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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

trees at their tops. The insect appears
to attack the tree al first among the
larger branches at a considerable
height, causing the tree to die at the
top, while the remaining lower
branches keep green. Its presence is
also manifested by the uneven, wavy
appearance of the bark, which shows
O or less regular spiral ridges on
the smaller branches.
The larva, as a rule, enters the wood
in the fall of the year and there con-
structs a cavity, which probably serves
the purpose of a pupal cell, in which
it passes it's ultimate transformations
in late spring or early summer. With
in this cell the larva passes the winter.
We illustrate the mature and larval
form of the insect. The beetle is
bronze in color. There are only two
methods of control known at pres
ent. One is to use such clean
cultural methods that the insects will
find no ~harboring places. Prof. Chit
tenden believes that the trees cannot
be saved after being once attacked, and
that the only safe thing to do is to
cut down and burn infested trees. This
work should be done before the beetles
emerge in May and June. Unattached
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

trees may be protected by using va
rious mixtures as washes. among them
being a mixture of linseed oil and
resin. Some have even recommended
whitewash poisoned with a small
quantity of some arsenite such as ar
semitic of lead. There is danger in the
application of strong arsenites to
young trees, but old trees will not be
injured.
A measure of utmost value for the
protection of trees from the attacks of
borers consists in keeping them in the
best possible condition, free from
fungi, moss, or abnormal growth, from
loose bark, and keeping the trunks as
clean as possible. In some cases the
use of a fertilizer might assist the trees
to withstand borer attacks.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

Observation-Disclosures quick re-
Spouse is desired, as in market gar
dening and in the case of spring grains,
the undissolved p~hosphates must give
place to superphosphate unless the soil
has been previously well stocked with
the former for several years. The i'm
mediate good results from bone are
usually due more to the nitrogen than
to the phosphoric acid. This nitrogen
is, however, quite ineffective as COM
pared with that known as nitrate of
soda; for this cas- at the present
high price of bone, it is well to con-
slider if floats (1nely ground mineral
phosphate) cannot economically re-
place it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29
THIS WIFE WAS THoUGHTFUL.
Saved Her Husband the of
Unused Hallway tickets.

Saved Her the Trouble of
Cnshing Unused Railway
you've all read lots of jokes about
the woman who gets up in the DEAD or
night and rifles her husbands peck
cts" said the man to a Philadelphia
Inquirer reporter. ''They usually con
fine, themselves to the purloining OF
what small change happens to be
there. But here's a case / know of, of
a woman in West Philadelphia, who
showed much, more enterprise than
that, fand who, | think, deserves the
palm.
ut happened the other night. The
womaE's husband is a travelling man,
and is now home for a couple OF
months. He was out the other night,
and MS he did not get in until 2'or 8
O'Clock infthe morning, he was pretty
sleepy. II his slumber was resultant
ly heavy. His Wife happened to be just
out of change at the time, and she
thought of the old way of getting it.
She got UP quietly and proceeded to go
Though the suit which her husband
had just taken off. There was not a
CEN of Charge to be found, and she
thing, wass,a $40 bill. She hadn't nerve
enough to take that, and she was rath-
err in despair for a moment. Then She
came upon a little bundle of tickets
bound with an elastic. Her face bright
ened up, and she put the package in
her Jewel box.
1.-THE next morning the clerk at the
redemption office of one of the rail
roads paid out 1892 for some seven ull-
used return coupons, and the womall
went briskly off to spend her ill-gotten
gains. And when she told a friend,
and her friend suggested that"her hus-
band wouldn't bless her when he want
ed the tickets, she answered, in a very
injured tone: why, just think of the
trouble l saved him in going down to-
that horrid office myself?'"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29
A Destructive Birch Tree Borer.

In a report of the Division of En-
tomology Of the Department of Agri-
culture, Prof. F. H. C~hittenden, regard
ing the birch tree borer, Agrilus
anxius, says it was noticed thai the
BIZ CHI trees in Buffalo were being de-
stroyed, and an investigation showed
that the above named borer was tun-
neling under the bark of the trees.
The belief is expressed that unless
something is done at once to stop the
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29
A MINNESOTA FARMER
Does Well in Western Canada.
Virden. Man. Nov. Is. /,

Virden, Man, Nov. Is, 1899.
Hon. Clifford Sifton, Minister of the
Interior, Ottawa, Canada-Sir: Think
ing that my experience in Manitoba
might be both useful and interesting
to my feilow-countrymen in the United
States who may be looking to Mani
toba and the northwest with the in
tention of settling there, I have much
pleasure in stating that through in
formation received from Mr.. w. F.
McCreary, immigration commissioner
at Winnipeg, l was induced to visit
Manitoba in February, 1898. When |
called upon Mr.. McCreary he spared no
pains to give me all the information,
ETC., in his possession, the result of
which was that l came here with a
letter of introduction from him to the
secretary of the Virden Board Of
Trade. That gentleman provided me
with a competent land guide, and,
although there vas considerable snow
on the ground. l had no difficulty in
selecting three homesteads for myself
and sons. Having made the necessary
homestead entries at the land office in
Brandon, | returned to my home In
Lyon county, Minnesota, and came back
here in May following, accompanied
by one of my boys, bringing with us
two teams Of horses, implements, etc.
Our first work was to erect a tempo
rary shanty and stable, after which
we broke and leveled seventy-five
acres and put up thirty tons of hay.
I went back to Minnesota about July
20, leaving my son here. / returned
in October, bringing my family with
me. I found that the land we had
acquired was of good quality, being
O. strong clay loan with clay subsoi..
Last spriAg / sowed 100 acres in wheat
and fifty acres in oats and barley.
(S~eventy-fve acres of this grain was
sowed on "go-back" plowed last
spring. My crop was th"ashed in
October, the result being over 2,700
bushels of grain in all. Wheat aver
aged fifteen bushels per acre and
graded No. / hard, but that which was
sown on land other than sod ego
back') went twenty four and one-half
bushels per acre.
To say that I am well pleased with
the result of my first years farming
operations in Manitoba does not ade-
quately express my feelings, and |
have no hesitation in advising those
who are living in districts where land
is high in price to come out here, II
they are willing to do a fair amount
of work. I am ten miles from Virden,
which is a good market town, and nine
miles from Hargrave, where there are
two elevators. This summer l erected
a dwelling house of native stone and
bought a half-section of land adjoin-
ing our homesteads, for which l paid
a very moderate price. There are still
some homesteads in this district, and
land of fine quality can be purchased
from the Canadian Pacific Railway
company at $3.50 per acre On liberal
terms: Good water is generally found
at a depth of from fifteen to twenty
feet. I have 175 acres ready for CROP
next year.
The cost of living here is about the
same as in southern Minnesota. Some
commodities are higher and others
lower in price, but the average is
about the same. l remain, your ODE
dent servant. (Signed.)
JACOB REICHERT.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

rayages of this borer, all the birch
trees in the city will be destroyed.
One of our cuts herewith given
shows the work of this borer. The
galleries run so closely together and
cross and recross in such confusion
that it is impossible to trace any in
dividual burrow.
Injury car be detected in the trunk
by a reddish discoloration from one
quarter Of an inch to one inch in
width, this being caused by the ex-
udation of sap and the ejectment of
excrement. Another indication of the
Insects presence Is the dying of the
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

When one does discover a grateful
woman, she appears to be a veritable
rara avis, and is regarded as possess
ing an unusually fine character, where
as she onlyhas the decency to be prop
erly appreciative.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29
Keen OF the Fads.

els Orlando Skaggs a companionable
MANI"
Eyes, indeed; if you don't let him get
started on pronunciations, or golf, or
germs, or Wagner, or religion, or poll
tics. "-Indianapolis Journal.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

Michigan's fighting parson is now tt
spar for charity. But he has not beer
reported as turning the other cheek.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29
Deeds of

Inker-That was q bold robbery yes
terday. Fellow took a piano right out
Of the house while the family was eat
ing dinner.
observation-disclosures! That's moth
ing. l took the new courthouse the
other day right under the nose Of a
Decentralization American.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

If a woman has but one gray hair in
her head, it is going to show just al
the time when she is trying to i'm
press some one that she is younger
than she really is.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

A Chicago woman dreamed of burg,
lars and awoke to find them in hel
room. In other words, it was INC
dream"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

Judge Shiras of Iowa has decided
pelled to attend school,. 1t is always
cheerful to learn of common ems be-
ing used on the bench.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

Fashion has ordered womankind tc
again wear high-heeled shoes. This
is not the sole offense of the fussy ole
dame, either.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

You can never convince a man that
a luncheon can be as satisfying as 8
dinner.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

A child feels that life is worth liv-
ing when it is allowed to drive with
out some grown-up holding the reins
back of it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

All women are born equal-but some
of them spoil it by marrying worthless
men.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

The fellow that kicks the most about
taxes is the one who pays none at all.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

More good intentions would be car
ried out II they didn't live forever.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

1t would be a blessing If the whisky
arust trusted nobody.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

Truth is the grandest word in the
language, but few can discover it.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29

Soda as Fertilizer .-Where the pot
ash supply is limited, the soda is use
full tt certain plants either as a direct
plant food, or indirectly by virtue of
it's l~iberating potash from the soil, as
demonstrated at the Rhode Island sta
ton. The results at hand have not
yet shown definitely whether or not it
is profitable to intentionally limit the
potash supply enough to make the
soda act, nor can conclusions be drawn
as to the direct manurial action NJ the
soda until the analysis of the material
is completed.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-03-29
Turkestan Alralfa.

Turkestan alfalfa promises to be-
come one of our most important
plants, as it seems specially adapted
to stand great variations of heat and
cold. The first importations were
brought to this country by a special
agent of the Department OF Agricul-
ture, who followed the northWard
growth of alfalfa in Asia till he
reached lands where it vas every win
ter subject to cold as severe as 40 de-
grees below zero. AS the same coun
try is subject to intense drouth, 1t
follows that this plant must have rare
staying powers to endure such changes.
The variety of alfalfa now being
grown in this country (lucerne) came
originally from Central Asia, having
been first heard of in Media. 1t was
taken to Greece in the times of Darius
and was afterward cultivated along
the shores of the Mediterranean by the
Romans, French and Spanish. Ihus
for at least 1000 years before being
imported into this country it was
grown in warm countries and has
AdL UGCOu0 d wall IOuAAJ PAoA
Very likely in its origin it occupled~a
region south of that now called Iurke-
stan alfalfa. This would account for
it's freezing out so badly last winter
in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and
Wyoming. One years experience with
Turkestan alfalfa indicates great
hardness. Last winter was n OF the
coolest ones we have ever experienced,
but Turkestan alfalfa was uinjured in
the very states where lucerne froze out
badly. At the Wyoming Experiment
Station a plat of Turkestan alfalfa was
exposed for two weeks without injury
to a daily temperature of 35 degrees
below zero, and on some of the days
the temperature went as low as Al
degrees below. In California it was
subjected without damage to a drouth
tina seriously injured ordinary alfalfa
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-08-16
McKlnley's Love for the Old Comrades
Designed by member Of Joe Hooker Post, Hutchinson
A VOICE FROM NE WEsT

The San Francisco Call says some
things about self government among
people OF other nations that are OF
some interest to us just now when we
are trying to determine through our
national government at Washington,
who IS fit self government and who
is not. The Call says;
zones respect for the capacity Of
mano Of self-goyernment Is supported
by the high example Of Mexico Gen
eral Diaz has just been elected for
a sixth term in the presidency, which
will make q continuous service Of
twenty-four years, The republic 10
peaceful and prosperous Indeed its
industrial progress has eXcelled that
of any other country in the world
A progressive but prudent spirit Is
upon the people. They are attached
to the ways Of peace, love their freedom
and have learned the value Of law and
order. All this they have done fer
themselves. Macmillan came from
the outside to offer them a stable gov.
ernment, and they shot him. Since
then they have governed themselves
The population is only l2,l0l ,579, two.
thirds of whom are illiterate,
They have not even been sent to our
universities at our expenses to learn
the superiority of our civilization
They have just stayed at home and en-
joyed liberty, while DEVELOPING their
own country. Eighty per cent Of them
are of mixed or mougrel blood. Sixty.
three languages are spoken among
them; thirty i've per cent Of them,are Of
pure Indian blood, The pure Spanish
blood among them is In very small
minority, and Is supposed to be but
little qualified for self.government,
Yet Mexico presents a condition that
commands the respect of the civilized
world and promises to be an illumina-
tion to the countries of Central and
South America which may study her
ways and be wise.
ut is useful for our bumptious jingoes
to study Mexico, Their faith that we
are the only people ht to govern them
selves and are therefore qualified to
govern others would weaken as such
study progresses,
Now one of the great clans of the
imperiallst party is that it would be
worse than criminal for the United
States to leave the people Of the Philip
pines to kill themselves off, But from
all records they are less illiterate, and
at least as capable a race as these
Mexlcans, To say that some people are
it for self government and some are
not is in itself new departure.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-08-16
PhIlInnlne yetcrans NIecL

Denver. Col, Aug, la.-Thc veterans
Of the war In the Philippines, with
their friends, 6lled Central Prcsby'
terlan Church TO oyernowing tonight.
Addresses of welcome were made by
Governor Thomas and Mayer John
SON, and speeches were made by cen
eral Greene, General Hale and other
officers Of thc Philippine army. One
of the most notable addresses was by
Senator Wolctlit He took advanced
grounds in favor of expansion, and
his remarks were received with enthu'
slusm. General Francis V. Greene
presided at the business meeting in
the afternoon, and committee was
oppoIred to draft a constitution and
elect permanent officers Of the Society
Army Of the phllppines.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-08-16
lpoWERs EvlDENOE ALL IN.


JuTy Visited Scene OF ASSasslhAtiOp 4
and wIm Get the Case Saturday.
Georgetown, KY, Aug, 1i.--The
hearing Of testimony i'm the case Of ex'
Secretary OF State Caleb Powers was
concluded ni tooD yesterday, und tho
argument before the jury has begun.
There will be Ave speeches on each
aide. Those WHO will speak in behalf
Of the prosecution are: Common.
wealths Attorney Franklin, 4. q.
Onmpbell, John X Hendrlck, Victor
II. Bradley and Captain B, B. Golden,
Those who win argue the case for the
defendant will be; Ex-Governor
Brown j. G. Sims, Judge j. II. Tins.
ley, cX.Oomgressman Owens and Judge
George Denny,
The jury was taken to Frankfort to
view the scene Of lne tragedy.
The case vs. expected TO reach the
jury by Saturday, Judge Canlrtll has
uGnounced that the Youscy case wll
be taken up immediately
The jury arrived nt Frankfort nit 5
o'clock yesterday afternoon and spent
mn hour In viewing the state capGtol
grounds and buildings and other
points in connection with dhe case.
The jury was in charge of Judge Can
Itrlll and three deputy shcriils, The
defendant Caleb Powers, ALSO went
alcmg, and was i'm the Office Of the Sec
rctary of state fer the first time since
HIS arrest, March 10,
The point where Goebcl fell, the
window from which the shot is claim
cd to have been fred, the basement
through which Youtsey walked ow,
after the shooting, and other places
which have been frequently referred
to in che evidence were pointed out by
the court without comment.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-08-16
HUTCHINSON RENO COUNTY KANSAS THURSDAY AUGUST 49, 1900

,',rrmon umu Amercans advanced on
the village at rapid rate for 5,OOO
yards under u severe shell and rife
fire. The Russians opened and the
iBlIHsh'AmcrlcNn advance became a
race for positions, eliminating In a
brilliant charge,
"Thc heaviest loss of tile day wos
sustn.lned by the Americans, the -Four
teenth mfontry having KILLED, o.
wounded and several missing. I'he
Bengal lancer unsuccessfully a.
tempted to cut of the Chinese NJ.
kreat."
Another Yang Tsun special says;
Owing to n mistake, British and
RussG0n CUPS shelled the Founteenth
uylted States infantry durng ~
naght wountLng ten"
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-08-16
ARE NEAR PEKING.
Allies Are Probably In Sight OF
Chinese Capital,
no PEACE NEGOTIATIONS Just NOW.
NOt 60 be Considered UntII Safety orths
RhiRlsterp 10 Assured British and
ltuSSlAns UnwIttlpRIy FIrc ON
American Troops,

Washington, Aug. 13,-Thc Amcr.
can commnnderin China, In II llspa ch
of just three words, received VI the
war department lnte this afternoon
war department late this afternoon,
sent thrill OF cNultnton and expect
ancy though official quaIters by an
nouncing his arrival at HO-Si-Wu, only
thirty-thrce miles from Pekln, lust
Thursday, The last heard OF him be-
fore this wOs at iMng Tsuu, which had
been captured after n hard fight, and
word from his movements since then
had been eagerly awaited. 81, HI.A
Thursday he was eighteen miles be-
yond Yang Tsun. Lung Fang, the
place where the Inflated Seymour eN'
pedltbon met It's fate and turned back.
had been left behind The battle OF
Yang Tsun wns fought on the 9th, and
the advance 10 llo-Si.Wu was accom-
plished on the 0th--a march of eight
cen miles in three days
This was four days ago, and at the
same rOte Of progress, Chnirce ls even
now fairly within striking distance OF
the walls of Peliin,
1t was a communication which the war
department. had awaited calmly, and,
stirring as the news was that the
American force was now nearing the
gates of the imperial city, Secretary
Root and AdjutWnt General Corbn
evlnced no surprise, MS 1t accorded with
calculations, although the advance has
been more rapid thm was expected.
The dispatch from Chaifee, conveying
so much In 30 few words, Is as fol.
lows;
Che Foo.--Adiutuut General, Wash
ington: Temh-arriyed llcspluw He.
Si-WW yesterday,
Word cf the advance soon spread
throughout official quarters In tho
enthusiasm of The moment n repori
got out that this was the day of the
actual arriving at Pekm. Bu, the war
department had not word Of the nd
vance beyond lIo.Si.Wu. Vt was
deemed hardly likely hat the march
to Pckn could have been made since
last Thursday
AT the rate Of progress, of six miles
Il day. made from Yang Tsun to lIo-
si'Wu, about twcnty-Rour miles would
have been covered in the last four days
and mp to to-day this would still leave
the international forces nine miles
from pekm
Viewed from any standpoint, the adj
vance TO ll9-S,-Wu was Of the utmost
Importance, not only stra,egica, but
also in showing that communication
was open tc Che Foo, thn, the expect.
ed opposition from Chinese hordes had
not been sufficient to prevent u steady
forward movement, and in the in.
tiuence it would exert upon the Chi.
nesc government.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-08-16
v,,..our,nu K,lled by LIghtnIng.

Nevada, No., Aug, 1i,-During a Sc.
we're electrical and rOip storm which
visited thls (Vernon) county early
yesterday morning, George MotloclS, q
stock shipper of Schell CITY, was
struck by lightning and instant. y kiln
ed. Three other men, Lutte Lewis,
George Dalns aInd man named Good
win, who were standing fifteen feet
away at the time the bolt struck,
were knocked down and for time II
was thought the former was killed
but he recovered.