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The Exeter Advocate, 1897-7-29, Page 6^z+ TO A POET, .And, have you passel the Druid gates Where armed. angels stand, ( And found the house where Iiathleee wait( To heal the thorn pricked hand, And wreath with ivy leaves the head Long tared to wind and rain. Ere hand and head to the wee, that's red Be vowed, and bees remain:, Ani have you b ;ith.i veru air, Full d (Zee r. Have ye,u i e ;.t•ltl ht • + and fair. e.,+ur-: rtt t + t , How ..e it.. •e, u , c » are Tle,t* eel: :,n t • Of set•?n 1 ea . w • far Ar,d t.tvth. e. Yet l:ti'u.f t' :,,e Is e n were, • m•e :ere Very s e b aeze ter w. .sea Bald Anil. b.' red tseeee tie.11 eau. war ttne.wet'reals And see her very fuse. \ernit Hoe fair. TIIE WANDERER. than usually severe F'airmish, a number 4'i wounded mon were Lrooght in on stretch- ers. One among the number was so badly injured that for a time we thought be would surely die before the surgeon could reach him. Be was suffering Pruni a bad wound in the side, the ball baring passed entirely through his body. It beeame neo- eseary to remove his clothing, and in du - we ing sodiscovered ed ft was a woruau. It required but a short time for the sur- geon to pronounce the wound a fatal one. All that could be done was to make the passage to the other world 4s easy as pos- sible for the patient. That night we endeavored to discover who she was, but without success. In ap- pearance she was a woman of middle life, blond bair, out short, and pbysioally strong. Her face was bronzed from ex- posure and could have been easily rnistak- en iur that of a man, particularly wben half covered witb the regulation sold'ier's -eap. We examined her clothing in search of a scrap of paper or anything else on wbieh her Hume aright be written, but found nothing. It was the old story, with which we bad become familiar, of hiding her identity. It would be ono more added to the list of the "unknown dead," for whom is set apart space in every military cemetery in the land. It was my turn to be on watob that night, and as she was sinking fast I made repeated efforts to extract from her some intlrnation of who she was, but at each effort she shook her head, but made no reply. I had previously detected a slight Scotch accent in her speech, and, knowing the strong feeling of nationality in the race, I drew my chair close to her couch and, gently taking her band, I said: "My good woman, you mast be aware that your life is fast going out, and that a few hours at best will see the end. I have no personal interest in knowing who you are or what misfortune bas brought you to so untime- ly a pass. Bat there may be others who have a personal interest in knowing your fate, and as I perceive by your accent you are Scotch or of Sootch parentage I would be glad to do yon a service, for I am partly of that nationality myself." I ceased speaking, but there was no re- ply. alio simply looked at me, nothing more. My finger was on ber pulse, It flute tered, bounded and fluttered again. I waited, Her eyes were still on my fade, bus she said nothing. She was very weak, and 1 gave her time, It might have been 20 minutes or half an hour, "What's your name?" sire said atlength. I told ber and waited as before. I was long in doubt whether she would pursue the matter further, but at last came the question, "Where are you from?" Glad of the opportunity, I gave her the name of the state, county, nearest town and neighborhood in which I was born, For a short space I thought the heart ceased 50 boat. The pulse was beyond my sense of tomes. But she revived slowly and in an hour's time was able to speak, "Cornu close to me," she said, "for I am very weak." I drew nay chair and bent over her. "Did you know a family by tbe name of Forbes:" she asked. "Yes," I answered. "There was a tam - Sly of that name in our uvigbborhood, and the children were my schoolmates." There was another long pause, In her weak condition it required time to collect and shape Ideas. There was nothing to do but wait, for experience told me that if pressed for a disclosure she would simply say nothing. In the interval I was revolving in my mind who she could possibly be and what aonneotion shelled with the Forbes family. I palled to mind each one of the children, but could see in the dying woman's face no resemblance. To be sure, it was 20 years since I had seen any of them, and they were at that age when years of matu- rity would bring the greatest changes. In this interval of waiting she was lying corn pletely passive. She at length turned her eyes full on my face, and her lips moved as if to speak. I bent over her that I might catch each whisper. "Do you remember," she said, "their daughter Mary?" "Yes," I answered, "but surely you are not Mary Forbes?" "No," she said very faintly, "I am only Tow Headed Mary. They never treated me right." I was paralyzed with astonishment. My thoughts went back to Mary's obild life. I sat motionless by the side of the poor dying victim of neglect, if not cruel- ty. I could see the"towhead" as I saw it in childhood's days. I saw ber sad face, spiritless and subdued, and. I could bear. tbe mother's voioe in berth, unsympathetic tones, driving the unfortunate child about like a slave. And this was the end. What interme- diate steps led up to it I know not, nor did it matter. The clouds that enveloped ber young life bad followed ber to the sun's setting. While I sat thus in a reverie, she turned her face toward me. "Let no one know,' ` she whispered, "where I am buried. I die for hint." My finger was on ber pulse. It flut- tered, stopped, rose again, and again re- ceded. Her eyes were still fixed on my face with an expression of gratitude. It was already morning. The first rays of the sun that dispelled the mists and clouds in the eastern horizon penetrated the little window of our improvised hospi- tal and fell on the face of the dead. She passed away without a struggle. I was in doubt for a time whether she was in fact dead, for her eyes seemed to be still searching my face. They were sight- less orbs now, but perhaps their vision had been already transferred to a brighter and bappier land, where she will be "treated right." I never knew who the "him" was she referred to, nor did I -learn why she aban- doned her people and disowned her sex for the life of a soldier. My sympathies were all in her favor, eb her be soldier or anything, else, for I knew the hopeless life of her, ohi]dhood days. I performed my duty to ber remains and planted the tree at the foot at her grave. Taut the initial letters "T. E. M." in the bark, which stand for ""Tow Headed Mary." I watched its growth for many years, and at each recurring season when I visit- ed the grave—for I .must confess it had a melancholy cbarm for me—I recounted the sad history of poor Mary Forbes, -J. Campbell in St. -Louis Post -Dispatch. Thirty-four years ago a tree was plant- ed and the letters "T 11. 11." out in the bark. It was planted at the fond of a grave in s beautiful cemetery in one of the Chit. rlvertowns in Kentucky. The letters wee( ant in the bark so that when the tree gra* they would grow with it and not fade out as in wood and often in marble, but be soma more tiiStinct with time. There was no headstone, footboard or other mark save the tree with the letters to indicate who the mortal was that reposed beneath the little mound of earth. The tree grew and spread its beam:he= es a canopy over the grave. Birds sang In its branches, wooing melodies to their mates, and fluttered in their ecstasy of joy its they taught their nestlings to stretob their wings and fly. Visitors wondered what these letters meant and speculated long and often as to who was buried there, but none ahold answer. It is the purpose of this narrative to throw some lighten the subject, for it was the writer who cut the letters in the tree. It embraces one of those strange miner• dentes with which history furnishes an occasional parallel, but which may t'e classed among the marvelous when it oe. ours. - The story bean with Mary Porl'ec, whom I knew in childhood days. She was the daughter of a neighboring farm- er, Will we revised 0111' VdetitiOn together in the eld log schoolhouse in the western pan 01 t)ntnrio. Ber young life was an unfortunate one She wad ono of those born under a cloud. and the shadow renewed her and grew darker free the sun's rise to its setting. Amor; the children at school she went by the name of "Tow Headed Mary," a db.- tinettcu_ conferred on her bvenuee of the resemblance of her hair to a bunch of tow. Her mind was, not overly .bright, and ber mother and sisters iulpoee'd on her to a degree that eves little short of criminal. and khe was mads' a kind of drudge to the balnneo of the family. Some called her "daft," a phrase in the ;;witch dialect which menus a state of mind bordering between stupidity and something wartee. When asked a queetinn, she would stop and think. It required time to got its purport through her brain. But as the grasj'ed the idea her face would light up and show that although slow in compre- hending she was bot devoid of the reason- ing faculties. Bee cuter and even ber mother ignored her to a luno extent. When any gayety was in prt tress among the young people, Mary was left nut. The school children, too, shunned. her. In their merrvntukieg she took but little, if any, part. ezbet was never seen to laugh'and Clap her bands in tbe ecstasy, of childish joy. I always thought and still think the Scotch treated their children with undue severity. Tbey misconceived the purpose of religion, for to themselves and off- eprine it was a matter of gloom, of rigid adhert•n, e to doctrines that neither they nor anybody else could understand. Mary's parents were Scotch, and adhered to the old rules, maxims and dog:.nas of the kirk. Surrounded with such an at- rnesy/acre it would be a miracle if her :92ird ever became bright. Between her and myself a degree of childish sympathy sprang up. I mad to favor her In many little ways. which set:ined to do her a world of good. It's a beautiful thing in our nature that the heart can 1•o touched and softened by little acts of kindness which cost the dis- penser nothing and yet aro often treasured mp for a lifetime by the recipient. Mary was a girl of 15 or thereabout 'when I left home to begin life. From tbat time forward I lost all trace of her. Our ocurees in life diverged. It was the part- ing of the ways. The opening of the great war between the north and south found mo in a email town on the Ohio river in Kentucky. It was an unfortunate local- ity to he in (luring those exciting times, for the raids of one army or the other kept the people in constant apprehension- and dread. Grant had already taken Fort Doneiaon and embed the Confederate army' ack into Tennessee. Many of those !feller .tg the Confederate cause returned in;, iseentuoky in small independent bah:, and waged a guerrilla warfare from one end of the state to the other. This necessitated on the part of tbe government the establishment of military posts, with a strong guard, at nearly nil the towns on the Ohio river. Between these roving bands and the Federal troops daily akir- urishes or night attacks became a common occurrence. Sometimes these engagements would ea- . cur in the towns or along the public high- way, wherever by chance or design the op- posing forces rnet. At such meetings there (Would occur a fusillade that would last lee= five minutes to half an bour, accord - ling to the numbers engaged. It may •be mentioned here that during /Oho war there was a disposition among. many of the soldiers on both sides to bide their identity. . Tbey evidently enlisted in ! the armies from other motives than pa- triotism. If not killed outright, they were willing and anxious to be lost to all wbo aver knew them before. They enlisted tinder various assumed names and all Manner of disguises. When killed, not a' Oxlip of paper could` be found to tell who they were. In a few instances women would don male attire and enter the armies. Their sex was often discovered K• iri hospitals wben wounded and under. !>leatmont. tr Whenever a skirmish occurred in os iceboat our town the services of the citizens were enlisted. In behalf of the wounded, We improvised a hospital for the 'Jumada ' ate treatment of the 'rs o t ases w ' such as oases, Could, not be Movedwith safety on board e transporter to government hospitals. ' On one of these o004s1one, after a more Queen Bess' Giant. Queen Elizabeth bad a Flemish porter who was over 8 feet bigh and of great strength; and he was an extremely good natured man. Whenever he met any ono who was abnormally tall he used to patron- ise him in a friendly sort of way, and on one occasion, when he met in an inn two soldiers who were over 6 feet in beight, be said, "Como under my arms, soy little fel- lows." And taking them up he walked down the room with them ander his arms as if they had been children,much to their disgust.—London Standard. TO THE END.. Asthe wink, of an angel might guard, es the hands of a mother might cherish, Se have I laved you, nine own, though hope and though faith should perish,. And say will is set to hold you yet, close hid in any deep heart's center, In. a secret shrine that none may divine,, where no one but I play enter, When the stars shim dimly and wan, when the leaves on the pane are fretting, When the mist has blotted the world 1 a dull and a drear forgetting, Over the lull where the wind blows chill, over the wintry hollows, &wild voice calls. On my sleep it falls, andmy spirit awakes and follows. Call, and I dome through the night, though the mist and the darkness hide you. Weary and desolate heart, my place is surely beside you, Prom the depth of your black despair, come back; my arm than be strong to move you, To bear you an to the golden gates see heaven, because I love you. —Pall Mall Gazette. A LUCKY TAILOR, "I'm a happy fellow, a very happy fel- low!" exolaimed Karl Wynck, a poor tai- lor who dwelt in one of the old fasbioned, narrow streets of Amsterdam. "Tho money I shall receive from 13urgornas- ter Barmen for making this cloak shall be placed along with that I have already laid up, and if fortune does not jilt me I'll wed my little Elizabeth before I ani six months older." So saying, he rubbed his bands together with much satisfaction, and drawing bis legs still closer underbirn resumed his nee- dle, singing merrily as he worked. But fate ietorferes with the humble as well As the exalted, and the oup of felicity is as often dashed from the lips of tailors as from those of more dignified professions, and Karl bad soon experience of the trutb of this axiom. Bit song, which in the fullness of his heart bo was oarolingat the top of his voioe, was suddenly hushed, fur a handsomely dressed cavalier dashed vio- lently into the house, seized an old sword wbich hung over the fireplace and disap- peared as quickly as he entered. "That isstrange1" muttered Karl. "Idy visitor does not look like a thief." So he hung aside bis work, jumped from the board -and running to the door beheld at a short distance two gentlemen engaged in fierce strife. One of the contestants al- most instantly fell dead, while the viotor, casting away his weapon, fled precipitately up the street. Karl paid little attention to the fugitive, but fled to the assistance of the fallen cavalier, whose hand still grasped the rapier. He had been thrust througb the heart with the sword which bad remained for many years a harmless occupant of the nail over the poor tailor's fireplace, but now lay near the corpse of the cavalier stained with gore. The sight for a moment deprived Karl of speeoh and motion. His horror increased as he heard several voices in the crowd, wbich bad been drawn to the spot, denounce him as the assassin. Karl gave himself up for a lost man. He attempted to explain the matter, but be did it in such a confused manner and trembled so violently tbat many of the bystanders, who knew him to be a peaeo- ble and inoffensive young man, now con- sidered him guilty. In short, he was im- mediately harried off to prison as a mur- derer. Bare ho was left to feel the horrors of his miserable situation, .Be paced bis dungeon with a throbbing heart and rack- ing brain and thought on his blighted hopes and his sweetheart, who he felt per- suaded would erase his very name from her remembrance, Be bad, however, the melancholy satisfaction to find that this was not the oase. Elizabeth was soon at the prison where, in tbe arms of her lover, she endeavored to whisper the comfort she herself so numb needed. Batt the "gentle reader," as in all such oases, is requested to imagine the grief of a young couple un- der such heavy affliction. The next day came, and a priest was ushered into Karl's prison. There was a something in the countenance of the ec- clesiastic wbich the prisoner did notfanoy. His gray, sharp, twinkling eye had more of cunning than of sanctity in it, and his whole manner was unprepossessing. His subsequent advice corroborated the pris- oner's suspicions. "Karl Wynok," said the priest, "yon are a lost man unless you make a bold effort for yonr deliverance." "That is too true, father, but I see no means of escaping from this dungeon, from which I shall soon be dragged to the scaffold. Oh, 'tie terrible to have one's name pronounced with horror by the good and scoffed at by the wioked 1 But I die Innocent of murder." "That is but idle prating, my son," in- terrupted the priest. "Will you profit by my advice or will yon die that death you dread so much?" "I would fain bear your counsel, father." "Hearken, then," rejoined the priest. "The keeper of the jail has a son who was this day inarried, and the wedding will be kept in the rooms above. An hour be- fore midnight every one will be engaged In the revel except tbe man whose duty it Is to see all safe. When be enters your dungeon, use this knife resolutely—wily, what ails thee, boy?" cried the priest, per- ceiving Karl's already pallid features be- come still paler. ' "Ob, father," said tbe poor prisoner, "counsel me not thus! Tbat would indeed be murder. I cannot do it." " Fool 1" muttered his adviser as his thin lip curled with scorn. "Is it for such as thee to judge of sin or virtue? Bast thou not beard bow Moses slew the Egyptian who smote bis countryman? Was that"— Karl heard no more. "Begone!" he oried. "Begone, tempter! I have heard how the blessed St. Anthony was beset bydemons who affected sanc- tity, and'I begin to fear that thou art one of that flendisb legion. Begone, I say !" The priest (or demon, if you please) smiled another dark smile, and hie eyes gleamed like bright, goals of fire. "Idiot!" be unuttered as he turned upon his heels. "Thou art lost! Perish in thine own obstinacy!" • Karl heard the door close upon his vis- itor, and falling on hie knees be uttered a prayer to heaven. The stranger who bad been killed was not known to any of the "townspeople. He had that day arrived at Amsterdam, and from his appearance was, judged to be a gentleman. Karl was putupori his trial, and the evidence against him being deemed eonolusive he was condemned to die. In., vain did be urge his innocence. In` vain did he repeat his story of the combat be- tween the two cavaliers, and how the slay- er had procured the weapon with whioh he bad destroyed his antagonist, and equally vain were the numerous testi- monials of good conduct and sobriety which his neighbors tendered in his favor. Poor Karl was condemned to die, and though pitied by many was thought de- serving the fate to whichhe had doomed another. The day et execution arrived and Sari took leave of his gear Elizabeth with a bursting heart, but he resolved •to meet death like a lean, and walked with a ikon stop to the place of death. Ascending the scaffold, be looked with a hurried ,glance upon the, vast crowd which had assembled to see bits die. A body" of the town guard surrounded the scaffold to keep off the, throng which completely filled the square, while every window and house top was a m- ewled by the bombers and their families Te melancholy sound of the death toll mingled with the muernuref the immense crowd, from width Krirl endeavored to avert his face, but as he did so his eye rested on the athletic figure and stern fea- tures of the executioner, whose brawny arms, bared to the elbows, reposed on his huge two handed sword, which, already unsheathed, gleamed brightly in the morn- ing sun. "'Alas," thought Karl, "what prepara- tion for the death of a poor teller!" A priest, unobserved, ascended the soaf fold and knelt by his side. It was he who bad visited hits in prison. "Karl Wynok," wbisperod the tempter, "I can save thee even now." "How?" murmured the tailor, his blood curdling at the sound of that voice. "Acknowiodge thyself wine, and I will transport thee in an instant to some far distant country," Karl started• on his feet so suddenly that the guards grasped their halberds, suppos- ing he meditated an escape; but lie had no such intention: "Avaunt, fiend!" be cried, shuddering violently, "Remember the reproof which our blessed Lord gave thee of old. Satanas, avauut!" The headsman's assistant here advanced and budo Karl prepare himself. Tbe suf- ferer said that be was ready, and begged that the false priest might be dismissed, but when tbey turned to bid him begone be was nowhere to be seen, Karl knelt again to receive the fatal blow. The heads- man approached and raised his huge sword, but suddenly withheld the blow, for a thousand voioes bade him desist, and a horseman 'was seen to urge his foaming steed through the dense crowd, "Hold! Hold!" cried the newcomer, "For heaven's sake, forbear. Stay the ex- ecution. I tun the slayer and that poor man is innocent of murder!" It was indeed the caviller who bad pos- sessed himself of Karl's sword, and the poor youth, overcome by this unexpected rescue, fell senseless into the arms of the exeoutiOner. "Sir," said the cavalier, surrendering himself to the officer of the town guard, "the crime is mine, if crime it bo to de- stroy one of the most barefaced villains that ever scourged society. I am a gentle- man of Leghorn. My name is Bernardo Strozzl. Tbe man I slew was of good favi-* ily, but he robbed mo of ell I valued in this world, and I resolved to seek him. wherever he ileal. Chance led me to your city, and, walking out without my sword, I met my foe in the street. Bo would have avoided me, but I resolved to possess myself of even a knife, so that I might destroy him. I luckily seized a sword in the bouse of this poor man. Vengoanoo nerved my arm, and be fell almost as soon us our weapons had crossed, The combat was fair and equal. I left Amsterdam im- mediately, and at the next town had learned that another had been condemned for the slayer. The saints be praised that my good steed bore Hie here in time." Crowds pressed around Karl to congrat- ulate him upon his escape from death, while the cavalier placed in his bands a purse filled with gold. "Friend," said he, "take this and bo bappy. I regret the misery you have suf. fered, but this may make you sumo amends." Our talo is ended, but as some may need a postscript, we add for their espeo$al in- formation that Karl, with snob an acqui- sition of wealth, forgot the suffering he had endured and was the happiest man in Holland. Be married his dear Elizabeth, by whom be bad many children, became rich and died at an advanced age, The house in which he lived was formerly shown to the curious, and there was an inscription over the door recording in a few brief lines the history we have endeav- ored to give in detail, but modern im- provements have crept even into Holland, and the dwelling of honest Karl Wynok is no longer shown to the inquisitive traveler. —New York News. w Self Distrust and Failure. Probably self distrust is one of the readi- est causes of failure. A man who, how- ever much he conceals the fact from obser- vation, feels in bis heart of hearts that•be is not capable of doing the work that he has undertaken is almost sure to fail. Or- dinary diffidence as to one's powers is quite another matter, and by no means a neces- sary impediment to success.- Suoh nerv- ousness is often purely superficial and merely means that the anxiety to succeed Is so great that it oauses a reaction. The dangerous self distrust to whicb we are al- luding is a much more negative quality and generally has joined to it a strong strain of indifference. But when a man does not think he will succeed and also is doubtful whether it is worth wbile to suc- ceed, or rather whether it is not a matter •t indifference whether he wins or loses, failure is almost certain. This stultifying indifference to failure is much inore widespread than people gen- erally imagine. 13eoause failure seems to the average man so horrible, producing as It must humiliations and miseries, re- morseful feelings and regrets of every kind, the average man cannot imagine any human being indifferent to it. Yet, as u matter of fact, there are men wbose hearts become so indurated that they do notmind either failure or its consequences. They. would endure anything rather than rouse themselves to the painful effore ef resisting the march of what they call fate. Tbey will float with the stream or tide; but, some what may, they will not row astroke against either.—London Spectator. "In Three States at Once." Crossing the Delaware river below Port Jervis, the tourist domes to a point of. land upon which a rude stone monument marks the spot where the states of 'Nsw York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania join. Some years a gcr official' representatives, of the time states attended: the ceremony, of in- tro thio stone, hick is suitably .areaw g e eribed and known as the tristates monu- meat. ; `Many thousands of persons visit this spot each year, chiefly for the unique sensation of "standing in three states at once." The Neversink river flows into the Dela- ware here, and the stone monument is o0 casionally kuooked down by the ice .floes when the winter season comes to a close. The rook upon Which the monument stands always remains in the same place. This locality is eagerly sought by fisher- men. At the proper season many large black bass are caught not far from the tri - states mennment. In that neighborhood, too; there aro numerous lurking places of p1eliere1.-New York Times. THE PEAR BLIGHT. There Are Two General Methods of Treat- merit Fractieed, The following on treatment for pear blight is incorporated iu the report of. the Now Jersey State Horticultural so &lets,: First, aim to put the tree in a condition to render it the least liable to attack. This means to so manure and cultivate that the tree will not grow rapidly. Thus the more a tree is fed the worse it will fare when attacked by the blight Trees that are highly fertilized With nitrogenous manures are espeoially liable to bligbt, In short,overstimula- tion with manures is to be avoided. Good tillage in the same way, while it Makes a tree bear, also tends to inorease the susceptibility to blight. Anything that retards the growth is beneficial so far as the disease is concerned. Tho or chardist meet stimulate by manures and cultivate suf?'toiently to give a good crop and shun that which will do more. Soil and situation will determine large- ly whether sod or cultivated may be best to resist the blight, The second method is the extermina- tion of the blight germs, which seems to be the only direct remedy. This is done by cutting out and burning all blighted portions of the trees. Every tree of the some family= including the apple, pear, quince, crab, mountain ash, service berry and hawthorn should be treated iu the same manner, Particular atteution should be paid to tbe active blight of late autumn, cut- ting it out and burning the branches before spring arrives. It is important to cut out the blight whenever . seen, but all should be removed befpre the next growing season begins. To put the treatment in small com- pass, all blight should be removed as soon as seen while the trees are grow- ing. A thorough inspection needs to be made in the late fall for any branches showing blight. After those aro out out a sharp outlook should be kept for the disease in the orchard the next spring. In connection with pruning and burn- ing, the trees should not be stimulated beyond what is required for a fair growth of wood and the production of a profitable crop. Scale en Fruit Trees. "1 have not tried linseed oil to de- stroy scale, but I have tried common lime wash and tried it so successively for the past 40 years that I have not tried anything else," Thus writes as high authority as William Saunders, Washington, in Meehan's Monthly. Ike adds: "Not only for.fruit trees, but for all sorts of trees. For iustauee, trees in cit- ies frequently become somewhatstunted in growth and covered with the bark soale. When a case of this kind is en- countered, the trees aro headed back during the fall, all small spray removed and the whole badly and branches cover- ed with lime wash, which effectually cleans them. Orange trees when attack- ed are treated in the same way and with the same result." Plants on 'Veranda. Plants in pots make an especially at- tractive dressing for the veranda. And here, too, they can be easily cared for. To show them to the best advantage, put up a shelf, as shown in the accom- panying illustration from American Gardening, just inside the rail and a little below it. In this way the flowers will show to great advantage from the outside, and the pote will be in no den- .. gig Alltra* L;ItIiItIIIIUI 11 l vERANPA sum. POR PLANTS. ger of being overturned, as they surely are wben resting upon the broad top of a veranda rail. Another advantage thus gained is that the pots are not fully ex- posed to the son, and the roots are not likely to bo burned out, A flower box of considerable length and just high enough to come to the top of the rail 'will also prove very attractive wben fill- ed with a choice col]ection of flowers. It does house plants muoh good, more- over, toget them out of doors ia this way for the summer months, while in the position shown they can bemuch more easily cared for than when in the house. Lice on Posebushes. There are several remedies for lice on rosebushes. First, wet the leaves and sprinkle with powdered hellebore; sec- ond, wet the leaves and sprinkle with air slaked lime, plasteror finely sifted Wood ashes; third, spray, with kerosene emulsion; fourth, spray with hellebore fea. Floral Brevities. Mr. E. S. Carmen classes the Crimson Rambler as one of the hardiest roses in his collection., Cannes of note are Austria, Italia and Mrs. Fairman Rogers. Few out of door plants are more effective than the singlewhite datura, and perhaps no annual makes a greater show. _ Agrippina is still about the most sat !sf actor r so for house culture. y o Princess Bonniei o Pr e s is f the attract- ive new ever blooming roses. A :minable autumn blooming plant is catalogued as the hardy, shrubby ver- bena. It is easy to grow and blooms abundantly. It belongs to the same nat- ural order as the verbena. When trained to a wire frame, honey- suckles suckles make a good and attractive fence, and they are now very largely used for that purpose. The cactus dahlia is a doable Sower of distinct appearance. It comes it mixed colors. ORNAMENTAL ASPARAGUS. Kinds Especially Adapted For Greenhouse, Window Garden and Room Culture. The different kinds of asparagus cul- tivated for their delicate and graceful foliage are deservedly popular orna- mental plants, adding very much to the furnishing of the greeuhouse eenhouse a d con- servatory, g g u o n servatory, and by many they are suc- cessfully cultivated as window pinute. Their foliage is highly effective in bou- quets and floral decorations. The prin- cipal hinds to which attention has been given for these purposes are Tenuissimus A0PARAGUS COMOP.ENS2e. plumosus and Piumosus nanns. A. sprengeri is a species of more recent in- troduction which will become popular on account of its very fine foliage and the length of its willowy stems, wbiob make it strikingly attractive as a basket or vase plant. It is said, also, to have proved successful in window culture. In addition to these and of still later iutroduotion is A. comoreueis. This uew introduction is a precious acquisition for greenhouses, winter gar- dens and especially for room culture. Its foliage resembles a finely feathered plume, of a soft emerald color, surpass- ing in elegance the finest fern fronds. This species, more than most other kinds, is noticeable for the lasting qual- ities of its out stems, which render it particularly appropriate for bouquet making and for use among vase flowers. In calling attention to the foregoing Vick's Illustrated Monthly says: As- paragus plants are best suited with a light, rich soil. One composed of equal parts of loam, leaf mold, rotted manure and sand is proper. A lightly shaded ,place is best•for them and a moist soil. The plants may be increased by division _of the roots. Strawberry Plants For New lied,. .As soon as the crop from each variety is over clean off the mulching, fork slightly and plunge 23Q inch pots in every other row, so that the pots are just below tile level of the ground. Keep the runner in place on the pots with small stones. If not convenient to do that, use wire about the thick- ness of a pin, cut into two inch lengths and doubled. We now use thin One incb staples. The ground for the plants should have been selected, heavily nia- nured (don't use cow manure), and now bringing a crop of early vegetables to maturity, which should all be out of the way before the middle of July. As soon as possible thereafter plow under another coat of short rotten manure and harrow. The plants being, ready in pots they- can heycan be successfully planted in the dry- est weather if necessary by marking out the lines with the hoe, as if for seed planting, and then running water along the drills. Cover and keep the ground raked. Our plants are set out in lines 23i feet apart and the plants 9 inches in the line about the third week in. July, depending somewhat on a chance thun- der shower about that time. The only special points to mention are to have the ground reasonably firm and the plants firmly set, so that they will not settle and the crowns become covered with soil.—Cor. American Gardening. Fropogating Gooseberries. The gooseberry may be grown from cuttings as is the currant or by mound layering. By this method the old plants are headed back to induce the forma- tion of strong new shoots near the sur- face of the ground. Late in June or in July, or when the new wood has be- come somewhat hardened, a mound of earth is. made .about the "stool," the earth being about four or five inches deep above the bases of the shoots. In the fall the earth is removed and the to rooted shootsare cut off and planted at. once in well prepared soil, or they may be tied in bundles and treated as out- tings until the following spring. If tare is used in removing shoots during the 'winter, propagation from the same plants may proceed indefinitely. from year to year, says Professor Munson ti paper read before the Maine Pomo-` "+ logical society. The Black Knot. The great pest of the plum trees is black knot, some varieties, -'like' the damson, being more subject to it than others. The Morello (or acid)' cherries also suffer. Many fine trees aro lost for lack of a little knowledge and care.. As The National Stockman' says, there aro only two ways with black knot -either it must be destroyed or it will destroy the tree, But it not difficult to keep ahead of it. Now that the leaves are off the knots can ni. a easilybeseen,and ave a affected branch sould be ut off and burned, not cut off and left lying on the ground to spread the disease. The Blackberry. A successful grower of blackberries' advocates growing , in rows, eaoh alter= nate hill to bear. one season and grow new canes the next, allowing the whole Strength of the plant to go to either fruit or cane. Probably the greater ;produc- tiveness of strawberries over other fruits is due to their maturing the orof5 before wasting 'strength in, preparing for the next season. N• ' ,a,• +,_,•,.1'-.wterwee ;< v�,,��; urt-