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Show 7 JHWUmWiUUdUUlUtlWIlilliiiiUlUtMUUWlUUitUiUiUiUK I The Spanish government 1 doing all within it power to augment the trength of her navy, and with that end In view orders have been gnen to push the three new armored crui- sera, the Cardinal Cisneros, Print esa de Austurias and Cataluna. which this country is building, and which are de- scribed in the following articles, taken from that excellent weekly naval lustrated paper, El Mundo Naval, ten by Lieutenant of the Navy Mario Rubio Munez: "The navy is anxiously awaiting the happy completion of the three armored cruisers which are being built in the arsenals of Ferrol, Carraca and Cartagena. The general description given In brief ip a previous number, when we described to our readers the cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa, Vizcaya and Oquendo, are repeated in reference to their sister ships in all that relates to the generic type; but there will be a large number of new details which augment their fighting value in the Cardinal Cisneros, Princess de Astur-ia- a and Cataluna. Armament to Be Hoarier. "Apart from the small variations of external appearance, the differences to which we allude are for the main part introduced in the armament of the new cruiaera, which is to be heavier and at the same time more complete. The characteristics of these cruisers are the following: Length, 106 metres; breadth; 18m. 8cm.; draught, 6m. 6cm.; displacement, 7,000 tons; engines, horse power, and speed 20 knots. Armor: Belt, 31cm.; deck, 5cm.; gun petition, 27cm., and conning tower, 31cm., Armament: Hontorla system, 24cm.r 2; 14cm. quick firing.. Id; spall calibre, SO; torpedo tubes, 8. If our rtkdefsi will take, the paing, to compare these official figures with those pf Ijhe Infanta Maria Tereaa, Viz- -, caya and Oquendo they will find in the newly bn lit cruiser an. increase , of 1,200 home power in the englnes.which 15,-0- that idea in mind the new cruisers have been equipped, for the rapid llring guns are perfectly protected by armor, and with special provision for a d ate supply of shell Better Thaw Olil Type. These poiuts will mark the auprem-ac- y of the Cardinal Cisneros, Princess de Asturias and Cataluna over the Infanta Maria Theresa .typer- - The rapid evolution which has taken place in naval construction of modem times, age In a short time the most admired and renowned ships; the sphere of action of the critic expands and extends logically under suth circumstances, and daring are the arguments of those who seek to show that efficiency is wantsepar-forwar- ' exeets, but invariably Just at the wrong time, when hia commanding officers favorite though he was could not wink at the offense. Hi last army service was at West Point, where he figured to the admiration of cadets and everybody else as drum major. "Bill's splendid Ggurs and profound knowledge of soldiery won him this appointment. Ten years ago he left the army and enlisted as a marine. It was the old story over again rapid advancements, followed by the Inevitable setbacks, all due to unwise conviviality. Not that Bill ever transgressed while on duty for a firmer disciplinarian never wore a marine uniform. .Over at the Brooklyn navy yard Anthony is well known and sell liked. He was stationed there for two years, and during the greater rart of that time served as clerk In the recruiting office. Anthony was detailed to the Brooklyn on Its cruis- in the China seas. Upon his returp he was sent to the Maine, ing. HERO OF MAINE DISASTER. shrieks of wounded sailor and tha rush of flames, with the great steel ship settling to its grave and the dead lying thick upon its shattered decks, brave Anthony made his report to Captain Sigsbee.' Thai report the essence of courage and discipline should live in AmeriDIVER ON THE WRECKED MAINE, can history. where his soldierly merit won him the "Sir, said the gallant orderly, standof marine orderly. post ing at salute. "I have to inform you that the ship has been blown up and Is Wreck of tho Aihselot, sinking. t Lieutenant Frank 8. Hotehkin, of Bill. Anthony has carried a rifle In Uncle Sams service since he was 17 Chicago, who served eighteen years In the United State navy, and them reyelfg old. Hia father was a boss tired into commerclal life, say ij tfikt it truckman in New York in the old days a warship ths had Maine not the been When'Fifty-ototstreet was out in the disaster might have been much worse suburbs, And Bill was born within than ' it; was. . The lieutenant was an afftonesjthrow of the battery. He was fated on the the board Akhuelot feet-twofcpr g natqral born soldier, six when that warship was wrecked in the narrow-hippeincHeA tall, slender-llmbed, and stoitt- - China sea. Eight men were lost three Chinese who were looting the; officers hekrted". middies who quarters, and five .. The family moved to New Jersey Just about the time "Bill completed a rath- - jumped overboard, crazed 'by fear. The Ashuelot was built fat service on the Mississippi during the war, and fifteen years ago, Feb. 23, was In Chinese waters. Bhd was Walled in by. a heavy fog when at.4 oclock in the morning Lieutenant Hotehkin went to relieve, the watch. He had scarcely put foot on deck when tljij lookout cried; "Lamd on tbs starboard beam! The next minute the ship struck, and had it not been for the discipline the whole outfit would have gone to the bottom. The loss of the ship caused an Inquiry l, and a and the captain and the navigator were disciplined. If ever 1 am in a marine disaster again," quoth the lieutenant, I desire ' that it shall be on a h o d, court-martia- man-of-war- ." MAINE BOARD OF INQUIRY. er turbulen career in the public schools and one morning he vanished. Bill had enlisted. That happened twenty-eigyeafs ago, and from that moment Anthony has never ceased to wear the uniform. Ilia first activs service carried him to the Carolina, where the Ku Klux were busily engaged in their deviltries. There he laid the foundation for his soldierly reputation. His commanding officer in those early days was Major Steward, long since retired, but still 9 livthg. Years later a young man drifted into the marine corps as a volunteer, a fellow', whb was slender, the butt of the company until Bill Anthony, the pride of the barracks, called a halt. The recruit proved to be the wayward son of Anthonys old major, and the big- - marine watched over him like a father. Anthony saw fourteen years of soldiering, most of it cn the western plains before he threw in his fortunes with the marines. He wss always a marked man In the service, conspicuous for his magnificent physique, his cool courage, gnd perfect discipline. As a officer he filled every position known to the mil? itary code, and filled them welL There was just one blemish In brave Bills ?2 character a blemish which many believe alone kept him out of a commission. Bill would drink, not often to t.WO of course will give a large increase of 1 the speed. In addition to this there finer model which will add. still further speed. The armored belt which defends the vital part of the Cardinal quality of Clnro is larger and the the plate ha Improved, and we maintain hope that the sister ship in Bilbao will have even stronger resistive of the power. The defensive power whole has also increased not, a little, for tjh7 have the exceptional advantage Of the installation pf A bakery of 14cm. quick firing guns. Comp red with Our Ships.' "It seems, in our opinion, well to form comparative Mata With other navies as the best means of appreciating the relative value of the national forces and with that object in view we present to our readers for reference and analogy the three most powerful armored cruisers flying the United Btatea flag, as the sword of Dawhich serve our to mocles Spanish pessimists. "The four fundamental properties of this class of ship, power defensive and offensive speed and radius of action, can be easily appreciated by the data which follows: to-d- ay M U M fa s Tom. ptiplacinmt, MsrAUWT. H. power. c.. Belt, m . DcS piatt&f, 6 On position, cm l0 2rm.. Frotf From 14 to 20cm.. I. 9 i J? i3 if 7TO T.ooo .M0 ht soft-hand- WhMlmnt la .Tratnlag. TAn experienced trainer asked ,to condense the best information he could give a new racing man, answered as follows: Eat almost everything except green stuff, potatoes and turnips. Make beef, dry toast and weak tea tbe principle articles of food. Do not be afraid of ice cream and ripe fruit at your meals. Be in bed at 9 oclock each night and up at 6 in the morning. Take a cool spray bath on rising. - Do not use tobacco or drink any kind of liquor. For rubbing mixtures so dear to all racing men use witch hazel mixed with a very little pepperment olL Mix in the proportion of one pint of witch hazel to five cents' worth of oil. Do not depend so much on the mixture as on the rubbing."' Have the body well rubbed over. Knead every muscle End by briskly rubbing in order to bring blood to the surface nicely. Exchange. Ab Artists Models Card. Even artists models nowadays nse the latest form of advertisement. On lady In Paris leaves tbe following visiting card at the house of certain famous 7 model.' Fine and painters: spiritual figure. .Civil as well as military uniforms of alt epochs worn with Das the same style of excellence. Fremdenblatt, Vienna. Mana science may be quit concilable with man's theology, Gods Word and Goda Vork never contradict each other. irre- - hut can - SO SO s uu From i&cia.. Of Mem v Smaller 3Torpedo lobe ppood IB knot Hadiofl of aotloB fa 33 17 tJOO .JJCO MOO Dsdncttoa From Figures. Direct deduction from the preceding figures enables ns without any strain-- ; ini of our conscience to call our three national cruisers auperlores in absolu-wt- o over their foreign antagonists, but, nevertheless, the eloquence of those figures should be sufficient to inspire in the pessimists and Incredulous the peace of mind, to close the mouths of those who are constantly stating that the Spanish forces are defective and those who so freely criticise the naval profession in our counry Recent experiences of such Importance as that of the battle of the Yalu, war, have demin the onstrated .the supremacy of quick ng ordnance, and the former custom of trusting to guns of immense calibre has gone out of date, while to-dthe great aim of constructors U midWith dle sited guas well protected. Chlno-Japane- nterest to 0,r MATTER9 AGRICULTURISTS. '' Hist M Of Tkaraof Sl SoU A boat Bad Tlalda Hartlaaltura Vltlraltar. aad Floriealtar. Cow Fobs aad 8.J B.oi. For Fertilizer. Ths value of these two crops aa a fertilizer lg largely due to their high per cent, of nitrogen and, further, upon the fact that 'though they prefer' good land thejr ui grow on either aand or clay that is "too poor to raise anything elsa. As the roots are small and nearly of the plant is above ground the stubble alone does not enrich the ground aa much aa do the corresponding parts of alfalfa and of clover. Spwn for fertilizer, the crop should be plowed under, or, better yet, bogged dowa or pastured off before plowlug. They are indifferent to fertilizers, except the superphosphates. Yield. Rhode Island reports yields of two or three ton of dry matter of cow peas and slightly less of soja beans. over one Delaware reports hut a tittle ' Louisiana ton per acre of cow peas. tong and South over one and one-ha- lf Carolina over three and .tons of dry matter to which ten per cent should be added to express It in terms of hay. Ohio reports but one and one- -' half tons of green foliage, but the land waa 'poor..The yield wt needs varies, greatly in different localities, with different varieties and with time ot plantIs general, cow pea and soja ing. beans art capable of about equal yield in seeds, ths former tending to excel in tbe South and tbe latter In the North. Both yield more in drills than wbsn sown broadcast; late planting tends to increase seed production and early planting to exceaslve development of stem and leaf. Ot tbe many varieties ot cow peat, the email upright growers are most prolific In seed and the trailers,. of longer growth, yield 4nbt of forage. Yields of seed, reported vary from ten or twelve buabele to aa high as thlrty-ssve- n per acre, bushels is a good though twenty-fiv- e yield ot cow peas and twenty of soja se C ... j1 S': Sit1 , ay ANOTHER VIEW OF THE WRECKED BATTLESHIP MAINE " ' PHOTOGRAPH. - - - FROM a. A sti five-sixt- lf at ed .... beans. Varieties. The two common varieties of soja beans are the Black Medium and the Early White, or Improved Whit. Of these the first seems to givs ths ranker growth of vines and ths latter the heavier yield of seed. The sixty or mors varieties ot cow peas differ greatly, in character of growth. In amount of vine, In yield bf seed, and in the time required Some of . the to maturity. smaller varieties called bunch, vAfts-ti- ea - .drum-seedin- are entirely upright others called trailers; send out1 long trailing vines fifteen ok twenty lke-eoj- a beans, feet long, and still others pilled 'runr ners send out upright stalks which afterward from extreme development resume a horizontal position, Ths. real trailers produce a heavy growth ofyloe. but the crop la difficult to sscurs with ths mower, which-ride- s over mahy'bt the lowest vines, leaving them attached both to the ground and to the tangled mass of vines about them. Because of runner are preferred this, the as being easier to cut clean' from tha few varieties will live In ground. the ground over winter in the southern state, and come np the succeeding spring. The following supposed facta will be of value to the prospective grower: (t) meant trailing! (r) run . Ing; (e) erect ' Very Early. Sixty or seventy days; New Erea (r), Chocolate (r),' Congo (r). Vacuum (r). White Giant (rj. (a), .. J. Red Early. Whippoorwill Crowder (r). Granite (r). ' j Medium. Coffee (e), Large Lady (r). Pony (r). Late. Black Eye (r). Everlasting (r), Whit Crowder (r). Very Late. Unknown (or Wonderful) (e), Black r). Blue Hull (r), Purple Hull Crowder (r). Clay (e). Conch (t), Gourd (r). Calico (r). Quadroon (e). Redding (r). Red Nipper (r). Rice (r), Speckled Crowder (r). North Carolina prefers Unknown and Black for yield of either forage or teed. Clay for poor land and Red Nipper for dry, sandy land. Nearly all except the northern states place Unknown first and Black second for general use, that la, for both teed and vine. The Clay recommended for poor soils' haa much vine, but is a poor bearer. The Blue la small, with few vines, hut a good bearer. Whippoorwill is an early variety of great excellence, hut ia a bunch , Vea with few vines. Culture. Either of thee crops will grow on almost any land that la not too sown broadcast at wL anl ffiay to two bushels per the rate of one-ha- lf acre, using least seed with the trailing or. running varieties, Thejr mar also he planted In drills ot convenient distance planting the seeds five or six inches apart in the row. Jn which case a bushel of soja beans will plant about four acres, and of cow peas four to six, according to the variety. The yield pt seed will he beet from drills, but the culture la cheaper when sown broadcast oa ground well prepared as for corn. Ip which case the crop no takes possession of the ground to the exclusion of weeds. In tbs South cow peas ar frequently sown In corn at the last eulti -- 4 - A ' oil for Foots, -- vr L 0 . I Clay soil Is considered beet' for pear culture. And atUl It should not bo to .tenacious aad sticky, A pent orchard will not thrive so wall, say Green Fruit Grower, on any soil that haa mA a clay aubsoiL' Next to n friable clay loam, n gravel loam is most desirable. A light, sandy soil la tha least desirable of any, and yet pear can bo grown on asidy soIL Standard pears can' ha acplanted twenty to thirty feet apart, ot habits and circumstance! to cording apart, growth. If planted thirty feet dwarf pearl can be planted ' between the rows each army. I prefer a standard pear for general orchard culture,, for the reason that they require leu fertility and cultivation, and for the further reason that they are longer llv-ed and make larger and more permanent trees. When the question came np. for a vote, however, before tha Western New York Horticultural society, w found that the dwarf pear was tb favorite for orchard planting or for garden. Dwarf pear have the advantage of coming into earlier bearing. The dwarf pear is not short lived. It requires more pruning and more attention than tbe standard pear. Many varieties do better on the dwarf pear than on the standard. I should not locate a pear orchard or any other orchard la a low piece ot ground. I should locate on a hillside. Tha pear is easily transplanted. I transplant several thousand every spring, and they do not lose on an average one out of one- hundred treea. Pear tree come into bearing earlier than the apple. ed 1 ' - Intensive Culture. In France, no cording to authorities who criticise Canadian agriculture from this standi point, tha art ot fertilizing the eoll la carried to such an extent that, in cut of tenant farming, ths tenant usually reserve ths right to carry the surface of tbe toil of his farm or garden away with him on the expiration of hi lease. This is the mor practicable In that country because -- of- steeliest means of .communication, tha usual smallness of. the' lota cultivated, and the fact that thy French peasantry seldom wander far from the neighborhood in which they were bom. The returns from a single acre at land cultivated In the vicinity of Paris by the highest derating. In general, the best time to plant is gree oLtiitenslve tillage often amount, to eight or even ten .fold mor than Immediately after corn, though on the variety, and .upon the the returns from an acre of land on fact that the late planting favors seed Canadian farm. Rural Canadian. formation, partlculrly with cow peas. The eunshlne of Southern California In all cases avoid cultivation when the is being put to practical use by means vines are wet Source of Seed. Seed can be pur- of a solar water heater, which Is being chased from any reliable seedsman, and largely, used In that section. It beau at prices ranging from 75 cents up, ac- water by the euns rays, and by lta us cording to the locality and other clr--. hot water may be had for a bath and enmatanees. Southern seedsmen seem other domestic purposes at all hours of the day and night, the Invention pay most attention to varieties. working automatically. H la claimed Sell ABBtysaa, that after the apparatus ' Is' once ; la Prof. Persona, In his bulletin on "A tbsre Is not a cent of expense, nor need Oumirai Study of Some Tropical a minute of time be devoted to 1L much-depend- try. Boils," In speaking of the value of a chemical analysis, saye: There ie probably no one subject in connection with their profession that ia so little understood by farmers generally as that of the real value to be attached to a chemical analysis. Indeed, I may say that there is scarcely a question that is tho subject of so much discussion and dla--, agreement, even among the agricultural chemists of tbe country as that ot the real importance to be attached to such an analysis. One line' of authorU ties, headed by Dr. Hllgard, the director of the California experiment tion, relies most strongly upon such aa analysis, while others, of perhaps equal, prominence, at least In other lines, do not place so much reliance upon 1L All agree, however, that something is to b gained by a careful chemical atudy of a soil. EVen those who do not agree wholly with Hllgard concede that, whilst a chemical analysis fails to indicate, the exact degree ot availability of soil constituents, it will at least reveal tbe approximate total quantity ot tha several constituents present therein, and ia this indicating either the sufficiency or deficiency of the several soil essentials. It proves itself very helpful to the agriculturist, aven though It does fall to sh9W the exact degree of availability of a single soil constituent. It must be conceded that if it doe this only, a chemical analysis is of sufficient importance to warrant ita being undertaken, for if it can tell a farmer that hia soil contains a auffleient. quantity of one element and is probably entirely lacking in another, it at least afforda him a rational basis, for Inaugurating, a aeries of practical aoll-tesxparlj menta with fertiliser that will enable him to answer- the question definitely tnd thus save himself the risk of purchasing and applying certain fertiliser on a particular toll that are not needed by it and that would prova a useless expenditure If applied. It will be aeen that tha weak point In an analyeia is that, whila It reveals what a toll actually contains and in what proportions the ssveral constituents are present, it doe not sUt with absolute accuracy Just how much of that plant food la Ifij an available form,' that la, In a form suited for plant assimilation. This id as important matter, for, other things belpg equal, tha actual productlvaness of any toll will depend not o much upon the total amount ot plant food It contains aappon ths proportion of that food which la in an available form. And nntll It la' possible for an analyst to revssJ with much Accuracy tb degree of availability of any plant food essential, it cannot b sold that chemical methods are entirely perfected and to pable of furnishing Information Th ell f espectsaatisfaetory. It Is encouraging ,0 R9l ttat, myny chemists are at tha present .time engiged in, perfecting tne'thbd'l with this object til view, ' . it frequently happen that w ben aolla are barren their failure to product la polion dbe to' the 'presence id oua substances, such as aulphattf or h caae. la tha such When o( Iron. chemical' analysis will reveal tha fact and chemistry will provide a remedy. GARDEN. one-ha- Brave "Bill Anthony, marine orderly of the battleship Maine, has a record to be proud of. Amidst the broad-shouldere- d, AND FARM s NORTHWEST NOTES. Mountain lions and wolves are killHole, Wya Miss Eva Booth, daughter ot General William Booth of the Salvatloa Army, (visiting Butte. A. McCsrger, an early settler, waa fatally kicked by a horse near Rawlins, Wyo., last week. John Il&rrington, an old resident ot the Comstock, Kev., wss found dead ia his cabin one day last week. Rev. F. H. Uwynne of Mont., has resigned the pastorate of the First church at Great Falla There was rivalry at Helena one dav last week to secure 116,000 of State warrants at 1 per cent premium. John OShea, who died in Centerville Montana, Tuesday, was an and worked in the mine of Butte ovec twenty years. The Northern Pacific is transporting to the coast from Montana large quantities of steel rails that are consigned to Japan. The colonists who recently settled in Lyon oounty, Nev., ar still short of house room, twenty ot them living in one house. The state of Nevada has over 168,000 to distribute among its public schools, or more than V7.50 for each pupil, lot the first half of 1898. . Mrs. Jones and her dsagnter, Kn, Allen of Elko, Nev., hare been committed to the Nevada state hospital few mentaVdUeaaea at Reno. John Ward, sheriff of Ulota county, Wyo., for twelve years, U prominently mentioned as Democratic candidate for governor ot Wyoming. John W. Coughlin has been sentenced to one year' in the penitentiary for embetzling money from the Ana" conda (Montana company. t A reward of 9500 has been offered for the murderers of William Grey, tho mining operator at Livingston, Mont., ' who was killed for hia money. la for Billing Thr good prospect and Lewiston, Mont, to 1 phonetically connected soon,-- Tb telephone project is rapidly assuming business forna ' "'.i, . The attorney h general of Montana Indian haa decided that half-brey-d children inherit the fights of their ing elk in Jackson. Prea-bvteri- an old-tim- white fathers, and are entitled to state ' ' school money. Marcns DalyV subscription to tbe Montana Omaha: exposition fund, amounting fio jtl liOOfi, khd conditional that the legisjature should appropriate an equal amount. 7, A company has been formed In Beaver, Wyo., for the purpose of constructing A large irrigating ditch the com- ing summer on upper La Prele. The ditch will be five miles long and water 2500 -- acres I W Ex County Clerk Murphy of Rawlins, Frank Lowe Of Fort Steele, J. E. Buck and William Rlngart of Laramie have departed for tbe Alaskan gold fields. They go well equipped and ar confident of success, Charles A. Campbell, bookkeeper tof the Grand Faclfie hotel in Helena, and John Hanak aa Austrian employed In the East Helena amelter, are ia jail awaiting to be examined by the insanity. haa approved for Bliss Secretary patent a list of lands selected by the state of Wyomlog under the grant to aid the erection of public buildings at tbe eanltal, embracing 25,000 acre In the Sundance district, , The Great Northern haa paid to' the widow of John Gartner, the fireman who wss killed In the wreck at Hillsdale, Mont, last October, 93000, v Settlement with the relatives ot other victims are under way. . Dr, Levers, of Columbus, O., has been added to the medical staff of the Wy general hospital, and has en- tered upon hi duties. The hospital is reported to be. in excellent condition under the new management of Dr. . . , Harvey Reed. An Injunction haa been granted In the case of Walter Cooper vs. tha city of Bozemad restraining the city from issuing bonds for the purchase of the waterworks plant And assuming .the outstanding . bonded, indebtedness the Bozeman Waterworks company which bonded Indebtedness amounts to . , -- -- , jf 9102,000. - -- G. Morony of haa Accreted war f upon tha building and loan associations of that state that are not complying with the State Examiner John Montana, laws as passed by the last legislature. Eight domestic corporations, and on foreign association, he says, are illegally doing business In the state. If the law of 1897 applies to them, and h asks the attorney general to bring a suit to test it. O, Clawson, postmaster and general merchant at Rock vale, Monk, was dis- charged by a commissioner at Billings. It was shown that the liquor Wild to Crow' Indiana was in the form of stomach bitters, on which they may get a , drunk aa they please. A large pari fit Great Northern ear--" veyors is now running line on the bench above the big coal camp of Belt, Monk, and it officially stated that tha purpose is to build a railroad to tha eoal fields near Armlngton, a small town two miles above Belt w K 1 A ) ' |