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(Copyright. 19H. by Frank G. Carpenter.)
I A. PAZ I am amazed at the dis
coveries now bcins made tn
the backwoods
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ljnK in me middle or the
South American continent, sep
arated from the Pacific ocean by a
trackless desert, which belongs to
Chile, with a (treat wall of moun
tains and plateaus running through
It from north 'to south, Bolivia.' until now,
has been practically a hermit land. It
has no seaport, 'and ur.tll within the
past (feneration it had no railway con
nections with the rest of the world. To
iay the best part of It la unknown. 1
refer to that, on the eastern slope of the
Anries. The discoveries so far haye been
confined to the high plateau, upheld be
'tween the two ranges of mountains. This
plateau is on the roof of the world. It Is
a great plain as big as the state of Ohio,
situated at a height of from two and a
half to three miles' nbovo the sea. it is
Mailed In by mountains, and ie so poorly
watered that it produces only the scanty
grass upon which thu alpacas and llamas
feed. It ts bleak and barren and the
'winds that sweep over It are so cutting
that I often wear a face mask to protect
my complexion. This Is kdtted of alpaca
wool. It covers the whole of my head,
having only small holes for my eyes and
mouth.
Treasure Vault of World.
Nevertheless, this platcu is one of the
treasure vaults of the world, containing
vast deposits of silver and rMd .copper
and tin. West of this plateau is the
desert, descending Into the borax lakes
and nitrate fields of Chile, and east of it
is the main wall of the Andes, on the
other side of wnlch are sst plains that
elope gently to the Amazon and Parana
river systems.
Bolivia Is a wonderful country. It has
all-told an area of more than 700,000
square miles. You could put New Eng
land and all of the middle states and all
the southern states except Texas inside
it, and there would still be room to spare.
Nevertheless, It has only about as many
people as Chicago, and its pure whites
lo not number more than the population
of either Memphis, Tenn., or Birming
ham, Ala. The country has altogether
something like 1,000,000 seme-Civilized In
dians and some hundreds of thousands of
Cholos or half-breeds. These people all
live on the high plateau of the Andes, a
region that has all the cities and towns,
and that practically Includes the whole of
Bolivia as the world knows it today.
Frontier of Country.
East of the Andes Is another Bolivia.
This is the frontier or backwoods of the
country. It Is Inhabited only by a few
thousand savages. Nevertheless It con
tains half of the area of the republic, and
is said to bo one of the richest lands in
the world. Eastern Bolivia is one-tenth
as large as the United States proper. It
in equal to six states the size of Illinois,
and Is bne-thlrd larger than Germany or
France. The most of this vast territory
is well fitted to be the home of a civilized
people. The land consists of fertile plains
that slope from the Andean wall toward
the east, south and north, and gradually
fall to a general level, where the highest
' points are only about 1,000 feet above the
sea. The plain fades away at the north
into the Amazon valley, and at the east
and south into those of the Paraguay and
Parana. The country is in fact a con
tinuation of the great cattle fields of Ar
gentina, Paraguay and Motto Grosso, and
it may eventually be one of the great
meat baskets, of the United States. The
land already swarms with wild cattle,
and great herds are now feeding along
the banks of the Pllcamayo and on the
Thfe Busy Bees
ERMS of the reigning: king and queen of the Busy Bees,
Adolph Mult and Mabel Hedgren, are neartng their expira
tion and another election Is in order? The new term be
beglns September 1, so that the editor will receive votes
and announce them each Sunday until then. Remember
that the king is elected from the Red eide and the queen
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front the Blue side.
Choose them from among those whose letters and stories you enjoy
most and whom you think are best fitted for the office. The result of the
election will be announced the last Sunday of the month.
The Blue side is slightly ahead of the Red side for this last term,
having won seventeen prizes, while the Red side was awarded fifteen
prizes. It may be that the result will be changed before the end of Adolph's
and Mabel's reign, as there are still two Sundays left. The Red side,
however, has sent in more letters and stories than the Blue side.
This week first prize was awarded to Florence French of the Red
side, second prlzt, to Lydia Bender of the Blue side, and honorable men
tion to Pearl Bryan of the Blue side.
Little Stories
(First Prize.)
Camping Out West.
By Florence French, Aged 11 Yes.rs, Box
303, Gillette, Wyo. Red Side.
I am going to write a true story of
camp life for three weeks.
Mr. Bix asked papa to plow forty acres
of sod ground. Papa said, "He would do
so the following Monday."
Papa took me along when he went to
plow It. Mr. Rlx said we could have
I is) sheep wagon, but when we got over
there our wagon wasn't wide enough.
His daughter had a shack built with
out any floor and the door was all
mashed to pieces.
There wasn't any stove or anything
useful. One night I started to make my
bed for we had to sleep in a roundup bed
on the1 ground. I heard something
squeak like a mouse. I am afraid of
mice. I was so scared I Jumped or ran
out of doors, anyway I got out of the
house.
I Wanted papa to sleep in my bed and
let me eleep in his so papa let me Meep
in his bed.
Another time I was taking the horses
to water at Mr. Rlx's dam. I let the
Shetlund pony named Jim go In the water
so he could drink. 1 got htm in the
Ptmd and I couldn't get him out. lie
reared up in the water. Papa had to
wade into the water, get hold of the
bridle and lead Jim out.
At last it came time to come home.
If I were a camp fire girl. I wonsr
how many beads 1 would get?
We had to build a fire on the ground
and make coffee, rook potatoes sod fry
meat. Once it rained and the rain ran
down through the cracks of tiie house
and got our matches wet so wo had to
let them dry before we could build a fire.
borders of the Paraguayan Chaeo. There
are wild rattle also In northern Bolivia,
next to Brazil, very near the tract of
5.000,000 acres taken up by Murdo Mnc
kenzle and the Brazil Iind and Cattle
company. That tract has the best of
pasture and It Is already stocked with
150,000 beef cattle.
Eastern Part the neat.
During my stay In I. a Pal I have met
a number of explorers from eastern
Bolivia. 1 have also gone over the maps
with Pr. Manuel Vicente Bolivian, the
head of the national bureau of statistics
and the best posted man In the world
on the geography and resources of this
country. Lr. Bolivian tells nie that tho
eastern part of the republic Is by far the
best part of it, end that It. will some day
support a vast population. He describes
It as well watered by tributaries Of the
Amazon and Parana, and a.t having a
rainfall well fitted for crops. He has
given me a report Just received from Dr.
Qulllermo Velasco concerning the coun
try. Dr. Velasco has devoted many years
to the study of this section, and In his
report ho discusses the extension of rail
ways and the opening up of the mineral
resources.
Great retroleum Deposits.
One of the great possibilities lies in
the petroleum deposits. s Eastern Bolivia
has a atrip of land running north -and
south for a distance of ano miles where
the oil oozes out of the ground and where
it has been used by the Indians for gen
erations for lighting and burning. A
number of oil companies have already
been formed for the exploitation of these
deposits, and concessions have been
granted to Americans and others to de
velop some of them. Among the for
eigners who are Interested In the region
Is the Farquehar syndicate, which has
vast properties in Paraguay and Brazil
and which has to do with the building
of the Madeira-Marmora railroad, far up
the Amazon valley. Experimental wells
are now being put down, and the pros
pect of discovering flowing wells is said
to be good. The chief difficulty will be
the getting of tho oil to the market.' The
dlotance across country to the Atlantic
seaboard in a straight line is considerably
more than 1,000 miles, and this will ne
cessitate the pumping of the oil over the
high plateau of Brazil. If a pipe line
should be run from the lower end of the
field down to Asuncion In Paraguay, and
thence through the Parana valley to
Buenos Aires, the distance would be al
most twice as treat, but the slope would
be gradual and uninterrupted all the way
to the sea. Such a pipe line would have
the markets of the fast populating coun
try of Argentina on the way, and the oil
would command a ready market there
for both fuel and lighting,
No Valuable Coal.
As to coal, so far nor.e of value has
been discovered in this part of the world.
There Is said to be some in the northern
part of the Peruvian Andes and on the J
coast of southern Chile there are great
beds that run far out under the Pacific
ocean. The latter mines have been
worked for generations, and they still
supply a large part of tho fuel of the
west coast. There is no coal In Brazil
sufficiently good to make steam or smelt
Iron, and so far Argentina, Uruguay and
Paraguay have shown no fuel of value.
Mr. Forbes, an . eminent English geolo
gist, who has done some work in eastern
Bolivia, says that an enormous carbonl-f
ferous deposit probably exists at the
eastern foot of the Andes and that geo
logic conditions lead to that belief. No
soundings or borings have yet been made;
but one evidence Is the petroleum springs
thirty miles from Santa Crus.
As to the gold of eastern Bolivia, the
by Little. Folk
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CHIiDgKITH SXPABTatsaT,
Omaha Bes, Omaha, Be.
(Second Prize.)
The Wonderful Cradle.
By Lydia Bender, Aged 13 Tears, Tarnov,
Neb. Blue bide.
Last summer a Uttla caterpillar lived In
our grape vine. He fed upon the green
leaves and ate so many that I wondered
if there would be any left. One day, after
a very large dinner, the caterpillar began
to spin. I saw a strong silk thread that
seemed to come from his mouth, and it
was fastened to the grape vine.
Then he moved his head to and fro and
twisted It round and round until he was
wrapped in a soft silk blanket which he
had made for himself. Soon there was
no caterpillar to be seen, nothing but the
silken cradle. There lay the cradle tied
clone to tho grape vine stem all through
the fall.- Winter came, but the cradle lay
quiet through all the cold months. It did
not even rock In the wind.
At last the cold winds were gone and
the warm days came. The little sleeper
awoke with the sunshine In the month of
May and rustled inside his brown cradle.
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Indians have' for ages been washing it
out from the headwaters of the Benl, and
the gravel of that stream ehows color all
the way down the Amason. It Is be
lieved that a great part of the treas
ures of the Incas cams frct:i the Benl;
and the English and American miners
are prospecting In that region today.
Gold is being found in Matto Grosso,
Just across the borders from eimtern Bo
livia. They are working placers In the
provinces of Santa Jailer and also in
Santa Bosa, where during the dry sea
son they bore f(ir thirty to forty-five
feet down Into the beds of the canals
and wash the dirt. Many of the rivers
of eastern Bolivia have never been pros
pected. They have a dtep undercurrent.
and run over slate and granite so that
the rough tools and clumsy methods so
far used have not proved efficient, except
where there are alluvial deposits thrown
up by the streams. These deposits are
usually about three or four feet wide, and
of about the same depth. Seme gold Is
being found In the Itiver Qulsere, which
is about fifty miles long. Tho Quisere
flows over a bed of quartz upon which Is
n alluvial deposit containing gold that
could be worked by the use of dredges.
There are also quartz deposits In the
neighborhood of theso rlvtrs, and the
placer miners report the finding of
quartz, visibly lncrusted. with gold.
There 1b one quartz vein Id Santa Rosa,
called the Clemente, whoa every test
shown gold.
Difficulty In Reduction.
The great difficulty, however, is In the
getting in of machinery and the reduction
of the ores. So far there are practically
no means of transportation.
And this brings me to the question of
communications. South America la at
the beginning of a great railroad era.
New lines are being built In nearly all of
the republics of the southern half of the
continent, and many roads have been pro
jected to open up new territory. There
are several already planned and sur
veyed that will materially affect eastern
Bolivia. One Is the extension of the
Antofagasta railroad which runs from
the Pacific ocean across the desert to the
great tin mining town of UyunI, and
thence on to the plateau of the Andes,
ending here at La Paz. This line has
built a branch from Uyunl to the town of
Tuplza, and it Is now within a short dis-
ANOTHER OF THE BRIGHT LITTLE
BUSY BEES.
'PL i 1 . '-c TtL-s-
I watched to see ths caterpillar corns
forth from his winter nest; but, to my
surprise. It was a beautiful butterfly that
clung to the grape vine stem and slowly
unfolded his velvet Wings.
It flew over the fence and Into the next
yard. I lost sight of him and could not
tell where he went to. That Is the last I
saw of the little creature.
(Honorable Mention.)
The Flamingo.
By Pearl Bryan, Aged 13 Yeirs, Uttle
Sioux, ia. Blue Ride.
This is the first time I have written to
the Busy Bee page. I will tell now about
a bird called the "Flamingo." This odd
but beautlfuUy tinted bird Is found along
the tropical Atlantis coast of America.
Florida is the state reguTarly visited. The
flamingo feeds in marshy bars and on
mud flats, feeling about with Its curved
bill until it captures some choice morsel.
Ths bird is gregarious, flocks often num
bering Into thousands. I would Ilka to
Join ths Blue side.
A Good Turn. j
By Joseph Lumpkin, Aged 11 Years 910
Hickory Street, Omaha. Blue Hide.
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tance of the Argentine railroad system,
Only about 100 miles remains to be built,
but when this is completed there will be
a transcontinental route across Bolivia
from the Pacifto ocean to the Atlantic.
This road will pass- through the southern
part of the country, and not very far
away from the oil fields.
Surveying New Road.
Another possibility of opening up east
ern Bolivia lies In the railroads the Bra
zilians are building into Matto Grosso.
They haye surveyed lines to connect the
Atlantic seacoast at the bay of Sao Fran
cisco with the cattle regions of Matto
Grosso withiii a ehort distance of the
Bolivian boundary.
The pastures of Matto Grosso will sup-,
port millions of stock and they are only
about as far from Sao Paulo, the great
city of southern Brazil, as from New
York ,to Cleveland. The Brazil Land and
Cattle company has formed an alliance
with one of tho large packing companies
of the United States, and they are now
erecting packing houses at Sao Paulo.
The cattle of Matto Grosso will be sent
there by railroad and will be killed,
hunting up some adventure. One day his
playmate said, "Come, let us tuke - a
walk." They walked down the street
chatting pleasantly. They had not noticed
how far they had gone. The toys only
lived In a small village. Ttiey found them
selves on a country road. Just as they
had decided to turn back a man stepped
out of the bushes. "Where are you go
ing, my lads?" he asked. "We are going
to the village where we live." "Will you
please give me 2 cents? I am very
hungry." The boys took him home and
gave him a good meal and some clothes
and started him on his wsy again.
Celebrates Birthday.
By Alice Thomas, Aged 12 Years, Box 15i
Deer Trail, Colo. Red Klde.
Dear Busy Bees: Well', how are you?
I am fine and am so glad because my
aunt left Omaha this afternoon and will
get here on the 12 o'clock train tomorrow
noon. I am going to town to meet her.
My sister and I are seeing which can
write the best story on "Kindness to Ani
mals." Today Is my birthday. I am 12
years old. My sister says, "You are 12
years bold." My mamma made me a
cake with a big "A" like that on it.
Our cow and horses and dog are all
,fine. We have a very bad time with our
Chickens. , One day two or three are
clucking like they want to set and the
next day they never think about it. We
are having a nice little shower. We have
a fine garden. I will clone for this time,
hoping to win a prize on my story.
Brother Comes to Help.
By Mary K Orevson, Aged 12 Years.
West Point, Neb. Blue Bide.
1 Lucllo Bmlth lued In a little house on
a hill. Her father was dead, so she
helped her mother earn enough money to
support her and a small brother. They
were very poor and Lucille, a very Indus
trious little girl, thought that If she
went to work at the - hotel, she could
earn enough money to pay house rent.
The next day she went to work. Bhe
worked very hard, but at night, when she
went home, she held two shining dollars
la her hand. .
When she reached there, she met her
brother, Ted, at the door and he was
crying. "Mamma Is sick," he said.
Lucille now looked at her two bright
dollars and thought, "I must send for
the doctor at .once, as It Is a very bad
case." .
When the doctor arrived, Lucille had
fixed a little supper for her mother of
some bread and milk, which were the
only things in the house to eat.
the then sat down with her head on
her lap, thinking if they did not pay
their rent by the next day, they would
be driven out of the house and left home
less. The doctor was gone and Lucille was
still sitting there, when there came a
knock at the doo, which frightened her
very much. the went to ths door and
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Fill Our Meat
dressed and frozen preparatory to their
export to the United States and Europe.
The short extension of this projected
road would reach the cattle fields of
eastern Bolivia and bring them much
nearer the seaboard than our cattle fields
west of tho Mississippi, from where ws
have shipped vast quantities of meat to
Europe.
Another probability of the near future
is that railroads will be built from the
Argentine boundary through eastern Bo
livia to Corumba, Brazil, with a railway
center at Barita Crus. The latter town
lies In the heart of the petroleum terri
tory, and It will eventually be a great rail
road center.
Other Proape.etlTe Roads.
A line has been surveyed from there to
the Marmora river, which runs into the
Madeira and on to the Amazon, and in the
far future this may be extended through
the Amazon valley to Iquitos. Another
road has been surveyed from the city of
Cochahamla, high up In the mountains
southeast to La Paz, to connect with the
Simla Cruz extension where It joins the
Marmore. All of these lines, with the ex
a well-dressed man asked: "Is this
where Mrs. J. U. Bmlth Uvea? And will
you tell your mother that a man by the
name of Mr. 1I Greene is at the door
and wishes to see her?"
Lucille slipped to her mother's room,
"Mother, a man by the name of Mr. II.
Qreene wants to see you." Bhe told
Lucille to call him to the bedside. Mr.
Greene was4her brother, and that was a
happy evening for Mrs. Smith, Lucille
and Ted, for had it not been for Mrs.
Smith's brother, they would have been
driven from their home. He hud enough
money to buy food, a nice cottage and
medicine, so that Mrs. Smith whs able
to got well. .
Bottling Pop
By W. A. Averlll. Soneca, Kan
Sldo.
Bed
The 1tottl1ng of pop seems to be a very
simple thing, as It undoubtedly Is. A
small machine does bv.li the bottling and
the putting on of the caps. A bottle is
put under a little faucet, which U shoved
down Into the neck of the bottle. Then
the syrup Is allowed to flow until about
a half Inch is In the bottle. The bottle
Is then shoved under another faucet and
filled with carbonated wter. Then the
buttle pushes a pedal and lo! a. cap ap
pears on the battle; tnd the job Is done.
But those bottles have to be washed
end I will try to tell you how this '.
done. There are two small finks for
each person and betW9n these Iwo tanks
there la a round brush run by electricity.
Just big enough, to to Inib a pop bottle.
The bottles are put 'n the first tank
and allowed to soak fur a few minutes.
Then a boy puts the.n, one ut a time,
on the brush,. They are then put into
the second tank and i'rom thera Into the
cases.
Difference in Boys.
By Lois Lewcllyn, Ad JO Years, Au
burn, Neb. Blue Hide.
Ben was a poor boy, who worked hard
for a poor, old farmer, who could not
work any more. Ho loved Ood tnd never
forgot His prayers.
Harry was the son of a rich merchant
and never knew what is was to work.
He went to the shows and circus every
lime there were any. Nor did he think
about Ood or say his prayers. fcvery
night, I think, Ben was richest, don't
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I hope to see my letter In prlnt-
Visits Relatives.
By Beulah t'hrlstisnsen, Aged 12 Years
Uraduhaw, Neb. Blue lde.
I haven't written for a long time. I'll
write a story now.
On Tuesday, July a, I went to visit my
cousin at Hampton, Neb. I stayed there
that night and the next day we swung
each other and rode horseback on two
of their horses. Then there were many
other thine ws did. After supper I
ception of the southern connection with
the Argentine system, are In the future.
However, the BollvlHn government has
decided that the Andean regions and the
eastern plains must be nulled and It la
pinning railroads tn that end. The Argen
tine government Is anxious to build Its
; railroads Into Its undeveloped territories
known at the Chaeo, and Paraguay has
j I cen Invited tn extend the railway from
Asunclcii Into eastern Bolivia with a ter
! mlnal at Santa CYu.
( At the present time eastern Bolivia Is
! practically Inaccessible and It cannot le
j opened up to colonization until railroads
,r built. There Is no way to get Into
' the country excepting on foot or on mule
I back, and no way to Ret the crops out.
When the rallrcad la completed to Co
; rumba tho cattle ran be driven there and
shipped tn the markets of eastern Brazil:
; lu.t just now It is not possible to send
them down to Buenos Aires on account of
the heavy freight rates on the steamers
on the Paraguay and Parana rivers.
Confined to riateao.
So far all of the Bolivian railway
building has been confined to the pla
teau and Its connections with the Pa
ct flo coast. The most of the cities sre
still Inaccessible except upon mules, and
there are towns of 20.000 and 80.000 and
more that ran be reached only by mules.
Away from the railroads there are prao
tlcally no hotels fit for a whits man to
live in. The country Inns are more like
stables than anything elm., and In the
tut-of-the-way place. it Is almost Im
possible to buy food of the Indians or to
obtain quarters Jn their huts for the
night. The beds of tho Inns are plat
forms made of stone or sun-dried brick,
and the bedding is often lousy and dirty.
One should carry a camp bed, and he
should be supplied with rcgn, heavy boots
and a rubber coat or poncho. He should
also carry along some pruvlstcna.
During my stay here I have gone over
the exhibit that Bolivia ha prepared for
the San Francisco exposition. A large
part of thta comes from eastern Bolivia.
It Includes with other thing, samples of
fine timber found tlier. About one-fifth
of that wholj country Is covered with
trees. The area Is as largo as tho state
of Missouri and the timber la about the
finest In South America. Some of It Is
so hard It will turn ho edge of an ax,
and a great .leal of It takes a beautiful
polish. The cabinet woods include ebony,
walnut, mahogany, cedar and llgnum
vltaa. Some of the rtes are of great
girth and height, and the wood Is so
heavy that It will not float. It will re
quire railroads or steamers to bring It
to the markets. There are also many
rubber trees trees that bear the silk
cotton and those producing vegetable
wax. Samples .-f all there products will
be sent to San Francisco.
Future Corn Country.
Among the exhibits from the same
region are cacao and tobacco, and also
Indian corn. Eastern Bolivia promises to
be one of the great corn countries of the
future. Corn grows well not only In the
low valleys, but everywhere throughout
the plains I have described. The samples
of corn to be sent to Ban Francisco com
prise twenty-five different varieties, soma
grains being not bigger than popcorn,
while others are as largo as ths largest
thumb nail and a quarter of an inch
thick. This latter kind grows on the
plateau, where the elevation is not too
great. The color is snow white, and the
corn Is so soft that it appears to be made
of flour pressed Into shape. Another
variety Is Jet black, and others are red
and pink. It Is possible that some of
these could be crossed with our American
corn to advantage.
Eastern Bolivia may be one of ths cot
Their Own Page
went to my grandma's and stsyed thers
overnight.. The next day my brother,
Elmer, and I went to get the ponies and
then we rode thent. . Ws enjoyed that
very much. That night ws were going
to stay at our uncle's horns but ws had
to stay at our cousin's. My cousin's
parents went to Lincoln that morning
and we had to go to meet them at Hamp
ton. I was expecting to go home in my
uncle's car but It began to rain so hs
didn't go. Then it was too muddy to
walk to their place. It was twelve when
ws got home. The next day ws went
home with my cousin. I hope Ma Waste
basket doesn't get my story.
From Former Busy Bee.
By Ruth Klrschsteln, Lincoln, Neb.
You probably will not remember me, so
I will say very proudly that I am an
old busy Bee,
Recently we moved to Lincoln. I sup
pose every city has Its own faults Omaha
included but I can't help reeling at the
present moment that Omaha la the most
desirable' place in the world. I have
always been interested in the Children's
page of The Bee. It is so interesting to
notice the development in the style of
writing of some of the regular Busy
Bees.
Don't you think that ia so. But it !s
not I only who cares for The Bee It
is the whole family. Now, even if we
are in Lincoln, nearly seventy miles away
from the place where I have left my
dearest friends, we are continuing to tuko
that particular paper. It brings Omaha
so much nearer to Uncoln, In fact, we
could not do without it. Best wishes from
a Lincolnlte who still insists on being
an Omaha.
Busy Bee's Rhymes.
Madeline Kenyon. Aged 13 Years. 3229
Cuming Street, Omaha, Neb. Blue Bide.
Once a little boy found a little dog.
Bo he made him a house out of a log.
Every day he would bring him food.
While the little dog ate as much as he
cculd.
All he would do was play, drink and
eet.
But when he was through playing, the
boy would bring him a large piece of
meat.
This little dog grew faster and faster;
An the boy he loved the moat, for that
was his master.
The boy loved the dog, and the dog
loved him.
But I forgot to tell you that this dog's
name was Tim.
Has Three Sisters.
By Alice Outter. Aged S Yesrs, Bensan.
Neb.
This Is my first letter to ths Busy
Bee's psge. I bavs three little sister
named Rose, Mildred, Helen and one little
brother named Leo. I am in the fourth
grade. My teacher's name la Miss Rosa
Mahoney. My papa is away thrashing
1
Baskets
ton In mis of I he future. The people have
been experimenting with seed from
Annrlca ami Egypt, and they find that
thry ran grow cotton all the way from
S.0"0 or 9,0O feet above the sea down
wind Indeed, some good cotton Is being
raised In tho depressions of the high
plateau of Ihe Andes and on the slopes
that lead down into the valleys. Some
has becn'grown even at two miles above
the sea. This la the rase near Cuzco,
Peru. When I called on the governor of
that province and asked as to the agri
cult ural development of the Andean
region he told me that they were suc
cessfully experimenting with cotton and
tea. He brought out some cotton balls
which he had produced on his own farm
near Onsen. The staple was compara
tively short, but the lint was beautifully
white and silky. That cotton was planted
In January, and It was ready for picking
In August. The governor said that tea
did very well, and that he believed the
mountainsides lining the valley of Cuzco
might some day be covered with tea
gardens. Bo far, the bushes have been
grown only In a small way. The seed
has been Imported from Japan and China.
The plants are easily grown, and, as the
labor used costs only about IS cents a
day, it is thought that the business can
be made a profitable one.
One of the reasons for ths tea, experi
ments has been the hope that It might
take the place of the coca shrub, which
la now being grown at comparatively low
profits, on account of the fall In the
price of cocaine. There are vast tracts
In Peru and Bolivia devoted to the grow
ing of this plant, which in its habits is not
unlike tea. It thrives In the temperate
regions of the western plsteaus. It is set
out In plantations, and the third year
after sprouting It Is ready to crop. The
leaves are then stripped from tho shrub
and dried flat. They are then put up In
bags, and brought to the cities where
they are peddled out to the natives.
All of the' Indians chew coca leaves,
and the demand for them Is enormous.
Every farm hand has to have them, and
an allowance of coca Is a part of the
contract with all the miners. The coca
leaves are also shipped to Europe and the
United States to be manufactured Into
the cocaine of commerce,
tireat Rubber Country.
Among the produtte of eastern Bolivia
are rubber and quinine. Bolivia has been
producing millions of pounds of rubber
every yesr and there are rubber camps
scattered all along the tributaries of the
Amazon. Just now these camps are in a
bad way on account of the competition,
the rubber of South America is hsvlng
with that of Ceylon and Malaysia, which,
although cultivated, can be produced at a
far less cost than that of the wild trees
of eastern Bolivia.
For a similar reason there is also a fall
ing off in the product of ths cinchona
tree from which comes our quinine. Quin
ine Is often called Peruvian bark. It first
came from Teru, but later from the trees
that grow wild In this country. For a
long time Bolivia and Peru had a mon
opoly of the quinine production, and In
order to hold It they forbade the sending
of cinchona seeds away from the country.
However, some were sneaked out and
taken to Ceylon and other parts of India.
Plantations were started there and within
a few years the Indian quinine was com
peting with that of South America. Later
still the seeds were carried to Java, and
now Java Is producing most of the quinine
of the world. In the meantime, the prices
have steadily fallen. The bark which In
1S82 brought something like $J a pound In
Bolivian money, now sella for a bagatelle,
and the cultivated plantations that were
set out here sre run at a loss.
FRANK Q. CARPENTER.
today. I hops to see my letter in print,
but I'm afraid I shall not ses it.
Has Shetland Pony.
By Martha Vallery, 'Aged 13 Years, My.
nard, Neb. Blue bide.
I have a little bhetland pony whosi
color is whits and brown.
Ws bavs had him about five years. X
Ws have a driving and riding outfit.
Ws have about two miles to go to school
and my sister and I rode him boras back
tor two years.
If he is turned out In ths yard and I
liave a plecs of caka or bread, ha will
tag all over the place until be gets
some.
I think hs is ths prettiest pony I have
ever seen because he Is marked so
prettUy.
His name is Dandy. y
Young Busy Bee.
By Alice Outter, Aged 8 Years, Benson,
Neb. Blue Side.
I like to go to school and will bs in ths
second grade next; year. I have a little
brother 4 years old. His name Is Wl.
Ham. My papa takes The Bee. I am
a new Busy Bee and hops to see my
letter In print.
Methodists Make
Plea for Revival
of Memberships
London, Aug. 15.-Many prominent
Methodists made a plea at the annual
Wealeyan conference held at Leeds for a
revival In the Methodist church. Ths
need for such an effort it was stated
was acknowledged on every side. All
the churches reported a lulling away in
membership, and a lack of enthusiasm
of those who remained In outward con
nection with ths church,
Methodist prayer meetings, said ths
Rev. 8. F. Collier, former president of
the conference, had suffered terribly by
getting into routine. Wbat they needed
today was the note triumphant. While
tho rest of the world hsd been raising
the standard they of 'the, church had
been lowering it. "It is bad form to be
enthusiastic in the pulpit nowadays. It
is bad form to be enthusiastic anywhere
about religion. I suppose in some pul
pits if I cultivated a doleful voles and a
heavy manner, I should be looked upon
as a scholar and rank above an evange
list." v
"I wonder sometimes if we art not be
coming too respectable," said cUr John
Barnsley, In dlnciujing the matter. "The
Methodist church uaed to bu ths church
of the poor. It has lost that Inheritance
and has banded over to others ths wor
of redeeming ths common people."