-
lutely. When is a man safe if a little
unfledged goose like you—~aheml—I
mean, never, never, darling, let your-
self say‘ such a thing again. It was al-
most treachery to me for you to even
think it.‘ Could a man love as devoted-
ly, as—er—unselfishly as I love you,
rich though you are, if he had ever
given a thought to another woman‘.J
('ould a man look into your eyes if he
had ever looked with love into anoth—
er woman’s? You know he couldn’t.
Let that be our last word on the sub-
ject. I forgive you, so don't~cry your
pretty c; ts out. .
I am simply inundated with business
this morning. Every moment I am
called away, but the whole world
should wait rather than'l’d miss 'phon-
ing you, as I‘ promised. (By Jove.
though, if I don’t look sharp over the
thing I’ll miss that Goodwood special!
Hang it all! I must see'Catapeltes run
his first race.) I would give anything
to come and drive with you in the park
instead of slaving here, (That reminds
me—B—— must return that brougham.
It will do up nicely for. Cynthia.) But
I shall not be able to do more than dine
with you to-night, darling. Work
presses me very hard, and I want to
clear off everything before our mar-
riage. _ You little know ,the incessant
toil of my life, the constant sacrifice of
pleasure to the one dull grind. Bu‘t,
darling, it is all worth while. I would
do a hundred times as much for your
sake.
When we are married there mustn't
be a care in the world. And how soon
that will be! Only three weeks! (Yes, l
'Belinda must clear out of that Monte l {BUY proud 0’5 that boy Of his.
Boggs—He has a right toube. The boy ,
Carlo house. By the by, why not spend
the li’bncymoon there?) Oh, the
1' the
morrow?) stirs my soul to its very
depths. (Yes, I rang, John. Brandy
and curacoa. And call me a cab.)
And now, my dearest own, I must say
‘good-by. There must be a throng of
to hear this thing through its lessen.
Forever your owu '
' CLAUD.
II.—HER CYLINDER.
What an amusing machine this is, and
what a curious, clicking sound it
makes! Though even now—and I read
your cylinder quite three hours ago——
I hear its ticking less than the beat-
ing-pf my heart. I am glad, anyhow,
‘ that at first you liked the idea. It was
nice to hear your'voice. I’d never really
heardit before. How strange it seemed
without! you!
How curious that your” horse Cata-
peltes was only beaten by a head! Are
two heads better than one heart?—be—
cause a. few hours ago you had your
1 choice of either head or heart. Now
there is only my head left. And it has
suddenly become most' unreasonable.
'That is, it even reasons. To hear your
cylinder “thrdugh its lesson” was al-
most better than a play if, indeed, a
love play without a. heroine could ever
out alliero, because it has happened be-
fore—hasn’t it? My only regret is that
I cannot take the other leading part in
such a perfect style. But, at least as a
critic, I will try to shine, more especial-p
ly as you cannot yet understand how
fully your part was appreciated.
thy, for instance, did you have only
two drinks this morning—in the play?
Surely a few more, judiciously inter-
spersed, would have lent more color and
passion to the thing! Not that that
was wanting, either. And you did it
passing well, too. I‘“find no fault on
that score. Then, again, why didn’t
you drink champagne, instead of bran—
dy? It is ever so much more efferves~
cing, and even you must agree that, in
your letter, effervescence plays a some-
what leading part. Indeed, it drowns
the should-be heroine.
Why, too, did you send'John so quick-
ly out of, the room? Surely one listener.
more or less would make no odds—to
use your own expression? There are
two here'——the girl that Was myself, and
a strangely calm and reasonable wom-
an whom I don’t quite understand yet.
feel her laughing at that stricken girl
who lay cuddled up crying on the sofa.
How she cried, too! I really quite be-
lieve she thought her heart was break-
ing. How delicious! Besides, John’s
laugh, though somewhat boisterous, no
doubt, would have lent power, if only
as a precedent. At least, it would have
been henest. Though that might be
galling and might even spoil its stage
effect. Did yen doubt his quality as
worthy critic, or did you fear his mirth
might prove infectious? Yet, why
should that have mattered, either? And
among those tales a laugh would pho-
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nograph as well, I know. No, I cannot
think why John could not remain. He
might, indeed, have lent a hint or two.
Then the mixing of those photo-
graphs—that, for you, was poor, in-
deed!- I thought such ‘faults would
surely shame a novice! But enough——
let us see how we stand. First and fore-
most, of course, the brougham will not
need doing up—atleast, I mean. for
me. That will save a little. Then
there’s no necessity for any expense
about the changing of the house—or
its occupant. That’s on the credit side,
too. Then there comes the saving of
another honeymoon. » Your loss of time,
too. This, however, I dare not at-
tempt to estimate. The ring, of course,
is at least a dinner or so to the good.
The bridesmaids’ presents a week at
Monte Carlo, for certain.
On the whole, it seems a very good
credit list, indeed. The phonograph
has been decidedly a success. Nothing
on the debit side at all. Nothing, ex-
cepting, of course, me, but then, as I
said before, I am not the me you knew
at all. I am, the calm and reasonable
woman, beginning to learn—shall I ad-
mit it ?—a rather difficult part, gaining
nothing if I succeed, and with only a
private breakdown if I fail.
a brilliant lead how can I fail?
. . . CYNTHIA.
-—Chicago Times—Herald.
Hateful 01d Thing.
Ida—You don't seem to like Miss
'Lispnot? '
I Etta—No, I don’t. She is just hate-
I ful. The lots ofthings she knows about
people in our street and she won’t
| tell them to anybodyl—Boston' Tran-
seript.
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A Phenomenon.
Riggs—Thompson seems to be Yaw-
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is two years old and hasn’t made a sin-
thought of thf‘ie_,“'°f‘ks to-dny (or to. { gle bright remarkyet.-—Judge.
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Much“ of the value of'a heifer as a ’
be put on the stage. I do not say with- I
At least, I fully understand her when I .
But with such a lesson and with such ,_
DEVELOPING A HEIFER. '
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I A Task That Calls for the Exercise of
‘ Considerable Judgment on the
Part of Dndrymen.
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dairy animal depends upon the treat-
l ment given her during the two or three
. months preceding the time of dropping
her first calf and the firstlyear after-
ward. She ought to be kept in good,
thrifty condition, "fed a good variety
of food, be handled to make her gentle,
and be given such care as is best calcu-
lated to develop her mother qualities.
When a heifer first comes to her milk,
the milk glands that constitute the
udder are undeveloped. With these, as
with many. other organs, growth is
stimulated by use.
But the desire to secure a rapid in-
crease of progeny in too many cases in-
duces the owner to breed the heifer the
‘second time too soon, and the effect
,of this is always detrimental to her
’ best development. Before the processes
of lactation have been fully developed,
3 a second process is introduced into the
' system that is opposed to the produc-
3 tion of milk. The energies of the cow
4 are turned to the growing of the young
calf. One great secret in the develop-
:ment of a heifer for the dairy is to
defer the breeding for her second Calf
for at least four months, and, in most
cases, six months would be better. In
this way all her energies may be de-
voted to milk production. As soon as
the milk flow is well established and
the danger of milk fever is past, her
treatment, both in feeding and care,
3 should be such as will enable her to
produce the largest quantity of milk
for the longest period.
One advantage in breeding the young
heifer so that she will drop the first
‘ calf after grass and clover have made
a good growth is that the conditions
of milk production are then most fa-
! vorable, and, with good pastuage and a
light feeding of bran and cornmeal or
bran and ground oats, the young heifer
may be kept up to her full capacity of
milk production.
At the start the udder should be
! rubbed and kneaded as an aid ’to de-
velop it. Her treatment should be such
as will keep her quiet and gentle, and
her feeding should be such as will main-
tain her in good, thrifty eondition.-—~
St. Louis Republic. '
CHEAP COW STALL.
Sketch and Description of One That
Has Lately Been Introduced
with Great Success.
Some of your readers may be inter-
ested in the following sketch and de-
' scriptiou of a successful cow stall lately
finished.
The floor of gutter, stall and manger
is cement. Partitions of two-inch
spruce with strap iron along the top
and let into the floor. Width of stall,
three feet seven inches; length from
manger to gutter, five feet. Height of
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' partition, three feet four inches, slop-
ing down to eight inches at the back,
and with a short slope to the front,
leaving two feet of level top. Man-
ger board of two-inch oak, 1:3 inches
high; manger 20 inches wide at top and
14 at the bottom, but the angles at
sides and bottom are filled in with tri-
angular strips, making the actual bot-
tom of manger three feet four inches
l by 11 inches. In the middle there is a
half—inch rod, six inches long, with ring
and chain for tying. The gutter is
eight inches deep and one foot six
inches wide—Douglas Merritt. in Coun~
try Gentleman. ‘
TIMELY DAIRY TOPICS.
If the' cow will convert her food into
milk, feed her all she will eat. '
Has the cow been comfortable all
winter? If not she is losing you money.
The cow must be kept warm and fed
l such foods as she can digest.
I If you let the cow get cold, her milk
will shrink and she never again can
give as much milk as she did before
she was chilled, until she has another
calf. .
Always feed the cow that is with
calf well; and remember that the calf
is a bunch of muscle and bone. There-
! fore food such as will make muscle and
bone. Do not feed too much corn. ,
Pay no attention to the man who
tells you that you cannot feed quality
into milk. It is nonsense, pure and
i simple. Good, rich food will make bet‘
ter milk—Western Rural.
Skilled Men in Demand.
The dcmaxzdIor skilled buttermakers
is expected to be greater this season
than ever before. A number of cream-
crymen have been heard to express
themselves as being through experi—
menting with poor, cheap help, as---it
will begin this season with competent
help. It is to be hoped that every cream-
l cryman will see the profi ts to be gained
by employing a buttermaker skilled
in his art, and pay him a good' salary.
becoming moxe and more critical each
that turn out fancy'butter every day
in the week that will be on topnext
{ML-N. ‘i’. l’roducsllevicw.
has proven very expensive, and they'
The buyers on our leading markets are
year, it is going tovbe the creameries
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DAIRY REFRIGERATOR.
A Small-Building of Wood That In
Easily Put Up North of Any _
Large Farmhouse.
Plans for a small dairy refrigerator
for milk and butter from five cows
are 'wanted by J. R.'B., who has 15
leads of ice and a good cool well. He
wants aubuilding of wood and located
north of a large farmhouse, around
which is a maple grove. ,
The plan illustrated herewith calls
. for an addition of 6 by 11 feet on the
north end of the house. Across one end
of the room thus made, see ig. 2, is par-
titioned the refrigerator proper, the
rest of the room being used as a milk
room. This will give room to work
around the cabinet .creamer which I
would set in the southwest corner. The
walls, ceiling and partitions should be
made by first sheeting up both sides of
the studding with matched flooring,
adding to the sheathing on the inside
a layer of the best coal tar paper put
on in such a way that the joints match
at the studding. then 'fur out on the
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inside and add another sheeting of
matched flooring and building paper,
fur out once more, and add a third and
last sheeting of matched flooring. This
givesthree dead air spaces. The doors
should be built up in the same way as
the walls and the edges beveled so as
to close practically tight. .,
The room to be used as a refrigerator
is divided into two compartments, one
for ice and the other for storage. The
icebox is 21/2 feet square, the partition-
between it and the storage is made by
setting two by four studding six inches
apart and sheeting up on the storage
side from the bottom of the ice chest
within four inches of the ceiling. The
openings thus left at the bottom and
' the top furnish a means for circulation
of the air, which will pass into the top
of the ice box from the storage room,
where it has become warm, while the
cold air from the ice passes out below
to take its place. The bottom of the
ice chest should be up some 20 inches
from the floor, and consist of a galvan-
'zed iron drip-pan, resting'on a grating
. of two by fours two inches apart. This
grating, may be made by nailing the
two by fours onto both sides of the
studs forming the partition. ’
The water from the melting ice should
be conducted from the drip-pan to the
outside by means of a pipe, provided
with a trap, the trap being necessary to
prevent an outflow of cold air with
the water. The sides of the ice box
should be lined with four-inch strips
of inch stuff about one inch apart, the
edges planed to a bevel as in Fig. 1, so
that the drip where the ice comes
against the sides will fall to the inside
and into the pan below. The shelves in
the storage room should be of slats, so
as to allow circulation of air.
The outside door should be 21/: feet
wide, the door into the cold storage
the same width and extending from
the floor to the ceiling. The door into
the ice box, two feet wide and about
three feet high. One window with
double glass, about three feet long and
11/3 feet high, well up in the side of the
wall, will give sufficient light. The
sides of the building should be well
banked up, so that the space under
the floor will be dry and the air dead.
—Prof. G. H. True, Michigan Experi.
mental Station, in Farm and Home.
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From Plymouth to Calais there'is a
chain of decayed seaports and idle ship-
yards—a chain of rotten wharves, tum-
ble-down piers,.ship1ess harbors and
old sailors, says H. Phelps Whitmarsh,
great carrying trade, of a great foreign
shipping interest, of a great marine
power—that was. The foreigner, when
vhe looks at all this for the first time,
and realizes what has been lost, stands
aghast, and finds himself wondering
whether the high estimate set upon the
American people as an energetic busi-
ness natiOn is not, after all, an unmer-
ited one.
Aids the Clrculati‘On. .
Nine tons of pennies are taken from
the London slot machines each‘week,
the firm which runs the “mutoscope”
Wiring 83.500 alone.
Headache :for Forty Years.
For forty years I suffered from sick head-
. ache. A year ago I began using Celery King.
The result was gratifying and surprisin ,
my headaches leaving at once. The hea -
ac es used to return every seventh day, hilt
thanks to Celery King, I have had but. one
headache in the last eleven months. I know
that what cured me will help others—Mrs.
John D. Van euren, Saugerties, N. .
. elery Kingcures Constipation and all dis—
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