Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1898 — Page 2

AUNT LUCINDAS COOKIES. O baker, you haven’t In all your shop, A cookie fit-to be tried, For the art of making them came to a stop When my Aunt Lucinda died. I can see her yet,-with her sleeves uprolled, As I watch her mix and ’--lead The flour and eggs, with their yolks of gold. The butter and sugar, just all they’ll hold. And spice them with caraway seed. Oh, that caraway seed! I see the nook Where It grew by the garden wall; And just below is the little brook With the laughing waterfall. Beyond are the meadows, sweet and fair, And flecked by the sun and shade: And all the beauties of earth and air Were in those cookies, so rich and rare, My Aunt Lucinda made. So, add one more to the world’s lost arts. For the cookies you make are sad, And they haven’t the powejrto stir our hearts That Aunt Lucinda’s had; For I see her yet, with sleeves uprolled. And I watch her mix and knead The flour and eggs, with their yolks of gold, The butter and sugar, just all they’ll hold, And spice them with caraway seen. —Nixon Waterman, in L. A. W. Bulletin.

THE SUBALTERN.

By THEODORE ROBERTS.

THE DAY had been overcharged with sun and unfanned by any | (’wind; the white sand in the streets had attained to such a heat that people ■ moved across it hurriedly. But at eight o’clock a fresh breeze blew in from the bay. and Sandy McDuff bared his forheac) to it with a sigh of relief. -Sandy was sitting in front of the bead■quarters of one of the infantry regiments, talking with the colonel, twc captains and a subaltern. The camp ■was set up in a grove>of Florida pines. McDuff listened very attentively to <• -everything that the colonel and the • captains had to say; for these men i had smelled powder, felt steel and t heard the Indian war whoop. But he eclosed his ears to the sub. (who talked a great deal), and put him down as a ■windbag. Perhaps the reason for this was that Sandy was a scribbler, and felt that there was good copy in what the other men bad to say. He lit a Cuban cigarette, and mentioned the recent victory of the Amei can fleet over the Spanish. The sub slapped his knee and turned to the colonel. “By thunder, sir,” he exclaimed; •‘those fellows deserve all they get. It would give me keen pleasure to meet one face to face and shoot, him down like a dog.” The colonel looked at him for a few seconds without speaking. Then he said: “Mr. Brown, you may hate a man, and think nothing is too bad for him; but when you have had to kill one you will not consider it such a keen pleasure.” Brown did not reply to this, and the colonel seemed lost in somber thought, Sandy was rather pleased with what he considered the “sitting upon” of the young lieutenant. One of the dearest clauses of his philosophy was that the men who talk least about lighting are the ones who fight best. One of the captains, who had served in the cavalry against the Indians, told a story of a major of Irish extraction. “We were out on rather a rough •campaign, with this major in command,” he began. “Twenty-five friendly Blackfeet, hired as trailers anil scouts, were put in my charge. One night the major sent a note over to me which read something like this: ‘Send over six of your lazy Indians to do guard duty.’ 1 “I resented this term when applied to my owu men. so the first thing in the morning I went over with them myself. I saluted, reported the men • ready for duty, and then told the major that, first of all, my command was not crazy, and second, that they were here to act ns scouts and trailers, and knew nothing of regular military work. The major requested me to remember that we were a long way from the post and that he was my superior officer. I bowed, and returned to my own tent. Half an hour later those six Indians were back in their quarters. I returned with them immediately and tried to make excuses for them, saying again that they were unfit for sentry duty. The major was in a woeful rnge. “ ‘You say they are trailers,' he cried ; ‘then bring them over here double quick!* “He called to one of his men and ordered him to drive two stakes into the ground at a distance of about 200 yards from one another. Then the major gave a carbine to one of the redskins and told him to shoulder it. ‘Now, you red idiot,’ he said; ‘do you see this stake here and that stake over there?” “The man looked and grunted. “ 'All right; spend the next two hours trailing from this one to that one. See?' ’’ They tried to laugh nt the captain’* story, and then McDuff snid "Gonenight” and started back forthetown. At ttye hotel one of the regimental "bands was playing, and the grounds and the rotunda were gay with summer dresses nnd dapper uniforms. Sandy • seated himself in a quiet corner anil talked “war” with Billings, of the Exchange. “We will start for the island within ■even days.” snid Billings. “That's been the time ever since I came down here. Why don't you make It ten for a change?” replied McDuff. At that moment the band struck into “The Star Spangled Banner." and everyone arose. While standing thus McDuff noticed a familiar head and shoulders at the other side of the room, surrounded by attentive uniforms. Be left Billings and hurried across, nnd the stnlforms made way for him. The band played its last selection ■nd retired. The newspaper men drifted off to make copy for next day’s papers. The girl In white anti blue sat

on, and McDuff waved her fan. They talked like old friends, which means that sometimes they did not talk at all. Yet they had known each other only a week. McDuff talked about the north and she about the east. They discussed books and horses—the press and the army. “I saw young Brown, of the Tenth, to-night. What a lot he has to say about things he knows not of,” said McDuff. As the girl did not answer, he continued, telling of the “calldown” delivered by the colonel. She laughed—a little sadly. “The colonel knew that Mr. Brown would very soon have a chance to test his emotions,” she answered. McDuff smiled, feeling the freight of jiis war pass in his inside packet. “We all expect to get to Cuba inside two weeks," he said. The girl looked at her watch. “It is now 11 o’clock," she said. “At half-past 11 Lieut. Brown starts for Cuba on a tbg loaded with ammunition and rifles. He has 50 Cubans and a few of our regulars under him and will try hard to make a landing. You see, Mr. McDuff. that it is considered a talent in the army to be able to talk a great deal without telling anything.” Sandy had no reply ready for this statement. He wondered how she came to know it all. But he did not ask. He only remarked upon the lateness of the hour and went off toward his rooms in town.

Three evenings later McDuff returned from a hot ride and went up on to the second balcony to cool off. He unbuckled his leggings, pulled a cigar from one pocket and a newspaper from another and dropped into a steamer chair. The first thing he saw was an account of the landing of the tug Lilly on the Cuban coast, of a fierce fight with Spanish cavalry and of the heroic behavior of Lieut. H. C. Brown and his men. The report also said that a newspaper correspondent with the party had escaped rapture only through the bravery and skill of this same young Brown, who had freed the man, single-handed, from the clutches of three Spaniards. The enemy was defeated, the arms and ammunition safely landed, and even now the Lilly was on her return trip to Port Tampa. McDuff immediately refastened his leggings and went around to call on the girl in white and blue. He found her in a rustic chair, under a clump of yellow-stemmed bamboo. He -took back all the evil he had said and thought of Brown, and then praised him highly. “He was more successful on both his other expeditions of the same kind,” she replied. "They’ never had to fire a shot before.”

McDuff was painfully surprised. “Why didn’t he tell me that he had been landing Cubans ever since the declaration of war?” he groaned. A week went by and Sfill the troops were not ordered on board the transports. and still the war correspondents waited for the countersigning of their passes. McDuff grew tired of rushing about all day asking people what they knew, so he decided to lie low and do some work. He found that if he tried to write during the day he lost too much flesh, and at night he was nearly killed by divers insects. So he turned out a few hundred words every morning before breakfast, and spent the rest of his day reading W. Clark Russell’s icy novel, “The Frozen Pirate.” This and an outfit of white duck clothing kept him fairly cool. One night, much to his surprise, he received a call from Second Lieut. Brown. As they shook hands he noticed an expression on his visitor's face —a shadow’ about the eyes which had not l»een there at their last meeting. They sat down, and McDuff spoke about Brown’s rescue of the war correspondent. “Yes,” replied the officer, “it mode a good newspaper story; but I am sorry it came in my’ way. Remember what the colonel said the other night about killing a man? Well, the colonel was right. One of the three fellows who had hold of the correspondent was a young captain—a man who had received his education in America. He and I were very close friends once. About five years ago he went Home to Spain, and last week I shot him while he vvfrs looking straight into my eyes—just beginning to recognize me. The man I rescued wasn’t worth that, I think.” Then Brown put hls face in his hands and cursed the necessity of war.—N. Y. Independent.

The Boy Preached.

A hush fell upon the congregation while the famous boy preacher buttoned the thin! button of his Prince Albert preparatory to his opening sen tence. Far and wide througnout the land hls influence had been felt. The sound of hls voice had electrified multitudes. The vigor nnd freshness of his discourse had charmed a million hearer*. At length the Albert was buttoned. Placing his hands behind him the speaker said—or rather, he tried to say’ it. for the inarticulate sounds that issued from his mouth bore no resemblance to any language. The congregation stared in astonishment. The orator stopped in dismay nnd suddenly retired In confusion. Alns for the forgetfulness of genius. The boy preacher had left bis false teeth at home.—Harlem Life.

Sweet Child.

"No." said little Tom mi . In reply to the preacher's question. “I never go fishin’ nn Sunday." “Ah.” said the gnod man. who had decided after much urging to stay for dinner. “I’m very glnd to hear that. I thought you didn't look like a boy who would fish on Sunday." "Nope,” the little man went on. ,“I wouldn’t want to set out anywhere danglin' a pole !n the rain, nnd when It don’t rain Sundays I always ride my bike all day.”—Cleveland Leader.

POULTRY & BEES

GEESE FOR MARKET. A Branch of the Poultry Business Which Possesses a Number of Special Advantage*. If there is abundant pasturage little other food is required, as a goose depends largely upon grass for sustenthe summer months. During winter there should be some inclosure or protection provided, and the geese should be fed twice a day. Shredded hay or silage is suitable, giving corn at least once a day or so. If geese are fed too much grain it will induce laying too early’ in the season and the eggs will probably not be fertile. Geese seek mates in Eebtuary. Among the many varieties w’e think the Embden, African and Toulouse are most profitable. A good cross is obtained by mating an African gander with Embden geese. The cross secures better layers and the color of the flesh is improved. The “green goose,” as the goose is styled when about four months old, is in demand in the markets if fattened nicely. Sometimes young geese are sent to market at two months old, if of good size and w r ell fattened. To fatten they should be

GRAY AFRICAN GEESE.

placed out of sight and hearing of their mates, or they will be restless and will consequently’ not take on fat so easily. Plenty of grass and water must be given daily, in a<kl ition to grain or scalded meal. Cooked turnips may be fed also, as they relish this vegetable. Y T oung goslings should not be allowed to get chilled, but must be cared for much the same as ducklings until strong enough to follow the mother goose. While the goose must have plenty of drinking water and a bath now and then is beneficial, it is not essential that ponds should be prepared for them, nor that they’ should dabble in water at all times. If running water is a natural feature of the farm and the geese have access to it at all times, then it will be necessary to pen the goslings and the mothers for a few weeks until the down is well out on the goslings. There is no prettier sight, at least among the feathered tribe, than a family of goslings, which are seemingly golden balls of fluffy down, sailing serenely by the side of their mother. Corn meal, slightly salted, should be fed to goslings; also table scraps are much liked. One pound of feathers is nearly the average obtained from six geese when picked for their feathers. When killed three geese will furnish one pound of feathers. The African or Toulouse will lay from 20 to 25 eggs. The first laying should l>e set under hensand the goose allowed to sit on the last laying or clutch, as it is called. As a rule each goose should average 20 goslings in a year,and as the average weight will be about ten pounds each when well fattened for market, it will be seen that with a good breed to start with, good care, etc., raising geese for market will prove as paying as other branches of poultry raising. Those who intend shipping should send to dealers in poultry for modes of preparing for i market, since modes differ in different sections. —A. C. McPherson, in Farm and Home.

Egg of the Queen Bee.

The egg of the queen bee is about one-sixteenth of an inch long, and as large around as a fine cambric needle. These are deposited in the cells by the queen, sticking fast to the bottom of the cell so as to stand on end, being held by an adhesive substance. In from 00 to 72 hours these eggs hatch Into little worms or larvae. They remain in the larval state about six days, when the cell containing them is scaled over with raised capping by the worker bees, and the larva, after spinning it cocoon nnd undergoing a transformation similar to that from caterpillar to butterfly, emerges a perfect insect, ns a worker bee. in 21 days, or as a drone in 24 days, the time being accelerated a little by extreme heat, or retarded by cool weather.Rural World.

Spraying Poultry Quarters.

The sprayer permits of giving the poultry house a thorough scrubbing occasionally. It is done on a warm, clear day, thoroughly spraying the walls nnd floor with water, using nn old broom on the floor to loosen the dirt, nnd finally drenching with the sprayer, first removing the nests. After this is done leave the door nnd windows open and let the work be performed early in the morning, but not in winter, when the temperature of the atmosphere is below 40 degrees. In summer it should be done ■ s often as once n week.

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE.

The Country Is Feeling Pretty Comfortable After One Year of Me- - Kinley’s Administration. The first full fiscal year of President McKinley’s administration closed with the beginning of July. The country finds itsedf in the midst of a war which is being indorsed by every political convention, democratic as well as republican. This is a new experience! for |the American people. For the first time in its history the nation is a unit in approving and vigorously, prosecuting the war in which it has become involved. Always before there has been, in time of war, as well as in advance of it, a peace-at-any-price party. Now that sentiment is confined to collegiate senility. Herein President McKinley has behind him the whole people as none of his predecessors ever had. We must wait a few days longer for the statistics of the old fiscal year. But enough is known to warrant the assertion that it will make a most encouraging showing, especially as compared with the previous fiscal year. The only basis of comparison now is the first 11 months of last year and the year before- Our imports exceeded our exports in those months of 1897 to the amount of $14,487,753, but in 1898 the exports exceeded the imports, $208,003,917, a difference in favor of 1898 of over $222,000,000. This enormous balance of trade in our favor has had the effect of greatly increasing the country’s stock of gold, the imports of which during the 11 months exceeded the exports to the amount of $102,026,985. This gold has gone into the circulation of the country, and added that much to the actual currency of the people. The total receipts of the treasury for the first ten months of the three tariffs of this decade have been published and serve as a powerful statistical indorsement of the present administration. The Dingley tariff has now been in operation ten months. The receipts of the treasury for that time, exclusive of Pacific railroad sales, were $265,559,706. The receipts for the first ten months of the Wilson tariff were $234,336,431; for the first ten months of the McKinley tariff, $312,062,508. The results under the Dingley tariff were substantially as predicted by Mr. Dinglej' in his speech in support of the bill in its final form. The republican party does not indulge in random guesses on matters susceptible of close estimates, and its calculations, like its promises, can be relied upon.—Chicago Inter Ocean.

THE DINGLEY REVENUE.

It Is by $70,000,000 a Better Producer Than Its Predecessor, the Wilson Law. With June 30, the fiscal year, the government receipts which will be charged against the Dingley bill, although it did not take effect until July 24. 1897, came to a close. The gross receipts for the year, subject to revision, were: Customs $149,312,302 Internal revenue 168,931,011 Miscellaneous 84,710.996 T0ta15402,954,309 Included in the miscellaneous receipts was $64,757,223 from the Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific railway sale, reducing the total revenue from Quinary sources to $338,203,186, against $347,721,905 for the last year of the Wilson tariff. As a matter of fact more than $40,000,000 credited to the last fiscal year under the Wilson law was in the nature of anticipatory payments for importations and withdrawal from bond which in the ordinary course of business would have been paid during the fiscal year 1897-1898 and would have added that much to the receipts under the Dingley bill while reducing those under the Wilson law by so much. With this just rectification it is evident that the Dingley tariff as a revenue producer was some $70,000,000 better than the Wilson law it superseded. The unrevised expenditures for the last fiscal year were ns follows: Civil and miscellaneouss 96,544.675 War 91.957.997 Navy 58.847,741 Indians 11,002.15* Pensions 147,450.920 Interest 37.152.622 Total $442,956,105 Deficit 40.001,795 All the items in the above table except. those for Indians and interest are higher than the expenditures for the same account, last year. But naturally the chief increase is in the expense for the army and navy. This amounts to not less than $67,000,000. or $27,000,000 more than the deficit for the whole year. But for the wnr our financial statement for the last fiscal year would have shown a gratifying surplus. —Chicago Post; - •

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

CT And now Mr. Cleveland cnn quietly mourn over “the perversion of our national mission.’’—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. ET Du ring the last fiscal year 10.602.780 standard silver dollars were coined, or 2.('00.000 more than were coined from the establishment of the mint to ISfS.—lndianapolis Journal. E7ft would be just nuts for the republicans for the democratic party to make a platform based on giving up the Philippine* or any other country over which the American ting once waved. The democrats could not carry Texas on that pintform.—Poughkeepsie Engle. tZThere is one man who has done great things in this war. and yet the people cnn never promote him. That man is William MeKiuley. Dewey and Schley, and all the rest, deserve their honors, but McKinley is the man whose judgment, firmness and statesmanship made most of our navy’s performances possible.—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.

ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS.

Still Under the Delusion That Bryan, lam la the Only True Doctrine. Messrs. Altgeld, Harrison, and a number of other free silver democrats of less prominence, held a state convention at Springfield the bther day and adopted a platform, so that the rank and file of the party may know what they are to believe for the next two years. According to the platform (loyalty to the party during that period will consist iiji adherence to the doctrine that congress ought to change the money standard, so that the dollar may have a purchasing power of only about 44 cents instead of 100. cents, and that by retroactive legislation congress should' compel those to whom 100cent dollars are owing to take 44-cent dollars as equivalent. This is the doctrine preached by Bryan two years ago, and the Illinois democrats are notified that they must be faithful to it or be denounced as traitors. But while those democrats will be expected to obey the orders of the convention and hurrah for free coinage, the platform fails to set forth any reason why they should indorse a policy which, if put into effect, would injure every’ one of them. If they are wage-workers the purchasing power of their wages would be reduced. If they are savings bank depositors those deposits would be scaled down nearly 60 per cent. If they are old soldiers their pensions would be cut down that much. Honest platform writers would tell the plain, simple-minded, ignorant democrats that and then proceed to explain to them why they’ and their fellow citizens who do not belong to the democratic party, ought to be subjected to such grievous loss. But as frankness and honesty are not the distinguishing traits of the men who drafted the platform adopted at this convention, no effort was made to enlighten the democratic masses as to the disastrous consequences of free coinage, and to argue with them and show why in spite of those consequences they should vote for democratic candidates. Nor will one of those candidates or one of the party stumpers or papers reveal to the voters the “true inwardness” of free coinage, and give some reason why, notwithstanding its immorality’ and destructiveness, it is entitled to popular support. It is not Remarkable that the free-silver democrats should have recognized Bryson as. the leading exponent of this heresy’ and proclaimed hirfi as their leader in the campaign of 1900. The platform denounces “government by injunction.” Illinois ' democratic conventions will keep on denouncing the righteous decision of the supreme court in the Debs case as long as Altgeld runs conventions in this state. The action of the supreme court, participated in by better democrats than Altgeld ever was or will be, has been indorsed by the people of Illinois. Debs, the “martyr” of 1894, has become an innocuous creature, to tlie great relief of the public, and yet Altgeld, through his convention, keeps on groaning about “government by’ injunction” and thrusting a dead issue upon the voters. The platform further denounces the state civil servicelaw and recommends that the question of its repeal be submitted to a vote of the people al the next general election. This was to have been expected from a convention made up of spoilsmen. As in the matter of free coinage, it would have been dealing more honestly’ with the democratic voters if the platform-makers had told them*why the law should be repealed and explained that it was necessary’ in order to enable the spoils politicians to divide np the offices among their retainers and that this was the only reason. But if ever the question of its repeal should be made an issue the majority for retaining the law would be the biggest ever polled in Illinois. —Chicago Tribune.

STAND BY THEIR COUNTRY.

The People Hasten to Accept a Low Rate Loan of the Government. The applications for the government’s war loan of $200,000,000 aggregate $790,000,000. The success of the popular feature of the loan appears in the fact tha*t subscriptions in SSOO and less have been received to the amount of $40,000,000, which is expected to be largely increased from the July 1 withdrawal of savings bank deposits. This hurry to accept a low rate loan of a government engaged in war is one of the most impressive signs of the times. It shows the American people’s confidence in their own nation, in which they are the governing power. It shows the grandeur of a country to which u foreign war is an incident that is not embarrassing. And it shows the absurdity of the cry thnt "the rich are growing richer and the poor poorer"—an absurdity demonstrated by the revelations of the distribution of wealth among the people. Nor should it be forgotten that the credit of this nation which finds an eager competition for its bonds results from the lecord of this country as an inflexible opponent of repudiation. Those who in party platform* and in legislative balls have refused the enticements thnt lend to repudiation. and have fought with great labor the battle of financial integrity, have their works following them in a government which cnn borrow nt will and find its creclitors among its own people. —Troy Times. CT Pennsylvania democrats, through the regular state convention, have discarded free silver and Bryan. The prospect is that similar action will be taken in New York.—St. Ixniis GlobeDemocrat.

INSECTS IN HIVES.

A Remedy for Anta and Green File* That Sometimes Make Life a Burden to the Beea. There can be no harm done by the flies and ants, providing your bees are in good condition and fairly strong. Otherwise, the ants will work on the combs and honey and become much of an annoyance to the bees. The flies also will thus annoy them and eat their honey. Flies are frequently seen about the entrances of hives in this climate, attracted by the odoi from the bees, but are seldom seen abu t the hives that are strong in bees. When the flies are thus very numerous it is evidence that the colonies are not in good condition. They are much worse about colonies that have been or are being robbed. They are more troublesome also about weak colonies. The proper thing to do is to examine your bees and ascertain if they have a queen, aud have young brood in the combs, and that they have plenty of honey to live on. If the queens are all right it will pay well to feed them a little sirup made from granulated sugar to the amount of a gill or half a pint a day, according to the strength of the colony. This will start them to breeding rapidly, and if continued they’ will soon become strong, which is the remedy for all bee ills. If they are gathering honey it is not necessary to feed them, but if not, it is of much importance. If it is the large ants —those that make the ant-hills—l should judge they’ were very annoying to the bees, and I should destroy their nestingplace. You can readily “bottle them up.” Make a hole in the center of the ant-hill, and as deep as your bottle is long, or a little deeper, so when the bottle is set in the hole the mouth of it will be about an inch below the surface of the ground. Arrange the earth around the mouth of the bottle funnel shape and the ants will do the rest. They wilMall go into the bottle, and the’ inmates of an ordinary ant-hill may be thus bottled in half au hour.—Kansas Farmer.

HOUSE FOR TURKEYS.

It Secures the Flock at Mjrht and Provides a Flhe FeediiiK Place Y for Young Birds. My turkeys have a large fauge, and as foxes are numerous in this vicinity’ a great many of the finest birds were killed last year. In June I had a house built like the accompanying illustration to secure the flock at night, to provide a feeding place for the young birds during the day’ and to prevent the old birds from eating with them. The building is 12 feet square, ten feet high in front and eight feet at the back. The foundation consists of tamarack planks spiked solidly together and four posts are set’in at the corners. The sides are of tine slats, four inches wide, nailed an inch apart so as to provide light and air within. The roof is made of boards put on to exclude the rain. On one side is a door (a), 6x3 feet, fastened by hooks on the outside and inside. On the front there is an opening (b). and a door (c). On the ground the opening (b) is four inches high and five feet long and per-

COMFORTABLE TURKEY HOUSE.

inits the ingress and egress of the young birds only. This is closed by means of a drop board. The hanging door (c) is 12 feet long two feet wide and two feet from the ground, is formed of boards like the sides, is fastened by hooks and is attached to the front by strong hinges. Inside the house are drinking and feeding troughs for the young birds, clean straw at one tide and three tiers of roosts, the first very low, the second midway and the third of strong poles as near the top as possible. In the morning I dropped the hanging door to let out the old birds, fed them outside, nnd closed the door. Went in at the side door, fastened it, fed and watered the young birds and left them till the dew was off the grass. By raising the board the young ones could come out to the old ones. Three times a day they came to be fed, the board being utilized to shut them in until all were fed. At night the young ones remained in nnd by dropping the hanging door the old hens flew in. When the turkeys grew too large for the opening (b). I fed them just outside the house and they entered by means of both floors, which were fastened before dark. The house was adapted to our purpose from the time the hens were let out of the coops until they were sold in the fall.—American Agriculturist.

Fattening Fowls for Market.

There is a quick way of fattening fowls for market. It cannot be done by confining them in coops, ns they will become discontented and refuse to ent. losing flesh rnther than making a gnin. But them In yards, having •evernl together, and feed four times i day. Give a variety, especially of chopped grass, and mnke the morning meal of mixed ground grain, the next of chopped grass, then ground grain with ground meat added, nnd at night nil the wheat and corn they will eat. Fed in this manner, and kept free of lice, fowls should be made- fat In ten fays.—American Gardening.