1892 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
one  speak  of  its  being-  about  time  for 
fried  eggs  to  bloom.  You  may  wonder 
what  they  mean.  It  is  that  they  call  a 
daffodil  with  both  yellow  and  white 
petals,  fried  eggs  ;  and  it  is  not  an  inap¬ 
propriate  name,  for  such  daffodils  do  look 
something  like  what  are  known  as  scram¬ 
bled  eggs. 
The  ash  and  maple  trees,  with  their 
red  blossoms  and  willows,  all  in  pale 
green,  are  very  pleasing  to  the  eye.  One 
of  the  most  picturesque  views  is  a  church 
covered  with  English  ivy,  with  its  dark- 
green  leaves,  a  weeping  willow,  with  ivy- 
covered  trunk,  just  leafing,  the  dark 
green  of  the  ivy  peeping  here  and  there 
from  among  the  light-green  of  the  wil¬ 
low  ;  at  one  side  is  a  magnolia  in  full 
bloom  and  a  little  the  other  way  is  a 
tamarisk,  which  is  an  evergreen  here, 
and  is  now  covered  with  spikes  of  pink 
blossoms.  The  gleaming  white  grave¬ 
stones  and  the  green  leaves  and  blue 
flowers  of  the  periwinkle  form  a  setting 
for  the  picture. 
As  you  go  out  into  the  country,  how¬ 
ever,  it  looks  quite  barren.  This  is  on 
account  of  the  absence  of  grass  ;  broad 
stretches  of  sand  do  not  form  very  pi  easant 
views ;  but  go  further,  go  into  the  forest 
if  you  do  not  mind  riding  over  protruding 
roots,  rough,  corduroy  roads  and  through 
mud  and  fords.  The  sight  of  the  tall 
pines  and  the  plumes  of  the  young  ones, 
the  air  balmy  and  odorous  with  the  scent 
of  fresh  pine,  will  repay  you  for  all  the 
joltings  you  have  endured.  Soon  you  find 
growing  among  the  dried  pine  needles 
patches  of  flowers  looking  much  like  the 
English  daisy,  except  that  no  leaves  are 
discernible  ;  then  you  see  a  bright  blue 
spot.  You  wonder  what  it  is  and  find 
that  it  is  a  dwarf  iris,  its  petals  a  beauti¬ 
ful  blue  with  orange  claws,  and  having  a 
very  delicate  odor.  A  yellow  blossom 
and  a  small  species  of  blackthorn  in  bloom 
or  just  bursting  its  pink  buds*  also  greet 
the  eye  now  and  then. 
If  you  are  interested  in  the  pines,  you 
will  learn  that  they  are  the  Southern 
yellow  and  that  there  are  two  kinds,  the 
long-needled  variety  and  the  short- 
needled,  smaller  kind  ;  the  long-needled 
having  leaves  from  10  to  16  inches  long, 
the  other  some  inches  shorter.  One  of 
the  handsomest  decorations  for  a  church 
or  any  other  place  where  banks  of  green 
are  desired,  may  be  formed  from  the  tops 
of  these  long-needled  pines  ;  then  to  these 
add  a  few  palmetto  leaves  from  near  the 
coast,  and  you  have  a  decoration  that  is 
quite  tropical  in  effect. 
Climbing  among  the  trees  and  over 
hedges  is  a  vine  with  shining  leaves, 
which  in  a  short  time  will  make  everything 
gorgeous  with  bright  yellow,  bell-shaped 
flowers.  It  is  the  yellow  jessamine,  the 
pride  of  the  South  :  and  the  people  may 
well  be  proud  of  it,  for  there  is  nothing 
in  forest  or  garden  to  equal  it.  Those 
who  do  not  like  yellow  cannot  help  ad¬ 
miring  this  beautiful  vine.  Unsightly 
hedges  are  transformed  by  it  into  things 
of  beauty  ;  and  when  it  climbs  the  tall 
pine  or  winds  itself  among  green  wil¬ 
lows,  myrtles  or  budding  cypresses,  a 
picture  is  formed  that,  once  seen,  remains 
long  in  the  mind.  Even  along  the  rail¬ 
road  it  grows  so  near  that  one  might 
pluck  it  from  the  car  window  as  the  train 
sways  from  side  to  side  through  the 
swamp.  Just  as  you  are  about  to  grasp 
a  piece,  though,  the  car  will  be  sure  to 
give  a  lurch  heavy  enough  to  throw 
you  from  your  seat,  and  so  you  lose  the 
lovely  spray  of  flowers  almost  yours. 
The  raytle  mentioned  is  an  evergreen 
shrub  with  bright  leaves,  interesting  to 
the  young  people,  for  it  is  considered  an 
emblem  of  love.  This  seems  to  me  quite 
an  appropriate  symbol  from  the  fact  that 
When  Baby  was  sick,  we  gave  her  Castorla, 
When  she  was  a  Child,  she  cried  for  Castoria, 
When  she  became  Miss,  she  clung  to  Castoria, 
When  she  had  Children,  she  gave  them  Castoria 
it  is  evergreen  and  fragrant,  especially 
fragrant  at  this  season  when  it  is  in  blos¬ 
som,  the  red  blossoms  adding  to  its 
beauty.  Even  cedars  are  beautiful  now 
in  the  blossoming  time,  as  they  are  tinged 
with  gold.  LILLIE  B.  MENDELL. 
A  Proud  and  Quarrelsome 
Fork. 
THE  story  of  the  downfall  of  a  proud 
fork  which  supposed  itself  to  be 
silver  is  told  in  Harper’s  Young  People. 
The  story  goes  that  a  Knife,  a  Fork  and 
a  Spoon  were  thrown  together  upon  the 
kitchen  table  by  a  careless  servant.  The 
fork  eyed  his  companions  with  disdain, 
and  began  talking  in  a  very  patronizing 
manner. 
“  How  dreadfully  dull  you  must  And 
life,  now  that  you  are  out  of  the  swim  !” 
he  said  to  the  Spoon. 
“  Why,  in  what  way  do  you  mean  that 
I  am  out  of  the  swim  ?”  queried  the 
Spoon,  in  a  quiet  voice. 
“Oh,  you  are  comparatively  little  used 
nowadays,”  answered  the  Fork,  loftily. 
“  Time  was  when  the  knife,  fork  and 
spoon  were  quite  important  in  their  way, 
but  now  the  fork  is  the  only  really  nec- 
cessary  table  implement.” 
“  IIow  perfectly  absurd  such  a  state¬ 
ment  is  !  ”  cried  the  Knife,  indignantly. 
“  But  it  is  quite  like  your  egotism.  Who 
ever  heard  you  mentioned  save  as  second 
to  me  ?  ‘  A  knife  and  a  fork  ’  people  say, 
never  *  a  fork  and  a  knife.’  That  shows 
where  your  place  is  in  the  estimation  of 
the  public.” 
“  Oh,  that  is  merely  a  bit  of  speech  into 
which  people  have  fallen,”  returned  the 
Fork.  “  It  does  not  alter  facts.  You 
very  well  know  that  you  often  lie  unno¬ 
ticed  and  unused  through  an  entire 
dinner,  or  until  the  cheese  comes  on.  In¬ 
deed,  yesterday  you  were  left  in  the 
drawer,  while  I  did  the  honors  of  a 
luncheon  that  our  mistress  gave  to  a 
friend.” 
“You  forget,”  gently  interposed  the 
Spoon  ;  “I  was  there,  and  I  saw  the  lady 
look  about  as  if  seeking  something.  L 
am  quite  sure  she  missed  you,”  addx*essing 
the  Knife  with  a  sympathetic  air  which 
showed  her  good  breeding.  “I  once 
heard  a  lady  remark  that  one  felt  very 
uncomfortable  at  table  without  a  knife, 
whether  one  needed  it  or  not.” 
“  I  would  rather  my' absence  than  my 
presence  were  regretted,”  cried  the 
Knife,  fairly  glistening  with  rage,  and 
casting  a  cutting  glance  at  the  Fork. 
“Oh,  well,  when  you  are  wanted,  it  is 
only  to  prepare  things  for  me.  You  are 
a  sort  of  under-servant  to  make  things 
easy  for  me,”  said  the  Fork,  aggravat- 
ingly,  and  adding,  “lam  the  ■  only  one 
who  can  be  called  a  real  table  aristocrat.” 
“  I  am  sure  your  family  is  much  newer 
than  mine,”  retorted  the  Knife.  “  I  can 
trace  my  pedigree  back  as  far  as  history 
goes.  This  is  more  than  you  can  do.” 
“  Yes  ;  but  if  you  go  back  very  far,  you 
will  find  that  your  ancestors  were  mere 
butchers.  I  should  not  want  such  a  pedi¬ 
gree  myself.  I  should  much  prefer  to  be 
recent  and  refined,  like  the  Fork  family.” 
“  And  I  do  not  know  why  you  should 
try  to  hold  your  head  above  the  Spoon,” 
continued  the  Knife,  now  in  turn  defend¬ 
ing  his  sympathetic  companion.  “Who 
ever  heard  of  a  souvenir  fork  ?  and  the 
whole  world  is  mad  about  souvenir 
spoons.” 
This  threw  the  Fork  into  terrible 
wrath,  and  he  beg-an  to  make  a  great 
noise  and  fuss,  when  the  mistress  entered 
the  kitchen. 
“  What  is  all  this  rattling  of  the  silver 
that  I  hear,  Bridget  ?  ”  she  asked,  and  im¬ 
mediately  she  cried  out  :  “Oh,  here  you 
have  thrown  a  fork  down  with  a  knife 
and  spoon.  I  have  told  you  over  and  over 
again  not  do  that.  Just  see  how  the 
knife  and  spoon  are  scratched  by  the 
fork  !  This  pearl-handled  knife  was  one 
of  a  set  given  me  as  a  wedding  present, 
and  this  spoon  is  an  heirloom.  By  the 
way,  I  see  that  the  plate  is  wearing  off 
this  fork,  Bridget.  You  may  put  it  aside 
amongst  the  cooking  utensils.” 
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So  the  proud  fork  was  thereafter  kept 
in  a  kitchen  drawer,  and  put  to  menial 
uses.  It  never  again  appeared  among 
the  silver  and  cut  glass. 
*  -x  * 
Women  and  the  Copyright  Law. — 
George  H.  Putnam,  in  the  March  Cliau- 
tauquan,  gives  a  brief  and  clear  idea  of 
the  provisions  of  the  copyright  bill: 
“  In  March,  1891,  the  efforts  which 
had  been  going  on  in  this  country  since 
1837,  to  bring  ^the  United  States  into  ac¬ 
cord  with  the  other  civilized  nations  of 
the  world  in  its  recognition  of  the  rights 
of  literary  workers  were  finally  success¬ 
ful,  in  the  passage  of  what  is  known  as 
the  Chace  Platt  Simonds  copyright  bill. 
“  Under  this  act,  foreign  authors  are 
conceded  the  same  term  of  copyright  in 
this  country  as  that  enjoyed  by  American 
authors.  This  concession  is  coupled  with 
three  essential  conditious  :  First,  that 
the  country  of  which  the  foreign  author 
is  a  citizen,  shall  accord  copyright  pi-o 
tection  to  American  authors  ;  second, 
that  the  foreign  book  securing  American 
copyright  be  entirely  manufactured  in 
this  country;  third,  that  the  publication 
in  the  United  States  be  not  later  in  date 
than  the  publication  in  the  country  of 
origin,  thus  necessitating  simultaneous 
publication.” 
This  law  though  by  no  means  intended 
for  the  especial  benefit  of  women,  is  yet 
of  great  importance  to  them,  because  of 
the  fact  that  so  large  a  proportion  of 
American  writers  are  women.  Some  who 
have  studied  the  matter  practically,  say 
that  as  soon  as  cheap  foreign  stories  are 
no  longer  available  to  printers,  the  price 
of  stories  and  other  matter  by  home 
writers,  much  of  which  has  been  almost 
unsalable,  will  advance  to  a  paying 
basis. 
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