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P & w i %' Alson Secor, Editor of Suc-- w-lfioifi.'n: | in sstimated that the mussels of its ~.'0¢lfi. mvu,l'ou:z > 5 tiree fost in ngih. . people and a country which will be a greater Hungary than 'ever before where the population will be pure y Hungartan, is the ideal effort for which all true patriots of that coun try are striving today, Baron Sig-- mund Pereny!, president of the Hup: garian senate stated, during a re-- cent visit to Cleveland. _ c same idea can have the same high grade of rural education. But of course it is a new plan and must first be demanded by the sgchool patrons, otherwise it could not be a eounty system. The things that made it seem de-- s'rable are ~its thoroughness of ter--hing by the individual method, and the development of individual-- ity. The old method is to make all * pyp'ls alike and parrots repeating ecrtain required answers to . ques-- tions. Your Lake county . plan seoms to be to have each pupil ac-- au're certain facts on any subject, but phrase those facts in any way the individual may icl.ln"' The personality of the As not lost in school rules or?&llh & ing. Underyourmuenuot'm ¢r be said that the school is | to m' square pegs in round ho'lll. or round pegs in square holes. I thisk it is of the greatest importance that 2 »ez:l attain an education without Ic~'~= personality or individuality. + nother thing that impressed me t : the intorxed Attention the pu-- pIs #rave to their work. If it were rot for the fact that every school dsor squeaked terribly, 1 doubt it anvone would have noticed that. vis itors had entered the door.> I would TBHs Hungarian baron, who heads a delegation of prgminent Hungar lans visiting the principal cities of Ameftica also tributed _ Jeremiah Smith, a . Boston banker, who was section. After completing his study of educational institutions he will write a series of articles for his magazine this winter. | The publish-- er of it is E. T. Meredith, of Des Moines,. Ia., one of the leading dem-- ecrats of the country. H#-- was men-- tlioned as a presidential possibfiity. Editor's Note--~Mr. Secor, editor of --a magatine with 1.000.000 ciren-- lation, which 'practically dominates its field, has made a three months, study thus far of rural and village schools. He came to Lake county because he heard there wore the best rural schools of Hlinots in this any advantage to any of these rural children attending a city school of the old type. You haye the best there is so far. --Alson Secon I am impressed uu'hbo with the high teaching qual! of your rural teachers. You are getting good re-- aults because you have such fine teachers. Better rural schools can-- not be attained by fine buildings alone. It takes good teachers and the public backing that Lake county is noted for to really make the small rural schools as good as, or better than the city schools. 1 cannot see Greater H Under your Lake .. county plan there seems to be plenty to do, and never an idle moment. That alone keeps children out of mischief. -- It gives the teacher all her time and energy to be a teacher, not a disci-- plinarian or task master. Such a chumminess and good feeling to-- ward the teacher does not always prevail in schools where the old method of teaching is used. It ten't tair to yourself or to your boss to atick to a job that doesn't ncl@ s certain amount of challenge rur veu.--Armwricas Magazine awd. They moved about : as t chotge to accomplish their work, but . were never -- mischlevous or no:sy. #"zrmort a drop of oil in the hinges a» the pupils need not be disturbed. ?n: it they looked up and saw Mr. Iwmpson and me, they immediately looked back to their work, whatever it was. The fact that Mr. Simpson end I or the teacher and wo were conversing aloud, did not attract the least attention. The freedom the pupils enjoy makes it unnecessary to use any excuse to give attention to anyone or|anything ¢lse. The schools seem to have no nervous tension due to school rules and dizs-- cipline, so they kept busy even when ths teacher was giving attention to her visitors or 'out of . the -- room. With all this freedom, it was not My day in the rural schools made a profound impression upon me be-- cangse 1 gee the ppuibmt!u of the Lake County system. It seems to me that any county that will get tz~*% of a good county© superintend-- a~*. as Lake eoug has gotten back 0' Superintendent Simpson, with this By ALSON SECOR. (Editor of Successful Farming) = Rural schools have not been stan« dardized to the extent that city schools have been, therefore it is not difficult to find rural .c'::oh so poor they are unworthy of 'mame of .schools, and so good 'that they develop onummm :flh ";bo':-' come top not & schools or colleges. When I heard that ° Lake county had -- something now in rural education I~~ beaded this way to see for.myself, for I am Intensely interested in better rural schools. * f MAKES EXTENSIVE STVUDY Cleveland, Ohbio.--A Aim Of People, Says Leader B'me Here inspirational Jobs Shell of the Ages eP <g in se PP i cA hi *# -- 7 PA M CR ae is /0 d 2 59P s# $ e n " is s3 pnth es 2e Apiie. * ks t *A e ho _ > t\ T 5. --*. %= vu':-e,._-";.}),, «1:2* +4 * e 30A *f..' s" 15 4. 4k . $ 2 C * hiAfi ooe s ais Alc c n + C onl o ib i A4 ht -- & J & 2 * A ABB," . * . ;f'? m e e c t a%e * { Sss ts g*z, <ag" ie &4 m s o is e m aa 4 * m ig t whith ol o is \é i: i: aet 9 ues ie . t oo 5o o t wl P J . 5 s 4e uicts t i. ooo t Wls ons k cabalinels w ie in mi i : that country's currency, Wind the loss of time and energy in-- volved --make it almost impossible to shop at government and co--opera-- tive stores. ~~The only résult, so far, of the protests, is the proposal that shops be opened at 7 a. m. instead of 8, and be kept open until 10 p. m. as well as 8 hours--on Sundays, ond that© police have been stationed at the doors of larger shops to keep the crowd in order and separate wo-- men who engage in hair pulling and scratching bouts in their effort to maintain their places in pine. Springtield,> 11}., May 9.--Revision of the map displayed in farm bureau beadquarters, offices of county vet-- erinarians and state quarantine of-- ticials and in other public places throughout Iilinoig to show the prog-- ress of the fight to free the cattle berds of the state from tuberculosis is cunderway this week. The map, revised to date, shows that of the 102 counties in lilinols, 74 are op-- erating> as county areas,.~ Of this number 47-- have been certified as baving more than three fourths of Mothers of workers families, too poor to afford a servant, must take their children with them, and it is not uncommon to see a woman with a baby in her arms and two or three small children clinging to her skirts or playing in the gutter, standing patiently in the rain waiting her turn to buy food. At least an hour is required for the purchase of ordinary supyplies, and for those comodities which are scarce, particularly butter, purchas-- ers sothetimes stand in line in queues & block long tor three hours. M mm--m!-tmuaw in Charity Carnival at Madison Square Garden. > met Beach, society fi%'.wm~m' Benefits went to Judson Health mnmnmooounummwumg'm,mdnmmu--u-m mm;wmmmamuuww.m'mm Lindy, working with Army Air Service executives, is expected to visit several European countries this summer, probably going by way of Greenland and Iceland. M-n-uflv.gnlmphu. 'Humbert J. Fugazy Honors Pater. 91 _ cA he: 3 sf*: the tanks of Jackson county from -- "This corporation alone," he J"- bank robbers as the rosult of a vote ed, "is supported by eighteen of the of the Jackson county Bankers as---- leading American stores, and one of sociation meeting here. Carbondale its duties is to select examples of will be allotted four guards, Mur-- British merchandise likely to be physboro five, and-- each of the ' pepular in America and put them smaller towns in the county three ' before duyers here." < for each bank. _A E. Robtins issues a warning * | ]® esmm [to the British woolien manutfactur-- Iawrenceville, III., May 9.--Un-- ers. He says: y 3 les the Lawrence county supervis ! "It is well to remember that the ors change their minds, there will | American women demand that wook be no dancing at Lake: Lawrence, | len garments fit as martly as an or-- popular resort near here, this -nm-'dlury tailor--ade. English ~women mer. The supervisors rejected the | are content if their jumpers or application of Mrs. Minto Meskimen | knitted suits are comfortable and for a license to operate a hall at |look very neat, but the American the lake, ivunu the cut and fit absolutely ac-- mz | curate." f Carbondale, II!l., May 9.--Forty guards armed with high powered rifles will be employed to-- protect the tanks of Jackson county from baunk robbers as the rosult of a vote of the Jackson county Bankers as-- sociation : meeting here, Carbondale will. be allotted four guards, Mur-- physboro five, and-- each of the smaller towns in the county three for each bank. Rerrin, D1L, May 9--The annual ; convef¢ion of the Southern Illinois | tank@s, comprigsing Group 10 of the ' Illinols Bankers association, will be ' held here May 19. . all the herds tested and prorounced free from the disease. -- Seven are shown --as gecredited areas or ag entirely free from bovine tubercu-- losis, & ." the Spirit of St. Loyis, which is museum--bound, There are at the present time, he added, buyers reépresenting more than a hundred of the great stores of 'the United States visiting this country, and will take them back with them: cloth, linen, .millinery, pewter, furnitire, cutlery, -- leather goods, carpets, china, clothing, and kitchen utensils. & A, E. Robbins, London manager for the Associated Merchandising coprporation declared, "America ap precaites the value of British goodé, and more and more buyers are com-- ing to this country every year., > burden is carried at the waistline. «----Baston Herald. » * White Man's Main Burden t 5 n oes o i cp uie n d Soetoh ¥3 shaving on Not so long ago the United States was compelied to import almost &1 the dye used in this country, but at the present time we have more dye manufactories than all the rest of 'All high happiness has in it some element of love ; all love contains a desire for peace. .One immediate effect of new happiness, new love, s to make us turn toward the past with a wish to straighten out its dificulities, heal its breaches, for-- Aoporuily of dieiresting thikge winch 0 s which may 'still be remedied, m«;t.-xret- fully.of others that have be-- md our reach and will--J. L, A} Certain black pebbles, known as toadstones, which toads were re puted to carry in their heads, though of little beauty as . orna-- ments, were highly esteemed during the dark ages because of their al-- leged power to heal various kinds of digestive disorders and for their supposed protective influence over children. The wearer of one was thought lm:lxgne tro:x; .toothache ; they were h as antidotes for oo:i and believed to warn of 't't approach--of a venomous reptile by imparting a atlngq;x; senaagpn to the fesb.----Popular Mechanick Mag-- azine. _ When you have some particulariy knotty em to solve, try a steam-- ing mb. Nothing is so con-- ducive to clear thinking as a hot tub, asserts Dr. L. Hubbard of Washington, D. C., in Hygeia, health magazine published by the Ameri-- can Medical association, Have the water as hot as can be borne, and then a Jittle botter, ad-- ¥ises Doctor Hubbard, and be sure to have a paper and pencil within reach so that you will not loge the brilliant ideas that are sure to come. * World's Oldest Poem _ Homer, the Greek poet, is credited with being «composer of the oldest and most farmmous poem in existence, "The TIliad." -- Homer lived about 1000 B. C. udu:'hu immortal epic describes, in 24 certain im-- portant events that occurred in the tenth and last year of the siege of Troy. Agamemnon, the commander-- In--chiet of the allied Greeks, having quarrelel with Achilles, the latter retires in anger from the contest and sulks in his tent, As a result of this defection the Trojans are victorious and Achilies, accordingly sends his friend, Patrocius, to turn the tide of battle. Patroclus, how-- ever, is slain by Hector, whereupon, Achilles, rushing forth in rage to avenge the death of his tmd. kills Hector and drags his y--fay tened to his chariot--towards the Grecian ships. The 'poem of the limd eloses with the restoration of the body 'of Hector to Priam, and the funeral ceremonies in honor of the Trojan hero. : Such a bath is weakening and would be exhausting to some peo-- ple, but used--in an emergency, it will be found.well worth while, thrive without hng; a Ben\vrite: his history upon his 1. How m ties, how muny resources, he bn'x his friendships with his cattle, his team, his dog, his trees, the satis-- faction in his growing crops, in his improved fields; his Intimacy with Nature, with bird and beast, and with the quickening elemental ,:?rru: his co--operation with the ouds, the sun, the seasons, heat, wind, rain, frost ! Nothing will take the various so-- clal distempers which the city and artificlial life breed out of a man like farming, like direct and loving contact with the soil, 1t draws out the poisons. It humbles him, teaches him patience and reverence, and re-- stores the proper tone to his sys tem.~--John Burroughs. # It is a common complaint that the farm and farm life are not appreci-- ated by our people. We long for more elegant pursuits, or the ways und fashions of the town. But the farmer bas the most sane and nat-- ugral occupation and ought to find life sweeter, if less highly seasoned, than any other. He alone, strictly The art of falconry consists in persuading a naturally fierce, wild bird to do for her owner exactly what she would do in any case in the wild state--in short to display at close quarters the amazing pow-- ers of fiight with which she has been equipped by nature. _ > If ahs should be so successful in her fiight as to strike ber quarry, she dispatches it immediately--and in --most._ professional manner--a sharp bite at the base of the skull and it is all over. On the other hand, if the hawk falls to come up with ber quarry--is perhaps out-- flown, beaten in the air--she faiis completely. The intended victim disappears, doubtless rejoicing, in-- to the blue, and It is up to the dis econsolate falconer to 'recover his erripg charge as soo . as he ean. Farmer Has Advantage Over Dieller in City --~in Training of Hawhs mm,:uncm' ftyle of fy-- 'o':'u'gg'hm:" y, opiaiop as t quarry, as to which. specific kind of hawk was the best being divided. y But of them 'all none was more An ioi n innn e se Arst--rate Ayer, docile, tractgble and extremely courageous, says Capt. C. W. R. Koight, M. C., in the pastime which once played so mfl: part in the lHvessof the and to which reference is made in the works of such authors as Shakespeare and Scott. KFor grouse hawking the femgle, being a heavier, stronger bird than the male, is generally nsed, for sbe is better fitted to take and hold & strong old grouse. She it is who is called "falcon," the male belng known asg the "tiercel" because he is one--third less in size than the female. --~in Training of Hawhs Brain W orks in Hot Bath lmpag'ativcfof lfapivinm United States Leads T ogdstones w% in CA w I observed a group o6f small boys in a West End ltreet).'Onehadlbee'n another who was a little m'bim Finally the bigger boy chased the smaller one, who ran for protection to the biggest boy in the a The samailler boy obviously de-- served chastisement, but his purxe: 'was : much stronger <than he The biggest boy thought it over a moment, then rendered judgment: *"*No hard mgfl"ho. 4 « io be There's a who is a judge or a political bo'd&.u day. umtth week--end resorts they fail to visit. But as soon as the cold weather comes the car is drained of water and the storage battery is put in the--cellar until spring. Necl.?bon of the Buffums have noticed Mrs. Buffum making fre-- quent visits to the garage of late, bearing covered. dishes and paper packages of food. One neighbor was fAinally constrained to firg out what these processions meant. Mrs. But-- fum explained: "Our house is so hot," she said, "that we needed more ice than in summer, so I'm using the car as an tcebox., And IT'm saving the price of five gallons of gas a week on my ice .Jp .. _ WeW VBC TOF FiIVYVGT, The Buffums are great tourists, During the spymmer there isn't a week--end they miss going out in their lttle open car. They never miss a bet. There isn't one of the Fish Use Fins as Feet. A walking fish inbhabits some of the small streams of 8t. Thomas is The head is somewhat !ke that of the ordinary freshwater sucker, with a round, full--lipped motth and no teeth. _ Just back of the bead, on either side, is a large, well--deve!-- oped fin, armed with a strong bony spike. -- The fish use these fins to crawl or "elbow" their way out of the water and to cling to halt--sub-- merged logs and stumps. 'The name "walking fish" is derived from this faculty of actually walking or climb-- Ing out of the water. . Perhaps the strangest feature of all is the tail, which is soft and boneless, and composed almost en-- tirely of a most delicate arterial net-- work, for it is through the tall that this fish secures its necessary sup-- ply of oxygen while out of the wa-- ter. While in the water respiration takes place through the gills, as with other fish. As long as the fish can keep its tail in the water or in contact with wet sand or mud it can remain out of the water indefi-- Spotting a Future Politician. Neglected: Resources, New Use for Fillvver. is We . Missing at Divorce Trial is mt pe T 'lfi:al' DpPhis, + t A uin e t / o e o 3e .. -- c 39000 Mia d t N We 29 io o' lfce 4s called "nanduti" 'The groundwork of this lace is uspally tern. Upon these are mmln't:: 'lolns'!Moorl' now," said old Fes-- tus Pester, < "What we need are not men that are going to do, but those that have already done--we need 'didders,' not 'going--to--doers' or _ : *might--have--doners!' Hur-- humph |"----Kansas City Star. "A very promising young man," we said. "He will do big things." We have too thundering many A poet at a --window, a brunette came along. The poet liked her looks, began to pen a song. In just another moment a blond came into view," She was so yvery pretty she got a line or two. And then there was a red--haired girl, and she way not --so worke. She gave a lot of col-- or to the enstiing verse. The poét couldn't sell his songs, could not a' nickel get.. It served him right--he should have been true to the bru-- nette.--Louisville -- Courier--Jourpal, Only before it has been fired is the torpedo a torpid or inactive ob-- Ject.-- After that simple process has been performed it is,' generally speaking, as effective as lightning when it strikes.--Chicago Journal, Torpedo 4 »--It is curious that a projectile which is famous for its swift action once it is started on its way should have been Gerived from the word **torpid." -- But "torpid" is the origin of our word "torpédo." hao word "torpid" has two mean-- One is what the word gener-- ally designates--lack of motion or feeling. The other is, by associa-- tlion, a kind of racing boat used at Oxford university. The torpedo is in one sense a racing boat, but it is in no sense torpid once it is set in motion 'to do its deadly. work. The present Thirteenth eentury church occupiles the site of the Sax-- on convent of St. Eanswyth, 630, and behind is the bail, or baillium, where stood the Saxon castle of King Eadbald. to reconstruct! the ancient village. Judging from the relics discovered round about, in Saxon times it was A royal luaor called "Folcanstane." Willtam T_granted it to Nige!® de Mandevillie, one of his followers. As a "port" it became attached to the Cingue Port of Dover, but as late as Queen Elizabeth's day it was still but a fishing hamlet of 120 houses. KFolkstone, on the Kentish coast, was a Roman station when England was young, says the London Times. There are still evidences of Roman occupation and it hasg been proposed Too Much Inspiration Paraguayan Lace Rich in Roman Relics His Viewpoint occupatuon"of England was revealed 29 Toink when excavidieh ond un dertaken .on the site of a former English Cides® Customs Cider hfiznw Mh% PMllipe, the poet, praised aweet Hereford mt.:rduvmn Atml: to history relates the earl of Manchester, ambazsador in France, Noted Early American _ *"Nolichucky Jack® nlck= pndh@ew.,mm' x town of New Matrket, clder on the French nobleste as a wine beyond In the West ples, or grigzles, The e wogld mw»m% #rmhouse, and recite « certain morsal fable, entitled "A Rude Boy pour ;:tb cgu't?&% mu'::u ine Easter Island Statué ; Pride of Archeologists -- against rude robbers, In olden times in many parts of England, particularly during the feu-- dal period, the poor living on .a lord's manor or estate were allowed to go into the manor woods or for-- est with a hook and crook to get wood for fuel,. What they could reach they might pull down with their crook. This was a precarious ;:otm&d.bcm'flfl- was eagerly sought, Boundsry stones, beyond which the "hook and crook folk" might not piss, were to be seen of late years in some old forests. However, this custom does not satisfy the present use of the phrase, "hook and crook," which do--otdm:lymlnapn% ous mauner, but at all bazards, drawing was nest modified to &roflde-mbolmbletwm a running hand (the *hieratic* Pecmeg Tanl i bemise "'...,g.""... un ably like its preseont form. ith the Phoenicians, Z was the seyv-- enth letter of the alphabet, and so it remained in the Greek and Mdmmnm&& ty . 0. Letel, whin 404 Hody m' " of _ Greek became m long staves called "hitchers," salves coal dropped overboard during tha process of coaling ship, The "drudging" fieet, a collection of queer little broad--beamed boats, is to be seen at work at all waterside places where ships take in coal on discharge it, says London TitBits, A 'certain amount of coal falls overboard into the river orhq.a' mud.flvmvnhlchlthr&lendb' the "drudgers," who wash it, take i ashore and sell it to householders at a low price. cupation, and one that. is banded down from T athes to 406. is to be found outside, not Inside, %hm.mumw-fl tm-thoawotlllwz Topar, and 300 natives to dfhg ) epxips Y e imarann mndmmdmfi colommal --statues some of N tons, scattered over Haster izsand in the Pacific, London Tit--Bits says, These bideous were origi« nally gupplied with l in some cases weighing 'another or ainx Pacific and many archeologists think that .the islands on which these monuments are found are the last remnants left above the sur» face of a vast submerged continent. There is nothing 'which fxes the exact period of this achievement, but it is possible that the statues are at least as old as the pyramids tons, which were red because they. m'-..ucttnhqrmn& ang "are "found" iring . around tha are huge statues as though there hbad been a high wind. This race of ancient builders left stone monuments right across Common Phrase Once * Had Distinct Meaning Romans in England * : More information on the Roman -- -- "Fiszhing" for Coal °* / A quaint occupafion is that of the *24 ap-- o€