The Bryan Daily Eagle. (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 233, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 28, 1897 Page: 3 of 4
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A WONDERFUL KITE.
The invention of a port-
land MAINE. GENIUS.
4'harlc H. Ieoa Mm Seere44 la
Catling Tufthar Marbles lhal
Will Nelnt Ihe Air With Oaa
laea(er.
vPortUiid Me. Letter)
1IARI.E8 II. Un-
mi of Portland
ha i succeeded In
taking flight
through tlir air on
Kile of lila own
devising lit Ful-
ui ( u t h recently
and believes lhal
ha la well oa the
wsy tossrd solv-
ing the problem of
"1 hava been Inter
aerial navlButlon.
ested in tba subject for aome year"
mid Mr. Unium a Urn diiyi ago "and
have unl several forma of airihhlp
kltea two or three of them large
enough to rarjr up a man In a twenty-
mil wind. 1 corresponded with the
much-lamented Otto Lllllrnthsl In
15. and bellert I was the Aral on
In tbla country to make abd teat on
of bla flying mscblnes. Tbla was
made from pinna drawn by llerr IJI-
llentbal himself. It waa tried on
Diamond Inland In Portland harbor
and although tta supporting power waa
fully lufflrlent to carry the weight of
a man yet Ita italilllijr In the air wai
ao deficient that It aeemed to
require a great amount In order
lo soar any distance and It aeemed
too dangerous to be considered a sur-
re.sful type. It must be admitted that
l.llllenthal did well with It In frequent
ly anarlng about 3oO yarda from th
itartlng point. My work slurs that
'.Inie has been an effort til find some
!orm of supporting surfaces that could
e ao regulated aa to be ssfe and atatile
then In flight. Othera are alao work-
ng on t ti It. line lo a more aclentlflc
u than I. perhaps among them
(i f. Ungley. (). Cbanute. and A. M.
Herring. Slnre Maxim and Mngley
tare demonatrated that It la possible
p build and fly kite-like ern-droima
King atearo power the great public
. -
. .2"
THE KITE
bave been obliged lo admit the like-
11 hood of the early accomplishment of
lha flying machine. Theae two In-
ventor bave devoted their principal
(Tort a to perfecting the light motor
and propellers. Chanut and Herring
and. In a modest way I bav been
levotlng more attention to th form
if tbe supporting iiirfare which are
aa Important as th motor and. In
leed. aome of ua believe that It will
ventually be poaalble to aall tb air
and go In any direction upon rigid
a-lngs without tb motor aa th birds
sf tb south fly. There would then be
Iwo type of alr-ehlpa. tb motor-
driven aero-drome and tbte sailing
airship.
"In my search for etabilfty I have
ea led to construct a number of dlf-
frlven aero-drome and tb sailing
save been previously noted. Th furs-
runner of modern scientific aerial
tavlgatloa waa first given to the pub-
lic by Herring In bla cellular or bog
kite. My airship kit vied at RJgby
park laat year wa a modification of
that form with an effort to Introduce
veering Into in wind by using Jointed
rlla or lever. Tbl kite proved to
that It waa necessary to bav thla
large surface so that It could be readily
folded for tranapnrUlloa. With thla
la view tb kit recently Sown at
Falmouth Fireside waa constructed.
It having been found that alight
tbangea la th position of th weight
srrled were sufficient for steering no
rudder ws attached to this last ship.
We ar by no mean certain that
kav yet arrived at th proper form
for aero-plane or Curve. In fart w
feel quite certain that we are some
jlntmce from It. although these kite
have demonstrated that they are com-
paratively safe and stable while In the
air. I may be pardoned for saying
that tht comparative safety to the
asvlgator Is a great point gained
the Immense danger to human life In
ittempta at aerial navigation baa been
a tremendous drawback to scientific
experimenting heretofore. With dan-
ger to life and limb reduced to a mini-
mum we certainly shall find aclentlflc
IxpertmentlBg much mors assy of ac-
eompll'hment In th future Tb fact
II at a aclntlt can now. with almost
absotut aafety. make bis observation
aad calculation and experiment In
actual practice while sailing lit mid-
air la tb blgfest advanoa yt ttad
along th Unas of aerial navigation.
"On of th most disheartening dlf-
Pcullie that bar found In these
larg kite la their liability to Injury
when on tb ground and la starting
r alighting t'nleas they ga upon an
rvea keel on tide may catch In the
ground with destructive ffet
too gOJihUog they must Ian I n n
9.
eren keel. Inasmuch aa clone to ib
around the rorrenta of air swerve
around In different direct ore. constant
attentmn If necessary to make a fair
el art and landing. I have found It a
great advantage to have the airship
run on wheels and ao have lined pneu
matic-tired bicycle wbeela In my late
experlmente and have found tbeni jtial
the thing needed for the trick. A light
email wheel or raator of tbla aort o
the tip of each wing might prevent
serious Injury to machine aa It It
nrcraaary to make tbeiu light and
atrong. The larger the kites the rnort
difficult It la to muke them light and
trong. Although our large kit
weighed leas than three ounces to tht
square loot of sustaining aurfnce yet
It would easily siMtnin a mnn when
suspended from either two of the outer
rllia a distance of twenty feet and ai
In the air It waa evenly aupported over
the whole aur face It wai deemed
amply atrong.
"I took pains to have each vertical
atraln aupported by three piano wire
each capable of lifting sort pound. Oi
our flrat trial a year ago wa foun
that the vertical atruta separating tht
two aurfacea were not quit eufflclent U
atand the atraln and tbey were re-
placed by atronger one. Weakness II
these point rauaed laat year at Rlgby
an accident and fall of 1000 feet. A
dummy wa on board but a man would
not bava been hurt for the fall waa aa
gentle aa a dove' lighting on. tb
ground.
"The day of rope baa passed wltb m
aa far aa theae advance experiments
are concerned. I uae piano w ire. Tbe
limit to the height of tbe flight of an
air ihlp 1 the weight and wind pres-
aur agalnat the atrlng. Tbe atrongeat
material and the llghteat weight per
mile la found In piano wire and there-
fore the hlg'.cet flight have bean ob-
talned by It use."
llalssr's vaallr.
MaJiy (torle are told of the great
Frrmh novelist. Ilonore de Italxar
aome Illustrating bla llterury vanity.
"There are only three wrltera of tb
French language Victor Hugo Tbeo-
flille Gauthler. and myeclf!" be used
to aay proudly. On one ocraalon b
wa at. a dinner where a young wrlti
laid before hint: "We other men of
.! I . .1.
;j- i '
IN MOTION.
letter " llaltac broke out Into a laugh
and cried '"Ton. lr. you a literary
man! What a pretension? What fool-
lab assurance! You compare yourself
to ua? IK) you forget air. with whnri
you have th honor of alttlng? Wlta
tb marshals of modern literature:"
ri't Tear la) Janaaleaa.
Tbe completion of half a century
reaidenc In tbe holy land waa recently
celebrated by llerr Daurath von Schick
at Jerusalem. During that lengthy
period the noble old archaeologist baa
seen the country progress from a mere
myth to a reality. He baa aeen thi
famous territory surveyed aad the
names on the map raised from 1.T11
places to over 10. 000. When b went to
Jeruaaleni only about 2M blhllral alt
out of :! had been Identified beyond
th Jordan and be baa witnessed tht
r
ML RAVUATH VON SCHICK.
whole rise to nearly 4.0. One of his
moat famous works Is tha restoration.
In model of Holoiuon'a temple giving
the conirtllrated area tracings and direction.
.Jr. aV s .
r ; V
I M 4. wbY
I anal C i eases .
Mrs. Oarrkk th wlf of tb famous
actor would never admit that any on
la tb profession approached hr hus-
band la ability perhaps Kxn. la
tb part of "Richard lit"
On erlth-lsm of her received unex-
pected confirmation. After seeing
Keaa play "Abel Drugger" so sat
down and wrote him:
"Dear Sir You cannot act Abl
Drugger.
Youra M. Rarrlck."
IK reply equally to the point:
"liaiime I know It
"Tour K. Kcaa"
FAR5I AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OK INTEREST
AGRICULTURISTS.
TO
(Waa I's-tv-Dala lllnla Atxul rslllve-
flaw af the Hull Bad Ida Thereof
llartlrallvra VIII. altar aa lirl-
ewllara. Hattlr Cora la Indiana
KTTEH8 of In-
quiry received it
v. inr expei iiiitni iia-
') ilou. Indicate that
k many Indiana
!J farniera arc becom
ing Interested In
kaf.lr corn. Thin
foraxe plant ha
been grown rxperl-
mentclly lor a
number of year
In many part ijf the coun-
try but without attracting much no-
tice. Recently It haa aprung Into aome
prominence aa a forage plant for the
aeml-arld portlona of the country and
aatonlablng claim are made for It In
certain newapaper artlclta which are
attracting wide attention. Kamr corn
I on of the many non-iacchartn va-
rieties of aorghum. lu common with
other aorghuma both weet and non-
aaccharlne kaftlr corn appear to auc-
reed quite we In climate too dry for
the beat development ot Indian corn.
While kafflr corn may well claim the
attention of farmer llvltg In very dry
climate. It la at least an opeu ques-
tion whether It ran prove advan-
tageou to the farmer of Indiana. It
thould be born In mind Uiat tbe
aorghum are r-mmrnded aa forage
plant for the drier cllmatra In which
Indian corn cannot thrive. Where In
dian corn grow to perfection a It
doc In all portlona of Indiana it
would bo extremely iinwlae to neglect
It fur any of the aorghuma which have
thu far abown no ;-ial adaptation
to till lection. Although the kaftlr
corn and other torghum have ehown
no auperlor merit In prrvloua trial at
tUI experiment etallun the former will
be more thoroughly tented bere the
coming aeanon. Farmer having very
dry warm colli will do well to grow
mall areaa of kaftlr corn along side tb
common Held corn fur comparison.
Tbo who intrnd trying kafflr corn
liou'id remember that It ia ld to be
very aenaitlv to cold especially when
germinating. Tbe ground may be pre-
pared at tba urn a time and In the him
manner a for common field corn but
la planting of tb kafflr corn inould
be delayed uutll late In May or early
In June. Meanwhile the prepared
ground thould be cultivated from time
to time aa weed appear. o that It will
be cleared of weed before lb teed 1
planted. I'ut Into clean ground thua
late the aeed will germinate more
promptly and the early growth which
I alow t beat will be more vlgoroua
than If planted early and tbe tuba-
g'leat labor of cultivation will be eon-
cdeiably nduced. If much eed 1 de-
Itred. piant the aame aa aweet or-
ghum. If torghum bay I desired.
It I recommended that one buai-
tl of seed be (own broadcast or three
peck a to the acre la drills. At the
Kansas experiment station tb red
kaffir corn ylel.1 mure grain and fod-
der than the white variety and I con-
sidered superior to th latter. W. C
Latta Indiana Experiment Station.
ra- Tellawa aa4 rears) Haaell.
Missouri Experiment Station: Th
recent discovery by the Experiment
Ftatlon ot outbreaks of Peach Rosette
In two localities of the leading peach
section of tbe state has prompted the
station to Issue tor free distribution
among the peach growers an illustrat-
ed pamphlet fully describing this dis-
ease and also IVach Yellows and giv
ing suggestions tor tbe suppression of
thea diseases. They are by far the
most destructive diseases known
among peaches. In om states the
I h.li rtrhsrita nv.r tare SKll hava
become so generally diseased that
peach growing cannot profitably be
carried nn tber. Th symptoms of
Yellows ar prematur ripening of th
fruit which I unnaturally blotched or
clouded with red. and which I usually
Insipid or bitter; a general tailing off
In vigor of the tr-.-e. small rup-ahaped
leaves a failure ot many of th winter
bud to start In iprlna th presence
of prout and tufts of leave la th
body ot th tree. In early autumn aad
sometime a yellowish dckly color ot
th leave from which the dleaa
lake lu name. Any it all ot th
above symptoms xay occur but th
prematur ripening of th fruit la na-
ttily tb most prominent. A tree once
attacked by "Yellows" Is tur to dl
sooner or later generally within from
threo to five years. The "Roett"
sually attacks th tree In tb (prlng.
or In early summer. It Is characterised
by tufta or rosettes ot leaves which
usually form at tha ends of the newer
wood then along tbe trunk and main
branches. Tb tree become weaker
and th leavea fewer until when th
tree dies th last leave ar usually
tboa that form la numerous tufts
along th trunk. Th "Rott" kill
lb tree In a alngl season. Both tb
"Yellow" and "Roett" ar alowly
bat turely spreading westward. A few
trees of tbe "Rosette" have been found
In Missouri peach orchards and de-
stroyed this eon. Th only tfe-
guard against the spread of these du-
rance I to dig up and burn all tree
that ar known to be Infected and
thla ehould be promptly done wherever
the dlsesara occur. Careful attention
to thla matter now will sav Immense
losses.
t t4itn fee a) II reed era.
tr. C.slen Wilson the noted writer
nd sheep breeder waa recently ap-
plied to by a new beginner lu the sheep
business tor advice. The Inquiry and
reply which ar Interesting and in-
structive ar reproduced from Wool
Market and Sheep aa follow: "I
bav lately engaged la th aheep
business. Have seven head of yearling
we and tbra lamb and will soon
get two ewe aud three lamb mora
tb latter registered Shropshire. Ths
one I now bav ar Infested with
ticks. Can I exterminate th ticks
and bow? Will th ticks get a
ait In the pasture and trouble In after
jeara If 1 turn to pasture befor 1 get
fid ot them? These are the flmt hep
1 ever owned and I will be pleased to
bave you give an article telling bow to
run my flock to a succrts. Th vn
we I now have are grade Shropshire
as art their lamb. 1 want to accumu-
late a flock of 89 to 101 Ji'd. .finally a?l
to be pi." -bloods. Hon can I manage
Itrm to ? ur tha nwit nrofltT" Mak-
Inv lniiilrlAa i fit vhfftj'.n la all 1
earnest that you love iheep i-J a guar-
antee of aucreH. To get r;f tick
when you sheer the ewes In tk prlng
dip both ewe and lambs In anjrof the
dips on th market. It pay-well to
dip all sheep both spring and fall.
Ticks will not Infeat a paatur field.
Tbey are unlike the acab Insect about
that and aeveral pccle of the Inter-
nal parasites. You have selected your
breed; cow use none but pure-bred
Bbropahlre rams and change every
canon for rams not of family relation-
ship. I think sheep mure sensitive to
bad effect of Inbreeding than any
other domestic animals. I taw a flock
that bad been bred in-and-in for four
anons and about half of the last crop
it lam lis were Idiots. Observe these
u!e a few ycr and all of your flock
will be Kroiig and vlgorou pure-
blood. You have sheep of English
blood and for beat nieces you should
give them English care. It you do not
they will deteriorate. Tbla car
means good pasturage In summer and
cultivated succulence. Ilk rape for
droughty weather In late aummer and
full. There la no doubt but that rape
'a a valuable addition to fodder paints
'or sheep In thla country. For winter
feed clover bay la beat; but aa sheep
like a variety aome other kind ot bay
corn fodder and atraw may be alterna-
ted with It Some kind of succulent
feed In winter la almost a necessity for
the English breeds; and It la belter
tor all otber breeds than dry feeds
alone. For succulence either corn
silage beata or turnips will answer;
but preferably all thrte fur variety. A
very little grjlj of any kind I fed In
winter. Sheep should bav acres to
aall every day In the year bait la a
great worm preventative and go far
as a remedy. Never pasture sheep on
low wet -riund. nor where tbey can
get tug: -nt water to drink. Their
drinking water to be pure and ao situ-
ated that they can get It without wet
ting their feit ib'y are about as
afraid of thla aa they are ot a dog.
Who ever law sheep wade Into water
to drink as other animals do? Wet
feet tends to cause boot-all In sheep
and they know It Instinctively and
avoid atepping Into water when poel
ble. Eheep of i.ngllth blood should be
boused from very cold weather and
from all severe storms. Their wool
Is not greasy to aid In shedding rain
their fleece weta through easily and
with thla wet they must feel like a
man with a wet overcoat on. Male
lambs are to be castrated when two or
three daya of age. Tbey feel It lest
then than later. A few day after tbla
their tall ran be amputated. It both
are done at the same time tb ahock
Is greater. Now that you are com-
mencing tbe business I trust you will
resolve to have your flock tame and do-
cile. Have them a th Holy Writ
aya: "My sheep know my vole and
tbey follow me." Nothing la said In
the Illble about driving aheep; yet In
this country aa In no other It la nearly
all "drive drive." It la the nature ot
sfteep to follow. Driving worries them
and worried aheep loa flrah. Tbe
greatest proof of a person being a qua!
tiled shepherd Is that bla aheep beed
bla voice and follow him. Thla Is eas
ily accomplished. Drlng up a cosset
lamb or two; or teach two or tbre to
drink milk when running with their
dams.
Trsrh ef tba CeaasBlaala Mas.
W were operating quite extensively
in apple that year and bad ahlpped
quit a tew car and bad no com
plaint until one morning w wok
up with two rara rejected on our
hand claiming that tbey were false-
ly packed write a correspondent of
Fruit Trade Journal. Knowing that
they were rejected because tbe market
was off. I left at once to settle th
matter as th deduction aikei waa a
moderate one of a dollar a barrel or
a "bone" a barrel aa "Montag" aay.
1 found th fruit 0 K. but th market
was off. and w were up agalnat It. so
1 settled for half th deduction asked.
W had uld another car to go to a
neighboring town and Just aa I ar
rived 1 aaw our car shoved In. Two
men whom 1 afterwards found were
tw o "rival" men bants of the town
wer ready to examine and brok th
seal. I wa clot enough to hear all
th conversation. I saw them take out
but one barrel and examine It. The
barrel waa sound but th market wa
off. Th on ald to th otber: "Wire
them car bad order aball we handle
tor your account" Just thea one of
the men looked up and took a full look
at me and be remembered me when
I called at bis store half aa hour later
He of course was surprised and glad
to e me. 1.200 mile from bom. II
paid tb bill In lull
Csttl for th Widow. In the dla
mond Jubilee dsy a good atory la
which Her Majeity's nam occur may
be recalled aay th Scottish Fat flier
(Glasgow). A dealer la th Scottish
Midland waa cominlaaloned to pur
chase torn tor cattl or aheep for
th royal farm lb anlmala to be ot
quality such aa would b likely to com
wand attention at th Smlthfield (how
Seeing th class ot animal wanted la
th banda of a farmer th dealer set
to bualnesa. and ot course tried to buy
as cheaply aa be could. He eloquently
urged that the stock should be put In
as low aa possible a hi client wa
a widow with a larg family. The plea
bad Ita effect and th anlmala were
purchsscd worth their money and sent
on to Windsor. In process of time they
were successfully exhibited at the
Sutthflrld show and. a luck would
hav It. th dealer and eellrr wcr
there. i;lng round th pen tb 1st
ter Identified bla own stock and dis
covering who waa their owner turned
to bit friend the dealer and denounced
him violently for bla talk about bis
friend "lb widow."
Clover tor Seed. If th farmer wanta
a crop of clover aeed he should cut th
first crop aa early as possible aay
Hoard Dairyman. Th clover plant
U a biennial. That mssn that K take
two years for It to blossom and seed.
Now. If tb Brat crop la allowed to
stand unUI K blossoms aad th seed
commence to form there will b but
very llttl aeed la th second crop. Th
point I. to turn an the seeding In
sllnct and power or tit root Into th
secvaJ crop. Hence th neceaalty of
cutting th flrat crop much earlier than
la usually done when It la cut for bay
alona.
I!applnat l just beyond duly dona.
raltlrsllns of Orrhirrfa.
It orchard are to h profitable thew
must receive aa good care aa other
crop.
Good tillage Increases the available
food supply of tbe soli; It also con-
serves its moisture.
Tree should be made to send their
root deep mto tb soil. In order to for-
tify themselves agalnat drought. Tbl
I done by draining the soil and by
plowing the orchard rather deep.
This dep plowing should begin the
'ry year the tree are et and r
hould be continued every rprlng un'
til the habit uf the tree 1 eU!-
llshtd. Moisture retained In the Upper soil
by very frequent but shallow tlllape
by nuana of which the surface of the
Innd b"eor;ies a mulch for the soil be-
eath.
Tillage should be begun Junt aa soon
aa the ground Is dry enough In spring
This tillage should be repeated a
often aa once In tn davs through grow.
Ing season from spring until July or
August.
Tillage should not exist tor tbe pur
pose of killing weeds.
late cultivation may be Injurious by
Inducing a late growth. At all event
It ran be of amall utility when the tre
begins to mature and rains become fn
nitent Thla .. . . t Ka
grower the opportunity of raising iS
green manure and of adding fertlllt'l
to bla land at trifling expense and with
no harm to bis trees.
Fall plowing may be advisable for
farm crops but not for orchards.
Only cultivated crops should be al
lowed In orchards early In the season.
Grain and hay should never be grown.
In general level culture Is best Th
modern cultivators snd harrows man
such cultivation eciy.
Trees especially spples sre often
trained tro high because of difficulty of
working clcae; but modern tools permit
the heads to be made low.
Haniees with no projecting hames
nor metal turrets should te used In
bearing orchard. Those requiring no
whlffletrees are also useful.
I'otash Is the rhlef fertlliier for fruit
trees particularly after bearing.
I'otash may be bad In wood ashe
and muriate of potaab. An annual ap
plication of potash should be mad
upon bearing orchards. Ot the muri-
ate from f00 to "00 pounds to the acre.
Rara manures ran be usd with good
results particularly on old orchards.
Cultivation may be stopped 1st la
th aeaacn and a crop ran then be
own upon th land. This crop may
eerv aa a cover or protection to th
oil and aa a green manure. Prof. L.
II. Tlal -y In Stark Bros.' Orchard Itul.
letla.
Oeewla Markberrtra.
In a soil reclaimed for timber and
affording sufficient moisture via: not
subject to drought blackberries will
do well. Most pec pi plant them too
clos la tb beginning and they do
not grow. Row six feet apart ar
non too wide. If th ground cannot
be ipared on may for a year or two
cultivate corn or better potatoes or
bush beans between the rows. Th
greatest drawback la th red rust.
which should on -0 account be per-
mitted to get a foothold. These red-
tinged plants grjw very rapidly but
ars easily pulled up. Every bit ot rust
must be burned aa aoon aa seen. Of
course very dry weather Just befor
or la fruiting will be disastrous. Whea
the planta ars well up cultivation
should be by horse or band boa. A
soon s possible after the planta ar
well started a good mulch of wet straw
should be applied. This whea dun
properly need not hinder th growth
of potatoes for a year or two. Sub-
sequently the bushes will have to be
cut bark severally to admit of bors
cultivation.
Water t'a4 tv Maala.
We cannot will overestimate the Im
portance ot water to the plant. All ar
acquainted with tbe fact that green
planta. It cut and dried la th un. lose
much ot their weight Tbey are large-
ly composed ot water. Thus 100 pound
of meadow bay contain from sixty to
eighty pound of water; 100 pound of
red clover about elghty-alg pound of
water while our garden plants such
sa Wttuc cucumber and cabbage con-
tain from Blncty-flve to ninety-eight
pound of water to th hundred. Tb
seed of plants do not contain ao much
water as b leavea and sterna. Whea
well dried wheat oat and ry coat
tala about 14 per nt each while In-J
dlan corn contain about 11 per can)
ot water.
Good Growth Stop Disease Tb
grsat drawback to th present 1st sea-
son la that all aorta of fungous diseases
bav done mors damage than la a seal
son llks that of ". Th curl-leaf oj
peaches haa been specially destructive
notably on old trees In poor soil A
larg grower said th other day that.
Judging from bla own orcbar he
would aay that th difference U fee.
tlllxlng could be told by tb difference
la curl-leaf. or. la otber word la on
orchard where he bad fertilised freely
b bad practically no curl-leaf but fa
another orchard where fertilising bad
not been don tb curl-leaf waa very
bad Ex.
A Century Plant. A press dlspstch
from Washington aaya: "A century
plant that has been In ths Whit
House conservatories at least (0 year
la about to bloom for th first time
and Usrdcurr Flater Is watching It
anxiously. II expect tb bloom to
appear In about two months. The cen-
tury plant was at ths Whits ilou.
when Gardener Flster went ther.
twenty-one yesrs ago. and be as
told that It had been In the Presidents
bo' house forty years previously.
thioks the plant Is alout seventy years
old. and aaya It will die after it
blooms."
King-Devil Weed lllersclum prae-
Hum. Villa. Tb King Devil Weed
baa found It way Into th mowing
field ot Main. It la a natlv of Eu-
rope and waa tint detected la th
Vnlted States la aort hem Nrw Tork
la 117V. Sine thea It haa spread g ty-
ing a good deal of trouble la 1895 a
few plants were found la West Gardi-
ner and reported to the Josselyn Ro-
tanlrat Society. Sine that time It ha
spread rapidly and la found la many
fields In Parnilngdale Gardiner and
Vet Gardiner Maine Experiment
Station.
Th busiest hen ar th best Uj-
ra. -
THEATRICAL TOPICS
:ay:nc3 a'd doings op the
playerfolk.
I'lar Are la Great !
reaps 4s s stala Artra
! !raaallta 4ola
VaaSevlllaw
Msnal Tbla
Make lha
lata iba
AST year a great
many promlnes of
novelties were
nude but a lurgii
percentage of them
did not materially
or If they did prov-
ed Ui .appoint Itu.
Now the cry of all
the manager. uiUlfta1J
once more playa h(( wnnr
plays--a lortune ior
him who baa a good play." There was
a time when A. M. I'aliner wa crying
out alone for playa and telling tbe
world at large that I.'.O.COO would be a
mall sum to pay the mnn who could
write the auccessor of "The Two Or-
phan." Those were tbe days when the
famous I'nlon Square company waa de-
clining for Just tb reason that today
Biany a managerial venture la threat-
ened. Perbapa however. It la a healthy
spirit thla great need for playa and it
may result In making managera bestir
themselves. Certain It la that the man
who has decent manuscript doe not
bave to wait long to bave It read. Man-
ager are greedy to read playa It
seems to me too that they r begin-
ning to look In the right direction for
th play maker to the rank of
actor. If Henry Arthur Jones and
Ilernard Shaw be excepted the greater
number of men writing successfully for
the stage today In Indm were actor
l."fore they were writer. Arthur Wing
Plnero served quit an apprenticeship
"d climbed to bis present eminence by
d and persistent work. Henry V.
Fsmond la still an actor. If Iuls
Parker I not. he usuilly collaborate
with Murray Carson who hsa been an
actor tor years and ia still ploying.
Cutton Vane one of th most successful
makers of money-earning sensational
melodramas waa South African ar-
Christie
tor and manager. J. Comyns Carr bas
already been associated wltb theaters.
Robert Ruchanan always works of 1st
with hi sister-in-law. Harriet Jay who
waa an actress
Effle Shannon made her first bit aa
Edith Alnsley In "Tangled Uvea." with
Robert Mantell. In the autumn of USi.
Later her performance of Rose la the
unsuccessful dramatic version of
Robert Elsmer." inspired Daa Froh-
man to engage her for the Lyceum
theater where shs remained until two
years ago Thla season she baa been
playing with W. H. Crane In Miss Mr-
ton' "Fool of Fortune." which role
pretty Percy Hsawell of th Daly com-
pany will act next season.
A great many peopl bav gone Into
tb vaudeville within th past year
lut only a few bav gop to itay.
Among th few new comers who hav
reslly mad a reputation there. Is
Charlie Dickson's dainty blonds wife.
Lillian Durkhart. At the begnnlng of
last season her engagement on what I
known la th cast at th Keith circuit
waa mad on th reputation of ter
husband. Rut when legitimate work
took Mr. Dickson out ot the vaudeville.
Inducement wer made for ber to keep
on and at tb end of tbe season she
ANNIE RUSSELL
waa aa established favorite command-
ing a salary that many a leadlag wom-
an In a New York theater doe not get
Lillian Rurkhart baa a very winning
r-ersona'.ity. She I young ambitious
onsclentlous and attractive.
Her audience take a real fairy to
r and of all the young players In
vaudavlll who ar doing straight
light comedy turn really legitimate
dainty plays In little devoid of exag
geration or vulgarity no one Is better
l.ked than she I. Another thing which
my be truthfully a.tld alniut her which
tan not b Mid ot all lb artists who
yv H"' t J -Vt ;s
-Mi
esiy hr ptrfit :;:r lines in fa fa L.
dltloii to her gifts as a phirer !u ij
a genuine big-hearted honest .:
lady and as dainty In i'cr d.-rr a ab
la in her mftiio
JuaI now Ulllan Jlcrkhsrt in .11
Europe but ah will return wilhi'j a
few weeks to begin another s;ii'in '
the vaudeville where she h.ia a-t .1:1
admirable exnmpl and to will' t a'." U
a iTr jlt
In Boston summer shows were b-
In number than unis.1. The Tim r
effort cf Charles Emerson Cook.
young rew.paper mnn. end I.ui tun 1!
n.er entitled -The Walking M c."
La i thlnjts about Its own way ami for
wvrral nlKhtn It was a very stilkl'iit
aay for they packed the TrnnioriS
theater lo suff'icallon. The m''t al-
tractlve feature (if the ra - war Ctrl-tie
whom m t p -pie all ovci
ry recall aa a iiemU-r (I
Francis Wilson's cmntany for 'tine
seasons. Miss MarlkmaM decided not
to re-engage with Wlla-.n though r.ci
former position waa offered when !. t
learned that he waa to again take no'
"Half a King." She did not like her
part In that successful piece ss well as
Wilson did bis. So for next ne.vn.n
she will make another connection. 1
the meantime her Woo-Me In "Th
Walking Iielegne" waa the best thing
she bas ever done and easily the best
thing In the show. Indeed It Is tbs Oral
downright opportunity of any ImporV
anre that she haa had and she took
hold of the opportunity trn.'y and
made a real hit.
The great successes of the past yeal
bave ben made hi writers who were
actors first. "Secret Service" Is lh
work of an actor. Wllll.im Gillette wo
aeveral yesrs In the the.iter before he
began to write and has remained mi
actor all through his play making ex-
perience. Each of his greatest sue-cenes-"Tb
Private Secretary." "HelJ
by the Enemy." "Too Jti'h Johnson."
were like "Keret Servlie." s'icreme
for actor as well as for writer. "Th
Heart of Maryland" la the wrrk of a
msn who lias lived In the trrsier from
the time be was In petticoats for f)sl l
llelaaro waa a tlld actor before he
waa a rail boy In the California theater.
Mcdonald.
and he has been a star actor od uiaoi
ager all bis Mr.
Next aeanon Mia Ruasel la to p'sy
with Sol Smith Russell when be pre-
sent Martha Morten's "IU. hek.r's Ro-
mance." In New Tork. I understand
that Mlsa Russell Is to be paid en of
the largest salaries ever paid a lead-
Ing woman to rljy the role of Sylrla.
and those who remember ber ss "Es-
meralda" aa "llaiel Klrke." and who
aaw her aa "Sut" can easily guess
what charm she will give the part and
what a different thing "The Bache-
lor' Romance" will become because
cf her. Ia the meantime Mrs RyUy
Is nlng a new play fur ber a ecmedy
with more body than "The Mysterious
Mr. Bugle"
Th lucre of an American play act-
ed by American player Is London op-
en a wide vista for American actor
managers and writers and th q.i--tloa
I "what will com of It?" Will
English managers who bavs bad as
bard a time this season aa American
managers. Jump at everything Ameri-
can or will a real sense of probability
prevent them from getting nipped by
th Ame-icsn frvrr or will It t-.ll! b
the Amen. in syndicate vM. h will gov-
ern the market for American sor.-en.ee
la London?
Mason Mitchell will direct the nett
tour of Walker Whtteelde. The reper-
tory will comprise "Hamlet." "Th.
Merchant of Vrnlc" Othello."
"Richelieu." "Eugene Aram." "Grlms-
olre." and "The Cousin to the Kit"
Mr Mitchell Is an ev jvlen-e Rn
competent manager a well h-ed g. u-
tletnan a i.d a it "ml actor at well.
The three great Ch.is. Frohman uc-
renres. "Secret Serti.e." ' i uder l(.
Red Robe" and "Rosemary." will ;.n
taken on lour In the romlrg scon.
The flrnt-naiiM ! of ti.e playa la now
running In lawdon w'-.-ie an I'm
rompany Is rehear. J to take the ( la. e
of Mr. Frohman'a Amerl.an actors lu
the autumn.
klodiy and versatile Mart Vv. Mau-
ley long the manager of Edward Har-
r'.gan and now holding a like raiati. u
to Robert Mantell. ha mad a con-
tract to produce or control all play
written by H. A. Du Soucbet. ths man
who leap to fame and .'rtiiti
through hta lucky hit In "My Frleua
from India."
Talk about the American Cie-.
manager's enterprise! George V-rw 1.
mini is ariungin. Id nT a bill Ih.St 1
put tip on the dock at Smithamp1. ;
England adverting "What I Up;. n I
to Jones." at the VhalUa tlie - -
N.'W Yirk.
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