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LEARNING THE BEST.
A tired little worm went to sleep one day
In a toft little crndlc of silken gray,
And he said, as ho snugly curled up In
his nest,
"Oh, crawling was pleasant, but rest is
best."
He slept through the winter, long and
cold,
All tightly up in his blnnkot rolled,
And at last awoke on a warm spring day,
To find that the winter had gone away.
Ha awoke to find he had golden wings,
And no longer need crawl over sticks and
things.
"Oh, the earth was nice," said the glad
butterfly
"But Heaven is best when we learn to
fly."
Weekly Bouquet.
The Summer Boarder
The rolling ranges of the Blue Uidge
and the Smokies have become the camp
ing ground of ambitious artists and art
students. Aninryl was accustomed to
see them puss along the road, with
camp stools and other paraphernalia,
to meet youths and maidens In the pur
suit of art wandering through the for
ests, valleys and fields, Intent on law
less and fruitless attempts to capture
the glories of sunset and sunrise down
a vista of far-distant peaks.
When their sumnfer boarder, there
fore, unpacked an eased, pnluts and
brushes, Amaryl was delighted. "You
could make lovely pictures if you would
copy the scenes around here. I will
.take you to see our wonderful falls and
cascades, and there Is nothing lovelier
than Mission Valley when tho moon
CjoiIs It with light, A river runs
through it like a Bllver thread and tho
sawmill and little settlement below the
trogs are wonderfully picturesque."
"I came to your mountains seeking
the loveliest thing In Nature," the art
ist answered ambiguously. lie was
watching Amaryl through hnlf-closixl
yea while she transplanted some ferns.
She was too lntenf on her tosk to no
tice his steady gaze.
The artist seemed to bo lazy. Ho
-was content to spend hours In his room,
Idling, presumably; then he would wan
der off with Amaryl when she could
pare the time In the sweet, late after
noons, to visit some beautiful spot she
told him of. No one knew of the glo
rious canvas which he kept locked In
closet of his room.
He would sketch for n few moments,
then, throwing himself' on some moss
covered rock by Amaryl's side, would
drift Into desultory descriptions of
scenes of far-distant lands, or would
wander Into dreamy speculation on the
problems of life, whose charm wns ac
centuated by the murmur of waterfalls
or the wind playing Its Eotlan harp hi
the pines and hemlocks overhead.
Their summer boarder had offered so
large a price for the room he occupied,
with its quaint mouutaln-niade furni
ture, that Susau Wilbor's sad face
brlghteued visibly and a falut color
cams Into her pale cheek. "He's a gen
tleman," was Sam Wilbor's comment
when told of it after he had come home
weary from his usual work In the field.
The days passed swiftly that sum
mer, and never had Amaryl been so
happy. She was always busy, but found
time to take pleasant strolls with Phil
ip Armstrong when her day's w ork was
lone.
"What a pity you are uot more ambi
tious," she said to him chidingly. "I
am sure you could paint better than all
of them if you would only try," at
which the artist laughed gnyly.
Many long unknown comforts crept
Into the cottage, ond the artist seemed
to think it only natural to buy lavishly
from all the country wagons as they
came lumbering by.
"He Is pleasant and kind-hearted,"
wns Susan's comment. "He Is much
more than that," Sam Wllbor said,
glancing down at his toll-worn hands,
"lie has the fine Instincts of u man of
true breeding. lie ought to be wealthy;
he would make a good use of his
wealth."
The artist and Sam Wllbor were con
genial. They had long talks together
In the gloaming on the porch, and the
weatherbeaten toller and former club
man saw the summer draw to a close
most regretfully. .
In answer to a letter of Inquiry
which was shrewd, kindly and world
ly, the artist wrote to Mrs. Dartmore:
"The child Is divine, fnlr In face and
form, and, oh, my friend, what sweet
freshness of heart and spirit! It must
I be the grandeur of Nature In those vast
rolling ranges, always pointing to lofty
Ideals and Immeasurable heights, which
has made Amaryl the perfect being she
Is.
"My picture requires but a few more
touches. 1 have studied her face under
all aspects and emotion. She lives on
the canvas a spirit of flame and beauty.
I will send It to the Paris salon. Would
NEVER II AD AMARYL BEKN SO HAPPY.
that 1 could keep It. But our compact
holds good. It's price Is Amaryl's.
"As to the other clause of our en
gagement, I will bring her to see you
some time this winter."
Mrs. Dartmore folded the letter and
put It slowly back Into Its envelope,
and there was a faint smile on her lips
ond a gleam of keenest pleasure in her
clever eyes. 'Toor, dear Susan, and
Sum that hero, Sam. I am glad," sho
murmured. ,
The tourists, art students and art
professors all left the mountains, and
went back to their various vocations
amid the grind and Btruggle of dally
life In big centers. The old ranges
were left to themselves. The little ham
lets and villages dropped back Into
sleepy ways, aud the four-ox wagons
passed slowly along the public roads
unmolested by smart traps, fashionable
road carta and well dressed people.
The approach of fall was felt In the
nlr, these late September days, and the
leaves of the forest were crimson and
purple and gold. Amaryl was disquiet
ed and unhappy. "He leaves us nest
week, mother. How delightful the sum
mer has been," she said, sadly.
"Ills coming to us was a great bless
ing. Perhaps he will return next sum
mer, child," her mother answered.
"Yes, a great blessing. Wo have not
been so comfortable and happy for
inauy years," Sam Wllbor said, musing
ly, from where he sat smoking by the
fire, for the eveuhigs were cool and thv
blaze cheery.
"A pleasant companion. A true gen
tleman, Amaryl, daughter. He will come
back some day," he added, placing bis
hand on Amaryl's head, for she sat on
a low stool close to him. Amaryl drew
his arm lovingly around her neck.
And when, an hour later, Philip Arm
strong stood with Amaryl on the rustic
porch to watch the moon rise in a blaze
of glory behind the distant hills, this
last night of his stay In the mountains,
there was a suppressed triumph In hh
eyes. His great picture was finished.
"I came to your mountains for a sub
lime Inspiration, and I found It In you
Amaryl, child of beauty. I am a poor
devil of an artist, always striving and
straining after Impossible Ideals. With
out you I would fall. Will you marry
me, little one, and be my inspiration?
You will always have my undying de
votion." Some months later a carriage rolled
up to Mrs. Dartmore's door, and two
people got out.
"I have brought my wife to see you,
dear friend," Philip Armstrong said on
being ushered into an elaborately hand
some morning room.
"Philip Armstrong, you don't think
that you have surprised me, do you?"
Mrs. Dartmore asked scornfully, after
clasping Amnryl lovingly in her arms."
"Why, child," she said, holding her
off to get a better view of her, "you are
handsomer thin his painting of you.!'.
"You know you have been awarded
the gold medal," she added, turning to
rhlllp, her face aglow with pride and
satisfaction, "Here's the cablegram.
Tarls and London are raving over your
picture, Amaryl. Here Is your check
book, child. The money Is fairly yours.
Ask Philip. Baron Von Stainer bought
It for $20,000. Philip does not need the
money. You can play ducks and drakes
with it If you choose. He has more
than he knows what to do with, child.
You may not know It, my dear, but you
have married a very great artist.
"Come upstairs with me, dearie,
your rooms are ready. You and Philip
are to stay with me until Susan and
Sara arrive. I am having the house
next door prepared for them. Philip
can take you abroad after they come.
He has not done you justice, but his
picture Is glorious." New Orleans
Times-Democrat
Poetry Defined.
George P. Morris, the author of
"Woodman, Spare That Tree," was a
general of the New York militia and a
favorite with all who knew him. Mrs.
Sherwood In her reminiscences tells
how another poet associated the general
with a definition of poetry.
Once Fltx-Greene Halleck, the author
of "Marco Bozzarls," called upon her In
New York In his old age, and she asked
hlin to define for her what was poetry
and what was prose.
He replied : "When Gen. Morris com
mands his brigade and says, 'Soldiers,
draw your swords!' he talks prose.
When he says, 'Soldiers, draw your
willing swords!' he talks poetry."
From the DeTtl's Note Book.
Death came near to her when sh
was young and beautiful.
"Ob, have mercy !" she cried. "I am
not prepared to die there it too much
before me."
Death desisted, but returned a few
years later. The woman held forth her
trembling hands In supplication :
"Spare me! Have mercy! I am not
prepared to die there is too much be
hind me!"
Moral There is no pleasing some
people. Smart Set
The Sarcaatte Victim.
The Barber Your hair Is coming
out on top, sir. ' . - x
The Crank Good ! I knew It was In
nie. Now, for goodness sake, don't talk
to it or It will crawl back again, Phil
adelphia Press,
QHEATEST POET Ef FRANCE.
Commerce of Paris Hu Ann nail?
Been Growing; In Importance.
Paris will soon be the greatest port
in France. Work which was begun thirty-seven
years ago Is now nearlng com
pletion and when this is done the gay
capital will have many miles of
wharves capable of lauding thousands
of tons of merchandise dally. Although
the port is mostly concerned with in
ternal traffic, the Seine at Paris is also
deep enough to receive ships coming
direct from London. Her commerce of
tills nature has annually been growing
ui importance.
Shortly after the war of 1S70 tho
Paris Municipal Council decided to es
tablish wharves along the river banks
so that boat traffic could be more rap
Idly developed. A vast plan of Im
provement wns then laid out. The river
was'dredged. Locks were established
both above and below the city, so as
to maintain the river at a nearly con
stant level. Then a series of docks
was established, some of which were
large enough to take Channel steamers
of moderate tonnage.. Such steamers
are now a familiar sight at the Port St
Nichols, just opposite the Louvre.
The chief feature of the shipping
which has Paris as Its home port is
stone, plaster and other building ma
terial. Huge quantities of cereals and
wine are also handled. Among the
things which Paris ships to the prov
inces by way of the Seine Is refuse de
rived from old buildings which have
been torn down, and such unattractive
material as chemical manures and so
forth.
During ttieKyear 1906 almost 13,000,
000 tons were shipped from Paris. Last
year's record surpassed this by another
half million. When the present Im
provements are completed it Is believed
that the annual tonnage will be almost
doubled. Practically all the ground re
moved in excavating for the city's new
underground railroad was carried away
by Seine boats. All the material used
In' Its construction came by the same
oute.
The only port which at present" sur
passes Paris In annual tonnage Is Mar
seilles, and within the next few months
even Marseilles will have to take sec
ond place.
Humane Work That la Practical.
Other tender-hearted w.omen have at
tempted to lighten the burden of
draught horses with varying degrees of
success, but It has remained for Mrs.
Theodore. Thomas, wife of the great
orchestra leader, to hit on a practical
remedy for the evil. She Is taking
steps to submit to the city council of
Chicago a mammoth petition for an or
dinance regulating the tonnage a horse
may be required to draw. It is her
hope that the full legal penalty may ba
attached to the measure, and that it
will be enforced. She realizes that,
while a good many owners of horses
might be- Influenced by arguments
based on sentiment, there are hundreds
who -can be reached only through their
pockets. If she can make It expensive
for an owner to overload a wagon, she
thinks she will be able to save the
four-footed animals many a weary
ask.
Mrs. Thomas' does not content herselt
with having her petition signed by
leading citizens. She goes every day
among the teamsters themselves and,
by simple reasoning, Induces them to
add their names to the plea. Her ar
gument Is that it Is to the teamster's
interest to see that his hqrse Is not
overtasked, because he then will be
able to do his own work much more
quickly and so. In time, command high
er wages. Many hundreds of teamsters
Tiave given their signatures to the
earnest woman, and she expects to
have the names of a fair proportion of
the owners on the .sheet before shfl
takes It to the council.
Am Old-Fashloued Tanner.
A Pleaanre Foregone.
t
"Have you studied political econo
my?" "No, sir." answered Senator Sot
ghum. "I'd like to, but I'm afraid my
constituents would think I was amus
ing myself reading books instead of hus
tling for pensions and appropriations."
Washington Star.
Ilelpfal Hint.
"What would be a good motto for a
young author?" asked the youth with
dreams.
"First, be sure you typewrite and
then go ahead," replied the reader from
Punkton's publishing house. Kansas
City Times.
One thing may be said to the credit
of the parrot: He never makes any
thing worse In repeating It
1 ti- Zjt' iS'Mt
wmimm
The Influence of Feed.
Linseed meal has a tendency to make
a soft butter, provided the meal is fed
in large amounts. If fed In only me
dium amounts, the butter fats are nor
mal It Is a valuable mllk-stimulatlng
food and can be i!sed to prevent the
formation of excessively hard fats in
winter. The only disadvantage to. the
general use is the price. Half or three
quarters of a pound of linseed or oil
meal In a ration per day will txert a
very favorable Influence upon the quall-
j fy of the butter.
Corn meal, when fed in large
amounts with coarse fodders, has a
tendency to produce a firm butter.
When mixed with other grains, a bet
ter quality of butter is produced than
If the corn were fed alone. Gluten
meal, a by-product obtained In the
manufacture of corn starch and glu
cose, produces a softer butter than corn
meal. The gluten, It is to be observed,
contains more of the vital nutrient
protein. Professor Harry Snyder, Uni
versity of Minnesota.
Keeping; a Gate from Sag-grins;.
Most farm gates are heavy, and af
ter a little time they sag. When they
get this way it takes a strong man
to open and shut one. Here is a
remedy. Get a wheel, either big or
little, from an old piece of machinery,
and bolt it to the front end of the gate
GOOD USE FOB AN OLD PLOW WHEEL.
in such a way that the gate will be
held level. Now the smallest child can
open the gate for you. Try It, for It
Is a saver saves your patience, your
back, and the gate. N. W. S., In Farm
and Home.
Hoblna Killed for Food in the Sooth.
A million robins were killed In Louis
iana during the winter of 1907-8, the
offenders being men and boys who shot
them for food. While they are pro
tected as song birds in Northern States,
it Is a common Southern practice to
shoot them "for the table, and in some
States the hunters kill them In great
numbers at their roosting places. A
government expert suggests that the
eastward movement of the boll weevil
has been facilitated by the killing of
the robins. If that is shown to be so,
the cotton growers will -not receive
much sympathy from the members of
the Audubon societies. Leslie's Weekly-
Transplanting- Trees.
In Revue Universelle, according to
another foreign contemporary, there Is
a practical article of general interest
on transplanting plants In full foliage
at night. The results of some experi
ments by Rouault would make unneces
sary the customary transplanting of de
ciduous trees in the fall or winter. He
has found that trees may be trans
planted In full foliage In May or June,
with little or no Injury, providing the
process is carried on at night This
has been demonstrated to the entire
satisfaction of some of the most prom
inent horticulturists of France.
Brewery Stock Feed.
. Dried brewers' grains rank close to
bran In feeding value, containing a
little more protein and fat, but not
quite so much carbohydrates. It Is
claimed that In 100 pounds of this feed
there are 15.7 pounds of protein, 36.3
pounds of carbohydrates and 5.1 pounds
of fat Malt sprouts and dried brew
ers' grains are valuable cow feeds, es
pecially the latter. Sprouts are rich
est In protein, but not much relished
by cows and should be fed only In lim
ited quantities. Wet brewers' grains
are apt to Injure the quality of the
milk.
Population and Food.
The statistician In the Department
of Agriculture of the United States es
timates that in 1931 the population of
the country will be 130,000,000. To sup
ply the requirements of this number of
people will necessitate the production
of 700,000,000 bushels of wheat, 1.250,
000,000 bushels of oats, 3,450,000,000
bushels of corn, 1 00,000,000 tons of hay ;
and cotton, tobacco, fruits and vegeta
bles In proportion. This will necessi
tate bringing under cultivation an addi
tional 150,000,000 acres of land, and It
Is estimated that we have only 108,000,
000 acres available for cultivation.
' Insect with Spring-board Nose, ..
. Among the curious Insects of the
Malay Peninsula Is one called the lan
tern fly, which Is remarkable for Its
sudden leaps, made without the aid of
Its wings. It was only after the first
specimens of this queer Insect were
carried to London for examination, thai
It was discovered that a curious projec
tion on the front of its head, a kind
of nose with a crease in It, was the
leaping organ. When bent back under
the abdomen and suddenly released It
sent the Insect flying. '
Odds la Weather Forecasting-.
People have learned by experience to
make allowance for error In the pre
dictions of the Weather Bureau, but
Prof. Schuster thinks that the allow
ances should be officially stated. As
tronomers, it appears, are in the habit
of giving the value of the "probable
error" when publishing their observa
tions. But, although meteorology lends
Itself more readily than any other
science to the evolution of deviations
from the mean result, the weather fore
casters have not adopted the custom
of stating tho probable error. Prof.
Schuster looks forward to the time
when weather forecasts will be accom
panied by a statement of the odds that
the prediction will be fulfilled. Then,
perhaps, we shall read In the weather
column not simply, "rain to-morrow,"
but "3 (o 1" or "9 to 1 for rain to-morrow."
"
A Good Whitewash.
Here Is a well recommended white
wash : For 10 gallons use 25 pounds of
common lime slaked with boiling water;
5 pounds of clean wood ashes ; 10
pounds of melted beef tallow; 2
pounds of common salt and one-half
pound of glue, dissolved. Add any dry
mineral paint to color, such as burnt
umber, yellow ochre or mineral red.
Mix all while hot and appply while
warm, keeping 't well stirred.
The Sheep Pen.
As a rule there Is very little mois
ture In the sheep pen . from the ani
mals themselves. Sheepmen say that
by heavy bedding, particularly at the
beginning of the season, the straw will
absorb all the urine from the sheep
without there being any softness or
rotting of the straw, and the pens are
often not cleaned more than once In t
season without Injury to the stock.
Spraying; Frnlt Trees..
All fruit trees should be sprayed
while dormant, with lime, sulphur and
salt as a preventive of San Jose scale,
to destroy the fungi. It Is also claim
ed that this preparation Is a good fer
tilizer, and will help to keep the trees
healthy. Quite a number of Insects at
tack only dead or decaylngtrees, and
these form a breeding place for. many
other varieties of Insect pests.
Digested Fertilisers.
Manure is simply materials that have
been softened and decomposed (digest
ed) within the body of. an animal. To
apply such raw materials as bran and
linseed meal directly to the soil would
be of no advantage, notwithstanding
that they are excellent fertilizers, their
value being Increased by feeding to
stock.
To Prevent Rinimxi.
An Iron weight with a strap attached
to it should always be carried In the
farm wagon. The moment the horse
Is stopped and the driver is to leave
the team, the weight should be dropped
to the ground and the strap fastened to
the horse. This will make It safer
than to allow the team to stand un
hitched. Demand for Horse-Radish.
Annually 75,000 barrels, or 7,500,000
pounds, of horse-radish are shipped
from St. Louis to the Atlantic coast,
to the Pacific coast, to the lakes and
to the gulf.
Farm News And Notes.
Uncle Sam received $11,500,000 last
year for public lands of all kinds.
A gardener at Tacoma, Wash., last
season marketed $750 worth of celery
from one acre of ground.
The explosion of a cream separatot.
nearly killed Earl Adams and his moth
er, living near Trempeleau. Minn.
Emperor William of Germany sent
fifteen coach and cavalry horses to the
International show. . They were among
the most beautiful animals ever seen
In this country.
Wyoming is sending a large number
of er tough little bronchos to Alaska,
as It has been found that they stacd
the rigorous climate up there better
than any other breed.
Night riders in Tennessee who wer
arrested for burning tobacco sheds and
shooting at farmers were set free be
cause a Jury could not be found la
the county to try them. -
The government reports that 2,600,
000 cattle died in the United States
last year, over half of these succumb
ing from exposure. The total losses
from all causes is estimated at $24,000.-
000.
Farming in New . Mexico has been
given a "great impetus during the past
few years by the work of the farmers'
Institutes and many unproductive val
leys have been turned Into rich grain
and fruit fields.
- One of the eights at the Internation
al Stock Show was a pure white Gallo
way, sired by Scottish Standard, a
thoroughbred Galloway bull out of a
pure bred white Galloway cow. This is
a freak, but may produce a new typ
of Galloway.
Self-Preserratioa.
"The man who can be coerced Into
paying hush money is either a coward
or a criminal.'
"I don't class myself with either asj
I pay hush money." -
"What forr
" "If I didn't my wife would taSr
me from one pay day till the next"
Hoaston Post