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Stubbornness is misdirected persistence. 
Straw hats show which way the wind blows. 
Into the weU which siipphes thee with water cast no stones. — 
Tahnud. 
]\Ieet every stranger Hke a gentleman, even if he be an agent 
selling wooden nutmegs. 
In these days of muck-raking, the farmer who is able to rake 
up a good compost heap stands to win. 
''They say his wife makes $5,000 a year with her pen." "I 
didn't know she was a writer." "She isn't. She has a pig farm in 
Iowa." — Chicago Record-Herald. 
One of the things that gives the greatest pleasure where fleas 
abound, says Practical Farmer, is knowing how to rid the premises 
of these pests. Simplv sprinkle the floor of the house and barn 
with oil of penny-royal ; also put a little on your clothing. 
It isn't much fun to have the seat of one's trousers shingled with 
a big piece of fl3^-paper. Won't the women folks please not lay 
any of these papers in the chairs? Put 'em up somewhere, good 
and hieh. Flies will find 'em just as well and it may save the 
men folks a lot of embarrassment. 
A SYLLABUS FOR A COURSE IX GENERAL BOTANY. 
For use in the Secondary Schools of Hawaii. 
The topics in the following outline are those of chief impor- 
tance in a course in general botany. The subject-matter for each 
of these topics will be found in such standard texts as those of 
Bergen, Coulter, Bailey, or Hunter. ''The Essentials of Biology," 
by G. W. Hunter with laboratory manual by Sharpe (published 
by American Book Co.'» is especially recommended for this course, 
because these books include excellent sections dealing with the 
fields of zoology and physiology. By the use of these books a 
term's work may be done on each of the three large divisions of 
biology — botany, zoology, physiology. 
A sufficient number of topics is given to occupy a full school 
year, with five hours per week. If less time than this is available, 
selection can be made. The most important of the topics are 
starred. 
An essential and absolutely necessary part of the course is field 
and laboratory work. This is very simple, demanding neither ex- 
