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Show THE MORGAN COUNTY STAR, MORGAN, UTAH, CHEAP HELP ON HABITS OF THE ROBIN Bird Prefers to Build Its Nest Near the House. . HEW HOWLAND Yeung Songsters Should Not Be Handled Until They Leave Nest of Their Own Accord Sparrows Rob Them of Worms. (By CRAIG S THOMAS ) Installment 26 Affairs fell very quiet again as the last year of his presidency drew towards its close. Brisk trade under the new treaties heartened the country more and more; the turbulent Democratic clubs that had so noisily affected French principles and French modes of agitation were sobered and discredited, now the Reign of Terror had come and wrought its bloody work in France; the country turned once more to Washington with its old con fidence and affection, and would have had him take the presidency a third tlmo, to keep the government steady in its new ways. His Farewell Address. But he would not have the hard office again On the 19th of September, 1796, he, published to the people a farewell address, quick with the solemn eloquence men had come to expect from him. He wrote to Hamilton and to Madison for advice as to what he should say, as in the old days of his diffident beginnings in the great office though Hamilton was the and Madison was turning Democrat took their phrases for his thought where they seemed better than bis own; put the address forth as his mature and last counsel to the little nation he loved. It was designed, he said, "In a more especial manner tor the yeomanry of the country, and spoke the advice he hoped they might take to heart. The circumstances which had given bis services a temporary value, he told them, were passed; they had now a unified and national government, which might serve them tor great ends He exhorted them to preserve it intact, and not to degrade it in the using; to put down party spirit, make religion, education and good faith the guides and safeguards of their government, and keep it national and their own by excluding foreign Influences and entanglements. 'Twas a noble document No thoughtful man could read it without emotion, knowing how it spoke in all its solemn sentences the great character of the man whose career was ended. People Show Their Love. When the day came on which he should resign his office to John Adams, the great civilian who was to succeed him, there was a scene which left no one In dout not even Washington himself what the people thought t the leader they had trusted these twenty years. A great crowd was assembled to see the simple ceremonies of the inauguration, as on that April day in New York eight years ago; but very fw In the throng watched Adams. All eyes were bent upon that great figure in black velvet, with a light sword slung at his side. No one stirred till he had left the room, to follow and pay his respects to the new president Then they and all the crowd in the streets moved after him, an Immense company, going as one man, in total silence, his escort all the, way. He turned upon the threshold of the pres idents lodgings and looked, as if for the last time, upon this multitude of nameless friends. "No man ever saw him so moved " The tears rolled unchecked down his cheeks, and when at last he w.ent within, a great smothered common voice went through the stirred throng, as if they sobbed to see their hero go from their sight forarch-Federali- st 8h at smiled fair. wu me, the eummer ekjr And buay people hurried here and there; The bundle which had fallen at her feet I picked up gallantly, there In the street. And gave It to her with a courtly air. It was not much to do, I am aware; We ne'er had chanced to meet before, and ne'er Again by chance or otherwise meet; may She smiled at me. She knew naught of the Ills I had to bear. Nor of the triumphs which I hoped to share; If she had been, say, twenty-fou- r and sweet, I might have said things she would still repeat But she was not, and so I didn't care; t She smiled at me MERE OPINION. Some men claim that it is JUBt aa noble to get rich by spending less as by earning more, but it is generally pretty hard for them to make their wives believe it There are people iln this world who insist on thinking that the man who has the gout is merely try self-mad- e ing to show oft. A It has come to pass that people are not awed by A man merely because be has a safe in hlf office. The author of 20 historical novels may not know enough to fill a book. Not all eyes are the mirrors of souls. Some are merely the red win dows that indicate the 'presence of vice. Somehow a man always has a lingering doubt or two when a woman says, I want you to understand that I am a lady! Disgusting Inquisitiveness. How long did you hold public of- fice? Four years. And your salary, I believe, 34,000 , was a year?" Yes." I cant figure out how you went In with nothing, and retired with $100,-00- 0. obliged to sell no less than fifty thousand dollars worth of his lands in the course of four or five years to defray the great expenses he was put to in the presidency and the cost of bringing his estate into solvent shape again. He did not try to begin anew; he only set things In order, and kept his days serene. Another Spark of War. A spark of war was kindled by the new administrations dealings with France, and Washington was called once more to prepare for command, should the fighting leave the sea and come ashore. But formal war did not come. The flurry only kept him a little nearer the movements of politics than he cared to be. He was tha more uneasy to see how the Democrats bore themselves in the presence of the moment's peril; doubted the ex pediency of assigning men of that party to places of command in the army; approved the laws passed against aliens and against those who should utter seditious libel against the government; showed again, and without reserve, how deeply his affections were engaged on the side of the institutions he had so labored to set up and protect; was intolerant towards any who sought to touch or question at any point their new authority Imperious as of old In question of action. 8tlll the 8lmple Gentleman. But it was his home that chiefly held his thought now. He bad not changed towards his friends through all the long years of public care and engrossing business. An old comrade, who had come in his rough frontier dress all the way from far Kentucky to Philadelphia to see the president, had been told "that Washington had become puffed up with the importance of his station, and was too much of an aristocrat to welcome him in that garb." But the old soldier was not daunted, pressed on to make his call, and came back to tell his friends how the president and his lady had both seen him and recognized him from the window, and had hurried to the door to draw him cordially In. 1 never was better treated, he said. "I had not believed a word against him; and I found that he was 'Old Hose still. Twas the same with his neighbors, and with strangers too. He was the simple gentleman of the old days. A strolling actor, riding Mount Vernon way on a day in July, stopped' to help a man and woman who had been thrown from their chaise, and did not recognize the stalward horseman who galloped up to his assistance till the overturned vehicle had been set up again, they had dusted each the others coat, and the stately stranger, saying he had had the pleasure of seeing him play in Philadelphia, had bidden him come to the house yonder and be refreshed. "Have I the honor of adexdressing General Washington? claimed the astonished player. "An her arm about his neck, that she loved him better In that Death f Washington. The quiet days went by without incident. He served upon a petty jury of the county when summoned; and was more than content to be the simple citizen again, great duties put by, small ones diligently resumed. Once and again his anger flamed at perverse neglects and tasks ill done. Even while he was president, be had stormed to find his horses put to the chariot with unpolished hoofs upon a day of ceremony. But old age, and the consciousness of a lifework done, bad added serenity now to his and at last the end came, when he was ready. On the 12th of December, 1799, he was chilled through by the keen winds and cold rain and sleet that beat upon him as he went his round about the farms He spent the evening cheerfully, listening to his secretary read; but went to bed with a gathering hoarseness and cold, and woke In the night sharply stricken In his throat Physicians came almost at dawn, but the disease was already beyond their control. Nothing that they tried could stay It; and by evening the end had come. He was calm the day through, as in a time of battle; knowing what betlded, but not fearing it; steady, noble, a warrior figure to the last; and he died as those who loved him might have wished to see him die. The country knew him when he was dead: knew the majesty, the nobility, the unsullied greatness of the man who was gone, and knew not whether to mourn or give praise. He could not serve them any more; but they saw his light shine already upon the future as upon the past, and were glad. They knew him now the Happy Warrior, . Bssldes Adding to Revenue of Farmer by Wool and Mutton, Sheep Devour Many Noxlouo Plants. (By W. A, LINKLATER, Oklahoma Experiment 8tation.) It would add to the revenue of many farms if a flock of sheep were kepL Besides being profitable they are great weed eaters. They will eat five out of six of oar known weeds, where m cow or horse will eat only one out ot every six. Range-bre- d sheep arc the right kind for the average farmer to buy Such will be graded Merinos and If they carry a cross of Shropshire, Lincoln and other mutton blood, so much the better. It would not be advisable to buy Mexican sheep or low grade sheep of any other kind. The ewes purchased for the foundation flock should be good, large ani male from one to four yeara old, and weighing more than 100 pounds. Where possible It would seldom be practical to start with less than 6C ewes, and a larger number would be better still. A flock of a dozen would require almost as much care as 50 or 100. These range-bregrade Merinos should be bred to a Dorset ram 11 possible. The reason we recommend buying range-bregrade Merino ewes is that thousands of these are available, while Do rests are not to be had in -large numbers. These fall or early winter lambs, by good feeding and care can be made to weigh 90 to 100 pounds by May 1, when they will find a ready market and will always he in demand. Such lambs should bring from $5 upward. d Robins Nest are constantly coming and going, and If It can find a suitable place It will build directly over the walk. This makes a number of Interesting facts easy of observation. Let the nozxle of the hydrant drip nntil the ground below It holda a little pool of water, or by some other meana provide a pool somewhere in the yard. To tblB pool the robin will come for mud to build the walls of her nest. Into It she will souse hill-fulof dried grass before mixing it with the mud. In it she will wet herself before flying to her nest to mould the mortar wall of mud and grass to fit her body. When the young fill the nest every child in the family will want to climb up to see them, and the older children will be tempted to lift them out of the nest, hold them in the hand, and possibly take them into the bouse a moment to show mother what bird babies are like. But to do this la all hut sure to result In the death of the young. A young bird once lifted from "Whose powers shed round him. In the nest has found his legs, and will never be aatlsfled in the nest the common strife again. He will climb upon lta edge Or mild concerns of ordinary life, A constant Influence, a peculiar grace; and go bumping down on the lawn long before he Is able to fly, and the But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven neighbors cat it sure to get him. Young birds should never be handled has joined t until they leave the nest of their own Great issues, good or bad, for hu- accord. mankind. Aa the parent-robln- a search the Is happy as a Lover; and attired lawn for worms to feed their young, With sudden brightness, like a man hopping a little way and then stopinspired; ping to look and listen, you will often And, through the heat of conflict ee an English sparrow following keeps this law close behind and a little to right or In calmness made, and sees what he left tie is expecting the robin to foresaw. pull a worm from the ground, when he will dive boldly for it, snatch It A soul whose master bias leans away, and make off with It In this To homefelt pleasures and to gentle piratical enterprise the sparrow is not scenes; Infrequently successful. Note your robins carefully. DisMore brave for this, that he hath much cover upon them If possible some disto love: tinguishing mark, and see whether the man who, lifted high. they return to you another year. A Conspicuous object in a nations eye. male with left wing drooping almost Or left unthought of in obscurity, to the ground as it hopped, returned Who. with a toward or untoward lot three successive yes'", to the same yard. It has doubtless been injured in a fight, which is not an infrequent occurrence. One may not be certain that plumage markings of exceptional character will recur year after year, as plumage may vary with moultlngs. But any malformation, resulting usually from Injury, renders identification all but certain. .that men waste so much time trying to figure on things that are none of Sometimes I am so their business. diBgusted with my fellow citizens because of their inquisitive ways that I am Almost tempted to go far from here and never come back again. FARMS d l; ever Its queer how many people are As soon as possible he was at his as bothering over that matter just Mount Vernon once more, to beloved you are. 1 cant understand why it is of up such threads as he might pick the old life again. "I begin my diurnal course with the sun, be wrote, in grave playfulness, to a friend; "if my hirelings are not in their places by that time, I send them messages of sorrow for their indisposition; having put these wheels in motion, I examine the state of Thoughtful. things further; the more they are Ponaonby Is one of the most probed the deeper I find the wounds thoughtful men I ever knew. He never which my buildings have sustained by leaps before he looks. When he was an absence and neglect of eight years; married he had both a carriage and by the time I have accomplished an ambulance waiting at the door these matters breakfast (a little after "Why .did he have the ambulance? seven oclock, about the time, I preBoth he and his bride were very sume, that you are taking leave of popular, and there was, of course, no Mrs. McHenry) is ready; this being telling what their loving friends might over, 1 mount my horse and ride do to them. round my farms, which employs me until it la time to dress for dinner. Lonely Father. . The usual time of sitting at . Mother has gone to the mountains. a walk, and tea bring me table, the ; Sister has gone to the sea, within the dawn of candlelight; previFather works on In the office ous to which, if not prevented by comFor mother and sister and me. pany, I festive that as soon as the I'Ai to stay six weeks at grandpa's. glimmering taper supplies the place Far from the town and the noise. of the great luminary I will retire to Here I have oceans of pleasure With Uncle John's two little boys. my writing table and acknowledge the when the I have received; letters Last night I heard grandpa complaining. fefel tired and I are brought lights He said with a pitiful sigh disinclined to engage in this work, that he couldnt help envying father; Since then I've been wondering why. conceiving that the next night will do as well The next night comes, and with it the same causes for postponeThey Left Nothing. asked the bereaved ment, and so on. Having given you "And what, the history of a day, it will serve for ady, were my husbands last words? "He didnt say anny lasht wurrude, a year, and I am persuaded that you ma'am, replied Pat "Afther the doc- will not require a second edition of it He had kept his overseers under his tors got through wid him on the operatin' table he hadnt aven a wurrud hand all the time he was president; to write to Dr had not forgotten left in him, poor soul. Young upon methods of cultivation; had shown the same passion as ever Argument a who for speeding and regulating at its best good a up puts lawyer Many argument in court fails to be convinc- every detail of his private business, but matters had gone ill for lack of ing at home. He was his personal supervision. Of all the birds that build In trees the robin brings Its nest nearest the house. It prefers to be at the front door, where the members of the family MANY ls SELECTING CORN FOR SEED Technical Knowledge on Part of Farm- -, er Not Neceaaary for Improvement of Hie Crop. (By J. M. GRAY.) The possibilities of Improvement of corn by judicious selection, are very, great Ever since man has been till- ing the soil, he has changed the character of plants by consciously or unThe consciously making selections. Improvement of any plant Is considered by most farmers a very difficult operation and one to be undertaken only by those who are qualified by natural ability and special training, to such A North Carolina Boy and Hit 160' Bushsls of Crib Dry Com Grown-oOno Aero of Land. n S i work. Tet It does not require any technical knowledge on the part of the farmer to Improve corn, for the methods of selection are very simple. Every farmer who Is growing conn should plant some standard variety which he knows has been tested and gives the most profitable yields in hla locality, and from this he should select, each year, seed that comes nearest to his IdeaL It is necessary to make this selection each year because if It Is not done the corn will soon ; revert to the original type and lose those qualities which the farmer has J been striving to get. In your selections, Instead of looking for an ideal ear only, look for an . Ideal stalk made up of an ideal stem, of ideal foliage and of an Ideal root system bearing an ideal ear or ears covered with ideal husks, and supported by an ideal shank. Possibly thia will be hard to find; but you can flndl something which approaches It and from this, with your ideal in view, you ALFALFA AS MILK PRODUCER can select continuously until you hav a plant very nearly approaching that Hay, With Proper Kind of Grain and Ideal. Little Succulence, Will Duplicate June Pasture. Inferior Lambs. Lambs of low vitality and ewes de- - ' (By L. R. WADRON Superintendent fleient in milk flow at lambing time Dickinson, N. D., are usually the result of improper Alfalfa is of great value as a milk management daring the pregnant producer, for it Is a well known fact period. that an ample milk flow requires rich Good June pasture produces feeds. an abundance of milk. It has been demonstrated that alfalfa hay, when used with a proper kind of grain, and with a little succulence such as ensilage, will practically duplicate a Not all cow keepers are dairy farm- June pasture. When cows are properly fed, before turning onto pasture, they show no - Warm and cold cream ought not to-bincrease of milk flow upon the pasmixed. ture. If a dairy cow is properly fed, she must have a ration that contains Good dairy stock show their possia larger percentage of protein than is found in common hays or In most bilities early. of the grains. Protein Is supplied Many eastern farmers feed grain to through bran, linseed meal or some other concentrate. To pay high prices milk cows on pasture. for these to increase the milk flow Quiet and comfort are what count in means that the cost of milk producand more especially in dairying, is cases in and tion increased, many dairying to such an extent that milk is produced at a loss, or at a very nominal Successful dairying depends entiremargin. ly on right methods in breeding, feeding and management Cow and Soil Fertility. tVil can The fertility of the best be If there is no silo on your farm, do maintained by the liberal use of barn- not let another winter catch you unyard manure, and the dairy herd not prepared Make your plans right now only makes this possible, but dairying for one. is also more remunerative than almost any other branch of farming when it Oftentimes the one who has dairy is properly carried on butter for sale must take his pay in trade, vhile those who sell cream get Remove Old Canes. nothing but cash. Remove and burn the old raspberry In selecting cows, all signs may fall, canes Immediately after fruiting This is the best means to control anthrac-nose- , but the Babcock test is absolutely res which is the most destructive liable. It will tell you whether are good or not disease of the raspberry. Dairy Note's Washington's odd sort Bmiled the heated soldier; "but I am pleased to find you can play so active of introduction. Mr. Bernard," Tomb. Prosperous or adverse to his wish or not Plays, in the many games of life, that one a part in private, and without a Where what he most doth value must prompter." be won. Those who saw him now at Mount Vernon thought him gentler with little children than Mrs. Washington Left Will In Memoirs. A romantic story of a will written even, and remembered how he had always Bhown a like love and tender- in a book of memoirs has just come to ness for them, going oftentimes out of light in Paris Some time ago about his way to warn them of danger, with ten years M. Lefevre de Revel, an a kindly pat on the head, when he excise inspector, retired from his post saw them watching the soldiers in the and, not knowing how to fill in his war days. Now all at Mount Vernon spare time, began the task of writing looked forward to the evening That his memoirs He made excellent "was the childrens hour progress and the number of volumes He had written sweet Nelly Custis soon became amazing He had them a careful letter of advice upon love bound and gave them to his relatives matters, half grave, half playful in and friends to read, and was highly the midst of his presidency, when the complimented by them. On page 54C troubles w ith England were beginning of the llth volume he Wrote a will to darken; she had always found him leaving his fortune (about $80,000 ) to a comrade, and had loved him with an various friends. At the 17th volume intim&cy very few could know. Now he died. As none of his friends had she was to be married, to his own had the fortitude and preseverance to sisters son, and upon his birthday, make their way as far as page 540 February 22, 1799 She begged him of the llth volume, they all remained to wear the grand embroidered uni- in complete ignorance of this will, took the fortune. form, just made for the French war, and the next-ofklat her wedding, but he shook hiB head A short time ago, purely by chance, and donned Instead the worn buff and the will was discovered, and the friends named la the will have begun blue that bad seen real campaigns Then the delighted girl told him, with an action to recover the fortune. n hot-weat- tire-cow- |