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Buffalo Tree Homer.

The Buffalo tree hopper is a light.
green, three-cornered insect, abe u
one-third Of an inch in length. WI II
appears to be the head, really the
thorax, is large and broad and termin-
ates abruptly, having on either side a
short sharp spine or thorn, somewhat
resembling the horn of buffalo, and
from this comes the common name of
the insect. This insect feeds upon a
great variety of plants. II does its
chief injury while depositing its eggs,
in August. These are deposited in the
limbs of various trees, including the
apple. Clean culture Of orchards will
do much to keep down these insects.
Where many eggs are deposited on a
limb, the only remedy is to cut off
the limb and burn 1t, but this may be
done in the late fall or early spring,
at which times 1t is easier than at the
present time to discover the eggs.
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Make the Soil Richer.

Cyril G. Hopkins, appealing to the
farmers of Illinois to improve their
farms, says: II we do prove conclu-
sively that the fertility of all of the
soils OF Illinois cannot be maintained
by the use of legumes and the manure
made from Illinois crops alone, and II
we do demonstrate absolutely that the
purchase of any element of plant food
is necessary and profitable, then, who
ever buys plant food for use on ILL
nois soil, let him not buy a tonic or a
stimulant or a trivial amount of some
highly manufactured and high.priced
so-called commercial fertilizer which
shall only urge the soil TO greater ex-
haustion and result in no permanent
good, but let him buy liberal amounts
of the real elements as near to the
raw materials as possible such as fine
ground limestone from the immense
natural deposits of our own state and
pure phosphates such as bone meal
Originally farm product, or as fine
ground rock phosphate from the very
extensive phosphate mines of the
southern states, and II necessary, po-
tassium from the abundant supplies of
the German potash mines; and then
let him apply at least two pounds for
every pound he removes in crops; let
the supply increase and not decrease;
let the soils of Illinois not grow poorer
but richer and rlcher-for the lands
sake, for your childrens sake, and for
Illinois sake. If we do learn that this
is possible, then let us have one coun-
try on earth-let us have one state in
this Union, whose soils shall not be
ruined and whose children shall not
be left with only memory or a tradi.
ton of the bountiful harvests of form.
G" years.
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Watering Trees in Summer.

1t generally does little good to at
tempt to water trees in summer.
Keeping the ground pulverized will
generally accomplish more in supply.
ing moisture to the tree than will the
supplying of water by the hose. The
great trouble in watering with a gar.
den hose is that enough water is not
given. The man will think he has
thrown on a great deal of water, but
II will be found on investigation that
the ground has not been moistened to
a greater depth than one inch. Many
of the light showers in summer wet
the ground only to a depth of one
fourth or one-half Of an inch. They
really do no good to the tree through
the roots. Their chief benefit con
sists in washing the dust OFF the
leaves. II man is to use garden
hose on his trees, he will accomplish
more by washing off the foliage than
by attempting to water the tree from
below. The failure in the latter case
is due to too small supply of water;
and II is extremely difficult to supply
enough water through the garden hose
to affect many trees.
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The Chicago Athletic association
proved an easy winner OF the highest
number of points.
In the presence of 1000 people Prot
Ono, Japanese instructor of jiu.jitsu at
the Annapolis Naval academy, de-
feated big Tom" Frisbee of Madison
county. North Carolina. in a mixed
wrestling match at the Auditorium.
The men were matched for the best
two out of three falls. ono secured
the first fall in one hour and twelve
minutes and the second in thirty.fve
seconds. Both falls were obtained
with strangle hold. Frisbee falling
to the mat exhausted at the end of the
second bout. II was brute strength
against oriental science.
While on the subject of the super
animated ones | see that IL is given
out in all seriousness that Parson
Davies is about to take hold of Char.
lie Mitchell and handle the English.
man against John l.. Sullivan. Until
this announcement was made I had
hoped that the Sullivan-Mitchell fight
talk had reduced itself to-just fight
talk. Parson Davies is a pretty care.
full sort of man. one who does not
jump hastily at conclusions. take II
that Mitchell must have satisfied
Davies that there is some fight left
in him, or the Parson would never
have consented to handle him. OF
course. the public is still in the dark
as to Sullivan, after It is granted that
Mitchell is all right again.-Lou
Houseman in Chicago Inter Ocean.
Dan Patch was feeling his oats al
the Minnesota state fair track, Aug
8, and came near breaking a record
when there was no one to cheer anC
no official timekeeper in the stand. He
was taken out for a trial and stepped
the mile in 2:04 fiat, finishing the las
quarter without the runner and with
loose lines. Hersey sent the flyer tC
the quarter in 0:31A, the half in 1901
the three-quarters in 1882, and the
mile in 2:04. The track is lightning
fast, and Pilot Hersey said that II Il
to-day the fastest track in America
NJ. w. Savage is certain that DaI
Patch will lower his mark of 1856 thi
season. and to intimate friends say
he would not be surprised If this pace
set the mark at 1852 or vicinity be
fare the seasons campaign is ended
The fastest time ever made by an.
known boat of motor power was dc
veloped In a trial test of Invento
Charles f. Herreshoff's torpedo shar
ed craft at Bridgeport, Conn, Aug.
A reporter who had a watch on tn
boat as she sped over her cours
scored speed of forty-eight and on'
half miles an hour for a portion {
the trip, and at no time did the Graf
speed slower than forty miles an hou
The boat is of aluminium with ste'
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w. X Vanderbilt's Escalade won
the Herblay stakes and Prestige the
Omnium stakes at Maisons-Laffitte,
France, Aug. /.
James Colville died at his home Ia
Roxbury. Mass, July 81. after a brief
Illness. He was the first man to bring
John L. Sullivan before the public.
Both Lou Dillon and Major Delmar
we're worked out on Chenille track,
August 2, the queen trotting one mile
in 2:06h, and Major Delmar one in
2:0S.
Sandy Ferguson, erstwhile aspirant
for Jeffries' championship honors, has
given up fighting and shipped as
fisherman on Gloucester mackerel
catcher.
b. b. Kieran, the Australian anna.
teur champion, in a race at South
port, England, broke the worlds quar-
ter mile swimming record, his time
being 5:22 is.
Bobby Walthour, the speedy south
ern cyclist. has again won the 100
kilometer bicycle championship. The
Columbia rider captured the honors
at Antwerp, covering the distance in
1:1S:54
In the summer carnival sports at
Syrney, c. b.. Simon p. ellis of New
York threw the twelve-pound hammer
1872 feet inches. This, II is claimed,
beats the record by 4 feet inches,
and record will be applied for.
Three firsts and a second were rid
den by Maher the American Jockey,
in the first four races at Goodwood,
August 2. The races won included
the Goodwood plate, in which Maher
piloted Lord Derby's His Majesty to
victory.
| Third Baseman Burke has resigned
as managercaptain OF the st. Louis
cardinals. Burke was appointed this
spring to succeed Nichols as manager
and Brain as captain. Nichols has
since gone to the Quakers OF Philadel
phia, and Brain to the Pittsburg Pr.
ates.
Charles Neary, Milwaukee's Ger
man lightweight, was matched with
Kid Goodman at Spokane, Wash, for
Sept 8, for twenty rounds. Manager
Crawford has an offer to match Neary
with Eddie Hanlon at Los Angeles
and will accept. He will then go after
Jimmy Britt and Battling Nelson.
Paul Dashiel and the international
tennis players. w. A. Larned. Beals
c. Wright, Holcombe Ward and w. l.
Clothier, returned from their tour
abroad. The team had no excuses
to make for their defeat in the Davis
cup tournament. and had nothing but
praises for the Dohertys, who won.
At Ogden, Utah. August 4, w. Il
Samuelson of Provo, Utah, broke the
worlds bicycle record for two miles
at the local saucer track, riding from
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Southern LEAGUE.

The Atlanta club has sold Infelder
Henry Krug to Birmingham.
Little Rock has released Pitcher
Ayre and he has been signed by At
lanta.
Lynch, who has been playing with
Montgomery in left field, has been
given his unconditional release.
McMakin. who was released by At
lanta has been pitching star ball for
Montgomery winning three out of the
four games he has pitched.
President Kavanaugh has released
Umpire Black and will finish the sea
son with four umpires- Mclaughlin.
Pfenninger. Carpenter and Ehret
Manager O'Brien Of the Montgom-
cry team has been released, and Ike
Durrett. formerly Of the Toledo club.
has been appointed to succeed him.
Durrett, who played with Toledo
until last week. is now playing left
field with Montgomery. He played
with Montgomery in the sun field dur.
ing 1903 and 1904.
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scratch. In a two-mile lap handicap
professional race he did the distance
in 3:4S 1-5. This is four-ffths of a
second better than any previous rec
ord.
Augustus Post champion Of the
touring committee of the American
Automobile association, has resigned.
This is the result of a quarrel be-
TWEEN the touring and racing factions
of the association Mr.. Post consid-
cred that his department was getting
the worst of 1t and consequently re-
signed
The twenty-five round fight at Col
ma, Cal, Aug, 4, between Rufe Tur-
ner of Stockton and Jimmy Gardner of
Lowell, Mass ended in the early part
of the eleventh round with clean right
hand knockout for the body, which
felled Turner as though he had been
hit with baseball bat. The fight all
the way through except the first two
rounds and a short rally in the sew
enth was all Gardners.
one worlds record was broken In
the Amateur Athletic union meet at
Portland. Oregon, W. w. Coe of Bos-
ton, put the sixteen pound shot 40 feet
inches, the best previous distance
being AZ feet inches. In this event
he easily defeated Ralph Rose. AS
was to be expected the fasteners
took most of the events, with Califor-
NJ" u fair second and Portland third.
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American Leanue Notes.

Manager Armour is said to be scout
ing in Illinois for young talent.
Mcintyre has improved in his field
ing and is starting his hitting move
ments again.
Stone. of the St. Louis team, was
the first American Lacquer to make a
hundred hits.
Jimmy Collins at last has come to
the conclusion that he must recon-
struct his Boston team.
How the bat does ring when Huels-
man meets the ball 1t has the La
joie sound sure enough
The veteran Catcher Charley Far
rell has been released by Boston. He
expects to retire permanently.
Rumor has II that Comiskey and
Holmes are on the outs and that
"Ducky" will soon receive his congo.
Detroit papers say that both Pitcher
Hughes and Catcher Kittridge are
anxious to leave Washington and join
Detroit.
Clarke Griffith is so we'll pleased
WITH DR.. Powers work that he will
endeavor TO obtain the backstop per.
manently.
President Johnson, having seen his
new umpire, Connor, perform, pro
nounces him one of the best indicator
handlers he has ever seen.
George Stone has batted safely for
st. Louis in nearly every game this
season. His output of safeties in
cludes many extra base hits.
The Detroit critics say that the
young first baseman, Lindsay, is show
ing up better every day. II he keeps
up the present clip he will make good
Since his appointment as acting
manager of the Cleveland team Bill
Bradley has recovered his batting eye
and is now swattlng the leather as o.
| yore.
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Fruit Trees Not ornamentaIs.

All trees are divided naturally into
two groups, the useful and the orna,
mental. The useful trees are those that
bear fruit. These must be severely trim,
med and pruned to keep down the vol.
ume of wood so that fruit production
may be encouraged. It is useless to
attempt to use a fruit tree as an orna.
mental, with rare exceptions. The
amount of pruning required dishgures
It, and If such pruning is neglected a
small crop of fruit will be the result.
Therefore the practice sometimes fol.
lowed of planting fruit trees on lawns
should not be encouraged
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Success With Orchards.

Orchards can be successfully grown
in all parts of the temperate
zone, but in many sections their
success depends on the care given
them. The man that plants out
an orchard and expects It to make
its own way may succeed II condi.
lions are exceptionally good. but there
are very many places where the win.
ters are too cold and the summers
are too dry to permit of the success
of an orchard without cultivation,
spraying, and pruning. We have seen
many uncultivated orchards which
have been planted by men who hoped
to make fortunes out Of them, but
they forgot to give them care. Such
orchards almost always prove TO be a
financial loss,
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POISONING Potato BUGS.

As long as the potato crop Is grow.
ing, the potato bug should be fought.
The most approved method now prac-
ticed consists in poisoning this insect
with Paris green. Some have feared
to use Paris green lest the foliage of
the plant be injured, but all expert
ments go to show that the Paris green
not only does not injure the foliage,
but that II actually improves it. This
cannot be said of some other poisons,
such as arsenite of lime. Some farm
ers do not try to poison the bugs in
late summer and early fall, for they
say the potatoes have attained their
growth and the foliage is therefore OF
little consequence. But II the war on
the bugs kept up till the end of the
growing season, the crop next year
would be greatly reduced. While Paris
green Is being put on the potato
plants. other plants used by the po-
,eto beetles for food should not be
overlooked Potato beetles feed on to-
mato plants and on quite a variety of
weeds. II Is not desirable to spray
the tomato plants with Paris green
during the time of fruting, but the
weeds at least on which the beetles
appear can be treated to q spraying
with Paris green without danger, II
must not be forgotten that the size OF
the brood next year will depend very
much on how many are permitted to
go into winter in good health.
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American Association.

Phil Geler is playing second base
for St. Paul and doing the trick well.
Pitcher White, a promising Cincin-
natl southpaw. has signed for the bal
ance Of the season with Toledo
Columbus, for the first time in her
history, 1t is believed, has won three
straight games on the st. Paul ground.
Barrow is minus First Baseman
Robertson. He has gone back East.
Catcher Zalusky is now holding down
the sack.
Clay. secured from the Tri-State
League, batted Ala in thirty FIVE
games for Louisville. and led the
American Association.
Clay. the center fielder OF the Louis
vile club. who was secured from the
outlaw league. is making great repu.
tation as a hitter
Manager George Teboau has a jew.
ell in Orville Woodruff. The little Eel.
low can play the outfield with any OF
the association, and he can play a fine
game at third base.
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National LEAGUE News.

"Hammering Hans" is the new title
given John Peter Wagner in New
York.
Tommy Leach is mentioned as an
adjunct to the Boston Nationals next
season.
Both the Pittsburg and Chicago
teams regard Boston as their hoo
doc" town.
President Ebbetts of Brooklyn, is
said to be after Johnny vowinkel, Of
the Utica pitching staff
Manager HaiIon is greatly pleased
with the allaround improvement
shown by Charlie Malay.
Delehanty has developed into a pol
ished outer garden artist and is lead
ing the Hub players in batting.
New York players are willing TO bel
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Western Leauue,

The Sioux City fans believe Jarrett
and Newlin have gone stale and have
pitched themselves out.
The wonder of the Western League
just at present is Frank Shugart at
second base for Des Moines. This old
pal is playing just as he did in the
good old days of SO and go
Catcher Babe Towne Of Des Moines,
has been exchanged for Pitcher Nc
Kay and Catcher Wolfe of Milwaukee.
Towne is hard-hitting backstop and
is one of the best cstchers in the
league,
Bills and Kostal, the Sioux City
PITCHERS, are pitching for Keokuk in
the Iowa league, and have placed that
club well up in the race, Manager Car
ney still retains a string to these play
ers.
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AGRICULTURE
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A Polsonoua Mushroom.

We illustrate herewith one Of the
deadliest of mushrooms growing wild
in our woods. This is the mushroom
that is usually mistaken for the edible
kind, as it is fair to look upon and has
no bad smell to serve as a warning
II is white on top, but sometimes has
a slightly greenish tint-so slight
however, that it is not generally no
uced. Avoid all mushrooms grow
ing from a sheath as this one shown
In the cut. Moreover, the sheath is
frequently covered by the moss grow
ing about 1t or by the dead leaves.
Avoid also a cousin of this one
which looks like II but is yellowish
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rigs, and has tank capacity for fifty
gallons of gasoline. Her designer re-
fuses to discuss her speed limit, but
II is conceded she Is good for fifty
miles an hour in a race, and for a
short distance Is capable of from fifty
five to sixty miles an hour speed. She
is thirty-two feet long less than five
feet beam, and has an engine capable
OF seventy-fve horsepower,
A Detroit dispatch says: ION the
strength of her performance at Crosse
Pointe, when Sadie Mac, 2:O6lh, trot-
ted mile in 2;06h an offer of $780,
600 has been made for the sensational
trotting mare. The offer was made at
the Crosse Pointe track to Harry Stin-
son, the successful trainer of the
mare, While | am not at liberty to
mention names, said Trainer Stinson,
II is true that ] have been offer, d
100000 for the mare on two occa-
sions this year $4,000 has been re-
fused Miss Wilks refusing to part
with the great little. trotter'" Miss
Wilks, who resides IN Gait Ont, is
the owner purchasing the mare from
10, e. Smathers for $4,000 II is re-
ported that the OFFER was made by
George Spear, acting for Mr. Smath,
ers, who is said 10 be contemplating a
return to the trotting turf which is
borne out by the fact that he has en-
tered Lord Derby at Buffalo, and has
sold out all his thoroughbreds.
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Terre Haute has released Catcher
Curtis, who has gone to Cambridge
city King tried at shortstop, has
been succeeded by Dome who for
merly was with Massillon
Manager Frank Donnelly, Of Spring
field, has released Pitchers Swink and
Crangle, and replaced them by Pitch,
ers Spencer from Chattanooga and
Kennedy from the Washington Ameri-
cans.
Manager Mcconnell Of Rock Island
has added Twirlers Jones from Terre
Haute (who was exchanged for Koh-
ley Miller, the latter to be reinstated
after a two months suspension), Eads
and Ronin from Deadwood, s. d., and
Eckstone from Cairo.
Third Baseman Billy Purtell OF the
Decatur ThreeEye League team, Is
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that the Polo grounds are the warmest
ball field on the circuit.
Nichols and Gleason Of the Quakers,
may now star in that delightful lit
tie playlet, "A Pair of Kids
Fred Clarke rises to remark that he
will not quit baseball until Pttsburg
wins another big league pennant
Pitcher Flaherty of the Pittsburg
team, does a lightning wind-up before
shooting the ball to the batter,
Delahanty is Boston's mainstay
with the stick When a hit is needed
Del most always delivers the merchan,
disc.
It is said that the New York club
offered a big roll of cash for 81 Sey.
mour when the Reds were in New
York.
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over cultivation Of Orchards.

There is such a thing as cultivating
with orchards that have never been
accustomed to being cultivated II is
safest to begin cultivation in the
spring as soon as the buds begin to
open, and continue the cultivation un'
til the end of July. BY that time the
branches will have made their annual
growth, and the fruit buds will have
developed for the fruit crop of the
following year. When that has been
accomplished growth stops, and the
rest of the season the tree spends In
hardening up the wood that has been
developed, and in filling the fruit buds
with material for the development In
the following spring. If cultivation
is continued during the latter part OF
summer and in the fall there is dan
ger that a fall growth of wood will
be started, and also that many of the
fruit buds will expand and blossoms
appear in the fall Many a good or
chard has been spoiled by over cult
walton. One man in Illinois tells the
story that when he was young man,
his father being away, he thought to
surprise him by thoroughly cultivat-
ing an orchard of 400 plum trees. IL
was early fall. The trees took on
new growth. When his father re-
turned, instead of being pleased he
said You have killed all these trees.
His prophecy proved true. as most OF
the trees died during the following
winter.
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Dad Bennett. for a time third base
man and captain OF the Guthrie Sena-
tors, Is managing the Tusla team in
the Missouri Valley league.
Ogee Is the name OF Oklahoma
Citys new Indian infelder. He will
probably be used at short, and bud
Risley may go into the outheld
John Fillman. for three years Jop-
Inns shortstop and captain, recently
released to the Kansas City Blooz and
then cast off by them, has signed
with Wichita.
Leavenworth will get Harry Corbin,
one of its last years stars. back into
the fold, The big all-around player
has been working at Winfield, though
all the time on a Woodpecker CON
tract.
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Well Shaped Trees.

The tree that is properly shaped
viii have an artistic appearance
in winter as well as in summer.
It is not only desirable to have a
mass of foliage in the summer,
but it's branches should be so arrang.
ed that It will give pleasing effect in
winter,
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Death cup (Amanitd phob
ioidesl, one.half natural size

on top and has patches scattered ,ver
the crest. It is probably not very
common in the west. but grows
abundantly in the eastern part of this
country. It is safe plan not to eat
any mushroom thar is not fully
known. Trying to tell a mushroom by
written descriptions is dangerous. Il
the mushroom is to be eaten.
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Western Association.

Biz Bob Talbot, Sedalias heavy.
weight pitcher has been released.
Sedalia has signed lobe Hoffman Of
the Pittsburg Missouri Valley League
team. He is a good catcher and out
fielder.
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Where a special market for fruit
can be developed It should be Sc
cured, as the profits in special mar
ket are much greater than in the
general market.
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playing cleverly this year, and he has
been tipped of to Manager Barrow OF
indianapolis. The latter is trying to
find out what claim Columbus has on
the youngster.