The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-01-29
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EMELlNE PAvY, A STAGE BEAUTY,
MASTER OF HIMSELF.
The Tesr Was a Unsane One. but the
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BOY Stood 1t.
That was unique way in which Mr..
Smith, merchant of an eastern city
In want of a boy, is said to have tested 4
the young applicants who came to him.
He put a sign in his>window: Wanted /:
a Boy; Wages 81; Sc to the Right One !,
AS each applicant appeared the mer-
chant asked, "Can you readg" Then
he took the boy into quiet room, gave ],
him an open book and babe him read
without a break until told to stop.
When the reading had been going on
for few minutes, Mr., Smith dropped
a book to the floor and then rose and
moved certain articles about the room.
This was sufficient to pique the curiosi-
& ty of some of the candidates. They
looked up, lost their place on the page,
Numbered. and the merchant said:
You may stop. ! shall not need you
at present. want a boy who is mas
ter of himself
If the reader was undisturbed by Mr..
Smiths movements. a lot of roguish
puppies were tumhled out of a basket
and encouraged to frolic about the
floor. This proved too much for most
of the boys. They looked, hesitated
and were dismissed q
Boy after boy underwent the same
treatment until over 80 had been tried
and had failed to control their curiosi-
ty. At length. one morning. IL boy read
steadily on without manifesting any
desire to look at the puppies.
Stop said the merchant finally.
Did you see those puppies?'
"No, sir" replied the boy. Il could
not see them and read too"
"You knew they were there?'
Eyes, SIR
''Are you fond of dogsY'
Yes, sir"
albright / think you will suit me-"
said the merchant. "Come tomorrow.
I Your wages will start at 81. and If you
prove master of yourself. as ! think
Nou will, you shall have Sc. perhaps
ss..iore."
1t was not many weeks before the
wages were Sc, and promotions follow
ed. Now the, young man fills high
position in the store. - Youths Com
panion.
Besides Their Beauty They Are of
Practical Use In China.
It was DR. MacGowan who some
years ago described the manner in
which floating fields and gardens are
formed in China. In the month of
April bamboo raft 10 to - feet long
and about half as broad is prepared.
interstices of an inch between each.
mis- layer of straw an inch
thick is spread and then coating two
inches thick of adhesive mud is taken
from the bottom of a canal ors pond
which receives the seed The raft is
I moored to the bank in still water and
requires no further attention. The
straw soon gives way and the soil
also, the roots drawing support from
the water alone. In about 20 days the
raft becomes covered with the creeper,
and its stems and roots are gathered
{ for cooking. In autumn it's small
white petals and yellow stamens,
Nesting among the round leaves, pre-
sent a very, pretty appearance. In
some places marshy land is profitably
cultivated in this manner
Besides these floating vegetable gar
dens there are also floating ricefields.
Al Upon RATS constructed as above reeds
and adherent mud are placed as a
flooring soil, which. being adhesive and
held in place by weed roots. the plants
are maintained in position throughout
the season. The rice thus planted
ripens in from 60 to 70 in place Of
100 days. The RATS are cabled to the
shore. floating on lakes. pools or slug
gish streams. These floating fields
serve to avert famines, whether by
drought or flood. When other fields
were submerged and their crops sod
den or rotten, these ioated and flour
ished, and when drought prevailed
they subsidized with the falling water
and, while the soil around was arid,
advanced to maturity. Agricultural
treatises contain plates representing
rows of extensive ricefields moored to
sturdy trees on the banks Of rivers or
]akes which existed formerly in the
lacustrine regions of the lower Yang-tse
and Yellow rivers. BROOKLYN Eagle