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MAmm1t r 4UiO. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, T90(5ETALSED14 DIVA OF GRAND OPERA, LE LIFR FOR IRS. JULIAN RY WHEN SEASON IS OVER FOR EMMA EAMIES. Nited Singer Flies -to Husband at Italian Home as Soon ab Last Note o Contract Season t ali from Her Iolden Throat. .rhere are thousands of Madame a Eames' admirers who, hearing -r sing this season, will think they gow her well. They will have seen r in the trailing robes of Juliet, or tie simple gown of Marguerite; dark siinned as Aida or fair and white as lie young bride, Elsa. They will find -0 her a neighbec, giving plenty of *art and strength and personality to .ose who weep or thrill as they listen. - mpathy is meat and drink to the singer; but, in the spring when the big theater home of her triumphs is .*osed, Madame Emma Eames flies to allombrosa where sympathy awaits. As soon as she reaches her Italian estate she becomes Mrs. Julian Story. It is the beginning of the simple life; 4f household duties and dairy superin tidence; of the friendship of little hickens, new puppies and old ponies, if favorite flowers in a personal gar den, and the c~npanionship of a husband. Mrs. Story was reared in New Eng land; Mr. Story in Rome. They have a luxurious house in Paris, but it is is sunny mountain slope in Italy t awakens a responsive throb when home longing is keen and the ap rse of the public fails to reach the art. D VALLOMBROSA MONASTERY. any years ago, W. W. Story, eling for his health in Italy nd the beauty of the Appenines culminate in the stretch of land own as Vallombrosa. The monas of the name, founded in the tenth I , 7, MADAME E A Popular Favoril 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 summizer homes on near-by lillI tops and several families of the aristocracy of Florence spend the hot months here in feudal strongholds. The shooting box of the ancient Medic! 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 father's memory, has built on a farm of many acres a great square tower and hall. Campiglioni is the farm, and Torre 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 friend of 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 Il Torre was tied in bowknots, and worked out like a- puzzle. The puzzle was solved, however, and in the open living room or "loggla," Mr. Story .gave me hearty welcome. ENTIRELY DEMOCRATIC. The girl who had been separated by professional etiquette from the great singer. looked forward with some ap prehension to rneeting a divinity in sweeping~ sun-embroidered velvet drai> cries. Soon Mrs. Story came out in a white duck skirt and a drawnwork shirtwaist. (A 50) "it's simply fine in you to come. Have some seltzer!" 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, "one can never afford to miss a good laugh, and Ger man dialect is too rare on these prem ises to be slighted I often wish that I 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, I can only enjoy them for a moment and repeat them afterward to some one who can perpetuate the in cident. Oh! we have droll times." Mrs. Story has a keen sense of hu mor, and quite loses herself as she listens to a group of story-tellers. Un like most strong personalities, she does not rob those around her of poise and ease, but possesses the rare fac ulty 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 in many keys * by the dinner guests. All had heard the voice before, but it was not Madame Eames of Grand Opera who sang. It was- Mrs. Julian Story singing to her friends. From Above the Clouds. The view of a storm-cloudfrom 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 a water fall over a precipice. The thunder heard above the storm-cloud is\ noi loud, and the flashes of lightning ap MA EAMES. of Grand Opera. pear like streaks of intensely white light on the surface of the gray-colored vapor. JOHN W ESLEY'S "POEM." Representative ,. W. Gaines of Ten nessee, Created Roar-s of Amuse ment in the House, During Closing Days of Session by Reciting "When Democ racy Will Die." "When the lions eat grnss like an ox, And the fisherman swallows the whale; When the terrapins knit woolen socks, And the hare is outrun by the snail; When serpents walk upright like men, And 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 snepze; When the fish 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 humming bird brays like an ass. And limburger 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 - In the F'riends' burial grounds, in Salem, N. J., there stands the largest oak tree in the State and possibly the largest in the United States. It is now used as the "trade mark" of the New Jrey Foesth-y Asscatin. JUVENIE GARDENING, C JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION HAS A 1 MODEL SCHOOL GARDEN OF s A BUNDRED BOYS. Practical Demonstrations by Depart ment of Agriculture and Various states-Landscape Improvements i and Beautificauons. S Among the many novel features at a 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, were selected by their teachers to carry out: the plans for a school garden at the ExposiLion. Special trolley cars con- I veyed these young gardeners and their t /t THE 1000 YEAR OLD 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 giveneseeds 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 I for zhe 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. 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. Tue Exposition Company will give prizes or medals for .tha best cultivated garden on the Exposition grounds and the young gardeners wi. I be given some vaiu- 1 able lessons in agriculture. The U. S. Department of Agriculture and some of the state departments will have ex perimental stations cnd gardens at the Exposition as object lessons to the young as well as older gardeners.4 The young minds~amongSthe visitors which have a bent toward agricultural4 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, I to get the best results. They will 4 also be given an opportunity to study 2 soils and their treatment, and how to enrich and improve them. Tree plant- I ing and transplanting will constitute another phase of Uncle Sam's object lessons, as are done at other govern ment experimental stations. At the St. Louis Exposition Uncle Sam's gar-1 dens and the children's gardens proved exceedingly interesting as well as in structive to the farmers who were 4 wise enough to appreciate the bene fits to be derived from them. At the I Jamestown Exposition it is expected i the Agricultural Department will 1 broaden its scope of instructions in 4 many ways and surpass its efforts at 1 St. Louis.1 WILD WOODS BECOME PARKb < 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.1 More than a million plants and trees are growing on the Expo'Non grounds, many of which have been transpanted; others are native to the1 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 handlod under the guidance of landscape engin eers. The work has been done scien tiically and skillfully. The results are] seen in the fine condition of the trees.4 The arrangement of trees, flowers and plants of all kinds, in various parts of the Exposition grounds cani be studied to great advantage by all 1 landscape gardeners. and the unique < fence of wire and flowering vines, isi a study worth going miles to see, a .manifient mordel which every fenc 1 uilder will find worthy of following. 'his fence is eight feet high, made of everal strands of wire, and running ver the wire in every direction, com letely covering it, are vines of honey uckle, crimson rambler, rose and rumpet creeper, making what seems to e an immense hedge of flowering ines. HOME IMPROVEMENTS. If the Exposition results in imbuing ts many thousand visitors with the pirit of home improvement and with determination to go back home and iake of their own towns, or houses nd grounds models of baauty and con enience. it will go far toward proving national success. Rustic benches ind bridges, pretty ,-alks under canopies of vines and owers. shady lanes and streets and thousand other fiteresting things at lie Exposition are studies for the pea le. worthy of the most careful at ntion. It will not be an exposition POWHATAN OAK. >f commercialism, but one showing the beauties of nature and the value of science in peace as well as in war. RELICS OF JAMESTOWN. Mie 'o Exposition Battlegrround of Conflicts Between Early Settlers and Indians. Of all the Smiths who have f -er lived, Captain John is becoining the most famous, due to the prominence given to his doings.incden s o the Famestown Exposition. The romantic lays of Pocahontas and Captain John 3mith are vividly recalled by the old [ndian and frontiersmen'ls i which :iave been dug up in preparing the round for the Jamestown Exposition. I'he site selected for the celebration >f the three hundredth ar --ersary of he first permanent English settlement n America was once an village >ccupied by the Powhatans, the most yowerful tribe of the early American ndians, who roamed over the country [ast of the Ohio River several cen uries ago. Near the State Exhibits Building tands a majestic live oakby t he Prowhatan Oak," estimated to be 1enrly 1,000 years old, which was a ave beenpig upond prpain then lian bfor te Amestoawas Exiioere >y te slefces. forte wc elebato fncl the thre henthe only era-o >ns firs peraen Etnglihtcetslstont narcay wpas nceth Itndia pilag ccld by the arowhas. The mrost nas used wroamade ofe fte country lof the Ohuting Riergevralms cen tandp as ajeknie liver oakrew he -ePresentang Oaky housmated tond aieart 1,000 years od hich wasn a -aoried carepbing ground'of the En trees befor Abuicangs.m discoveme Ythe rokeapeas Her eren soe ~oenof wIdans whn btle ol woep nil anin uwrtone haystches sods thut HampoeRars were stone pointh Lnd bows and aows.erh aials.rtoS vels Point werae thes eli, carpe owen the arlyttinglishgettlmost ad har Idas aknif, accordin arow hadn alant toaitioths of s thenar ow-ttead re nound ih ang En oitin grounsdsperaexcavtnge for regts and buildins ome befor the Lreurroenerhap byistorikvng which e ofatetoni Exoitn ateormeo '-datesiTemalnthoe dstheso wods botrenwce Hampton Roads alindit nger bround aongthe amlsrA cuse ndthe Poin wherectionse reclisaret ouns wereit madeh blood batilesbe wenthf adry elshrabler ando hspeson Indiantrbs anarredngtoodn vihaone tainsth. Nwa, alstere )atlre e grudon whicdhe arin In [ian ties depatelyc controlled this egn ofv poased lonwayr thean ientubatte ofited htri eent trans he Jeswxposition c utotsierthe oroatesTh luable ofsheies of whrolk Resapeaken Bayre eentifly adoptd t h sng gonsesions the ercoresi nd Itiue an Istrction pcatoe aven loaloity made tinsaticularin uitrif adrmni very srbe n eforn tsce possesion recodia tribes hae n ion thaet oneelomntoe tdis eioen hgh pae andaof the an rmedfrm int dagiffeent itrnctions, t is te limts of the tah to norfo sentl favring the Ainln yoft in utral+ departmeenn evryhtess.~ FARI HIGH SCHOOL GRE AT IMPRO VEMET IN EDUCA - T105AL METBHDS IN TRlRIV 1NG KANSAS TOWN. Consolidation of the Sod-House bchoo.s into a Large anu heia Lquippcd high bchuu-stuacntb Imbibe the bpsrit of Village improv cnemt. Actual elsamp'es 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 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 'tted with sod school houses, and which still has many sod dwelling houses, now sup ports a good county hi'h school in the village of Norton, a town r' 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 Tne school in 19034 was $9.5i8, Including $4,430 for teachers' salaries and $5.158 for buildings, grounds. and Incidentals. This was a year when considerable sums were spent for firniture. appara tus. supplies, and 'additional land. The running expenses for the first six months in 3905 were $3.775. Hereto fore five teachers have been employe but this year there are six. NO FARMING TAUGHT. Previous to this year the N-' County High School has offered colie prenaratory, normal, business ana ge eral science courses, but no course re 'ated in any direct way to the leadin industry of the county-farming. The -ovnty superintendent of schools said rhat his attention had been forclbl3 1irected to this lack In the curriculum *f the high school by the experience .f a young man who came to the school crom 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 THE LAST SOD SCHOOL HOUSE IN . NORTON COUNTY, KANSAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING, NORTON, KANSAS. Inded that he would gain in both ,urse and pleasure by going back to the farm. Such a young man, and there are many like him in the Norton County High School, would have wel omed 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 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 scool. Secretary Wilson of Agricul tore. while making a trip through the "ehort-grass country," learned of the 'ternrise, became much interested in . and in response to an appeal for ld sent a representative of the Offie of Experiment Stations to Norton to "eln start it. The president of the Kansas State Agricultural College also responded to a call for assistance and me one of a narty of four that toured the country for eight days in the In terests of the new course of -study. As a result, considerable interest was roused 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 :o the classes in agriculture and fur ish expert- to give instruction on the nechanics, care, and use of farm ma -hinery. STARTING IN AGRICULTURE. The agricultural work of the course icludes botany, with special reference - variation, development of species, ybridization, and the influence of ght, heat, moisture, etc., on the plant; oils - and tillage; plant physiology, arm crops, grain judging, and horti ulture; farm accounts; farm manage ient, including farm plans, .methods >f cropping, farm machinery and its are, and rural economies with spe ial reference to the problems of a 'siness natnre that will be met on the rm; animal production and stock 1-ing, and dairying. The teacher of -riculture reports that the implement ealers have eiven further evidence -f their interest in the agricultural' ourse by cfering prizes aggregating 3112 in value for a grain-judging -ontest, open to all young men in the -ountry, and that these prizes nave 'een supplemented by a $15 suit ot 'lothes from a clothing dealer. Con tinuing, he says: "I am well pleased with the way the boys take hold of the work. Out of 70 boys we .have 9 enrolled in the agricultural course, and I think most of the first-year boys will ake it up when they get to it in the 'ourse. It is proving popular in the ' c'-'ol and entirely free from the pre '-ice I had anticipated at the outset." This is the nucleus of an important -creriment in education. Norton is *ust 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 one hand and from +hat of the irrigated districts on the -ther. 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 devoting much study to the problems of the hundredth meridi -n belt. The agriculture of this belt is extensive. Here one man works as -.uch land as four or five men in the ",st: he cultivates three rows of corn + one crossing of the field. and does 'er things on an equally extensive -'e. Imoroveri fnrm machinery makes r-'hod of f-r-mine possible. it e ' t'- "tes importance -- it*e-- , tnV f-rm machInery en in t'e a-ri'ltiral course n-t Co"n't" High School. eerels (-orn an-i wheat) are the n-o fiel- ,rmc. bonne the Import e of gr:ian"oine contes's and or school work re'-ting to these -Pt staples. The county superintendent of schools 1-s exrressed the hone tft te school may also do mnfh work that will be .-f Immediate pra'-ticnl benefit .to tne sericulture of the country, such as testing seeds for viability. or germin ating power, and milk and cream for butter fat; treating oats and wheat for smut and potatoes for scab; spray ing trees and garden crops for insect pests and diseases, an4- making plans for farm >uildings, roads, water sys tems, etc. Such work could he 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 'angible return for the taxes paid in "moort of the stbool. The Homer Pigeon. The homer pigeon, when traveling, seldom feeds, and if the distance to its home he long, it arrives thin, exhaust ed, and almost dying. If corn he pre sented to It, it refuses to eat, con tenting itself with drinking a little water, and then sleeping. Two or three hours later It begins to eat with great moderation, and sleeps again immediately afterwards. If its fl-" - has been very prolonel the pigeon wHI proceed in this manner for forty eight hours before recovering its nor mal mode of feeding.