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TWENTY-FOUKTH YEAR. Yearly Subscription $1.00. WA-KEENEY, KAN., SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1902., H.S.GIVLER.Prop.
NUMBER 14.
R0CH AMBEAU STATUE AT WASHINGTON
Presidents Roosevelt and t-onbet of France. Statue of the Great French
Soldier Who Aided the Colonies In Their Fight for lndep-neiTce.
the WEEKLY
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Hprmylnc Fruit Trees.
Apples at $3.50 to $5 a barrel last
fall and twice that this spring are apt
to make folks interested in fruit trees.
The first requisite is a good spray
pump with the necessary rigging. The
outfit can be bought of the manufac
turer or of the implement dealers, and
will cost anywhere from J10 to $200. A
first-class outfit costs $15 to $25. Just
at this time of the year the spraying
needed by the fruit trees is chiefly for
the prevention of fungous diseases.
For this purpose a plain solution of
copper sulphate, one pound in 10 to 20
gallons of water may be used. Bor
deaux mixture is equally as good, but
it is more bother to make. The first
spraying should be given at once, be
fore the blossoms open. A little later.
Just after the blooms fall, another
spraying should be given. This should
be Bordeaux mixture in every - case.
Bordeaux mixture may be made of
varying proportions and strengths.
The standard mixture consists of one
and one-half pounds copper sulphate,
one pound stone lime, ten gallons
water (six pounds sulphate, four
pounds lime, one barrel water). Dis
solve the sulphate and slack the lime
in separate vessels, dilute each with
about half of the total water to be
used and then pour the sulphate solu
tion into the lime water while stirring
vigorously. Continue the stirring for
a minute to insure perfect mixture. It
deteriorates on standing and should
be used soon after made. Keep the
mixture clean to avoid clogging of
pump and nozzles. Strain the solutions
and have a strainer on suction tube of
pump. A quick, convenient way to
disbolve copper sulphate is to suspend
it in a cheesecloth or similar bag just
below the surface of the water. A
third spraying two weeks later, with
Bordeaux mixture, will be a paying in
vestment. Even a fourth and fifth
spraying at Intervals of two weeks,
will sometimes pay handsome divi
dends. In all sprayings, except the
first, some paris green should be used.
Add one pound of paris green to 200
gallons of water, or four ounces to the
barrel. ' If there is danger of bud moth
the paris green might better be used
in the first spraying also.
Trees for Shade.
A communication from the Oklahoma
station says: The trees most generally
planted have been elm, soft maple, ca
talpa, black locust and box elder. The
elm grows slowly at first and is at
tacked by borers, but is the best shade
tree in the list and should be included
In every planting for shade. The soft
maple is easily broken by the wind and
sutlers from drouth and the attacks of
borers, but it grows rapidly from the
start and makes a pretty tree. The
limbs of the catalpa tree are easily
broken by the winds, but it grows rap
idly.makes a fair shade and is valuable
timber for posts. The black locust is
not generally regarded as a first-class
shade tree and its tendency to sprout
from the roots makes it somewhat ob
jectionable on lawns. But it Is the
fastest grower in the list, will stand
more neglect than the others, and the
wood is very durable for posts. The
box elder is a moderate grower and is
not adapted to poor upland soil, though
It does well in favored locations. The
ash and sycamore are good trees, but
are not adapted to as wide a range of
soils as the others.
Teachlor Flortleoltore.
While at the Kansas Agricultural
College lately the writer had the pleas
ure of talking with Mr. Baxter, who
has charge of the greenhouses there.
Mr. Baxter is perhaps the only man In
the country who occupies the double
position of manager of greenhouses
ana instructor in floriculture. At the
college are 400 young ladies, most of
whom are taking the domestic science
course. Several times a week classes
go to the greenhouses and are there in
structed in the science of cultivating
and caring for flowers. The future
homes of these girls will show the ef
fects of this teaching. Where there
are greenhouses under the charge of
competent floriculturists the latter
might be used as instructors not only
in our colleges, but also In many of our
common schools. Probably all advanced
educational Institutions have green
houses connected with them, and this
opens up a large field for demonstra
tion In thi art-
A farmer in Berkshire has had post
ed on a meadow fence the following:
"Notiss. Know kows is allowed in
these, medders; any man or woman
letten there kows run the rode wat gits
Into my medders aforesaid shall have
his tail cut off by me, Obadiah Kogers."
Never call a man a liar if he is big
ger than you are. If you are positive
that he Is a liar hire a cheap man to
break the news to him.:
Think more of your own faults and
you will have less time to consider the
faults of other-
Asparagus Planting-.
The old methods of planting aspara
gus would hardly apply at this day
when that delicacy is raised in Im
mense quantities in large fields. Just
imagine trenching a field of several
acres extent! It used to be thought
that the only way to raise this plant
was to dig trenches three and four feet
deep and fill them with alternate lay
ers of manure and turf mixed with
soil. These trenches were sometimes
not only three feet deep, but each one
was three feet wide. Practically all
the manure' buried at such a depth
was wasted. The asparagus is a plant
that feeds near the surface. It re
quires a good deal of water, but it does
not draw its food from the water. It
will not feed below the water table
In the soil. Today fields are well pre
pared and enriched, and the planting
of the asparagus roots proceeds about
as rapidly as does the planting of po
tatoes. The roots are placed at a
depth of a foot or less, sometimes not
more than a fourth of that. It is bet
ter to place the plants at a depth of
six inches or more. This is especially
the case when the plantation covers a
large field, as It is necessary to culti
vate over the plants to keep down the
weeds. Shallow planting may give an
early yield for the first year or" two.
but the plants will not be so satisfac
tory in years to come. Another old
fallacy was that of close planting.
Fifty years ago the plantations of as
paragus were mostly on small areas.
It was no unusual thing to find the
plants set in rows a foot apart and
six inches apart in the row. This In
a few years gave a perfect network of
roots in the soil, and the asparagus
stalks were hardly larger than lead
pencils. Now the plants when set on
large areas are generally at least three
feet apart, and sometimes the rows
are four feet apart, with plants three
feet apart in the rows.
Exterminate JimRon Wed.
The plant that we illustrate on this
page is a good one to exterminate, es-
fK. t. Jin son weed Datura ttrmmtmimmf
flowering spray; s. fruiting capsule both
Mrd natural aiae.
pecially if there are young children
to play in its vicinity. It is poisonous,
and the life of more than one child
has been sacrificed to it. Children are
poisoned by playing with the leaf in
the mohth. and after the seeds ripen
by eating them. They are also dan
gerous to cattle. These weeds are gen
erally found on vacant lots. Mow the
weeds and scatter grass seed in their
place.
f Hereford Prcniim
.We are in receipt of the preliminary
premium list of the three National
Hereford shows to be held this fall,
and Secretary Thomas informs us that
prospective exhibitors should write
him at once for same. The classifi
cation does not differ materially from
that of last year except that there is
an additional class for yearling bulls,
so that this year there is a class for
senior yearling bulls and another for
junior yearlings. At the American
Royal at -Kansas City the Stock Yards
Company is giving $500 in prizes for
car lots of Herefords. $200 of which is
for fat stock and $300 for feeding cat
tle. This is in addition to last year's
premium list. For the International
at Chicago the Hereford Association
offers $900 in prizes for carload lots
of fat Herefords. This amount is in
addition to the premiums offered by
the International management ' and
should bring out an exceptionally
large exhibition of "white-faces" in the
pens. Write C R. Thomas. Sec. 225
West Twelfth St. Kansas City. Mo.,
for a premium list, which will give
full particulars.
There are mothers and mothers. On
kind turn their children into the street
to keep the house tidy.
Feed for Calve.
X report from the Kansas station
says: Kaffir corn meal has proven to
be superior feed for calves. It seems
to be constipating, and materially as
sists in checking the tendency to
scours, so common with calves. Ex
periments at this station show that
calves will begin eating shelled corn
when three to four weeks old and will
do as well or even better than when
fed corn chop. When possible it is
desirable to feed a mixture of shelled
and ground Kaffir corn. Soy- beans
have been tested at this station as a
calf feed, and all results indicate that
they are not adapted to young calves
in any quantity whatever. They are
very loosening and cause scours.
Calves will begin to nibble at hay
about the same time they commence to
eat grain. When from six to eight
weeks old, the calves under experi
ment at the Kansas Agricultural col
lege consumed from one-half to one
pound daily per head. Mixed orchard
grass and prairie hay are best. Alfalfa
hay proves to be too loosening for
young calves, though it may be gradu
ally introduced into the ration after
from three to four months. Nothing
but clean, bright hay should be of
fered to calves. At times considerable
difficulty is experienced from scours
when calves are suddenly turned on
pasture. This can be overcome by
feeding a little green feed before mak
ing the change. Give a forkful the
first feed, two forkfuls the second feed,
and so on till the calves get all the
green feed they want; when they can
be turned on the pasture without in
Jury. Tobacco Notes.
From the reports of. the weather bu
reau we compile the following in
formation relative to the present con
dition of the tobacco crop:
Kentucky The plants generally are
rather small and thin In beds but ap
pear to be in good condition other
wise., c ... ......
Maryland and Delaware Like all
other crops, tobacco has suffered from
the dry weather In parts of Anne
Arundel the planters have plowed up
their beds preparatory to reseeding,
as the first seeding failed to come up.
In Prince George's and Calvert coun
ties the plants are small and back
ward. In parts of St. Mary's county
the plants came up badly in late seed
ed beds, but in other parts of the same
county the beds are well filled. Gen
erally throughout the tobacco-growing
districts the advance in plowing has
been quite satisfactory. The fly has
not yet appeared this season.
New England Tobacco beds in good
condition.
New York Tobacco beds made.
North Carolina Tobacco beds are
still thin, but the plants have made
good growth. Transplanting began
last week in several eastern counties,
but rain is needed to enable this work
to be carried on extensively; on ac
count of the small size of the plants a
little delay will not be harmful.
Ohio Tobacco plants are doing fair
ly well.
South Carolina Much tobacco has
been transplanted and good stands se
cured. Plants continue plentiful. The
acreage devoted to tobacco will be
larger than ever before.
Tennessee Tobacco plants are ready
to set. Insects have injured young
plants In some localities.
Virginia Tobacco plants continue
backward.
Experiment lo Steer Feeding.
'A co-operative experiment In "steer
feeding is being carried on under the
direction of Professor H. W. Mumford
of the University of Illinois at the
farm of E. D. Funk, Shirley. Illinois.
The- object of the experiment is to de
termine whether shock corn or ensi
lage is the best ration for beef making.
Fifty calves, each eight months old.
were divided into two lots, one of them
getting a ration largely of shock corn
with a minimum amount of whole
oats and clover hay. The other lot
gets exactly the same amount of oats
and clover hay, but the calves In this
lot get their corn and corn stover in
the form of silage. Equal acreage of
silage and shock corn were set aside
for this work so that at the end of the
experiment Professor Mumford will be
able to determine whether more
pounds of beef can be made from an
acre of shock corn. Careful records
are also available showing the rela
tive cost of harvesting and feeding the
silage and shock, corn to be used in
this experiment. The " calves will be
turned to grass about the middle of
May and gains through the summer
season observed. The animals used In
this experiment will be finished on si
lage and shock corn next fall and win
ter. .
Concessions valued at over $200,000,
000 have been granted to a syndicate
composed entirely of Americans to re
build 315 miles of surface lines In St.
Petersburg. Moscow and smaller cities
and to install overhead trolley wires.
Rochambeau Statue Unveiled at Washington, May 24.
CROKER'S NIECE ON THE STAGE
Mrs. Xalay Morgan Has leeldei to
Enter Vaudeville.
Richard Croker's niece, Mrs. Daisy
Morgan, will go on the vaudeville
stage.
Mrs. Morgan has adopted the stage
name of Daisy Welstead, which was
Mr. Croker's mother's maiden name.
She will open in a vaudeville sketch
entitled "The Last Lesson."
Mrs. Morgan is 25 years old, and is
of very attractive appearance. She
is Mr. Croker's favorite niece. Her
mother's name was Honore Victoria
Croker.
Her first attempt at anything in the
Flames soon will consume the cum
bersome hulk of the battleship Ver
mont. The ship recently was placed
on the retired list, and is to be sold
at auction. After it has been stripped
of everything of value to be found
on it, what remains of the historic old
boat will in all probability be burned,
and all trace of one of the finest ves
sels in the United States navy will
then be obliterated.
There was a time when the Ver
mont was regarded as a formidable
agent of war, but for several years it
has not been in active service be
cause it was regarded as unfit for
use on the sea. After its direct value
to the navy department ended the
Vermont was transformed into a re
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dramatic line was last November,
when she had a smart part with the
Baker stock company that appeared
for a week in the Criterion theater,
Brooklyn. She is a clever violinist,
and wil play a solo in the sketch.
A Yankee Amazon.
The memory of Deborah Sampson
Gannett, the woman soldier in the
revolutionary war who fought under
the name of Robert Shurtleff, was
honored lately at a banquet at Sha
ron, Mass., where she lived more
than forty years. Her body lies at
Rockridge cemetery In that town,
where the grave is frequently pointed
out to visitors.
The banqueting hall was decorated
with the national colors, and inter
mingled in large letters were the his
toric names: Deborah Sampson, Mary
Lyon, Anne Hutchingson and Hannah
Dustin. In a conspicuous place was a
placard on which were the words, ' "I
Was There." This referred to Debo
rah Sampson's oft-repeated saying in
her lectures on the battles in which
she had participated while dressed as
a man. One of the speakers during
the evening suggested that these
words be placed upon Sharon's town
seal.
A Religions Prince.
Prince Bernadotte, second son of
the king of Sweden, is a deeply re
ligious man. He is president of the
Young Men's Christian Association cr
Stockholm, the chairman of a mis
sionary society and of many like in
stitutions. He Irequently preaches.
ceiving ship, and scores of raw naval
recruits can trace their first experi
ences back to this beginning. For a
long time the Vermont has been sta
tioned in the Brooklyn naval yard,
and during the late war wUh Spain
many squads . of naval recruits were
assembled on its decks.
The Vermont Is a character type
of the then formidable frigates that
figured in the early wars of the coun
try. It was an ungainly housed-in af
fair, and was built by the govern
ment In the Boston, yards in 1818.
From that time until the ship was
converted into a receiving station it
saw much active service. The Ver
mont is 196 feet long, fifty-three feet
wide, and displacement of 4,150 tons.
DEATH OF VETERAN FIRE CHIEF
Robert A. William Fought the Great
Chicago Conflagration.
Robert A. Williams, chief of the
Chicago fire department at the time
of the great fire in 1871, died in that -city
after an illness of four weeks.
Mr. William? .was proud of the fact
that he had never missed -an import
ant fire in Chicago for more than fifty
years. Even during the the last few
years, when he was employed in the
coumy treasurer s unn r, ue v um
slip out whenever he heard of a bad '
blaze.
Directing the department at the
time of the big fire, his report is
among the records of the Chicago His
torical society. He was able to tell
much about it that never found Its
way into print. It was his opinion
that the fire would have been confin
ed to a tract two blocks wide from the
starting point to the lake had not the
manager of the gas works at Market
and Adams street turned the gas into
the sewers to avoid an explosion.
TO COMMAND CANADIAN MILITIA
Appointment of the Karl of Dnnilasald
la m Popular One.
Major-General the Karl of Dundon
ald, C. B., M. V. O., has been appoint
ed commander-in-chief of the Cana
dian militia.
Lord Dundonald had already done
good service with the Camel Corps on
the Nile in 1884-85 before he went out
as an ex-commanding officer of Life
Guards, to South Africa. His services
as the leader of a mixed cavalry bri
gade In front of Ladysmith are suffi
ciently recent and familiar to need no
recapitulation, and it is universally
admitted that when he goes to Can
ada in June as the general officer com
manding the Dominion he will be the
right man in the right place.
He is a warm believer in the citi
zen soldier, and as a dashing leader
in the field he will be warmly welcom
ed in Canada.
A Secret Worth X 1 50,000,000.
There is only one genuine brand of
eau de cologne in the whole wide
world, and its composition is a family
secret, and has been so for nearly 200
years past.
It was in 1706, or thereabouts, that
the manufacture of - the famous per
fume was first established by . one
Giovanni Maria Farina, in the city
1, ,-i . it n L-iiu it, momo Thcro arc
now in Cologne and its immediate
neighborhood some fifty factories for'
its preparation, over forty of them,
being in the hanos of persons bearing
the name of Farina. The others are
conducted by kinsmen and . kins
women, mostly relations by marriage.
It has been estimated that from first
to last the monopoly has brought into
the coffers of the clan ' the enormous
sum of 150,000,000, and probably
this estimate is under, rather tban
over, the mark. '