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The Nebraska State Cemetery Association has been organ- 
ized for the purpose of disseminating a knowledge of cemetery 
management, with the following officers: President, R. H. 
Oakley, Lincoln ; Vice-President, J. Y. Craig, Omaha; Secre- 
tary and Treasurer, H. I. Plumb, Omaha; Executive Commit- 
tee,]. Y. Craig, W. D. Hill, Beatrice, J. H. Derby, Bellwood, 
and president and secretary ex-officio members. 
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According to the Hartford Times, All that remains of the 
apostles of Christ, are in the following places: Seven are in 
Rome — namely, St. Peter, St. Philip, St. James the Lesser, St. 
Jude, St. Bartholomew, St. Matthias and St. Simon. The re- 
mains of three lie in the kingdom of Naples — St. Matthew at 
Salerno, St. Andrew at Amalfi and St. Thomas at Ortona. One, 
St. James the Greater, was buried in Spain at St. Jago de Com- 
postella. Of the exact whereabouts of the remains of St. John 
the Evangelist there is iijuch dispute . St. Mark and St, Luke 
are buried in Italy, the former at Venice and the latter at Padua. 
St. Paul’s remains are also believed to be in Italy. St. Peter is 
buried in Rome in the church which bears his name; so, too, are 
St. Simon and St. Jude. St. James the Lesser is buried in the 
Church of the Holy Apostles. St. Bartholomew in the church 
on that island in the Tiber which bears his name. The “Le- 
gends of the Apostles” places the remains of St. Matthias 
under the altar of the renowned Basilica. 
The free distribution of bedding plants from the parks at 
the close of the season is becorning more general, and is looked 
forward to by numbers of people with glad anticipation. It is a 
good thing. Many a home is brightened, besides an active in- 
terest engendered in plant life by this easy acquisition of a few 
plants; and the numbers of plants thus to be distributed in all 
our large cities gives a fairly generous supply to all willing to call 
for them on the appointed days. 
Extracts from Rules and Regulations. 
The following are extracts from the Rules and Regulations of 
Maplewood Cemetery, the Springville, N. Y.. rural cemetery, 
regarding perpetual care. Springville has some 2500 inhabi- 
tants and has adopted the park and lawn plan and perpetual 
care for its cemetery, overcoming all opposition to the changes. 
“There will be set apart from the proceeds of each lot sold, 
excepting single grave lots, ten cents per square foot thereof, 
which shall be invested in approved first mortgage real estate 
securities, under the direction of the Committee on Investment, 
the income from which shall be used solely in taking care of and 
maintaining the lots in good condition and in embellishing the 
grounds, the principal of which shall remain a permanent fund 
forever, devoted to the purposes above named.” 
“The trustees may receive in trust from a proprietor of any 
lot heretofore conveyed to him, or her, any sum of money, the 
income of which shall be appropriated to the care and repair of 
his or her lot, according to the terms of trust expressed in form 
provided.” 
“The trustees may also guarantee the perpetual care and 
repair of lots heretofore conveyed upon the payment of such a 
sum as they shall deem sufficient for that purpose, a form for 
which is also provided. All such sums shall collectively, be 
placed in the Perpetual Care Fund, and invested as above men- 
tioned.” 
Legal. 
UNSIGHTLY CEMETERY LOT NOT A NUISANCE. 
In an action brought by the Woodstock Burial 
Ground Association against a party by the name of 
Hager the claim was made that by reason of the 
condition of the latter’s lot, it became and was a 
nuisance, and that the association had a right to re- 
cover, as damage caused by such nuisance, 
the cost of filling the lot. The county court found 
that the lot “was unsightly and disfigured, and 
needed to be filled and graded to put it in proper 
and suitable condition. ’’ But this, the supreme 
court of Vermont holds is not synonymous with 
nor equivalent to a finding that the lot became and 
was a nuisance. It says that the law will not de- 
clare a thing a nuisance because it is unsightly and 
disfigured, nor because it is not in a proper and 
suitable condition, nor because it is unpleasant to 
the eye, and a violation of the rules of propriety 
and good taste, nor because the property of an- 
other is rendered less valuable. The law does not 
cater to men’s tastes, nor consult their convenience 
merely. In the absence of a finding that the lot 
was a nuisance, the supreme court holds that a 
judgment for the owner of the lot was correct. At 
the same time it studiously refrains from express- 
ing an opinion whether, if the finding had been 
that the lot was a nuisance, the association would 
have had a right of recovery. 
Spiraea Tomentosa Alba. 
The Spirmas are not only a useful but very at- 
tractive class of flowering shrubs, and in their var- 
iety of habit of plant and blossom and season of 
fl o w e r i ng, 
they are val- 
u a b 1 e in 
many ways 
to the land- 
scape gar- 
dener. The 
White Plume 
Spiraea, illus- 
trated here- 
with, is some- 
thing new, 
for which we 
are indebted 
to Wm. H. 
Harrison 
Sons, N u r - 
serymen, Le- 
banon Spr- 
ings, N. Y. 
This pi ant 
forms nice 
clumps, two to three feet high, and blos- 
soms freely during the hottest of mid-summer, 
which makes it a desirable addition to the list of 
flowering shrubs. It is very showy as a bush for 
massed plantings, and is also good for cut flower 
work. The blossoms are in color a delicate pure 
white, arranged in dainty, open, plumy spikes. 
The leaves are firm and tomentose, like the pink 
variety, and stand drouth and dust without injury. 
