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JIIAIiLOITE1 DAILY OBSERVER, MAX 10. 1903. A. Captain Johnston Blalieley V OF THE rMTKI) STATS 8 LO OP OF WAR WASP. " ?C BY n. D. W. CO.XOIV : V " 1 1n 1814 Captain' Blakeley, , while waiting , tor the Wwp to t mad v", ready for ea, was. married to Jane . : Ana Hoope,. of Boston. - , Her father Jiad; been . merchant of 'ow York. . ' and a " friend and correspondent of ''V Johnston Blakeley father while the :, 'i latter wu -engaged n .business in v Wilmington. fioon after his mar- rtar th daring captain sailed away 'V in- search of fame and lory. ;- , The ..country-, wa atUl speculating as to his fate,. and his bride was anxiously "V- scanning the report brought hy re- , 'turntna- cruiser and privateers, for tiaings oi tne ;wbii. wnen aaugnier - uHi hAfn tn ha- orftHant iSmmaiulM. V8hewa named Cdnev Maria. "Prob- 'Ulj nvviuiu sit mis rfia- paj o . -s Battle, , ''wa the ; centre of so much V' Interest ..nd sympathy a he. kNof . , did this sympathy evaporate In empty .word and fruitless tear.; , The rep ' V reaentatlves of ' the people of North V1 Carolina, economical to the verge of 'parsimony,-, resolved . ''that she should , b the ward of the ' : ; When ' the Legtelature met in the ; V winter of 181, a . resolution was 1nntd ' rtRmihF S7th rfltlna- the . . Blakeley with a "superb word," . and . . a v . . - :"i "Whereas Cantata Blakeley having , perished at xa the opportunity has been' lost f rendering to him tnia tribute of fteclioate and honorable 'regard; but having left a wife pud fhild, endeared to the people of this ' Htate by his gallant conduct In the Bervic of Ills country; and it being ' proper that the word : intended for him should be placed In the hands of his family, ".- . I v"''"'--'' ' . -""Be It. therefor, unanimously re solved, by the Senate and House of Commons of the General ' Assembly of North Carolina, that his excellency the Governor be requested to forward to Mrs. Blakeley the sword which : was directed by the General Assembly of nit to be presented to her hus band, together, with a copy -of the res olutions on the subject; and to express to' .Mrs. Blakeley the deep - interest ' which this ' legislature will always take in her happiness and welfare. ',-.- "Resolved, - further, that Captain Blakeley' hild be educated at the expense of this State; and that Mrs. Blakeley be requested to draw, on the -. tirasurer -w wii omit) ii ujii iiuiv -iv time for such sums of money as shall ; be required for the education of al4 - ' Cillia. '. . ;.. . , , .'.; ' ' This is perhaps the most remark- . atbie resolution ever adopted bv a Leg Ulature of North' Carolina. The k Stat since that day in obedience to ,- the demaads of modern ' civilisation has made all her children her wards - so far as their education is concern" - ru, bui nryer uciun aor since n the Leglslaiture .thus adopted a single , distant State. What an unusual oer- , sonallty must that have been which . could thus-touch th hearts of a peo ' pie ever too conservative in the ex penditure of public funds and In th ernor Miller wrltlnr" to . Mrs.- Blake : , ley -of the Legislature's action, said: ' Willi XIIV I vHvn Ul VIIC IWglDiaiUlf Ui v "resolutions, Permit m. Madam, In - tendering you this testimonial of the nign irgara in trnicn lam Tnerrrory oi your much lamented husband Is held -' by" hi native State, to assure you of tnra will ftlantv lilra tn vnnf hunnl. ,... ineir oetair. max you win go ne . i State.: of North. I'aroltna. j.he Jionor of t, educatlna, your infant daughter,'? " Ignorant or Mrs, Blakeley' address, .' in one ta' enatdr Nathaniel Macoq ' and Jtfohtford Stokes.' reauestinr them 'to have It forwardnd in her. . In this y; lettT,-..'ain;i-!y;.i(.,;-V. :.:j-,b' ,).-,: is dims aiomy amy w pro ,.( cure, and caune t be delivered to nave runner to ax ine ravor or ' am not limited a to price, and have f to request that you will procure such . should b glad. (If It could be got . hi time to be sent, together with the letter. Jiv th fi-nthTnan renniuntlnr . mv aisirKX in wnttrn .sue iivrtL . iimjn . liUkxetum home," !. J,-;. - .",;" vrovernor - jniurr nrrc mif mat i i'tha sword wa votrd bv th tirlBla- -; ture of liia. In explanation K should Vw. Mal4 that k Tili,M Ilia v oMsrlnallv roted the sword: th res- ; i olutl'on was confirmed by the Leglsla- ' '; tar M 1I1S. after the rumor .f of ' lntain nkikUii'M i4aatk. itiltk t V. . ait. . v J a unui n 1.11 J ditkinal inrTtrudlon that th sword . ..ha..U h ax-k a U-fc. mA laklak.. t '. invwtu a bcui tv Mil a. DUs-riKrjr. uut this was not done, and.ln th mean ' 'time Udney Iarl Blakeley wan born. f 'V Iflk.ik A-fc. a. . at 14d J..ta4 - '-the resolutions Vhlch Governor Mil- j iictii liiu ajrTiBiBiure ui i a i a a u u i)ir-u . ler-enciosea in tis ' letter to Mrs. " v BlaVelay.- Th resolutions, therefore. ..passed, not only- tn .tnree eparaio V reaaings v.m ; tns legislature requir- r ed by the ; constitution, but actually - v pasKea . tnree separate ana aisiinct .', Legislatures. This' fact . shows that the Interest of-.h- -General Assembly and the pnople of North Carolina In v ne. , pruuaiu career v or jonnsran i. J3iaciev wan noi inr usual eoneniBrai " M(kM.(..M -tkl.k tk. A. -.k.. .1 A trriinant success arouses, and which : lh lanaa t lln. Ik. .kli an .. aauv V I 1 ,11 ...... , 1. ' reputation' of. one who "had brought . mwaa. rtA1k a kAMA a Kla kilAfitAd 6tate.;-;-'.-i.v(i;-...''i.-';'i.;,. '-;, . ,.y- Senator Stokes on behalf of himself . "im -r-ttiikvr ,.ivui avuiiuk iruuru inc :treceist or tn Governor lettert He . WPfllA that Aotamna Wavil tVta lata- ..nln((... A.. n . . k..!l - n iiwi.ivr iixirii cunilfll, imfk I'Vlltoiliru - tune cnarge -or f ne wtter ana tne ' sword and see that they were dellv !- cred to Mrs' Blakeley.,- "W have not yet Purchased 'the s Word. he ; wt-. . "belnc desirous of consulting ,'. Commodore Decatur on that subject, In nrdAr that. .a mnv - ntvrt.ii tA tinn. . nnl onir miltahut tn fh rank nf f an tln niakdi'V. hilt innrnnrlatu n th 'i 'Naval Commlsslott wIch he held.!', , The subject appealed to Artemus .iWard who wrote at once toi Boston rap- inrormatmn aoout Mrs, Blakeley. ' . Andrew Ritchie, of Boston, in a let :,ter unaer aate or . rebruar . lltb. - llt, wrote him th following, letter: "Tour good lady -applied to Mrs, TJltohle for Information relative to ::J. Mrs. Blakeley. - I have long been , acquainted with Mrs. Blakeley moth er, Mr. Hoope, and family, and fan - au.jt, irut neir MftOTy and present situation. .Mrs, . Hoope was born in New YorkedocaU . ed In Ireland, returned to New1 Tork where ' h wn murrlart f n h., i.i. husband. John Hvpe, and where Mrs. ; Hlakeiey wa born. - Shortly after 4ee lFt h A4v H-oo p -r em sryed to t h I-land of St. Croix, and there died t',vlnir a small property con.-istlng of a dwelling- house, and about IS.OOO in personal property. Unfortunately,! about three years ago, Mr. Hoope,. lost, th hol4 of this latter sum by: .-the failure of a gentleman in that Island, and all which remains to ter U the house which rents for 'about' $500. - Besides" Mrs. Blakeley, Mrs. Hoope has a daughter and two sons, neither. of whom -are able to contrib ute to her support. -, - , ' . "Mrs. Blakeley was married about three; years since to Captain Blake ley ana has only one calld, a daugh ter. - Mrs. Blakeley Is a very inter esting,' amiable woman. Her hus band it is known received no property whatever from inheritance, bis father having failed shortly before tls death. VCantaln Blakeley depended en tirely on his profession, and left his widow literally nothing, except we honor of bearing hi name.-a.nd-her claims on th ground- or nia menu. There ; Was onlv 'on vessel captured and sent in by. Captain . Blakeley for adjudication. - She was an jsngusn brlff. sent into Savannah .nd con demned. Mrs. Blakeley haarecelved for her share of prize )60v; the prop erty was claimed a French and prob ably will b restqred. -Byavt of Congress April JOth, 1819, Mrs. Blake ley, and daughter were entitled to share of .156.060 ordered to be dis tributed , as prtae money, -and trorn the navy pension fund she is entitled to $ SO -per month for - llv . year. "But , permit .ane - to ask your at tention to a transaction In , which I think . th honor of our government highly Interested.- The yentleman appointed prlz - agent by the said act -declined paying her anything but Philadelphia money, .then 18 or to per- cent, discount. She- consulted with her friends who generally advis ed her to rcfufl It, She appealed to Mr. . Dallas and Stated to htm that she was desirous of accepting even treasury notes, in preference to this paper.'- Ha returned a polite answer regretting th necessities of .the gov ernment, 4ut positively declined allow ing her any other kind of payment. sn -wa constrained to tax it, ana dispose of it at i the above loss. I have mentioned this to Mr. Gore, who thinks it a most dishonorable stain on the character of our government and ought to be wiped off, and I beg you would ' If you think-proper suggest this to Congress or the gentlemen who feel interested for her, and advise m whether you would recommend a memorial on this subject to be pre sented by her. . Mrs. Blakeley has been In expectation of receiving a communication front the Governor of North Carolina accord Inr to the act of that State, but has not." .' Upon thev receipt of this Informa tion Macon and Stokes wrote at once t Mrs. Blakeley, sending her Gover nor Miller's letter. - They said: : "Permit us to state that belnr In formed that the . child of Captain Blakeley Is a daughter, we have de clined purchasing the sword, until we couM know from you, Whether a pres ent more suitable to a female would not .be preferred. We .faav done this, under the,. persuasion that the legtolature of Captain Blakeley's na tive State, would ib highly gratified wtth presenting to hi child a token of their regard and esteem of the most - appropriate t' and . - acceptable kind,' -r ,'.". ;: ' Replying to this suggestion Mrs. Blakeley, after expressing her grati tude for "the very generous manner the State of North Carolina has re solvt tn benefit th daurhter of Cao- taln Blakeley,, by. providing for her education," sold: ';, ''You have been so kind i to de sir my opinion on the subject of a present more proper than a ford, for a, female; allow me to propose a set of tea plate, or that something a Suitable and useful, may tie substi tuted, but to your Judgment and taste I leave the choice of the gift which In ' what ever form.will be ' invaluable, and hlehly rattr ylng n my tfellngs a a testlmonal of the regard and consid eration in which the memory of my lamented husband is held by his na tive State." Mr. Blakeley enclosed in this letter hef reply to th , letter of Governor Miller.- . . v . . . "I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency let ter, and to express to you my grati tude for 'the respect - shown to hee memory, of my lamented husband by his native State;: the distinguished manner In which It ha recorded 4ts testimony of .his services, and .the munificence with which it has re quited them by the liberal provis ion mad for the education of his daughter.' Your ' Excellency "will -.' be pleased to accept of my thanks, for the interest, you have . taken In our happiness and welfare.; f I will avail myself of the liberality of the Legis lature ; of North Carolina, and occas- ."The .very liberal and handsome manner In which the Legislature of North Carolina has provided for the child of Captain Blakeley. and their desire I should draw on the treasury of that State, without limiting me as to th mm,. I an act of such noble and unexpected . generosity, that It deprives me -of all . power to express what I feel on the occasion.' I have drawn on th treasury for six hundred dollars, after consulting my friends, who are of opinion, that for the next Ave years, that sum wrM be sufficient, after that time her expense will, of course, increase. Should this sum be thought ton large, the Legislature would greatly add to the obligations I am already under. If a sum could be named for which I might draw semi-annually.' -: . -; . - . : " t The suggestion which Mrs. Blake ley made in response to the request of Senators Jtlacom and Stokes, that a tea set . be substituted for a sword, could not, cf course, be adopted by the Governor without the consent of the Legislature. When the General Assembly met In November, ' HIT, Governor Miller laid the correspond nce before that body and the mat ter was referred to a special commit tee. November ttb the committee reported v . - .- - "That as . the clilld tof ' Captain Blakeley . Is a daughter a service of tea-plate as suggested by Mrs. Blake ley would be very properly substitut ed ,ln Place of the sword heretofore voted Captain .Blakeley; they, there fore, recommend the adoption of the resolutions accompanying, this report. Tour committee further report that the sum drawn by -Mr. Blakeley for the maintenance f her child appears to them to be quit moderate and that iris unnecessary at this Urn to adopt further measure relative thereto." ; The resolution recommended for adoption' authorised the Govern or to procure and present to Mrs. Blakeley "a set of tea-plate with appropriate device and engravings not exceeding in vsiue ruu nve hundred dollars, to - be by her kept and presented to th Infant t daughter, of - Johnston Blakeley when she shall arrive at th age of 11 years." Governor Miller' constitutional term having- exptred he was succeed ea ty John Branch to whom fll th duty of carrying Into effect the recommendation of the Leg islature..- Governor Branch actln? BndertBrtSeltertfiif lhe work" could be better executed In some of th Northern cities than in Raleigh re quested Mrs. Blakeley to have it done according to her own tast and drw en th State for the cost; In a letter- fr"rrr Bnston; April" Itttb.. Hii. Mrs. Blakeley agreed to do so, but made, the surprising ' assertion that she would have to "send orders to Philadelphia, or" New Tork. as there are no capital workmen here." . Nearly two years passed before any thing further was heard from Sier, snd the next letter was -written from Philadelphia, October zSth, 181?. In It she said: . .. - "A few days alter my arrival In this city, I received the service of plate, voted to my daughter,- Udney Maria uiaKeiey, -oy the legislature oi -orta Carolina. Permit me to return through you our united; thanks for this superb r gift, conferred on the child of Captain Blakeley, as a tes timony of the affectionate regard and high consideration in which his mem ory is held, and services appreciated by, his native Stat. I avail myself of this opportunity of again expressing- my gratitude for the munificence of the- State of North . Carolina in providing eo liberally for the educa tion and support of my daughter.' Ths signature to this letter .was un familiar to the eyes of the people of North Carolina, ; and carried no re minder of the, gallant Bailor- whose heroic career and mysterious fate had so strongly .appealed to their imagi nations, - and for whose widow and orphan their hearts had been touched. "Jane Ann . Blakeley" . had become "Jane Ann Abbott," by her man-lag with Br, Robert Abbott,, of Christian sted. the capital of the Island of St. Croix, a , West Indian possession of Denmark. Sdon - afterwards Mrs. Abbott removed with her husband to St. Croix, and Udney Maria Blakeley was later placed In school at Philadel phia, where the State of North Caro lina until the year If. ( bore her ex-r penses. . " . - v V X-' ' ! In It 18 the Legislature 'adopted resolution Instructing th Governor to ascertain from Udney 'Maria Blaka- WVn nari1lan thn amruint of monpv f drawn from , the treasury , that still remainea in his nanus, tn miai sjinj drawn- having- amounted i"to some thing above eight "thousand dollars." R. 8. Smith," of Philadelphia. her guardian, promptly responded to th governor's request enclosing; a state ment of the receipt and expenditures. "The balanca? he wrote,- "together with the amount of pension received from th government or an unitea States has been invested . in United States per cent, stock and other securities forming a sum total ' of about sixteen thousand dollars.- Mis Blakeley la still at the best schools In our city, and no expense has or will be spared tn giving her such an edu cation a was designed by the author ities or the State or North Carolina when they made the liberal provision for that purpose.' . - i '.- - Thia statement, together with the further .fact that he still had in his hands an unexpended balance V of ii,oos.8 of the sums drawn from the North Carolina . treasury for. Miss Blakeley'- education. . : Induced the Legislature of ' 1(2 to declare that further appropriations.' fon her use were "inexpedient," and to order them to be 'discontinued. - . la 1141 Udney 'Maria Blakeley waa married to a member of the Danish nobility, a resident of St. Croix. Dr. Battle says that on the marriage reg ister of St. John's Episcopal church, of that island Is the following entry: May ivtn, IS41, ' Baron Joseph von Bretton (M. D.) and Udney Maria Hiakeiey. ootn or this jurisdiction, by license." .- r, - , .; From the burial register of the same church he, quotes 'the follow ing: f ' .. .' - r ' i '; "March 2d. ;i 84 2. 'The body .of Udney Maria von Bretton. Aged Parish C(hurch)yard.' Childbirth." "The iblank should have been fill ed with -27. The child did not five and the blood or th famous sea cap tain pecame extinct." i There was at on time a miniature of Udney Maria . Blakeley, but Dr. Battle says that It has been lost. He quotes tradtlon to the effect that she "was rather petite, with black eyes and- hair, very pretty, pleasing and Vivacious.' v .v,,i..;. - -i Ther is probably , no other State In the Union that would have failed during. all these years to erect a me morial of some character to aeon with such a creditable and striking career as that of Johnston ' Blakeley. It is a curious trait In our character as a people that we are so boastful of our history and o negligent in pre serving u tnrougn suitable and prop er memorials.' A .visitor traveling through the SUte -win look in vain for statute or monument. stone. brons or marble tablet,, erected en tirely oy th state commemorating the service of any of her eminent sons,-or marking the sites of-great nistorio events. s surely a strik ing commentary on. the development of civic pride and spirit among our people that in ail the two hundred and fifty years-of : our history the Stat as a SUte has found but one son to whom she has been willing to pay the tribute of a statue. In the rotunda of the State Capitol are eight . niche, designed to hold the busts, and statues of eight eminent servants of the state.. These were completed nearly three-quarters of a century ago. yet are as empty to-day as on the day the State received the building from , the contractor! In spite of this reoord of Inappreclatlon of our own, we continually complain that the historians of the world are banded -together in conspiracy to rob North Carolina of her glory! '.'!:..-';". (Th End.) .. .- ',' .;; -..- . . : . ' Y;. A TALKING LOI-EBinp. ; A XIarrrt. Sclf-Tanght, uV ImlUW - . Human Spwtt. , , London MalL . . i i . "A lovebird no larger than a. canary ha taught itself to speak as fluent ly and as distinctly as the best of talking parrots at the village of Am bleside, near Stourbridge, Worcester, shire.. The bird Is of exquisite plum age, and -belongs to Mr. J. fikldmore of Stanford House, Ambleside, a well known resident in th district. It was given to Mr. Skldmor about months ago by his son-in-law, who had had it for It months without it showing any .powers of conversation. During' th last few months of its Ufa in Worces tershire, however. It has acquired a re markable aptitude for repeating, all that Is said to It though It has re ceived no special training.- To a correspondent who "Interview, ed" It recently the bird suddenly re marked. "Kiss me quick," giving an aptlclpatory smack. It politely re marked.; "How do you dor and flat teringly Added. Tou'ra a little beauty," aren't your" an in a sort ton that was quite distinct from the raucous accent of the - average parrot. It melodiously .whistled, a coupl of bars at the .national anthem, and proceed ed to give some, very realistic Imita tions of the calls of thrushes,-sparrows and Jlnnets. "Hanschen," as th bird Is named weighs barely an oune, and Is believ ed to be th smallest bird of his kind capable of". Imitating human speech. His chief companion Is a Urge stuffed-green parrot, without which he Is never happy, and whose plumage he has so pecked away with kisses that the entire head -and neck are now bald. -The lovebird, whenever taking a meet of lnnet seed, place a little within the motionless be-ak of th th staffed pafrot, thOBtKWRin conversational -mood he frequently In dulges in furious attacks oh his silent companion. , ;....- There are oVer-21,000 motor vehi cles in Germany, of which about l.00 sre used to transport goods. Thea figures indicate an Increase of f.OKO machine li the mplre during 1107. BT THE CRICKET ON "Far In the South I know a land divine. And . there la' many - a saint and many ' a shdne, . . ! And. over all the shrines the Blossom ' . blOWS . '"':':' .'"'' V - ' i-"- --' Of roses that were dear to you as wine." .f;".- ;'-?;. "X sometimes think that never blows SO . ' . red '; ;'-'' -: a -., ' . - .-. The rose4as wber ;some buried Caesar . bled!" A v.'".' f - "Each morn ' a thousand .' Roses brings, '-. - you. sy; ' -'." . Tes, but where leaves the Rose of yes terdayt" - . , k J : -. ...:rV'-,t-.'- .' "Fair ladies' mask'd " are roses in. .their , . bud: M. :t; :",:.'':.! "J" -t.- , ' Dismask'd, tlieir damask sweet commlx- ' ture shown, ':; . - - ;- '",' 1 ''- -- Are . angels' veiling" clouds, r et, roses v blown." .' ; , .. . It was the Scribbler who began th talk about rosea , t'Bose is so old a name that iu very origin Is uncer tain," he ald with the fine manner of one -who feels . himself : properly prepared. "Some say it Is from; the Celtic word rhod,J which means red. More probably It wa first named y the Arablana - The Greeks borrowing from them, called A Rhodon. and the Latins made It over Into Rosa, a Rose. "Wild roses are found from Lap land to India, And the roso ha the honor Jto bojtho . .first .flower , culti vated. The oldest cultivated rose t the Damask. , Th next oldest is Cen tifoila and can be traced back three thousand years, i Mor than twenty three centuries ago Herodatus prais ed It for Its beauty and fragrance, and Nebuchadnesxar planted it, for the pleasing of his mountain-bred queen Jn the famous Hanging Oar dens. ; i .'' " '"' "Cleopatra and , Nero gave ros feasts where extravagance reached its limit.. One -of the feasts cost 1100,000 for the-roses alone.' The guests were literally in danger of being smothered In roses. "Charlemagne held the rose sacred, and a bush that h planted eleven hundred years, ago Is said to llv tUl at Hlldeshelm, Germany, bearing deep red flowers." "All who believe that may stand " Interrupted , the Optimist but th Scribbler went gravely on: "Queen Bess loved roses as well as silken gowns, and she had: new varieties sought for ln"all kingdoms. It was during hsr reign that the musk rose and moss ros were carried to England. "The flower-worshiping Josephine had extensive, rose gardens at Mai malaon. The father of His Country had a weakness for rose. Indeed he was not so busy -planting freedom but he left himself time for experi menting a little with rose seeds. From the seeds Of the musk rose he rais ed a cllmiblng variety with white flow ers, which he named Mary Washing ton, for his mother. "The tea or ever-blooming rose or China, was carried Into England as late as 178. The roses or to-aay are of complex . lineage. Old and new varieties have been crossed 'and re- crossed. - I am told that Rosarians divide our cultivated roses-into as many as thirty distinct groups. The most Important to the practical rose grower are:.. Moss, -Rugosa, Hyblrd Teas, Persian, June roses, roiyanmuB and Teas.-- The Teas ar again sub divided Into China and Bourbons. Th Persians, Prarle, Noisette. Ramblers, Cherokee, Rank! a are classes that are somewhat confused. . "The beautiful rose myths are as en trancing as the roses themselves. Pa gan, Christian, Parsee, Arabian and Kast Indian lore gtv us a thousand legends of the rose. The poets frm Homer dewn have sung It. It was sacred to the gods and dedicated to Mints." When h " had finished. Mother . Hubbard, regarding him with frank amusement, offered hijn a cup of steaming tea. "Would it help us Inns." began the Gardener modestly, "if we could get n Idea of what the different classes are HkeT- Of course there are countless varieties In "each class. No nne ha ever given the world fairer flower than the moss rose. , It is a sport from Centifolla, the second oldest rose, and was taken from Hol land Into England to Queen Eliza beth In 1690. Botanists have a lot to say about the "abnormally develop ed glands and bristle of the caly. petioles and peduncles, which are hlsnld nH viscid.'- Florists sum It all ud in the word mossy.' Poets call it divine.- The full blown flower shows th wide .fat face, of Centifolla, for blood wlll teil. Thl I not now regarded as a perfect type of ros beauty. " But no new favorite can take the place of moss rose. bud. They are unequaled for cutttng. The moss rose Is ironclad.' Cold never harms It. It grows tip tall and strong. - It take them , three, years to settle down to good work. After that jteneratlons may gather in the harvest. They ibtoom onlySin the spring with perhaps a' later flower once in awhile. Never prune moss roses. Cut out decayed wood only. They are white, pink 'and red and In each eolor are several named sorts. This rose requires plenty or light, atr and rich soil. They bloom for six weeks. '-" ' ' - "-'.' - "Hyblrd Perpetual. I think, com next. But the nam 1s a misnomer. They are spring bloomers. No other family can show rose of uch splen did slse or colors o . magnificent. Ther is. - however. " no - yellow sort among them. This. class, Ilk th moss.' blooms on th old wood ami has the Damask fragrance and vigorous growth. No other rose give us such clear, deep, entrancing reds. Gen. Jacqueminot, Dinsmore, Camilla de Rohan are the best reds of th type. Dinsmore la really almost A perpetual bloomer. Peter Henderson introduced It Jn 1111. It is ran). ibut "cannot be .cut as the stems are abort and thorny. "American Beauty fcctongs to this family. Indeed one recognises th famHy characteristics readily enough uprljht - stalks, .flower n stiff sterna heavy. Intense - in coloring. Damask scented. I '" should advise growing these In hedges, and It would seem that-field grown plant set out In the fall glv better results. But one can get them now and as a' back ground for the 'ros garden they are fin. It 1 better to buy two year old plant. Th old Giant of Battles la fine. ' Paul Neyron, Coquette des Blanche, Marshall . P. Wilder, Mr. John Lain; and Clio are, perns p the best, but all are good. , The soli must be kept ru h. . Old stalk must be cut out as the best flower com on last season's growth.- '; "Next to this come. 1 think, th Ttugasa rose. - This is known as Ja pan, Russian and Ramaneses roe. It is - said to tie of ' Japanese origin, though there appear to be Russian straiR of.M.- -Th jfo!lage4 toreir after the flower ar gone and the large hips make the plant ornament al. This hi naturally .a single rose, but ther ar semi-double ort. It U odd nd pleasing , as a shrub In an out of th way corner or heds, "June ro were royal flowers once hut new thsy ar outcasts. They wr our grandmother" roses, ' th old fashioned that poeu sing about. THE HEARTH, The old gardens reveled in these com mon June roses, but sentiment must glv way to truth. We have., better roses bow. These June roses sprout generously all about the . main root and the quaint old ladles used to ex change plants of silk, velvet, Scotch, Burgundy,. French Damask, Cinna mon, Blush, Hundred-leaf, Cluster and few others.,: Mad. Plantter la almost the only one that ha held It owh with finer rivals. - These common rose ar fragrant and. hardy and w find them still hanging in , pathetic groups about old homesteads. "In th hyblrd Teas w have th triumph pf rose growing. They are .perfect V. They bloom all summer, they are of low but sturdy (growth and they are hardy ' with us. Their flowers r large, except yellow, they hav all the rose colors. ; Their fo liage Is always extremely handsome and they have long-, yubber-llke stems. These roses ar full, delicate, velvety and dellcloualy; fragrant. Upon these we must depend, largely,' for the rose beds.-" Tn this clasa w have' the ex qulait La . Frances, Kaiserln Augusta Victoria . which I a , glorious white rose that ' some 'times measure four Inches across! : The -Meteor I a fine red. Any catalogue will arlve a long list, and all ar good, though a care ful selection is quit necessary for a small garden. . . "Tea roses always appeal to th flower lover. It Is true that they are weak. slender'rowers.'"The foliage Is always handsome and the stems smooth nd ion. 7t. Under the head of Teas w have th Bengals, Chinas and Bourbons. Teas are rich In soft, delicate colors and ' abound in yel lows and nameless and Indescribable shades and tints. The buds are long and potnted and are unrivaled for personal adornment. They grow and bloom Immediately afer planting, and they are the aristocrats of , the tribe, i To them belong the unexcell ed Mermets, Hermosas-, Matmalsons and the tulip roses, of these we shall require a generous number for Pan dora's American garden. "I am afVald that I do not appre ciate th polyantha roses. The clus ters are large and the faded roses spoil them. Th Prarles are climbers and we do not require them In the South. Baltimore Bell Is th best, but these are better where more tender aorta do not llv. Wher w can cover plasa with Marc heal Nell and Mrs. Bary w do not need Prarle rose that bloom only in the spring. - Our grandmothers prised the Seven Sisters and Multlflora, but w have better, climbers. l 1 "The Ramblers belong imonr the Polyanthas. These, also, are for a colder climate. ' They are too heavy here - ' "'Our wild rosea, headed by th sweet briar, are not to be despised, and among trees and In waste places they are fine." That's all Yry well," said Mother Hubbard smiling genially over the rlm of tea cup, "but tor a ros garden on needs a- list of good - reliable names and an Idea of rose .culture. We are In. danger of : wanting too many plants, and of running after novelties. People talk about bedding roses and they go right on and talk about bedding geranium and col euses. - ; But a rose bad Is not in tended as an ornament to the lawn. It is a place for rose to grow and bloom. It ought to be square and honest with no flourish of curves in Its outline. It must not be carpeted with any lower plant. . The bushes should be set three feet apart and tn row that admit of vigorous hoeing. This bed ought to get th morning sun. The soli should he a deep rich red clay. 1 have noticed that roses have only a -few roots, and these loos en In -oft loam. I like to go out lookli.i. searching for roses and I like to And the bed, rather than have it thrust upon me. So 1 should choose an out of the way place If I were yon and I'd have It spaded and en riched with soil from the stable. "I'd select my plants and. order them now. ' It is by no means too late. When the fresh green plants come set the bunches In water and decide where you want each variety. Then set out carefully and turn a fruit Jar over each plant. I should want the Hyblrd two years 'old and the Teas only one year plants. One must consider .the--' 4ocketbook, - even in buying roses." ' i , ''Tee, agreed the Motherly Wo man, "but this necessity must not force ua Into buying- th cheap un named collections. . We must know what we ar fretting, and ros lovers like to call their pets by name." ''But arn't some of ths name rath er, h, .rather ridiculous?" grinned the Optimist, fingering , gaily colored catalogue, eargerly. - "For Instance here 1 tint 'Climbing ' Bridesmaid.' Fancy- a dignified roe with a nam like that? . The 'Running Bride is no better. -The 'Dwarf .Maid of Honor,'- 'Climbing Paul Neyron,' th 'Olant Princess Beatrice' and a few other are rather funny when you think r It. - "But we needn't think of It. . you know,"- smiled Pandora. "What w want to know is th rose itself and how to grow It, for -wasn't it George Eliot who said: ; , . : "It never rains roses; when we want To have mor roses we must plant more trees," - .:-,..', - . - ' ' , :. .'..- . ' - -' "And how Is It that unprofessional growers root rose cutting from bo- Suets and th garden of friends? t lould Ilk to-do that- Just think of a tiny switch growing Into a flowery bush because I planted It! - . Wallaa4 Unlh.I U,.l.k..J eh saw'that the Gardener had drifted ' trpnnLi?u. !ed ' rose, "my wy it very simple, hut several rows of -sturdy plants testify to th effecthrenes of It ' I ' select cutting from lx to eight Inches long of fully ripened wood. These I cut off Just below a leaf bud. September is a good tim, bat i don't wait for m? tJV???!" or thr buas. Turn fruit jar over them and let them alon. They near- ly always ,oo: Set them where you .-a.aa .. . want them to row end firm the earth solidly about th rutting. , -When the Jar I. full of leaves take It off. There will be a little plant ready to grow and bloom, and some how. one does care more for these. "ft. aa4 hUn is. kiait ..it w. i woughAI'know wy.". tamy u-ed up m ripening on seed pod Is the same that Is required for th perfecting of a dosen rosea. . So .uwuiuuh - uuvc vi juipuiu, uuiuui vi clip on the fading roses, every day.? , poison. It freshens and enriches the blood and cures promptly and eriVm.Cn wwer-C1 mi Ulcers, Scrofula, Skin and piiiows, a sort of harvest of Diseases, Contagious Blood Poison, and all other blood disorders. S.S.S. TZ2$&Vhl b the most reliable and at the same time a most .pleasant act:r:m:' ir 'hottow sofa and jar scattered j eifie fof those whose blood has become weak and who are suf. cri v. . . a "rrnVhrnkTr smiled - pandora, ! Anaemia, Malaria or some other debilitating rickness. "s.d .the thought I ecstasy , ; A blood puriRer is especially needed in the Spnrj tD c':. : t' lionoiuiu- motorist. r planning to f circulation of : the . impurities which have', acrumul.:::.! d in : : entertain th officers of the AtisntioJ shut-in life oP Winter, and S.S. S. is the most rcll-ll - c - baftleshlpr fieot with automobile rlds ! . j -a.-..,- n. .1.. i , 4 . j. . r , c o r when the veasels reach the Hawaiian gOOd results. BoOKOn the tlOOd and me-.CSl '. :.t ... islands on-their cru around the ! sal at alt dm stores. . TTI2 S7TTFT Z?ZZ1I2 CO.. ' world, -' :. .I.-'--?- . . . -. I STCirrS FROM 6INpPTt TOWETC- w. ' ... ' .' . '" ' ' ' familiar Thing Ixxk Unfamiliar l'n- expw-U-tl JUolngn.ln Uio Hitherto In viola bio fect-revy of lofty Hoofs m -r.y ip t.wnere lre isiand stands In her ac- ' estory lrty-two to See WlUiln and " Without. ,-- . j New Tork Sun. ;' - - '; -.- -:' ' ' aboard! First atop 'forty-second floor!, was the signal for the'formal opening of the new. Singer Building yesterday noon. f ' - . . 'The first elevator loads of visitors, officers of the. Singer Company, ar chitects, builder and a few. reporters -not mor thsn -half a hundred were taken direct to the forty-sec ond floor, whlca 1 the one entirely surrounded by a broad balcony, ' ajid at that level a majority stayed their upward progress. If your enthusiasm or sense of duty -carried 'yon further aloft you mad the ascent : of . five more stories first by steep Iron stair way and finally by ladder, until th top, of the surmounting birdcage was reached. Then you looked out upon New Tork, New Jersey and Connecti cut through windows like those In a ship's cabin. It was better, to leave those windows closed. - One . young paper person opened a window and put his hatted head but, the better to rubber, and the others In . the cax gleefully watched hi hat as It sailed and aa tied and upshot and In shot and skidded on th April brees until It gently settled on the roof of the Equltabl . Building. , Ther a little figure, guessed to be an office boy's, picked It . up with actions which seemed to express his convic tion that talnga were coming , hi way.- - -. ..,. i.--.. At that elevation, ' about 100 feet above the street level, famlllat--slght take-Han'" a. most unfamiliar apptitr ance. People on tho sidewalks do not appear to be walking, but move along with un Jerky- regularity suggesting that they are passengers on a moving- platform. Tou. look north, for the line of Broadway and ar certain to pick- out Hudson street as ths north bound legtof the Great White Way. For some reason this delusion Is very strong, and one scarcely credits an experienced guide until Grace church spire Is pointed out at the Broadway bend. ' , The height Is so great that th vis itor is looking down at quit a sharp angle on the tops of the flagpoles on the twin towers ft the Park Row Building. The spire of Trinity is seen emerging from a canon formed by the Trinity and Empire buildings. Ther ar many surprise tn looking down on th roof of skyscraper. On Is that th roofs of new tall buildings are nearly all brick. Just like a brick wall laid flat. These are all populace at the lunch hour. On several of them games of baseball were being played and on one a group of office boya were deep In a game of craps. Elderly clerk were eating home mad luncheons on some of the roofs, and office jtrl too nibbled lun cheon snd literature. Odd little blU of unsuspected life.. In that great hip of Manhattan where population density is greater than anywhere else In the world, that bulge of the Island between -th Brooklyn and WIMIamsbura- bridges. l-the only notable buildings, the only one to stand nut from the clutter nd jumble of dingy . tenement, roofs, were public, school houses. ., To the south th great work ' of filling which Is doubling the aercsgs of Governor' Island looked like a boy' ambitious effort In the mud pie Mne; Miss Liberty held alort her wel coming hand In natural pose, but she la o big a girl It Is Impossible to get her at an angle where there la a sug gestion of anything email She seems to be all right, , v r- - But the ship In th lower bay were OZO OILIEST ilO si n n n i o o s- ? o We have never, claimed that oftriHr. nnr nn that uniild nir W a- 9 s W a w B n w aaa wx'w More tnan forty years ago it was placed on tne marKet and recommended aa a fktsnt HiiAo "anil rAn " mFtmf a fMna, mrA iiaaaakfut r.f.t. mti4 ' k,.WW. f W. ...W. , . W H y . . . V . . V . a, W.'W VMWWW.W- W. a.W when its use has become almost universal, only the same honest claim is made for it that it is a cure for those diseases and disorders arising from an imoure or nolluted blood. Time makes no mistakes, and the very best recommendation of S. S. S. is the fact that it has stood a long test and is now more generally used, and has the confidence of greater number of people than any ether blood medicine. ; The blood is the most vital force of life; every organ, nerve. muscle, tissue and sinew- of the body Is dependent on it for nourishment and strength, and as it circulates through the system, pure and rich, it furnishes to tnese amcrent members preserve them and enable them to ptrform their various duties.' Soil long as the blood remains free from -infection we are apt to escape dis ease, but any impurity, humor or , poison acts injuriously on the sys-; tern and affects the general health. - Pustular eruptions, pimples. rashes, and the various skin affec- tionS, Show that the blood !s lfl, t ' fcvcrif condition a result or SOme nUrTiOr, Of the presence 01 in Irriffltlnff fierv icld -' . Rheumattsm ,m,ann. nciy Cla "Cualls. COfneS from an CXCesS OF UrlC add .' in thm Hrrulatinn while "Catarrh ' J? WC OrClMnon, wnuc V-aiarrn, Sores and Ulcers, Scrofula and Contaeious Blood Poison, are all dccp-scaica Diooa uisoracrs mat win .l. ' -t n.j l t "sc rema ns, : ma oioou may aI.aaa. J fak A,al a. liai ak akk W L aa. aaialaaka siuggisii tuiiuiuuii ui uic system, i-M A !!! AM SB.M ' AS) lrA t Vtsft MM sv ssa. ww m w a -f W w- y mrm, aw - w w-w Jf al - - f .at -A . sV . uic diuou inu5i re punocu bxigrc mc oouy can oc ncaiuiy.; S, S. Sa is a natural blood purifier and tonic. 'It Is made entirely A? rS lharm1rc itlit-'l tiftd ivtnrf 1 curative ability, and beinj free from all harmful minerals is an absolutely safe medicine for young or old. S. S. SJ goes dovn into the i..: .a-aa r . v , ' ' , H out of drawln or r-rsp. .'Something and looked like a Mt t canoes. The WVrs of Con-y I- r p-rked up saucily, and tho hion 1 stretch of sand eastward show, i customed water lot. - The Singer tower, although it l.ok gracefully slender, Is as a matter of figures 00 by 6a feet square. it Is worth mentioning that It Is in fart one tower made of five if the archi tect and engineers designs are aa alyxed. Th shsft for th elevator is a steef itower and on eacf side of the elevatorNJs a teel tower, and these bound togtlrer make the one tower visible to the ye. The tower begins at the fourteenth floor of the building and on each tower Boor there ar six- Ittn ffHrA At - TV tm. fn. k.l . . M V. for each floor up to the thirty-sec- . ond Is, divided tt suit tenants. , At the thirty-second floOr begin the offices of the Singer Company and they continue to the top. Th Sun reporter, ; wandering down , by ; foot ' from the balcony on the forty-second floor .came upon a large refrigerator on trV. f orty-flrst floor. Now a re frigerator 1 a friendly rather than a cold proposition If It is looked at lrr the right way, and invite closer ac- ' ouamtance. Near by was a big gas rangp. - Fine! . Cupboards, pantries, all that heart could wish. The answer cam on the fortieth floor, where there ta a bright little dining room. . The lunch room I for the officers ar ' the company, and on th same floor are a bathroom and two bedrooms, . so that when John really is detained late at the Office . he needn't go to a These happy little convenience are not all for- th - company... Tenant havo many . which are : attractive. ji.vry-omce--hruppned Ty tap wHh cold water,' hot Tiater arid 1c water Near these sources of supply some curious visitor notked lu every office 'a llttlA t.raa Tilt,- aiiarvaotl va auma - purpose, but not revealing It. It be longs to the vacuum cleaning system I n Ht VI 1 1 A.t In 4k. k. . , 1 1 .1 - a. A aav-v.- ... ... . .. . m iuiu . v. u . a, w "a an sweeping ana ausiing. put, what caught the visitors was an at- to that vacuum cleaning plug where- "j uptrmru ta vruin who exaansi air fixings for cleaning a tenant's clothes and hat." Press a button and av jruur viviura ana m cieaava. . -In all th Singer Building thr la uui ywu mm uniiumii nntiriHi ma much lis a cable Inch of wood. ... The . aoors ioox ana actually reel Uke well dressed mahozanv. They are hollow pressed steel on which a finishing sur face is baked, colored, grained and baked again, then rubbed until th deception to the aenses of sight and touch I quit remarkable' All di viding partitions, all trim, even th window frames, ar of steeL Tb .i.. . . .. w"i LiiruuBiivui mr vffmvni corinu with what Is called "crown flooring. a preparation laid on In liquid torn, which becomes as hard as cement, ' but has the feel to the feet of un- uivuiii. a lie uuuuiDf im muinnimn wikift sixteen high speed elevators.. When they get around to It th . owners will light up the tower in a way which Is expected to delight the pfuma oi .irw luvrn, u not ropnng-. field. From the roof of the main building a number of powerful searchlights will b directed against . the tower, which will itself help out the Itghtalng effort by turning on it own battery of powerful electric lamps, outlining Its favorlt curve. The automobile battery which th French army tn Morocco constructed by mounting three machine gun on touring-var chassis has been found very errective in naming tne tnns men. whose fleet-footed horse gav tnem a tremendous advantage over the European cavalry; One battl was -won . by thu military motorist with practically no otner assistance. 0 o S. S. S. -was a medicine to vork Mfrv nhvslrfll ailment nr rli-nrrfr. W'vSgjf r w we wwai we w aia w aww w tne neaitnrui properties neeaea to . Having a4 ft. exten sively I aa testify t its SMrtt a a bleed parlfisr aad toai. It nrthss, pmria. aad slsanses th blood efall iaapwr-' Ittes, and at th sasM ttsa ta a, wondtrfal la-rla-o rater, tai aad system boildr. It is als i a Bjm rssdy for atheasaaUsnv. It Is master f tkl vsry palsv fal disease, aad a a seal to gtv appetite, tra-tk th , arvs and palld ap th ay, tea It ha n aaL ., , - Zt 1 a vry ftn aadlis tadssd. and I aav rvry eoafl. deaoeialt.. UZB.T. L.ATXBT. TO XdASt.,ClaraU,la. conunuc to crow worse asionz as . r ' come irorn Yanow causes, sucnas 1 as a a fT al "L. . Af . . J I.T J a " linpcncti ixjwci anu luancj acuon. ftVaa, -MkfaVTaK4 ts. a ft rt t at. a. . ' w ww f W-M ) w F w ' w S-w . at. . C . rt rrir4 hrh3 art A orlr tt fi aw i LLlllLLCu
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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May 10, 1908, edition 2
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