II.— NEW ORLEANS, 18S5. 
Triumph of the builder's art, 
Tower and turret spring and start— 
As if reared by mighty genii for some Prince of 
Eastern land: 
Where the Southern river flows, 
And eternal summer glows,— 
Dedicate to labor's grandeur, fair and vast the 
arches stand. 
And, enshrined in royal guise. 
Flower-bedecked 'neath sunny skies; 
Old and time-stained, cracked and voiceless, but 
where all may see it well; 
Circled by the wealth and power 
Of the great world’s triumph hour,— 
Sacred to the cause of freedom, on its dais rests 
the Bell. 
And the children thronging near, 
Yet again the story hear 
Of the Bell that rang the message, pealing ou 
to land and sea: 
"* ‘Mah is man—a slave no longer; 
Truth and Right than Might are stronger. 
Praise to God! We're free’, we're free!" 
III. 
Prize the glorious relic then. 
With its hundred years and ten, 
By the Past a priceless heirloom to the Future hand 
ed down. 
Still its stirring story tell, 
Till the children know it well.— 
From the joyous Southern city to the Northern 
Quaker town. 
Time that heals all wounds and scars, 
Time that ends all strifes and wars, 
Time that turns all pains to pleasures, and can make 
the cannon dumb, 
Still shall join in firmer grasp, 
Still shall knit in friendlier clasp 
North and South land in the glory of the ages yet to 
come. 
And, though voiceless, still the Bell 
Shall its glorious message tell. 
Pealing loud o’er all the Nation, Lake to Gulf, and 
Sea to Sea: 
u Man is man—a slave no longer; 
Truth and Right than Might are stronger. 
Praise to God! We're free; we're free." 
— E. S. Brooks , in St. Nicholas for July. 
The New Strawberry Pest —The 
Weevil. 
It is announced by the daily press, that 
Prof. Riley, Entomologist of the U. S. De¬ 
partment of Agriculture, Washington, 
D. C., is to visit Staten hland and inspect 
the strawberry beds which are devastated 
by a new insect pest. The strawberry 
growers of Michigan have been annoyed by 
the same insect, and cultivators elsewhere 
have reason to be on the look-out for 
it. The scientific name of the insect 
is Anthonomus musculus; it is known 
as the Strawberry Weevil. It is closely re¬ 
lated to the Plum Weevil, or Curculio. The 
Strawberry Weevil feeds upon the flowers 
of the strawberry, and also j^ierces the 
stalks, just below the flower clusters, caus¬ 
ing them to break off with the young ber¬ 
ries, and thus the crop is lost. Mr. S. G. 
Winant, of Staten Island, who first brought 
this insect to our notice last j r ear, now 
writes us, that the weevil scarcely troubles 
those kind of strawberries which have pis¬ 
tillate flowers. While the Sharpless shows 
hardly a flower, the Jersey Queen and 
other pistillate kinds, in the same field, are 
but little disturbed. This immunity of the 
pistillate varieties may be due to the fact 
that the insect’is fond of pollen, and avoids 
the flowers which do not furnish it. We 
are glad that the habits of this insect are 
to be studied, and trust that it may lead to 
the suggestion of some effective remedy. 
The weevil will very probably spread, and 
strawberry growers should be onth^ watch 
for its first appearance. Hand-picking a 
few weevils, when they are first seen upon 
the flowers, may save much trouble. The 
insect is no imported enemy, but native, 
which has only recently invaded cultivated 
grounds. As in other cases, finding an 
abundance of food to its liking, the insect 
will no doubt increase with a rapidity 
heretofore unknown to it .—American Ag¬ 
riculturist for July. 
Young Juady—“Do you not think that 
Miss S. is a very graceful girl ?” 
Young Man—“I never saw her but once, 
and then she appeared anything but grace¬ 
ful.” 
Young Lady—“Indeed ! Where did you 
see her?” 
Young Man—“I saw her falling over a 
wheelbarrow.” 
Seventy-five years ago the first tomatoes 
grown in this country were cultivated as a 
strange and showy horticultural curiosity 
in a garden in Salem, Mass. About 45 years 
ago they began to be used as a table vege¬ 
table. 
