An Illustrated Monthly Rural Magazine 
-FOR EVERY ONE WHO PLANTS A SEED OR TILLS A PLANT.-^ 
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Stay man 's I* lack berry. 
Stay man the celebrated 
Leavenworth, Kansas. 
fru i t 
grower or 
The above cut is said to be an exact rep¬ 
resentation of a new bihck berry offered 
this year for the first time by “Purdy, of 
Palmyra,” who seems to be determined not 
to be out-done in procuring early berries. 
“It is a rather large, roundish oblong ber¬ 
ry of the best quality. Plants propagate 
either by suckers, root cuttings or tip lay¬ 
ers, like the black raspberry.” Such is the 
originators description of it. lie claims 
for it great hardiness, productiveness and 
earliness. Mr. Purdy says it is the earliest 
blackberry grown. As all berries origina¬ 
ting in the west have generally proved a 
success the probabilities for its having a 
great run are in its favor as it is a Kansas 
production, having been originated by Dr. 
THE LIGHTS OF HOME. 
In many a village window burn 
The evening lamps. 
They shine amid the dews and damps. 
Those lights of home! 
Afar the wanderer sees them glow. 
Now night is near; 
They gild his path with radiance clear. 
Sweet lights of home. 
Ye lode-stars that forever draw 
The weary heart. 
In stranger lauds or crowded mart: 
O ! lights of home. 
When my brief day of life is o’er. 
Then may I see 
Shine from the heavenly bouse for me. 
Dear lights of home. — H. I 
