screen about eighteen inches high. A the locusts jump into the pan and are 

 piece of cloth is saturated with water killed, either immediately or, if they 

 and laidni the bottom of the pen, and jump out again, in a few moments. This 

 upon this about a pint of kerosene is method, and others of the same char- 

 poured. Kerosene is deadly to these acter, have proven very efficacious in 

 msects, producmg paralysis. As the destroying these injurious insects, 

 "hopper-dozer" is drawn over a field ' " Collins Thurber. 



THE TEACHER 



Dear heart, the w^orld is dark, 1 know. 

 To tear-dimmed gaze that only sees 

 The shadow of death's cypress trees 



Athwart the sunlight come and go. 



No joy-bells ring. I know, dear heart, 

 For ears that miss love's vibrant word 

 And through long empty years have heard 



Bleak memory's quivering echoes start. 



No charm, no sweet consoler's spell ; 



And God is far — ah, far awav ! 



And doubt holds stern and cruel swav, 

 I know, dear heart — I know it well. 



But list me. dear, the words I speak : 

 I bid you hark the wild bird's note. 

 Behold the snow's white down afloat. 



And touch the violet's velvet cheek. 



The glory of the leaves that fall. 

 The mellow tints the hilltops wear. 

 The clover scent the breezes bear — 



Dear heart, I bid you feel it all. 



I plead that those sad eyes may fill 

 With recognition, full, complete, 

 Of this sweet world about our feet, 



With tender, gladsome life a-thrill. 



Till every myriad-teeming clod 



Its message give — each prattling brook ; 

 And teach you so, dear heart, to look 



Through nature up to nature's God. 



— Alice Crittenden Derby, 



