A School Boys' Garden

An admirable scheme to have a school boys' garden next year has been planned by the authorities of Elming, New York. Last summer a hundred boys made good as farmers of vacant lots and it is now proposed to place practically all such unused property in the city under cultivation, the pupils of the public schools to be the gardeners and to reap the profits from their products.
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A Fair Return
Minister (arousing himself in barber's chair) -- All through yet.
Barber -- Aye, lang syne.
Minister -- Then I must have been indulging in a quiet nap?
Barber -- Ye wis that, sir.
Minister -- It was very good of you not to waken me. I am very thankful for what has been a most refreshing sleep.
Barber -- Hoots, man, haud yer tongue; it's only a fair return. I slept all through your sermon last Sawbath. -- London Tit-Bits.
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Keep Watch on the Tuberculosis
The Italian government, on account of the number of tuberculosis cases among the Italian emigrants sent back from America, has appointed boards of examiners in the seaports, whose duty it is to report the arrival of tuberculous persons. These are then kept under observation in these places where they settle, to prevent further spread of the disease. The erection of new sanitoria and other tuberculosis institutions is being urged in Italy, and the number of beds for consumptives has been considerably increased in different places.

--The Ellis Review-Headlight, Ellis, Kansas, 1911.