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Show HIE SEMI-WEEKL- STEERS AIRSHIP OVER. NATION. Y X. T. UYDK. WTOLTORE LONDON AND SUBURBS I'abllahM ARRICULTURp UTAH LOQAN, The Haytian navy now consists tirely of submarine vessels. en- In the opinion of the mosquito a fume concert is decidedly punk. per- Cultivated Catalpas. Prof. A. S. Hitchcock, of the Kansas The Ex Experiment Station, Bays: periment Station of the Kansas Agricultural College having received numerous inquiries in regard to CatalpaB and the characters by which the different srecies can be distinguished, this opportunity is taken to give descriptions of the forms commonly cultivated. Catalpas are well known and easily distinguished from other trees by their large opposite or whorled leaves; showy, irregularly white or yellowish flow; and the ers, more or less which contain long slender numerous flat, winged seeds. The wood Is very durable and much used for anil railway ties. Catalpas are propagated by seeds sown in the spring or by euttings from the ripe wood. There are three species in common cultivation. C. bignonioides, alt (C. syrlngae-folia- , Sima). A rather small tree, native of Southern Btates as far north farther as Tennessee, and planted north. Leavea downy beneath. Flowers about two inches in diameter, white, with two yellow stripes within, Pods and spotted purplish-brown- . s about of an inch wide when flattened out and a foot or more long, with thin walla There are some garden varieties, such as, aurea, with yellow leaves; nana (sometimes improperly called C. Bungi), a bushy form; and purpurea, with young leaves pur- Whisky has gone up again, but the campaign cigar is being sold at the saute old price. The Dalmatian coach ilog has gone out of style. It is not swift enough for the horseless conch. In America King Alfonso would charged with no more serious fense than just being a boy. heart-shape- be of- bell-shape- dark-Bpotte- d seed-pod- s Did the Grand Duke Doris drink from the Chicago girl's slipper or take a bath in it? Galveston News. fence-post- An Indianapolis wedding took place in the dark. There have been others, counting other kinds of darkness. King Edward has been visiting Mr. Carnegie. It 1b not stated where his majesty wants to establish the library. Many a summer resort young man would willingly exchange lus bathing snit and tennis shoes for a fail over- coat. s two-fifth- Everything is eoining to light nowadays. A correspondent has just found out and explained "Why the Dead Sea Is Dead. The girl who forfeits $4,000 if she marries merely needs to take care that she marries a man who is worth more than that. Tho decision of the French government that the whole northern part of Martinique shall be vacated is late but sensible. Having failed to persuade Chamber-laito cough up the Doer generals may as well abandon all attempts on Uncle Russell Sage. n Several thousand Russians are electioneering for a trip to Siberia, tor they have petitioned the czar for representative government. tinier SPENCER'S AIRSHIP. IN WHICH HE SAILED OVER LONDON. Stanley Spencer of London haa proved that he could steer hia airship successfully at will, sail in any direction he liked, and make fairly good time against the wind. Mr. Spencer Is a veteran aeronaut and built hig airship after his own design. Recently he started from the Crystal palace, sailed over St. Paul's, went as far west as Ealing, circled above that suburb, sailed northwest against the wind and landed at Eastcote, near Harrow, at 6 o'clock. The trip of thirty miles was made without a hitch in an hour and forty-fivminutes. Perrlval Spencer, referring to his urnlher's trip through the air, said it exceeded the longest trip of Santos- e ling-ponhas been put under the ban of the law in Ohio, hut checkers ,will continue to go unchecked in the grand old Buckeye state. Bpsacvr. the Colombian fighting for, but practice. KING HUMBERT'S MONUMENT one-fift- h l ! ! art for Judging from hia rasping views on the management of the coal trust, it Is a safe guess that Uncle Russell Sage l.asn't gut his winter's supply of coal in yet. photograph taken on the royal yacht shows the Shah of Persia sitting (jiieen Alexandra, but the Prince of Wales is watching him. A ItnHton Globe. The news that a real trust is being organized in England sends an extra shiver down the spine of the man who has a big. yawnii g furnace in the cellar of his home. The Host on young man whose best girl has promised to marry him whea ihc coal strike ends is sending expensive appealing telegrams every lay to Mr. Morgan. The Missouri river is the prince of It is engaged in practical jokers. cutting a new channel around St. Joseph, Mo., by which course it will leave a new fuOU.OOQ bridge high and dry. Emperor William's talk about visiting Die United States proves that he is desirous of seeing sotuo of Milwaukee's beautiful woiticii mentine.-so enthusiastically by bis brother. Prince Henry. d The Princess I San Faustina, formerly of New York, who bent h'-maid so severely in Rome tho other day that they had to take her to tho hospital, must come from some of our good old fighting stock. 1 r Two Classes of Hogs. famous agriculturalist, when asked what in his opinion was the first and most Important requisite in the successful production of swine aid: A knowledge of what constitutes the perfect hog and the practical application of the same in the swine No man ever gave utterance herd." A thorough to a truer statement. on the knowledge underlying principles relating to the breeding and feeding of our domwtlo&ted animals is also Indispensible. No man can afford to underestimate the value of tbs aame. They are, however, but the means to an end. The snecess of the sculpturist and the painter ia guided solely by the height of his Ideal and the nearness to which he approaches the same. Just so with the breeder of live stock, hs success will be determined largely by his standard of excellence and the nearness to which he approaches the same in his breeding herd. The ultimate end of the hog is the block. Thus the perfect or ideal hog is the one which most nearly meets the demands of the consumer. The butchers preference Is almost solely controlled by the demands of the market. All markets do not demand the same kind of hogs. In some the bacon hog. so named because of Ha long deep side, is preferred; while In others the fat or lard hog ia the most popular, especially where the demand Is for hams, broad loins and fat backs. Thus in forming an opinion as to the best type of wine to breed, it is well to keep the requirements of these two markets In mind. They have established tor us two very distinct market classes of A have Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney still writes something every day at the age of 7k, but, as she says herself, being a grandmother is her chief occupation. And It Is even Inner paid than authorship. lf four-fifth- s Santoa-Dumont- 's heard what revolutionists probably it's one-ha- d e The public executioner of Paris is said to lie ope of the most enthusiastic of automobilists. Evidently he is not averse to doing business overtime. The Colombian revolutionists Speclosa, Warder. Grows to be a larger tree and 1b more hardy in the north. This seems to be the commonest species cultivated In Kansas. It can be distinguished from the preceding chiefly by the flowers and fruit. The flowers are larger, two and Inches in diameter, much lesB spotted within, and fewer in a cluster. The pods are thicker, and three to of an inch wide, and with considerably thicker walls and somewhat larger seeds. Its natural range is from southern Illinois and Indiana to Mississippi and Louisiana. C. Ovata, Don. (C. Kaempferi, S. ft Z.) A low tree about twenty feet high, native of China. Hardier than the two only preceding. Flowers smaller, about an inch in diameter, yellow with orange stripes Inside and dark violet spots. The leaves are usually more Sr less angled at the aides and are nearly or quite smooth at maturity. The pods are very long and slender, inch in diameter. only about In The species all flower in June. addition to the above there is a hybrid between C. bignonioides and C. ovata, called Teas' Japan Hybrid (also called C. hybrids) . It is a profusely flowering and hardy tree. C. Santos-Dumont- s Murat Halstead, who is nearly seventy years of age, wants to enter politics. It seems that a man never gets too old to go wrong. won a battle. We have not ple. Dumont, the Brazilian aeronaut, by nearly twenty miles. Spencers airship has a blunt tail and nose, differing In that respect from the design of balloon. The general lines are those of a bottle-nosewhale. The bag is seventy-fivfeet long and contains 20,000 cubic feet of gas. The frame is of bamboo. Unlike machine, Spencer's airship is propelled in front. A simple pressure of a button seta the airship going anil stops it. It is worked by a motor of three horse power, placed at a safe distance from the gas valve, danger of explosion being thereby minimized. Occupying a conspicuous position on Mount Superlm. near Turin, then has Just been erected, in honor of the late King Humbert of Italy, a monument which is described by those who have seen it as one of the most impressive works of art of its kind that has ever been constructed. r The monument is the work of Poxzi. At the foot of tin- - monument Is the figure of a w arrior anil at the top hns been eciiljiturel a wounded eagle. The (all column is of marble and may le seen for a grear distance. It is said liiat Quean- Margherita. the widow of King Humbert, ia evMci-riallwith this work, con hn;-no- - y pb-nse- sidering it th nmsi striking memorial of ber iat hushurul which has yet been erected in Italy. Toadying to Grand Duke. f)n leaving Now Vork Grand Duke Doris did not lnw, the steamer at the dock, like the ocher passengers, but from (oinellus Vanderbilt's steam yacht ('liemkee. which brought the gran-(iiriu; fjoui N import and which walled for thn Isirinine at quarantine. The grand duke enjoyed another distinction. On a ci. tnt of his high rank bis name hen -d the list of pas sengers. The members of his suite l next and tln-- n the other passen- gers followed in aip'iahel b'lrt order. hog. Mutton l this year the poor mnn's The high prices of other kinds of meat are driving consumers to the use of mutton to a much larger extent than ever before. The result must bo in the price ither a decided inn of sheep or a very great imreesti In tbs number of sheep In the country. meat- - Wise is the man wha soils Ms I'tf man wi gleg advice. 1'c. aw a t Starting the Furrows. Good plowing requires a knowledge of the principles of soil turning and requires experience in doing the work. If the first furrows are run carelessly or incorrectly it will he found exceedingly difficult to do a good job. The plowing of old fields is less difficult than the plowing of new ones, for the reason that the old fields have landmarks that are easily understood. This is, of course, true only If the plowing of former years lias been correct. It is a somewhat difficult task to turn a straight furrow across a new field with nothing to serve as a guide but some object on the further side. The skilled farmer should not entrust the turning of the first furrows io the boy or tbe unskilled hired hand. If the first furrows are crooked it is difficult to make any straight ones afterward. The best plowman will find it difficult to correct the errors of his predecessors. Even the skilled plowman will not find it an easy matter to run the first furrow straight ahead of him and keep hia team well under control. If the field is to be plowed on the "lands plan, then there is an added reason why the best plowman on the farm should take the matter in hand, for there will be several first" furrows to The first furrows are the patplow. terns of all that are to' follow them. Landmarks set up bn opposite sides of the field will assist the plowman In making his furrow straight whether he be skilled or a novice. Sites for Orchards. The site for an orchard can not be selected by rule. If we attempt to divide all the orchards of the country into groups to correspond with rules we have in mind we very soon find that the rules do not mean very much, as the exceptions to the ruleB are very numerous. Exposure, soil and drainAs to age must all be considered. exposure, a northern slope for an apple orchard Is always advisable, yet there are many successful orchards on the level. Probably the northern slope is more necessary In tbe northern rim of the apple growing belt than In tho southern rim. The soil is a matter of a good deal of importance Sometimes, a farm contains a dozea different kinds of Boil, one or two kinds being more suitable for the orchard than the others. The soil best adapted to the growing of orchard trees Is the one that should he selected irrespective of whether that soil be near or far from the house. Too often the orchard is located with reference to the house rather thun in relation to the soils of tbe farm. Dot it la better to have a productive orchard a half mile from the house than to have an unproductive orchard near the house. Nearly all clay soils need to be drained even If the location of the orchard he on the hill. When to Cut Alfalfa. Alfalfa should be cut when not more than of the plants have come in bloom. Cut at this early stage, the yield of hay for the season will be much greater than if the alfalfa is rut near maturity, and every pound of hay secured will he worth more for feed. At the Ksnrss Experiment Station, a strip through a field of alfalfa was cut when was in bloom, another trip was cut after fnll bloom had passed. The strip cut early was. r.csr!y ready to cut the second time .vfccn. tr.st cut after full bloom was being harvested tbs first time. The strip cut early grew vigorously through the season and made three cuttings and a good aftermath. The strip cut after full bloom gave a low yield the first cutting and did not grow sufficiently to yield a good second cutting. Early cuttings invigorate the plant. Kansas Station Report. Vigor a Valuable Quality in Swine. Prof. V. J. Kennedy says: In Judging swine, the butcher's preference should be adhered to very closely. The profit in the production of bogs largely lies in successfully catering to tbe butcher. There are some other points, however, which must he considered in tliia connection. The evidences of constitution and vigor are points on which tbe butcher cannot realize profit. To the feeder and breeder, however, they are of the utmort Importance. No man can afford to underestimate the value of constitution and ligor in the hog. Thny are the best specifics ns yet discovered to ward off the ravages of hog cholera. Varieties of Geese. From Farmers Review: Will soma one that haB kept a good mnny varieties of geese toll me something about them as to varieties? I wish to begin rnlslng some one variety, hut find there is a difference of opinion is to which variety is the beFt. Which breed is best for the production of feathers? Which is best for the pro-- i of eggs, and which gives thu best growth? U someone will unswivr these questions, I mny he able to form my own conclusions is to which is Nelli Thomas. j t hi hc: t breed?. one-tent- h one-tent-h 1 i ilui-tin- j - |
