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century. was in the hands OF few
morks. The scattering OF the monasuc
order was the first OF innovations. The
locality. famed for It's health-giving
properties, offers peace and immunity
from the world. in a few hotels and
sanitoriums Two or three American
milllonalres have erected summer
homes on nearby hill tops and several
families of the aristocracy OF Florence
spend the hot months here In feudal
strongholds.
The shooting box OF the ancient
Medlci family. where the American
poet lived and died, is occupied by his
daughter: and Julian Story, because
the spot is endeared to him through
his fathers memory, has built on
farm OF many acres a great square
tower and hall. Campiglloni Is the
farm, and Tore hi Campiglioni Is
the home, which signifies the happy
abode OF art and good fellowship.
Mr.. Story paints pictures. and
Ipends his energy wherever his por-
trait commissions may take him while
his wife Is singing. To the visiting
friend or the singer the 20 mile trip
from Florence was a fitting approach
TO her beautiful retreat The road
which eventually led up to the terrace
OF II Tore was tied in bowknots, and
worked out like puzzle. The puzzle
was solved. however, and in the open
living room or ''loggia," Mr.. Story
gave me hearty welcome.
ENTIRELY DEMOCRATIC
The girl who had been separated
by professional etiquette from the grea
singer, looked forward with some ap
prehension TO meeting a divinity II
weeping sun-embroidered velvet drap
cries Soon Mrs. Story came out II
a white duck skirt and a drawnworl
shirtwalst.
"a tOl
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Its simply tne In you 20 come
Have some seltzeri" cried the lady. A
hearty laugh from the group on the
terrace broke In upon her greeting and
made her call hastily; Don't tell any
stories about me. Let us 20 over
there she said. rising. zone can never
aford 20 miss n good laugh. and Ger.
man dialect is too rare on these prem.
ises 20 be sighted | often wish that I
had one ~ my own. or that Joe Weber
Lew Fields or Sam Bernard could hear
some OF the attempts at English that
reach my ears during the opera season.
AS II Is. can only enjoy them for a
moment and repeat them afterward 10
some one who can perpetuate the In.
cident on we have droll tines"
Mrs Story has a keen sense OF hu.
NOR. and quite loses herself as she
listens 10 group Of story-tellers. I'm
Ike most strong personalities. she |
ioes not rob those around her OF poise |
and ease but possesses the rare fac /
llty OF bringing out the very best that |
Is In them.
After dinner that wonderful even.
Ink music came In for its share The
asst Wagnerian production to the popu.
AR songs Of the season was the range.
4 fragment Of "Tammany" was sung
BY that voice which will 30 down In
history. and the chorus was taken up
n many keys by the dinner guests
All had heard the voice before. but II
vas not Madame Eames OF Grand Opera
Who sang. II was Mrs. Julian Story
singing 10 her friends
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-08-09
Want Industrial Training.

Resolutions were recently adopted
at the closing sessions 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 that
in view Of recent developments of dis
honesty in high places and CT the In
crease of crime in different directions,
II is the duty of the teachers to per-
sistently train the American youth In
honesty, integrity, and uprightness.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-08-09
From dboVe the Clouds.

The view OF "A storm cloud from above
is one OF the most interesting sights
eyes beheld by man. According 20 a
famous aeronaut. a storm view from
that position has the appearance OF
a vast sea Of boiling. upheaving snow
The falling OF the rain can be distinct
~ heard, making a noise like a water
fall over a precipice. The thunder
heard above the storm-cloud is not
loud. and the flashes OF lightning ap-
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-08-09
STARTING IN AUTHORITARIAN

'|I.*|
The agricultural work Of the cours6
includes botany, with special referenceI
to variation, development of specied
hybridization, and the influence d
light. heat, moisture, etc, 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 sp&
cial reference to the problems OF 4
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 the Agricultural
course by Offering prizes aggregating
SIP In value for a grain1udging
contest, open to all young men In the
country, and that these prizes have
been supplemented by a SIS suit OF
clothes from a clothing dealer. Con-
tinuing, he says: 81 am well pleased
with the way the boys take hold OF
the work. Out of 20 boys We have 3
enrolled in the agricultural course, and
! think most of the first-year boys will
take II up when they get 10 1t In the
course. 1t is proving popular In the
school and entirely free from the pre-
judice had anticipated at the outset
This is the nucleus of an important
experiment in education. Norton Is
just In the edge Of the great semiarid
region Of the Middle West. Agricul-
tural practice in that region differs ma
terfally 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 IL
thoroughly familiar with the agricul
ture Of the'region, and has but recent
ly graduated from an agricultural col
lege which is devoting much study tc
the problems of the hundredth meridf
an belt. The agriculture Of this belt IL
extensive. Here one man works al
much land as four or five men in the
East; he cultivates three rows OF corr
at one crossing of the field, and does
other things on an equally extensive
scale. Improved farm machinery makes
this method OF farming possible. II
is therefore of the greatest importance
hat much attention to farm machiner,
be given in the agricultural course
at the Norton County High School
The cereals (corn and wheat) are thu
leading field crops, hence the import
ance of grain-judging contests and
other school work relating to thes'
great staples.
The county superintendent Of schools
has expressed the hope that the schoo
may also do much work that will b.
of immediate practical benefit to tn
agriculture of the country, such a
testing seeds for viability, or germin
ating power, and milk and cream 70
butter fat; treating oats and whea
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The Homer PIGEON.

The homer pigeon, when travelling,
seldom feeds. and If the distance to its
home be long. 1t arrives thin, exhaust
ed, and almost dying. II corn be pre-
scented to 1t, 1t refuses to eat. con
tenting itself with drinking a little
water. and then sleeping. Two OF
three hours later II begins to eat with
great moderation, and sleeps again
Immediately afterwards. II its fight
has been very prolonged the pigeon
will proceed in this manner for forty.
eight hours before recovering its nor.
NAL mode of feeding.
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consolidation OF the Sod-Hous,
schools into a Large and Wei
Equipped High SchOoi-student.
lmbibe the Spirit of Village lmprov
ement.
Actual examples OF successes
| 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 Kansas
showing the practical operation of a
county high school, which has done
much for Norton County, and which,
II faithfully worked out, in other in
stances. would give a Tremendous i'm
petus to any other county in any
state.
Kansas has local option in the es-
adjustment 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 ~ 1900 in
habitants, located near the geopraphi-
cal center OF the county. The high
school building is of brick, 2 stories
high, over a we'll lighted basement,
and is located on the outskirts of the
village, where land can be easily Sc
cured. The basement contains fur
mace and fuel rooms, lavatOries, and
gymnasium. On the first floor is
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 ply
sizes, 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 1904 was s9.5SS, 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
months In 1905 were S3,775. 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
normal, business ana gen.
eral science courses, sbut 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
to this lack in the curriculum
Of the high school by the experience
Of young man who came to the school
from one of the many large farms in
the vicinity, took the four-year bust
ness course. spent one year in a local
bank at $50 a month. and then con-
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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-
TENS, etc. Such work could be done
largely by the pupils at school or on
the different farms on Saturdays. 1t
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.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-08-09
DIVA OF GRAND OPERA.
SfMfTB LIFE FOR MRS. JULLAg
STORY WIEN SEASON ~ OYER
F0R EMMA EAMES.

toted Singer Plies 60 Husband AZ
italian Nome as Soon as Last Note
~ Contract Season Fails from Her
Golden Throat.
There are thousands OF Madame
Emma Eames' admirers who. hearing
her sing this season. will think they
know her we'll They will have seen
her In HE trailing robes 81 Juliet. or
TIE simple gown OF Ma .uerite. dark.
ahmed as Aida or fair and white as
DE young bride. Elsa They will find
10 Der a ncighbor. giving plenty OF
heart and strength and personality 10
those MO weep or thrill as they listen.
sympathy Us meat and drink 10 the
hipgcr but, In the spring when the big
iheat'f home OF her triumphs is
closed. Madame Emma Eamcs nios 10
Na.iomlfoaa whore sympathy awaits.
A. -aon AZ shc reaches her Italian
estate she becomes Mr Julian story
II Be- Che beginning 90 thc simple life
81 household duties and dairy superin.
iendenco. ~ The friendship OF little
chickens. new puppies and old ponies.
OF favofite iioscr in personal gar.
den. and The C0mhlr'0--Air cf a.
husband
Mira Story was reared IN New Eng
land. Mr. story Ga Rome They have
a luxurious house Co., Paris. out II is
this sunny mountain slope In Italy
that awakous a responsive throb when
the home longing is lcen and the ap-
plause % the public falls 20 reach the
heart
OLD YALLOMBgOsA MONASTERY.
Many years ago. " W. Story.
travelling Tor DIE health ln Italy
found the beauty ~ the Apprentices |
90 eliminate Doh Oh, stretch Of land |
known AZ VailombroaA The monas.
Icry u TIC name. founded Ia the tenth
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-08-09

teachers 10 the grounds. April l6. 1906,
and under direction of Warren Ii.
Manning, landscape designer of the
Exposition. every boy was assigned TO
small plot Of ground in the garden
and was given .seeds to plant and in
structions how to plant them. In
these gardens are now growing beans,
peas. parsnips. carrots, marshmalloN,
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 il were. for the race next
year. The actual work is TO be taken
up at the jamestown Exposition next
spring.
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 Exposition
Company will give prizes or medals for
thu best cultivated garden on the
Exposition grounds and the young
gardeners will be given some yalu-
able lessons in agriculture. The L. 5.
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 amongtthe 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 10
enrich and improve them. Tree plant
ing and transplanting Will constitute
another phase OF Uncle Sans object
lessons. as are done at other govern
ment experimental stations. At the
ST. Louis Exposition Uncle Sans gar
dens and the children's gardens proved
exceedingly interesting as well as In
structive TO the farmers who were
wise enough TO appreciate the bene-
fits To be derived from them. AZ the
jamestown Exposition IL is expected
the Agricultural Department viii
broaden its scope of instructions in
many ways and surpass its efforts at
st. Louis.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-08-09
JUVENILE GARDENING.
JAMESTOWy EXPOSITION has A
MODEL SCHOOL GARDEN OF
A HUNDRED BOYS.

Practical Demonstrations by Depart
ment Of Agriculture and Various
States-Landscape improvements
and Beautifie atoms.
Among the many Novel features at
the jamestown Exposition is the gar
den work by school children. One
boys from the public schools
Of Norfolk, Newport News and Hamp-
ton. near the Exposition grounds. we're
selected by their teachers to carry out
he plans for a school garden at the
Exposition. Special trolley cars con-
'eyed these young gardeners and their
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-08-09

In the Friends burial grounds, In
Salem, N. j.. there stands the largest
oak tree In the State and possibly the
largest In the United States. II is now
used as the "uade mark" Of the New
Jersey Forestry Association.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-08-09
WILD WOODS BECOME PARKS

The landscape gardening which has
transformed a wild woods into one Of
the most beautiful scenic parks. will
also serve as an object lesson to farm
ers and all who have grounds to beau
tify with flowers, shrubs and trees.
More than a million plants and trees
are growing on the Exposition
grounds, many of which have been
transplanted; others are native to the
soil. Among the trees transplanted
were several hundred old trees, some
comprising an apple orchard, whose
trees were removed and planted
around the thirty-acre drill plain on
the grounds. These and the pines,
cedars, dogwoods and other trees have
not suffered by being transplanted.
Even trees which were hauled many
miles over land and water and plant
ed on the Exposition grounds are
thrifty. They have all been handled
under the guidance of landscape engin-
GERS. The work has been done scien-
tifically and skillfully. The results are
seen in the fine condition of the trees.
The arrangement Of trees, flowers
and plants of all kinds, In various
parts OF the Exposition grounds can
be studied to great advantage by all
landscape gardeners, and the unique
fence of wire and towering vines, is
a study worth going miles to see a
magnificent model which every renee
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-08-09
JOHN WESLEYS poem. 4"
Representative }. W. Gaines of Ten
nessee. Created Roars Of Amuse-
ment In the House. During
Closing Days of Session by
Recltlng when Democ-
ra-v N.ilI nl.a

when the lions eat grass like an OK,
Aud the fisherman swallows the whale;
when the tcrrapins knit wooden socks,
Aud the hare Is outrun 10y the snail;
when serpents walk upright like men,
Aud doodle bugs travel like frogs
when the grasshopper feeds on the hen.
And feathers are found on the hogs;
When Thomas cats swim In the air.
And elephants roost upon trees;
When insects In summer are rare,
And snuff never makes people sneeze;
when the Ash creep over dry land,
And mules on velocipedes ride
When foxes lay eggs In the sand.
And women In dress take no pride;
When Dutchmen no longer drink beer,
And girls get to preaching on time;
when the billy goat butts from the rear,
And treason no longer is crime
| When the hummlng bird brays Ike an ass
And limhurger smells like cologne;
! When plowshares are made out OF glass;
| And hearts Of Tennesseeans are stone;
When sense grows In Republican heads,
And wool ON the hydraulic ram;
Then the Democratic party will be dead,
And this country not worth a
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-08-09
HOME IMPROVEMENTS.

II 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-
yenience. IL will 20 far toward proving
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-
pie worthy OF the most careful at
tention. II will not be an exposition
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-08-09

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 II, are vines of honey
suckle, crimson rambler. rose and
trumpet creeper, making what seems to
be an immense hedge of towering
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-08-09

the country for eight days m fhe1
terests of the new course Of -
As a result, considerable intere
aroused In the proposed neuf h
a tentative agricultural courset1
lined, and arrangements =
with the three farm implem>
pr the town to open their IVA.
TO the classes in Agriculture Ard
nish experts to give Instruction On
(sechanics, care, and use Of farm -
4hinery. q
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-08-09
FARM HIGH SCHOOL.
GREA T LIfPRO VElfENTLy EDUCA.
HONAL METHODS IN THIRTY.
ING k4NSAS TOWN.

Consolidation Of the Sod-Fiouse
schools into a Large and Well
Equipped High Schoof-Student s
lmbibe the Spirit Of Village lmprov-
ement.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-11
TRADE BULLETIN.
r. G. Dun G. Co. Report Business In
Good Condition.

New York.-R. G. Dun & Co.'S
Weekly Review of Trade says:
The violent decline in prices of Sc
curities is no criterion of business
conditions. The only drawbacks re-
garding the future are the labor con-
troversies and the stringency in the
money market, neither of which may
prove Of more than temporary dura-
tion. Manufacturing plants report lit
tie idle machinery and trade in sea-
sonable merchandise feels the impetus
of settled weather.
OF greatest Importance to the iron
and steel industry Of all the events of
the past week was the strike of long
shoremen on the lake water front. II
this struggle is not promptly settled 1t
will soon become impossible to main
tain pig iron production at the highest
point on record. Otherwise the strikes
on May 1 were not of sufficient mag
nitude to affect the progress Of the
steel business.
Failures in the United States are
212, against 215 last week, 199 the pre-
ceding week and 212 the correspond
ing week last year. Failures in Can
ada number 3S1, against 20 last week,
IS the preceding week and 20 last
year.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-11
RAILROAD WRECK.
Road-Many Passengers Reported
Killed and Wounded.

Altoona, Pa.-Chicago mail train,
westbound, and the Chicago and
st. Louis express, eastbound, on the
Pennsylvania railroad, running at full
speed, met head-on near Springfield
Furnace, on the Petersburg cut off, IS
miles from this city, at IL o'clock Fri
day night. A few hours before 81
freight cars had been wrecked at
Union Furnace, on the middle division,
90 miles east of this city, and all
trains were being run around Altoona.
The Chicago mail left this city on
time and went as far as Tyrone, where
1t was sent back to go over the cutoff.
The Chicago and st. Louis express
was sent west from Huntingdon on
the cut-off and the two trains met at
Springfield Junction, where there is
but one track.
The cause of the disaster is said to
have been a misunderstanding of or
ders by the operator at Springfield
Junction. Physicians were sent from
Altoona. Both locomotives, the ex-
press and mail cars and passenger
coaches were completely demolished.
Seven persons were killed and about
20 injured. Later particulars may
change these figures.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-05-11
QUICK JOB OF SLAUGHTERING
How an Ohio Battery Captured Suf-
ficient Supplies for Its Even
ing Meal.

We knew It would be night before the
slow-paced baggage wagons reached
Bowling Green, and perhaps morning
before we could find them. The thought
made the soldiers ravenous. Clearly
something must be done to procure ra-
tions for supper. Far off down the road
in front we could see a negro driving
an OK team, making his way home, prob
ably scared into an ague fit by the sud-
den appearance of the Yankees. 1t was
the first time, the reader must remem-
ber, that the federal troops had pene-
trated the south, and the ignorant peo-
pie regarded them with comical terror.
The negro was making what haste he
could to avoid being overtaken. At this
moment a wheel ran off the leading gun
carriage and the first detachment
haulted, drawing to one side to enable
the battery to pass. In minute or two
it was replaced, but by this time the bat
cry had ttrundered by the OK team, leav-
ing the negro, half paralyzed with fear,
sitting in his wagon by the roadside. A
hurried consultation in the detachment
resulted in the sergeant giving it one
minute to convert the oxen into beef,
says the correspondent of the Cleveland
Leader, who tells the story. We ap-
preached the team on run, halted, and,
while the negro still sat on the wagon.
with staring eyes, shivering with
fright 90 men fell to the work of slaugh-
ter. They worked like wild men for feaf
of losing their rations. In minute o.
two it was all over, eight quarters of beef
adorned the caisson chests, the detach-
ment clattered on the run to overtalSe
the ba4tery, and the negro still sat on his
wagon, gazing alternately at the hides,
heads and debris incnmbering the yoke
and wagon tongue, and the flying artil-
lery disappearing down the road.