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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-13

years to develop a Towering bulb from
the seed. A noted scientist who was
believed to be an authority on lily
growing, stated that "In three or four
years at most, towering bulbs will
be produced from seed if the young
plants are properly treated" While
the experiments of the Department of
Agriculture have shown that some seed
lings are longer than others in coming
into bloom, yet when these do flower,
they reward all the cultivator's labor
by producing a great amount of flow
circumstances being known of plants
with from ten to fourteen flowers at
one time.
Hybrid Philippine Lily.
The Bureau of Plant Industry of
the Department of Agriculture last
year took up the problem of shorten.
ing the time of growing, as any short.
ening in the time of growth represents
so much gain to the cultivator. With
this in view the Department imported
a species of lily from the Philippines
which was known to bear flowers in
from two to three months after plant
ing of the bulb. This lily has beer
crossed with the common Easter lily
and the + 1t has been a hybrid
bearing as many flowers as the ole
Bermuda lily, with no difference in ap
pearance from this plant, except tina
the hybrid will develop in four or five
months, representing a shortening il
time of from one to three months
While the experiments of the Depart
ment are not yet completed, the re
suits attained so far warrant the be
lief that the new hybrid Easter Lii,
can be produced cheaper than the oil,
variety which blooms not less thar
from six to eight months after plant
ing of the bulb.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-13
Caring for TranspIanted Trees.

1t is we'll the first year large tree
Is transplanted to put a tile at its
base or square box five or six inches
in diameter, in an upright position,
and stimulate the tree by pouring
down soap suds or other water. This
furnishes sub-irrigation and allows but
little of the water to evaporate.
Trees should also be dug around
from time to time if rapid growth is
desired. A tree can grow up in sod
and practically stand still or by the
use of manure and cultivation it can
be made to grow as fast as desired.
The sod method is frequently followed
by the man who has no time to spend
on the convenience and appearance of
his place.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-13
The. Joke was Moss Crown.

He said it in all innocence.
1t was at nice, homelike little party
the other evening, and Galley had just
told his time-worn story.
och, strangle it." called out Jonothan
Happlegood in his sonorous voice,
which made everybody look. "That
story is more ancient and rock-ribbed
than the hills"
Then the three spinster Hill sisters
Of uncertain ages got up and stalked
stiffly out of the room with that set,
hard expression which is akin to the
automobile face"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-13
Green Manuring.

Very sandy soils are more apt to
show beneficial effect than heavy soils
from blowing under green crops as
compared with applications of fertil-
izers or manures, for the reason that
in such soils fertilizer or manure
teaches quickly away, whereas the
humus afforded by the green crop is
more entirely retained, itself adding to
the body of the soil. Sandy soils, too,
are nearly all deficient in vegetable
mold, and green manure is the easiest
and cheapest method of supplying this
factor.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-13
The Man Of The Honr.

He stood in the hall at midnight,
But the clock was not striking the
hour,
For his careful touch had stilled 1t,
Ere the storm had time to lower.
He said, as the stairs he climbed softly,
"a hero of labor I'm like
For surely this night I've averted
A most disastrous strike"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-13

AS the warmth of spring approaches
the system Graves some fresh acid, and
nothing is more grateful than rhubarb.
A most satisfactory practice is to cover
a couple of thrifty stools of rhubarb
with an old half-barrel, inverted, and
pile around it green manure. This will
force it into quick growth.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-13

For the best results fruit and other
trees should be cultivated early and
often during the spring and early sum-
mer, as that is the time when most
growth is made. When the fruit is
small there is plenty of sap for vigor-
Gus wood growth, but after the fruit
approaches maturity the wood growth
decreases.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-13

The gates Of Pekin are closed every
evening with elaborate and formal cere
mony. The closing of the gates is one
of the sights which strangers travel
far to see.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-13
One of the Ranks.

"Hello," said the Pipe to the Black
Cigar.
In the Smokers grand parade,
81 see you march with the Cigarettes
Instead of your own brigade"
The Black Cigar moved down the line
Ashamed as he could be,
And simply said, with. deep-bowet
head;
1--WE joined the ranks you see."
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-13
THE PHILIPPINE LILY.

Planting overgrown nursery stock
because it can be secured cheaper than
young stock is serious mistake. In
the first place the handling is much
greater, and, again, such trees will
never make the sturdy and vigorous
growth of the younger ones. To use
them at any price is poor economy.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-13

If any top grating has been done
and the gratis have taken, all sprouts
below the CRAFTS should be rubbed off
clean, allowing the full vigor to 60
into the graft.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-13
ARY WILSON AND GROWN t DEPARTMENT OF FROM

proved methods of selection and cul-
tivation, would undoubtedly be eventu-
ally a good policy for the growers to
pursue, yet, except in the case of the
more progressive growers, there Is lit
tie likelihood of this being done, as it
would materially decrease the revenue
Som lily farming for the time being.
This will readily be understood when
At is stated that an acre of lilies will
bring from $1,000 to $4,000. Some
growers on the islands who thoroughly
appreciate the Importance of careful
methods are using small bulbs in
preference to scales, and are selecting
and fertilizing carefully, but they are
heavily handicapped by the many
small growers who cultivate their
crops according to old methods; and
in these cases there is no selection
with view to producing and perpetu
ating good types. Little manure is
used. The methods of propagation are
very faulty and they have not been
changed since the beginning of the in
dustry in the islands. For instance
in the growing Of the bulbs for Amer
lean markets the smaller sizes are
planted in the fall and harvested II
July, or before the bulbs have thorough
ly ripened. In the process of handling
many of the immature scales drol
from the bulbs. These are not thrown
away, as they ought to be, but ar,
carefully saved and planted with view
to raising small bulbs. These bulb
ultimately form a large part Of TIL
general crop.
AS a result of all these condition
the bulbs marketed by Bermuda hav
become impregnated with disease, s
that, at the present time it is almos
impossible to secure a bulb or plan
which does not show some trace Of d
sease.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-13

The general policy of the Depart.
ment of Agriculture has been to en-.
deavor to produce at home such plants
as are grown abroad and shipped into
the United States. This is just as true
with regard to luxuries as to neces-
stiles, and especially apropos is its
reference to the Bermuda or Easter
Lily. For some years efforts have been
made to cultivate successfully the
Easter lily in the Southeastern States,
but It has been found that the climate
Of that section is not as favorable for
the lily bulbs as 1t is in the Bermudas
and Japan.
o Experiments have demonstrated that
bulbs of the Easter lily can be-carried
over a season in cold storage, with q
result that they are benefited very
materially as it subjects them to a
condition approaching that existing in
Japan, the native country of the spe-
cies, where the bulbs are heavily COW
cred with snow during the resting
period. This discovery has opened
new possibilities in the cultivation OF
the lily. Heretofore, bulbs have been
planted In some parts of the South
early in the fall, with the result that
they sprouted considerably before cool
weather set in. When severe weather
such as the South gets at some periods
of the winter, does come, this growth
is killed and the plant more or less in
jured. During the period before com
ing into bloom. the plants rendered
sickly during the winter often suffer
severely from lack of moisture, result
ing in poorly developed bulbs.
On the Blue Bermuda Islands.
lilly growing on the Bermuda Islands
Is an exceedingly profitable industry
Practically all the land available fol
the production Of bulbs is utilized fol
this purpose, and while the rotation
of crops. together with the most an
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-13

The Eskimo gives his doctor fee
as soon as he comes. If the patient
RECEIVERS, it is kept; if not, it is re-
turned.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-13

The beautiful patterns which are
used for Cashmere shawls are fire.
quently copied from the leaf Of the
begonia-
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-13
Mems Trials.

See pin and pick it up-and you
can bet your wife'll ask you for it be-
fore you get a chance to use It.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-13
Orchard Notes.

Soon is the time when the apple Dor
err will emerge from the trunk Of the
tree in the shape of fly and look
about for crevices in the tree trunks
in which to deposit her eggs. A way
often recommended is to take hoe
and hill up each tree about six inches.
This will necessitate the laying of the
eggs on the trunk where they can be
easily gotten at and destroyed later.
May will be good time to walk
rapidly through the orchard and rub
off the new shoots, or water sprouts,
on the trunks of the trees. If much
pruning has been done these will be
found in abundance. When soft and
green, as they are during this month,
they can be easily removed, pulled out
by the roots, as 1t were, whereas later
they will have to be cut off, causing
a liability to sprout again.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-13
The American Method.

Investigations made by the Depart
ment OF Agriculture have shown that
by the use of seeds instead of scales,
larger bulbs can be secured in much
shorter time than can be produced by
the scale method. Moreover, it has
been demonstrated that in this way
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-04-13

There are Indian millionaires In In.
dian Territory and Oklahoma.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16

fullest sense of the term. giving free play TO
his emotions. He would have been glad if he
could have remained free from the tehests OF
princes hut when his father died and the care
of his family devolved upon him, there was
nothing TO do but to seek aid at the palace. and
having once made the plunge. he developed
readily enough into a Jealous and praetised
courtier Mr.. Gardners third chapter. in which
Arlosto enters upon the first stirrin, stage of
his career. is well called I'm the Game of the
World" With the negotiation of the League
of Cambrai good deal of Italian territory was
thrown into the melting pot and Duke Alfon,.,
had his work cut out for him in order to main
tain the integrity of his state The poet is swept
INTO the game; If he remains at Ferrara il is 20
SEND the Cardinal Ippolto daily news of affairs
In the capital and presently he is set even
sterner tasks. Again and again we find him NJ
r>oihe' sent thither ON important business with
the Pope. We have vivid glimpse of him IN
one occasion, in this capacity of diplomati.,
messenger 1ppolito, expected by the Pontir
was Slow In coming, and in the mean time sent
Ariosto to make excuses for his DELAY
He at once went to the CASTILLO SAINT ,nqero m,
IdeinaRded an audience His Holiness was abnut to
net DrethIaSt but postponed his meal and had the
Poet ushered IN Al this time Julius had NOT ac-
Iurtu pb !hat Shaggy lionlike appearance in which
as in Durer's rosary picture ana ON FS-aDf ruf
eut @ Win ms SlIshtly bulbous nCSe. coarse feat
tre of youth. he was sufficiently formi,ihIc sper-
Cicle noe was ne = man who liked To be interrlpt-
eu at ms meals: When AriuSto kneIt and nre-
Sented the Cardinals letter of iutrniucfinr ~
TopG iirSt asked him where his most reverend
l1oIdSiip was and how he The poet an We're.
thit he had LETT him ut AIodcua and that he. v;.S
on ms way This was dutjful the Po0t one NJ
thG letter ana aShGd what the envoy had To- say
Ariosto asked in the CarIinaI's nane for an eN-
t.lat lie could conveniently come, to Rome urssi1e,
Ms Patrons bad leg and the Intense heat That
dos NOT matter to me" growIed tile Fortin
NeIl. Holy Father said the poet. why should
NJ cardinal split him eli by coming W, haut con
SitctHS ms InhrInlty nor Sp;trnS any fatigue and
discomfort II th"n. when h. is her. and the time
nothing tnd Your holiness is not satisfied Win his
most reverend IyOrds hip
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16

the text. On the contrary. we are still largely
concerned here with the political fortunes or
the dukes of Este, and especially with those Oh
Alfonso L. the poets patron The student OF
literature pure and simple is not really Ill served
by the authors unconventional conception of
his task. In the Italy of the Renaissance the
arts went hand in hand with all of the inter
ests of societv and get better realization
of Ariosto's personality and character through
apprehending him an active figure in the
broad movement of his time
He came under the influence of the court even
before he was identified with it in practical
ways. His father Count Niccolo office
holder by instinct. and in spite of certain wolfsh
traits that are attributed to him. he succeeded
in remaining for many years in the service of
the government The young LOdovico had
therefore difficulty in attending the theatrical
entertainments familiar at the palace, and he
drifted more and more into relations with the
ducaI circle. 1t is not unlikely that he may
have been granted small part in the
comedies of which the duke was so fond. AT all
events, 1t is told that the performances at court
fired his imagination that he tried TO initiate
them, a long way off, at home. Mr.. Gardner
quotes one of his earliest biographers as saying:
IF it sometimes happened that his father and
mother had gone out OF the house. he would
suitable clothes he could lay hands on and
make them come out of the rooms into the hall,
recting. like stage players. what he had invent
ed for them" Even more significant is the
anecdote relating to the poets behavior when.
youth, he was taken to task by his father for
conduct unbecoming a student Says Mr.. Gard
ner:
AS a matter OF fact. there no grounds at
all for the more serious part of the counts
S.lt hrDthpT Nyoo
present was profoundly edited at the silent hu-
niity with which Lodovico, without attempting
To eXculpate himself. drank in his fathers words
and at the promise ne made at the end to be more
obedent in the future But when the worthy count
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16

had made a dgnihed exit from the room, Iodo-
had not interrupted his father to defend hirnsef
lent copy-the very thing he wanted for the comedy
ne in considering how to adapt IL to his purpose
that he neither thought IF telling his father that
ne was innocent reaItz I'd tha- the scene was
taking place in real life. Thus do the sustero
ducaI captain of MOdena and his poet son become
transformed into old Crstobolo OF Mityiene ana
Erofilo.
Thenceforth Ariosto's art was nourished con-
stantly by the life about him Mr. Gardner says
of the "Orlando Furioso'' that 1t Is "in many
respects a mirror held up to the swiftly passing
society of the Cinquecento." The reference or
the one to the other is even closer Ariosto
life determined the very texture of his WORK:
his art like his nature. was colored by actual
experience.
He started with a taste for scholarship, and
his youth in the phrase of Carducci which Mr.
Gardner cites. ''was all Latin. but IT was the
most natural thing in the world for him to turn
without much delay to the vernacular Circum-
stance soon brought him face to face with
reality and made him. as poet. not SO much a
scholar dallying with ideas, as a man IN the
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16
THE RENAISSANCE.
Politics and Poetry at the Court of
Ferrdrd.

THE KING OF COURT POETS. A Study of the
Work, Life and Times of Lodovico AriostO. BY
Edmund G. Gardner. Illustrated Svo, PIP. xix,
3S2 f. z. Dutton & Co.
SIGISMONDO PANDOLFO MAI.ATESTA, LORD
OF RIMINI A Study of Fifteenth Century
Despot. BY Edward Hutton. Illustrated. Svo.
PIP. 26. +. p. Dutton & Co.
little more than two years ago MT. Gardner
published in his Dukes and Poets in Ferrara" "
the first volume in brief series on the history
of one of the greatest ducal houses of the Re-
naissance. We found that book excellent and
it's sequel is, if anything. more ingratiatng
Z s!dentIy as the author has lived longer with
his subject he has come not only to understand
it better but to handle it with increased author
ity and the book before us leaves a singularly
fresh impression 1t is a peculiar work. Ariosto
is it's hero yet he does not persistently deicinate
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16
HEART OF LIFE.

Time was feared to meet my human rr1end
Lest voice OF earth should silence heaVeniier
song;
would draw near to Nature; she should send
Diviner music tender and more strong
so r1ust I flee the love of human kind
The little human hands held out in VAIN,
ITO sock the woodland and the whispering Wlho'
And learn the sweet slow music of the rain
Tut now no voice pleads ever,-hands are coio
That not in life shall hold my hands again.
r,he winds song is not wistfui as OF old,
Ana AM the dreadful sobbing of the rain!
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16
GDe Nem'2lork gribmms
SUNDAY. DECEMBER 16, 1906.

yo oro often told that it is a mistake 10 iooi>
for q nlot in q work of fiction. we are III
<or,,,oa that surh n source of interest may DC
oordonnd in the romance or detective story
,rrittnn for an uncritical public, but that lor
tho sunorior nerson character is the thlhS.
prbcro is IN interesting note on this subject III
tbo .RalZac' OF the late Ferdinand Brunetere,
which we reviewed last week This french
critic was austere enough, but he had common
sense Witness these observations:
As to complication of plot, shall not conlen.
yovscIf with saying that it is powerful lIef'1io III
Of keerine. the readers interest, but shal say
that il is the principal means. Let us hol "
over f. tidious and pride ourselves on d Sliiy
dilcttanteiSm! There is hardly d honcl 80
q .oIot" and there is plot without solLle
ao,,,,Iica+ion of events . 1t is necessary
that in a novel something take place ana una Una
on this something one or seVerdi nun. huii."n ..itor
est" ms and he can do so only by relating 10
us adventures" This is what so many noHo4
lists since Balzac have forgotten
In orr own time this forgetfulness was curl
ouslv deepened by the realistic craze That 1or
q brief period had many adherents. The novel
ist took it into his head that all he had to 90
WAS to CODY life and he fondly imagined tnat
he acquired virtue if he supplied his booi
with next to no plot When the inevitable
reaction set in and readers turned gladly from
duIl nhotographc studies of dull subjects to the
ingenious writings of the "cloak and sword
romancers there was much shaking of heads
among our realistic friends. They wondered
if there were not something inartisic and even
vulgar about all this solicitude to plot All
the time the public was merely abiding by the
sound principle so we'll stated by NJ Brunetiere.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16

Mr. w H. Hudson, who is surely qualified TO
sneak on the literature Of nature expresses In
fhe London Saturday Review" his disappolnt-
ment over 4 book by Mr. John Burroughs,
which he expected to find IAN Open-aIr book,
but which turned out to be- in his opinion,
zone written in a lbrary-an angry preachment
against the growing tendency to humanize the
lower animals" He thinks that no such coun-
terblast is needed in England, where, he says,
the books of the ''humaniZing" naturalists are
taken for just what they are. ''They are not
taken" he says, 'as serious natural history,
and consequently have not corrupted our un-
derstandings, an effect which MIR. Burroughs
believes they are having on the more excitable
minds of Americans" 1t may reassure Mr..
Hudson to know that there are some Americans
who do not share Mr.. Burroughs's belief, but
are convinced that our readers are in no danger
of having their understandings corrupted in
this matter. The humanzing naturalists are
read here, as they are read abroad, for enter
tainment
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16

1t is good that there are few patient people
IN the world They do things that no other
human creature would ever dream of doing.
Here. for example, is Miss Constance Barni-
coat DlinuteIy considering in the "Nineteenth
Century" that portentous subject 1.-The Read
inc Of the Colonial Girl She has taken vast
amonnt of trouble to get at the facts. All over
the British colonies she has been persuadlng
school girls in their teens TO schedule the books
they read for recreation, the English classics
thew ike best, their favOrite poems, the extent
of their interest in newspapers, and so on
We fear that even with the returns all in we
are not really much nearer than We were before
to mailing once and for all the tremendous Sc
crct of the Colonial girl as 4 factor IN the
development of world literature. But in Miss
BarnicoatS paper we come upon some nuggets
that do make us less forlOfn 1t seems that
''the bright climates and Open-air life of many
Colonies, and the fact that most Colonial girls
have to take turn in domestic work of one
kind or another, often initiate against their
spending very much of their leisure over books"
This is great relief to the mind which might
otherwise harbor unjust suspicious of the
Colonial girls fundamental attitude toward lit
erature. 1t is good, too, to be told on author
fly that "a young Colony has rarely literary
atmOSDhere." There is q luminous note en- the
girls OF South Africa. 1t appears that they
are often country bred and OF Dutch descent"
and that they show "a strong preference for
history and adventure" What else could be
expected of girls who are often country bred
and of Dutch descent? There was at least one
humOrist among Miss BarnicOats girls. My
reading is of q varied kind" she replied, "ac-
cordns to the mood l happen to be in"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-08
GRAND. ARMY AFTER ALL
MINNESOTA VETERANS

A strenuous effort is being made by
officials of the Minnesota department
of the Grand Army to get all veterans
of the civil war into the various posts
before the national encampment next
The state census shows that there
are 10000 veterans residents of Min
nesota. The rosters Of the ITO G.. A. r
posts showed an aggregate membership
0 fonly 5,523 the first Of this year. To
get all veterans on the post rosters, De;
partment Commander Levi Longfellow
and Adjutant General 0. S. Clark, both
Of Minneapolis, are holding a series of
post campfres to arouse enthusiasm
and attract all those eligible for mem.
bership.
Next week they will hold post camp
fires as follows: Monday, Alexandria
Tuesday, Fergus Falls; Wednesday
Moorhead; Thursday afternoon, Barnes
vile; Thursday night, Ada; Friday;
CrookstOn.