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WAR1 SCHOOLS A DESC iPT IM OF TH PRACT!CA1 ;METHODS PURSUED. he Institttf i at Alfter ProvM ie. In struction In Fruit Cult ure, Ve:rret:i: Growing and Geueral Farmin::-1'rac tical Horticulture For Our Schoo1c. IRCUL A IS re A'AceLtly i ssued b)S ihe Dpart.ie'nt S Agriculture l e scribe 'with s: o detail a (-con: Sa r d en ..-boo! " .t - Most of the c , i on scbool ih S Lsmall German vil ries it says, ha:; attached-to them a little garden. 'Thi is designed primarily for the comfor of the teacher, as it enables hi:a tc raise a few vegetables and fruits an, thus supple:nent his modest salary but here and there a teachc. turns i to professional use by encouraging thi children to take an interest lu it They will then no louger conteul themselves with the pietoria ehart on the walls of the scuo!rom. bu vill add to the study of these an ac qnaintance with the real 1!,wers au fruits, birds, insects and worms fouti' outside. The same habit= of inquiri and analysis which are a.,uired fronl a well-directe kindergartc are stimu lated by this simple nature-study. au' the elements of husban. 'ry thu' i.eked up are not unlikely to be o~ A school at Alfter, with 4o% pnpib and six teachers, has for oue of it: complhsory features two horv1s a wee of instruction in fruit culture, garden ing and general farming during th last two years of the course. TI( s forttnaate in its .tuat:in, be n a rich region which has beer urned by intensive farming into on vast garden, where vegetables alter nate with orchards, with occasion^' strips of grain or forage plants. Neari every householder in AIfter is an ex perienced gardener. His wife anm children work in the tield with him so that the youngsters early aegr.ire good general understanding of , rdet ralions. For tis reason the pria cipal of the school has addressed hi. special attention "o fraic-cultue, which is not so wideyiv understood, His whoie garden contains about ? half-acre. Dwarf fruits horder th. paths. A nursery frown from .eed planted by the hiLdren. :nd after ward grafted and pruned by them, occupies a prominent place; wil cur rants, gooseberries, ras;berries au other small ferts flil in ever foot of the available space reuaini. The boys of the higher grade do all the spading. planting. praniu an:l harvesting, under the direction of the principal, who works with them. About twenty of the boys work in the garden at a time. On the cecasion of one visit a part of thbe pupils were found sowing seed. while others were cvering it with the necessary depth soil; still others were laying ont ,picking dead leave ' stems. 4ig empty beds, h Afew RIDING A BUCKING MULE. A "Pancher's" Adventure Described by a Story-Teller From Indian Terzitory. The Century Magazine's pize Ior the best short story submitte.i uy a college graduate in 1899, was a'ard ed to John M. Oskison, of Leiand Stanford Uni.ersity, whose home is in the Indian Territory, and whose blcod is partly Indian. "Oniy the Master Shall Praise" is its title; and, one of its scenes is a description of a ride on a bucking male. Out of a knot of excited men Han ner went straight to the waiting, rest less mule. With a mock air of brav ado he struck the excited mule across the flank with his sombrero, after roughly seizing the reins. No one who has not learned by experience how to mount a plunging horse can understand how Hanner lifted him self out of the chaos of rearing mule and struggling attendants into the saddle before he signed to the men to turn the animal loose. When the mule found him=eli free to act there was a momentary pause. Then begau the short, nasty jumps straight into the air, with the animal's back bowed, its legs stiff, and its head lowered. It was the first powert:I effort of the angered beast, made witi. devilish conuden -- searcely shaken .- t ;tr aigit jumps, but .en began the twisting series, wiich is the second expedien of ay'cking animal. A high jump ino the air, with a seemingly inpos sible twist to the side, lauded the mule with its head trned almost halt round. Before the rider caught his breath another jump and another hflf turn were made. These are the mo tions that make a bronco-buster' life shorter. Hanner was bleeding at the nose in half a minute. The twisting jumps were continued nutil the strength of the mule was almost ex hausted, and asyet,oniy the hat of the - puncher had been dislodged. A short pause followed. dnring which the mule changed its tactics, and Haniner thwacked its sweaty neck with his open hand. The next motion was sudden rearing by the mule. As it rose on its hind legs the rider yanked fiercely on the reins. and, slipping to the ground on one side, allowed the brute to fall on its back. The saddle horn buried itself in the earth. andi the mule's hoofs beat the air a mo ment before it scrambled to its feet. Hanner s as cooler than the mule now, and Slung himself back into the saddle with the first loig leap of the desperate animal. This was the easy part of the trial for the rider, and the spectacular part for tho world. The mule ran straight away for the opposite fence of the fair-grounds with long, lunging pumps, rising and pitching forward with the speed of a racing yacht. Hanuer brought his craft about before it sailed into the fence, and beat it fore and aft with a flour - umoh now, his hair blowing in the win~d. Hie leaned forward as in a race, urging the thoroughly tired and conquered mule straight for the cwh At ariceal vicious dig wihtespurs made the beast plunge into the scattering knot of spectators nad ri.e to a four-bared g-ate. At the rt(iATs LEAD THE SnErP. Two Or More oi Them with Every Bi; Flocd ou the Mexican Ranges. "An avera:e M exian shlep Yock numbers about two thousand, and there were ten or more billy goats with every flock I saw on the range," said A. C. G.rimlshaw. who recently reltin ed to New York after a six men!bs' stay in Mexico and the West. I learned that the ,oats are k(pt Vttl the iocks a. l'aders. Being vlnture some and intilligent, they will go any where the sheiheril direct and the silly sheep which A ight otherwie bI:il or stampede at somec trtiing ob:sta<"le r alarm follow them tinhesitatingly. Tih. goiats s(t pacc for the IIoark, :nd aS they are brisk. antiring wCa!Lkr, kr(p th1ce e on1 ihCe' o, sa:Ingil the shepliherd tuiteh troubl(le. "The Mexic:U ahepheru also has hic dog. t houghI nt a t rue-bred. clear-cut, inist,lme ani:ual like the Scotch Col lip. The dogs :1re nongrels. in all var ieties and degrees. the only point of uniforrity among them being their ex treme ugliness in appearnine cnd im (iiSjsitiol towavr-ds stran;;ers. Son a :.. - :niS, wvi nomnted mi17 Zies, and ItigIt! at a iitll: 1asi::ce be mis:takt f r wlve'. tnt, u.iy and tm i :as they are. tie Mexican shep lerd has the at. of training the-i s 'hat they aie as serviceable a< the collie to the shepherd of the S'ottish iitt(orlantiis. The Mexican ieepdog is i)a' t' his timasti- and (ttick to under stand. May a \iexicau shep)herd owes his lif' to his do-.". w:-ho notitied him of the sneaiking aplrletch of ios tile Indians or of their amilbusil in his pa:h ahead. "*l at urn itg t. the original subject. a pair of go:ts onc"% led a tick or. a1 long jourlney. A shepherd of Vaienei:1 C'ou;hiy. New; Mlexico. herding a i1ck of wcthnert on :1 range retti' from the hIiome ('amp had141 the Im;isftrtunie to los his dog througih tlie attack of a tout tain lion anti to break hi: leg on the sate (ay. ?Iad the dog been alive he could have sent him to the hom ranch to suunnon assistance. .s it was. he, had to see the sheep \eantler away, while ht, dragged hiIself to 1the place wher-C his lrovisionis were stored. and waited fir suicht help a. eitilu1'e migt-'it 1ring hint. Five dayt liter the "heep. tel by the Iorporal g:Iis. tlpetrtd at theI he re'auch,l eighty iniles away. They l ' er . ' ardl t w tno munit:iin ranges by paths ohf"ei teix Iw. iltling. and ottt of a ilock of 1.91) sheet only s+ven were ntss.txtt '. Thte;e was. II ceours(, much goIod lcitk in lbis. for a dash of tiilber wolves anong 1i:eam would not only have meal1t the kiliag of in:in shee) onl the sp1ot. 1butt would have sCattered the rest of the :ock far and wide. The marvel was t h- atelligtnce of ihin goeats in returnitg byi anl unfa iltiari ipnt i to the pice whe-re they hade bieen bred, and thte timp,licit fa1it ht of the sheep in their- leadership. Of course, the arrival of the sheep at iItlmthme ranach led to' the senidintg out of a serchinig party was broughti ieetn two die Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away. To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag netic. full of life, nerve and vigor. take No-To B3ac, the wonder--.or'cr, that makes weak men strong. All druggists, 50c or ti. Cure guaran teed. Booklct and sample free. Address Stcrling rIemedy Co., Chicago or New Ycrl. More mushrooms are raised in the vicinity of Paris than in any other place n the world. Read Thid. The Peerless Tobacco Works Co.. of Bedford (ity. Va.. wants traveling sales men In each state. Write themt for p:uriculars. Experience not ab:iolutely necessary. No flags but Turkish are to be seen in Constantinople. P. 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