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More Greurv, Less Chaff 
will result if you use a fer¬ 
tilizer that contains plenty of 
austere Badaoni. 1 he associations of 
Fathpur Sikri, “City of Victory,’’ are 
not its only claims to our interest and 
respect. Its beauty in desolation excited 
the poetic imagination of Heber and 
stirred the critical enthusiasm of Fer- 
gusson, who says of the “Turkish 
Sultana’s house,’’ which still overlooks 
the Pachisi Court, where Akbar is 
fabled to have played his games of living 
chess, that it is “impossible to conceive 
anything so picturesque in outline” or 
any building so richly and wonderfully 
carved without the least exaggeration 
or bad taste. Equally exquisite is the 
celebrated shrine of Saint Salim Chishti, 
built in 1580, with its pure white marble 
cenotaph, its red sandstone dome, and 
its veranda enclosed by delicately pierced 
fali screens of fair marble, like fine lace 
set in samite. And for grandeur what 
can compare to the stately “ High 
Gate,” Bulaud Darwaza, of the mosque 
which crowns the rocky plateau, and 
which the historian of architecture cites 
as “noble beyond any portal in India, 
perhaps in the whole world?” — St. 
James Gazette. 
BONFIELD AND JOSEPH BONAPARTE 
F George R. Bonfield, the artist, of 
Philadelphia, the “Ledger” of that 
city tells this story: “ Early in life he was 
a marble carver, and his employer sent 
him to Bordentown, N. }., to decorate 
some marble work at the residence of 
Joseph Bonaparte, the exiled King of 
Spain. One day, while passing through 
one of the halls, he saw a marine scene, 
painted by one of the French masters. 
In a twinkling young Bonfield had his 
sketch-book, which was always his 
companion, in his hand, and commenced 
to draw the scene. While so occupied 
he heard footsteps approaching, and, 
not wanting to be caught, as he con¬ 
sidered, taking his employer’s time, he 
tried to put the book in his pocket 
without being noticed, hut was too 
late. 
“Itwas Bonapartewhosawhis attempt 
to conceal the book, and asked young 
Bonfield to show him what he was doing. 
The young man complied with the 
request, and the ex-king of Spain so 
much admired, the work that he not 
only gave him permission to roam where- 
ever he pleased through his art galleries, 
but introduced him to his daughter, 
who was also an admirer of art.” 
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