- pe a Little girl with the curls and the passionless eyes, ‘With your heart that is pure as the cool springs that rise : In the green of the hills and with cheeks that are fair And unsoiled of the world as the snowflake in air; With your dreams that are sweet and that always come true, Little girl with the curls, here's a blessing for you. Little girl with the curls and with grace that is From the toss of your head to your fast-flying Wit ight inlyour eyes that is brimming with A ceuiaiiorwant was take We gory of youth; With youtansiles tha: an glad and your days that are fair. Here's a blessing as rich as the gold of your hair. Little girl with the curls and with kisses as light As the butterfly’s kiss of the flower in its flight With your heart all atune to the beauties you ses, ‘With the song of your days sweet as music can be, With your peace, like the pardon of Heaven un- furls, Here's a blessing for you, little girl with the curls. And, oh, be the days of thy trial as far, From the deeps of the sea as the snowy peaks are, And, oh, be thy heart in its singing atune, ‘Thy skies be but blue with the splendors of June, ore, thus demonstrating that it was his skill which secured the higher overrun. Six per cent overrun lost on 49,000 unds of butter fat would amountto at t 3,469 pounds of butter. Allowi that this butter sold for 25 cents a pou which as a matter of fact was below the market price for that month, the loss to that creamery in one month of over $869.00, but they saved $10.00 by putting in the cheaper butter maker, and lost $869.00 in butter. This instance carries two lessons, one for the creamery management which re- fuses to pay a fair salary to the man who earns it by demonstrating that he can deliver the goods. The butter maker is worth to himself all that he can get; he is worth to the creamery in proportion to the money he can make for them. The butter maker must first equip him- self to do the work in such a way as to be worth to the creamery what he asks, as did this young man. This year this young man will receive at least a half more salary than he did before he and his former employer real- ized his efficiency. . An interesting contrast to this story is that of a co-operative creamery in our State employing another student of the Dairy 1. hen he asked for a lit- tle raise, the m r refused, and pur- posed to secure a cheaper man. The pa- trons heard about it, demanded that the directors take action and the result was a new manager. The butter maker got his increase. At the same time that this information came to my attention, it was said that this buttermaker had more for the general agricultural ad- vancement in the community tributary to his creamery than any one man who had ever been in the community. H. E. VAN NORNAN. Professor of Dairy Husbandry. Pennsylvania Butter Contest—New Plan. The Dairy Husbandry Department of The Pennsylvania State College will con- duct this year’s contest on a slightly dif- ferent plan. Many creameries are closed part of the year and many dairymen are unable to spare even the five pounds dur- ing the winter months, and for this rea- son oniy four samples will be The of the contest is entirely The plan of the contest is for the Col- lege to furnish the five-pound tub and pay charges both ways. The butter be scored according to market ye: quiremen expert judges. person- ee per J each contestant, I ry iis d Shi cri and suggestions from this t. There will four contests for the year, on the 15th of April, June, A and October. Batis bore i as the Col- lege to partiytuetiay the expense of the con i g than 90 and an of 91, also, that the en are filled out as com y as possible by the contestant. that the grass is imma wae = clog tulsa muti: they Snot Her Tol How OF a Jot hey Another season fo not gn will a thoy CS —— — * Native Life and Conditions on the Isthmus of Panama. The Fourth and Last of a Series of Impressionistic Stories of the Lower Mississippi Valley, the Great Canal and Native Life in the Tropics—As Seen by a Centre Countian on the Way to Panama. | | g ary estaplisiunent You kaiow well of It 2 city of about 35000 opulation, no industrial cccupation sort parasitic life on the construction of the the natives lived on bananas, cocoanuts, sour saps, plantain fruits as grew wild and Could ue had without work; theh the French) brought mousy to thet an meats more expensive things became r existence; - cle Sam is the good EE i ae va: into the old languor he ag- Svasich 8 the vialive longue of the Panamanian and the Spanish idea of caste prevails among them. rich are grandios in manners, arrogant, Yespuctfully situired by the pods. None of them have the fea- tures of ¥ Nepives for the most part look like white men burned brown of ‘Their streets are narrow, made so to keep them possible, their houses are all built on the street line, without the same reason. The older ones are of dobe or Nearly every kenness. They drink rums of many t Pabst signson Legisl of their monetary system. The government issue is twelve million dollars guaranteed by a deposit of six million gold made by the United States under our treaty arrangements. Our dollar buys two of theirs, but before the unsophisticated traveler findsit out he has been “taken over” for more than one pesos. The ment is administered by a Presi- dent elected by popular vote. He appoints his cabinet and judges. The peo- ple select their general assembly, councils and alcaldes, or mayors. standing army numbers seven hundred policemen on duty all over the Re- public; because a standing army isn’t really necessary so long as Uncle Sam stands read ot any moment to swing the big stick. 1 said no form of industry. It was a mistake in a measure for the Panamanian lottery is the great, grand bonanza of the Republic. Dukey, a Cuban said to possess American Batardlisation pajes. is the bell cow in the Lottery and every Sunday morning the of $15,000.00 silver or $7,500.00 gold, numerous other prizes are wn for. Old women, children, store keepers, everybody sells lottery tickets. They cost fifty cents each and are sold in strips. The drawing is absolutely fair, though often times the prize winners are never found; then the money is supposed to go to the church. The church and the government are partners with Dukey in the business and draw their ar tage of its profits. The old city of Panama lies beach about seven miles south of the present city. It was the one built and was reputed the richest place in the world when Morgan, the buccaneer sacked and destroyed it three hundred years ago. N now remains of its ancient grandeur but cathedral. I saw in the arches of the latter red brick the like of which are probably made nowhere today. Neither flowers nor birds are much in evidence, unless among the lat- ter you would be pleased with buzzards and chickens. They are every- where and fresh eggs are as to get as bananas or cocoanuts, though they cost 75 cents the dozen. e riot of bloom that you might expect as part of this tropical landscape is confined almost exclusively to a flower bed as big as a silver dollar in some of the Plazas. Everythingelse is green. Green from one year's end to another. Always the same green, green, n. I asked a gentleman why none of the government houses on the were painted white. He replied that the glare of the sun on them would prove more than the e could endure and I wasthere long enough to realize what he meant. Up to this moment I have forgotten to state that what is called the Zone, the ten mile wide strip from the Atlantic to the Pacific, is entirely American. E ing is American in its ernment and life, while Colon, Panama and other points I am now telling you of Panamanian, for their sanitation. Panama. They are a trifle than our bronchos, lean and thin of limb. In fact they are so diminutive that when three of us scrambled into a hack, on arriving at Panama, to be hauled up the hill to the Tivoli I actu- all Jit a6 though 3 [nore equitable adjustment of labor would have com- us to the horse. The price to Duin: Ii the St Is fen cents, gold, for a ride in these hacks; and rides, because it is too ener- yating to valk, The little horse trots, tats, trols, wither the load ifthe carriage or saw a carriage containing six large persons on its way over the eight ule drive 0 oid Panama. Five Hifles of the oad are splendid because they were built by our government but rest is no road at all; only a trail over and washed ravines, yet a these little horses was drawing the load with apparently little effort and to make the situation all the more ludicrous there were a second set of lines fastened to the bridle and hooked about the dash board. Curiosity prompt ed me to ask our driver what were for and. imagine how it ap- peared, when he replied in all “Oh sir; that horse t run off any moment and them lines would come in handy to hoid him, sir." Cocheros are everywhere on Colon and Panama, for they have no street cars or taxicabs and only a few automobiles for private use. Cocheros are more numerous there than hacks with us on fair days and you merely have Jo step to the curb looking tired when one of them is in front of you invit- ng you to en ride. peculiar condition of affairs that I found existing everywhere on the Isthmus was the variance in the answers different persons gave to the same uestion. Strangeas it may seem no two people would tell you the same story about the same thing. Such discrepancies were calculated, to say the least, to cast doubt over everything one heard and after two days of such experiences I came to the conclusion that all that could be done was to form one’s own estimate as to the truthfulness of the matters discussed. Panama hasn't a industrial development that I could learn of. Even such souvenirs of Isthmus as are offered for sale have been made in the States or Jamaica, China or Japan. The and cigarettes are all Jamaican and even the Panama hats come from and cost more than they can be t for in the States. is and when you lay down a big Panamanian dollar for two bottles of Jou fees] gp though You Ware buying ehiempaghe. Just at this time & company from Deca, is arranging to the first big lumber opera in the country. They have 3 tect of T0000 actes of fue mahog. any, oak and Spanish cedar, wood from which cigar boxes are made, the Biennia river country and are putting in a plant to cut it. Under pres- ent conditions practically all of the lumber used there is imported. Strange as it may seem there are more shoemakers and fewer shoes worn and more tailors and less clothing used, than anything else. In fact, aside from these two trades, I saw no evidence of any others axoepting the American devel- opments on the Canal Zone. Most of the and tailors are Jamaicans, not Panamanians, for, as I have said before, the native and work gesavio have iotiing ii EOmTON, SCs cithar in politics and hat Srabbey as m public land as possible or a squatter a natural products of the country are which resembles the banana tree, yams, a white tuber that grows in the ground; yam-pea, a purple skin. ned tuber; yucca, a succulent bush; pears; a vegetable; Jour Sap, losicing pot uailike aipintapie BL ly gor and sweet; cucumbers, bananas, sweet potatoes, sugar cane, and a few other tropical products. They cannot. grow Irish The natives Sikive of these Products; in fact the blacks da I Siw Sothe of the found anywhere. Of course they have meat , for do raise Sime cariles Suttle that look not unlike guernseys that horns are very large and spreading. Then a aL but beef and to cultivate there must much becatae everything grows 50 ark that he at of a th acre. path scarcely be off before the first part of it would be i ! i if fzad phic, duis; aii gitia-y fiilitat 82FR™ F hii siiasiils i i fs ii ; A £28 i fi 3g it $358 those everlasting I Sey ees ot a t mal are on told me down there that the winds : R E g : : E : 4 The two most conspicuous trees of the tropics are the cocoanut and royal palms. Both are beautiful jn thir symmetry and foliage and stately in are green practically 2 hat \ to calling “milk.” This is used extensively for drinking as it is both re- freshing and poutishing. The royal palm differs from the cocoanut palm in that it bears no fruit and the upper portion of its trunk is in bright green ri As stated before the native house is a hut built of bamboo with thatch- ed roof, though boards and corrugated iron are fast displacing the primitive materials. And this brings up the question of the quality of modern roofing irons. The iron roofs on the old buildings erected by the French on the Zone are practically as good as when put years ago while the iron that the Americans are using there now lasts, at most, only three or four years. As to the charact of the itan crowd of blacks living on the Isthmus inquiry revealed the fact that they are a very different type from our North American negro. They are a peaceable, fun loving class; neither im t nor in Sanger of becoming “set up” when a little bit of responsi- bility is reposed in them. For this reason one of the officers of our army there told me that a uniform could be put on any one of them without fear of his imagining that he owned the earth. They love to play cricket, still indulge in the native dances and appeared to be deeply religious. In fact I met an old harbor pilot at Bocas who had just returned from some great church gathering in Jamaica and of his family of fourteen he had already sent two daughters and a son to Colleges in the States to be educated. He was a Jamaican and the Jamaicans seemed to be in the majority among the blacks. Possibly that is the reason that I have the impression that all of them are 80 superior to our own. And it should be remembered that the native manian is not in this class, for he does not consider himself a Mak. wt, sd before the Panamanian is not Ea worker. me jabor is «lone amaicans, Barbadians others, w plans tical . in- trigues or leads his indolent life depending on nature to provide for him. TAKING ON A CARGO OF BANANAS. We bade Colon bye on the afternoon of Fi 23rd and steam- ed away for Bocas del Toro a small town about one hundred miles to the north. It is the port where the local offices of the United Fruit Co. are lo- cated and as we were traveling on a fruit boat we were to carry a cargo of bananas on the home trip. On touching there the quarantine officers in- Spected us, after which we ware perimitia] 10 lan] ang a few hours in town while preparations were being made for the trip on up the river to Almirantes, where the terminus of the railroad that runs out of the Chan- 2 : : g i 2 2& 2 £8 5 ; : + £213] HHH] 8 : 2 : : il 8 5 gz aiid Brs e § feral fd ih nd FREE : g . 238 i in g58 = 55 sigh iy ih 2 gisd REEL EEEE : bl esis : : I siEaas i gil i | g HHLEEIE 2 eed Hi gf . edhe | tbls | Helreleis HE i : Lid £ RHI HEA HUE th 4 55 1 i irl ; { i ; i i : : i g fl i g : f i I i ; + 2 : 2 7 3 "gis fi i HH he iH ) g i} i i itil il leh] ith hi 0 uli ar fit : Biel wt Lut i : : i g gz i: i iff f fl ; | if | bf id A fg : q 2 WRAL Tg a FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. DAILY THOUGHT. Man while he loves is never quite depraved, And woman's triumph is a lover saved. Hon. G. Lamb. 7 3 ! i : SF of it. fo Edi i i phil £.38 i : axis =f if : i £2 £5 Tes eI; iit 4 f23tls fi g 2 g i %E i 3 EE : i t i &2 g 7 2 85 I rl hi : ii - g : gE E e i | | ! i i i 15 th fi t 1 HB : i fe ] f il g i 5% Bes 8 g F 1 2 I ih 5 if i ih bi i g 3 : s2gf Blouse with Gibson plaits and wide plain fronts are the leaders,and the round necks and fronts of such waists tempt the embroiderer and braider to no end of work. It sounds inconsistent to say anything about narrow clothes, when the majority of the talk for the last month has about full clothes. It is difficult to de- i one who dwells on either point is cor- rect. The fabric is gathered in most frocks, and yet it is so peculiarly soft and with- out body that the last effect is that of One designer characterizes these gowns of today as rag-like. It is a word we have been using in regard to fashionable clothes for wee! It is this quality that gives the result of narrowness and gives that tube-like fig- ure that the wome. are tryi hard to achieve just now. Skirts go at the ankles in a marked and rather absurd manner. Whenever skirts for the street are made without plaits and fastened down the front they have heavy seams down the hips and are only a yard and a half wide at the hem. They have much the look of old-fashioned peg-top trous- ers. While every one admits by this time that skirts are narrow at the hem, and women of today do this. It is true that the softest kind of net and China silk petticoats are worn by many women in the evening, yet it is equally true that 5 g g o 3 : E% 2d i g i §52 ig" iat 8 ih Hi ith jin £1 hi ! i ! : : : HIE HIE hil iif ui, ik ih JAE I iil Eli HAE Ig ni t § | g g 1 5 § £ is : if i ie th : | 2 1 § ! A i i g¥ i is | | ot 1% | § : | 1 3 gif § : i :
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