Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1882, Page 6

ue 3) SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS, Concerning Flower Gardens—How to Manaze Lawns—When to Plant Strawberrics—What Kindy ef Vege- tables and Flowers to Choose. Frem the American Acricultarist. LATE FLOWER GARDENING. In many localities it ts the custom to move the first of May, and this is yearly extending. One may come {nto possession of a place, whether a village front yard, or a larger piece of ground, and find that the previous occupant has done nothing towards beautifying it. We will assume that one has to do with an ordinary vil- lage front vard, and the same hints will apply to larger places. The first thing of all to be con- sidered is the lawn, by which we mean any plece of grass kept for ornament, whatever may be its size. The lawn by itself, if well kept, is an orsament to any place; it is like the carpet in the house, the setting of whatever furnishing may be placed upon it. If the grass is thin, serateh the surface wherever it can be reached, with a sharp rake, and sow on crass seed. In light soils sow Red-top; In heavy ones, Blue- grass or June-grass--two names for the same grass, and the prefix “Kentucky” is often put before Bluegrass. If there are large bare it may be easier to lay turf, but in allthe ing. first secure a good lawn. It may be ave aiready been made in the lawn; is well to oceupy them, for the present ct jective plant for sum- ion is the Castor Oil plant. good in on form. and better in what the seeds- men sell as Ricinus sanguineus A single plant may be very effective. and if the space will allow y be better. They are easily raised from sceds. It is not too late to get the roots (rhizomes) of Cannas, and a most effective bed may.be made of these, placing the taller kinds in the center and the lower-growing at the margin. A pleasing bed may be made by plant- ing it with Goleus—the varieties are now almost without number, but the old velvet Coleus (C. Verschajieltii,) is exceltent. If expense is con- sidered, then a showy bed may be made by sow- ing a packet of mixed seed of Phioz Drum- mondi—bright and lasting. If the veranda is not provided with climbers. plant a few roots of the Modeira Vine, and the seeds of some of the quick-growing climbers, such as the Hyacinth Bean, Lopho Spernum, Morning Glories, some of the better sorts being really beautiful. One, with a little thought given to selecting quick- growing and effective plants, even though he must begin as Iete as the first week In May, can soon put a new aspect upon aran down and nezlected place. and make it a source of pleas- Ure to himself and his nejhbors. WILD FLOWERS IN THE GARDEN. ‘There are many real lovers of flowers, who have the tirst requisite for a garden—the land— who let the surroundings of the house fall into neglect, merely because they cannot afford to buy plants with which to ornament them. It is Possible In most parts of the country, to make a beautiful garden without the outlay of a dollar for plants. Could the persons referred to visit Euro gardens, or even see European cata- logues, they would find that the common plants around them are elsewhere highly valued. Aside from the trees, there are many shrubs that may find a place in the garden, and a host of herbaceous plants from which a proper selec- tion will keep a garden gay the whole growing season. Take our common lilies for example. Aside from the far west, there are three com- mon in the states east of the Mississippi; two of them are low, not over three feet high, and common in meadows, while the taller “Superb LAy,” in rich swampy places. is 6 or 8 feet high, and bears a pyramid of 10 to 30 or more flowers. Ifone should make a collection of these native lilies, he would be surprised at the great variety they present among themselves, not only in the size and number of the flowers, but especially in their coloring. One could make a coliection of these native lilies, and by careful selection find & great variety among them, so with many other native plants, which will amply repay the care that may be given to them, and one can easily Stock a garden from the woods and fields. It is late now to take up most wild plants, but it is well to mark all attractive specimens for fature removal. For marking shrubs for removal to the garden it is well to carry in the pocket a Piece of cotton cloth, and tie a strip to any de sirable plant; when the leaves have fallen the ends of the strip of cloth may be seen at a long distance, and indicate the plant. WEEDS IN LAWNS AND ELSEWHERE. We are often asked what will destroy a partic- Ular weed. We have just at hand a letter asking how to get rid of Chick-weed in @ lawn. This is not often a lawn-weed, and as {t thrives only in dampsoils, its occurrence in a lawn shows that the soil is too wet..and that draining is the proper remedy. Much future trouble would be saved if cultivators, whether gardeners or farm- ers, would learn to recognize weeds in their joung state. That worst of weeds, the Canada histle, in ite Infancy may be uprooted by the rake. Let it go for a year or two, and the whole foree of the farm cannot get rid of it. The ad- vantage of disposing of weeds when they are young, is not fully appreciated ; the rake used at the proper time, when the weeds are mere seediings, will save much fature work with the hoe. On the same principle, the use of a smooth- ing barrow, which is really a large rake, does good service in the corn and potato fields; de- stroying the weeds, while the crop plants are too firmly fixed to be disturbed by it. In the absence of this, a common tight harrow, ran along the rows just as the potatoes break ground, or have made but little growth, will greatly help. The growth of the most troublesome weed. is governed by the same law which con- trol that of the most valued plants, and there is Rothing that can be applied to the soil to kill the ‘ne that will not injure the other. THE LAWN MOWER. There is one question which we can not an- wer; that is, “Which is the best Lawn Mower?” Ot late years we have not seen a poor one, and there are several so nearly perfect, that it can not be difficult to select one that will do good service. Lawn mowers are now offered at such moderate prices, that one can not afford to mow a grass plot, of even moderate size, in the old way. with scythe and sickle. The mowing of the lawn is so easily done with the mower that there is danger that it may be used to ex- cess. In spring and early summer, while the is growing, it can hardly be used too often, ut as hot weather comes on and the growth of grass is checked, the cutting should be less fre- quent. It is weil to bear in mind that grass is goremed in its growth by the same laws that id with all other plants. “The amoant of roct [ otha depends upon that of the stems and wes. A certain amount of cutting of the foli- age tends to Increase its vigor, and at the same thne there will be a corresponding growth of root. But we may cut too much, especially in hot weather—and weaken both top and root growth. ‘The only general rate that can be given is, when the grass Is growing rapidly, mow often; when hot weather checks the growth, mow leas fre- grey do not follow any set time for mowing, governed by the of the grass ‘ad the weather, be BARE PLACES IN LAWNS. By “lawn” we mean any piece of grasskept sole- 4y for ornamental purposes. It may be merely a front-yard, or on large places it may include many acres. These may from some cause show thin and poor places here and there. These may be mended by several methods. If the bare places are large, the surface may be worked over with a sharp rake, to take out dead stems and roots, and then after fertilizing, be sown with grass seed of a kind similar to the rest of the lawn. If the bare patches are small, the quickest way to mend them isto lay turf. In England a method is in ase, not only for restor- for mart = called Soir an ne The a ing new ones, “i .” The ground being well prepared, bits of good turf, (sods,) about three inches square, are inserted & foot apart each way. These will take root and spread, soon covering the whole surface. In maxing or mending a lawn, recollect that the Work is to last for years, and that a good sup- RE, of fertilizing material placed in the soil will & good investment. °¢ E i Fe i eas eaRk i £ g i i s i ; following year, TO MAKE GRAFTING WAX. We have answered a number by mail, bat 60 many inquiries continue to come that we repeat the recipe given in former years: Rosin, bees- wax and tallow are the essentials. Some use equal parts by weight of these; others preter, as warm weather approaches, more rosin and less tallow. A good recipe is Rosin 2 Ibs., beeswax one Ib. and a quarter, tallow 12 ounces. These should be melted well together over a gentle fire, and stirred as the mixture cools. It is most conveniently used upon strips of cloth, Anv old calico or muslin that will tear readily may be torn into strips2 inches wide, made into balls and soaked in the melted wax until thoroughly saturated. We prefer to roll the cloth upon a short stick, to afford a handle. If paper is to be used the warm wax is spread with a brush upon one side of this manilla paper. Some grafters prefer a wax made with raw linseed oil in place of the tallow, using a pint of oil instead of a pound of tallow. WHAT KIND OF VEGETABLES AND FLOWERS TO cHoosE. We have before us a list of 2,316 different va- Tieties of desirable flowers, and almost as large a list of vegetables, &c. The inexperienced, wanting only a few varieties in a garden or flower bed, is bewildered and puzzled what to select. To help such we append a few leading kinds, which, if not everywhere the best, have the merit of being generally good, and any one entirely uaskilied, and having no trust- worthy adviser at hand, may safely select any of the following : GARDEN VEGETABLES. Beans: (Bush) Valentine, Mohawk, Golden esate epuctad Bema tong nest as ets: Egyptian, 0, i (Mangels) vere Globe. es = Caspace: For early, Wakefield; for medium, Winningstadt; for late, Flat Dutch and D: = mond Savoy. CavLirLower: Early Snowball; Paris, for late. CeLery: Golden Dwarf, Giant White. Corn, sweet: For early, Crosby's early; me- diam, Triumph Egyptian; late, Stowell’s Ever- green. Cucemper: Early Russian; later, White Spine. hers Puant: N. Y. Improved Purple, Black ekin. Lerrvce: Early Simpson, Tennis Ball; and later, Black Simpson, Hanson. Metoys: (Musk) Ward’s Nectar, Chnstiana, tem Cassaba; (Water) Mountain Sweet, Hipsey. Ontoxs: Red Globe, White Globe, Yellow Danvers. Pars_ey: New Fern Leaf, Extra Moss Curled. Parsnips: Long Smooth, Short Round. Peas: For early, American Wonder, Alpha; later main crop, Champfon of England. Prrree: Large Bell, Cayenne. poten French Breaktast; later; Long Scar- Sovasn: Early Summer Crook Neck; later, Hubbard, Boston Marrow. Turwips: Early Dutch; later, Red-top Strap Leaf; winter, Long White French. TomaTors: Acme, Trophy, Livingston’s Per- feetion. GaRDEN FLOWERS. Aceratom: Imperial Dwarf; Album. ALyssvm (Candy-taft): Sweet; Wierzbeckil. AMARANTH: Princess of Wales; Tricolor. ANTIRRHINUM: (Snap-dragon): Caryophyl- loides. Asters: Giant Emperor; Washington; Vic- toria. Barsams: Solferino; White Perfection. CaRceoLaria: Hybrida. CaLENDULA (Marigold): Meteor. Campanvxa (Canterbury Bells): For hardy per- ennial, the Pyramidalis; for hardy annual, the Pentagonia. Canoyturt: White; Carter's New Carmine. Carnation (Pinks): Grenadine. CrLosta (Cockscomb): Japonica; Glasgow. CenTavrEa: Americana; Candidissima. CurysanTHEMvm: Tricolor; Japonicum. Co.£a ScanpeENs. ConvoLvuLvs (Morning Glory): Striped; Crim- son. Cypress Vive: Rose; Scarlet. Dicrratis (Foxglove): Alba; Purpurea. FORGET-ME-NoT: Mixed. Guta: Nivalis; Tricolor. GLOBE AMARANTH : Golden Yellow; White. Gourps ; Bottle ; Hercules’ Club; Lem Heicneysus (-‘Everlasting”): Mixed. Honesty: Purple. Larksrur ; Bismarck; Emperor. Lopeita: Alba: Bicolor. MIGNONETTE: Golden Queen ; Old Sweet. a (Qfonkey Flower) : Cardinalis; Du- lex. Nasturtivm: Crimson; Rose. Pansy (Heart’s-Ease): Snow Queen; Emp. William. Peas (Sweet) : Violet Qneen ; Butterfly. eee: Countess of Ellesmere ; ‘choice mixed. Putox Drvummonpm: Coccinea; Victoria ; mixed. Porry : Carnation. Portutaca: Aurea; Splendens; mixed a (annnal) : Large-flowering ; Tree; the mixed. TuUNBERGIA: Alba; Aurantiaca. Warriavt. Grandifiora (blue) ; Alba (white). f XERANTHEMUM (Everlasting): Album; Czru- leum. Zinnia: Coccinea; Pumila; the mixed. ——_—_<e+—____ He Wants More interest. From the New York Sun. We frequently receive letters asking for ad- vice as to the investment ot money. If it was in our power to suggest to our correspondents exactly where to put their amall possessions so that much could speedily and safely be made out of little we would hasten to give them and everybody else who wishes to accomplish the same end just the informationthey desire. Then the happiness of bringing about the material prosperity of all our friends would be ours. But we can point ont no certain way, no ab- solutely safe means, ot peng for money more than the current rat interest where good and sufficient security is given. To get a greater in- crease, some risk must be taken; and every con- scientious man is slow about For instance. a yoong man of this city asks us as follows regarding his savings: “Sir:—I am a young man, 21 years of age, seck- ing advice as to what is the best and most profi ble way without much risk to invest : 8823 tegee = if & s rs Bank which wi has your money can safely pay on Nor can you more without some risk and a good deal of cure. Keep it where it is, therefore, seeing to it that the ofthe soundest, and ‘ature savings until you can use along with your own Tabor and business ence to better advantage. If a man has a little money and pnts {t in a papa he knows all about and which he manages himself, a [ese argane pb nats make profitable by lustry and then he his caplial ta the bee place. ” Su; bor by his labor and guarded by his bring him far more clipe interest. But even then he takes business money may at cH g i if I ‘The Last Cruise of the Judas Iscariot. ‘From the N. ¥. Sun. “She formerly showed the name Flying Sprite onher starn mouldin’,” said Capt. Trumbull Cram, “but I had thet gouged out and planed off, and Judas Iscariot in gilt sot thar instid.” “That was an extraordinary name,” said I. ““Btrornary craft,” replied the Captain, as he absorbed another inch and a half of niggerhead. “Tm neither a préfano man or an irreverend; but sink my.jig if I don’t believe the sperrit of Judas possessed thet schooner. Hey, Ammi?” The young man addressed as Ammi wasseated upon @ mackerel barrel. He deliberately re- moved from his lips a black brierwood and shook his head with great gravity. “The Cap'n,” said Ammi, “ isneither a profane or an wreyerend. What he says he mostly knows; but when he sinks his jig he’s allers to be depended on.” Fortified with this neighborly estimate of character, Capt. Cram pi d: ‘You larf at the idee of a schooner’s soul? Perhaps you hev sailed ’em forty odd year up and down this here coast, an’ ‘quainted yourself with their dis- Positions an’ habits of mind. forty-six year. He's lumbered and he’s iced. n sees fit for to talk about schoon- ands the baa ay “My friend,” said the Captain, “a schooner has a soul like a human being, but considerably broader of beam, whether for good or for evil. T aint a-goin’ to deny thet I prayed for the Judas in Tuesday ’n Thursday evenin’ meetin’, week arter week an’ month art month. aint ea-sroin’ to deny thet I interested Deacon Plymp- ton in the ’rastle for her redemption. It was no use, my friend; even the Deacon's powerful p'titions were clear waste.” I ventured to inquire in what manner this vessel had manifested its depravity. The nara- tive which I heard was the story ofa demon of treachery with three masts and a Jibboom. The Flying Sprite was the first three-master ever built at Newaggen, and the last. People shook their heads over the experiment. “No good can come of such a critter,” they said. “It’s contrairy to natur. Two masts is masts enough.” ‘The Flying Sprite bezan its career of base improbity at the very moment of its birth. Fastead of launching decently into the element for which it was designed, the three-masted schooner slumped through’ the ways into the mud and stuck there for three weeks, cunsing great expense to the owners, of whom Capt. Trumbull Cram was one to the extent of an un- divided third. The oracles of Newaggen were confirmed in their forebodings. ‘Two masts is masts enough to sail the sea,” they said; “the third is the devil's hitchin’ post.” On the first voyage of the Flying Sprite, Capt. Cram started her for Philadelphia, loaded with ice belonging to himself and Lawyer Swanton; cargo uninsured. Ice was worth six dollars a ton in Philadelphia; this particular ice had cost Capt. Cram and Lawyer Swanton eighty- five cents a ton shipped, including sawdust. They were happy over the prospect. The Fly- ing Sprite cleared the port in beautiful shape, and then suddenly and silently went to the bottom in Fiddler's Reach, in eleven feet of ealt water. It required only six days to float her and pump her out, but owing toa certain Incompatibility between ice and salt water, the salvage consisted exclusively of sawdust. On her next trip the schooner carried a deck- load of lumber from the St. Croix river. It was in some sense a consecrated cargo, for the lumber was intended for a new Baptist meet- fing-house in southern New Jersey. If the prayerful hopes of the navigators, combined with the prayerful expectations of the con- signees had availed, this voyage, at least, would have been successfully made. But about sixty miles southeast of Nantucket the Flying Sprite encountered a mild September gale. She eught to have weathered it with perfect ease. but she behaved so abominably that the church timber was scattered over the surface of the Atlantic ocean from about latitude 40 deg. 15 min. to about latitude 43 deg. 50 min. A month or two later she contrived to go on her beam ends under @ gentle land breeze, dumping a lot of expen- sively carved granite from the Fox island quar- ries into a deep hole in Long Island sound. On the very next trip she turned deliberately out of her course in order to smash into the starboard bow of a Norwegian brig, and was consequently libeled tor heavy damages. Tt was after a few experiences of this sort that Capt. Cram erased the old name from the schooner’s stern and from her quarter, and sub- stituted that of Judas Iscariot. He could dis- cover no designation that expressed go well his contemptuous opinion of her moral qualities. She seemed animate with the spirit of purpose- less malice, of malignant perfidy. She was a floating tub of cussedness. A board of nautical experts satupon the Judas Iscariot, but could find nothing the matter with her, physically. The lines of her bull were all right, she was properly planked and ceiled and calked, her spars were of good Oregon pine, she was rigged taut and trustworthy. and her canvas had been cut and stitched by a God-fear- ing sallmaker. According to all theory, she ought to have been perfectly responsible as to her keel. In practice, she was frightfully cranky. Sailing the Judas Iscariot was like driving a horse with more vices than hairs in his tail. She always did the unexpected thing, except when bad behavior was expected of her on general elie rcs If the idea was to luff, she would invariably fall off; ifto jibe, she would come round dead in the wind and hang there like Mohammed's coffin. Sending a man to haul the jib sheet to windward was sending a man ona forlorn hope; the jib habitually picked up the venturesome navigator, and, after shaking him viciously in the air fora second or two, tossed him overboard. A boom never crossed the deck without breaking somebody's head. Start on | Whatever course she might, the schooner was certain to run before long into one of three things, namely, some other vessel, a fog bank, or the bottom. From the day on which she was launched her scent for a good, sticky mud bot- tom was unerring. Inthe clearest weather for followed and enveloped her as misfortune fol- lows wickedness. Her presence on the Banks was enouzh to drive every codfish to the coast of Ireland. The mackerel and porgies were always where the Judas Iscariot was not. It was impossible to circumvent the schooner’s | fixed purposes to rai everybody who chartered her. If chartered to carrya deck load, she spilled it; if loaded between decks, she dived and spoiled the cargo. She was like one of the trick mules which, if they cannot otherwise dis- lodge the rider, down and roll over and over. In short, the Judas Iscariot was known from Marblehead to the bay of Chaleur as the consummate schooneration malevolence, turpitude and treachery. After commanding the Judas Iscariot for five or six years, Capt. Cram looked fully twenty years older. It was in vain that he had at- tempted to sell her at a sacrifice. No man on the coust of Maine, Massachusetts, or the British provinces would have taken the schooner as a gift. The belief in her demoniac obsession was as firm as it was universal. Nearly at the end of a season, when the wretched craft had been eyen more unprofitable nae usual, a hapiabeasd of the owners ag in the Congregational vestry one evening after the montirly missionary meeting. No outsider knows exactly what happened, it isrumored that in the two hours during which these capt- talists were closeted certain arithmetical eompu- tations were effected which led to significant re- When the com- | suits and to a singular decision. On the forenoon of the next Friday there was ‘@ general suspension of business at New: The Judas Iscariot, with her deck scoured and her spars scraj till they shone inthesun like low amber, at the wharf by Capt. Cram’s house. ince Mot Captain and his three boys and Andrew Jackson's son Tobias from Mackerel Cove had been busy the schooner deep. 7 time her oun tg an ex- i one. It consisted of nearly a Pe ai ine wal ea eae the Captain's shore pasture. ‘‘I calklet,” re- marked the commander of the Judas Iscariot, as he saw the last boulder disaj main hatch, “thar’s nigh two hundud’ stone that Q iG STAR: WASHINGTON, - of decenc: eae into the win without Dalking, dived her fully into the brine, ski The crowa on the wharf and the boys in the small boats cheered this une: ly orthodox behavior, and they now saw for the first time that - Cram had, painted on the side of the vessel conspicuous white letters, each three or four feet long, the following legend: Hour after hour the schooner jon, before the northwest wind. hokling te her course as straight as an arrow. The weather continued fine. Every time the Captain threw the log he looked more perplexed. Eight. nine, nine and a half knots! He shook his head as he whispered to Deacon Plympton: ‘She's meditatin’ mis- chief 0’ some hatur’ or other.” But the Judas led the Pug a wonderful chase, and by haif- past two in the afternoon, before the demijohn which Andrew -Jackson’s son Tobias had smuggled on_ board was thi juarters empty, and before Lawyer Swanton had more than three-quarters finished his celebrated story about Gov. Purinton’s cork leg, the schooner and the tug were between fifty and sixty miles from land. ‘ Suddenly Capt. Cram gave a grant of intelli- gence. He pointed ahead, where a blue line just above the horizon marked a distant fog bank. “She smelt it an’ she run for it.” he re- marked, sententionsty. ‘Time for bustues Then ensued a singular ceremony. First Capt. Cram brought the schooner to, and trans- ferred all his passengers to the tug. The wind had shifted to the southeast, and the fog was rapidly approaching. The sails of the Judas Iscariot flapped as she lay head to the wind; her bows rose and fell gently under the inftu- ence of the long swell. The Pug bobbed up and down half a hawser’s length away. Having put his guests and crew aboard the tug, Capt. Cram proceeded to make everything ship-shape on the decks of the schooner. He neatly coiled a loose end of a rope that had been left ina snarl. He even picked up and threw overboard the stopper of Andrew Jackson’s son Tobias’ demijohn. His face wore an expression. of unusual solemnity. The people on the watched his movements eagerly, but silently. Next he tied one end of a short rope to the wheel, and attached the other end loosely by means of a running bowline to acleat upon the Tail. Then he wasseen to take up an axe, and to disappear down the companionway. Those on the tug distinctly heard several crashing blows. ina moment the Captain reappeared on deck, walked deliberately to the wheel, brought the schooner around so that. her sails filled, pulled the running bowline taut, and fastened the rope with several half stitches around the cleat. thus lashing the helm, juinped into adory, and sculled over to the tug. Left entirely to herself, the schooner rolled once or twice, tossed a few bucketsfall of water over dancing bows, and started off toward the South Atlantic. But Capt. Trumbull Cram, Standing in the bow of the tugboat, raised his hand to command silence and pronounce the following farewell speech, being sentence, death Warrant and funeral oration all in one: “Tain’t adyancin’ no theory to ‘count for her cussedness. You all know the Judas. Mebbe thar was too much fore an’ aff to her. Mebbe the inickerty ot the vessel ’s in the fore an’ aff. and the vartue in the squar’ riggin’. Mebbe two masts was masts enouch. Let that zo; bygones is bygones. Yonder she goes, carryin’ all sail on top, two hundred ’n odd ton 0’ stone fence in her holt, an’ a hole good two foot acrost. stove in her belly. The way of the transeressor ishard. Don’t you see her settlin’? It should be a lesson, my friends. for us to profit by; there’s an end to the longsuferin’est merey, and un- less: O, yer makin’ straight for the fox, are ye? Well, it’s your last fog bank. The bottom of the sea’s the furst port you'll fetch, you critter, you! Git, and be d——4 to ye!” This, the only occasion on which Capt. ‘Cram was ever known to say such a word, was after- ward considered by a committee of discipline of the Congregational church at Newaggen ; and the committee, after pondering all the cireum- stances under which the word was uttered, voted unanimously t» take ne action. Meanwhile, the fog had shut in around the tug, and the Judas Iseariot was lost to view. The tug was put about and headed for home. The datup wind chilled everybody through and through. Little wassaid. The contents of the demijchn had long been exhausted. From a distance to the south was heard at intervals the hoarse whistling of an ocean steamer. “T hope that feller’s well underwrit,” said the Captain, grimly. “forthe Judas’! never go down afore she’s sarched him out’n eunk him.” ‘And was the abandoned schooner ever heard of?” I asked, when. my,informant had reached this point in the narrative. The Captain took me by the arm and led me out of the grocery store down to the rocks. Across the mouth of the small cove back of his house, blocking the entrance to his wharf and fish-house, was stretched a skeleton wreck. “Thar she lays,” he said, Ponce to the blackened ribs. ‘{‘That’s the Judas. Did yer suppose she'd sink in deep water, where she could do no more damage? No, sir, not if all the rocks on the coast of Maine was piled onto her, and her hull bottom knocked clean out. She come home to roost. She come sixty mile in the teeth of the wind. When the tug got back next mornin’ thar lay the Judas Iscariot acrost my cove, with her Jibboom stuck through my kitchen winder. I say schooners has souls.” Oh, sweet are the sounds of waters, and sweet ‘The distant echoes of welcome feet ‘The wild birds sincing, the hum of bees, The night wind’s rustle In summer trees; But none, to my ear, in sweetness excel "Phe wee tink-tink of the bicycle belll Whenever I hear It, I stand once more, At twilight’s fall, by the garden door— The garden door, that shuts out from the street An enclosure ing with odor sweet— Listing (Oh, why showld T blush to tell) ‘The first tink-tink of a bicycle bell. It ceases at length, where I knew it would; ‘The door half opes, and where late I stood Anotuer stands; but he sees not me, For I am no longer there, you see; And I would not, for he should know as well Thad heard the sound’ of that bicycle bell. But soon ther we walk or stand; T feel it again, that touch of the hand! I hear the words I shall ne’er forget; ‘My eyes are full my cheeks are wet; Again I feel my bosom swell, As silently by hangs the bicycle bell. Some years have gone, some sorrows ‘No longer each morning he leaves bi: Or at eve returns to It mounted thus, But soberly on an omnibus, But every whit I love it as wel Whenever I hear it, the bicycle bell. -London have come; is home, A Three-Mile Shad Net. About 6,000 Delaware shad are now brought tothe Philadelphia markets dally, but this is not a moiety of the demand, and the supply is eked out by consignments from the and North and South Carolina markets. The shad fisheries about Penn’s Grove, New Castle: Port Penn, Delaware city and below have operations, but tne cold, rough ening ie ferlously interfered with the Gen ine Delaware shad are therefore still held at fancy figures, none of any size sold for lesa than 60 cents, and extra large pee teaulbe from $1 to $1.50, They are sold whol at from #40 to $75 a hundred. he Gloucester fishermen have not as yet cast their immense seine, ee this year will be fully three miles long. Usual; ‘are ready by April 10, but itis not arith Fo thelr “arst ‘beut be made sooner than to-day week. A few are being hor }, by fishermen with small sige a” are for the limited nuthber of people who on these cold April ‘days over to the GI in Pes ae dish. Old ermen say when shad torun in Sonor arene large supply, and the is likely to be a one.—. Conversation. ‘From Austin, Texas, Biftings. A The between two ored ottizens on the subject of vaccination was the streets of Austin: LYDIA EB. PINKHAM’S VEGETABLE COMPOUND ‘Is a Postrive Cone For all thoss Painful Complaints and Weaknesses 0 common to our best female population. Itwill cureentirely the werst form of Female Com- plaints, all Ovarian Troubles, Ulcers tion, Falling and Displacements, and the consequent bpinal W and is adapted to the Changes of Life. It will dissolve and expel Tumors from the Uterus in tn early stage of development. The tendency of Can- cerous Humors is cuecked very speedily by its use. It removes Faintness, Flatulency, destroys all Cra- vings for Stimulants, and Relieves Weakness of the Stomach. It cures Bloating, Headache, Nervous Pros- tration, General Debility, Sleeplessness, Depressionand Indigestion. Tho fecling of bearing down, causing pain, weight and backache, is alwaya permanently cured by its use. Fe-PHYsi Ui iD Fr one 8E 1T AND PRESCRIBE IT It will at alltimes and under all circnmetances act in harmony with the lawsthat govern the female sye- For the cure of Kidney Complaints of either sex this ‘Compound is unsurpassed. LYDIA E. PINKHAM’S VEGETABLE COMPOUND is prepared at 238 and 295 Western avenue, Lynn, Mass. Price $1. Six bottles for $5. Sent by mail in the form of pills, also in the form of lozenges, on receipt cf price, $1 per box foreither. Mrs, Pinkham freely answers all letters of inquiry. Send for pamphlet, Ad- dress as above. No family should be without LYDIA E. PINKHAN’S Pasar a They cure. ion, biliousness, and torpidity of the liver. 25 cents per box. S27 Box sr at Devagmrs. 2s 83-0 “4 w “ 444 ‘i a4 44 i 44 Seed pty Set « i “ G. T. KEEN, 1 a tt Tanto} 4 ik = i wh mL NINTH STREET. “ n “ Sere pry dds ery mM “ ab-1m RRR ERR 00 PPP FERNN RSINN N GGG R RE O OP PK NN NIINN NGG RRR EE O OPPP FE NN NITINNNG K REO OP N NNUN NNG GG,, & REEE 00 P KEEN NNUN NN GGG 7 REOPENING! BBR A U UM® MM <s BoB ASU UMMMM? SS Bo AAG BRANES Srey BBB A A UU MM M Sgss8 RRR ERE 00 PPP RRENN NITNN N GGG R RE O OP PE NN NUNN NG G RRR ER O OPPP EE NNNUNNNG R REO OP EN NNIIN NNG GG, R REEE OO P N NNUN NN GGG > Having effected a cettioment with the insurance com- pany on my stock, lately damaged by the fire next to my store, I now take pleasure to inform the public of the reopening of my establishment. I will sell all damaged goods at a great sacrifice. Most of the goods are only slightly damaged by water, but nevertheless we will sacrifice them. Great Bargains cen be expected in all Departments. Our entire Button Stock—lately purchased—at half Price. : Our Dress Trimmings at 25 per cent. discount. All our made-up Lace Goods at half price. Children’s Suits and Ladies’ Underwear, slightly dam- aged, in Job lots. Flowers and Ribbons, damaged, at any price. Fine Laces and Eimbroideries, slightly damaged, at a sacrifice. ‘The following goods, not damaged, will also be sold at a uniform reduction for one week: OUR MILLINERY DEPARTMENT, Stocked with the Latest Novelties—Bargains. OUR FINE PATTERN HATS—AT A SACRIFICE. OUB LADIES 8UITS AND WRAPS—Greatly reduced. OUR PARASOLS AND GLOVES—Reduced. CHARLES BAUM, als 416 Ir Srreer Norruwesr. oAst=e WEEK OPENING. KING’S PALACE, 814 SEVENTH STREET NORTHWEST. OUR EASTER WEEK CPENING OF NEW AND LOVELY PATITERN HATS AND BONNETS COMMENCES ON MONDAY, APRIL THE 10rx, aD WILL BE OUNTINUED UNTIL OTHERWISE NOTIFIED. ‘We offer the following goods: 500 FRENCH ana ENGLISH PATTERN HATS and BONNETS, of the latest importation; 5,000SCHOOL and DRESS HATS, in every style and quality, at manufecturers’ prices; 5,000 LADIES' HATS, comprising the handsomest and cheapest. BEADED LACES, FLOWERS, PLUMES, RIBBO! SILES, SUN UMBRELLAS; 55 KID GLOVES—Real Chamoise Musquetaire Kids, at ‘75 cents; three and four-button Kids, the greatest bargains, at 75 cents: elegant Lisle Thread Gloves, ‘Don't fail, before purchasing, to call st KING’S PALACE, 814 SEVENTH STREET, THE GREAT HEADQUARTERS FORMILLI NERY @oops. alo L4¢Ee BEER, 908. SCHLITZ BREWING CO."5 MILWAUKEB LAGER BEER, FOR SALE BY DEALERS AND THE AGENT. SAM'L C. PALMER, DEPOT, 12% TWENTY-NINTH STREET N.W. {a7 Telep bonio (cH Burret, ‘NOS. 403 AND 06 TTH STREET NORTHWEST, EEADQUETN aus one SRERereIL . aeperenar DRY Goobs. 803 MARRET SPACE. TRUNNEL & CLARK. al93m GPECuL BARGAINS IN DRESS GOODS. Black Silk Velvet, $1. Light Bine and Pink Cashmeres, pure Wool, wide double width, 50c. Checked Dress Goods—Black and White, Blue and Gold, Green and Gold, Brown and White, 25¢. Colored and Black Cashmeres, pure wool, double Wid, 870. Piano Covers, Silk Embroideret, $3.75. Bleached Table Damask, all Linen, 60c. Cloth for Meu'sand Boys’ wear, 370. to $1.60, ‘Black Cashmere Shawis, all Wool, $2. Pure Linen Dinner Napkins, 750. dozen. ‘Honey-Comb White Quilts, Black Silke, $1, $1.25, $1.50, One hundred pieces of ‘Te. $1.75, $2. Scotch Ginghams, plaid, plain and striped, 25c. CARTER'S, als 711 MARKET SPACE. PRING GOODS. oa ing daily s beautiful line of Combination and Colored Brocade Silke in all the Spring Surah and St. Merveilicus, in all colors. jue in silk and wool fabrics. J. A. LUTTRELL & CO., Pe roi eae 817 MARKET SPACE. with the above house, and would be W. M. BROWN. UPrown SPRING BARGAINS. 100 DOZEN LADIES’ EXTRA LONG, FULL REGU- LAR, EXTRA SUPER- FINE BALBRIGGAN| SPRING HOSIERY, at only 25 CENTS PEK PAIR. Also, GENTS’ 46 HOSE, BOILED IN OIL—PLAIN, FANCY} OR STAPLE s0LID COLORS—25¢., 290.,380, GREAT BARGAINS. OPPOSITE RIGGS’ BANK. Cc oO c H R A N E 100 DOZEN ‘CHILDREN'S FULL REGULAR, BOILED IN OIL, EXTRA LONG, PLAIN, FANCY AND FRENCH RIBBED, SPRING, 1882, NEW HOSIERY at only 25 ‘CENTS PER PAIR. LADIES’ ana GENTS GAUZE UNDER- WEAR. GREAT BARGAINS. ay your LAST CHANCE. THE SALE OF CARPETS AT COST FOR CASH AT SINGLETON & HOEKE'S WILL CLOSE THE FIRST OF MAY. BUY NOW AND SAVE MONEY, SPECIALTIES: WINDOW SHADES AND LOOSE COVERS FOR FURNITURE MADE TO ORDER, SINGLETON & HOEKE'S alT 801 MARKET SPACE. Ww. MENTION ONLY A FEW OF OUR BARGAINS CAUSING 8UCH IMMBNSE RUSH AT THIS DUAL SEASON OF THE YEAR. One Case NAINSOOK PLAID, 10c. REDUCED. One Case NAINSOOK PLAID, 12}c. One Case NAINSOOK STRIPE, 10c. AN these are retailed elsewhere for double the money. All our best AMERICAN PLAID and STRIPE GINGHAM, 12340, Two Cases BEERSUCKER, 9c., cheap at 1230, Two Cases SEERSUCKER, lic., cheap at 150. One Case ALI-WOOL KUN’S VEILING, in aB the Rew spring shades, at 250, 200 Dosen LADIES’ ALL-LINEN COLORED BOR- DERED HANDKERCHIEFS, at 12}0., worth 250. AWAY MANY GOODS, aS THEY MUST BE @OLD TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR OUB NEW BUILDING. NEW STRIPES AND CHECKS _ ws COMBINATION SUITS. sHOODAS, CAsHMERES, panes. SPRING STYLES IN HOSIERY AND SKIRTS MERINO AND GAUZE VESTS. Gent's all-linen hemstitched Handkerchiefs, 25 ctm, TYLER & CHEWNING, alt $18 Irn STREET NORTHWEST, A BDERsons ROMAN ZEPHYRS. JUST RECEIVED AN IMMENSE ASSORTMENT OP ANDERSON'S ROMAN STRIPE AND PLAIN SCOTCH ZEPHYKS, FOR COMBINATION suits. NEW SATINES, IN ASTHFTIC DESIGNS. EMBROIDERED ALBATROSS AND BATISTS LUPIN'S CELEBRATED BLACK FABKICS, HENRIETTA CLOTHS. NUN'S VEILINGS. FRENCH BUNTINGS. CAMEL’S HAIR GRENADINES, MOUSSELINE CREPE. CANTON CREPE. CASHMERFS. Immenre vari FRENCH SUITINGs, with STRIPES and P..AIDS tomatch, tor Combination Coa NEW LINEN LAWNS, NEW LAWNS and FRE AONE 8, 8 and FRENCH “Rare rains” in BLACK SILFS, SURAH SIL) LOUSIN ES, POULAKD ‘ae aud SUM Men ELEGANT BLACK SILK GRENADINES. “Exclusit velties in P! insive, Movelts PARASOLETTES, SUN €27 PLAIN FIGURES AND CORRECT PRICES. BEATON PERRY, (Successor To Perry & Brorner,) FAMILY SUPPLIES Cc T weayead mH 8h ORE AA aha NNW art aks NNN pers N ONS ARMY AND NAVY WHISKEY. PERFECTION. $4.50 per gall. $1.00 per bottie. Cc. WITMER, PROPRIETOR, a8 1918 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. EKB NN N TITT TT f= —E BNN # Eh BER rE ‘ERE NN il R ERE Www A TTT Wwwwwua aad ae T WWWW HHH FE AA Tr Wwww HH E AAA Tt ww for “s, REE A Ay o 5 ° ‘ re E 88 8 0 Bue Pb 88 A Be LiL 00 UU FAR SUBERIOR TO THE BEST GRAHAM FLOUR, IT I8 THE FOOD FOR THE DYSPEPTIC. Aged aetna IT 18 UNEXCELLED FOR INFANTS AND CHIL IT IS UNEQUALLED FOK THE BRAIN-WORKER, Ask your grocer for it, and also for a Circular. ‘Wholerale Depot corner Ist street and Indiana avenue, m29 JOCKEY CLUB WHISKY, ‘We offer to the Public the sbove article, which we Coe Rare and made from Mountain Rs oa W. A. OFFUTT & BRO.. Geoneetiiwn, warrant and Bari: by m30-1m* P=® STEaMen, A FRESH INVOICE OF THAT PEERLESS BRAND OF CHAMPAGNE, PIPER HEIDSIECK. For sale at Agent's lowest rates. HUME, CLEARY & CO., ms 807 Market Space. ‘LOUR! FLOUR!! FLOUR!!! DIRECT FROM MINNETONKA MILLS, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. CAR-LOAD JUST RECEIVED. of ity. Makes SSR: ELPHONZO YOUNGS, (Bole Agent for the Mill,) Grover, 604 9th etreet northwest, m29 Im Eand F, opp. Critic Office. WE A8# DETERMINED NOT TO CARRY ANY CANNED GOODS pete Therefore we offer the follow- 200 dozen «Boston Market” TOMATOFS, (7. cans.) extra heavy, solid packed........... $1.50 per dozen 200/dozen “Bhrtvers Eeyptiaiy SUGAR” GEO. E. KENNEDY & SON, m25 No. 1209 F STREPT. F OR LENT! Boused Hi in Boused ‘Smoked. Fresh Smelts. Boneless Herring. a ae Briced Oysters. Eiprered ich Balen Ca us fiver Sa'mon, phe Later, Sardines in Oil. f B. W. REED'S SONS, 13 1216 F street northwest. UST RECEIVED— = A fine lotot eegt A ORANGES, Constantly on band, CAPONS and CHICKENS. Also, the very best POULTRY. FRANE J. TIBBETS, Patack Manxer, m Corner 14th street and New York Q™ ste PURE RYE WHISKY is unequalled for smoothness, favor and purity, and for the sideboard and sickroom is unrivalled. HUME, €LEARY & CO., 801 MARKET SPACE. Ww ARE RECEIVING DAILY eS oFis: ‘AND Sa CHICKENS AND TURKEYS, 6° SOSTON MARKET, LEON SCHELL & ©O., 1119 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. T SPLENDID MINNESOTA FAMILY FLOUR, orably known as ‘yields, in perfection, white, sweet and wholesome breed ‘HUME, CLEARY & 00., 807 Market Bpace. uns B