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fish\** — -~ ..»,-- ••^v^<j!^^^^wr- \!&&S**!fitf ivia*«iA4\-wj. •:7\ ^l^^itE^S^^'if^pWBfp^ ~r~ rr*.~;T3i~xr - T^V\-\-^-*.* '\T-\~rr- PS THE REPUBLIC, BROCKPORT, N^y^3MBH8PAVi 8EFTEMgEB 2Q^J83L aagggagr vj^jUg^gggy^rwa , , ^^ ~— .1-; >'.\™_^ -. r? -*. : S v--T^^ r 5!,.wi=ii=7- „i \ £!t ^?>—• the day when tbey met and helped se- lect Colonel Woodruff's next year's seed com. Newton's mother had a ^toother's confidence that Newton- was \\now a goad b'py, who had been led Ly—oth<MLJboys r hut—hi Jim Irwin had a distinct at npHmlsm. TJAwtait—h«^ f> r. .' m!i»»im»—•— J**\! 1 CHAPTER VI Jim Tsdks the, Weather GoM, Mihiai to the- rally, James?\ Jim had finished his supper, and i e-eal<m!*ttoas^rs-to-the-feed ii -' lng value of Various rations for live stock, records of laying hens and com- putation as t o the excess of ^rctitue ia eggs produced over the cost of feed. Pinned to the wall were market re- ports »on all softs' of farm products, aiid especially numerous were the sta- tistics on the prices of cream and but- ter. ^There were flies of farm papers piled about, and radks of agricultural bulletins. In one corner of the room was a—typewriting, machine, and in another a sewing machine. Parts of an old telephone were scattered- about on the teacher's desk. A model of a piggery stood on a shelf t done inea.rd* hoard. . . \ \'. \Instead of the usual collection of text-books In the desk, there were hec- tograph copies of - exercises, reading lessons, arithmetical tables and essays H|PH 4UYerent from the other~boys of.tbe on various matters relating to agrlcul- ^mifehhorhaod. - His. mother urged frig 1 tare, all of which were accounted for |||^yearned for a long evening in his attic jjgj^JRrfth -his cheap literature. But as g^ 4 .tIW district schoolmaster he was t o g^BBia* extent responsible fpr the pro- ^^teetion of the school property, and ^teit-senie sense of duty as to exhibit- lg^an interest In public affairs. - — - p^ . -\t guess 111 have to go. mother,\ lie llrrepliedrregretfully. \I want to see Mr. HH Woodruff. about borrowing his Bab- ||bcocfi: milk tester, and I'll go that wax. ~~' isTil .go <m to \the meeting.\ |p||- Bte lcftSed tils mother when he went —a habit from wjilch he never devl- ;j|jte& and another of those personal peculiarities which had marked him as candle, and-who i»Tstnaltnisljrloeked- 4Ike_-IDead-Shot -Dick, -was. OUE- old- frtend of the road gang. Newton Bran- son* Newton put down, his load, and sat ujion a-stujfljTt& rest •—.- -\'- Raymond- -Simms-w^s—dimly—eon— iit-4»bacco_and—beer-r-casually - stat^- hig to Jim that he was \in training.\ Since _Jlm had, shflwa his ability to ad- for=4l [overcoat was distinctly a bad onte, whll* hln heat suit, now worn e?ery .a.concession to his scholastic ttlon, son looked passably_ j?ell SKFiafter several weeks of schoolroom *%f* dutjr» It seemed more logical to aca- 4- «nm. th»t the-waather was milder -JUUUU **J L fnt colonel. anJt really was, on that .sharp: Ocfeo- , 4 Jer\evellngT and appear'at hlsTiifstT A albeit rather aware of the cold. Jen- f% nle was at home, and he was likely to. see and ,be seen of her. . - M — Toucan borrow that tester,™ said \\and the cows that go ~tn_ltj If you «an use Jem. Thejr g&%_earniny • their keep here.'- Bu£ \Uow 'does'the milk tester fit into th'e -^curriculum of the school? A decorst- \tion?** , ' \We want to make a Tew tests »x! SSBlOMiws. In the neighborhood,\ ant jgwejed Jim, \Just another of my fool ^notions;\ - \All fright,\ said the colonel.- \Take Jt along, doing to the speakin'?\ fc lt ^-? 4 'eeTtainly, hrs going,\ said Jennie, itering. '^BirTsTnyTneetingrJlm.\ \Surely Em going,\ assented Jinx. . \\ ~~-t thlniHFIlTHirfllong:*' iljwlah.we had-room. Jor-yjjn in the ««r,\ said the colonel. \But I'm going; y around by Bronsoh'g to\ pick up tHBr iksr» and I'll have a chuck-up fdM\ - k \Not So much of a load as yon sit\ aald Jennie. 'Tin going wlthv Jlni, The walk will do me good.\ _ Any candidate warms to her voting; ^population Just before election; but j^jJe 1111 ^ n ^^ a special kindness for Jluu wjUi no. longer .*. farm band. Th» fact that he was coming to be a center isturbtnce m -the district, and that •he quite failed to understand how hli Sceifl?- graphs^a very fair sort of printing planfc-lylng on a table. .. . .• Thfr members of the school board vgere (here, looking on these evidences of innovation with wonder and more or 7 less disfavor. Things were disor- derly, fbe tes^beoks--^eeently--adept-^ eji by the hoard aga|nst seme popjitor _naihls±er_4u_kno chauffeur, he seemed tu this hshhte, dehoy peculiarly a proper, person for athletic TJdnfidences. Newton's mind seemed gradually fllling up with new interest's. Jim af- tiibntld^nJucB\aTltHls to\ \Sie* clear mountain atmosphere which surround- ed Raymond Simms, the Ignorant ^ar^ barlan driven out of hisnative hills by a feud. Raymond was of the open spaces, and refused to hear fetid things that seemed out of place In them. As the reason for Newton's Improve ment in manner of living. Raymond, out of hjs own experience, would have had no hesitation in naming the school and the schoolmaster. \I wouldn't go back on a friend,\ said Newton, • seated on , the stump with his traps on the gr»ound at his feetr-'Hhe-^ay—you'ce-going—back on me.\ '. \You got no call to talk thataway,\ replied the mountain boy. \How'm 1 goin' back on you?\ \We was goin' to traR all winter,\ asseverated Newton, \and next wln- ter we- ware goin' up In the north Jun'an'T have studleTout how I can iB^a^triettehT^irhV-^eart yeais-and^ pajLjsays_we- kln_go oK^he-way-4MErr ^hn says. Tli work for' Colonel Wood- raff a, part-«f the *ime, an' pap* km -JP«Jte-,cojrn In tlie^rbiggfiatHaeldj^dfc: TSe^ffls^wrmdB^rutrofflr 1 !^^ year—an* In a couple of years, with the increase of the hawgs, an* tihe land we bin get under plow . . .*• J* was jstill an ham before niner-^ when the rural school traditionally hen the boys-haurstoreor their trapg in a shed at the 6ronson home, and -walked on to the sehool- -hojiser^hat-rather scabby and-weaaj^ ered edifice was already humming with Industry- of a sort. In spite of teaShsr^-they'a bier efficient faraaers, -<tng-emclent farmers' wivesr iThey'lt- be-happyi-beeaase-they-wttHtnow how- to use more brains in farming. than anyi lawyer or doctor or merchant can rpojsIMyrrnsetjnThlsr- bashiess; J ^—^^~^ \It's a tine thing,\ said \Mrs. Bonner, coming to the aid of her fellow sok\ djers, \to work bard for; a lifetime, an' raise nothing but a family of farmers! A fine thing!\ . ; '^Fhey—will—be=— f armera—anyhowy\ : ert ; ga Jim: -that angry, :[_the ho8tility-of^the-«sbool boa^d, aad the—aloofness—of-4he~pattens -of-the school, the pupils were clearly Inter- ested In Jim Irwin's system of rural education. \Never had the attendance heen-^a4arge.-or,.Ktgulaiv^w(a-en^^>f--the-^xhinIta^-of--weed-seeds ir the Bal woods together.' \You know.\ said Raymond somber. and djo wbut, w* got to do to he'p Mr. Jim.\ Newton sat mute as one having no rejoinder. \Mr. Jim, 1 ' went on Raymond, \needs ^Zr^r^m^tT^ 1 S^- I M-^m *™y WM.thjs settle- •protest trait evwentty oeen pitcnea, | mpnt fe , n &n Mm He , g the best neck and crop, out of the school by the man whom Bonner had^^ejmed. a duh,' It .was a sort of contempt for the. powers that be. Colonel Woodruff was in the chair. Aff^f the ^peecltlfymg was over, and th£c stereotyped,, thougtb.xatoer- illog- ical, appeal had been made fdr voters of the one party to cast the straight ticket, and for those of the other fac-' tfon to scratch, the colonel rose' to adfcjourn the meeting. Jfewton Bronsou, safely concealed behind taller people, called out, \Jim Irwin! speech!\ 3hej;e was a. giggle»-a-^light sensa^ Hon, and many voices Joined In the. normal Cbx»fr\^rinch?let of\ teatlr- SblJiHaliad Imbibed at-the sfatfc-. IchobFTn Itself lifted ' him ISgfinearer to equality with her. A publle \=nulsance-iff reauy iirore respTgctabh* ^than a_n6nentlty. \ - .' A -j8he gave Jim a thrill as she passed .the gate.lthat.hev opened for-. White moonlight- on her whltfc parKy, ^EaHation, th# Jftreence of womanhooji—things far BfTn^Hie woman of twenty-seven jthe glamour thrown over him by jgfidol girl of slrFeen^. call for the new schoolmaster. Colonel Woodruff felt the unwisdom oT 'TghorIn£THe^m5htif~T'f^ '~ reHed-opon-Jim's discretion and ex- pected a declination. Jim arose, seedy and lank, and the voTce* ceased, faveToF^anofiier\ sup- pressed titter, **I don't know,\ said'Jim, \whether this call upon me is a Joke or not. If It is, It Isn't a practical one, for I cant talk. I don't care much about parties or politics. I don't know whether fn I Xtemocrat, a Republican or a Pop- ^Ehis qaused a real sensattns, T&9 nerve of the fellow 1 Really, it must losing iy, ^Hbat/we cafcrtri-an any trap itne+wlB Iffiaw aa he looked at them that friend I ever had. He's the I'm a pore lgnerant the^ treasons for- sessions before nine and. after four T was the inability of the tericher to\ attend tn the nvorta nf hi. charges in the iive aafl a half hours called \school hours.\ The day passed. Four o'clock came. In order *fhat all might reaeh home for supper, there wasno staying, ex- cept, that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained-te sweep and dust the schoolroom, and prepare kindling for the next morning's firj—a work they had taken upon themselves, so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the mor- row's class work as.mlght be required,. Jim was writing on the board a list of words constituting a spelling exer- cise.. They were not from textbooks, but grew naturally out of the study\ of the seed wheafc=\eaekle \morning- glory,\ \convolvulus/' \viable \via- bility,\ \sprouting 11 \iron-weed\ and thw tllnry A^rnp^rog-hmmt -fitjfty fljfo ttr spite off yxjnjr^fforts^ ninety out of every hundred of them! And of the <other ten, nine will be the-clties, and wish_to_ God they .were back on the farm; and ',the hundredth one will sueeeedin the ^Jetty.\ .-.._•. . v . - -j _. The-guns of Mvs^ Bonner and-Mrs.- Peterson were silenced for a moment, and Mrs. Bronson, after, gazing about at the typewriter, the hecktograph, and Raymond Simms opened it. In filed three women—and Jim Ir- he was-gr-eeting a deputation, and felt that If meant' a straggle. For they were the wives of the members of the school board. He placed for them th«» eeek.arilk tester, and the other tin- scholastic equipment, pointed to th» list of words. jynJ r _jh&_ J 84^bna£tUt. problems on the board. '\Do yon get them \words from the speller?\ she askedl \No said he, \we get them from a lesson on seed wheat.** \Did them examples come out of an arithmetic hook?\ cross-examined-she,- \No said- Jim,- \we used! ppoblemt we made ourselves. We were figuring profits and losses on your cows, Jtfrs. Bronson 1\ \Ezra Bronson,\ said Mrs. Bronson loftily, \don't need any help In telling whaFiTa good cow. He was farmln§ before yoh was bornT* \Like fun, he don't need help I He's going to dry* old. Cherry off and fat- ten her. for beef; and he can make- more money on' the cream by beefing .about three more of 'env The Bab-- eeek -test--show 1 s-they 1 ri»-^Tisr' Iwardinr on us without paying their board 1\ The delegation of matrons ruffled like a group, of startled hens at this interposition, which was Newton Bronson's effective seizing of the op- portunity to issue a progress bulletin In the'research work on the Bronson three available chairs, and in the ab- nence of any for himself remained standing before them, a gaunt shabby- looking revolutionist at the bar of settled, usage and fixed public opinion. Mrs. Haakon Peterson was \a tall S!ow£gi?o k <?*> ami-dig: blonde woman x apect for. son was lejLperjAnallty^JIrs.-Brori a good motherly woman. Frank Merriwell and Deadthot Dick. Joy, *hV he tenches me how to do thines that will make me something.** •Darn it all!\ said Newton. \You know,\ said Raymond, \that you'd think- mabgty small of-niev-If JSE desert Mr. Jim Irwin.\ \Welt then,\ % replied Newton, seis- in justice be saldTTlm was losing •** h ? s trap 5 aflll ~ throwing thera entrle - behavior could; be- .ha*n»o- t Majgeir Tn a * desire to tpU hla tern -aerosslils shoulderj \come on-witb the .fejEgUngs, Ms. forgot all about JTeamfe ^nt^Ber^intafnntF^blogTrev^r^h «rcept his real, true feelings. This zte». Jinr gave—tier THr'tiorKlT for - \ h* »35ed^ = gftunt^an^- r angular.=In-^hls=^ ^?ftiSln>py, ready-made suit, too short in \ 1^B^gfoife^«gAgLfetffi&^Hbfe^0j&Jbftr walked £WTipon\fll = irr~Hfe Strode \On With? &iel strides, made, slow to \acedm- ^modate her shorter steps, and embar=-_ agfJbeF hj? ^I«KB*_WsghceJL tort to keep step. For all tim, he proves l±at he was no pdllTi'cian. -—I don't-see much to this-countj flirflpaigfl that interests me,\ lie went on—and a^nniJL Woodrjiff reddened, wD^teSlf' seasoneo!nKfer'covereoThTjr <o|ue to—t] igtreh-wia-hls^haad -to conceal- ^|fc smile. \The politicians come our tnt» th» farming districts every campaign and get us hayseeds for'anything they want They always have got ta. They're -geCal again I- They give & dodjioppera the glad hand, a cheap clgqx, \ahor~a' cheaper smile af tW'iL&s- tlo»; and \that's all. I know It, yon i6w~^tT3ney:\2nQw\\lC\ r-G*65*f~ blajnt-them.so jery..murh The„tronbIe„ ii^we-dpnft^tsk— then>-tOE-do--afiyaia*--f— better. , - «g[ want a new kind of rural schoolij 3ifeT^6n^s¥e¥ny^r©speet, no maTtter Red out the great open spaces In r i la tbsmv We In Wie Woodrua*-dis- Sthg-MIlky TBTay, wonderln? at their t^g* J?»llfi£g-?° I'^WTf OBi. BH X>wa ~ ptfefess^tnd hT the 4 fact ffiir i 1» i5:, ™ w * B '^\^* 3 *'^ !fflais ^^ da anything but the old tbingsv They dotk't want to. and they haven'r Sense enough to do It if .they did. That**. all—and I don't suppose I should have said as,much as I have!\ . . There was stark silence for a mo- ment when he sat down, and then as many cheers for Jim as for the prin- cipal speaker of the evening, cheers mingled with titters and catcalls. Jim felt a\s«if he had made an ass of him- self. And as he walked out of the door, the future County superintend^ ent passed by him In high displeasure, and walked home with someone else. Jim found the weather much colder than It had been while coming. K0 really needed an Eskimo's fur suit. pe-can find stars in them, fiiy .Stopped and looked.'Jim laid -ikhhihardhands on the shoulders of her Vhlte fur collarette. ij-J*What*s the use of political meet- pings,' 1 IsahTJim, \when you and I can ^j|£!|nd_ here and think our way out, . tjjkren beyond the limits of our uni- •^verse?\ 'i* J!JA wonderful journey,\ said she, not ^Unite—understanding his mood, \but- JWhile we roain beyond the Milky Vv^ay, \jwe areht gefHng any votes for me for county superintendent.\ Jim said nothing. He was quite .^re-established on the earth. I. - *y\«Don»t you want me to be elected, >Jimf • >* Jim seemed to ponder this for som» If^me—a period of taking • the matter iy under advisement which caused Jennl» r* Jo/drop his arm.and busy herself, with ;>* her skirts. '** -—•-•• ildJiav-aUajs s^do/'f. >|i'|?Uotiiing more was said .until they ^Ji'ejSclfeffthe sehoolhouse door. y^'^yfeU,\ said Jennie -rather indl|- poatlj%'- 1! Im.~ ! glad- there- are-plenty—of- , tyteri -i,who are ' more enthusiastic iMKroi mi^ than you seem to be!\ || \llore Interesting to a 'keen observer ;B» speeches were the unjisual y ^-„ ags in the\ room itself. On fthe jfjblackboards. i&Wi problems hi arlth- how this election goes, for any' change CHAPTER VII New .Wine and Old Bottles. In the little'strip of forest which dl- lown—wan-- dered two boys in earnest converse. They seemed to be Boy Trappers, and from their backloads of steel-traps one of them mipht have been Frank Merriwell,-and the—other Dead»Shot Dick. The boy who resembled Frank Mtarriwell was Raymond Simms. The other, whose overalls were fringed, who wore a cartridge belt about hi*, person, and carried hatchet, revolver^ anaTX iong knife with a deerfoit noted for her housekeeping, and for her church activities. Slie looked oftener at ,her son,\ and his friend, Raymond, than at the schoolmaster. Mrs. Bonner was the only one who shook hands with Jim, but he sensed in the little, black-eyed Irishwoman the rea.1 HUnffiander-pf.-the--expedltIon- agalnst him—for such he knew,Jt „|o bei * \~ ^ ~- —'\-\'- . \You may .think It strange of as .coming after hours,** salfl she,\bat we wanted to sjeak to yon. teacher, without the children here.\ \I* wish more of the parents would call;\ said Jim,' \At any hour of the diy.\ : _ _ \Or night either, I dnre say,\ sug- cested Mrs. Bonner. \I hear you've the scholars here at all hours. Jim.\\ Jim smiled his slow patient smile. \We do Arenk the union rules, £ guess, Mrs. Bonner.\ said he; \there seems to-be mwe to -a'n-tlnin'-we- can- -get done during sclxwM hours.'' *Wharwe came ror.ltir. irwin, Is to object to the way the tenchin's traps, sad shut up! -Whal*»-we-ao- when. t*e school board geta; Jennie V7oodruff to revoke his certificate and make Mm quit teachln'. hey?' \Nnbodyil eveh do thatr\ said Ray- mond. \I'd set in tlie sehoolhouse do* with my Fifle-and-slwot-tmybodythat'd* sehooL\ ,~*^N3|-m this country,\ saMTJewIottr \This ain't a gun -country,\ - \But it orto be either a justice ken- try, or a gun \\fcenirK**\ replied Mi 7PSSB093u^3fcStt^s^io-re«r musi be onejr the otheh, Newton.\ 'or^^*dos•t^JettRePY'• said Newton dogmatically. ,' \^\Wny \Should they iffow^Mr.; Jim outen the school?\ Inquired Raymond. :hio us rteli Newton exptalned for the tenth time that Jim had. done so .many things that ho tenchef -was strpposed to d6, aid had lef^jmdgne'so-jniang tBraglJthat teachers~were bound'by* custom lo perform, that Kewton's father and Mr. •Bonner and- Mry JPeterson- had\ maae ~ dairy herd. \Newton!\ said his mother, \dont Ihtefrupt me when Tm talking\ to the teacher!\ \Well then/'-isald- NewtoHr-adon't- tell the teacber that pa knew which cows were good and which.were poor. nined, and Sm ^gSt \SB in^lnndtYe'Te-T^ *n?\one\Tn\WB olstrlet want* to knovv about their coxvs they'll have to come to this shop. And I can tell you that It'll pay - 'em to come, too, if they're going to make anything selling cream. Wait until, we get out our re- -- -' -7-' RURAL XJFE —-i^4S -**-*&- ? SSK IO FARM STOCKWXJKffigm IS NOW ^TsmBjm^m^oBrONrw^M^ ^ This publication now under new management^n€et3s n© in- ^f iction to the farmers of this section. It haiMtfeen -for •veSGEsS troduction and win continue\\fo\\\be a power for good to ~ip$ pfogressTvir* far3 mer, pouitryrnan. dairyman, fruit grower ajKi stock breeder;.^-^^ Send us yaur subscription by a majt^'vou wMlgS^J^^ig r ¥BS :? ^ew : TuanaleTneW 7 ~pTi^^ K.. . .:•• y •- A Address ajl communications to ERWIN U TUCKER, Publisher Slicceeain^ th^ POST EXPRESS PRINTING CO, 8 North Water Bt_ \_ ROCH'ESTERrN. Y. wr>T ?*~W£ WEST ports on the herds, mni\ The women were rather stampeded by this onslaught of the Irregular troops—^especially Mrs. Bronson. She felt a flutter of pride in her, son,- hut being done—corn and wlieau und-hoia.. and -the tffce, Instead of tlie iearnln*\ schools was made to tench. I cniraee \an*\ the \wIioTe^district cm ^iee\Tiat It'll easier for a man that's beptTa farm- hand^ to teach Farm-hand^ knowTedge, than the learnin' schools was set up to teach ;.Jout if so be. he hasn't the —^g^ji^jjg.^ -jjook^educatlen-to-do • the riglit-thingr we think be should gel out and give «Teat~ tsaefaer a TfhniRfB.\ \What am I neglecting?'' asked Jim mildly. rrirSi Bonnet seeihed ^nprepirre^^lJoIr the-oj«;i>U<»uh an^:rsatr-fQT^3riui8t81fF up their\ minds .that they would call upon him to resign, and if he wouldWC they would \turn him out\ in some way. \What wrong's he done committed?\ asked Raymond, \r birew what teachers air supposed to do in this kentry, hut Mr. Jim seems to be the only shore-enough teacher I ever see!\ \He don't teach out of the books the school board adopted,\ replied Newton. ,4 fiut be makes up belter lessons,\\ urged Raymond. \An' all the things we do' in school he*ps us make a livin'.** \He begins at etght in the roornln',\ sa^d Newton, \an' he has some of us there till half past five, and comes back In the evening. And every Sat- urday, some of the kids are doin' something at the sehoolhouse.\ \They don't pay. him for overtime, do they?\ qneried Raymond. r \W-ell r Peterson. \l^ffieah said / Eaymond, \that jfhjpCMt ^Bavhegaajtaliahgjcfiool t» Jf*fc-.:.WE mm a p>r> no-*eoant? l&t with- - ^uxTrnxteirrain*; with hiffthlST to~fair •bout except our wrongs, an' our en» you-all. An* now; we fiafe hope. W« w- ^£5*J^. ! L nop e fr 0 ™ ^* iciooL We're w- ^g^r^~ nn7fkYlgoM\:.TJlJthe_jg^g^ We're getting education. We're all jjgtrnhr-to. useinnrfrj^—Mytlnhe-JsLatec: then, they orto, instid of turnib' him out!\ \Well they'll turn him otit!\. prophe- sied Newton. \I'm- havin' more fun in,, school ihan„L.av.err^n: Jhjjt!s -Hthy. I'm with\ you on this quittin' trapping —but they'll get .Tim. all right!\ \I'm having something betteh'n fun,\ replied Raymond. \My pap has never understood this kentry, an' we- all has : had bad times, hyeh; but Mr. «*We Object to the Way the Teachln'| Being Done.\ mute. Mrs. Peterson interposed her attack while Mrs. Bonner might be re- covering her wind. < \We people that have had a hard time,\ she said in a precise way which seemed to shQw that she knew exactly what she wanted, \don't\want our children taught about nothing but work. We want our children to learn nice things, ahd go to high school, and after a while to the Juniwerslty.\ —\Aren't your children happy b school, Mrs. Peterson?\ \I don't send rfhem .to school to be happy, tlm,\ replied Mrs. Peterson, calling him by the name most famil- larly-1nnmn~to'\aTiy6TTheni • \T send them to learn to be higher'people than • their father and mother. That's what America means!\ • \They'll be* higher people—higher than their parents—higher than their '\ It was strongly mingled with a moth- eriy:de5u*e--tospsnk htrnr TteTaeptr- tation rose? with a unanimous feeling that they had been scored upon. \\Cows!\ scoffed tirs. Peterson.- \If we teove you tn this yob. Mr. Trwin, our children- wfll know nothing but cows and hens and soils and gralns^- and wherewlll the culture come In*/\ ^Culture r eicTalmed\ Jlin. \Why- why, after ten years of the sort of ichool I would Kivejrou If I were a better teacher, and could have my way—\ \Don't bother, Jim,\ said Mrs. Bon- qer sneerlngly, \you won't be teaching tn* Woodruff school that-long.\ . All this tlmer-the-darlt-faced-eraeker- had been glooming from a corner, earnestly seeking to fathom the wrong- ness 'her sensed^hi the gatherlag; Now he-came-forward.. ' *3 reckon 1 may be maklngr a mis- take to say anything,\ said he, \fr *e^aH -is -strangers hyehi—an-* we're pore; -bur I must speak out for Mr. Jim—I must I Don't turn him out, fatkB, fr he'« \dnM. nro! frnrjy-thii tveh any one done In the world I\ mies.-tnd the meanness-of-thte Iowa- foHts;- Yoa see we didn't'nndergtand as fjood-«s-a^h^^ne~-An^il :i ll-t^e t p»pa^ ^ fet a farm, ana we'lLworirTnTO^ifflngl Zl at We'sanTeilmersa' toe happy I r CONIONUBID NEXT' WETJBQK FIRST.OF UV1N6 OfiGXlilSMS Expert Opinion la That Earll«»t Formt tn laker~Mu«t Have Be«n oT' Vegetable Origin. Interesting studies have\.be«p made by Monti on the earliest forms of life appearing In the Alpine lakes.- One of these, the lake of the Seracs, has been created within hunfan memory, and It seems to Justify the statement that the first living forms inhabit- ing lakes are of a vegetable nature. Only five living species are found in the lake of the Seracs, all of them plants and four of the order of' di- atoms. 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