New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-06-30
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c0u0S was C0lS Starving VIE ever >
girl with song on her lip and hope in
her hsart9 Did one of these skeleton
children ever repeat the Lords Prayer
or hear Of Heaveni Was the Word al
God ever preached in this old housep
Was hymn ever sung under this roof
/ turn from the great Bible-house to ask
the Whitehead wife these questions,
but it seems like mockery-like taunt-
ing one whose grave has already been
dug. She has her face in her hands,
and tears are running down her long,
bony fingers. The child-wolves, SIX
pinched and starving human beings,
stand in front of me and wait for bread!
Four blocks away is the American
Bible-HOuse. just around the corner
there is bread!
"Now, thin, you've seen about ALL"
said the old woman, as it began to grow
dark up there, land I'll conduct you.
down to the grand front doour. Them
big loaves of bread will be the first the
children have gone to sleep on for q
week, and didn't ye see how it quite
broke the poor woman DOWN. All! it's
many sad sight yen run across in the
old Five Points, and it's many q per-
son as would like to have ye speakin'
kind words and sin1in' out for l0aves OF
breadw
Down stairways on which children
never laugh = through Railways in
which the ghost of poverty ever fits
and the creaking door opens to let me
out upon q street wherein misery and
wretchedness walk hand in hand
shuts behind me on tears and hunger
and hearts that have withered from
vain hoping.-"M Q~ad," in Detroit
Free Press.
How to Make and Keep = Lawn.
The first requisite to q good lawn 10
a well-graded. even and thoroughly
drained soil. When practicable the
growing of hOed crops, as corn and pO-
tatocs, on tho land designed for lawn
is an excellent preparation. Without
this the ground should be plowed or
dug to an equal depth to prevent un.
equal settlements, after which must fol-
low narrowing, leveling and rolling
until firm and uniform surface has
been obtained. AS has already been
stated, it is necessary that the soil be
drained, either naturally or artificially;
therefore, unless the subsoil is porous
alluvial gravel, drain at the formation
of the lawn.
Lawns may be seeded down in spring
| or fall, but sowing during warm wealth
or is not advisable, for the young grass
is liable to suffer from the effects Of the
heat and drought. For the formation
of new lawns seed should be literally
applied; the expense is slight compared
with the disappointment of poor
"catch." Another advantage of thick
seeding is the avoidance of weeds,
which are more likely to thrive on a
spare-growing lawn. For new lawns
three bushels of seed per acre or about
four quarts to six rods of land are i'd
vised. The seed should be regularly
and evenly distributed; therefore it Is
unwise to attempt sowing it broadcast
on windy day.
In selecting tho seed the kind Of
grass adapted not only to the purpose
but the soil ought to receive the pref.
erence. A mixture of grasses serves
best for lawns, all things considered
seedsmen, therefore, in different $50
lions of the country offer mixtures suit
ed to various soils and situations. IL
applying to them for seed it is the bes
plan always to state any peculiarities
Of land or climate, that these may b,
provided for. Among varieties popu
lar for lawn mixtures in this section o.
country are creeping bent grass. Rhode
Island bent. dornel spiked fescue, hare
fescue grass. crested dog's-tail ant
wood meadow grass. Rhode Islant
bent grass is used alone by some of tn,
New York farmers on their lawns. Lit
tie June grass, poa cOmpresa, is mucl
esteemed in vicinities where it thrive
well, but as its roots are small and grow
near the surface, it suffers in times O
drought. Kentucky blue grass AM
orchard grass, with their long roots
are counted among the enduring kinds
The latter does we'll in the shade, bu
requires rich soil in which to thicker
and hold its own. A mixture of red
top and white clover forms in two o
three years q thick, velvety turf, an
is popular combination in many sec
tons. Kentucky blue grass, with whit
clover and red-top grass, is general
recommended for lawns in the South
Where these grasses do not thrive well
the despised Bermuda grass will gro,
and cover the ground even under mos
disadvantage0us circumstances.
All lawns to be successful must b
regularly mOwn-nOt too clOse-an
rolled. A mixture of bonedust an
wood-ashcs, half and half, provides a
excellent application for lawns, oil
and new. This mixture sown broad
cast over old lawns early in the sprin
greatly improves them; the same ma
be said of a dressing of guano nike
with two or three times its bulk {
; earth, The frequent cutting of a law
previous to midsummer days assists j
thickening the turf, but as the drought
come on it should not be m0wn s
often.
In laying out walks on lawn g,
, cavate the width desired to q foot
depth, more or less, according to til
drainage required. Fill it up tw,
thirds Of the way with small stone
i, next spread finer gravel and a coat I
gravel and coal tar, finishing off til
whole with fine gravel evenly sprea
and rolled smooth. When the wall
are laid at the time the lawns are seede,
it is well to place strip Of sod a TO.
or more wide on either side of Il
= paths, being careful to go place
! that when the newly-seeded lawn Sc
. ties the sod along the border will
r the highest. The easier plan is pc
haps to postpone digging out the fl
width of the paths until the new sod
D sufficiently grown to trim and mai
E even margins. N r. World.
RI A NINE which has recently been pu
: chased in Denver, COL, for @65, 90
: was discovered by two children agt
{ nine and ten years. They were "pla
b ing mine'' at the time, and had d,
q down four feet on the Little Chief, ne
. Ruby Hill, drilling and blasting five fe
! more until valuable body of ore Y
j. brought to light. Their father, 81
s owned the claim. gave them u @