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Feat vers and Manure.
The byproducts of you try may be
narrowed down to feathers and ma-
nure, Outelde of that thele is nothing
left save the blood and offal which
may be put to some account.
The French people, however, are
more economical than we are, They
nob only take care of the feathers, but
they boil the intestines, skin off the
fat, then mince the intestines and feed
diem to the poultry. The combs and
kidneys ere sold to pastry cookse--
the former for decorating purposes
and the latter for pies, The bead,
neck and feet go to the hotels and
restaurants for flavoring' sauces or
are boiled down to make chicken jelly.
In the markets of France any part of
a fowl can be purchased --legs, wings,
heart, liver, etc.
The blood of fowls is well worth
saving when killing poultry for m
ket. Being rich in nitrogen, the bl
is valuable in a mash of gro
grains, If not utilized in this
it can be used for fertilizer. Together
with the offal, ,it may be mixed with
dry seal and used in the garden.
The heads and shanks, :shopped fine
and cooked, may be fed to fowls, like-
wise empty egg shells should be dried,
crushed and fed,
It is claimed that the weekly drop-
pings of twenty-five hens, as scraped
from the roosting platform, are suf
cient to compost with eight pounds
kainite or acid phosphate and' a ha
peck of sawdust, Estimates compil
by various experiment stations gi
twenty-Rvo hens credit for producin
during- six months of „winter wrath
375 pounds of manure, gathered from
roosting platforms alone. On this
basis of comparison, 100 fowls on an
acre range, in sinemontlls of summer
weather, would add to the fertility of
that acre the equivalent of at least
200 pounds of sulphate of ammonia,
100 pounds of high-grade acid. phos-
phate anti sixty pounds kainite.
"Poultry manure contains all the
fertilizing materials in a condensed
Mem; that is why it is worth more
money then any other kind of ma-
nure. Fresh droppings contain fifty-
seven per .cent. water, 1.15 per cent.
nitrogen, .96 per cent. phosphoric acid,
and .39 per cent, potash.
A strong odor of ammonia is notice-
able in poultry manure allowed th ac-
cumulate under the roosts and when
droppings are left in barrels, Thin
Is due to the gaseous ,ammonia eseap-
considerable amon rt of feathers in
their business.
White chicken feathers command a
better price than do mixed bots, They
are used in the manufacture of feath-
er boas, The feathers are curled with
hot irons. The wing and tail feathers
of white chickens, and also inane
white turkey feathers, are purchased
by milliners. These they curl or leave
straight and dye them different colors.
Commission merchants as a rule
are glad to take feathers on consign -
anent, Dry picked feathers sell bet-
ter than scalded ones,
Feathers shipped to market must be
clean and free from blood. The var-
ious kinds must 'be kept separate;
stiff quills must not be mixed with
soft, fluffy feathers. Stiff feathers
ar- shoeld be shipped in boxes; soft ones may be sent in clean cotton or burlap
lied I bags, and should be packed as tightly
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as possible.
Mixed lots bring the average price
of the lowest grade in the mixture.
Chicken, duck and turkey feathers
when mixed will not bring more than
the lowest price paid for chicken and
turkey feathers; if properly graded
the market quotations of each of the
several grades can be realized. It
requires the feathers of five ordinary
fi` , 'owls to weigh a .pound.
ef] Chicken feathers being highly nitro-
genous may be added to the manure
ed! heap, or mixed with the droppings.
eel Duck feathere should be spread out
g, to dry on a floor in the secondastorey
er,
rug into the air. In order to preven
this loss, chemicals Cal
S which •
have mos
or less fertilizing value in themselve
can 'be added to the droppings fro)
time to time with good effect, both S
checking the waste and do purifyin
the atmosphere of the hen house.
The best ntateninis for this purpos
are gypsum, or land plaster, acid
phosphate, and kainite, which is a
cheap potash salt.. Each of these
chemicals has the power of forming
new compounds with the ammonia as
fast as it is set free from the original
combination. Wood ashes and slaked
lime should never be used because
they cannot combine with ammonia,
while they do force it out of its
compounds and take its place. Plaster
is likely to produce.a dry, lumpy mix-
ture when used in large quantities to
arrest the ammonia, while kainite and
acid phosphate produce a moist,
sticky mass.
Manufacterers of fine leather will
buy poultry end pigeon manures that
have been kept dry, if they aro free
from sand, grit, feathers and litter.
Gardeners, too, are heavy purchasers.
For their trade it is well to mix the
manure with chemicals to prevent the
loss 0f ammonia.
There is' a market for nearly tell
kinds of feathers that come from dry -
picked fowls, They can generally be
sold to upholsterers in .almost any
city. Usually the postmaster is able
to furnish addresses of such parties.
Dry chicken feathers alae largely used
try cushion lnanufa.ctui'ers. Bedding
manufacturers in ;lenge •cities use a
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Shipment
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YOURSELF THE JUDGE
We ship on approval to any station
where there 1s au, agent. Wo save
you 50e to $1,00 a roll, on !ready Root,
ing of gamettyyppteed
ASK FOR quality, yourself to be
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at our risk. Samples
free by mail, also free catalogue
with prices and full iufolmatlon,
Send letter or past card, "Seed me.
free samples and price at Ready_
Roofingand parttoulers of Free
Delivery Offer."
THE HALLID,AY COMPANY, Ltd.
Factory Distributors,
HAMILTON . CANADA
or loft of a building. The feathers
from white ducks are often mixed hi
with those of geese, although the mar=
ket price for duck feathers is only
about half that paid for geese feath-
ers. It requires the feathers from ten
ducks to weigh a pound. The feathers
from four geese will weigh about a
pound.
Large goose quills, as well as the
quills of turkeys, are sold for feather -
bone. The market for turkey feathers
is best in late fall, during winter and
in early spring. Feather dusters are
made from the second and third joints
of the wing.
The best way to slap to market is
in crates or light boxes. They should
be sorted tail, wing end pointers.
.Pointers are used in the manufacture
of corsets. Lay feathers straight and
•pack tightly.
TILE SUNDAY SCHOOL, LESSON
OCTOBER 24T11
What the King Requires, St. Matthew
5. Golden Text, St. Matt. 5: 48.
4. They That Mourn. Luke
"Ye that weep.' Peter, in his first
I3pistle (1: 6), speaks of those who
'~have been put to •grief in manifold
Are You.a Good Ecdnoja st? .�
The average farmer is a poor eco
amist in many ways. Toa many time
Ise tries to 'force the market price f.
the products that he sells to a higher
level, when he is already getting
good market price for his products
Each farmer wants the market pric
of farm produce to correspond to hi
particular cost of production, neve
stopping to ask himself the question
"Am I producing these arbielea a
cheaply as is possible?" The ferule
should aim in every instance to im
prove the quality of his product an
lower the cost of production in every
way, If your neighbor can raise on
hundred bushels per acre on the same
kind of soil which you farm, and you
are able to raise but fifty bushels per
dere, it is not reasonable for you to
ask twice as much per -bushel as you
neighbor in an effort to get the same
income from the land.
The thing to do is to find some way
of raising one hundred bushels per
acre instead of fifty bushels. It would
be •impractical to think of regulating
it from either of the extremes as there
is too wide a variation. The average
farmer does not keep any accounts of
his farming and for this reason he
does not know just what Lis produc-
tion is costing him. Some farmers
say that they have tried keeping ac-
counts but became discouraged et the
showing they were manning and quit
it. It sems to me that the farmer
would be anxious to ,continue keeping
records after he had learned this
much, as this is the only method by
which he eau find out just where the
leakage is taking place. If you had
a barrel filled with some liquid and
you determined by measuring that it
was slowly leaking, you•wouldn't say,
"Well, I would not look far the leak,
because I do not want to find it." No,
you would immediately look for the
leak and find some way to stop it.
Why not do the same thing with your
farming if it is not paying as,much
as it should?
Farm on Business Basis. .
There are too many farmers that do
not combine business ability with
farming. They depend too much on
simply selling their labor ,after it hes
been converted into crops. Tho most
progressive farmers that we have are
good business m,en and financiers.
see into the future and are able to
meet the conditions when they arise.
They are not eately influenced by
temporary depressions in meeket,con-
ditiono, as they are usually shrewd
enough to sit tight and wait for the
os,itive reaction that usual! 1
p y follows.' I d
n- One thing Uhat many farmers are
a; doing and have been doing for opine
or time is robbing the soil of its fertil-
e will be compelled to stop
this before a great time, as they are
a taking too much from the soil and
• failing to put anything back.
o Tho farmers of to -day oto not have
the large hamlets that they did one
or two generations sage. At that time
in nealily every family there were
's some large grown-up boys to assist
✓ with the work on the farm, But •at
the present time the farmer usually
d sees his boys and girls go to town as
soon as they get old enough to be of
e a great deal of help. They confine
their children nmch the same way as
they were in their youth. Times have
changed wonderfully and the youth of
to -day expects those pleasures and
1• enjoyments that belong to this age.
The parents that say, "What was good
enough for me is good enough for my
children," .are treading on dangerous
ground. What was good enough for
you is not good enough for them,
neither will the things that we enjoy
now be good enough, nor 'will they
satisfy our ehildren when they grow
up.
Modern Conveniences Pay.
Have things convenient for the wo-
men leeks. Have water in the house
and a gasoline engine for washing t
and churning and running the segara- b
tor. Have things handy around the a
:barn, good harness, good 'horses, good p
farming implements, good fences.
Furnish the boy with a good horse and 1
buggy, and with work within reason.
Do not expect too much ,of your boys,
� YOUR BABY
FOUR:T.1lINTII ARTICLE.
First Aid; Home Remedies.—Cont'd,
Whenever baby is 111, be sure to call
promptly on the docear for advice,
Negleet and proper medical eare is
dangerous and is responsible for the
death of many babies.
-Earache-Symptoms of earache in
infants: Crying, turning the head
from side to side, trying to put the
hand on aching side, Earaches very
frequently accompanied or follows a
severe cold or an attack of tonsilitis,
and then is caused ;by an extension
of the ,inflammation to the middle oar,
This may result in deafness or nhas-
told abscess. Apply dry heat, hot -
wattle bottle, ox dry salt heated and
placed in a sack or old sock. Drop
into the ear a few drops of 5 per cent.
phenol in glycerine. Never neglect
earache. Have the child examined
by a doctor, and if necessary by an
ear specialist.
Eyes (sore or inflamed) --Gall y
doctor. While waiting for him
came bathe the eyes hourly with
saturated solution of 'borne acid.
Eczema—Cleanse affected parts
with olive oil, avoiding water, soap or
other irritating substance. In ecze
he diet is'usually at fault. Keep th
owels open freely. Apply remedies
nd change the diet according to
hysician's directions.
Painting—Place th11c1 with head
ewer than the rest of the body. Get
£rash air. Dash cold water on face.
Rub extremities toward heart. If
aiming is frequent, consult a physi-
San.
J
holding the Breath --Occurs after
great excitement, crying or exposure
to gold air. Dash cold water in faoe.
If frequent, consult physician.
Night Terrors —Probably caused by
indigestion and constipation Give the
child a careful diet, light evening
meal, 'healthy outdoor life, avoiding
excitelnent. If continued or frequent,
consult physician. Examine for en
lamed tonsils, adenoids, decayed teeth,
genital adhesions or tuberculosis,
Poisons Swallowed—Better pre-
vented than cured. Never put any
poison where a child may passably get
into it. Learn the antidote for the
commoner forms of poisoning or keep
a table of poisons and remedies. Al-
ways send for a doctor promptly, ad-
vising him the poison taken so he may
come prepared.
Insect Stings—Remove the sting
and apply spirits of camphor, am-
monia or wet baking soda.
Snake Bites—The wound must he
our made to bleed freely and poison seek -
ed out. If a poisonous snake, tie a
cord above wound to stop progress of
the blood and keep poison out of gen-
eral circulation. Send for a doctor,
ma, Sunburn—Prevent as much ,as pos-
�sible by shade and by protecting the
e skin with cold cream before taking this
child into the sun or wind. Avoid use
of water on a sunburn. Apply sweet
cream, almond lotion or oold cream.
Sore Throat—Indicted in an infant
by difficulty and pain on swallowing,
Safest to call a physician. An older
child may gargle the throat or have
it sprayed with a mild antiseptic solu-
tion such as one-fourth teaspoonful of
baking soda and table salt to one cup
of warm water. Sterilize drinking
cup and! tableware used by child with
sore throat to prevent spreading of
infection.
Sun Prostration- .l
Characterized by
prostration, flushed face (sometimes!
pale and clammy) and molting. Reel
quires only rest in cool room and tepid
sponging.
Toothache—Pack decayed tooth. with
a bit of absorbent cotton with oil of
cloves or 5 per cent. phenol in glycer-
ine. Consult dentist always.
o
V mating, Active—May he due to
acute indigestion, infectious diary -I
hoeal disease or general infectious(
disease,•scarlet fever or other acute;
eruptive disease. Stop giving food
and water.
Habitual Vomiting—habitual vom-
iting may be caused by too rapid feed -I'
Ing, feeding in a reclining position cal
not holding the baby and • bottle
properly; laying the baby down too
soon after feeding; wrong kind of
food, particularly too much fat, sugar
or curd in raw milk; too large a total
quantity at a feeding; too short inter-] t
vals between feedings. Regulate faults ` R"
of feeding. If vomiting is persisted,
consult a physician.
(The .End.)
m and make them part- f
ners of yours by taking them into' c
your confidence and allowing them to
have some things for their own. If s
you have things about the home and t
farm that are eonvenient and handy,
and have pleasant and friendly re- A
nations existing among the members
of the family, the young people will
take an added interest in the farm,
One of the most disastrous things
with which the farmer has to contend
is the prevention of the loss of his
animals from the various animal
plagues., such as hog cholera, swine
plague, tuberculosis, contagious abor-
tion, etc. Ile reads of sanitation and
hygiene in a;11 the farmer's papers• and
is acquainted with all of these pro-
cedures, yet he fe,ils to use the aid -
Mary preventive measures with which
he is acquainted, He does not clean
up his premises and keep them clean.
A few farmers employ professional
help in the prevention of these con -
Aeons, but more ef them do not.
Fever—Fever is not a disease but a
ymptom. Undress and put the child
o bed. Reduce diet and give plenty
of drinking water. Open the bowels.
pply cool cloths to head and neck,
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says that these words of promise, they
shall see God, have always been
understood• by him as having refer-
ence, like the other Beatitudes, to ac-
tual human life, and not to sone ex-
perience beyond the grave. It is here
and now that the pure in heart see
God.. But impure and oelfish thoughts
and deeds obscure that vesion of faith,
10. Which Are Persecuted. The
disciples of Christ who heard those
words wore destined in after years to
suffer much pes aecution. They must
have often recalled thein with great
comfort, so that even in the amidst
of persecution they could rejoice,
1
has Compare 1 Peter 3: 14-18; Jantes 1:
2-4.
Our Lord goes on to show His dis-
ciples further what must be the 'char -
temptations," '
an which their faith
tried and proved. Their mourning
the natural grief and sorrow of tho
who staffer loss or .pain or affiicti
because of their adherence 'to ti
right, and, especially, 4n the servi
of Christ, For then 'there shall
comfort. There is no doubt, too th
is eater of those Who ere to enter into
is l the kingdom of God, and what their
se, relation to the world about them.
011i They must be like saving salt, like
me] shining lights. In their life they anust
eel be obedient not merely to the Tette;,,
be� but to the spirit of their ancient law,
et' which will find fulfilment in His gos-
the Lord would extend this comfort
to all who mourn the loss of loved
ones or share in loving sympathy the
grief and pain of others. A -prophet
of the earlier age pronounces a we
deserved dooan upon, those who "
not grieved for the affliction" of then
nation (Amen 6: '6; compare Ezek. ,
4-6). And an apostle enjoins the
Chatistian foi}k who would follow
Ohrist's example to "weep with them
that weep" (Roma 12: 15).
e. The' Meek, The meek are those
who do not seek their own good' by
trampling en others, who are careful
of the rights and interests of others;
Their spirit is just the opposite of the
tyrannical, the self-assertive, and th
aggressive. The rneek num will do
such and will yield much, in things
that are not essential, for the sake of
peace, although lit matters of prin-
ciple he can be strong as audamant,
t will be remembered that Moses has
ren called "meekest of men.' Jesus
r•ecaiis an ancient promise that "the
reek shell inherit the land" (Petits
7: 11), a pronllse w111c11: assures u
hat the best of mat)erial blessings
re not altogether for the selfish and
he self-seeking.
6, They That .Hunger and Thirst.
hie is a blessing for those who do
hat think themselves to be good, but
ho long for goodness with all the
ringer of their smile, And they desire
it'h the same longing that righteous-
ess and justice may be established
the world, and are willing to give
enrselves iu• whole-lseamted• endeavor
r such an end. The heart of the
eavendy leather goes mit to leis hhun-
,v and, thirsty 'children. They shall
e R11ree1; .
7-9, The Merciful are the kind-
arted, this patient, this for ivin .
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pel. Above all they must be govern-
ed by the Saw of love..
43-48. Compare Lev. 19: 18, 34 and
Deut. 423: 6, While love was taught
11 an the Old Testament, and even love
"ar to one's weenvies, yet in the law, and
1 in the Psalms, there is preserved some-
thing of the ancient spirit of hatred
Jesus would make love supreme in
every canoern and relatio'hship of 'life.
For love is Godlike, and our' huanan
nature can only attain its best in God-
likeness. Even !M. war love ¢rust be
still supreme: If eve hate the evil
deed, and seek to capture or drive oft'
the evil doer, at must stile be with
genuine love for hem •and desire to
e do •hien good. Even if this stroke of
death must be inflicted it must be with
lave and sorrow. Love makes'perfect,
and love enly. Love fulfils every law,
It is the'"bond of perfectness,"
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The Magic Roof.
For an 'old-fashioned toy that de
s. lights children; provide tissue paper,
a pane of glass and a piece of silk,
From the tissue paper cut tiny dolls
or animals or whatever the chaldron
wish. If you cwt out doll's, you can
play that they ere kindergarten chin'-
lien and seat them In a circle, or you.
can play that they •are fine ladies sur-!
rounding a queen. Having arranged'
the dolls, place the pane of glass
above them for a roof, supported' by
two piles of books; then rub the up-
per side of the glass with a piece of
silk. That will cause the bits of tissue
to bob up, to the great malaise and
delight of the children.
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Tlhe world does not dictate what vont:
sheti do; but tit does demand: that eau
do something and •that you be king
In your line.
Don't spoil yoatr Troy. Don't shake
!hint a mollycoddle, a beckb:Meless,
jellyfish sort of a men, I£ you want
nein to be uranly, etrong, and vigohotrs,
n reheat Omuta, yens must put him
through the training wirier! !nous eau
produce suche product,
To the pure in:.]reart ds promised: the
visioia•of Goal, and to the peeeemalcems;
that they .shall be called sons of God.
Fiomence Nightingale], whose heroic
pioneer work 'in nursing• sick and
wounded soldiers in time of veer has
made her sane forever memorable,
wrote the following words; "Blessed
ire the pure in heart; for they shall
serf Gere—in {ill tomptetions, trialle,
and ariddtiee, no the iigony and biookly
sweet, in the stuns opal passion; this
is not tho prerogative ef the future
life, but of,' the present" So Reside
11.
aPotfire
Every few weeks one of 'aur hens
gets droopy, then so weak it cannot
walk, and would finally waste away
and die, if we did not loll it previously.
The symptoms described indicate
that the hens clay have tuberculosis,
Perform a post mortes on one of the
•hens and see if the liver is covered
with greyish -white nodules which in-
dicate tuberculosis', If this is the case
it will pay to 10!11 off the flock and
start again with healthy ,birds after
the house and yards have been thor-
oughly cleaned ,and given a, chance to
rest. From the brief description we
cannot tell much about the conditions
and if you have a barge and valuable
flock of poultry it well certainly pay
haveto a veterinarian inspect the
flock and give what information he can
concerning the trouble. He can also
pass on the food value of any birds
that have to be killed to prevent them
from coming dowse with the disease.
Tuberoulosis is a very dangerous
disease to poultry because there to no
cure and it spreads rapidly.
00 give cool or tepid sponge baths.
high temperature, 103 degrees or ove
• •continued or frequent temperasu
send far the doctor.
Foreing Body in Ear—Do not a
tempt to remove by poking. Lay t
head with the affected ear down a
wait for the doctor. If a live inns
has crawled into the ear
feput ina
drops of sweet oil or mineral all
the ear.
Foreign Body in the Eye—Tear
may wash it out. Do not rub the eye
If visible, remove with corner of clea
handkerchief. Wash eye with bori
acid •solution and eonsult physician o
eye 'specialist.
Foreign Body in Nose—Do net at
empt to remove by poking. Let th
iid blow the nose while bolding th
posits nostril shut. If this fail
1 the doctor.
Foreign Body in Throat—Do not
e excited, Put your fingers ,in throat
remove the .article. If you can-
t reach it hold child up by the
Iles, head downward, and slap on
back. Then try reaching the eb-
uction again, if necessary. If the
isle has been swallowed, give the
ld a quantity of soft bread. Do
give laxative. Watch the stools
a few ,days. In most cases a fer-
n body will be passed without
sable,
rostbite—Apply snow or dee to
sthitten parts. Keep child away
m heat.
Removal to wenn room
old be made with great care. For
vere frostbite or freezing -call' a
sician.
eadache—Find out and treat
se. Headache may be due to con-
ation, indigestion, eye strain,, ex -
meat, fatigue or overeating. Apply
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cold cloths to forehead ,and back of
neck, Inhale camphor, menthol, am-
monia or smelling salts. Avoid head-
ache remedies, They are exceedingly
dangerous for Children.
BEIM, TH�uL
"lhld you have a nice ThanksgiY-
Ing?" asked the new neighbor shyly
of Mrs. Tootle.
"Oh, we had a .gorgeous time!"
,sighed Mrs. Tootle. "li•Iy family is
getting so large lately that it was
quite a party,"
"I've noticed—that is, so many peo-
ple seem to live with you," said the
new neighbor diffidently. "Surely
those great men aren't your sons?"
"Oh, those are my two brothers,"
explained Mrs. Tootle with pleased
alaarIty. "They're benhelors, You
]mow, and boarding is so high and the
food so bad, and I felt that they wcro
so lonely, that I've had them to live
with are for several years.' They
aren't much trouble, really. Of course
Charles always has to have steak for
dinner; but it takes so little to please
a man that I never grudge the extra.
They do eat an awful lot, and bother
and eggs are so high; but then, they're
my own brothers; so what's the dif-
ference?"
"Don't you charge them board?" in-
quired the neighbor aghast.
"Yes," said Mrs. Tootle relucbantiy.
"They said they wouldn't stay if I
didn't. I charge them live dollars a
-week," she went on apologetically,
"but that :includes their washing and
mending or I wouldn't take so much."
"My goodness!" breathed the new
neighbor. "And you have two daugh-
ters?"
"The short one is my daughter
Amy," explained Mrs• Tootle, Tire
. tall one is a friend of hers at art
school who Is here for two years to
,study. I thought of the temptation
to a young girl 'alone in a boarding
%!rouse •and I just told Amy to bring
her along until rhe got through with
her school work,"
"And don't you charge her board?"
"Well; I didn't expect to, but she
insisted on it, so I told liar three dol-
lars a week would cover 51. You know
how a young girl always has plenty
of places to put any extra money. I
bought a velvet dress far Amy last
week, and I thought Lura might feel
slighted without one,.so I got hesttone,
too. She was go pleased!"
"I ,should think she might bel" cried
the new neighbor. "You had how
many for Thanksgiving?"
"Well, there was Mr• Tootle and' I,
and the grirls, and a couple of young
Wren for them; 'and my brothers—they
each invited another man. We had
ten. It was real homy. My sister in-
vited mo over to her house for din
her, but of course I didn't go."
,>
"Why not, for pity's salts?
"Well, I couldn't very well bring
all the crowd Over. She did tell ms
o bring Mr. Tootle and Amy, but T
asn't going to leave those brothers
of mine and that gal to shift for
themselves, Pd have loved to go, for
I haven't eaten a dinner I didn't cook
myself for ten years."
"Why, you poor thing!" cried the
new neighbor indignantly. "You being
Mr. Tootle and Amy oyer for dinner
a -morrow, and let those brothers of
yours eat out somewhere, Bring Lura,
'o, if you don't want to turn her
oosel"
I'd love to come for dinner; indeed
„
would," sand Mrs. Tootle, "but I
Fu
I can't to -morrow. Lura is
ringing home a friend—I like her to
el she can—and I pronnited her I'd
alio mince pie. Of course, when she
cos, and if my ,brothers get married,
11 .have it real easy; but I guess I
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won't enjoy it anyhow; I'm too used
to a 'crowd."
"Your brothers won't get married,"
Ban the neighbor, :bitterly, ;"1;iheyeel
ave it too easy—and cheap- . wow
o01."
"Oh, I'nr glad to hear you say go!"
cried Mrs. Tootle. "I'm only) too
thankful I can ,make thein• lives s.litele
heppiet'. I've always been afmadd
they'd marry some designing woman
for their own unhappiness. Ino your
really think they won't?"
"Pan sue of i:tg, said the new
Wei
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that
and years yet,"
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ghbor, firmly. "Don't you worry5
rs. Tootle! You can go on being
nkful far your brothers for yeare
Tho Man Who can "Go It Alonee,
The man who can grit his teeth '0114
"go it alone" whether othere cheer or
jeer, sad who, whether otheas ape
pope pr sleinePproye • eel/. ttsh ahead
or turn had, Ib tete hiltrihn evoila it!
after. Xt le the man with. courage and
deterratention who -wine the warleet
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Inot at work, He begins to detarloutt,"
very' rapidly When idle.
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A !lame that etflelde for cher
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