The National tribune., 1907-03-14
Magazines and Notes.


The Peoples Magazine proves by its
April issue that good humorous stories
are still to be found, if the reading pub
iic will but look in the right places for
them. There Is much humor in Mrs.
Adelaide Soule's tale. "a Plain Clothes
Cupid" Distinctly humorous also Is
Maggie Donovan's Mourning Bonnet"
story of Irish character by Kathryn
Jarbos. Anthony Hopes '"The Tri-
umphs Of Trix," H. C. Bailey's "Ths
Englishman's Wager" Harrisons
Raymond Eggleston Dakin's tale OF
The Cowboy. the Lord and the Rope"
are other numbers.
"Bellegarde's Girl' is the title Of a
complete novelette, which opens the
new number of Smiths Magazine. The
author is s. Carleton, well known as a
contributor to the Atlantic Monthly,
Ainsles's, and other of the high-cIass
magazines. as we'll as by her novel,
1.-The Mic Mac" which has attained a
wide success. Most critics will agree.
however. that in the present tale she has
excelled anything she has ever done in
| the past. The scene is laid in the Cana
dian Northwest. The characters are
clear-cut and well-drawn. Another
story Of love and fighting in the same
number is THE Return of the Colqu-
hOun." by Robert Barr. Holman Day
contributes another story to the series
he is writing about Captain Sproule Of
ScotaZe."
Z. L. May & Co. have tempted people
to do absurdly early gardening and
flower seed planting by the issuance of
their Annual at st. Paul, MINI. 1t has
the very giddiest poppy covered back
you ever saw. Poppies in red. poppies
in white, single poppies and the very
doublest of poppies. "Mayfield Giant
other cover is gaudy Japanese Kudzu
vine. Now, that doesn't really mean
anything to you, but imagine wistaria
in the most luxuriant of clusters. but
In bright crimson with much larger
flowerets and you see the Kudzu,
Spring Is coming and the time has ar
rived for seed-buying. 1t would not be
wise to plant seeds just yet, but it is
wisdom to begin to think about choos-
ing and procuring the seeds, bulbs,
plants. fruits and trees which will be
| needed not many weeks hence, for
Spring Is coming. 1t pays in various
ways to procure what you will require
as early in the season as practicabi
1t is also wisdom to get the best kinds
Let quality. rather than quantity. be
what you aim at. Do not try to get
Cnedp SeeuS, IS tHe duVlCe tHat Cne
seed man gives. and it would seem to
be very good advice, too. L. L. May &
| Co., one Of the very largest of the seed
houses, sends a finely illustrated cata-
logue to all who wish one.
In the days long gone by. to have
put a Zinnia in your front door yard
would have been considered sufficient
to congregate a board of lunacy, but it
is different now. Zinntas are just about
as beautiful flower as grow out doors.
They will never be fine like a rose. or
a carnation, but. also, they never have
to be coaxed like tender bush. You
Just SOW the seed, water the ground,
and wait for results. They come in
good time, and lavishly repay you.
They are as double as can possibly be,
with the very richest Of colors. perfect
in shape, and they bloom and bloom.
There are those not so double but just
as perfect, and then there are all the
soft fade colors, and, while they have
no perfume. they mass beautifully for
decoration, and out in the yard are a
Joy the whole season through until
frost cuts them down. II you want to
see a really fine picture of these fav-
orite flowers Of the old-fashioned. just
sent for a seed catalogue of D. M. Fer.
ry & Co., Detroit, Mich. In that cata-
logue you will find vegetable seeds.
flower seeds. bulbs. and everything thai
you want for the kitchen or the flower
garden. You can always depend upon
Ferry's promises. Just read the fol-
lowing and see why it is that this Is
true;
I'VE find upon issuing our Fifty
second Annual Catalogue that we are
no longer young. The years have flown
and we are well started in our second
half century. To the casual observer.
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connect US with the past, our immense
equipment Of warehouses and mechani-
cal necessities. our broad acres and fer
tile fields are far different from the
more or less crude appliances and linn
tied acreage OF pioneer days Never