JJ
-! jmfr"
G&wpivnxnrxnfK.
i I, ,
J
r
17
1?
ftaff
?
LrJ fUi dO
JuC
Pi (S?ltf '
fclfamrnrkn
Dear YMe tmmrofJi, lovingly tent
Acton the wide tea
From Erin Machttt,
Land of my birth, where mil childhood was spent.
Gating on them, my thoughts fondly ttrat
To emerald dellt,
Where falriet weace spells
From fall of the night till dawning of day.
A light-hearted youth through meadows I race,
When lot sweet and clear
There falls on my tar
The song of the blackbird warbling Its love.
Dear little shamrocks! You fall at my feel.
I lift and replace,
With gentle embrace.
Breathing tad sighs o'er a dreaming to tweet
ST. PATRICK WON
HEARTS BY LOVE
It la remarked by historians that
Ireland the virgin Island ou which
Roman proconsul
never Bot foot
was tho only coun
try In western
Europe where tho
Gospel was plant
ed without a pre
vious conquest ot
nrms. What fol
lowed, na a result
of tho great work
ot Saint Patrick
in Ireland 1b one
of tho Ballent
facta In tho his
tory of civiliza
tion tho uplift
lug lnflucnco ot
tho Irish in the
pagan and semi-
Christian nations of tho north and
west of Europo during several cen
turies succeeding his benoflconi
career.
During the centuries In which Ire
land was tho lighthouso of religion
and humanity alio sheltered learning,
and art flourished within her borders.
It was Irish Illuminators who en
eroaBcd tho Book of Holla, a transcript
ot tho Oospela still famoua among
connoisseurs as the most beautiful
'book In tho world. Aa late as King
Alfred's Umo the ninth century
scholars from Ireland wero wolcomed
iby tho monks ot the famoua English
tabboy of Croyland aa Instructors in
tthe art of Illuminating mlssalB and
'breviaries. That century was a rude
ago in England, but an age of culture
In the Green Isle.
Civilisations rise and fall. The
tlmo came, after centuries of enlight
enment and peace, when Ireland foil
a proy to foreign conquest, the result
of strife among her natlvo chiefs. It
was in the latter halt ot tho twelfth
century that Dermod MacMurrougb
of Loinstor, doposod for his tyranny,
negotiated with Henry II. and Invited
Norman-English mercenaries to heir,
htm In tho recovery of his kingdom.
From that tlmo dated Ireland's evil
days. Hut her people- under every
tresB of rnlsfortuno rotnlned theli
lovo of liberty and tho morality which
baa mado them Blngulur among thi
nations. Idealists and enthusiasts
tho stuff of which martyrs aro mado
thoy remained truo amid all vicissi
tudes to their religious faith. There
are othor instancea In human hlstorj
which demonstrate that It Is mora!
qualities that win the end, but no ox-
' ample of this truth la moro conspicu
ous and roBplondcnt than that which
la deduclblo from tho history of the
Irish people
OLD BLARNEY CASTLE
Spot beloved of Irishmen and sweet
In the memory of every visitor to the
KiMrald Isle.
LrWVA-
ftirMrfta
V-vZfl3iO
I8
teemm
i
Interesting Pointers on Garden
ing for the City Man or
Suburbanite.
WHAT TO PLANT AND WHEN
Advice by an Expert on Agricultural
Matters When to Plant Vegeta
tables Raising Tomatoes
How to Grow Asparagus.
By PROF. JOHN WILLARD BOLTE.
iASPAHAOUS Put In the plants as
early as possible, trenching deeply
with well-rotted manure, covored
with rich soil. Plant four Inches
deep, ono foot apart, npwo three feet
apart.
DEANS STRING MEANS can go Into
tho ground about May 1st, or with
tho coming of settled weather.
Light, dry, warm soil. Plant
Inches apart, Inch deep, rowa 18
Inches.
WAX MEANS may bo planted in tho
same way and about ten days Inter.
Mnko successive plantings of both
at Intervals of ten days.
POLE AND LIMA MEANS Plant four
feet apart, rowB four feet apart,
Inch deep. Plant same In tho latter
part of May.
MEETS Early varieties may bo plant
ed before April 15th, If soil is ready,
three to bIx inches apart, Inch
deep, rowB eighteen Inches. Thin
out later on. Plant every two
weeks for four plantings. Plant
early crops thicker than later ones,
to overcome poor germination.
CAMMAGE Early cabbage about tho
mlddlo of April to tho 1st of Mny.
Late cabbago tho last part of May.
Cut back leaves ot lato cabbago
when transplanting. Set plants In
rich earth, 1 feet apart, rowB 2
feet part.
CARROTS Start as soon as soil Is
ready, niako very flno seed bed, how
two Inches npart, ',& inch deep, rowa
15 Inches apart.
CAULIFLOWER Sot out when warm
weather is assured, making threo
plantings at two week Intervals, tho
last ono a good fall variety like "Dry
Weather." Plant two feet part, rowa
two feet part.
CELERY Plant In seed bed early.
Thin out nnd transplant to trenches
when six inches high. Plant seed
two Inches apart, !&-lnch dcop, rows
ono foot npart.
CORN Three planting at ten day ii
tcrvnls from May 1st to Juno 1st.
Plant In 3-foot hills, G seeds to the
hill, about 2 Inches deep. Placo
tho earliest planting In a warm,
protected location, Plant later seeds
4 inches deep. Thin to 3 plants to
a hill nnd cultlvato thoroughly.
CUCUMMERS May 1st to 15th, In
well fertilized nnd drained hills; 10
Bccds to tho hill, 1 inch deep. Hills
4 feet apart. Thin out after danger
of bugs Is past.
EGG PLANT In Into May or early
Juno. Vory rich ground, water In
dry wenther. Set plants two foot
apart.
HEAD LETTUCE May bo act out at
tho samo time, about a foot apart,
but must bo protected for a few
days. Shado lato plantlngB in hot,
dry weathor.
liETTUCE Plant aa soon ob tho
ground la ready; plant in Bhort rowa
and at Intervals of ten dayB there
after to get a constant supply. Sow
thickly in vory flno seed bed,
Inch deep, rowa 1G inches apart.
MUSK AND WATER MELONS.
Plant lato In May In rich, light hills,
well drained and well fertilized; 10
scedB to the hill, 1 Inch deep, hills C
feet npart. Protect from bugs and
thin out when Bate. Do not plant
near cucumbers, squashes or any
othor vines.
ONION Plant onion seeds as early as
possible and thin out when neces
sary two lnchos npart, Vi Inch deep,
rows 15 Inches apart. Plant onion
plants about 4 inches apart about
May 1st. Cut tops back 1-3 nnd
roots back 2-3 when setting out.
PARSLEY Plant early, soaking tho
seed for Boveral hours in lukewarm
water. Seed 4 Inches npari, U
Inch deep, rows 1 foot apart.
PEAS First planting an early smooth
variety, as soon as ground Is' ready;
follow with wrinkled varieties at
10 day Intervals until four or flvo
planting havo been mado. Plant
In doublo rowB, 8 Inches botween
rows, nnd sot brush or othur sup
ports between them. Plant 4 IncheH
apart, 3 Inches deep with 2 feet bo
tween outsldo rows.
PEPPER Sot out about Juno 1st, in
very rich ground. Water during
dry weather. Set plants 2 feet
npart.
POTATOES Plant early potatoes
about May 1st. Lato potatoes about
Juno 1st. Tho early seed should bo
sprouted two weeks, then cut Into
pieces with two sprouts or eyes to
each pleco. Sow four Inches deep,
1 foot by 2 feet npart. Lato pota
toes need not bo sprouted. Havo
seed bed and bottom of furrow lino
nnd looso. Do not let fresh manure
touch tho seed potatoes.
PUMPKIN Mlddlo of May. Handle
as for cucumbers. Hills G feet apart,
seed 1 inch dcop.
RADISH Sow early and nt 10 day in.
torvnls up to May 15th. Globo rad
ishes nt first, working Into long va
rieties later. Seeds 2 lnchos part,
Vj Inch deep, 1 foot apart.
.SPINACH Ono planting early will
furnish a continuous crop of
m
MB
"greonn." Ubo "Now Zloaland" and
plant 8 Inches apart, I inch leo.
and rows 18 Inches apart.
SQUASH Summer Bnuitflh Is planted
bout tho middle of May and should
bo treated like cucumbers. Winter
squash (Hubbard) should bo planted
about Juno 1st and handled In the
same way.
SWISS CIIAIID Hantllo like Bplnach,
planting about May 1st. Do not cut
leaves too cIoho In harvesting.
TOMATO Set out the latter part ol
May, using good strong plants. Pro
tect from frost and stake up as soon
as necessary. Keep suckers trimmed
off. Set plants four feet apart in
sunny spot.
Growing Tomatoes.
Tho mlddlo of May finds most ol
the tomato plants In tho garden. The
mnn who wan wise enough to grow
his own plantH In a hot bed will have
rlpo fruit quite a long while before hlf
neighbor, who has to depend upon
half-dried, discouraged seedllngB from
a department store.
Still, by Insisting upon getting1 tho
best plants you can buy, big sturdy
fellows, with lots of leaves and roots
full of wnter, you can do very well
with purchased tomato plants. Do
not secure them until you uro nil
ready to plant and get them in tho
ground as soon ns possible.
As usually handled, tho amateur
gardener gets a, doublo crop of follago
nnd a hnlf crop of ripe tomatoes. The
fruit splits, tots at tho ends nnd a
large part of It falls to color up nnd
ripen before frost catches It.
Tho purposo of this article Is to tell
how to avoid these troubleB and se
cure twlco as much ripe, sound fruit
with no moro trouble. It Is a slmplo
Bccrct, but fow seem to know It.
Tomatoes need a rich, dcop, rather
heavy soil, well fertilized. Muriate
of potash is nn excellent fertilizer, ni
is nlso steamed ground bone. Uso n
handful to each pint.
Spado and cultlvato as for garden
crop and drive In strong stnkefl about
live feet long, placing them two feet
by four feet. Set ono plant four Inches
from tho south side of each stake,
covering tho roots firmly nnd Bonking
tho soil with water after setting.
Allow only threo branches to grow
on each plant, nnd tlo them to tho
stako with strips of cloth. When they
reach tho top of tho stako, pruno
them back. If n smaller quantity of
tho very finest and largest tomatoes
aro preferred, allow but ono main
stem to develop. Keep tho branch
ends clipped as Boon as tho plant has
attained good size, nnd all of its en
ergy will then go Into making toma
toes. Now comes tho secret! Whero a
sido branch leaves tho main stem Is a
fork In which tho fruit develops. In
snmo plnco llttlo shoots appear. Pinch
out theso shoots as fast ns thoy grow
and you cannot fnll to get magnificent
tomatoes. Do not plant ono of tho
trco varieties, but select a smooth,
oven, meaty typo llko Matchless,
Stone, nnd many others of their kind.
Making an Asparagus Bed.
If you havo a suitable patch of ground
nbout 12 feet long by C or S feet wide,
you can grow enough asparagus on It,
to supply a largo family during tho
spring. This does not moan ono or
two messes that cost so much thoy
tasto like money, either. It means all
you want to eat of ono of tho most
delicious and healthful vegetables.
Plant a bed this year and you can cut
nn excellent crop next spring. Of
course you could get some this year,
but It Is safer to let It alone for a
year so that the plants may get a
good Btart.
Well drained, mellow, Bandy loam is
beat for asparagus. It must bo warm,
rich and well drained. Heavy clay
will not do. If your soil Is heavy,
your best plan will bo to excavate
your bed to a depth of 18 Inches and
till in with loamy soil or a mixture of
loam and sand.
Land that hna been used for a gar
don is hotter than fresh soil. It must
bo spaded as deep aa possible, prefer
ably from 12 to 18 Inches. Mnko tho
soli flno, but not necessarily as flno
as a seed bed, except right around the
roots. Do this tho latter part of
April or tho first of May.
Next dig trenches or hills deep
enough to bring tho crown of tho
plants eight Inches below tho surfaco
of tho ground. Havo theso rowa 12
to IS Inches npart and set tho plants
12 inches npart In tho lows. Cover
them with a fow Inches of well packed
earth nnd then put ou stublo manure
until just tho tip of tho stalk is visible.
Keep tho patch hoed and till tho
trenches in as the plant grows until
the wholo bed Is level. Do not put
manure directly about tho roots.
Losses In the Manure.
Ono of tho big leaks on many farms
which are liable to bo short from tho
standpoint of both soil humus nnd fer
tility Is In tho loss of a largo per cent
of tho value of tho liquid manures
through cnrclcBB handling.
Tho straw should bo returned to tho
land that produced It, and there Is no
way of doing this that Is bo good ns
in tho shnpo of bedding used gener
ously for tho definite purpose of ab
sorbing tho liquid mnnuics. Tho soil
In In great need of these two by-products
nnd tho good farm mnnnger will
seo to It that both aro returned to it
with as llttlo loss as possible
Spreading the Droppings.
Tho droppings from tho cattlo will
bonellt tho pasture moro If thoy nro
spread or broken up with a splko
tooth barrow with the tooth sot well,
aslant. This prevents tho grass from
bclug killed out nnd tho woods com
ing In whore tho droppings havo laid.
xtxH;t!KIxA"1
I
I
Ireland's Flag
&
vCvxiixI'.'Ai!
There has been much diversity of
opinion nnd traditional quotation re
garding tho orig
inal color of tho!
Irish ling. Thq
first flag of Ireland
was blazoned with
tho sunburst, and,
ns tho peoples of
rnttinln nrrnu rnl
FltiK of 8t. Pntrlck '., ", """" ,"
ih itnlwd on Turn their colors from
mil in 432. tho most striking
colore of tho eurth, sen and Bky, It is
quite posslblo, ns Bomo assert, that tho
Urst Irish banner wns blue tho color
3f the Bky or tho bluo waters from
which tho sun seomB to rlso or sink.
It is moro likely, however, to havo
been green, emblematic of tho Green
(slo, with sunburst ndded as tho colors
3f tho Illustrious pcoplo who subdued
tho original tribes and raised the first
Sag on Erin's soil, showing their
Aslutlo origin and their emblem of
worship, they being followers of Zo
roaster, or firo worshipers.
Mut although tho Celts became the
rulers of tho soil they had no charac
teristic banner, each trlbo having Its
jwn emblem, until tho arrival of tho
Miletlan colony from tho grand city
Miletus, in Asia Minor. Their Hag
was then accepted by tho Celts, nnd
t is generally conceded that all tho
ilffercnt kings and princes that nfter
ward reigned nnd warred with each
other clung to tho green Hag down
through tho conturlcs of wars nnd
tumult, leaving Erin's tlag, if possible,
grconer than over.
During tho first year of tho Chris
tian, era tho Irish ling was ornamented
with nn nnclcnt harp of gold. And ai
many ot tho pcoplo remained uncon
rortcd to Christianity, hnlf ot tho sun
burst was blazoned on tho flag. Tho
harp seems to havo been heard for
tho first time in Ireland during the
lrst year of the Christian era. It was
introduced by tho famous Tlmotheus,
i celebrated musician and poet, a de
fendant of Tlmotheus of Miletus.
Tho people of Ireland were thrown
into a Btnto of Buch ecstacy by the
iwect strains of tho harp that they
esolved to uso it on tho flag. And
luring tho first Christian year, when
:ho Psalms of David wero being sung
tflth great pomp, tradition points to
:ho fact that tho lost harp of King
David went to Ireland.
Tho harp becamo tho music ot all
!lasscs, whllo tho God of David was
enerally accepted, nnd tho Christiana
loon outnumbered tho Flro Worship
era, who disappeared altogether after
two centuries. And it is hard for the
peoplo of tho present time to bo
lovo that thcro were cvor tribes of
flro Worshipers in tho Emerald Islo.
Thcro is no place In Ireland that la
to hallowed as Tara, where on Easter
Sunday of tho Christian era in about
Mag In Fifth Century of Christian Era.
the year 432 St Patrick, or Patrlclus,
ras requested to deliver a sermon
efore King Laoghalro, princes, and.
terfs at Tara Hill. St. Patrick afc
vempted to define the Blessed Trinity
o that memorable assembly, Fathor,
Bon, and Holy Ghost, Three in One,
tn vain. Ho pickod up a sprig ol
ihamrock and showed the assembly
threo leaves on ono stem, and they
bellovod tho sacred mystery, and
ananlmously orased the sun, tho fast
emblom of pagan Ireland, flora theli
Bag in honor of St. Patrick. And ai
i, matter of history tho flag, with a
preen ground, whlto snamrock and,
harp, remained unchanged till thq
tenth century.
On Good Friday thoro was a great;
battlo to bo fought. It waa tho tenth
century. Mrinn Morolhmo waa the
sovereign of all Ireland. Tho Danes
wero gaining great power In Ireland.
Thoy had crownod their Citric king
of Dublin. Tho majority of tho Irish
peorlo undor tho leadership of King
Brian determined to drtvo tho Danes
from tho soil.
Ono of tho daughters of tho king
had designed and embroidered In
tapestry with yellow Bilk a beautiful
banner, and undor that precious gift
on tho following day tho forces of
King Mrinn wero led to victory.
Tho flag remained with green
ground goldon black nnd shamrock
until January 1, 1800, when tho union
with England was consummated. At
12 o'clock tho royal standard of
Great Mrltaln and Ireland wns hoisted
on Dublin cnstlo. a royal salute waa
B rod from the battery In Phoenix)
jark that announced to Ireland that
tor independence-
ivaa over. Thus
tnded what ia
called Henry
Grattan's parlia
ment, tho restor
ation of which
has been n sourco Tne Flap, pr0V)0u!i
Jf Irish agitation to thn Union with
ind tho disturbed urc'" urjlum " """
jondltlon of the British dominions for
the last 110 years.
HbmuHmMHI
(yi
WBhH' IPaBBBHiBBBBBH
"My
Goodness,
How GOOD!"
Sunshine Matinee Biscuits are crisp and sweetened
just enough. Perfectly delicious deliciously perfect.
are so wonderfully good
you try them at our
expense. Let us send
you a Free "Surprise
Box" of assorted vari
eties. Mail the coupon.
JoOSE-yiLES
Biscuit (ompany
Bakers of Sunshine Biscuits
RECALLS LITERARY MYSTERY
Rev. Mr. Wolfe, Aurthor of "Burial of
Sir John Moore," Burled at
Queen8town.
A literary mystery of a hundred
years ago is recalled by tho special
centenary number, recently Issued, ot
tho Nowry Telegraph, an Ulster
trl-weekly. In its pages April 19,
1817, under tho simple head of "Poo
try," appeared what Myron called "tho
most perfect odo In tho language"
"Tho Murlnl of Sir John Moore." By
ron or Campbell or any of tho others
to whom this poem was variously
ascribed would doubtless havo beon
proud to claim it. Mut tho author was
the obscure curate of Mallyclog, in
Tyronno, Hov. Charles Wolfo, and
tho fanio of the pleco was but a pos
thumous fame for him. Not until hid
death, of consumption, in 1823, at tho
early age of thirty-two, did tho author
ship become known to tho world. And
Wolfo, who wrote much other verse
of merit, Is remembered only by that
one peom which sprang from the col
lumns of a provincial newspaper to
universal recognition In the big world
Superfluous Labor Counts.
The men who havo achieved suc
cess are the. men who have worked,
read, thought moro than was abso
lutely necessary, who have not been
content with knowledgo sufficient for
the present need, but who have sought
additional knowledgo and stored it
away for tho emergency reserve. It
is the superfluous labor that equips a
man for everything that counts In
life.
STRENGTH
Without Overloading The 8tomach.
Tho business man, especially, needs
food In tho morning that will not over
load tho stomach, but glvo mental
vigor for tho day.
Much depends on tho start a man
gets each day, as to how hu may ex
pect to accomplish tho work on hand.
Ho can't bo nlort, with u heavy,
fried-meat-and-potatoes breakfast re
quiring a lot of vital energy in di
gesting it.
A Calif, business man tried to find
some food combination that would not
overload tho stomach in the morning,
but that would produco onergy.
Ho writes:
"For years I was uuablo to find a
brenkfast food that had nutrition
enough to sustain a business man with
out overloading his stomach, causing
Indigestion and kindred ailments.
"Molng a very busy and also a very
nervous man, 1 doclded to givo up
breakfast altogether. Mut luckily I
was induced to try Grape-Nuts.
"Sluco that morning 1 have been a
new man; can work without tiring,
my head is clear and my nerves strong
nnd (pilot.
"I find four leiiBpoonfula of Grapo
Nuts with one of sugar and a small
quantity of cold milk, Is delicious as
tho cereal part of tho morning meal,
nnd invigorates me for tho day's busi
ness." Naino given by 1'ostum Co.,
Mattlo Creek. .Mich. Head tho llttlo
took, "The Rond to Wollvlllo," in pkgs.
"There's a Reason."
liter ri-iul llio nl.nte lrttrrf .1 new
one iiiit'iir friini Unit- Id time. They
re urtiiiliH'. true, nuil full ot huiuaa
latercal. Ail v. -
mifvttPAJ WW
i552' tVr aa ry
Biscuits
that we'd be proud to have
i
LooM-Wiles Biscuit Company
Omaha, Neb.
Please send me FREE "Surprise Bos"
of Assorted Sunshine Biscuits.
Nama.
Addreii.
Qroccr'a Name..
AddreM..
AN EXPENSIVE DISEASE.
"The doctors thought he had appen
dicitis until he went into bankruptcy,
and then"
"Continue."
"They diagnosed his case a pain la
the stomach."
Boosting a Mine.
"How's the sale of stock coming
on?" Inquired the first promoter.
"Sold 9,000 shares thlB morning.'
said tho second promoter.
"That must mean a good deal of
money."
"Almost S6. Come on, and I'll bloff.
you to lunch."
WKXN KUBDBKS BSCOmi NKCBStABT'
And your aboca pinch. Allan's Feot-KMa, the
Antlaepllc powder to ba ahakan Into the
ahoia, la Juat tlia thins to uaa. Try It ft)
llreaklnr In New Sboea. Sold Krarywhara.
He. sample FltKK. Addreaa, A. 8. OlmitaS,
Ltlloy, N. Y. Don't Meapt any aubatltuta. Adv.
One Difference.
Ono difference between a good bank
teller and a spendthrift Is that the
tellor may cam an honest living by
letting monoy slip through his fingers.
Mra. Wlnnlow'n Poothlne Byrup for Chlldrea
teething, softeiiK the cums. reduce Inftuiuinar
Uou,allny a palc.curea wind colic ,25a a botUedUa
It's easy to keep in touch with so
ciety If you have money to lend.
FOLETS
JJOESAR
STOPS COUGHS - CURES COLDS
Contain! No OpUtaa U Safo For ChiUraa '
The Wretchedness
of Constipation
can quickly be overcome by
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS.
Purely vegetable
act surely and
gently on the
liver. Cure Jtv
uiiiousncss,
Head
ache, Dizzi
ness, and Indigestion. They do their duty.
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE.
Genuine must bear Signature
i2
JKP 'f
P"rlll.AK tttt
AfVtJSNtti-!m hitti a
fttmmmr liuro
L.VXlaIBt SB nil 0
Ai'Afwi' nribba.
r rj '
S&&uc&?&z
sd EEfflaaasna
&
fiM
NWS
u
i ai
IM&fEZm
hir3:ss
gm