WORLDS BEST 6 'A hog skin or a steer hide is the best grain sack a man can have on a farm. War does not keep a pig from making a hog of himself. War does not keep a cow from giving milk nor a hen from laying eggs. On the other hand war does very debidedly interfere with the market- ing of the products of the one crop farmer. The only safe way to con- tinued success against unfavorable markets, opposing climate conditions and destructive insect life, is to have --% something to sell every week in the i year. It is the business of the Texas farmer 'to see to it that his living is secured. The matter of his living, be- ing secured by diversification of plant and animal production, he does not depend directly upon the surplus or profit crop. This diversification of farm interests has in it an even more important factor than that just stat- ed, namely, permanently maintaining the fertility of his land All per- manent and far-reaching prosperity is based upon oil production, and soil production must not decrease. No man can secure for himself the best recognition of citizenship unless every act of his adds to the sum to- tal of his community's material suc- cess and happiness. --C. W. Farr. Notes By the Way. The passerby knows the farmer by the appearance of his surroundings. If his fenceW are neat and straight, gates hanging true, his outbulldings subgtantial and orderly, he is recog- nized as a good farmer. He may not be financially well-to-do, but he will conimand the respect of others and his orderliness will - eventually pay him well. There is no getting away from the facet that the money for the stock- man is in good stock. It makes lit- tio difference as to clas® or breed, provided they are adapted.to sell, climate and loeal conditions. What is true of pure-bred dairy cattle is true of beef cattle, horses, sheep and swine. The man wha_sgets a high standard of ind'viduality, pedigree and performance and uses good judg- ment in his breeding operations which enables him to reach his goal KINGSTON is the man who is paid for his pains. In order to secure a good percen- age of fertile eggs it is necessary ta mate the birds some time before the eggs are needed. This should be done at least two weeks before start {ing to hatch. Keep a few extra birds on hand for changing in the "breeding pen. Alternate _ the male ! birds every week or two, and the re- sults should be better. z If you want your cows fed right, do it yourself, if not, end somebody else to do it. A good percentage of fertile eggs {may be expected up to about two weeks after the male birds have { been removed. Shown By King. At the recent Birmingham Show (England), it is of interest to note that the heaviest heifer exhibited was {a Devon, shown by the King. Not so | long ago the Devon was amongst the smallest of the breeds, but the great change that has taken place forces the conclusion that the Devon steer may nowadays compete with any of the weight-making breeds. In the case of having to use con- taminated milk for buttermaking; the milk or cream may be pasteurized, after which the cream is ripened. The heating of the milkwil destroy tue germs in it, and cause any vola- tile taints in the milk to disappear. While it is sometimes beneficial to pasteurize milk for butter, it would not do to treat milk in this way for cheesemaking. Some manufacturers still send out corn cutters that have part of the gearing unprotected. It ought to be against the law to do it. boys caught his right thumb in the wheels of one of these unguarded ma- chines and jammed it so that it will always be only a stub. Luckily it did not take it clear off though. Silence does not always give con- sent. The man to whom you are talking may be thinking of some- thing else. It is easier to break the will of a dead man than the will of a live woman. Skirts are no longer worn full but they look full to the average man. One of our} r ! URGED TO By "Vim" in Weekly Toronto, Dear Sir,~Would youd kindly "give me your opinion regarding the hog market the coming' fall and winter? I am not rich, and 1 cannot afford to raise hogs® for the fun of the thing. The Government, I see, as- sures us that grain prices will be high. Should that b® the case, where will thé profit come in if hog prices remain as they are? Sun, As this question ig of general inter- est 1 will reply (5 it through the columns of the Sun- . Il would say, ip the &rst place, that it is a risky thing to make a radical change in our system of farming, es- pecially Hf we are being fairly success ful. No one gan forecast with cer- tainty futupe- pricés of produce or crop yields, and it is foolish to per- mit ourselves {o be influenced by opinicns which are often founded only on fancy. 1 knew a very suceessful tradesman who decided to try farm- ing, He rented a first-class farm, and proposed to make a fortune in a few years. His plan--which looked all right to him---was to grow fifty acres of fall wheat and fifty acres of. peas each year. The following year ne would sow fall wheat on the pea land and sow the wheat stubble Arita peas. He figured out that he should have a yield of thirty bushels per acre all round. Wheat was worta thes" around $1 and peas 50 cents per bushel. The sum total looked especially pleasing, and he likely wondered why these stupid farmers had never stumbled on to the idea. He was a man of decision and ac tion, and put his plan into execu- tion. The crops grew well, the wheat es aped winter killing, and prospects were bright. June came, the wheat headed well, and the peas blossomed like a garden. As ripen- ing pericd approached the heads had an unnatural appearance, 'which; up- on examination, revealed the sad fact that they were destroyed by the midge. When threshed, the yield was Kingston. April 3. Meats, Beef, local carcase, Me iii Beef, hinds, 1b. Beef, cuts, 1b. . Beef, western, 1b. . Hogs, live, 1b ...; Hogs, dressed, 1b. . Hogs, pork, by quarter, 1b. Lamb,by carcase |b. Mutton, 1b. 4 Veal, by carcase,lb, Fish, Blue-fish, 1b, ..... $ Bloaters, doz. Cod, steak, 1b Fillets, smoked; 1" Haddies, finnan, Ib Haddock, fresh, 1b. Haddock, frozen, Ib Herring fresh wa- ter, doz. Live lobsters, Oysters, quart Pickerel, 1b, Kippers, doz, Mackerel, 1b. .... Salmon, Chinook, | 1b. Salmon, ter, 1b. Salmon, ' * smoked Qualla, Ib. ' _Salmon,Qualla, Salmon, cohos, Shad, smoked, Smelts, fresh, Trout, salinon, White fish, 1b, salt 1b. 1b. Ib. 1b. 1b. Soe never bE 2D BO BO BD Poultry. 18 1 Chickens, live, 1b. 13 Dueks; 1h: Hens, dressed, Ib, Hens, live, 1b. , 3. Turkeys, Ib. 18 Dairy Products. Butter creamery 1b, Butter, prints, 1b. Butter, rolls, 1b. . . | Cheese, old, 1b, Cheese, new, 1b, Eggs, fresh, doz. Bananas, doz. .... ' Crdnberries, qt. Cucumbers, each Figs, 1b. Grape-fruit, each . Grapes, Malaga, 1b. Lemons, Messina, | Oranges, doz. .... Tomatoes, 1b. | Beets, bush. Cabbage, doz. .... Carrots, bush Celery, bunch .... Lettuce, bunch ... "x Onions, green, bush. 110 Potatoes, bush. .. x Rhubarb, bunch .. Turnips, bag | Barley, bush. Bran ton Btickwheat, bush. . Corn, yellow feed, bush. x 00 Ho 15 $0 Corn, cracked cwt. Corn, meal, cwt. .. Flour, ewt. Hay, baled, ton Hay, loose ...... Oats, local bush, . Oats, Man., bush.. Straw, baled, ton. . Straw, loose, ton . | Wheat, bush: 1 Fox, large Fox, medium Fox, small Lynx Mink, large Mink, medium | Mink, small Muskrat, large ... Muskrat, medium. Muskrat, small Raccoon, large ... | Raccoon, medium . Raccoon, small | Skunk, black | Skunk, short stripe | Skunk, stripe Skunk, stripe Weasel, 50 white 90 Big Slump In Hides. Owing to slac® demand and poor quality hides declined five cents per pound last week. There is practic- ally no market for the same in Guonlities. Local quotations are | Hides, green, 1b, . Heavy bulls, 1b. . | Veals, green, 1b, | Deacons, 1b G¢ to Tallow rendered in cakes .... | Kips or grassers, Ib. 10¢ GROW HOGS little more than what he had sown, and of very inferior quailty. The peas did fairly well, but they could not make up for the failure of the wheat crop; besides, he had no oats, no hay and no roots. These he had to buy, which, with the deed wheat he needed to sow for the next crop, took about all the pea crop to pay for. This experience did not convince him of his error. He followed out his plan for another year, with worse results, as the wheat was de- \stroyed by the midge, and the peas were an inferior crop. That year ended his farming career, and he concluded that theré was no money in farming. 1 "Putting all your eggs into one or two baskets" is not wise, hecause it is too risky. It rar ly occurs that all classes of crops do well in any «ne year. 'The same is true with stock. If a farmer has heen successful with hogs in the past (and the majority have) they have all the equipment for carrying it on. 1 would consider ft very unwise to go out of hogs or diminish the stock kept, on ithe sup- position 'that coarse grains will be dear and the hog market low. I made money out of hogs which sold at five cents when the feed was | worth one cent per pound. Thére should be more money in them. now at present prices of hogs and grain, I have nevir fed more than five pounds of mixed meal per day per 'hog in the finishing period. jhe great secret of profitable hog raising is to raise them up to 125 pounds weight on a minimum of meal. 'lo féed on meal alone from weaning to finish is unscientific and unprofitatls. . Spring | | litters should be raised principally on | grass and rape up to the time they ! are put upon stubblis. The feed they gather and the exercise in gathering it puts them in the best possible share for finithing off on grain. The first hundred pounds should be | produced at a cost of three cents per pound, as the lasb<hundred will re- quire five pounds of mixed meal for every pound weight of grain. =At y A At At Sat A a a a A lA. AN Pe At Al i ANIA AMA. AAA tl MARKET REPORTS POULTRY FARMING A SCIENCE There is money in poultry. What one needs to learn is how to get it out. Poultry ke¥ping is a science. It demands thought and study. The time has passed when any person could raise poultry and make money. People who fail to make a success of some other business, and then em- bark in the poultry industry, are not, as a rule, the kind that will be suc- cessful in the poultry business. Those not having common sense and intelli- | 'gence to mix with the food they give! their poultry had better stay out of | some- the business and thing easier. Consumers of eggs and poultry must looketo the farmers to produce it. The farmers must fernish the foundation for the poultry industry. Poultry specialists, often, have not proved successful. Some specialists have put $3.000, $4,000 and even 4 $6,000 in poultry plants, - and have practically lost it all. When it is considered how, and under what con- siderations, these plants were start- ed, it is little wonder that they failed. There may be a place for the spec- falist, but it is to the farmer people must look for the future of the poul- try industry. The farmers are peculiarly adapt- ed to the poultry industry. They grow the food, at first hand, and feed i it without other people having pro- fits thereon. A great deal may also ibe fed that would otherWise go to waste if it were not for the poultry. The bané of the poultry business undertake on the average farm has been that) the hen is honest some exceptions to pay for her keep, even when neglected. She, | therefore, has been: neglected. No | branch of live stock yields as readily enough with >| to improvements in increased produe- sition as does the poudtry. Realizing i this, the poultry should be the best paying branch on the farm. The machinery for successful poul- {as many hogs as usual. on future prices. THIS YEAR jrosent prices of hogs and grain the coly profit would be gained in the | first hundredweight. This would not pay. Any profit made would be in the using up of unsaleable stuff and in the valuablé manure made. Few farmers would raise hogs under these conditions, but wk must not forget that all grain fed at home helps to raise the price of what is sold. Hog Raising. We cannot expect everything pro- duced to yield a handsome profit every year. ' Markets have always fluctuated and always will. This is right; when prices are high the pro- ducer gains; when low, the consum-! er is benefited. Dear food 'means less money to purchase other com- modities. This, again, affects other trades; whose 'artizans, in turn, have less to purchase with, so that in the end none are the better for it. It is| better for all when supplies and prices are normal. The war has disorganized everything, and we can- not forecast its future effect on gen- eral trade. We farmers are being urged to put forth special efforts to produce more. It would be unwise to make any radical change in our system. If we gow more. wheat we shal have te sow less of other grain. We can-| not diminish or increase our stock to any great extent. What we need to do is to feed judiciously; sow lib- erally of corn, rape and-roots. These are cheap stock foods, and makes less grain and hay necessary to fit for market. 1 would say to my inquirer: Keep We have had two dry years in succession.. The | coming season is most likely to be normal.! Should that be the case, we may look for bumper crops, which will give a 'downward turn to the markets for grain. Stock (in- cluding hogs) prices are more likely to go up than down. We farmers cannot afford to gamble ar speculate We must do our trust God, and go ahead. -- best, VIM. | those of the {at the sagie time POULTRY POINTERS. This is a big month with the ama- teur for hatching poultry. The eggs of the heavier breeds should be started earlier in the month than lighter breeds. The lighter breeds may be started toward the end of March. "if you are hatching with hens be sure to set several at the same thme, | so that the chicks will come off to- gether. ' In this case the chicks should be given to one hen to mother It is a wise practice, even when an incubator is used, to set a few hens the machine is started. When eggs are shown to be infertile by test they can be replaced with eggs taken from under the hens. Start you incfibator a day or two before the eggs are placed in it, so that it will be in perfect working or- der when incubation is begun. © Try to have eggs for hatching that are uniform in size, shape and color. It is a mistake to use eggs that are abnormal. Eggs tested out and showed to be infertile may be used for cooking purposes, or saved to feed to the young chicks. Hard-boiled eggs are excellent for the first feed. Eggs may also be fed raw by mixing them with bran. Make sure that the broody hen is disinfected with lice-powder several times while setting. You will find you run no chance of her dying on the nest because of the ravages of insect pests. ) As it grows warmer give some at- tention to the sanitation of the poul- try-house. 1t is a good plan to disin- fect it thoroughly in the spring sea- son by the use of whitewash or some of the commercial disinfectants. A good spray pump will disinfect every crack and crevice. -- Countryside Magazine. There are some persons who are 80 honest that they wouldn't take a cent that didn't belong to them, for the reason that it wouldn't be worth while. . A little learning is never danger- ous when it is the possession of one who knows just how little it is. Some people would, rather happy than good. > bé A A AA OA A A At NN A NA Er lpi ® a TES The negro, who fifty years ago had just emerged from slavery, has been giving a fairly good account of himself. The negro population of the United States to-day falls a bit 'short of 10,000,000, Of this num- ber, contrary to popular opinion, 7,- 0u0,000 live in the country, constitu- ting 14.5 per cent of the country po- pulation of the United States. In other words one farmer in seven is {a negro. THe number of farms op- erated by negroes in 1910 was 893,- 370. Of this number 218,972 were operated by their owners, 672,954 by tenants, and 1,431 by managers. The increase in the number of own- ed farms during the decade 1900 to { 1910 amounted to 16.6 per cent. and the number of negro tenants increas- ed by 20.8 per cent. This increase is greater than that of the negro po- pulation, and indicates that the negro is moving fromthe city to the coun- try. The totalsvalue of the farm property operated by negroes in 1910 was $1,144,181,000, as compared with $499,941,000 in 1900 indicat- ing that the agricultural property operated by negroes increased almost treble luring the decade. When one «takes into account the handicaps un- der which the black man has strug- gled the remarkable character of the progress indicating by the facts gi- ven above, appear all the greater.-- Farm, Stock and Home. Object Of The Campaign. It is not to be supposed that pat- riotism and production means in- créased production alone; it means {also improved production, Neither does the phrase or term mean that anybody assumes to teach anybody else how to conduct his own affairs. It is merely founded on the plain and acknowledged fact that no- body is so wise that nobody else can give him a. hint of suggestion of va- lue in some department of his busi- ness, It is always possible to be \ too rigidly self-contained. i Hatred is often the result of knowing but one side of a person. Even men who say but 'little talk too much, FARMING ACREAGE INCREASED Within the next few weeks the|at forty per cent. The figures. give! 000 acres, which a total acreage plowed last fall of This is an inerease of 1,766,108 acres 'over the preced- Figured at 21.38 bushels to the acre--the flat average of the farmers in Canada will be engaged | upon the work of seeding the _great-| est acreage which has been given over to the production of grain in the history of the Dominion. While statistics portraying the actual in- crease in area will not be given un- til the federal authorities at Ottawa compile in the late spring the re- work done, the findings of investiga. stions which have already been com- | pleted point clearly to the conelus fon that the additions throughouty the western provinces, at least, will be very considerable in extent. Offi cials of the Canadian Northern re- cently finished a survey of fall plow ing along the lines of the company in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al: berta. The figures which were sent in, of course, deal with the C.N.R.! only, but they may be taken as aa indicgtion of the manner in which the farmers west of the Great Lakes have responded to the call for a - greater productibpn of foodstuffs in Canada. Five hundred ang thirty- nine agents contributed to the re port in order that it would be thor: oughly repregentative of the terri- tory served. Altogether, along the Canadian Northern lines in the prairie pro- vinces the increase may be averaged try raising is already installed on most farms. There are but few farmers who hive no hens and some | place to shelter them. In many | cases only a slight expenditure would | bring the poultry department up to | date. Give the fowls the care and | attention that they merit. and that | other live stock receives, and the { as - Arm A rp AA i PN i St 6,181,376 acres, ing year. yield in western provinces in 1914 for wheat, oats and barley--the grain ryield from -fall plowed lands along anitoba, would On the ports from their correspondents on'yjeld basis of last year the increased 3%7,759,- But 1914 was an the Canadian Northern Im Sagkatchewan and Alberta be 132,157,818.88 bushels. acreage would 389.04 bushels, off year for grain production in ih west, and that average will probab- ly be exceeded in 1915. The largest acreage for any one station was reported from Star City, produce in the black loam district in Nor-| thern Saskatchewan. It was given as 110,000 and the increase over | last year as 40 per cent. Naisberry, close to Star City, reperted 75,000 Melfort, nearby on the same acres. line, claimed an increase of 100 per | cent. Rosthern reportdd an. increase iof 300 per cent over last year. Duck | Lake's 50,000 acres is an increase of | sevénty-five per cent. To the north, Hafford, on the new line ing the cities of Prince Albert and | North Battleford, reported 72,000 {acres an area 95 per cent. {than in 1913. To the south, in | Saskatchewan, Delisle, on the Sas | katoon-Calgary line, reported 88. ce for the table and for sale: they arrive. makes good at it. connect- | | increase of greater | faithful hen will do her part in pro-| viding eggs and poultry in abundan- two fat women in a is an increase of 30 per cent. Marshall, on the main {line toward the Atberta boundary [returned 50,000 acres. In Alberta | the town of Hanna reported 40,000 acres, an increase of 20 per cent Settler in the central portion of tae province, gave 30,000 an increase ol 20 per cent. Craigmyle, close tu Calgary, reported 40,000 acres, and tDelia, the next station 47,000 which |18 an increase of 200 per cent. Two towns on the same line, eloser to { the Saskatchewan-Alberta line -- | Cereal and Chinook---report 15,000 acres each. In the former the in 'rease is given at 1400 per cent. whilé at the latter place there was no fall plowing done in 1913, Even in the older settled parts of {the west, there are gratifying in- | creases. At Morris, in Manitoba, the {acreage is given at 30,000 and the {increase 35 per cent. At Gladstone, there are 20,000 acres, which re- present at '25 per cent. increase. At Spirling in the Carman subdivision, « | the agent reports 40,000 which is an increase of 15 ,per cent. At Dunrea lin the Hartnéy district the figures jump to 70,000 which represents an 70 per cent. Kipling reports 75,000 an increase of 90 | per cent. As these are the conspicu- ous returns only, it is apparent that | Canada is doing her allotted part of {the task which is at present conf- 'ronting the Empire. nn The individual who sits between crowded 'car knows what it is to have greatness {Ahrust upon him. The things that come to those who | wait are apt to be stale by the time | Ministérs may come and ministers may "go, but the choir feud goes on | forever. A genius is a man who seldom | Trying to dodge work tireg more {men than hard labor, r Xt A Case For Solomon Be 3 All true childrin gwine in de wilder- ness, CGwine in de wilderness' Gwine in de wilderness! 2 True believers gwine in de wilder- ness, To take away do sins o' de world! Ag the sullen yellow waters the melody floated as the upper branches of the great sycamore {ree bent and trembled under the weight of dusky humanity clinging to them. There were Uncle Zeke Peters and Aunt Droon, his wife; Uncle Jabe Higgins and Molly and their daught- er, Cushy; Romulus and Remus Rho- des, young twin brothers; Romulus' wife, Philadelphia, and two girl ba- bies of six. months, one belonging 'to cach of the twin brothers. i The two rent houses on the Allen raddock plantation, within a stone's throw of each other, and occupied by Romulus and Remis, were a mile from the plantation house, with its 18 rent houses grouped near, ' It had that Adeline, Re- mus' wife, had gone to town at the rain, "tradin'" and had got Aunt Droon Peters to take charge of her infant and household. Just before noon Uncle Zeke Peters, Ecenting fried ham, had joined his wife, and "Remus at lunch. Delphi, © Romulus', elpmate, also had had company that, J gitors had arrayed her baby, Rowena, in _her best bib and tucker, consist- ing of her gift clothes recently pre- sented by Mrs. Braddock for the sake of the babe's name. At the same moment Aunt Droon, seeing across the yard Romulus' ba- be "decked out," had sought in Ade- line's bureau drawers and brought out and clothed Adeline's baby in her gift clothes--given by the same don- or in honor of the babe's name, Before their marriage Delphi and Adeline, who were "double first cousins" and very often mistaken the one for the er, had the best and tenderest of friends, but shortly alter lind become bitter enemies over a Stray turkey. Neither had spoken to the other since nor had either seen the other's Baby. nor per- mitted their husband's to see the ot- her child. ; Romulus and Remus were exactly alike in size dnd feature, only dis- tinguished by the white people, the one from the other, by a scar us had on his neck, and only one of in- finite 'have told the in- | ants apart. . . It bad rained for days there on the Colorado---mild, warm November rains. Usually when the river got near the top of its banks the negroes fled to higher ground, but before Adeline could return from 'town the floods swept over the fields and the occupants of the two cabins, visitin ous, drenched rabbits and ; day---the Hig: gins family--and in honor of her vi- wildcat squatted in the 1. | babies is a eniilin' 7 > trees; boats ripped from their fast- edings, and, borne away by the flood, passed the refugees. In the raw moonlight the infants wailed dolor- ously. 'Then Uncle Zeke had the singing, hoping some rescuer might hear. Young Amasa Follett and Homes Brownlee, out in their boat, hunting up flood-caught folk, had reached Allen Braddock's plant- ation house, surrounded by water in- deed, but on a righ rise of ground so that the yard and the premises were | & dry island. suggested Braddock, "and all the negroes in the rent houses closé to the house, but Romulus' and Remus' families down on the river, I know, are drow- ned." ¢ "Now, dey ain't mistiss!" Old Un- cle Patch shinny came hobbling ex- citedly up to her, his battered hat in his hand. "Jim Bob Clipper's Booky, he's hesred 'em singin', Da 'tis! Hear 'em? "Thank God for that!" cried the | young planter big sycamore," Send : A little later young Follett's boat pulled up to the shivering refugees. 'I can't take but two of you off ata he explained. "Help two of the wo- men in, i Aunt ip aad Aunt Marty, ho was well- a fainting con b helped in. ole tree is a rockin' on huh roots! "Put the infants in. The boat'll "We are safe!" sobbed ttle Mrs. time--boat'll swamp if I take more," | dock "De | the kitchen floor. '| upon the child. "Dat's Half way to the plantation house a great floating log headed straight into the light boat. It shook and keeled over. There was a flash of something white, and when the boat righted itzelf and the moon came out of the shadow again there was only one infant on the boat, The rescuers made three more trips between the plantation house and the tree. Last of all to be taken off were Romulus and Delphi. The latter had refused to leave until her man could go with her, child on the Braddock back porch, a strange look on her comely face. Re- mus looked inquiringly about. "Wha my lil gal?" he asked. Aunt Droon fell inte bitter weep- ing. Remus's yellow face - blanched. "Wha my lil Roweny?" he repeated. "Da wa'nt nobody to blame, Reme!" implored Uukle Zeke, when the pitiful tale was told to him. "I hain't blamin' nobody," erled Remus, in frantic misery. "But what Alter five days the river went back to its Bad, and Adeline, a mud cover- ed ure with face hollowed by woe, managed to get ont to the Brad- ouse. : When she reached the house Del- phi who had in the five days become a shadow of herself, was out in the garden helping the Braddock cook gather lettuce; radishes and green onions. Her infiht was asleep on @cream Adeline fell 'baby! How came you alls tell me she wah drownded ?" With a Joyful fond or oe veh, I gwine tell Adeline when she axe} "They're all in 'the | ful huh ys To negroes. Delphi came 18 from the garden. "De chile is mine," she de- clared calmly, "de chile is mine, I knows my own baby, I reckons." Before Adeline realized what she intended, Delphia had quietly taken the child from her arms. Nor would she relinquish hold of her again, but sat sofigly holding her even into the night. ~Remus-in the five days of his fran- tic grief had not looked at the ehild, but now he declared she was "'ezz- actly like" his "lil Roweny." mammy she ought to know! De mam my, Rame, she ought to know! Del- phi say hit's her baby!" Adeline filled the house with her wails. "0 Remus make huh gig de little un to 'me! O Mis' Roweny, you made -de little clothes she had on. You know the's my little Roweny!"" "The clothes were exactly alike I made for them!" Mrs. 'Braddock groaned. "Oh, Allen, why did I not trim them differently?" At midnight Adeline approached Delphi again. -- "Fuh de love o' God, Delphi, gimme my baby foh I goes distracted! Gimme me huh! Reweny, look at mammy!"" 3 : The little one, nurding; smiled up in Adeline's face, hn returned con- theng." Delphi said Adeline. "I'd let you take huh and hald huh again yoah poor, achin' haht, only I's feerd you mout make off wid huh some % : Consternation reigned among the ly slept. When she came out her apron pocket bulged queerly. With a frozen, unnatural look upon her face she bent over Delphi, still sitt- ing clutching the infant. "Jest lemme hold huh in my abhms dis one last time, Delphi?" she asked, Delphi shook her hed. Adeline dropped her arms sy. "Allus be good to my little un, phi," she bade her, *fuh as shoah de Lawd's in hebben, I gwine come back and ha'nt you ef you don't." She turned and went swiftly down Five minutes later Delphi Heard a gunshot in the diréction of « the old graveyard, a few hundred yards from thie house. She threw the child like a rag doll on the bed and ran from the house. When the other negroes, awakened by the report, reached her, she was sitting under the ancient live oak tree in the old graveyard, holding Adeline"s head in her lap. "De pistol shot she' lowed kill huhsel'f wid, mussed huh!" she said. "She jest tremblin', dat's all. I jest been tellin* huh I knowd alt de time de livin' baby wuz hern, and de drowned one was mine, but de "sfract ed habt in me told me to mech huh grieve Uke I wuz grievin' --Ilet/huh suffer like I wuz sufferip'! But I's 'gwine rise out"nm my sin now and rejoice in my sistub's happiness in huh chile, and de Lawd send me "Amen!" echoed the listening te- groes. Don't press a woman for a reason, or you may die of shame at what she tells you. Covent Garden is London's great- as | THE FELLOW AT HOME, Newark Evening News. You've given your clothes to the Bel- glans, And sure they were needed a lot, To the Heathen Chinee you've been friendly and free, And the same to the people of _ Swat. ¢ | There's a Fiji whe walls in your trousers, 3 Your Tux has an owner at Nome, And the Hindus and Boers wear duds : that were yours. ~~ . Now"ghare with tha poor folks at home. You have answered the needy - Wherever the mission boasts cruise There's a Red Man out West in your corduroy vest. And a Black Man down Bouth your shoeg. Is your brother, cry of the in your neighbor, your wardrobe . From Rio Janeiro to Rome: The whole world is clad in the cloth- es that you had > Now think of the fellow at homie. Don't give for the pride of the giv. ng; This isn't a charity call, The fellow whose peed you are going - to heed * Is your brother, that's all He is here st your door with his troubles, He isn't in Poland or Nome. | your brother, ¢ity's and yours, \ \ Bo share with the fellow at home. And the woes he endures are YOURE.