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A HAUNTED HOUSE-
IN BARTOW COUNTY
Mrs. Anna O’Keef, qf Atlanta, is visit*
tog her old home in Barnesle. Bartow
county. She writes interestingly to friends
of an old home there: ' '
“This is a grand old historic place,
'Woodlands.’ it used to be called, and is
bow the property of Mrs. B. G. Saylor.
One of the houses on the grounds is said
to bi* haunted. It was built way back in
the dim past, and many are living that
declare they have seen strange sights and
heard unusual noises in the rooms at
night. This splendid structure was begun
years ago by an elegant old gentleman of
colonial days, but was never finished, as
he died before the work was quite com
pleted. . • \ •
The woodwork in the library is beautiful
and masetvp. The home is furnished as it
was for the old gentleman’s occupancy,
and. shows beds that are reached by
steps, old mahogany tables, a splnnet that
still gives forth feeble sound, and old
fashioned chests full of rich clothes and
hats and bonnets of *ye olden time.* An
old clock worth thousands of dollars is
there. Nothing has been changed for a
! hundred years in this haunted house. The
ground® are terraced and thousands of
hyacinths, violets, dewdrops and other
•M-fashioned flowers give evidence of past
culture and care. Grand and majestic firs
keep sentinel around the place, and the
dark arborvita lends a sombre tone to
gotbe parts of the grounds.
•‘There are three clear springs with run
ning streams, an old. ivy-covered spring
house. and green hills and distant moun
tains to make the place enchanting. Be
sides. the place figures In Augusta Evans
Wilson s novel. *Bt. Elmo.’ which adds to
its interest. Many tourists visit the place
•nd make the summers here very charm
ing.*’
N. W. GROSS WILL TAKE
THE STUMP FOR GUERRY
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It era* announce,! at the Guerry headquarter*
this morning that Hon N. W. Grom, of Thom
son. would take the ttump in the interest of
Dupont Guerry for governor. He ha, announced
the following dates:
Lincolnton. Lincoln county. April »th at 11
m.; Appling. Columbia county. May Id at
11 a. m.. Washington. Wilkes county. May Sth
at 11 a. m.: Crawfordville. Talltaferro county.
May Sth at H a m.;Union Point. Greene county.
May 7th at 11 a. tn ; Sparta. Hancock county.
April IMh at 11 a. m.; Milledgeville. Baldwin
county. May 12th atilt m.: Irwinton. Within
eon county. May 12th at 11 a. m.; Sandersville.
'Washington county. May 17th at 11 a. m.;
Louisvine. Jefferson county. Moy 15th at. 11
a. m ; Swalnrbhr* Emanael eougty. May »th
at 11 a tn : Milled Screven Voutfty. May 21st
at 11 a. nt.: Waynssboro. Burke county. May
2Sd at U a m.
Mr. Grose is considered a very effective
speaker and will no doubt have large crowds
to bear him.
PERSONALITY OF HAMPTON
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• BY JOE HITT, IN WASHINGTON TIMES,
It has frequently been declared that in
the personality of “Hampton, of South
Carolina'*—as the people of Dixie were
wont to call him. and as he loved to be
called—was incarnated the genius of the
old South.
He was the scion of a long line of proud,
wealthy, and accomplished forbears, and.
like those forbears, he was an aristocrat
in every fiber of his brain and body—pos
sessing all the virtues and ail the short
comings. all the graces and all the foibles
of his clasa
Proud he was. with that gentle pride
which has no kinship with hauteur, and
brave with that serene and ever even
bravery that Dumas grants to “kings and
eagles.** And gracious he was. with that
graciousness which has in it no tinge of
familiarity and no hint of condescension.
And honorable he was. with that pecu
liarly pure and lofty kind of honor in
which modern fancy Is fond of panopling
the characters of Romans of the Repub
lic. and which not even the cheapest and
most reckless demagogue tn the revolu
tion that overthrew him, so much as
thought of trying to asperse.
From the opening to the close of his
long career, Hampton set his own Ideals
and duties, and then serenely advanced
toward them, regardless of who or what
intervened, and making never a stop or a
turn to win the friendship ar avoid the
enmity of any of those who stood in or
beside the path, eager to surrender their
opposition for a smile from him, or re
solved to smite him If he scorned to di
vert his footsteps and make a detour
where they stood.
Following tn this course, which he had
marked out for himself regardless of the
opinions of other men. Hampton journey
ed in his lifetime through scenes of war
and scenes of peace—across quiet land
scapes, wherein cotton squares were Mow
ing and mocking birds were making music
of the hours—ever ensanguined fields
where men were reeling and staggering
In the death-grip, and bullets were whin
ing and sabers flashing—through stately
forums and through gay and brilliant
ballrooms —up summits of success and into
valleys of misfortune—through stretches
lit with the daszilng radiance of splendid
triumphs and through shadows black with
the inky gloom of direst misfortune, de
feat, and grief—and always and ever all
along that route, at every point of it, he
was serene, self-poised, and inflexible,
wearing a calm and almost a sweet smila
the while, and displaying no exultation,
revealing no despair, bidding for no favor,
and offering no studied affronts.
Thus he was when he swept in the head-
HUMOR BUBBLES FREEL Y AND
WIT FLOWS FAST IN CONGRESS
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BY MILT SAUL.
WASHINGTON. April 7.-Humcr. that
potential element <jf American civilisation,
finds no more spontaneous welcome in
this country than that which greets Its
appearance in the great deliberative body,
the American congress. And nowhere in
this great nation does humor bubble freer
or wit flow faster than in this selfsame
deliberative body.
Hardly a day passes in congress that
dees not bring forth some new and choice
example of the genuine article, or at least
some old example newly decked and
adroitly applied. The subject under dis
cussion does not control the character of
the remarks and even the most practical
and unromantic themes furnish occasions
for the display of the keenest wit and
the drollest humor. The oleomargarine
bill, the Philippine tariff and even the
revenue cutter' service has afforded the
smart ones opportunity to get off the
brightest flashes of the season. It breaks
out suddenly and is therefore the more in
tensely relished. One of the sights of the
capitol is the spectacle of tae dlgmfled
United States senate, gravely listening to
a scientific and learned discourse, instant
ly transformed into a boisterous and hil
arious assembly of laughing, rollicking
individuals convulsed by a dart of humor
In the shape of a question hur.ed across
the hall.
The other day, during the debate on the
question of investigating the Danish West
Indies bribery scandal, "Uncle”. Joe Can
non. a lank Republican from Illinois, held
the floor. He was In a towering rage at
the Democratic hints of Republican bribe
taking. The purpose of his remarks s’as
to show that neither he nor his party
knew anything about the charges and the
other side had better go slow In calling
for an investigation. His form shook with
ire. He closed his eyes, lifted his elench
ed hands high above his head and skout
ed:
”1 do not know that the $500,000 was
used. I do not know anything about it,
and until I do know mofie than the geatle
man from Tennessee seeks to know I will
not rise in my place and seek ”
'To know!” interjected a loud Demo
cratic voice as the angry Republican
floundered for ,a term.
Even “Uncle” joe forgot his wrath for
the moment and Joined tn the whoop of
laughter that fouowed the dig at Re
publican blindness when corruption is
charged. When he recovered he went on
to say be would not seek to cast dishonor
on any man connected with the govern
ment, but the Democratic shaft stuck in
his argument and ruined it.
When the discussion on the revenue cut
ter service was on in the house Represen
tative Richardson, of Alabama, took oc
casion to say the revenue cutters never
fought except in times of war. “Pete”
Hepburn, of lowa, in reply, said this:
"My friend from Tennessee, from his
home by the side of that magnificent
spring in Huntsville, so wonderfully
adapted to nautical pursuits ”
"I do not want to lose my identity en
tirely,” Interrupted Mr. Richardson, “the
gentleman ought to know I am from Ala
bama.” •
”1 intended to compliment the gentle
man first.” retorted Hepburn, "but now
since my attention Is called to it I will
compliment the state of Alabama by mak
ing the correction.”
The house applauded the neat parry and
then went into roars of laughter as Hep
burn proceeded:
"The gentleman from that beautiful
spring so adapted to nautical pursuits has
said the revenue cutters tight only in time
of war, and the gentleman from Pike’s
Peak, perched pleasantly upon the summit
of that vast mountain, taking in the com
prehensive view which from that point
discloses the naval and military establish
ment of the United States, does not'hesi
tate to Join him. My God, my friends,
when would you have them to fight? Do
you want them so organised as is my
friend Mann from Illinois, who is ready to
fight at all times and everything? When
I have observed that peculiarity on the
part of my friend from Illinois I have
thought that if the theory of transmigra
tion of souls be true and he hereafter ap
peared as a later Incarnation, hr would
come as an anima! with four legs Instead
of two and he would paw with hfs front
legs and kick with his hind legs!”
Then Representative Mann got tn some
humor of a broad brand. He said:
"My remembrance is that the theory of
the transmigration of souls is one held by
the Hindoos. The gentleman having com
pared me to a Hindoo. I may say I feel
very much like the Hindoo; the poor, be
nighted Hindoo, who does the best he
kindo. He sticks to caste from first to
last and for clothes he make his skin do!”
The liveliest half hour the senate lias
experienced in years was that which Sen
ator Bailey enlivened last week by his
clever retorts upon Senators Depew and
R»At. ATLANTA. G*XWTTA. MOSf-AY. AfRIL 21. I*o2.
long charge in the forefront of “Hamp
ton’s Legion," and by reason of the fact
his men followed him with a devotion and
a faith that nothing could shake. And
thus he was,when he swung Into the fight
for “the redemption of South Carolina.
And he still was so when he won it.
“Redemption of South Carolina.”
And when the people of South Carolina—
the great common people, as the popular
phrase puts It—(that class which he loved
with all the lave of his lion’s heart as a
whole, and wanted nothing to do with as
Individuals—arose in their might and
swept from power the bourbon .order of
which he was the head, he retired, still
serene, with a sigh for those who had
fought for him and a smile for those who
had w’helmed him. ■
When the Confederacy fell Hampton
wasted no vain tears, spent none of -hie
vitality In feeding despair, sought no
temporary consolation in dreams of what
might have been or of what might be “W”
—but instead, true to his personality, and
singularly illustrative of it. he dhlrnly laid
his sword aside, studied for a moment
the conditions which had followed Appo
mattox, debating how best to grapple with
them, and then grappled.
At that juncture in his career there was
opened to him, as to so many others of
those who had followed the fortunes of
the south, two alternatives In life, one of
which involved hardship and danger and
one of which offered nothing but material
prosperity. His duty, however, he thought,
lay with the former, and. with the former
he accordingly went—pausing not a second
to decide, and stopping not a moment to
gaze upon the fair personal prospects
which he “was passing by. Apd by reason
of that choice and the services he ren
dered his name is enshrined in the heart
of the southland. *
Stood for Class Rights and Lost.
Later, under very different circum
stances and in a very different way, he
revealed to the fullest that very different
quality which made of him such a perfict
figure of the ante-bellum southerner -Of
the upper class.
This was In the revolt of the South Car
olina Democracy which swept from flower
the state’s ancient “aristocratic govern
tnent.”
"A rule of bourbons," the leaders of that
revolution cried, “and the common people
have no chance so long as they rule,” and
when Hampton, the king of the bourbons,
was confronted with the cry and told by
his devoted people that If he would but
utter a single word in denial of the shout
the shouters would be and the
uprising would cease, and begged to utter
that word, he, for answer, declared in
Spooner. In his speech the Texas senator
had*drawn a comparison between a young
girl coloring her cheeks and an agricul
turist coloring oleoiqargerlne.
“The senator from Texas shocks me,”
Depew replied. “When he compared the
color of oleomargerine to the art by which
a young girl wins the heart of her lover,
I felt that the American girl had been put
In a wrong position before the American
people.”
Bailey retorted:
“I forgot for the moment a recent oc
currence in the life of the senator from
New York or I should not have said .it.”
Said Depew then:
“And but for that occurrence I should
have left it to a younger man to come to
the rescue -of the American girl. It was
the Texas senator’s youth and beauty
which astonished me when he made that
remark. And he never ought, so soon after
Retirement of Senator Vest of Missouri.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 14.—With
the adjournment of the fifty-seventh con
gress the United States senate will lose
one of its oldest, ablest and most highly
esteemed members, for George Graham
Vest, of Missouri, who has served his
state faithfully and well for twenty-three
years, will voluntarily pass out of public
life and hand over his share of the duties
of representing Missouri to a new states
man. He will seek the peace and
quietude attendant upon private life in
his home at Sweet Springs, where the last
yegrs of his noted. career will be spent
In comradeship with those tyho share his.
honors and his nation’s- gratitude for a
wprk well done. He has passed his three
score years and ten, and that paralysis
which has for three years been slowly
but surely enfeebling his slender frasne
will, his physicians' say, abide with him
to the end, to make his declining years
more burdensome, perhaps, but doubling
the solicitude and tender regard of a na
tion he helped ‘ mould into greatness.
With the retirement of Senator Vest
will also pass away one of the most im
pressively pathetic features of the daily
sessions of the senate, the arrival of the
invalid statesman, gray, sh/unken and
feeble; almost borne In the arms of an
other gray old veteran of the senate ser
vice, James L. Edwards, a doorkeeper.
Edwards came from Missouri with Sena
tor Vest in 1879 and is one of the land
marks. as it were, of the capitol.'
Every morning Senator Vest leaves his
home on P street in his carriage. An
attendant telephones Edwards atrthe mo
ment of starting and the old doorkeeper
is always waiting at the entrance on the
senate side of the capitol for the arrival
of the carriage.
Mfter the “gqod mornings” aye said be
tween the senator and the doorkeeper,
Edwards tenderly lifts Senator Vest in
his arms and carefully stands him on the
stone pavement until hp can close the
carriage door. Then, handing the invalid
his cane, they slowly walk to the eleva
tor Inside the building, the senator's en
tire weight almost borne on the old door
keeper's. shoulder and arm.
From the elevator to the senate cham
ber the path is through a long marble
corridor and along this they slowly pro
ceed. Up three marble steps, through
the glass-panelled door and they are In
the senate chamber. Here Edwards lifts
Senator Vest Into his chair, ceremonl-
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clarion sentences that the cry was true—
that South Carolina was governed by gen
tlemen. and that the government they of
fered was better for all than any the com
mon people could set up.
Easily could Hampton have saved him
self and his personal fortunes. An eva
sion. a yielding, a single shout for “the
common people,” and he would have
survived the order for which he stood.
But he scorned to do any of those things
—he scorned to change or even hide his
uniform—he flaunted It, instead, and
said that by what it etood for he would
stand or fall—he shouted that It was
trud he belived gentlemen only were fit
to govern, and he declined to surren
der his beliefs or stand aside for the
avaldnche bearing down upon him—and
so he was swept over a'nd buried—as
other splendid champions of obselete
systems have been engulfed and buried
by the avalanche of progress, as those
gentlemen who remained loyal to the
principles which Louis personified were
crushed and ended by the French Rev
olution Juggernaut as they stood fast
beside the standard of Divine Right.
Confederacy’s Beau Sabreur.
This gjreat defeat of Hampton’s, how
eA-er, no more disturbed the lofty seren
ity of the soul than did the many tri
umphs and defeats that had gone be
fore, and the Hampton who died yes
terday was the same calm-eyed, sell
poised. and courtly man as him whd
was the Confederacy’s beau sabreur.
Those who saw him in his closing
years saw an exquisitely neat old man.
with a delicate chiseled face, and a
snow-white floss, and they observed, if
at all observing, that two great scars
lay upon' him, like emblems of his ca
reer, and that true to himself, he Vore
them like ornaments, those marks which
would have disfigured any other man.
It is not a rash prophecy to say that
when the personal animosities which this
old Bourbon aroused have gone with
those who cherished them, South Caro
lina will forget that Hampton stood op
posed to the common people and will
vote him her noblest son—by reason of
the unequaled purity of his career, the
loftiness of his purpose, the devotion
of his soul, the unselfishness of his am-*
bition, and the dauntlessness of his
heart, and because gs the great service
which he, in spite of dazzling tempta
tions, and for sheer love of his state
and pride of race, rendered South Car
olina.
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advertisement, and see what you get free.
the American girl appeared so entrancing
in her Easter hat and gown in the
churches and on the avenues of Washing
ton, to have gone back on her today by
saying she is a fraudulent specimen of liv
ing oleomargerine! With all her finery and
flowers and ribbons and colors she wau
Still the incomparable American girl!”
Representative Talbert, of South Caro
lina, got off a good one at the lawyers re
cently. It was during a debate on the
pension bill. Representative Vandiver, of
Missouri, was taking exceptions to some
thing Mr. Talbert had said on the floor.
“Now if my friend was a lawyer,” said
Vandiver, “he would understand these
things.” *?
Talbert sprang td hil'ieet and in tones of
mock indignation
“But I am not a lawyer. I am an honest
man. Therefore I cannot understand these
pension things.” 4
ously deposits the goM headed cane un
der the desk, bows and withdraws to take
up his duties as dborkeeper on the Demo
cratic side fdr the day. This procedure
is observed, too, when the senate ad
journs for the day and Senator Vest is
ready to go home.
Edwards has assisted Senator Vest in
this manner for the past three years.
For two years the malady which racks
the frame of the senator has been grow
ing perceptibly stronger and he has grown
accordingly weaker. But while the frame
has weakened It is remarkable to relate
Senator Vest’s mental faculties have re
tained all their old-tlibe vigor and power
and he is yet regarded as one of the ablest
men of the great American congress. His
lengthy speech on the ship subsidy bill
was often Interrupted by intervals of
weakness when he would stagger and
nearly fall, yet it is considered perhaps
the ’clearest and strongest argument
made on the Democratic side.
The pathos in The manner of Senator
Vests’s arrival In the senate chamber Is
remarked by senate members and even the
visitors In. the gallery. The moment he
appears at the door with his faithful old
friend a hush falls upon the chamber.
Every eye is turned towards him until
he Is seated. Then the regular order pro
ceeds but from the galleries and even the
floor frequent glances are directed to
wards him, Interest being awakened no
doubt by that brilliant mentality set in a
body so frail.
But all during the dally sessions Senator
Vest leans hravely back in his chair and
closely* observes the proceedings of the
body In which he has for so many years
been a leading figure.
When he Is gone a host of memories
will cling about the desk where he spent
the last year of his great public career.
Whoever may come to the senate in his
place, there can be no loftier sentiment
expressed towards him than the hope that
he will prove as valuable to his state and
to his nation as was George Graham
Vest.
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THE FLOWER SEASON 1
NATURE’S MILLINERY OPENING
, BY M. B. WHARTON, D. D.
The time for flowers will soon be here.
Already the advance guard has appeared
in innumerable buds and blooms that have
constituted our Easter glories. But a few
more suns and showers will bring out the
whole army of beauties that decorate the
earth and give Joy to man. How wonder
ful is the kingdom of flowers! What a
desolatb world w*e would have without
these gems more to be enjoyed than costly
stones In royal crowns.
All people, high and low, rich and poor,
love flowers. The humblest people In our
cities, with only a room or two for their
homes, have pots of bewitching flowers
in their windows, with the quaint reflec
tion of the Hermit of Clavernook: ’’You
see, sir, if we can’t go to hature, we must
bring nature to us.” In the crowded ten
antries of Ireland and on the Continent
if there be only ten acres on which to
support a large family, a little plat of
ground Is sacredly kept for flowers. Dick
ens in “Our Mutual Friend,” describes a
little garden scene in the East End of
London, where Rlah the Jew enjoys the
pleasant air In his garden on the housetop.
A traveler to a lonely Island In the Great
Sea beheld a gentleman in his gown of
many colors and green slippers, his head
bound with *a red bandana, tending his
flowers, turning up the soil and using i)ls
water pot. It was Napoleon at St. Helena,
he who had overturned thrones and de
stroyed hundreds of thousands of human
beings, found his chief delight in nour
ishing and marshaling his flowers.
How sweet these flowers are! Henry
Ward Beecher said: “Flowers are the
sweetest things God ever made and forgot
to put a soul into.” And how they preach
to us! They say to struggling, anxious,
unhappy men: "Be content as we are and
you will be peaceful as we are; Just yield
to God as we do, and your souls will be
as beautiful as we are; be as modest with
all your virtues as we are, and men and
angels will love you as they do us and
call you blessed; give without covetous
ness as we do, and God will bless you as
fie does us.” Christ preached through
flowers, saying: "Consider the Hiles how
they grow; they toll not, neither do they
spin, but I say to you thgt Solomon in
all his glory was not arrayed like one of
these.”
Flowers are the language of affection.
The Semi-Weekly Journal’s
** Seed Offer for 1902.
W« have arranged with a reliable seed firm of Atlanta, Ga., to supply our subscribers with their
Vegetable seed. These packets are the regular five-cent packets offered by reliable dealers, but by agree
ing to use a Large number we are enabled to secure for you a very great reduction in price.
The following twelve varieties of seed are included in each packet: . «■ |
Hastings' Improvod Blood Turnip Beet.
The most popular variety. Color • deep
red with fine form and flavor, very tender
and free from strlngineas. Early and very
uniform iq size and shape.
Hastings' All-Head Karly Cabbage.-
It is well named, having but a few loose
leaves. It is an extra early flat-headed va
riety, fine for an early medium sized cab
bage for family use throughout the south.
It’s a sure header with half a chance and
always gives satisfaction.
Improved Long Green Cucumber.
A standard variety for southern family
gardens. Ths cucumbers are extra long
and of good sIM, holding the dark gresn
color until well matured. They are ten
der, crisp and free from bitterness. Fine
for slicing and make excellent pickles if
picked when 3 or 4 inches tong.
Hastings' Drumhead White Cabbage
Lettuce.
A favorite wherever known. Large,
solid heads, weighing two to three pounds.
Crisp, tender and free from bitterness.
Leaves outside are a light green, inside
almost white. Has but little tendency to
run to seed. Fine for family use.
Ponce de Leon Cantaloupe or Muak
melon.
Os rather large size. Strong vigorous
grower, medium early. Melons are of
the finest flavor. Flesh very thick and of
light green color. Melons regularly rib
bed, densely netted. Skin green but
turns to a beautiful golden yellow when
fully ripe.
For |l.lO we will send you The Semi-Weekly Journal one year and in addition send the twelve
PaP< Now i" e the P timQ P to d 6ecnre your garden seed for early planting. We invite your attention to what
the firm says regarding the quality and quantity of the seed.
OFFER—
The Semi-Weekly Journal one yearsl.o3
The Twelve Papers of Garden Seed ■«>
, $1.60 ‘
Our Price for All
A Saving of 50 cents TO YOU.
T he Semi-Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga.
They welcome us at our birth, are present
at our wedding and breathe upon us when
we leave the world. So we welcome the
advent of flowers.
After the cold dreary winter, how wel
come they are as they come to delight us
with their beauty, to charm us with their
fragrance, to express our lenderest feel
ings, and sympathies, to decorate the
graves of- our dead, to recall to us the
beauties and glories of the lost Eden and
urge us to reach the land where flowers
bloom permanently—the promise of God.
What a blessed thing it is that we live
in the “Land of Flowers’’—a land concern
ing which Robert Burns would say:
“Where summer first unfolds her leaves
and th&*e the longest tarries.”
The conservatories of the south are love
ly; the rare gardens like those of Eufaula,
Montgomery. LaGrange. Augusta and
other towns and cities more so; but after
all to enjoy flowers in all their attrac
tiveness we must go» out into the fields,
and woods, and view tnem as nature
strewed them in all their wild and capti
vating loveliness.
* They have homes, circles, society, cus
toms—a kingdom all their own, and they
seem to live for and upon each other.
For example, to put it catechetlcally for
the sake of the , young reader, when
flowers are born what flower nourishes
them? The honeysuckle. Who ao they
play with? With buttercups and China
berries. W’hat do they partake of? Ba
nana shrub and apple blossoms. Who are
their prettiest maids? Black-eyed Susans,
blue bells and American Beauties. When
they fall in love what do they prize? Pas
sion flower. When parting with their
friends what do they giye them? Forget
me-nots. When they want visitors what
do they wish? Cauliflower. When they
kiss what do they use? Tulips. When they
frolic what do they have? Wild thyme.
What object dq most of them have when
they wed? Marrigold. What do they say
when indifferent to riches? Anemone (any
money.) To what are thepr commmended
when thirsty? Water lilies. What do they
like to receive from lovers? Candy tuft.
Who are their most admired correspond
ents? Jonquils. What ink do they use?
Violet. What.millionaires do they have?
Asters and Sages. How do they send
their messages? By (telegraph vines. When
Florida Favorite Watermelon.
A splendid melon for family use in the
south. Medium size to large and very
prollflc. Early and of the finest flavor.
Meloha weigh from 20 to 40 pounds and
are of a dark green color, slightly striped
with lighter green. Flesh red. crisp, ten
der, melting and very sweet A sure
and heavy cropper.
White Velvet Okra.
A splendid variety, for home use. Our
special strain of this is especially desira
ble with its medium size, round smooth
pods, free from ridges and not prickly
to the touch. Very early.
Hastings' Yellow Globe Onion.
Splendid variety for early plantings in
the south. No prettier, or larger finely
shaped onions than this can be grown.
Color, a very light yellow or straw color.
Flesh firm and good keepers.
Early Long Scarlet Radlah.
A favorite in most home gardens. Roots
long and of a bright scarlet color. Flesh
crisp and tender and when rapidly grown
is entirely free from pungent taste.
Mammoth White Bush Squash.
Every one knows tho White Bush or
“Patty Pan" squash, grown so generally
in the South. This is identical with that 1
variety except in size, our Mammoth, be- J
Ing nearly double the size of the other,
giving twice the quantity of squash from
i the same vine. i
they reject a lover what do they give
him? Lady’s slipper. What is their savers-
Ite handiwork? Sewing on bachelor’s but
tons. Who are most forlorn among them?
Old maids. When they go to war who ,
leads them? Marechai Niel. What are
their favorite weapons? Sword fern, snow
balls. blades of grass and artillery plants.
What do they avoid when with their lov- S
ers? Dog’s eye. What covet on some
occasions? Night shade. Whom do they
marry? Sweet Williams. How do they
tell fortunes? With palms. WTien elect
ed queens how are they crowned? With
laurel. What is their sceptre? Golden
rod. What do they ride? Horse radishes
and peonies. What colors do they like in
horses? Bay and sorrel. When they die
what mourning do they use? Crepe myr
tle. What mourning is used by their
widows? Weeds. ,
Wonderful, wonderful indeed is the lan
guage of flowers; wonderful are their very
names.
They sympathize with us in trouble, re
joice with us In prosperity, comfort us
when slpk, amuse us with their eccen
tricities when we need diversion, smile
upon us at our meals, look upon us in our
business places, and assist us at church
In our devotions. Gpd be thanked for the
flower season, the resurrection of the
beautiful, nature’s great millinery open
ing, when everything in her vast domain,
every stem and bole, and twig, and vine
is presented with a hat more beautiful
and tasteful than any artistic designers
of Paris can supply.
YANKEES WANT DUMONT
TO TAKE A SEA TRIP
NEW YORK, April 17.—A syndicate ten- '
tatlvely supported by officials of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit is preparing to,
offer Santos-Dumont an opportunity to
disport himself in American atmosphere.
The syndicate will, it is stated, raise a
fund of 17T.0C0 for the purpose of enabling
M. Dumont to navigate a new dirigible |
balloon out to sea from Brighton Beach,
up the Narrows, around the Statue of
Liberty, up the East river, above the
Brooklyn bridge, and the New East River
bridge, and back again to< Brighton
Beach. . , .
New Stone Tomato.
The heaviest ylelder of all tomatoes to
thia section. Fruit very large, smooth
und flrm and of the flneat quality. This
variety aoes not rot or split easily and
lasts well Into summer. Good for either
slicing raw or for canning.
H. G. HASTINGS & CO.,’
WIICLEbADE AND RETAIL
SEEDSMEN,
NO. 4 WEST MITCHELL STREET. /
ATLANTA. Go., Jan. XS, 19M.
Atlanta Journal Co.,
Atlanta, Ga. I
Gentlemen: #
In reply to your Inquiry as to the col
lection of seeds that we are furnishing you . |
for premiums with the Semi-Weekly we
would state that we hereby ruarantoe that .
the seed used in these collections la the
same that we furnish our own customers
and that tho packets are of full alia ano
that the seed contained therein is of the
▼ery highest quality obtainable. This col
lection of seeds that you are furnishing
your subscribers is identically ths same
that they would have to pay us 80 cents for
if they sent orders to us direct or purchased
same in person at our store. Through you.
they are not only getting ths best there is
to be had. but the full quantity that ths-
would get if purchasing for cash.
Tours truly, „
Signed, H. G. HASTTNGS A CO.
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Early Red Top Turnip.
One of the favorite spring varistloe to
come in before everything else In tho
garden. A quick grower, flaoh very fine
grained and sweet flavored. The dark rod
or purple top extending down to where
the bulb rests In the soil adds greatly to
Its appearance. -<*-
