Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 89, 24 February 1917 — Page 15

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM. FEBRUARY 24, 1917.

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Californians Claim Their Tulips Superior to Those Imported trom Holland

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Heretofore the Mnllanrl tulin

the tulip industrv Th .bow. S iS'Z V have e?d a" monopoly of

huiha .-.r. ri ! ' i . . ' v" " -" u"P Tieia, wnere nunareds or thousands of

A STRANGE COUNTRY

tulip

A SAD MISTAKE My friend Jim and 1 were to

gether one day last week, and as

we had nothtng else to do we de elded" to go coon-hunting that night. An old coon was said to have his den underneath a large stump in the wood near bur house. Well, when evening came. I stole

J down to the barn and got a largo

eack to catch the coon in and I told Jim to bring his coon-dog and coma around about six o'clock. About the appointed time Jim and dog appeared and we hastened to ,the wood. When we got there it waB dark, and we went softly around where the old gentleman was said to live. There on the stump wo saw a dark object which looked like a coon sure enough. Jim -slipped up with a sack and 1 held the dog about ten yards back. The old dog seeing the animal gave a jerk and broke loose from me, then he ran straight for the stump. The dark object gave a shrill cry which sounded to us like a wildcat or hyena. That was too much for us, so we droped everything and ran toward the house as fast as oui legs would carry us. Jim fell down and I fell over him in our excitement but that took only a short time, for we were soon up and gone. Back in the wood could be heard the long sad howl of the coon-dog. , The next morning we went-to our sack that was left by the stump. In it wound up in a tangle of cloth was our old black cat nearly dead with fright. After that we decided that there were no coons in that woods. And the innocent old cat she neverwas seen again, and it is not known whether she was killed or died a natural death. : After that Jim and I have swore off on ccon hunts and we have learned never to fear a cat in the dark. Charles Kem, age 10, Webster.

Over across the sea is a little country called Holland. TV.; Hitle girls and boys who live tlioi now are different in many ways from our girls and boys. They wear wooden shoes and 4 coarse woolen stockens. The girls wear funny little caps and all know how to knit. Thia country is surrounded by water and the people have built dices or. strong walls to keep the walr from flowing over the land. A prei ty little story has been told of a hoy who put his hand in a hole in the walls and kept the water back until some one came to close it up 'again. " This. little country is now in a ; great war with many other countries and all the strong men and boys have' gone to fight for their home;;. Mamie Giimore.

Interesting Experience M;' t-.io -:t interesting experience was v,hii .my mother and father and I went to a dance hall on an i .si a nd - the middle of Lake Michir.vr.. We first .took a steamer at Trnver-e City and went to the isJ:)ik1. .When we got there it was .dark sr.d it was a very rocky place. V n- I j iiLs in the lightlhouse were on and we could see far out over iho !;j!cv We then entered the t'anc-' ball and such a noise I never heard. Ilsntb were playing, people w?rc talking and the director was .Wy'"'. to yell out. orders. We t.iay. d one l our and we got on the ' f. tensor, nod went home. Put, before we t;o I mut tell you about the I'phi.H the man in the. lighthouse turned on the steamer. They

v.'.-j ?vj, - bhip, green, yellow andj wlii.e. which made the steamer

look Klce a flower bed. Keith B. SJviri;. cu Grade, Baxter School.

WINTER

Oh V. -SiUcr. with your now so v. hite, Oh wintfr. with your chills that bite; You are the one that brings real spot t. Such an ice-skating, snowballing and the sort; Summer is the one that brings loses for the vases. You are the one that brings roses for the faces; With you comes Thanksgiving and Ghruunas Day. Whir h ve wiil admit too soon pass away. Jane Carieoter.

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iff QC m, 1 ) sir A? H. Lwf.w e x-, -,iiim ia t ttpk I

One there was a beautiful princess named Rosila. One day when the Queen was out riding a wicked witch stole her, and when the

Queen came in they could not find Rosila. So the kingdom was

searched but they could not find

her. So they sent all over the land

for some one to rescue her. If they found her she was to be their bride, but if he did not he was kill

ed. So at last a peasant boy said he would try, but the Queen never

t expected to see him again. So he

traveled till night when he came

upon a little house. Inquiring if he could stay all night, he found out he could. So in the morning when he awoke there was nobody in the house but on the table beside hiu was a note which said . take the needle you will find on the tablf and also take the plow wheel you will find outside the door. When you come to the glass mountain, stick the needles in your boots and you will get across. And when you get to the cutting swords get on the plow ..wheel and row over. So the boy 'did as the note said and soon he came to a tower where he saw the princess. When she saw him she threw down a bunch of keys, saying if you choose the right one the first time you can free me. So he looked carefully at the lock and then at the keys and on the lock he noticed the word Yale, so he looked at all the keys and lo found one with Yale on it, so he said, "This must be the one." Hej opened the door and got the princess and took her home to the palace where the wedding was celebrated with great pomp and much i

joy. Irabella Moore, 10 years. 6A j

Yaile School.

.if led 0,,Pa1ci.f,e Coa't-erown Darwin tulips. The Pacific Coast climate is peculi.rly adapted to the needs of the Darwin tulip. In the mild, even Coast climate it hri. i- 1.1 A.."

Whenever Californians come to know the merit, of this peerless rVce of bulbs they will be cultivated by the millions. California grown bulbs oroduce much lamer hloom. inn ann e 11 7." . 1 .e!'L0' l"e

superbly colored blooms than the Holland-grown,

is worm two or we imported bulbs.

more

Luther Burbank says one California-grown Darwin tulip

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"Tony; the Bootblack" : Finished Next Week The third chapter of "Tony the Bootblack." telling how Tony finds the counterfeiters and also discovers his family, will be published next week.