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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-04-05
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRI-
CUITURiSTS.
Some Up-to-Dat. Hints Abous cufti-
walton of the Soil and Yields
acknowledgements vIticulturs and
floricuIture-
Not.. on the He..ian INV.


The greatest obstacle to the growing
wheat in some states of the Union is
the Hessian fly This insect not in
frequently increases as the wheat acre
age increases, and acts as a decided
drag on the whole wheat-growing
business Various methods have been
tried to escape the ravages of this in
sect Late sowing has been one of
these Sometimes this practice is en-
tirely successful in enabling the wheat
to escape the flies and also in securing
good yield of grain the following
season. AT other times the warm
weather in the fail has enabled the
flies to live long enough to produce
grubs in the late sown wheat In
case Of a dry time late in the fall the
late-sown wheat has been known not
to germinate. or, terminating, it has
made too slight growth to be able
ID stand the varying hardships of
winter But taking all things into
consideration it is probable that late
sowing is generally advisable When
the flies are present at all in the late
sown wheat they are generally few in
numbers compared to the numbers
found in the early-sown wheat. An
Illustration of this is seen in some
sowings made at the Kentucky Exper-
iment station One plot, planted Sep
tember 26, yielded 33 per cent of in
tested plants A plot sowed October 3
yielded 1 per cent of infested plants
Three other plots sowed October 10.
IL and "a yielded no infested plants.
In localities north of Kentucky the
paintings should be earlier than the
dates mentioned, while south of the
northern part Of that state they should
be later.
Hessian flies cannot stand frost
and disappear mostly after a few cold
nights in the fail They are supposed
20 be about as hardy as the mosquito.
However, cases are known where they
laid eggs on wheat plants after at least
four heavy frosts The flies spend
! -l.c7r CT their. il[e IL he -, Co.
ing the summer months. About the
time the fall wheat should appear they
come out OF the ground and deposit
their eggs On the young wheat blades
ii any exist Then they promptly die
Three days from the time of coming
out of the ground the insects have
finished laying their eggs and have
perished- The eggs are always laid on
the upper side of the blade and usually
only few on each leaf They are sc
small that they can be readily seen
only with a microscope. The flax
seeds" are often taken for eggs, but
these are the coccoons of the grub. in
which he is Transforming into a full
| fedged Hessian fly and getting ready
to do mischief when he Cor she
emerges in the spring.
Strange as it may seem, the Hessiar
| fly, except in its flax seed state, is
not generally known. A small beetle
| taphodius inquinatus) is frequentl,
mistaken for it These insects art
| numerous in some wheat fields. Tht
Hessian fly resembles a mosquito. bu
/ lacks the beak-
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San Jose Scale from North China
Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson in
his annual report, referring to the San
Jose scale, says
The evidence accommodating during
the past two or three years had seemed
to show that very possibly this scale
was originally imported into this ooun-
try from Japan, and in the spring of
the present year the assistant entomol-
ogist. Mr.. Marlatt, was sent to Japan
for the purpose OF studying the ques-
ton on the ground Unexpectedly to
most entomologists. although not to
the chronological force of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. it was quite def
niteiy ascertained that the San Jose
scale is not indigenous to Japan, bur
that, quite to the contrary. it was in
troduced into that country from the
United States upon fruit stock at sew
eral different times and at several diff
ferent points. The most careful search
failed to reveal the scale in portions of
Japan where American plants had not
been introduced Mr.. Marlatt's trav-
els in the japanese empire lasted about
i've months. and having satisfied him
self, as just stated. he proceeded to
China, visiting Cheefoo, the port of the
great foreign fruit district of North
China. where the industry was started
by a missionary Cdr Nevins) some
thirty years ago. since which time it
has extended over the province For
eign fruits were introduced and are
now grown alongside the native huits
or grated on native trunks- The San
Jose scale was found there, but the
admixture of foreign trees with the ma
tive trees prevented any conclusion rs
to whether the scale was indigenous
or not Proceeding to Pekin. he found
the fruit markets enormously stocked
and representing exclusively the prod
ucts OF the surrounding couptry and
districts south of and adjacent to the
Great Wall All the frnlts were ma
tive The apples were small. and the
pean were hard and woody Nearly
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.Lttt e Peaches

The peach in this country has gen
orally been a very profitable crop. but
for many years IL has been subject to
a number of serious diseases. Some of
these can now be controlled, notably
..yeIiows', and peach-leaf curl. two OF
the worst enemies of peach growers
A few years ago a new disease ap-
peared in some of the finest peach
orchards of New York, Michigan and
other states. and this trouble has
caused growers great deal of uneasi-
ness. The Department of Agriculture
has had one Of its most competent
experts engaged on the disease. and he
believes that he has discovered the
cause. The disease in question is
known as little peach" from the fact
that the fruit ripens when very small
this becoming more pronounced each
year until the tree dies, which it in
yariably does at the end of two or
three years The cause of little peach
is believed to be a fungus which at
tacks the very young roots. and al
ready the matter Of preventing it by
securing resistant stocks has been
taken up
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Noble examples stir rs UP to noble
actions and the very history of large
and public souls inspires man with
generous "Reminiscences
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A sugar company in Hawaii viii
get an average of five tons of sugar
per acre Tor its whole tract OF $500
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That old joke about "a fire in a
stone yard" must be called in A re-
cent confagration In a Philadelphfa
marble and granite plant caused a loss
OF $50. .9O0
The first years Of the orchard should
be formative period. having for It's
principal object the making of the
most perfect framework possible Tor
eazh tree-
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A good orchard of any kind cannot
be established without good soil. both
as to fertility and mechanical condI-
ton Virgin soil Is frequently not
suitable for the growing of trees.
shrubs and vines We have seen virgin
soil so hard and unresponsfve that
grape vines dried when placed in it
Yet the same soil proved to be very
good after it had been turned up tc
the air and worked for a year or two
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robe where princes get their array
No tears OF sickness, for there are no
pneumonias in the air and no mala-
rial exhalaIons from the rolling river
of life and no crutch for the lame limb
and no spIint for the broken arm. but
the pulses throbbing with the health
of the eternal God in a climate like
our June before the blossoms fall, or
our gorgeous October before the
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I'd ILLUSTRATED W
m F A S HIO N S M|

able. II seems as If some Of these materials
hardly would be serviceable enough to pay
for making up, so delicate do they appear.
Yet lace net, net gowns of sheerest designs
are simply loaded with heavy embroideries
and appliques OF lace and beads. Crepe
de chine. Examines, veilings and silk crepe
have elaborate designs of hand embroid-
cry. many with raised flowers and leaves
exquisitely done. One advantage of this
Is that even those remote from fashionable
centers may have dresses of this sort.
They come in pattern gowns, the skirt in
one piece so that the one seam at the back
is all that Is required. Then the waist ma
terial is so marked out that dressmaker
Of only moderate ability can make up the
material A fine example of this was
sketched for the second model of the con-
GLIDING picture. 1t was white crepe, hand
embroidered, with raised figures in pink.
At the left Of it Is shown handsome dress
of light blue silk embroidered in heavy
white silk with raised chiffon roses en-
bedded in IL. This, of course, was not of
the pattern gown order.
Black and white is still a standard combi-
nation for evening. An effective use is to
have the lower parts OF skirt and sleeves of
thin black silk crepe, and the upper part of
skirt and body of the waist of the same
material in white. Where the two join a
wide irregular design of hand embroidery
or lace is let in, part of the open work be-
ing on the white and part on the black.
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and fringes. More show can be made for
less money in passementeries, cord TRIM
mings and fringes. though there many
costly forms of all these. Not a few dressy
gowns show passementerie finish on bodice
only. in the tan broadcloth at the right
of the last picture. And in the field of in
formal house attire a little silk cord may
be made 10 go a long way. Had the black
and white wool stuff of the pictured house
dress been palmer more trimming would
have been desirable AS il was. black vel
vet and lace front the cords only
reinforcement
new. Many of them look like thin summer
weaves, but when examined closely the
difference is clearly seen The appearance
of thinness is there. but the weight of the
goods Is such as TO make them practical
for winter in the house and even for street
wear under Jackets. Panama weaves are
handsome and wash nicely. Nearly all win
ter waist materials are very light in color,
many of them having white backgrounds
with small figures woven in. The weave of
many Of them Is coarse, recalling tne basket
weaves OF few years ago.
Skirts are tightening around the hips and
down TO below the knees. where flare be-
gins. This process cannot be carried much
further, for II will soon become physical
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New York Sun.

New York Sun.
Where one woman was employed in what
is termed commercial art ten years ago a
dozen women now have place.
Some have learned the photographers
trade. Others are designers in the big
grocery houses, getting up the labels and
catchy home scenes that enliven pickle jars
and preserve holders. A number are busy
in the big factories that supply the novel
ties found on stationers' counters.
A good proportion Of the clever hits made
in illustrating the virtues of soap and of
various housekeeping powders are due to
women In New York Cincinnati, Chicago
and other centers where big advertising
agencies flourish, woman workers supply
the ideal faces and subjects that are used
for trade illustration.
Few busy photographic houses will take
girl apprentices, but girls who have learned
the trade outside are welcome to employ
ment. Most women in the business have
been taught singly by photographers inter-
ested in them. They are all coed work
women. Those who are able to design as
well as Autograph are especially useful.
One New York woman owns and man.
ages in person a lithographing and job
printing business. She was an apprentice of
the house years ago and made her way up
from the ranks.
She attends to most of the details of the
business. In her opinion there is much less
risk in womans hiring a housekeeper TO
attend to her home affairs and her CHI
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ming for squirrel is raccocn- Coats espe-
cially designed for automobilists are seen.
A striking one was natural seal trimmed
with wolf. II was three-quarters length
and certainly would show dust and wear
far less than a highly dressed fur. Other
STYLES have the outside Of soft dressed
leather. with lining, cuffs and collar all
squirrel.
An unusual rivalry with fine fur gar
ments is on the contestants being all man
ner of oddities In cloth coats. With these
n muff may be carried. III desired but no
fur appears in the wrap itself. But the
latter should include some feature as likely
10 attract and hold attention as would rich
furs. Originality I'm wraps Is so general
that such coats may be OF very pronounced
types. Extreme mannishness Is occasional
an them Again. band and applique trim
ming marks them as almost freakish. The
sleeves I'm the example sketehed In to-day's
first group We're its standby. being big
enough AT the wrist TO suggest a wire cage
within. but really being held out by can
vas. IL was brown and white mixed suit
ing strapped with stitched brown silk. The
extreme size OF mufrs Is carried with such
coats at times, too, and that means huge
affair
The excessive weight OF the ornamental
Ton on filmy evening materials Is notice.
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Thing is either Perfectly Charming OF
Most Extraordinary and let IL go at that.
They may be Short on Vocabulary but
they are Long on Respectfully. Besides.
was reading in a Magazine the other
Day that Slang is Vulgar and that no one
should take up with a Slang Word until
Long Usage has given 1t the right TO butt
into the Lexicon"
Also, this Girl with the Absorbent Mind
would clip out Hints TO the Young and
Confidential Chats, warning the Just-outs
against taking Presents from Strangers and
putting them next to Rules OF Conduct that
would be sure to please and fascinate Prop
er Young Men.
1t seemed strange at Times that these
Head Coaches who knew just how to jolly
up any Man were not out spending some
Millionaires Money instead OF writing
Pieces for the Paper.
All the Articles on the Woman's Page
and all the straight-laced Men that she
met came down Hard on the Female who
is trying to be a Real Bohemian. She
learned from dozen different Sources that
Men have no earthly Use for the Upper
who tries TO do Mile in less than Two and
kites around In a Hack without a Chaperou
and carries her own Cigarettes.
And she heard nothing but Expressions
of Horror concerning the Woman who
Drinks. Her Male Acquaintance often
brought up the Painful Subject They said
ii was all right for a Man TO move up to
a High Ball once in While and Cocktail
before Dinner didn't do any harm until aft
er the Seventh or Eighth. But IL did look
Tough to see Mere Children Of about q
Years Of Age going after the Dry Man
hattans.
After sounding the Men the Liquor
Question the long-headed Girl made sol
emn Resolve that she would never hit up
anything stronger than Cherry Sundas.
When she had her Notebook full OF use
full Directions, she found a Chance TO try
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A New Musical Game.
Phillip Goetz. in Lippincott's Magazine

Philip Goetz, in Lippincott's Magazine.
A good pianist. who knows more than his
mere notes, plays to group of friends the
scenes that are to be guessed. But the first
point is warning. Never try to find the
sense of music without some clew 1t would
be utterly vain to make a blind guess at
the meaning that the composer has put
in a title, for the title is there for the very
purpose of helping and enlightening.
The main direction, then, is that the play
er read to his listeners some half-dozen
titles, naming, or not the composer, as he
elects Each listener thereupon makes a
list for himself In the order given The
different order, which he takes care not to
make known, and the listeners write op-
posite their titles the number of each com
position as 0hey think il was played
When the playing is finished the guesses
are read out in turn.
The game can be made as difficult as one
pleases by taking longer list.
The danger Is the diversion from pure
musical enjoyment TO an anxious hunt for
hidden symbols. All this is much dimin-
ished by reading the answers beforehand
leaving the order alone uncertain. What
might have been guessing match Is thus
a mere quest of correspondence
Among the compositions especially fitted
for the game are Schumann's Children S
Scenes" Forest Scenes" and "Carnaval -
There is host of single entitled pieces by
Schumann and others. The true value of
the game would lie i'm quickened zest for
much OF the best poetry in the art,
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An OId-FashiOned Fruit Cake.

New York Tribune.
An excellent rule for an old-fashioned
fruit cake which comes from an expert
enced housekeeper in Ohio calls for two
pounds of sweet Malaga raisins, seeded,
two pounds of currants carefully cleaned,
twelve eggs, one pound of brown sugar,
one pound of butter, one-fourth of pound
Of candied lemon peel, one-fourth of
candied orange peel one nutmeg, one tea
spoonful of cloves, one tablespoonful of
allspice, one tablespoonful of cinnamon,
one pound of flour. Cream the butter and
sugar, add the yokes of the eggs, well beat
en-, and the whites whipped to stiff froth.
After this mix the flour, sifted with the
fruit and spices, and stir thoroughly. Bake
the cake in slow oven for three and a
half hours. Put a pan of hot water on the
crate of the oven ii it is too hot The cake
scorches easily; therefore, it is best to
place an asbestos mat under it. gill of
added to this cake for fiavoring. The cake
should be perfectly black when Ii Is taken
out of the oven. Let it cool in the pan for
four hours; then ice 1T with a thin icing
made by beating the white Of one egg in
a bowl with a quarter of a pound of pow
dered sugar. Let the cake dry for two
hours more after this. Then beat four
ounces of sugar with another white of an
egg for ten minutes to make a second icing
for the cake. Let this dry for two hours
longer, when the cake may be covered with
a decorative icing, put on with fancy tubes.
Fruit cake should always be heavily iced.
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New York Tribune

New York Tribune.
Women devote too much time to chill
dren when they are little, forgetting that
the mother is more needed when the chill
dren are older and out in the world" saws
Miss Thomas, of Bryn Mawr In this one
finds the real philosophy of the new"
mothers, who are studying to simplify the
the needs of young children. Incidentally
simplicity is better for the child but il
is absolutely necessary for the mother who
would not wear out her vitality long be-
fore her life is the most needed for spir-
itual guidance and sympathy in her own
family. For woman. TO spend her time
tucking fine lawn for child seems foolish
enough IL one stops TO think how an hour
or two day of some broadening Influence
would be fitting her to be a real compan-
ion for her children when they are older.
To be able TO keep herself I'm touch with her
growing children requires all her mental
resources, as well as a splendid reserve
of vital energy. Mrs. Margaret Deand
has given an excellent recipe for this in
admonishing women against allowing
themselves 10 be laid on the shelf This il
no new thing, as perennial type of
womanhood can testify and Miss Thomas
herself refers 10 her own mother as one
who gave wise oversight TO her house,
hold. and yet made happy companionship
for her children.
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her Set. She hoped in the course of Time
to tease one away from the Drove ana
gallop him into the Corral.
Now this Girl was so Foxy that at times
she got In front Of herself and blocked of
her own Plays.
Her Scheme for getting all of the Real
Boys intoxifed with Love for her was to
engage them in Conversation and find out
what kind of Girl they liked. Then her
Play to be that Kind.
She had no Difficulty whatever in induc-
ing her Men Friends to talk about the OPP
poste Sex. They were all keyed up on
the Subject and full of Information.
Just as a FeeIer one Evening she asked
an eligible Charley if he didn't think that
the Woman of To-day was too Extrava-
CANT
That's just why so many of us shy at
the Matrimonial Jump he confided to her.
There was time when the Man who got
SIS per Month and had about $500 planted
could take Chance at the Game. But now
that measly Allowance wouldn't keep
High-Stepper supplied with Violets The
up-to-date Maudine isn't happy unless she
has a Gray-Squirrel Coat, an Auto-Car,
$1,000 worth of Twinklers and a 14-room
Apartment. That's why these Society
SHAREHOLDERS keep on making Love right
and left but never come down to Cases"
This was a valuable Tip, so the crafty
Maiden put 1t down in her little Notebook
that she who would make a Hit must con-
vince the Men that her Tastes were simple
and inexpensive.
Another one gave her learned Talk on
the Frivolity and Two-by- Fourness of the
typical Seraphine.
You cannot expect Man to hand over
his serious Affections to one of these
Feather-Heads," he said, as he gaZed
thoughtfuly at the Floor. woman
should be Mans Intellectual Helpmeet.
Now and then a Man may have a Pass
ing Fancy for Lizzie who talks Piffie
and gets an Attack OF the Giggles every
few Seconds, but when it comes to the
grand Hook-Up he wants one who is there
with the Gray Matter-one who can play
up to his loftiest Ambitions and supply
his Home with that Atmosphere of Culture
which is the true Ozone of Married
Life
So she put it down that IL was her Cue
to chop out the Twaddle and be a sort
of Lady Emerson.
Incidentally she resolved to side-step
all kinds of Slang. for she got a very
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there are other guests who do not dance.
but who always are looking out for sights.
Some one is always hurting their feelings.
and they carry punches of chips on their
shoulders that will kindle into a blaze Of
wrath at the slightest provocation.
All these elements and all others the
hostess must harmonize, If she is TO be
ideal, even though she may be so tired
and worn out from the strain of prepara-
ton that. if the truth were known, she
would rather HE herself to her little bed
and dream and forget the aims and as
pirations of social triumphs.
Above all things the ideal hostess must
be obliging. If she has any talents or ac-
complishments, her friends feel that they
must pay her the compliment of asking
an exhibition OF the same. If she sings.
they want to hear her. 1t does not mat
ter whether she is in the throes of vicious
attack of influenza, or whether her head
is throbbing like mad and her digestion on
strike. She must be agreeable and smile
on and on until the last guest is gone.
Altogether, the hostess has the sorriest
time of any one within her gates-literally.
She is constantly anxious lest something
may spoil the evenig, and so all that is
best in her charming self is put TO the test.
Many women entertain. but after all few
know how 10 be really charming hostess.
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OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
TACT AND QUICK WIT REQUIRED OF
THE SUCCESSFUL HOSTESS.
Bad Manners Not a Characteristic of
the Newly Rich-WOmen i'm
Commercial Art.

The ideal hostess has an evenness Of tenn
permanent that soothes and refreshes. and.
above all things, says the Washington
Star, she is sympathetic. In her face and
manner is reflected some of the emotion
that controls your own. No matter what
you may tell her. whether a story of joy
or sorrow, of aims or ambitions, she listens
with appreciation. By her face she shows
her keen interest in all that concerns you
The ideal hostess is unselfish. She is
ready and willing at all times to sacrifice
any passing fancy or within of her own
If. thereby, she can add to the pleasure of
others. And it is this spirit of unselfish-
ness that contributes largely in making a