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country long before the Ptolemies ruled.
IL also enters into the mythology OF India,
China and Japan. Little wonder, then,
that as the busiest among us gaze on
its robust yet gracefully languid green
leaves and great rose-pink blossoms, a
sense of dreamy rest steals over us and
in fancy we hear lutes keyed TO love
tones, voluptuous song and the rustic
of silken sails as Cleopatra drifted lazily
down the Nile to meet and enthrall
Anthony.
In ss2 was introduced into cultiva-
tion the royal purple water lily from
Zanzibar This is considered by many
as the most gorgeous of the whole
family. The flowers are frequently IL
inches across, with leaves feet in dame
ter. The color is such an intense blue
that it is called purple and the fragrance
Is exquisite Since its Introduction a
fose .colored variety has been obtained
which is equally attractive, and lately
these two have been crossed so that now
we have an intermediate shade. There
are numerous other varieties in water
lilies embracing yellow, pink and other
shades, an extended notice of which is
unnecessary.
Before leaving these however, the
night-blOoming section must be noticed.
These come from Africa and India and
have been domest'cated here. One grand
variety (nymphea devoniensis), has rosy
red blossoms, with brilliant scarlet
stamens and the effect of this colorIng
under gaslight is gorgeous in the ex-
IRENE. There are other varieties In the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

water-lilies can be had in any well D.
pointed store, and roots of most I the
other plants can be procured from any
specialist In this line The tank having
been prepared, pots, boxes or small tubs
fiji ed with good soil should be placed in
IL at proper distances, and about May
to May Is She seed sown in these, then
covered with an inch or two OF clean.
coarse sand and suii' Client water let in 10
Just submerge them; as the plants de.
velop more water should be added until
the tank Is full, and provis on should be
made TO dra'n off the water whenever
necessary: an overflow pipe should also
be supplied, and occasionally a fresh
supply Of water shou be added to pre-
vent stagnation. AS the surface OF the
water becomes filed with leaves this
will not be necessary, because the pants
in growing keep down all scum and
maintain freshness In the water.
There are some insect parasites which
prey on aquatic plants under the water,
and some of these larye settle on the
leaves OF the water-lilies but fortunately
they are easily combated. An abnn-
dance OF goldfish in the tank will not
only get rid of these, but will also help
to keep the water clean. In addition to
these some Of the common spotted sun
fish should DO added, as they are vora.
cious feeders and destroy any and oil in
sccts bold enough to make the tank their
homo.
The water lily, OF course, occupies the
most prominent place in Towering
aquatic plants, and fof general utility
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

otherwise destroy them were they more
rigid: she gives color and beauty to
what would otherwise be but an often
sive marsh in many instances, and her
wise economy utilities river side and pond
edge to grow plants which are OF much
use To man in many ways. Want OF
knowledge deters a great many from
cultivating these beautiful plants who
could do it successfully. There is an air
of mystery about their development not
to be found i'm connection with plants
which grow on the carth's surface, and
this IL Is, perhaps, which causes many 10
shrink from attempting their cultiva-
ton; yet nothing Is more simple,
Any one with sufficient ground space
for a tank, say 1OX6 feet. and even less,
can have fine display; or failing this,
they can sink tub in the ground and
at least have some common water lilies
and aquatic grasses A gentleman of
moderate means living in Flatbush
shows the possibilities in this line by
having a grand collection in the rear OF
his house which attracts hundreds of
visitors each summer.
His tank is oval in shape, about -
feet long by feet wide, in which is a
miniature boat, goldfish, frogs which
Chamber up on the water-lilly leaves and
play tag for the de.ectation OF the on
looking white, blue, yellow and red
water lillies aquatic grasses, WATERPROOF.
pies, etc, affording him and his numer-
GUS visitors inf@jteory rrInlng. The
labor to dig hole feet deep, cement to
make IL watertight and about So worth
of seed has given him more pleasure
than twenty times the amount expended
in the ordinary search after health-giv-
ing recreation.
One great point in favor OF the cult.
walton OF these plants which will appeal
strongly to those who have to do their
own gardening Is that once planted they
REQUIRE little or no care, no pulling out
of weeds or perpetual scratching, no
dragging of water apr aratus, nor con-
slant battling with industrious insects;
they are entirely outside the many veX-
atious annoyanccs TO be met with In or
binary gardening 1t must not be in
ferred, OF course, that they in any way
are capable of supplanting the beds of
plants which do so much to brighten up
the lawn and small door yard; but they
are a pleasing distraction, and will repay
the cost to procure them.
Suffice it to say that seeds OF all the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
BEAUTIES.
PLANTS THAT MAY BE USED
TO ADoRN THE GARDEN.

How Co Grow Them Some OF the varie-
ties which Are Preferred for Home
Made Ponds, and How They should Be
| Cultivated.
The general tito OF water or aquatic
plants covers some OF the most interest.
Ing and beautiful members OF the vege-
table kingdom. For long time they
were unjustly RELOCATED to n partial OBJ
security, but recently, owing to the efforts
OF our most advanced horticulturists,
they have been brought before the pub
lie eye through exhibitions; by being
moro Literally shown In our parks and
rublic grounds, and, above all, by being
Introduced into the pleasure grounds OF
our wealthy citizens. In the City Hall
Park they are TO be seen now each sum-
iner, and the jaded eye and wcaried
brain of the business man gets short
surcease from worry as he looks at the
graceful papyrus and gorgeous water
lilies In the small pond at the corner of
Broadway and Chambers street
Crowds OF peope gaze rapturously at
the small exhibit in Central Park and
other parts of the city where they arc
grown. There arc n great m0nv not
necessarily ornamental, but which are
admirable adapted TO the purpose for
which they were created.
Tho structural formation OF al OF
them must excite admiration, and by
studying them from this point of view
VIC can duly appre ciate the unapproach-
able harmony Of nature, which gives to
the oak and the vine the necessary
rigidity to withstand tho rude blasts
which almost perIetually sweep the
bleak mountain side; which gives to the
towering palm th? suppleness and ten
sile strength which allows 1t to bend
without breaking before the titan force
of the less frequent tropical storm;
which places in sheltered hooks in the
forest the delicate fern and modest vio-
let. and which peoples our ponds, lakes,
rivers, aud seas with an infinite variety
OF plants both useful and ornamental
She gives to these buoYancy and fiexi-
bility, enabling them to float and sway
unframed In the currents which would
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

magnificent species could not be grown
in the open air in our Northern ATTITUDES,
but recent experiments have demon
strated the falls ty of this, as il has been
grown to perfection for several seasons
at Bordentown, \. j., and last year a
fine specimen was successfully grown
outs de at New Rochelle. n. Y The
Illustration, taken from photograph,
shows this variety in a pond in North
Carolina, where IL was grown by DIR.
Bahnson, who is an enthusiast in the
culture OF aquatic plants The leaves
are from five TO six feet in diameter.
bronzy green on the upper surface and
deep purple underneath.
From the center stalk radiates strong
nerves, which are connected transverse
ly by lighter ones; all these are hollow
and give strength and buoyancy to the
great leaf. Around the edge is per-
pendicular flute1 or frilled rim, from
four to six inches high, so that the leaf
is floating dish capable of bearing
quite weight. When the photograph
was taken one Of those leaves was occu-
ped by a little gill, IL years of age,
SoItdd Ior and yet it easily sup
from IL her pretty sn.-.--.-. -uress Was
not even moist. The flower, when 10
first opens, is pure white, over foot in
diameter, and so fragrant that 1t per-
mcates the air for rods in its vicinity
As the flower ages the color deerens to
a delicate red tint, becoming more beau
tiful in its changes until it dies. new
variety of this has been lately intro
duced in which this to,oring is more
pronounced, changing TO deep crimson
color, dazzling in its intensity.
Next in Importance comes the lotus
(nelumbium speciosum', recalling as IL
does Egypts sensuoGs queen and her
band Of sirens This beautiful flower
is interviewer with the history of Egypt
from the earliest times and plays an
imnortant part In the MYTHOLOGY of that
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
THEOSOPHY IN MISSOURI.
A Par of Star Gazers Dilate on Love
Poetry, and the Pole Star.

A Par OF Star Gazers Dllate ON Love,
Poetry, and the Pole star.
He was an eavesdropper, but one
upon whom the Office had been thrust.
says the Kansas City Star. He had
esconsed himself in a corner of the
vine. clad veranda to smoke the cigar
of reflection when these theosophical
lovers strolled out to sniff the evening
air They seated themselves on the
topmost step, and, while his arm en-
circled her waist, she remarked:
Il particularly love that star"
Which one?"
out to lower 'S star tar OF iyktS d1bptPs
bowl.
"A very natural preference.
why"
1.-Two thousand years ago that was
the north STAR" said he, "and doubt
less in your life that you then lived
you we're won't to refer TO it as you now
refer to Polaris, the present north star.
Who knows" continued he, in his
growing enthusiasm, "but that you
were an Egyptian trader, and that as
your caravan wendell its long-drawn
way across the trackless desert you
looked to that star for guidance, and
that the habit thus formed has pene-
trated your present life in the form of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

WHILE the remains of the old com.
m9aRlSdfG Tie dfty Of New York, whose
people manifest no purpose speedily to
completed their long promised monu-
ment, another majestic Western me-
mortal of General Grant has been fit
tingly, dedicated. H. H. Kohlsaat's
generosity, patriotism and public spirit
have given to Galena a superb statue
of the great captain who went forth
from that town in 1861 to inscribe his
name on the scroll of fame, and repre-
sentatives of the people of half dozen
Western States assembled to partici'
pate in the exercises attending the for
NAL transfer of the monument to the
municipality. The day, the crowd, the
speakers were all that could be de-
sired. The presence of Chauncey Nj.
Depew, Ex-Governor Hoard and others
gave the affair more than a local sig
nifcance and the honors shown to Mr..
Kohlsaat no less than those paid to the
memory OF a national hero cannot fail
to have an influence for good upon
many thousands of Americans. With
one such man as Mr.. Kohlsaat in
New York that imperial city would soon
be relieved of the odium that must rest
upon it so long as its oft repeated
promise to provide suitable tomb for
Grants ashes is unfulfilled.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
R.tter Pork than Pianist,

Although LISTS is one OF the gen.
tlest memories the world has ever
known. he could be severe at times,
says Etalka Illofsky in the Ladies
HON, Journal. On one occasion a
young man from Kassan, in Hungary,
town famous for it's hams, applied to
List with view of taking lessons from
him. As was usual with him at such
times he invited the young man to
take seat at the piano aud play some
thing. When he had finished the
piece he waited for several moments
to allow the able an opportunity oil
pronouncing judgment on his play.
ing. At last the master, noticing that
the young man was waiting for him to
speak, asked him where he was born
and where he lived.
I'm Kassan," replied the youth, with
pardonable pride.
WELL" returned List, II can only
say that prefer the Kassan hams 10
the Kassan piano players.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09
A PETRIFIED GIRL.
Preservation of Young woman's
Body IN Indiana.

Mary Ann Grier disappeared from her
fathers home, two miles south of Wan
atah, Ind, nearly forty years ago. A
few days ago her body was recovered in
an abandoned bog iron ore pit, without
one vestige OF change from the appear
ance it had known in life. The last
shred of clothing was long ago nc
stroyed, but the same chemicals which
removed the garments preserved the
flesh. Not only is the contour as perfect
as in life, but even the color has re-
NAMED unchanged. The hands are
brown, and one OF them still bears
stains of the berries with which she was
working on the afternoon of her disap-
pearance.
The cheeks are slightly brown, but
suffused with ruddy flush, which old
settlers here will remember as one OF the
girls chief charms. Were il not for the
hnsIgurfy cavfrtcs rnur once conraineu
the eyes, the petrified frame, which has
lain almost half a century in the soil,
would appear as the peacefully sleeping
figure of healthy, handsome young
woman.
When the body was found 1t wa eli
HISb DcllCNcu W DC thSS VI oOuiC WOtnun
recently murdered, but one of the dis
coverers struck the body with knife and
proved that it was stone. The father Of
the dead girl was the first to recognizs
her. He had always believed that she
had run away from home with a young
man named Whitesel, with whom she
was in love, in face of the objections OF
her parents.
Old man Grier, now almost 80 years
old, was brought to the place where his
long lost daughter lay. He looked upon
the face Of the girl, whose beauty was
perfectly preserved, except that in place
OF her eyes were unsightly holes. Then
he laid both hands upon. the body and
broke down utterly, crying "My Mary, 1
thought you were gone away; thought
you were bad" And it was more than
an hour be ore he could he persuaded to
leave her and return to his home.
This whole country is full of a kindof
iron called bog ore. In early days IL
was extensively mined by farmers. II is
probable that the girl went to meet her
lover. She must have fallen into one OF
the pits from which the ore had been
taken, drawing down upon her as she
fell an avalanche OF loose but heavy soil.
There must have been water in the pit,
rs was almost invariably the case, and
this with the iron must have produccd
solution that tended to preserve and
petrify the body.--[San Francisco
Chronicle.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

The most wonderful OF all aquatic
pants is not only wonder among these,
but Is nnquestionably alone In its
strange formation, and deserves to rank
first among tho wonders OF the yegeta-
BILE kingdom. This Is the duck plant or
pelican flower. 20 close is the resem-
banee to duck that an amateur gunner
might well be pardoned should Ire blaze
away with both barrels uLon catching
sight OF one Of those wonderful flowers
for the first time in some quiet nook.
The "duck" when fully developed meas
ures from fifteen to eighteen inches. IL is
attached to the pant by a good sized
the place answering to the beak in the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

the common white variety easily ranks
first Who that has ever caught a
glimpse from a car window OF batch OF
these pearly white blossoms, with their
golded.yellow ceniers, floating on tho
surface OF some roadside pond, has failed
10 look back at them as they were
whirled past, and felt longing to llnger
and at the risk OF a wetting gather a
handful OF them? Or who that has been
fortunate enough-partIcularly woman
ali water lilies Is the Victoria Regla, In
trodnced from South America, and
named in honor OF Queen Victoria For
long time 1t was supposed that this
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

an indefnable presence.
But where were you thenp she
TREMENDOUSLY inquired, as she seized his
disengaged hand, she being but q re.
cent convert to the doctrines of Karma,
and her feminine soul, with its pleas
ant dreams of wedding fnery, suffering
q slight shock at the thought of any
condition in life in which there was
neither prospect nor propriety of q
husband figuring.
But the lover was now lost in the as
tronomer. He was O teacher, and,
true to his podagogic instinct he pro.
ceeded, while he looked effectively
toward the east:
"Yes, indeed, and in II, 000years that
star Lyra, in the constellation of the
Harp, that you see just rising through
the trees, will be the north star, for
the earth's motions, you must know,
are precisely like those of top IL
revolyes on its axis. and at the same
time this axis describes wide circle
of its own. 1t is this latter motion
that causes the change in the north
star, since the orb so named is always
the one toward which the earth's pole
Is pointing"
She sighed, aud after little pause
said in discouraged tone;
II wonder what you and will be do
ing when Lyra is the north star?"N
Promptly the professor quoted:
Il vex me not with breeding on the years
That we're ere drew breath why should then
Dstrust the darkness that may fall again
When life ia done !? Perchance in other spheres
Poetry, and theosophic poetry at
that" muttered the eavesdropper.
"This is too much.
There was loud rustling among the
vines. The professors quotation ceased
abruptly, and his arm took a more con-
ventional posture.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

same class producing white and light
yellow blossoms. In pond of gener-
Gus proportions an effect uncqualled by
anything in the floral line may be had
by suspending incandescent electric
lights over a mass Of these, which will
bring ont their colors In their full
brilliancy. and the enterprisIng hotel
man who will attempt this will attract
and hold many guest who otherwise
he would never see.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

SEVERAL Cinnamon were engaged in
San Francisco to go to the fish canneries
in Alaska, and were supplied with ad-
vance money and articles of clothing
suited to the new climate. When the
contractors "went for the heather Chi
nese," to get them to go on board the
waiting vessel, they learned that some
of them had decamped, while most of
them were enjoying themselves in
prolonged opium debauch, and refused
TO leave San Francisco.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

Red veins in the face are natural tc
some people, and cannot be removed
nor prevented from coming. Veins oil
a blush cast beneath the eyes indicate
physical weakness, and are usually
seen in people of delicate health.
Large veins that are swollen when @
person is in anger or exercising VIC.
lently cannot be removed nor prevent.
ed from showing. They are not harm.
full. They indicate more or less
passion, and betray an earnest sensi-
tive nature.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

WILDER, the Western humorist, says
that in approaching good jokes crowd
OF newsboys is the quickest and most
intelligent he ever met. No point, ges
ture or shade of infection escapes these
alert little nomads, while on the other
hand many fashionable assemblages
are chilly and unresponsive until you
break the crust of reserve or indiffer-
ence as if with sledge- hammer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

The uses of bells in places devoted
to religious purposes is very ancient,
dating many centuries before the
Christian era. In China. long before
the time of Christ, bells were hung at
the temple gate and the worshipper on
entering rung them to attract the at
tention of the deity he was about to
honor. Bells were common in India at
the time of Pliny, and it is believed
that they came into Europe in the
tiIst or second century. They were first
used on Christian churches A. ID. AGO,
in Nola, Italy, not so much to give
notie of the time of worship as from an
idea that their music drove away evil
spirits and protected the people of the
parish from thunder and lightning.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

THE "angry tree" woody plant,
which grows from ten to twenty-five
feet high, and was formerly supposed
to exist only in Nevada, has recently
been found both in Eastern California
and in Arizona, says the Omaha
Bee. If disturbed this peculiar tree
tree shows every sign of vexation, even
toruffling up its leaves like the hair on
an angry cat, and giving forth an un-
peasant, sickening odor.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

WALT WHITMAN is now 70 years Of
age, hale and happy. May he live to
grow still younger and sing many more
jubilant chants? Whitman is the
most American American living and he
is intimate with the national senti-
ments and aspirations. The top OF the
morning of his birthday TO him.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

An army physician who sees good
deal of The diseases among the Indians OF
Northern California, finds them very
susceptible to the pet disease of civil
ization-consumption. When the dis
ease attacks healthy, robust Indian
he is seen actually to melt away
under its influence, which is due in
part at leass to the fact that while the
Indian has taken to the lothing, food,
and shelter of the whites and lost some
thing of his natural hardness to expos
ure, he adheres obstinately to certain
habits, crowding in close apartments.
going about in wet clothing, etc, which
make him an easy victim. The mortal
ity among infants is very large, and
families are not seen with more than
four children, some having but one or
two. rheumatism is crippling great
many. The one thing which they do
seem to enjoy is immunity against
trouble from poison oak, the stems OF
which they use in making baskets.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

r.. M. DuFFIELD, aged seventy, a
mail carrier in jackson County, West
Virginia, claims to have walked no.
600 miles in the last ten years. He
thinks no other man has done such an
amount of walking. He is also sort
of expressman. A few weeks ago he
carried a pillow ten miles and on the
next trip carried a small cookstove
twenty-five miles.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

live bird. The impression created on
looking at 1t is that the "duck" is en-
gagged In a determined effort to swallow
large worm, and this heightens the nat
ural effect. The color throughout is a
light green, tinged with yellow. The
open flower is a deep Wine purple, mot
tied with creamy white, the center be-
ing an intense purple, soft as the finest
velvet--truly rare species.-NeW York
' Herald
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

ONE-FIFTH Of the 1,090.0)0 families
in France have no children. AS many
more have only one child, and of those
who have as may as seven children the
number is only go, 900.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

A LITTLE innocent Misunderstanding
is sometimes very useful in helping
one over hard place. mabel" said
the teacher, ~you may spell kitten. "
tx -double-i-t-e-n." Kitten has two
is then. has it?" @YsA ma'am, our
kitten has"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

BALTIMORE claims a colored man over
III years old who now devotes himself
mainly to sleeping and who can be of
fered as beautiful example of teetotal-
ism both as regards alcohol and tobacco.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

4 PHILADELPHIA baker treats the
conductor and passengers of car that
passes his shop at two o'clock every
morning to hot loaf of bread.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-09

BLACK ants are crowding the guests
out OF Ludington Mich hotel, and
the proprietor advertises for an extermi-
uato:. One guest watched solid pro-
cession of them foot wide crawl
up the side of the room for six consec-
ttiya hours