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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-24
FOR SALE-HOUSES

LNOR SALE-
II rare chance to buy comfortable home for
what You are now paying rent. If you want to buy
come st once. They will all be sol d In few days
Two-story basement bricks six rooms and bath all
modern improvements; good neighborhood; north
west; 400 cash. balance $50 per month INQUIRE OF
II. J. WOODS. owner.
mh1s-6t 122 st.
E,OR SALE-MODERN RESIDENCE ON 18TH ST
n ". :siory. II rooms and bath room: heated by
steam an mod inPs Price 81, 500. mo: sd
fe;so-4w' TYLER RUTHERFORD. 1907 ST.
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NOTARIES PUBLIC.

~ public :or all states aud territories a SPECIALITY
by r. II. EVANS. office (basenenu 1897 + st.
Always office office hours. ;a1- II
COMMISSIONERS or DEEDS FOR EVERY ST ATE
Sand territory. Notary and Y. $. Com issioner.
oc:IS JOHN L. BEALI.. 1921 F ST. n W.
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FOR SALE-LOTS

FOR SALES LOTS. % TT. EACH, EAST:FRONT,
Il on 18th st. n ". near Florida High ground ;
the prettest location on this fashionable thorough
fare Only 81. 500 each Address OWNER X. Star
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For SALE
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS.
Choice lots easy terms.
BEDFORD W. WALKER & SON,

mbS2bt lUI6 ".
L;OR sALE-GOOD LOTS IN TRINIDAD AT /:
Il cents per So foot. JOHN E. BEALL, 1921 st.
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EoR SALE-BY J. F. wAGGAMAN.
REAL ESTATE AND INVESTMENT BROKER,
700 14TH ST. NV

We are Just finishing b. day labor several 3-story
English basement houses Of different DESIGNS sroons
zach Finished IN hsrd oil AID pretty Units cabinet
nsnt; Location unsurpassed; on broad avenue and
So. 600, terms TO suit
FOR sALEmFine ipysstnlent-fve brick stores.
lines; all permanently well rented
FOR sALE-ve-y cheaP-for $500; within two
houses.
FOR sALE--se7. 800; on New Hampshire ave. 4
square from Dupont Circle; Very handsome brown
stone and oricktront residence IL rooms all per
feet condition
FOR sALE-For s45. 90; one Of the finest corners
n Wsshingt3n facing pas with y rooms finished
FOR sALE-Grest BARGAIN for sI2. 900: beautiful
pspered throughout.
FOR sALE-CHEAP HOMES; several decided bar
gains In houses $500 to 5000; destrsbly located
and on easy terms
UNINPROvED.
FOR SALEWe are slsD Offering cheap
ground for spscu!ators OF builders They include
block OF 81 600 So fl Of ground on H St extended
block of good business and car center where
ground sells for many times our price
frontage Of zoo #. on Eth ST. n w. near Florida
Three valuable economical corners in highly i'm
proved square: big chance Tor builders.
FOR sALE-NosRIs ADDITIoN-Buy a lot a,
present prices and you will save and make money
We call special attention TO this property aorGing
Gn excellent opportunity for Investment and cheap
homes lots l.JxI SI l. VI. 18th and 18th sts H. e.
ID minutes walk from :. car lines and directly new
car line; 500 TO 500. terms 10 suit cash II you
build. JNO. F. WAGGAMAN,
Inh3 I'm 200 18th ST. W
LNOR SALE-DECIDED BARGAIN-FIyE BRICK
houses six rooms and bath on 18th 81. near st.
H. ". A WHOLE e., 500 each. Satisfactory terms
mhll-14t CHARLES EARLY. COB l4th ST. ".
EOR SALE-A CLIENT AUTHORIZES ME TO EN-
= change his handsome house In New York city over
LOOKING Riverside drive. for house in Washington
advanta9.0us exchange can be made. Amply
msl4-l1t CHARLES EARLY. tO3 l4th st n ".
L'of sALE-THE FINEST SITE IN THE CITY
Tor an apartment house; on At. n ". opposite
FRANKLIN Park - fl y MA #. to 30-ft. alley
rea-.
Apply to Dr. d. NJ OGDEN. Executor.
lEhIFlm- 1924 st. NV
! FcR sALE-Two SQUARES FROM THE CAPT
| = toi-tlre- BEAUTIFUL 6-Toom houses; brown stone
and press briek sy-Sindow fronts stone steps cleo
u.e o-ls ana lighting: speaking tubes; handsome
csniAst hialt'ls conCreted cellar furnace, pantry
ana MI easy terms Apply 20
| OWNER,
nlhI.Slm 400 y. j. eve.s.e.
t,oR sALE-TwO DESIRABLE BRowN-STONE
HOUSES On 81 n W. a; low price 81 500 each
mhIl-l4t CHARLES EARLY. sos 18th st. NV
Il
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A MODEL LITTLE HONE

We wish to call special attention to that
beautiful Few house at 40 ct. ne. Ii Is
near the electric car hns. has full 20 feet
front and has never been occupied Is IN per-
fect order Very conveniently arranged in
terror. four rooms deep on floor concerted
cellar; furnace heated A decided bargain at
$1,000
JUN D. Whit. l4lO g st. NV. mh23d
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EoR SALE-A BARGAIN HANDSOME BUILD
ing lot on north side hhode Island ave. near 14th
81. NV.
J. B. WILLIAMSON. Jr..
mh243t. 1921 st. NV.
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E'OR SALE-S.E CORNER 18TH AND SITS.
NV. lot 2ox15. sl2. 500 Present Improvement
pay fair income. Specu atiye properly.
Inh21-Rfs A nAMMA M 81
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FOR SALE-G ST. N. ". BET. ID AND Sd ST.
lot 2tix ITO: side and alley improved by old
frames only square and half from pension Office
OneTed al 81 foot. A. DAMMANN, 612 st. ny
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fine business property in the suburbs: already
established and in excellent running condition both
winter and summer; public telephone and post Office
right in the store. Good reasons for selling. Lot is
SIHx26lx3J feet fist iron shape); dwelling over
store contains 10 attic and cellar heated by
latrobes; RANGE with hot water; excellent water.
Railroad station directly opposite the store.
Price for the whole. $12, 900.
Terms to suit Part can be paid in monthly INSTALL
ments. magnificent opportunity for two bright
young men to take hold Of q GOOD thing.
See us, We have exclusive control
B. H. WARNER l. CO.,
mho3-ot 91B ST, H.. W.
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SUBURBAN PROPERTY.

OODC hDAN PROPERTY.
nor sALE-A GREAT BARGAIN. 371 ACRES
L of nice level lan,t, in 10 minutes walk from two
electric car lines; the Bethesda Park tsoirg two
b. KLINE. n1h24.3t.
nor saba DELIGHTFULLY."- SITUATED
l small villa residence Excellent water and young
DC NH 10 l,ns
EOR SALE-BROOKLAND LOTS-I HAVE MORE
than 30 lots for sale in this subdivision: many OF
buying. b T. WEIGH Jr
1nh.24-1m 60 + st NV
DOR sALE-AT ROOM HOUSE;
a lot 3ox loo; in tine most desirable part OF the sub
mh24-3t B. T. WEIGH, Jr. 6oG st. NV
FOR RENT-wITHIN A QUARTER MULE OF
= llnael frame house containing IA rooms: also
nsas Se
W. W. Riley. Riley's wharf. llth st. W. mh2a-6t
DOR SALE-FINE SUBURBAN COTTAGE; IL
L rooms and bath; hot and cod water; lot % feet
mh23-it: FOSTER FOSTER 6i7 18th s St. NV NV
AT. COsT-sEvEN-ROOM NEW FRAME HOUSE;
"A eight miles out; near fifty other new houses on
Boulevard electric railroad to Baltimore: fruit trees
&c Call 207 st. ne. mh23-3ts
DOR SALF-THE FOLLOWING HOUSES AND
Il land, from one to five miles of Washington CITY,
and barn IA a4 on very easy IS room house
barn and orchard. So 600; acres. 9 room house.
barn. fruit excellent well of water miles from city.
small payment down. CalsLce long me S-room new
house, good improvements and : acres. for 81 $50
instaiment plan 9roon house barn. variety of fruit
and IA acres highly elevated, price low and terms
easy new S-room house. barn and 8 INSTALL
ment plan also 145 acres house and outbuildings.
large old fashioned brick Buildings beautiful view OF
the city, for the highest offer made. For particulars
JAMES E. CLEMENT.
mh23-3t 1921 F st. NV. city.
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Il Three very desirable lots on Park ST., Mt. Pleas
ant. near l4th st. 81. ID per foot.
Small lots in Mt. Pleasant from 81, OOOup.
J. r. HEREFORD.
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The above 10 only . por
booksl For fall list call
on tns LIST and 18TH
rnh11
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EOR SALE-AN ENTIRE BLOCK OF LOTS AT
L only } cts per 50. foot. Total cost So 600.
About one-third cash, balance in ms; aliments.
mh.l.;-:}t JOHN. o. JOHNSON, GIT +.
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E0k SALE
Falanc- s. per month,
New brick dwelling.
y ruOrl-, a. Il. YSpered-
Desiraniv coated hear Capitol
Price. -. 40
Nhr pay rent?
GID YESTERDAY 4 HAIDFNAN
rll-s-s-.E Est
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I'OR SAIESPECIAL TO BUILDERS-NE HAVE
Il several desirable lots ia n. and Me-, that
we can >el To builders very small payments until
houses finished. A. p. PARDON & CO. 80
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LOR SALE-A BARGAIN IN Mt. PLEASANT
70 lots. containing "a. O;}o So feet can Cfer for
short time whole at low figure; specula-
ton for syndicate. J. R. HEREFORD, 14l9 g ST.
NH
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lNpk SAT-
II 'jniy S-sJOcash
Balance so er month,
BrirE dwelling.
Located Nv
Ccrtsin,n ms = rooms and ami.
Prize. $50.
Why pay rent?
(fll YESTERDAY HALDEMAN
rnh2-}3f COS 1t.
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EOR SALOON SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS,
more new homes at Lakeland. Md.
Two " 300 cottages. tirs.. $50 cash and 800 mo-
Two 81 100 cottages q to 1r.. $50 cash and S25 mo-
Two SiOO cottages Srs., $50 cash and $50
Two f. JOOcottages. Sto l0rs 345 cash aud $4o mo-
All Of the above cottages convenient the
ton, they are well built. nave porches. wells
fences. Outouildings. lots that contain Is 600
feet Of ground Lakeland is situated eight miles from
Washington on the Wash branch of the Z. 4 o. r. Il.
also on the line OF the proposed boulevard and electric
railroad to Baltimore. Itnas beautiful lake. stores
post office. schools churches &C. Communication tickets
to Wash. only "a cents each way. Apply to EDWIN
A. NEWMAN. Owner. 1889 X st. ny W.. from to 10
am or p. m at Lakeland. Inquire for T. j. CABLE,
rpbc -y,,
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FOR SALE-HOUSES.

L'OE sALF-11 PER CENT SNAP IN ST
IT house northwest west o< 10th. which I offer a.
90 Org for next two weeks ] want to sell MAKE
M an offer Address A X. Star ofhce- mh24-3t'
I,UR SALE-BUSINESS PROPERTY NEAR =
II rented for 81 800: price ss23 600: al 600
cash. balance 20 suit J. -PEICSCi POOLE Room ~
wsshinzton Loan and Trust bidx. rnn..4:s-
U>DK SALE-ONI.Y 81 900 FOR BFAI-TTFTTT
IT rev brick f:s Rhode Island n : q rooms
bath. hay window. newly parsered wide parking: =,
Z, q y Mt. terms 20 suit ID. VI. G 800 r. l. avs.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-08-12
THE RAPE PLANT.

A Cro.sn In the United sstatcs-AdRpta-
bility OF soiIs-Place Irr the Rotation.
There is season after corn has been
harvest I'd and before the advent of win
ter during which we must depend on
grass as the source Of food for our flocks
and herds; otherwise we must draw upon
winter stores to feed them. The need of
some useful fodder plant Of this season
has long beeii recognized, andnow Thorn
as Shaw, professor of agriculture at the
Ontario cole ye. gives the assurance that
the rape plant is adapted to large areas
in the United States. In a report to the
department o. agriculture he says:
The soils of the prairies will doubtless
be found suitable for this crop where the
summers are not too dry and warm. And
in large sections in all parts where the
| climatic con, iitiol,s resemble those of On
tario it will ,loub. less be found that rape
will grow readily. This would mean
that rape call be successfully grown in
all the states bordering on the Dominion
of Canada and in several of those that
lie farther to the south. Whether it
would furnish winter pasture in the more
southerly states and whether it would
grow seed as n paying crop in these can
be determined only by actual test. The
heat of the sun in such ATTITUDES would
doubtless be fatal to its successful growth
! in midsummer.
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And now it is reported that the phyl-
Ioxera in France has at last been sub
dued.
A beet sugar factory is proposed at
Eugene, Or. and experiments on con-
siderable scale are. it is said. to be made
this year in the surrounding country.
1t is now proposed to build silos COM
plete and then ship the parts to any por-
ton of the country ready for setting up,
Indiana claims a fine wheat crop.
The American Bee Journal is author
ity for the statement that there will be
a large yield of honey this year.
There is scarcity of fodder reported
in Great Britain. France and Germany,
all of which countries are importing hay
from the United States
Butchers in various parts of New York
city are beginning to experiment with
electrical fans. They say that meats re-
main fresh longer in a room where the
air is kept in motion, and they also find
that the revolving of the little fan blades
keeps away the flies.
Information given by the department
of agriculture makes it appear that the
winter wheat crop will not exceed $50
coo, 900 bushels and may not be more
than .0) ,C10.00o The con lion is "a.
The spring wheat condition is also very
poor. aud its yield will not exceed $780,
0OO 900 bushels
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THE GRASSES.

The Best Time TO sow-Two Widely Dis
tributed and Valuable Pasture Grasses.
Timothy, red top, orchard grass, June
grass and indeed most other OF the
grasses throw their seed in the fall, and
If the grass is allowed to stand it will
SOW its seeds in July and August, and
the seed will come up that fall and re-
new the grass in many cases by this self
seeding. If we ought to sow at the same
time that nature sows, it would there
fore appear that fall is the season. But
fall is not always the best time, every
thing considered, for each individual
farmer. 1t may be that we have no land
ready at that time. 1t may be the best
way for us to SOW the ground after other
crops have been taken off, and we must
adapt ourselves to such circumstances as
best we can. The objection to sowing in
the spring is that there is strong
growth of the annual weeds which come
up the same time as the grass. Pigweed,
wormwood, redroot and many others are
q great deal stronger as ANNALS than the
grass seed which has been sowed. The
grass holds back, and it lis tender at first.
Another objection to sowing grass in the
spring to many is that August or fall is
the natural time for grass to start. II
makes growth in the fall that is slight
ly woody, which makes the grass better
able to stand the winter. II the seed is
sown in the spring. there is no tendency
to produce that woody growth, but the
tendency is to run up and head out.
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CUMBERLAND VALLEY r. R.

DOWN TRAINS.

No. 4. Mail leaves Winchester 10 a.
M, Martnsburg 03, uagerstown 745.
Chambersburg S So, Carlisle 8 40, arrive
ut Harrisburg 10 10, Phila. 20, BALTIC
3 10, N. Y. p m.
No. s. Leave Winchester 30, Mar
tinsburg 20, Hagerstown at 4 10 p
M, Chambersburg 05, Carlisle6 II, ar
Harrisburg 05, Phil. 10 90, BALTIC. 10 40
N. Y. 3 80.
No. 10. Mail, leaves Winchester 5 CO.
p. M, Martinsburg 80. ChambersburR
10 80, Carlisle II 50. ar. Harrisburg ~ i
Phila. 80, Baltimore 6 20, N. Y. SO
UP TRAINS.
No. /. Leaves Harrisburg 10 a. M,
Carlisle 6 So, Chambersburg Oh a. m.
lIagerstown so, Martinsburg 8 %, ar
Winchester 10 50.
No. 3. Leaves Harrisburg s 90 a. m
arrive Hagerstown 10 90. Martinsburg
IL 90, Winchester 1. so p. M.
No. 5, Leaves Harrisburg at IL 40 p
IN. ar. Hagerstown %.
No. 7, Leaves Harrisburg 3 40 p. m
ar. at Hagerstown 6 IS. Martlnsburg Z o.
Winchester at so.
Additional trains betweenHarrisburg
Carlisle and Chambersburg. Connec
tions for all trains on Mount Alto and
p. R. system. j. F. BOYD,
w. A. GUARD, Supt.
Agent.
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The ancient Egyptian lotus. plant
in rich mud with one or two feet of wa.
ter, flowers the first season. Either in
ponds OF tubs this plant is in bloom from
July TO October.
The water poppy is an easily cult
waited plant and may be grown in shall
low tub or pan. 1t has small. oval leaves
and large. snowy flowers of bright
lemon color. standing Il few inches out
of the water and produces freely all sum
mer.
The water hyacinth is a Curious plant
which floats in the water by means Of
its curiously inflated leaf stalks. which
resemble bladders OF balloons filed with
air. A large mass of feathery roots grow.
downward, their ends entering the soil
1t forms a rosette Of its curious. shining
green leaves and throws up spikes Of
flowers resembling in form spike Of
hyacinth bloom. This can be grown in
the open air in summer and in the win
dow in winter in anything which viii
hold water. Tho most beautiful effeci
is produced by using glass vessel Of
some sort. with shells and white sand 81
arranged in the bottom as to conceal {
small amount Of soil.
Other varieties grown with compare
tive ease are tho white pond lily and thf
golden water lily.
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THE ORCHARD AS ORIGINALLY PLANTED.
has been successful both in original
planting and by afterward reducing the
number in obtaining symmetrical or
charGs. The apple trees are planted "a
feet apart. When from this nearness
the branches begin to touch each other,
they are reduced in number to "a feet
apart.
In the first cut is represented the
orchard as planted and growing in its
earlier years, with trees 81 feet apart.
In Fig. the dotted trees are those
which are removed, leaving the remain.
ing ones :" feet apart and running dag.
onally. Where this experiment has
been successfully performed it has beer
found that in n few years after the thin.
ming the fruit would be both more
abundant and better in quality in con.
sequence Of allowing more room for its
growth and development. In the
earlier years of this orchard. while there
are larger number of trees to feed, il
is important that an ANIMAL top dressing
of manure be given to compensate fol
the increased exhaustion of the soil. A
mode sometimes proposed and adopted
for thinning orchard trees is to take out
every alternate tree in both directions
leaving only one-fourth to remain, bui
by the method here described only one
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TESTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD
of June IS, 1898.

Schedule of June Is, 1873.
Trains leave Cherry Run 5 35 and II 81
~. m. .Williamsport 6 0G and ~ 40, arrive
ut Hagerstown 6 20 and ~ 40. Leave
l[agerstown 02 a. m and sop. m, ar
rive at Highfeld 80 and 40. arrive al
Baltimore at 10 40 a. IN. and 10 p. NJ.
connecting for Washington, Philadel
phla and New York,
Leave Baltimore. 30 s a. m, and 4 0C
p. M, arrive at Hagerstown at sos a. M.
l2 15and 03 p m, aud at Cherry Run
ut s As a. NJ, 40 and I 05 p. M. Con
meet on =. & o. East and West; con
meet at Highfeld for Gettysburg and
Hanover and over the main line fol
Emmittsburg, Westminster and al
stations.
Train arriving at Cherry Run Z 05 p
m. runs through to Hancock, arriving
us p. NJ, and leaves Hancock 5 90 a. m
arriving Cherry Run 35 a. m. Add
tional train leaves Cherry Run at Top
M, arriving at Hagerstown 80 p. m.
stopping at intermediate stations. Leave
Bruceville for Frederick at s 05 and 10 IS
a. M. and 81 p. m. Leave Brucevillt
for Taneytown. Littlestown, York
Wrightsville and Columbia at So a. M
and As p. N.
p. & X. r. Trains leave Shippensburg
at 6 OF and ~ 80 a. M, and SO p. m.
and arrive at Shippensburg at s 81 a. m.
II and coop. M, daily, except Sunday
j. NJ. HOOD, Pres.
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Horses with Four White Feet.

In France, and believe in European
countries. it is most ominous sign for a
rider, and especially soldier. to want
a horse with four white feet. The fa-
nous general, Lasalle. who was very SUI
perstitious upon this point. never know
ingly mounted such horse. The day
of his death. after several ominous events
which had happened to him that day.
such as broken mirror, broken pipe,
the picture of his wife broken at the
very moment when he went to look at it
for the last time. he mounted a horse
not his own without glancing at the
feet. The horse had the unlucky signs.
Mounted upon this horse, he was struck
by shot fired at moment when fight
ing had ceased by Croat among the
prisoners just taken at the battle Of Wag-
ram.
On the other hand, these four white
feet are a mark and token Of considera-
ton with the orientsls, who DO not fail
to mention the fact in the pedigrees of
their horses. -L'A Artistic.
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One of the most widely distributed and
valuable of all our pasture grasses is that
known as June or spear grass in the east
and blue grass in the west and south
(Poa pratensis), Fig. 1. This native Amer
lean grass is the base of all our old seeded
meadows and pastures, as well as Of the
velvety turf Of our lawns and parks. 1t
propagates itself everywhere, driving out
the coarser kinds sown for hay and in
creasing from the roots as well as from
the seed. So hardy is it that it appears
TO grow underneath the snow, through
which its purple green, spearlike blades
may be seen pricking erect and vigorous,
even in nidwinter Its dense sod while
affording tho best of pasturage and hay,
| is, as every farmer knows, the surest Of
fertilizers when turned under and plant
ed to Indian corn. The blades of this
grass are long, sharply keeled, of a full
green color and very abundant. Its
stalks vary in height from to feet,
and its open, spreading heads flower,
in New York and New England, from
the LIST to the 18th of June; in the west
and south from two to four weeks earlier.
| At the same time that June grass
blossoms comes orchard grass (Dactylis
glomerata), Fig. 2, a fine, rapid growing
species, the only one of its genus, and SO
unlike anything else belonging to the or
der that no one can mistake it, This
grass was introduced from England,
where it is often called cocks foot
grass" from the shape of its flower
head. The blades arc of dull, blush
green color, very long, open and album
dant, and for rapidity of growth equal
ed by none other. The stalks vary in
height from to feet, and the flower
head consists of from six to eight large,
alternating clusters of spikelets, the
lower one of which projects some dis
lance beyond the others. The color of
the flower varies from lilac to straw
tint. This grass, from its rapid growth,
on fertile soils easily affords two crops of
hay. 1t has been favorite in the west
rather than in the east, where, however,
it has of late years become common.
A. w. Cheever, authority in the east,
says that about two bushels of orchard
grass and one bushel Of June grass are
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Layering the carnation.

Young plants are perfectly hardy, but
when old they are injured in the winter
Wick recommends procuring succession
of young plants either from seeds or
from layers every year. Layering should
be done in midsummer. Simply cut a
slit in Young shoot to obstruct the flow
Of sap and then remove the earth few
inches in depth and press down the
branch 50 that the slit will open and
cover it with soil Roots will push out
where the cut was made. aud THUS new
plant viii Be formed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-08-12

A paying patient in London hospt
tai, while bearing testimony to the
kindness, attention and self denial of
the nurses, remarks on the one weak
ness they all appear to possess. And
this is internperance-not indeed in
alcoholic liquors. but in tea In sea-
son and out Of season, morning. noon
and night, was the cup Of tea resorted
to. It seemed to be quite as much the
correct thing when two nurses met for
one to invite the other to come and have
a cup OF tea as in some circles it Is for q
city clerk to invite his friend to come
and have a drink. This excessive tea
drinking Is no doubt due 70 the long
hours and harassins work Of The nurscs.