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"It's simply fine in you to come.
Have some seltzer!" cried the lady. A
hearty laugh from the group on the
broke in upon her greeting and
BLUE FOR MRS. JULIAN . terrace
made her call hastily: “Don’t tell any
VF WREN SEASON ISOVER stories about me. Let us go over JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION BAS A
MODEL SCHOOL GARDEN OF
FOR EMMA EAMES.
there.” she said, rising, “one can never
A HUNDRED HOYS.
iGotf.
afford to miss a good laugh, and Ger­
Hed Singer Flies to Husband at man dialect is too rare on these prem­
MLlian Home as Soon as Last Note ises to be slighted I often wish that I Practical Demonstrations by Depart­
Contract Season Fall» irom Her had one of my own, or that Joe Weber, ment of Agriculture and Various
Lew Fields or Sam Bernard could hear states—landscape Improvements
■idea Throat.
of the attempts at English that and Beautifications.
■here are thousands of Madame some
reach my ears during the opera season.
Among the many novel features at
■ma Eames’ admirers who. hearing As
it is, I can only enjoy them for a the Jamestown Exposition is the gar­
■ sing this season, will think they
moment
and
repeat
them
afterward
to
■v her well. They will have seen some one who can perpetuate the in­ den work by school children. One
■ in the trailing robes of Juliet, or
hundred boys from the public schools
Oh! we have droll times.”
■ simple gown of Marguerite; dark­ cident.
Mrs. Story has a keen sense of hu- of Norfolk, Newport News and Hamp­
ened as Aida or fair and white as mor,
and quite loses herself as she ton, near the Exposition grounds, were
■young bride, Elsa. They will find
to a group of story-tellers. Un-
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■her a neighbor, giving plenty of listens
like most strong personalities, she selected by their teachers to carry out
■rt and strength and personality to does
not rob those around her of poise the plans for a school garden at the
■e who weep or thrill as they listen, and ease,
but possesses the rare fac­ Exposition. Special trolley cars con­
■pathy is meat and drink to the ulty of bringing
out the very best that veyed these young gardeners and their
■er; but, in the spring when the big is in them.
■ter home of her triumphs is
After
dinner
that
even­
■ed, Madame Emma Eames flies to ing music came in for wonderful
its share. The
■ombrosa where sympathy awaits. last Wagnerian production
to the popu­
oust, ■ soon as she reaches her Italian lar songs of the season was the range.
Hte she becomes Mrs. Julian Story. A fragment of "Tammany” was sung
■ the beginning of the simple life; by that voice which will go down in
Household duties and dairy superin- history, and the chorus was taken up
■ence; of the friendship of little in many keys by the dinner guests.
Keens, new puppies and old ponies, All had heard the voice before, but it
■avorite flowers in a personal gar- was not Madame Eames of Grand Opera
B and the companionship of a who sang. It was Mrs. Julian Story
■and.
singing to her friends.
Bra. Story was reared in New Eng-
■; Mr. Story in Rome. They have
Iixurious house in Paris, but it is
From Above the Clouds.
| sunny mountain slope in Italy
■ awakens a responsive throb when The view of a storm cloud from above
I home longing is keen and the ap-
is one of the most Interesting sights
nse of the public falls to reach the ever
beheld by man. According to a
Lt.
famous aeronaut, a storm view from
b VALLOMBROSA MONASTERY, that
position has the appearance of
■any years ago, W. W. Story, a vast sea of boiling, upheaving snow.
keling for his health In Italy The falling of the rain can be distinct­
Ind the beauty of the Appenines ly heard, making a noise like a water
culminate in the stretch of land fall over a precipice. The thunder
wn as Vallombrosa. The monas- heard above the storm-cloud is not
r of the name, founded in the tenth loud, and the flashes of lightning ap-
[A OF GRAND OPERA.
JUVENILE GARDENING,
builder will find worthy of following.
This fence is eight feet high, made of
several strands of wire, and running
over the wire in every direction, com­
pletely covering it, are vines of honey­
suckle. crimson rambler, rose and
trumpet creeper, making what seems to
be an immense hedge of flowering
vines.
HOME IMPROVEMENTS.
if the Exposition results in imbuing
its many thousand visitors with the
spirit of home improvement and with
a determination to go back home and
make of their own towns, or houses
and grounds models of beauty and con­
venience, it will go far toward proving
a national success.
Rustic benches and bridges, pretty
walks under canopies of vines and
flowers, shady lanes and streets and
a thousand other interesting things at
the Exposition are studies for the peo­
ple, worthy of the most careful at­
tention. It will not be an exposition
THE 1000 YEAR OLD POWHATAN OAK.
teachers to the grounds, April 16, 1906,
and under direction of Warren H.
Manning, landscape designer of the
Exposition, every boy was assigned to
a small plot of ground In the garden
and was glven«seeds to plant and in­
structions how to plant them. In
these gardens are now growing beans,
peas, parsnips, carrots, marshmallow,
parsley and other vegetables. They are
attended by their little gardeners and
are kept clean and free from weeds,
most of the boys taking a special pride
in their gardens.
This is but a preliminary training
for -he schoolchildren in gardening,—a
trial heat, as it were, for the race next
year. The actual work is to be taken
up at the Jamestown Exposition next
spring.
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PRIZES FOR BEST GARDENS.
Those who have made a success of
their gardens this season will be given
preference next year and will have
their same gardens. The Exiosition
Company will give prizes or medals for
«tha best cultivated garden on the
Exposition grounds and the young
gardeners wi!l be given some valu­
able lessons in agriculture. The U. S.
Department of Agriculture and some
of the state departments will have ex­
perimental stations and gardens at
the Exposition as object lessons to
the young as well as older gardeners.
The young minds amongithe visitors
which have a bent toward agricultural
pursuits will have an opportunity to
learn much of value In the way of till­
ing the soil. They will learn when to
plant, what to plant and how to plant,
to get the best results. They will
also be given an opportunity to study
soils and their treatment, and how to
enrich and Improve them. Tree plant­
ing and transplanting will constitute
another phase of Uncle Sam's object
lessons, as are done at other govern­
MADAME EMMA EAMES.
ment experimental stations. At the
A Popular Favorite of Grand Opera.
St Louis Exposition Uncle Sam’s gar­
ptury, was in the
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bands Hi of a few pear like streaks of Intensely white dens and the children’s gardens proved
Jonks. The scattering of the monastic light on the surface of the gray-colored exceedingly interesting as well as In­
structive to the farmers who were
per was the first of Innovations. The vapor.
wise enough to appreciate the bene­
pUlty, famed for its health-giving
fits to be derived from them. At the
roperties, offers peace and immunity
Jamestown Exposition it is expected
JOHN WESLEY S “POEM."
k>m the world, in a few hotels and
the Agricultural Department will
Initorlunis. Two or three American
broaden Its scope of Instructions in
lill Iona Ires have erected summer Representative J. W. Gaines of Ten many
ways and surpass its efforts at
bmea on near-by hill tops and several nessee. Created Roars of Amuse­
St. Louis.
kmilles of the aristocracy of Florence
ment in the House, During
knd the hot months here in feudal
Closing Days of Session by
WILD WOODS BECOME PARKS
kongholds.
Reciting “When Democ­
The landscape gardening which has
[The shooting box of the ancient
racy Will Die.’’
transformed a wild woods into one of
pdlcl family, where the American
“When the Hon» e4t Vr’M l,ke
.
the
most beautiful scenic parks, will
let lived and died. Is occupied by his And th. fisherman swallows the whale;
also serve as an object lesson to farm­
Fighter; and Julian Story, because When U1S
trtinpiuo knit
th. terrapin,
ers and all who have grounds to beau­
|e spot is endeared to him through And the hare is outrun by the snail;
tify with flowers, shrubs and trees.
" father’s memory, has built on a When serpent» walk upright like men.
More than a million plants and trees
km of many acres a great square And doodle bug. travel like fro«»:
are growing on the Exposition
f^er and hall. Campiglioni is the When the grasshopper feeds on the hen,
grounds, many of which have been
km, and Torre Di Campiglioni is And feathers are found on the nog».
Thoma, eat. swim tn the air.
transplanted; others are native to the
ie home, which signifies the happy When elephant,
ro-wt upon tree.;
■oil. Among the trees transplanted
And
l°de of art and good fellowship.
Inserts
in
rammer
are
rare,
were several hundred old trees, some
Mr. Story paints pictures, and When
never makes people .nee»;
comprising an apple orchard, whose
kma. hi, enerKy wherever his por- And snug
When the a«b creep over dry land,
trees were removed and planted
eommissioM may take him while And moles on velocipede, ride;
around
the thirty-acre drill plain on
wife Is singing. To the visiting When foxe. lay egg. In the rand,
the grounds. These and the pinea.
of the singer the 20 mile trip And women In drem Uk. no pride.
cedars, dogwoods and other trees have
Florence was a fitting approach When Dutchmen no kmrer drloh beer,
not suffered by being transplanted.
her beautiful retreat. The road And glrla get to preacblor'
the billy go«t butts from the rear.
Even trees which were hauled many
eventually led up to the terrace When trMson
no longer la crim«
II Torre was tied in bowknots, and And ‘^/humming
bird brer. Ake aa »as. miles over land and water and plant
ed on the Exposition grounds arg
out Mke a puzzle. The puzzle When Ilmburger well, like
And
thrifty. They hsve all been handled
•olved. however, and in the open When
under the guidance of landscape engin­
room or "loggia." Mr. Story When
And £2 grow, i. KriP-bUre. head..
eers The work has been done scien
me hearty welcome.
tiflcslly and skillfully. The results are
And wool on tbe bydraoi'c
sesn In the tine condition of the trees.
ENTIRELY DEMOCRATIC.
The arrangement of trees, flower,
>een separated
and plants of all kinds. In various
from the great
parts of the Exposition grounds can
In the Friends’ burial
be studied to great advantage by all
a divinity in q.i.m N. J- there stands the largest landscape gardeners and the unique
tree In the United
State State.
and possibly
the
velvet drop- oak
ÄÄ
I. is now
fence of wire and flowering vines, is
Story came out in
a study worth going miles to nee. a
»nite duck skirt and a drawnwork used as the "trade mark of the New magnificent model which every fence
Urtwalst
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Jersey Forestry Association.
of commercialism, but one showing the
beauties of nature and the value of
science in peace as well as In war.
RELICS OF JAMESTOWN.
Site of Exposition Battleground of
Conflicts Between Early Settlers
and Indians.
Of all the Smiths who have ever
lived. Captain John is becoming the
most famous, due to the prominence
given to his doings, incident to the
Jamestown Exposition. The romantic
days of Pocahontas and Captain John
Smith nre vividly recalled by the old
Indian and frontiersmen’s relics which
have been dug up in preparing the
ground for the Jamestown Exposition.
The site selected for the celebration
of the three hundredth nr versary of
the first permanent English settlement
in America was once an Indian village
occupied by the 1’owLatans, tiie most
powerful trllte of the curly American
Indians, who roamed over the country
east of the Ohio River several cen­
turies ago.
Near the State Exhibits Building
stands a majestic live oak tree, the
"Powbatan Oak,” estimated to be
nearly 1,000 years old, which was a
favorite camping ground of the In­
dians before America was discovered
by the Palefaces. Here were held
councils of war when the only weap­
ons in use were stone hatchets, stone
war clubs, spears with stone points
and bows and arrows. The arrow­
heads used were made of flint, chipped
down to a cutting edge, almost as
sharp as a knife, every arrow head
representing many hours of hard and
patient toll. Scores of these flint ar­
row-heads are being found on the Ex­
position ground. In excavating for
streets and buildings. Home of them
are broken, perhaps by striking some
foe of the Indians In battle or some
wild animal—In those days the woods
about Hampton Roads were alive with
deer, bear and other animals. At So­
well’s Point where these relics are
found were fought bloody battles be­
tween the early English settlers and
the Indians and, according to old In­
dian traditions, this was also the
batttie ground on which warring In­
dian tri lies desperately contended for
the right of domain, long before the
occurrence of the historic event which
the Jamestown Exposition commemo­
rates. The valuable fisheries of what
are now called Hampton Roads and
Chesapeake Bay, t-e beautiful bunt­
ing grounds along the water courses
and the many attractions peculiar to
this locality made this particular
point of land very desirable, and for
Its possessions Indian tribes warred
with one another. Now, after cen­
turies have gone by and the old In­
dian nations that once controlled this
region have passed away, their an­
cient battle fields have been trans­
formed into a magnificent Internation­
al exposition ground. ju»t outside the
corporate Limits of the city of Norfolk.
Virginia.
Want Industrial Training.
Resolutions were recently adopted
at the closing session» of the Ameri­
can Institute of Instruction at New
Haven favoring the Installing of In­
dustrial departments In every efficient
school system. The Institute also
placed Itself on record as holding tbst
In view of recent developments of dis­
honesty In high places and of the In­
crease of crime In different directions.
It Is the duty of the teachers to per­
sistently train the American youth in
honesty, integrity, and upr i g htn ene.
FARM HIGH SCHOOL
GREA T1MPRO CEMENT IN EDUCA ■
TIONAL METHODS IN THRU’.
ING KANSAS TOWN.
Consolidation of
the
Sod-House
Schools Into a Large and Well
Equipped High School—Students
Imbibe the Spirit of Village Improv­
ement.
Actual examples of successes—of
things that already have been done—
are more convincing than a thousand
plausible arguments to prove what pos­
sibly can be done. The Department of
Agriculture cites a case In Kausas,
showing the practical operation of a
county high school, which has done
much for Norton' County, and which,
if faithfully worked out, in other In­
stances, would give a tremendous im­
petus to any other county in any
state.
Kansas has local option in the es­
tablishment of county high schools.
As a result several sparsely settled
counties or counties in which there
are few large towns are supporting
such schools. Norton County, which a
few years ago was Cotted with sod
school houses, and which still has
many sod dwelling houses, now sup­
ports a good county high school In the
village of Norton, a town of 1500 in­
habitants, located near the geopraphi-
cal center of the county. The high
school building Is of brick, 2 stories
high, over a well lighted basement,
and is located on the outskirts of the
village, where land can be easily se­
cured. The basement contains fur­
nace and fuel rooms, lavatories, and a
gymnasium. On the first floor is a
physics and chemistry room, a natural
history room, a music and art room,
and the rooms of the business depart­
ment. The second floor contains an
assembly and study room and two re­
citation rooms. The apparatus and
other equipment for the work In phy­
sics, chemistry, and natural history
are exceptionally good for a small high
school. There is also a good library
and a reading room with current news­
papers and magazines.
The expense of running the school
In 1903-4 was *9.588, including *4,430
for teachers’ salaries and *5.158 for
buildings, grounds, and incidentals.
This was a year when considerable
sums were spent for furniture, appara­
tus, supplies, and additional land. The
running expenses for the first six
monthB in 1905 were *3,775. Hereto­
fore five teachers have been employed,
but this year there are six.
NO FARMING TAUGHT.
Previous to this year the Norton
County High School has offered college
preparatory, normal, business ana gen
erai science courser,»but no course re­
lated In any direct way to the leading
industry of the county—farming. The
county superintendent of schools said
that his attention had been forcibly
directed to this lack In the curriculum
of the high school by the experience
of a young man who came to the school
from one of the many large farms In
the vicinity, took the four-year busi­
ness course, spent one year in a local
bank at *30 a month, and then con-
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the country for eight days in the in­
terests of the new course of study.
As a result, considerable lntereat was
aroused in the proposed new work,
a tentative agricultural course was out­
lined, and arrangements were made
with the three farm implement dealers
of the town to open their warehouses
to the classes In agriculture and fur­
nish experts to give Instruction on the
mechanics, care, and use of farm ma­
chinery.
STARTING IN AGRICULTURE.
The agricultural work of the course
includes botany, with special reference
to variation, development of species,
hybridization, and the Influence of
light, heat, moisture, eta, on the plant;
soils and tillage; plant physiology,
farm crops, grain judging, and horti­
culture; farm accounts; farm manage­
ment, including farm plans, methods
of cropping, farm machinery and its
care, and rural economies with spe­
cial reference to the problems of a
business nature that will be met on the
farm; animal production and stock
Judging, and dairying. The teacher of
agriculture reports that the Implement
dealers have given further evidence
of their Interest in ths agricultural
course by offering prizes aggregating
*112 in value for a grain-judging
contest, open to all young men in the
country, and that these prizes nave
been supplemented by a *15 suit oi
clothes from a clothing dealer. Con­
tinuing. he says: >'am well pleased
with the way the boyr take hold of
the work. Out of 70 boys we have 9
enrolled In the agricultural course, and
I think most of the flrst-year boys will
take it up when they get to it tn tha
course. It Is proving popular In the
rchool and entirely free from the pre­
judice I had anticipated at the outset.”
This Is the nucleus of an Important
experiment In education. Norton Is
just In the edge of the great semlarld
region of the Middle West. Agricul­
tural practice in that region differs ma­
terially from that of the more humid
regions on the one hand and from
that of the Irrigated districts on the
other. The teacher of agriculture is
thoroughly familiar with the agricul­
ture of the-region, and has but recent­
ly graduated from an agricultural col­
lege which Is ilevotlng much study to
the problems of the hundredth meridi­
an belt. The agriculture of this belt Is
extensive. Here one man works as
much land as four or five men In the
blast; he cultivates three rows of corn
nt one crossing of the field, and does
other things on an equally extensive
scale. Improved fnrm machinery makes
this method of farming possible. It
Is therefore of the greatest Importance
'hat much attention to farm machinery
be given In the agricultural course
• t the Norton County High School.
The cereals (corn and wheat) are the
leading field crops, hence the Import­
ance of grain-judging contest^ and
other school work relating to these
great staples.
The county superintendent of schools
has expressed the hope that the school
may also do much work that will be
of immediate practical benefit to ths
agriculture of the country, such aa
testing seeds for viability, or germin­
ating power, and milk and cream to»
butter fat; treating oats and wheat
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eluded that he would gain In both
purse and pleasure by going back to
the farm. Ruch a young man. and
there are many like him in the Norton
County High School, would have wel­
comed an agricultural course, and
would have gone back to the farm
much better prepared for the duties of
life than he was with a business train­
ing. So the county superintendent of
achools and the other members of the
board of trustees decided that an
agricultural course should take the
place of the general science course, and
hired a graduate of the Kansas Rtate
Agricultural College to teach agricul­
ture and other sciences In the high
school. Secretary Wilson of Agricul­
ture while making a trip through the
short-grass country," learned of the
enterprise, became much Interested In
it, and In response to an appeal for
aid sent a representative of the Office
of Experiment Rtatlons to Norton to
help start It. The president of the
Kansas Rtate Agricultural College also
responded to a call for assistance and
made one of a party of four that toured
for smut and potatoes for scab; spray
Ing trees and garden crops for insect
pests and diseases, and making plans
for farm buildings, roads, water sys­
tems. etc. Buch work could be done
largely by the pupils at school or on
the different farms on Saturdays. It
would be educational and at the same
time would make the farmers feel
that they were getting some Immediate
tangible return for the taxes paid in
support of the school.
The Homer Pigeon.
The bomer pigeon, when traveling,
seldom feeds, and If the distance to Its
borne be long. It arrives thin, exhaust
ed, and almost dying, ff corn be pre
wanted to It, It refuses to eat, con
tenting itself with drinking a little
water, and then sleeping.
Two oi
throe hours later It begins to eat with
great moderation, and sleeps again
Immediately afterwards. If Its flight
has been very prolonged the pigeon
will proceed In this manner for forty­
eight hours before recovering Ito nor­
mal mode of feeding.
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