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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-29
From Washington
How a Little Boy was Saved.

Washington, D. c." When our
boy was about 16 months old he broke
out with rash which was thought to
be measles. In few days he had
swelling on the left side of his neck
and it was decided to be mumps. He
was given medical attendance for
about three weeks when the doctor
said it was screfuia and ordered q
salve. He wanted to lance the sore,
but would not let him and continued
giving him medicine for about four
months when the bunch broke in two
places and became running sore.
Three doctors said it was scrofula and
each ordered q blood medicine. A
neighbor told me of case somewhat
like our baby's which was cured by
Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1 decided to
give it to my boy and in a short while
his health improved and his neck
healed so nicely that stopped giving
him tho medicine. The sore broke
out again, however, whereupon again
gave him Hoods Sarsaparilla and its
persistent use has accomplished COM
pletc cure" Mrs. NETTIE CHASE,
AZ X ST., n. E.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-29
The People Are Honest?

Topeka, March 2O.-All of the agents
of the Rock Island railway remit their
daily receipts to the Central National
bank at Topeka. In a year these re
mittances amount to about 81 900, 900.
Far greater part come in checks,
drafts, and other forms of credit mon
ey, received by the agents from
customers. Said Banker Bonebrake:
SIN the past year do not remember
of receiving single check, draft or
other form of credit money that was
not good or forgery. 1t is wonder
full that this great amount of paper
could be handled without finding one
bad check or one case of forgery. The
people are honest, and scoundrels are
few and far between"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-29
Secretary ROOT ON CUBA.
Joint Resolution of Congress Would
be Carried Out.
GRANTING OF INDEPENDENCE.

Washington, d. c., March g.
Secretary of War Root has returned
from Cuba. In discussing the coming
elections in Cuba, he said: ''These
elections will be the Cubans' first
effort toward popular government.
Unaccustomed as they are to these
things, they have everything to learn.
The whole plan for making effective
the scheme of municipal suffrage has
to be very carefully worked out and
the people instructed in all the details.
This involves vast amount of labor
and takes considerable time, but ulti-
mately the plan will be worked out
and elections held. 1 hardly believe,
however, that the authorities viii be
quite ready for holding the elections
by the first of May"
Secretary Root was not prepared to
venture an opinion as to just when he
believed the government would grant
complete independence to the Cubans.
The declaration in the joint resolution
of congress, however, granting them
full independence, would be carried
out.
He pointed out how it would be nee
essary that the municipal governments
should be firmly esta blished on a work
ing basis, after which attention would
be given to the selection of constitu-
tional convention for the purpose of
framing constitution for the island
and its adoption by the people. Fol-
lowing this and the establishment of a
firm government in the island, the
secretary thought would be time for
the formal recognition of the indie
pendence of the island and the with
drawal of assistance and supervision
of the authorities of the United States.
Mr.. Root made it feature of his visit
to talk with the leaders of what has
been known as the revolutionary ele-
ment of the population and those who
are opposed to the annexation of the
United States and he says they are not
impatient over what we regard as nee
essary and reasonable delays in the
formation of a well-established govern
ment, realizing that these are a
necessity.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-29
Corn Culture.

Judge S. H. Miller of Mercer, Pa, is
one of the enthusiastic farmers of the
county. Eleven years ago he bought
poor farm one mile from the town of
Mercer, and has made it very produc-
tive. Three years ago 1 saw on this
farm as heavy a turf of timothy as
seemed possible to any land. His ag
ricultural faith is pinned to stable
manure, undertakings, heavy sods to
make humus, and then tillage. At
Leesburg institute he told us that his
cornfield was narrowed nine times last
spring before planting, and he said he
would have narrowed it nine times
more if there had been time for the
work BY this he certainly proves his
faith in tillage. The crop was one OF
the best ever raised in the county,
according to the testimony of many at
the institute who saw the field. Judge
Miller cultivates level, and keeps the
cultivator going whenever the weather
and other crops permit. Continuous
culture long as possible would suit
him. Tillage conserves moisture and
frees fertility. Whether so much till
age would pay in cash most years is a
question. | doubt it.-National Stock
man.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-29
Missouri Fruit Prospects.

Under date of Feb. Is the secretary
OF the Missouri State Horticultural So.
ciety sends US the following: From
reports from ninety three counties OF
the state, we Gull the following:
Apple orchards, where well cared
for, are in very fair condition and
promise a good crop. Old and neg
lected orchards are not in good condi-
ton and prospects are not good. In
jury of trees by freeze of February
1899, still shows in many places to be
serious.
Peach orchards, where properly cut
back last spring, have most or them
made fine growth and will hold fair
crop of peaches. Trees not cut back
and those cut back too severely, ana
old trees have many of them dleo.
The very rapid growth on the cut
back trees has prevented the formation
of very many fruit buds. and hence we
cannot expect a full crop. Some OF
the buds have already been killed, but
there are left, on most trees, all Tie
buds that the trees should nave.
Pear, plum and cherry trees, al
though badly injured in some localltles'
have formed a good lot of fruit buds
and the prospect is good for all OF
these fruits.
Strawberries have not made good
stand and the prospect is that the crop
will be very much shorter than for
years.
Raspberries and blackberries have
generally recovered from the freeze OF
SO and we may expect nearly full
crop. ~
Grapes are in good condition and
promise well.
Taking it all in all we can now
safely say that there will be nearly a
full crop of apples, half crop OF
peaches, a two-thirds crop of pears,
plums and cherries, a half crop OF
strawberries and raspberries, and q
full crop of blackberries and grapes.
But we still have the most dangerous
part of the season to pass.-L. A. Good
man Secretary
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-29
Satisfy or vegetable Oyster.

Press Bulletin No. 81 of the Kansas
Experiment Station says: Vegetable
oyster, or satisfy, is a most valuable
addition to the list Of cultivated veg
etables, but at present is little known
and scarcely appreciated. 1t is not a
native of America, SO far as is known,
but is indigenous to the southeastern
counties of England, where it grows in
the meadows. Nothing from the ordi-
nary sources of information can be
found as to its introduction into this
country, but it is not well enough
known to indicate that it has been
long in cultivation. Henderson, in his
Gardening for Profit, says that al
though the consumption is limited, the
prices are high and remunerative, and
that the amount grown is increasing.
Whether or not it should be grown ex-
tensively is question that the demand
for the vegetable will settle, but there
is no question whatever that it is
worthy of cultivation for family use
in every vegetable garden.
Botanically it bears the name Trago-
pogon porrifolius, Linn, belonging to
the Compositae, and is a biennial
plant. The varieties Long White and
Sandwich Island have been tested by
the horticultural department of the
Kansas Experiment Station. There
was little difference in the total yield,
Sandwich Island being ahead, but the
roots of Sandwich Island had fewer
laterals and were smoother. Where
a good stand the yield was very nearly
a pound to the foot of row.
Satisfy is easily grown, may be Gull
tivated without trouble, and is easily
stored for winter use. The seeds are
sometimes planted with drill, but on
account of being so sharply curved at
the ends it is rather difficult to obtain
an even distribution in this way, I'M
less they are very thoroughly cleaned.
They may be planted thickly, to be
thinned later on, or the seeds may be
dropped from four to six inches apart
in the first place. The soil should De
rich, but with well-rotted manure
worked deep and thoroughly. Upon
the perfect condition of the soil de-
ponds the straightness and smoothness
of the roots, there being a tendency to
branch where fresh manure is applied.
The plants should be cultivated as par
ships are. They are very hardy, are
not affected by frost and may be left
in the ground all winter without harm.
But to have the roots ready for use
they should be dug in the fall and
cfo in coil cand WhQTR the
temperature is low. If exposed to the
air the roots become shriyeled and
tasteless and are without value.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-29

- Agricultural department for Iowa.
A bill introduced by Senator Harri-
man to establish a department OF agri-
culture is now pending in the Iowa
legislature and there are strong prob
abilities that it will be passed as it
has the backing of good many MEM
bers of the assembly and the people
and press are generally favorable to
it. 1t is proposed to consolidate under
the one organization all the state
boards and bureaus related to agricul-
ture. This would give it the super
vision of the district and county fair
societies, the weather and crop service,
the farmers institutes, and the state
veterinary and dairy and food COM
mission departments. 1t would be
managed by board of which the gov
erpor, the president of the Iowa State
Agricultural College, the state dairy
commissioner and the state veterina-
rian would be members ex-oficio. The
regular membership would be made up
of directors, one from each congress
sional district, from which doubtless
the officers would be chosen. AS there
are only eleven congressional districts
in Iowa, this would lot make a very
cumbersome organization and in that
respect would be an improvement OF
the Illinois method of carrying on the
same work through four separate Or
CARNATIONS. To the first two of these,
the live stock commission and the
dairy and food commission no partic-
ular objection can be made since their
membership consists of only necessary
working members appointed by the
governor. The third organization, the
state board of agriculture, is made Up
of one representative from each con-
gTessional district in the state, and
the fourth, the Illinois Farmers In
st1tutes, created by an act OF the S9th
assembly, and serving in some respects
as model for the Iowa bill, is under
the supervision of an ex-officio board
of directors consisting of the state SUI
perintendent of public instruction, tho
president of the State Dairymen's AS
ISOLATION, the dean of the State Col
lege of Agriculture, the president of
the state board of agriculture, and the
president of the State Horticultural
Society. The regular membership like
that Of the state board of agriculture
is made up of a representative from
each congressional district and from
this membership the officers and stand
ing committees are chosen. AS each
OF these four organizations is state
institution, the expenses Of members
are paid by the state for attendance a.
all conventions and committee meet
ings and the expense of the report
which each issues and circulates is also
paid by the state. This makes a con-
siderable demand upon the public
treasury without in many cases any
ccmpensating advantages to the tax
payers since the work of the state
board Of agriculture and of the Farm
ers' Institutes is necessarily directed
and carried on by it's officers chosen
with special regard to their fitness for
the work, their experience and knowl-
edge of the needs of agriculturiSts.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-29
Profit In the orchard.

CONDENSED from Farmers Review
Stenographic Report Of Illinois Farmers
Institute Roundup9
H. A. Aldrich said in part: When
ever an orchard overbears it is in
jured for a long time. After an or
chard comes into bearing, no plow
should be put into It. 1t is better to
cultivate it by means of a cut away
harrow, and follow that by smooth
ing harrow. Young trees not in bear
ing should be plowed deep, or z
inches. That will compel the roots
to strike deeper. Trees so treated get
SO well rooted that they can't De
blown over. We should not grow hay
in an orchard, as the grass will always
take the cream of the land and the
trees will get nothing but the skim
milk. Trees in sod suffer from drouth,
and the sod is a harhor for all kinds
OF insects, borers especially. When an
orchard comes into bearing, give 1t
the whole ground. If your orchard is
not profitable do not lay all the blame
on 1t. The question is asked, docs
spraying pay?" There is no longer
any doubt on that point. 1t costs only
to Is cents a tree to spray.
Q.-At what time should we spray?
Mr.. Aldrich.-Three times; just be-
fore the blossoms open; just after the
petals have fallen; and two weeks
later.
Q.-Do you spray your trees before
they come into bearing?
Mr.. Aldrich.-The sooner you begin
IN
year you set them, and keep it up, so
that when they commence to bear you
won't have any scab to fight.
Q.-When the limbs of the trees OF
an orchard hang too low to permit OF
cultivation to what extent should we
prune, to make it possible to cultivate!
Mr.. Aldrich.-I cut my trees back
so can get near the trees or under
them, but 1 never cut off large limbs.
Wherever you cut off a limb that is
more than an inch and a half in diam
eter be sure to paint the cut to pre-
vent bacteria from getting in. Prune
in summer for fruit and in winter for
wood.
Q.-What do you think about cut
ting off of great limbs sometimes SIX
inches in diameter?
Mr.. Aldrich.-I would not do that;
l call that butchery.
Q.-Is not the rubbing of the hogs
against the trees very injurious?
Mr.. Aldrich.-Well, that question is
brought up again and again, by men
that had hogs in their orchard and
lost some of their trees, but I do not
believe that the hogs rubbing against
the trees is what did the damage.
went into some of these orchards, and
in every case 1 found the ground
packed hard, and that is, I believe
what killed the trees.
Q.-Is it a good idea to make a
chicken yard out OF the orchard?
Mr.. Aldrich.-Yes, sir; if you culti'
vate it.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-29
A SHARK HARPOONED.


chicago Judge Gives Righteous Judg.
ment, With Costs.
Chicago March 22.-Judge R. S. Tut
hill, in the Cook county circuit court,
decided that when a man borrows
S225 from loan concern, pays back
over $500 and then finds that he still
owes S221.5O, he really owes nothing at
all. The judge held further that the
loan man should pay $50 court costs
for hearing this decision. This order
was entered in the case of Otis M.
Benedict, printer, against Charles E.
Cessna and W. D. Card, money loan
ers.
The various assignments of wages
made by the plaintiff in favor of the
defendants were declared of mo force
or effect whatever" having been sign
ed in blank. Three notes held by the
defendants were ordered Cancelled at
once, and they were enjoined from be-
ginning or prosecuting any suit at law
concerning the matters set forth in
the bill. The decision is so far reach.
ing that attorneys assert it will have
blighting effect on the money loaned
at 10 per cent week and similar loan
shark concerns.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-29
Tho Grass for the Land.

There is great wealth in the grass
crop, whether it be in the pasture or
the meadow. More attention should be
paid by nearly every farmer to the Sc
lection of grasses adapted to his soil,
his conditions and his needs. There
is very large number of good grasses,
but very few are popularity grown. The
ordinary man seems to think that one
kind of tame grass in his pasture is
about as good as another, and if one
of the standard grasses does fairly well
he looks for no other But grasses
vary greatly in the growth they make
on different soils. With farms varying
all the way from light sand to imper-
vious clay it is reasonable to suppose
that there are many places where our
commonest grasses do not do so well
as other grasses that might be brought
in.
OF course we recognize the fact that
for hay to be sold in the market it will
not pay to try any but the best-known
grasses, for the reason that the buyer
of hay in the city is not inclined to
experiment with new kinds of hay, at
least uOI Unless Ne can get the new
kind at very much lower price. But
the farmer himself is not thus circum-
scribed. He can grow and feed without
prejudice any new grass.
The work being done by the govern
ment in bringing in new grasses from
all parts of the world is destined to be
of great value to the farmer, and the
latter should not be backward in avail
ing himself of the opportunities pre-
sented A number Of grass plots should
exist on his farm, and in these should
be grown the grasses best reported of
for his locality. Our practices of grass
growing are bound to undergo a radi-
cal change; and the future will no
more see us sticking to the two or
three kinds of grasses now being
grown than the present sees us grow
ing the potatoes and cabbages that
were favorites with our grandfathers.
Different grasses use different con-
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-29
Maud S Is Dead.

New York, March 2O.-Maud S, the
famous trotter, died at Schultz farm,
Port Chester. n. Y. She was brought
to the farm from New York week
ago and it was intended to use her for
breeding purposes. She was sick when
she arrived here and has been under
the care of a veterinary surgeon. She
gradually became worse and all efforts
to save the life of the valuable animal
were fruitless. Maud S was owned
by the Bonner estate and was % yeaas
of age. Her trotting record of 2:0s2<
was made in 1885.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-29
Tons of Magazines For Guam.

Washington, March 22.-Some time
ago the Navy department laid before
the country the appeal of Captain
Leary, naval governor of the island of
Guam, for some light reading for the
garrison there and also for the inhabi-
tants Since that time large numbers
of books have been pouring into the
department and the climax was reach
ed when big dray dumped 1000
pounds of magazines down on the side
walk. There being no fund available
with which to pay express there will
be much sorting done.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-29
Survival OF The sound.

Denver, March 2O.-If the Union Pa
cific goes down the line with its dis
missals of employees, as at present, not
less than 10000 men, some of them for
twenty years in the service, will be
taken from the ranks and new men
employed by the system A physical
examination of Union Pacific employees
is now being conducted at the shops
The same examination is being con-
Quoted very quietly in many of the
larger cities along the route of the
road.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-29
FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE.
This Would Have Been Called Tyranny
Not Long Ago.

This Would Have Been Called Tyranny
Not Long Ago.
Chicago, March 20.-Unless a body
goes to its last resting place in union
made coffin, it will be refused burial
in the cemeteries of Chicago and
vicinity, if the plans of the labor un-
ions to organize gravediggers' union
are carried out. Already they have
compelled the placing of union labels
on every cradle manufactured, and it
is the avowed object of the unions to
unionize everything from the cradle to
the grave, inclusive.
To enforce the use of union collins,
the woodworkers, as soon as they
have unionized the factories, will at
tempt to organize the gravediggers
into union and have them refuse alb
solutely to inter body unless it is
incased in union made casket. 1t is
estimated that there are about $50
gravediggers employed in the GENE
teries of Chicago.
1--WE already have the union label on
all cradles made" said Secretary John
Lee, of the woodworkers, land why
should we not have union coffins and
union gravediggers? 1t to the interest
of the laboring men to have every
thing used, from tbs cradle to the
! grave, union made. Other trades have
brought about the use of union made
underwear, the drinking of union
beer, the smoking of union cigars, the
consumption of union bread, and why
should we not unionize our product?'
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-29
Bishop Potter Returns.

New York, March 2O.-Bishop Henry
c. Potter arrived on the Campania from
Liverpool Speaking of the condition
of the Philippines he said that, on the
whole, they were satisfactory. The
war in the Philippines, he believed tc
be practically over. He paid a strong
tribute to the American soldier Bish.
OPP Potter said he went to the Philip
pines on an ecclesiastical mission, and
added that some advance had been
made toward the establishment of an
Episcopal church in the Philippines.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-29
Inventors Have no Rights There.

Washington, March 22.-Consul Gen
eral Guenther at Frankfort, cites the
case of foreman who invented a sub
stance used in finishing velvet. Be-
cause he impaired his invention to
persons outside of the firm for which
he worked, the foreman was tried and
convicted of revealing trade secrets,
although this secret was his own. The
German court took the ground that it
was a duty of the foreman to make
experiments; that his inventions be-
longed to his employers, and that he
had no right to expose them.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-29
Banker Sent To Prison.

Chicago, March ao.-George L. Ma.
gill, former president of the Avenue
Savings bank, which collapsed in
August, 1896, was convicted of receiv-
ing deposits knowing his institution
was in an insolvept condition, and
sentenced to the penitentiary for an
indefinite term. He was also fined
double the amount of the deposit re-
ceived, the fine amounting to $2,936.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-29

Horace Greeley, the famous editor,
had thrashed over the question of
women's righ:G with an able represen-
tatiVe of their sex, and wound up with
the contention that in times of war
women were useless. What would you
do" he demanded, Gin the event of a
civil war;" Just what you would do,
Mr.. Greeley" replied his opponent,
promptly; Il should stay in my Office
and write articles urging other people
to go and fight"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-03-29
Irish Immigrants.

New York, March 20.-The steamship
Oceanic arrived here with 500 Irish i'm.
migrants on board. About 300 of this
number were girls It was said at the
barge Office that every English vessel
which would arrive here in the next
few months would carry from 400 to
500 Irish men and women
Most Of the male immigrants sai6
that they had left Ireland because they
were afraid they were going to be draft
ed; not that they feared to fight. blu,
that they objected to fighting the Beers