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HOW TO DEAL
 WITH BOIL WEEVIL

A practical farmer and man of education, now in service of the Department of Agriculture of the United States, was asked if it was possible to grow as much cotton with the boil weevil as without it, and he answered, Yes and No. No, if the farming methods now in vogue are fol. lowed"
 His conversation was so inter- esting that we publish it for the benefit of everybody.
 For the first year," he said, the weevil does not do much damage. The second year and third year he works devastation. About the fourth year the farmer begins to learn how to live with him.
 Il knew a farmer who grew 700 bales of cotton on 700 acres of land near Shreveport. The weevil cut his yield down to 100 bales. Two years later the far mer got his yield back to 700 bales.
 "There is a way of living with the boil weevil aRd here it is: Begin this year to make next years crop. This fall 1 would sacrifice some of the late cotton and immediately burn all the stalks and all the trash on the field.
 II would do this to deprive the boil weevil of a protected home during the winter.
 "Then 1 would break the land.
 "Then I would break the land again in February.
 "Then I would plant three weeks before the normal time or just as soon as 1 could.
 II would have the rows six feet apart, or wide enough so as to insure plenty of sunshine on every plant.
 Il would chop the cotton out as soon as possible and then be- gin to blow. l would go over that cotton every ten days as long as it was safe to blow cot ton.
 "That is what the successful Texas and Louisiana cotton grow CTS do to beat the boil weevil. It is keeping the soil clean, good preparation for planting and rapid and frequent cultivation. y" Commercial Appeal.
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A MAIL CARRIERS LOAD

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 says "I have been bothered with kidney and bladder trouble and had d severe pain across my back. When ever carried a heavy load of mail my ago l started taking Foley's Kidney
 Pills and since taking them 1 have got
 ten entirely rid of all my kidney trou-
 ble and am as mound now as ever. "
 Foley's Kidney Pills are tonic in action, quick in result. No matter at what stage your kidney may be, take Foleys Kidney Pills at once for quick and per- manent relief. Hesterly Drug Store.
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WHOLESALE AFFECTION.

'He told me he had never loved before"
 "Oh, well; you mustn't count one or two times"
 q wouldn't. But I find that the last winter he loved practically an entire seminary"
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W0man's Christian Temperance Union

The W. c. T. U. met yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. ]. M. Pittman and a good attend ance of the members was pre-. sent. The meeting was busi- ness session and several impor. tant matters came up for discus sion.
 The next meeting will be with Mrs. A. r. BurruS at which time an interesting program will be rendered.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-24

With each 10c purchase of fruit at KerShaw's you get a chance at the beautiful doll.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-24

Old papers for sale at this office.
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Do you take The Daily News?
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fer from all this that Vasari was a sor-
did. selfish being. On the contrary, he
was tenderhearted and most generous,
doing handsomely by his kinsfolk and
never losing an opportunity to aid a
friend. Mr.. Garden notes that "he was
age" and in addition to his goodness he
possessed, despite his vanity, some glim-
mers of humor.
When he decorated the Sala degli
Element in the Palazzo Veccho for
Cosimo the prince looked at the three
ladies wearing butterfly wings and at
tending the Chariot Of the Sun, and
asked Giorgio who they were. He was
told that they were the Hours. The
prince exclaimed over the beautiful
idea" but remarking that there were
twelve hours IN the day and another
twelve in the night. asked why only
three had been depicted. Because re-
piled the artist, some OF the others
long way behind. Painters are AL
lowed to do that sort Of thing when
there is not enough room in the picture
for them ALL" In the Sala Grande he
filed the first Of three panels with a
picture Of the Capture Of Siena, and
painted in the second the Capture Of
Pisa. While the third panel was still
vacant the Lucchese Ambassador hap
pened 10 come In and asked Giorgio
what he was going to put In the space.
oh" he answered, Il am going TO wait
until can depict the Capture OF Lucca."
1t took some effort 10 reconcile the am
bassador TO the joke. Vasari may have
been a mediocre artist, but he was no
dullard 1t is plain from the story OF
his busy life that he made hosts OF
friends as he went along and was genu-
inely liked by the princes who employed
him. 1t says much for the charm Of
his character. too, that Michael Angelo,
down to the end. was fond of him and
gave him kindly encouragement. And
the Lives" are there TO show that he
had qualities OF mind az we'll as of
heart.
The great work flowed almost art
lessly from the enthusiasm which gov
erned him in every phase OF his career.
Lanzi, the historian, has cruelty said
that Vasari had as many helpers on his
pictures as laborers on his buildings,
but while he was urged by others to
write the Lives" and when he had
written them sought criticism from his
friends. the book is In its very fibre his
own work. Caro- adjured him 10 avoid
the making OF phrases, 10 write exactly
as he spoke. to be "chatty rather than
stllted," and he obeyed this wise coun-
sci. Considering much OF his painted
work one speedily says OF him that he
had no taste. AS the biographer OF his
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of the symphonic Poem" was intrin-
sicaIly interesting, and has unquestion-
ably had some influence upon modern
music. He composed some good songs
But in the vast quantity Of his compost
tions there are not, after all, 80 very
many pieces which the world would not
willingly let die. Mr.. Hervey says ne
had genius. It was genius. possibly, OF
n sort, the genius which you feel to be
talent raised little out OF Its sef.
Such genius has no real depth. no mys-
terry. His Imagination never carried him
very far. The glow In his work Is with
out heat. This lover OF all the poets had
in him no true poetry Of his own. lie
simulated the seer only when. with lis
fingers on the keys and the writings OF
other men before him, he worked
miracles Of emotional Interpretation. 1t
is impossible not to be attracted by
him. His personality would disarm
pedant. and the multifarious, romantic
web OF his long industrious life will al
WAYS have a compelling charm. But his
biographer needs to have his wits about
him
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significant Of tho lurid world In which
our timorous painter had to live that
we must quote the story as Mr.. Garden
retells 1t from Varchi:
Brother" said Lorenzino. approaching
| Scoronconcolo with joyful countenance,
enemy in my chamber. and he sleeps
Let US be quick. then" replied Scoron-
| concolo. rising from his seat. The two men
leading TO where the Duke lay sleeping
Lorenzino turned round ana SAID IN
whisper; ,u.u. =, ~.
Duke. but set your hand swiftly to the
work"
himself"
Lorenzlno smiled and said:
THAT is tho right view to take. Who
ever Il be. he cannot escape US now"
Scoronconcolo signed TO. the other to go
let it fall again hesitatingly. He raised i
second time and went In. His eyes Tell
on the heaving form of the Duke: lighted
only by the uncertain hickerlng OF the Ios
ing sleep. The murderer paused for sec
ond and then said
MY lord. are you asleepT
These words were accompanied by cruel
sword thrust, which pierced the Dukes
body through the middle, the weapon pro-
trudng full span, beyond. The blow, IN
scrambled behind the bed, endeavoring 70
ward off the strokes Of his murderers with
q stool. Resistance was in vain, yet Ales-
sandro fought desperately for ms IRE do ut
with the hope Of escaping but Scoroncon-
| colo stood there and struck him terrible
blow in the face with his dagger. Loren
! zinc seized him from behind and bore MN
down on the bed. and for fear Of his crying
out forced the dying mans mouth open and
pushed two fingers down his throat. Ales-
| nj
sitting an involuntary cry OF pain, called
Scoronconcolo to his assistance. A Wild
| struggle ensued, the two men lighting des-
perately on the blood soaked bed; Scoron-
concolo fearing to strike lest he should in
| advertently wound his companion At
length the Duke grew faint with loss or
blood. and ScOronconcolo ended his strug-
giles with a thrust in the meek. The foui
| deed was accomplished. and Alessandro fell
| back lifeless, with his teeth still buried In
| Lorenznos hand.
| The tale is cited in part, as we have
said, for the light that it throws on the
time but It is further interesting TO re-
fleet on precisely what this murder
meant TO Vasari Naturally it grleved
him, but even more was he perturbed,
| then and upon other occasions Of similar
evil import. by the consequent disloca-
| ton Of his own affairs His eye was
ever upon the main chance. and it is
positively droll to see how he is always
coming back to 1t in the midst Of polti-
cal or military disturbances. BY good
luck he generally pulled through with
whole skin and enough business in hand.
Mr.. Garden records a prodigious number
Of commissions executed, buildings
erected and decorated. pictures painted
and triumphal arches with kindred "trip
peries designed for Medicean f6tes. ABB
sorbed in his labors, Nasari bitterly
hated to he detached from them. It
irkcd him 10 marry. and he relates with
! irresistible naIvet6 how Cardinal del
Monte tried TO cajole him into taking
wife. When at last he resignedly es-
poused Niccolosa Bacci he gave her 1T
tie chance to interfere with his work.
Yet It would be grievously unjust TO In
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FRANZ LIST
A Fervid Study of Him as Man
and as Artist.

FRANZ LISZT AND HIS MUSIC. BY
Arthur Hervcv. With portrait. 12mo.
PIP. xiii, i76 The John Lane Company.
Something of hero worship is, perhaps.
desirable i'm the little hook intended to
serve as an introduction TO the work Of
a famous artist He who has not him
self been enkindled can scarce enkindle
his reader. Mr.. Hervey's excessive zeal
in this brief study of List is. therefore.
not objectionable; one cannot but re-
gard L as an amiable weakness. And
Yet we wish that the essay might have
been written n shade less ecstatically.
List has a place in. musical history firm
fixed enough for the critic to have no
fear Of damaging II through tcmpcring
his enthusiasm with discretion. and, by
the same token, he is one Of those fig
urcs who need to be seen very clearly II
their true relation to art is to be cor
roctly understood.
The temptation to paint him with re-
dundant brush is. OF course, strong.
Never was there such portent; never
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illustrious predecessors he was In bet
ter case, and. above all, he had a Fd'r'
moving about among masterpieces with
a gusto that was half the battle. Curl
ously, too, while he so foolishly fancied
himself as a painter. he was the most
least while he was preparing the first
edition of the "Lives"-that he was a
dispenser of fame. He had too much
reverence for that. II. after the success
OF his book, he developed some self
satisfaction as an author he Is hardly
to be blamed. We have critics In our
own day who are infinitely more oracu-
lar and SNUG than Vasari, without hav-
ing rendered services to art even re-
motely comparable to those which we
owe to him. Mr.. Garden admirably trav-
erses the history Of the Lives espe-
cially bringing out the conscientiousness
with which Giorgio sought his copy
and endeavored by arduous Journeys TO
enlarge and strengthen his knowledge OF
the works of art with which he had 10
deal in his biographies. For Vasaris
traits as an author he leaves us, as Is
quite proper. to consult the Lives
themselves. His purpose, rather, Is TO
show us the jealous worker, hurrylng
hither and thither. painting. building
and writing, and from beginning to end
doing his best. We laugh sometimes at
the deluded man, pursuing in vain with
the brush that fame which all the time
he was winning with his pen. But we
laugh affectionately and in the long run
we feel that the author Of the classic
which we treasure so highly is. worth
knowing and honoring for his own sake.
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was there a more lovable man. An In
FAINT prodigy, List never lost The
astounding characteristics Of his child
hood Stupendous upon the piano. his
technical virtuosity was accompanied Ivy
notable If not great qualities of mind.
In one Of his early letters he says
Homer, the Bible, Plato. Locke, Byron,
Hugo, Lamartine. Chateaubriand. Bee
thoven, Bach, Hummel, Mozart, Weber.
are all around me. ! study them, medi-
tate over them. devour them with avid
ity." All his life long he had these In
terests, this energy. At the outset he
had to be dissuaded from studying for
the Church, but Il was not until he had
seen a great deal Of life that he actually
took minor orders and assumed the title
by which he is always known The
Able List was never at heart a church
man; he was man of the world, pas
sionately devoted TO art a creature Of
the senses, despite the idealism with
which Mr.. Hervey fairly enough credits
him. And what rich career was mis-!
His magic at the piano won him the
honor Of Beethovens embrace, and
brought him, while still a young man.
European renown. He was the friend Of
Berlioz and Wagner and a host Of other
master musicians. Petted and prosper
Gus, he ranged up and down the world
like fairy prince. His success only
IL 81, i'm,
mense amount Of his time was given TO
furthering the interests Of others. His
services to Wagner are perhaps the most
conspicuous i'm the record. but the list Is
endless of the artists whom he placed In
his debt. He helped their works to per-
Torrance. He cheered them on. When
he was not guiding some pupil at the
piano he was writing a glowing letter TO
some young composer. In his generosity
Liszt was merely superb. Through his
enormous capacity for work ne was en-
abled, too TO give his powers OF slim
illus a practical turn. He seems a very
giant of constructive labor in the must
cal world OF his day. All the time,
moreover, he was making music OF his
own.
Mr.. Hervey thinks II was great music.
He talks about LISTS genius. his Gre
ative powers, his assurance OF immor-
tally His works literally TEEN with
melodic ideas" we are told and are
superabundantly rich in new harmonic
combinations and original modulations."
There is much more In the book In .he
same vein Does IL carry conviction?
Hardly, Nobody denies LISTS ability
as a composer. His ideas are sometimes
interesting He is often telling, In
cOlorful, rhetorical way He wrote
brilliantly for the PIANO. In his deal
ings with the orchestra his development
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Literary Nese,S and Criticism

Little Cities Of Italy" which we re-
viewed a short time ago. speaks OF the
building as this mean little palace WIN
the fat roof; but this saying is much
too harsh. OF course, it has no stand
ing beside the representative edifices o.
the golden age in Italian architecture
The floridities Of the facade are eloquent
of n time of decadence. But MT Car
den Justly finds it, in its recently re-
stored state. exceedingly rich ana
handsome" and If only for the bold pro-
lection of its roof it will always pleas
antlv arrest the traveller who knows
how 70 enjoy an effective design with
out overrating it. However let us au-
NIT that as an artist Vasari had no
genius. and consider simply the type OF
industrious man that he was.
Industry was his leading virtue. he
began early and he lived long. His fam
ily name points to the family ocoupa-
ton. being derived from cdsdfo or toSo'o'
q hotter. There was little money in the
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tiles of Judgment and skill, besides COM
municating to his pages a certain per-
sonal charm Il am confident that "
wiu live forever" his friend Annioale
caro- wrote TO him about his book. -Four
hundred years after Vasari was born
the book is still being read, and there Is
every reason TO believe that Caro's
prophecy will be fulfilled. Surely, there
fore. IL was time for some one to pre-
uare i'm English memoir which WOULD
do fuu justice to the many excellent
traits Of the old Florentine annalist.
Mr.. Garden was, We think, his predes'
tined hiographer. At all events, 1t would
be hard 10 beat this book for its COM
hination of historical knowledge, sym
pathv for the subject and critical in
sight touched with humor Vasari was
a very human creature, full of weak
nesses and foibles. but the latter were
harmless. and his egregious vanity, for
example. does not IN the least affect our
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liking for him when IL happens TO be
handled with the twinkling appreciation
disclosed by Mr.. Garden. This author is
as tactful as he is candid. Never for d
moment does he take his hero too seri-
ously, but never for a moment does he
patronize him.
Vasari's self-conceit is explicable on
grounds having nothing 70 do with his
own character. II before he was thirty
he found himself fairly well established
in Florence, and in the forefront OF the
artists Of his time, this, as Mr.. Garden
reminds us. was mot because he was a
painter of outstanding merit, but be
cause Italian art had grown old after
short and unparalleled course. and was
sinking already in decay" Michael An
cello was the only giant left Among
the commonplace craftsmen filing the
s,udios Vasari may easily be pardoned
for thinking rather well OF his own
achievements. Then, too, he undoubt-
edly had his tolerably fruitful moments.
The "Pizjenza" Of the Pitt Gallery,
which has been ascribed to Salviau, but
for which Mr. Garden is inclined 10 give
Vasari the credit is pretty good PCT
ure ~ a minor sort, and, as we nave
b,nted he was not altogether unsnc-
cessful with his buildings The best OF
them is the Palazzo del CaVallerl at
pisa, N. Andre MaHrel, Ia his engaging
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Paris, with its infinite variations, con-
stantly present to their eyes, it is small
wonder that the artists and poets OF
whom the population of Old Montmartre
is chiefly composed have always been the
most successful and dlligent interpreters
Of the Partisan spirit. In this ancient
village, with its struggling roads paved
with cobblestones, its simple wayside
'cabarets." or inns: it's century old
gardens, it's apparently unsophisticated
indwellers, in loose, unconventional
clothing, the most intense Parisianism
has ever reigned. Montmartre has for az
least two generations struck the in
spring note in all the literary and ar
tistic movements associated with the life
of Paris, and thus exercised an immense
Influence on the intellectual growth of
the entire world.
Nor has the influence of Montmartre
been limited to the spheres Of art and
literature. It's sway has extended TO the
domain Of politics, and many of the
most successful French statesmen Of
apprenticeship in the manners and
morals Of Montmartre with gratitude
and affection. Take the following in
stance: Right upon the very summit OF
the Martyrs Hill there is an irregularly
built shanty Of backened boards and
dusty panes. through the dim glass OF
which CLEAN sundry bottles OF multi
colored alcohol, which proclaim 1t TO be
a cafe Of some kind or another. IL bears
no name but the initiated know it to be
the "auberge," or wayfarers' rest, ten
anted by the Mere Adele" Nine.
Adele is a portly dame. of huge muscu-
lar development, OF infinite width and
endowed with an admirable voice, which,
in spite of her sixty-eight summers, en-
ables here to sing TO privileged custom
ers an interminable succession OF the old
folksongs Of France. A long residence
In London before the Franco-Prussan
War OF 1870 explains her exceptional
grasp of the English tongue, while her
amazing memory has enabled her TO re-
tain dozens Of the quaint comic" songs
which were popular in London in the
days of our grandfathers. She is prob
ably the only person living who can stl,l
sing with all the original impressiveness
Pretty Polly Perkins of Paddington
Green" Champagne Charley Is Ny
Name" and that pathetic ballad which
relates the woes of the young woman
who fanced foreigner who played the
fiageolet, I'm the middle Of German
band Nine. Adele is leading person
age OF Montmartre. AS Balzac said of
the woman who presided over the Pen
sion Nasquer the Mere Adele" explains
Montmartre and Montmartre implies the
Mere Adele"
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OLD MONTMARTRE
The Haunt of Famous Artists and
Men of Letters.
Paris, July %.

ParlS, july IL.
Old Montmartre-or at least that
picturesque part Of II beloved Of artists
and poets for half century, which Is
the only part that counts-is destined
soon to disappear. Already the busy
hand of the "demoisseur" or house
wrecker, has torn up many OF Its most
sacred landmarks, and everywhere tall
tenement houses Of hdeous design, OF
uniform appearance and replete with the
complicated conveniences demanded by
modern civilization are taking the place
of the quaint old buildings. with their
gray, vine covered walls, tumbledown
roofs and patina Of ancient dirt, which
made of Montmartre not only unique
survival in Paris Of the Middle Ages
but a village with an atmosphere and
heart throb Of its own, distinct from the
great capital and in more senses than
one dominating IT.
Perched on the top Of the butte, the
mountain Of the martyrs where ST.
Denis, the patron saint Of Paris, is said
to have been decapitated in the early
days Of Christianity, Montmartre looks
down from the highest point Of Paris
upon one of the most wonderful piano.
ramas in the world. The great city is
spread out at it's feet like huge purple
carpet. From the vast sea OF houses
stretching out below a soft orchestral
sound. composed Of the street hum, in
which the laughter OF children and the
booming Of motor horns strike shrill
notes. rises TO the Montmartre heights,
and this is the voice Of Paris. With this
sound ever in their cars, and the color Of
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kindest in the world. The young man
went to the bar became journalist ana
then a Deputy He had fine oratorica!
talent-had profited, no doubt, from the
Mere Adele's" elocutionary example ana
advicc-and soon made a name for him.
self I'm the political world. Ultimately
he became French Minister Of Foreign
Affairs. but he has not forgotten Mont
martrc or Mere Adele" and, in conf
pany Of NJ. Clemenceau, another OF the
Mere Adele's" old customers, frequently
visits her "auberge" TO eat her "buuf
Provencap and hear her sing over again
her repertory of songs. Mere Adele
even boasts that on one occasion when
he was a mere boy, she kissed him. At
one time or another she has probably
kissed, in a purely maternal spirit, half
Of tho famous men of letters and artists
OF Paris. In spite of the utter dllapida-
ton of It's surroundings, there are few
more amusing resorts than the little
garden at the back of her cafe, when.
especially on Saturday nights, the wit
and beauty Of Montmartre meet together
in a symposium, the gayety Of which
does not exclude a brilliant intellectu-
ality. Mere Adele" has a broadly toll
Grant mind but her guests must be on a
certain artistic or social level, and She
keeps the Apache element at arms
length, her arm being quite equal 10 the
task.
A society recently formed, and on
fitting itself "The Friends Of old Mon,-
martre," is indeed doing its best to pre-
serve the ancient village from total de-
struction. aid II numbers some innuen-
tial members. But the memorable enemy
Of NIontmartre. which must in the end
triumph. is the Metropolitan Electric
Railway. Before It was constructed
Montmartre was practically inaccessible