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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-03

"hA1 . TX
he fails to show up in time he doesn't
get her. That's the long and short Of
it,
The policeman surveyed BOndell with
he said, that you have a rather tickle
grasp of human destiny. What kind Of
an errand did you send this young fell
low On?"
Not much Of anything Just told
him to go down and ask the Stillmans
for quotations. They're gone today
and the Office is closed. 1t hadn't ought
to take him long to find that out"
Now, see here" exclaimed the blue
coat, that amt fair! If that young
man is any good he will hunt all over
the Empire State before he will come
back to you without the information
you wanted. You will have time to
grow baldheaded smoking cigars be-
fore you set your optics on him again.
That's my opinion
You might as well go about your
business" retorted Bondell This is
my affair, not yours. l like to see a
young man act promptly, and I'm CIV
ing him this for a test. He's good
enough for the most part"
HE is, is he? Did you ever see him
befOre?"
''Of course have. He is one of my
clerks I'm a broker
"Oh," sighed the officer. II supposed
by your actions that he was some
stranger you had picked up on the
street. You are more intelligent than
l thought you We're"
Now clear out!' clustered the bro
ker. Give me any more of your i'm
pudence and III report you"
You will, Ell? Not till you've got
through with that cigar, l presume
BY the way. you amt putin as fast as
you might seems to me-
The officer wandered down to the
next block Illuminating. At the turn of
the corner he met a young man dash
ing breathlessly along the walk. He
promptly laid heavy hand on the
young mans shoulder.
Hold on, sirw demanded the officer.
whats up:'
Nothing Don't detain me.
I'm going in an awful hurry strug-
gled the youth.
How do you know you areY asked
the policeman mildly.
How do I-you blamed foolv'
''There-none Of that! I'll pull you
H." threatened the officer.
Il beg your pardon" the young man
pleaded. "but you don't understand
how important it Is for me to lose no
time
How do you know 1 don't?"
Because because-why, there's a
man waiting for me up at the next
corner. l have an important dispatch.
The man Is an old crank. and I've kept
him waiting half an hour already. He'll
give me fits"
Il don't believe word Of this stuff"
solemnly declared the policeman. "You
haven't got any important dispatches"
81 have" The youth glared at the
officer like n wild animal.
''Then let me see EN-" the policeman
demanded.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-03
How He Helped In Cleaning House

The BulOws and the German royal
family are on very friendly terms. In
the course of a conversation at Pots
dam the chancellor's wife remarked to
the kaiser that her mansion badly
needed cleaning. The kaiser was
amused. May help you to clean it?'
ne asked. and. taking the remark as a
Joke, she assented. The next day sew
eral large crates were delivered at the
princess house and an autograph let
ter from the kaiser saying that he was
doing his share in the cleaning by
sending her ton of soap. And every
ounce was duly delivered
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-03
Nansen on Sailors.

DR. Nansen is fond of sailors. He
says there is brotherhood of the sea
which stamps sailors and singles them
out from all other callings. He has
found more thoughtful earneStness
among sailors and a better spirit than
sion. Sailors he believes, bear all their
hardships and sufferings with calmness
and fOrtifu6o
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-03
The Reform Fell Through.

The Man-NOw. look here he'
we're going to run this household Oh :
more methodical system. Every 'ni.
In its place. so that we Will hn'"
where everything is kept. ,,,s
His Wife-Oh, how nice! Now
begin with your late hours, dear, a..
should dearly like to know where 'D''
are kypt-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-03
THE SMOKE
of DECISION
By Frank B. Wells
Copyright. 1906. by P. c. Edstment
By Frank B. Wells

Move on there"
Bondell pulled heavily at his cigar
h studied abstraction of the limb Of
the law. The policeman advanced a
ptep nearer, believing hOarsely:
II tell you to get move ON you!
You've been obstructing travel on this
corner for quarter of an hour.
Now
See herew the bundle Of Obstinacy
waved the emblem Of authority into
silence. I'm going 10 stand here till
I've finished this cigar. You might as
well rest ON that"
The policeman made move for the
mans collar. 'I'll give you an illus
tration of the way this city keeps its
streets navigable!' he roared.
Bondell smiled grimly and stepped
out of range of the policeman's mus
cular arm. Suddenly he became con-
lidential
"a young sprig asked my permission
to marry my daughter just few min
utes ago, and I've sent him around the
corner on an Grand"
"Well?"
"Well, if he gets back before l fin
ish this cigar he can have the girl. If
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-03
TRIPS TO CIRCUS.

? Boys and girls great chance
? to see the big circus next week.
, See our offer in today's paper. y
Full particulars at office.
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-03
SHORT STORIES.

It is proposed to have weather fore
casts stamped on letters.
Since the Snez canal was opened it's
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-10
FARM HIGH SCHOOL.
GREA 7 IMPRO PEMENT IN EDUCA.
nONAL METHODS IN THIRTY
ING h4NSAS T0HN.

Consolidation of the soc House
Sch ofs into a Large anG Well
Equipped high Schoot-Students
lmb'oe the Spirit OF Village lmprov-
emeht.
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 Kansas,
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 i'm
petus TO any other county in any
state.
Kansas has local option in the es-
adjustment of county high schools.
As result several sparsely settled
counties or counties in which there
are few large towns are supporting
such schools Nortoa County, which a
few years ago was Cotted with sod
school houses. and which still has
many sod dwelling houses, now sup
ports good county high school in the
NtAt0EC vi ANOAlQut NONl 10NV III
habitants. located near the geopraphi-
cal center of the county. The high
school building is of brick. 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
mace and fuel rooms. lavatories, and a
gymnasium. On the first floor is a
physics and chemistry room, a natural
history room. 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 small high
school. There is also good library
and reading room with current news
papers and magazines.
The expense Of running the school
in 1904 was $9.58S. including $4.430
for teachers salaries and $5.15S for
buildings. grounds. and incidentals
This was year when considerable
sums were spent for furniture, appara
tus supplies, and additional land The
I hHHluE eAptUSSS IOI lHe utSl blA
months 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
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
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
rom one of the many large farms in
he vicinity, took the four-year BUSH
hess course. spent one year In local
,ank at $50 month. and then con-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-10

Guided that he would gain in both
purse and pleasure by going back to
the farm. Such young man. and
there are many like him In the Norton
County High School, would have wei
coined an agricultural course. and
would have gone back to the farm
much better prepared for the duties OF
life than be was with business train
ing. So the county superintendent Of
schools 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 State
Agricultural College to teach agrIcul
ture and other sciences In the high
school. Secretary Wilson Of Agricul-
ture. while making a trip through the
'sshorf-grass country" learned of the
enterprise, became much interested in
IL, and IN response to an appeal for
aid sent representative Of the Office
of Experiment Stations to Norton 10
help start IT, The president OF the
Kansas State Agricultural College also
responded to call for assistance and
made one Of paray Of four that toured
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-10
DIVA OF GRAND OPERA.
SIMPLE LIFE FOR MRS. JULIAN
STGRY WHEN SEASON IS OYER
FOR EMMA EAMES.

Noted Singer Flies to husband at
italian Home as Soon as Last Note
Of Contract Season r lls from Her
Golden Throat.
There are thousands of Madame
Emma Eames' admirers who hearing
Ter sing this season, will think they
Ler in the trailing robes of Juliet, or
the simple gown of Marguerite; dark
skinned as Aida or fair and white as
he young bride. Elsa. They viii find
In her a neighbor. giving plenty OF
heart and strength and personality to
tsQse who weep or thrill as they listen.
S apathy Is meat and drink to the
singer; but, in the spring when the big
theater home Of her triumphs is
closed, Madame Emma Eames flies to
Vallombrosa where sympathy awaits.
AS soon as she reaches her Italian
estate she becomes Mrs. Julian Story.
1t Is the beginning of the simple life;
or household duties and dairy superin-
tendence; Of the friendship of little
chickens, new puppies and old ponies,
OF favorite flowers in a personal gar
den, and the companionship Of a
husband.
Mrs. Story was reared In New Eng
land; Mr.. Story in Rome They have
a luxurious house in Paris, out 1t is
this sunny mountain slope in Italy
that swakens responsive throb when
the home longing is keen and the APP
plause OF the public fails to reach the
heart.
OLD VALLOAfBROSAM MONASTERY.
Many years ago, w. w. Story,
travelling for his health in Italy
found the beauty of the Apprentices
to eliminate in the stretch OF land
known as Vallombrosa. The monas-
terry of the name, founded in the tenth
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-10

"lt's simply fine IN you to come.
Have some seltzerl" 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 go over
there" she said, rising. lone can never
afford to miss a good laugh. and Ger
man dialect is too rare on these prem
Uses to be sighted | often wish that |
had one of 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 it is, | can only enjoy them for
and repfat them afterward to
some one who en- perpetnate the in
cident OH we 6aye usott hines"
Mrs. Story has a keen sense of hui
NOR, and quite loses herself as she
listens to group of story.tellers. I'm
like most strong personalities, she
does 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
Ing music came in for its share The
last Wagnerian production to the popu-
lar songs of the season was the range.
A fragment of "Tammany" was sung
by that voice which will go down in
history, and the chorus was taken up
n many keys by the dinner guests.
All had heard the voice before, but it
vas not Madame Eames of Grand Opera
who sang. 1t was Mrs. Julian Story
singing to her friends.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-10

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 al school or on
the different farms on Saturdays. It
would be educational and at the same
tine would make the farmers feel
that they were getting some Immediate
tangible return for the taxes paid In
support OF the school
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-10
RELICS or JAMESTOWN.
Site of Exposition battle-ground of
Conflicts Between Early Settlers
and Indians.

OF all the Smiths who have eyer
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 are WILDLY 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 ar versary of
the first permanent English settlement
In America was once an Indian village
occupied by the Powhatans, the most
powerful tribe Of the early American
Indians, who roamed over the country
east of the Ohio River several CEN
turtles ago.
Near the State Exhibits Building
stands majestic live oak tree, the
"Powhatan Oak" estimated to be
nearly 1000 years old, which was
fayorite camping ground Of the In
dams 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, clipped
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 Elk
position ground, in excavating for
streets and buildings. Some 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 Sc
wells Point where these relics are
found We're fought bloody battles be-
tween the early English settlers and
the Indians and, according to old In
dian traditions, this was also the
BATTLE ground on which warning in
dian tribes desperately commended for
the right Of domain, long before the
of the historic event which
the jamestown Exposition commence
rates. The valuable fisheries of what
are now called Hampton Roads and
Bay, t.ae beautiful hunt
ing grounds along the water courses
and the many attractions peculiar to |
Ills lOCd1tly ulhuG LhtS particular |
point Of land very desirable, and for |
It's possessions Indian tribes warred |
with one another. Now. after CEN |
turtles have gone by and the old In |
liam nations that once controlled this /
region have passed away. their an
eienf battle fields have been trans /
formed into a magnificent internation- |
II exposition ground, Just outside the /
corporate limits OF the city Of Norfolk, /
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-10
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 Of 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.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-10
JUVENILE GARDENING.
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION HAS A
MODEL SCHOOL GARDEN or
4 HUNDRED BOYS.

Practical Demonstrations by Depart
ment OF Agriculture and Various
Srates--Landscape improvements
and Beautifications.
Among the many novel features at
the jamestown Exposition is the gar
den work by school children. One
hundred 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
the plans for a school garden at the
Exposition. Special trolley cars con-
veyed these young gardeners and their
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-10
JOHN HESLEY' S "POEN."
Representative j. w. Gaines Of Ten
nessee. Created Roars of Amuse-
ment in the House. During
Closing Days of Session by

nessee, Created Roars of Amuse-
ment in the House. During
Closing Days of Session by
Reciting when Democ-
racy Will Die
When the lions eat grass like an OK
And the fisherman swallows the whale;
When the terrapins knit wooden socks.
And the hare is outrun by 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 fish creep over dry land.
And mules on veiocipedes ride:
When foxes lay eggs IN the sand.
and women IN dgess take no pride:
When Dutchmen no longer drink beer.
Aud girls get TO preaching on time;
When the billy goat butts from the rear,
And treason no longer Is crime
When the hnmming bird brays like an ass
And llmburger 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 win be dead.
And this country not worth a 49,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-10
the Homer PIGEON.

The homer pigeon, when travelling.
seldom feeds. and If the distance 10 rs
home be long. II arrives thin. exhaust.
ed, and almost dyink II corn be pre-
sented to II. II refuses to eat con
tenting itself with drinking little
water, and then sleeping. Two Or
three hours later 1t begins TO eat with
great moderation, and sleeps again
Immediately afterwards. III its nigIu
has been very prolonged the pigeon
viii proceed in this manner for forty
eight hours before recovering its nor.
NAL mode Of feeding.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-10
From 4BoVe the Clouds.

The view Of a storm-cloud from above
is one of the most interesting sights
ever beheld by man. According to 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
ly heard. making a noise like water.
fall over a precipice. The thunder
heard above the storm-eloud is MOI
loud, and the flashes OF lightning APP
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-10

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 Towering
vines.
HOME IMPROVEMENTS.
If the Exposition results in imbuing
it's 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, ii 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-
pie. worthy Of the most careful at
tention. 1t win not be an exposition
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-10

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 trade mark" Of the New
Jersey Forestry Association.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-10
STARTING IN AGRICULTURE

STARTING IN AGRICULTURE
The agricultural work OF the course
includes botany, with special reference
10 variation, development OF species.
hybridization. and the influence OF
light, heat, moisture. etc, on the plant:
soils and tillage; plant physiology.
farm crops, grain Judging. and horii-
culture: farm accounts; farm manage
ment. including farm plans. methods
OF cropping, farm machinery and its
care, and rural economies with spe.
eial 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 the agricultural
course by cifering prizes aggregating
contest, open to all young men In the
country, and that these prizes nave
been supplemented by a SIS suit OIL
clothes from a clothing dealer Con
tinuing. he says: Il am well pleased
with the way the boys take hold OF
the work Out of 20 boys we have
enrolled in the agricultural course. and
think most of the first-year boys will
take 1t up when they get to ii 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
terially from that of the more humid
regions on the enc hand and from
that of the irrigated districts on the
other. The teacher OF agriculture Is
thoroughly familiar with the agricul.
ture Of the Tegion. and has but recent
" graduated from an agricultural col.
lege which is devoting much. study to
the problems of the hundredth meridi.
en- belt The agriculture of this belt is
extensive Here one man works as
much land as four or five men in the
East; he cnltivates three rows Of corn
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
that much attention to farm machinery
lie given in the agricultural course
X the Norton County High School
The cereals (corn and wheat are the
leading field crops, hence the import
ance of grain-judging contests and
other school work relating to these
great staples
The county superintendent OF schools
has expressed the hope that the school
may algo do much work that will hr
of immediate practical benefit to the
of the country. such as
testing seeds for viability. or germin-
ating power and milk and cream for
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-08-10

century, was in the hands of a few
monks. The scattering of the monastic
order was the first of innovations. The
locality, famed for its health-giving
properties, offers peace and immunity
from the world. in a few hotels and
sanItOriums. Two or three American
millionaires 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
Medici 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 a
farm OF many acres great square
tower and hail. Campiglioni Is the
farm. and Tore Di Campiglioni is
the home, which signifies the happy
abode Of art and good fellowship.
Mr.. Story paints pictures, and
spends his energy wherever his por-
trait commissions may take him while
his wife is singing. To the visiting
frieu* of the singer the 20 mile trip
troy Florence was a fitting approach
to her beautiful retreat. The road
" ich eventually led up to the terrace
.fyTl Tore was tied in bowknots, and
orked out like puzzle. The puzzle
WAS solved. however, and in the open
living room or "loggia," Mr.. Story
gave me hearty welcome