The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-04
ROSE DOLORES.

sweeps in from the sea;
taste its salt upon my lips-O joiler set
me free,''
''BethinI thee Rose Dolores. bethink thee
There's satin shoon upon thy feet and en-
And one there is who hungers for thy
step upon the STAIR
The moan of Rose Dolores: 20 jailer, set
me freei
These satin shoon and grcen-lit gems are
I hear a mnrmur on the wind. the muir
muir of the sea!'
"Bethink thee. Rose Dolorse. bethink thee
ere too late
Thou vert a fishers child aIack born to
Would,s st lay thy, beauty meath the yoke
would st be a fishers mate?"
The moan of Rose Dolorse: kind jailer.
- let me gol
There's one who is a f1sher-ahi my heart
beats cold and slow
Lest he should doubt I love him-Ii who
love not heaven sou
Alas. sweet Rose. Dolores. why beat
- against the bars?
Thy fisher lover drifteth where the sea is
full of stars:
Why weep for one who weeps no more -
since grief thy beauty mars!'
The moan Of Rose Dolores (she prayed me
20 jailer. now I know who called from out
jailer, set me free!"
Isabel Eccleston Mackay, in McCiures.
Mars.
1T has been said" writes Waldo
mar Kaempffert in his article What
We Know About Mars" in the March
so far wasted away that its inhabit
itants will depend for this water sup
ply upon the melting ice and snow of
the Actic and Antarctic oceans, a gil
gantic effort will be made to devise
some means of conducting the polar
spring and summer floods to the
parched equatorial and temperate
zones. To Mars the unlocking of the
the annual inundation of Egypt by the
Nile. Assuming that Mars is inhabit
ed by beings as intelligent as our
selves, it is reasonable to infer that
they would dig huge trenches to guide
the freshets Of the poles to those re-
gions where water is most sadly need
ed. If we would find signs of Marian
intelligence, we must accordingly look
for trenches and sluices. In the hands
of Schiaparelli, Lowell, Pickering, and
a few others, the telescope has reveal
ed to us long, dark stripes which
Schiaparelh called canals, and the dis
ed among the most noteworthy as
Economical achievements of modern
times. They are in truth the life lines
of the planet. Their existence was
doubted for years because no astrono
mel, with the exception of Schiaparelli,
who saw them first, had been able to
catch even a glimpse of them. Long
after, few painstaking observers at
last succeeded in discerning them Cor
they appear only in fakes, as it were,
by reason of the currents in our at
mosphere), their reality was doubted.
Some of the very men who had seen
them refused to believe their own eyes.
arguing that the stripes were merely
optical illusions induced by eyestrain.
Two years ago, Mr.. Pampland, of
Professor Lowells staff, performed
the very remarkable feat of photo
graphing them, thereby forever dis
posing of the assumption of their IL
lusory character
Hardy Ferns.
Among the hardy ferns are Varieties
greatly differing in size and form, from
a hair-like creeping stem bearing
few simple moss-like leaves, to the
plants with large
leaves, attaining a height of two or
three feet. Ferns are interesting and
extremely beautiful, especially when
grown as specimen plants or in COM
bination with other plants. The vary
ing conditions in which the different
species succeed is remarkable. Many
of them require a warm temperature
while others do we'll in cool and shady
places.
OF the four thousand or more spec
les of ferns not more than about forty
species are suited to outdoor culture
in ordinary soils and situations. These
species can be planted in beds, borders
or rockeries, or in the foreground of
AS most of them require
shady place, they are espec-
tally useful for filling in places where
grass and other lght-loving plants
cannot grow. Perfect drainage Is re-
quired. The soil should have leaf
mould in it, or decayed peat or well
decayed sod will answer.
Hardy ferns are best planted in the
spring, but they can be planted In the
summer, if the fronds or leaves are cut
back, making it easier for the plants
to establish themselves before the win
ter sets in. From his florist the anna
teur gardener can obtain cuttings of
varieties most suitable for the soil and
climate in his vicinity. In the winter
the ferns should be given protection.
with a covering of leaves, hay or straw.
A Penny for Pierpont Morgan.
If Mr.. John Pierpont Morgan, of |
Broad and Wall streets, will acknowl- |
edge the letter sent him by State Treas |
urer Houser recently he can make 1 |
cent.
Mr.. Morgan recently sent his check |
for $122.23 to the state comptroller |
In payment of taxes on land he owns |
In the A'lirondacks. The routine of |
checking up his obligation brought to |
light the fact that Mr.. Morgan only |
owed $122.22.
The comptroller notified the state
treasurer and the latter sent Mr.. Nor
gan a letter today advising him of the
fact. As soon as Mr.. Morgan replies
the state treasure will send him a
check five inches long by two inches
1eep for the sum of cent.-Albany
to the New York World.
Left-handed Horses.
TONY "a Iva tori a driver living at
81 Mulberry street, was arraigned in
the Tombs Police Court yesterday
charged with violating the rules of
the road by having his horse drawn up
10 the left curb instead of the right.