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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-01-14
PEAR Tree STILL LACEN.
Fruit Will Be Picked and Stored to
Ripen Next Spring.

Dover, Del-A curious sigot for this
time of the year is Of pear tree in a
yard On the farm OF GteriT-elect VII
liam e. Maloney OF Kent county, Del
aware, ct Laba3cn, four miles Gist ant
from here. The tree is still laden with
fruit, causing The limbs to fairly breal;
with their weight. L IS also devoid CT
a leaf, and has been for several weeks
Mr.. Malorey will soon pick them
and get them in some dry and not too
cold place fer storage until next
March or February. when they VIII
begin to ripen.
As to just what variety the pear is
Mr.. Maloney is at loss to know, it re
sembling in many respects the Jap
apese pear. While the actual number
of pears still on the tree is unknown,
q safe estimate from basket picked
and counted would warrant the state
ment that the tree has now at least
Loco pears upon it.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-01-14
KEEP THE CELLAR cool.
How to Manage When the Apples
Have Been Stored.

After the apples are in the cellar,
that place should be kept as cold as it
is possible to keep it without reducing
the temperature below the freez-
ing point. With a little care the win
Gows of the cellar can be so adjusted
as to let the cold air pour in during
all the night and then shut the cellar
and keep in the cir during the day
Even if the temperature outside of
the cellar is below freezing, the ad-
justment of the cellar windows can be
such that the volume of infiowing
cold air can be only enough to keep
down the general temperature to be.
low 40 degrees. This is low enough
for several varieties of apples. In
fact, a few quite soft varieties seem
to keep better near 40 than near 80,
though the data on this point are not
yet extensive.
The barrels in which the apples are
stored should be headed and kept in
a dry part of the cellar. Many farm
ers leave their barrels Of apples I'm.
headed, with the result that the air
is constantly drawing the moisture
out of the apples. This is now recog-
nized as detrimental to the long keep,
ing of the apples.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-01-14
Army DEsERTIoNs DECREASE.
One Per Cent. Less Than in 1907 and
Principally White Soldiers.

Washington.-The campaign in the
war department against assertions
from the army is meeting with sue
cess according to Adjt.-Gen. F. C.
Ainsworth, U. S. A, who stated in his
annual report to the secretary of war
that the relative number Of desertions
was less in 1908 than in any other fis-
cal year since 1901.
The assertions during the fiscal
year 1908 were 4,505, CT 4.6 per cent
of the whole number of enlisted men
in service in the army during that
year. In 1907 the percentage was Sc
per cent, and in 1906 it reached the
record of IA per cent. Every branch
of the service showed decrease in
the number of assertions during the
year, with the single exception of the
hospital corps, where there was a
slight increase.
Boise Barracks, Idaho, enjoys the
notoriety of having the most deser-
tons Of any post, the number there
reaching 165 per cent, while Fort
William Henry Harrison, Mont.; Fort
Brady, Mich; Fort Duchesne, Utah,
and Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming,
proved unattractive in the order emu
merated.
Gen. Ainswcr-h Points cut the sig
nifcant fact that OF the white troops
ATS per cent. were reported as de
serted, while only OFT Fer cent. Of the
colored men in the service deserted.
It is pointed out in the report that,
while there waG an increase in the au-
tnorized strength Of the army there
was a much larger increase in the
actual strength, which was enly 9.315
enlisted men short Of the authorized
strength on October Is, 1908, as
against a deficiency CT 20,5S5 enlisted
men on October IS, 1907. The tota3
actual strength of the army, not IL
Guiding hospital corps, on October Il,
1908, was 1916, as compared with
5S,99S a year previous.
AS result Of the riding tests or
dered by the president, IS officers
were placed on the retired list.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-01-14
PRUNING sHRuBs.
Judgment in the Work Is an Essential
Factor.

No two shrubs or varieties of shrubs
should be pruned in the same man
ner. One important object in prun-
ing is to keep down the growth of
superfluous wood. Another is to keep
the shrub i'll such a shape that it will
be attractive. In old times it was
thought that pruning should be in
the direction of the artificial, and
shrubs of all varieties were trimmed
in the same general manner. The re-
suit was a mass of shrubs all trimmed
in about the same general manner.
The artificial effect was not in ac-
cordance with what is now considered
good taste in landscape gardening.
and the natural tendency of the
shrubs is now considered. Every
shrub has its own habit of growth,
and this should be encouraged 1t is
not desirable to have one variety OF
shrubs look like another variety OF
entirely different nature of growth.
Shrubs should be pruned a little each
year rather than a great deal in any
one year. The cutting off of com.
paratively large branches is as detri.
mental to a shrub as the cutting off
of big limb is to a tree. The prun-
ing should be so given that the shrub
will become more graceful from year
to year. This means taste on the
part of the primer. This is a limi-
tation that cannot be escaped. If the
primer has not that indefinite thing
we call good taste, his pruning work
will not be good, but for this fault
there is no remedy, unless it be the
securing of a primer that has taste.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-01-14
Lobster 10 Cult acay Life.y

Boston.-The 'lcaster-.ha catable
kinds threateaed with extecmina-
tion This startling news, at time
when the supply CT chorus girls is
ever on the Increase and the coid bet
tie is keeping pace with the growt!l
Of the musical comedy Industry, was
developed 81 g scientific cchfareaca
here recently. The nation was warned
that the twentieth century may see
the end of enc OF the chief iagre,i.-
ents of the gay lie, unless i.slz,e,l::
ate steps be takea. g avert Tie cs.sm-
ity. It was at tie Closing ssssiCl of
the New Englsad 2olfesea - call 81
by the governors Of Six STATES to ob-
tain snggssticas .towsrl ccnser,-'r, ,
sle rcsca,ssas ef this sec'iar. tlaat tie
grave peri. was barred Iaa cs =.
Herrick of Cleve and. speeisi iavesti-
gator for the United States biresu ::
fisheries. told of 1.-the waning Ct tx
aohstec. ;xs
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-01-14

This design was made at the Arizona
station, where the roots OF a peach
tree were followed to the depths in
Dictated. It also shows that a root
system may be much larger than the
tree supported by the roots.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-01-14
TWO HEARTS sTiLLED AS ONE
Ercthers' Lives Eeset with Same Ills
at Identical Times.

Mason City, Ia.-Science and phil
oscphy both stand abashed when it
cones to an explanation OF the
strange phenomena which existed in
the lives of John Amundson, who died
few days ago while filing the posi-
ton of clerk CT the district court CT
Emmet county. and his brother, DR..
0. c. Amundson OF Oklahoma, who
died the same day.
Relatives are now telling OF the in
innate physical relations OF the two
men. They were constantly together
as children. Doctor AmUndson- was
the elder. When children and romp-
ing about in their plays, if one was
hurt the other would sense the pain
just a. acuteiy as the one receiving
the injury. This chung to them through
life. Let one get sick, no matter the
distance separating them, the Other
was sure to be. afflicted with the same
trouble. john was stricken a few
days ago at his home in Esthervine,
n. In q few hours the wires brou rht
the message from Oklahoma that the
brother was dangerously ILL.,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-01-14
ela.,t Is Fcund in Corn.

London.-Several stone collins coz
tanning skeletons have been " earee,,ie;l
at Ramsey Abbey. Hants, the seat Of
Lord De Ramsey, one skeleton being
seven feet long.
Some workmen digging well at
Peterborough discovered decayed
deal box, buried at q depth OF two
feet, containing TIE skeleton o: man,
3 woman and a child. The remains
Lad evidently been buried many years.
The well was being dug TO- some
fcuses IL course OF erection at Flet-
tor. Peterborough. on 3prcaerty which
formerly was part CT the FIettor
Towers estate. Careful inquiry has
failed 10 elucidete the mystery. and
the police consider further ao;.Sp ,t.:e
ieaa,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-01-14
MOVING A CEMETERY
TENEMENTS WILL HIDE OLD
GRAVES IN GOTHAM.
Property Is Sold and Forefathers of
Many of New Works. Prominent
Men Will Have Their
Bones Reinforced.

New York.-Crowds of curious tene-
ment jewellers pressed about the can
vas screens the other day, behind
which laborers were eXcavating the
bodies in the old st. Patricks Ca
thedral cemetery, situated in the block
bounded by East Eleventh and Twelfth
streets, First avenue and avenue A.
The ground has been sold by the trus-
tees of St. Patricks cathedral and
the bodies will be removed to a large
plot provided for the, purpose in Cal
vary cemetery.
Few interments have been made
there since August, 1S4S, and for many
years the place has been surrounded
by tenement structures. Now other
buildings will be erected on the va
cant plot and the historic burial ground
will exist only in the memory OF a
Jew OF the Oldest citizens.
For 20 years or more the removal
of the cemetery has been slubbornly
opposed by many descendants OF those
whose bodies were buried there. An
opposition organization was formed
two years ago to fight the project, but
all legal obstacles were finally dis
posed of and the sale of the property
followed.
The old cemetery was opened in
1888, the first body being inferred Oh
March u of that year. The ground
was purchased for S37 $50 and between
1888 and 1848 the official records show
that 1,016 bodies were buried. 1t was
opened to relieve old st. Patrick's
cemetery in Mott street, which was
opened on May 25, 1915, ard closed
on the opening CT the new cemetery.
The records show that 32,133 bodies
were inferred in the old cemetery,
making a total Of 3,169 IN both GENE
teries, between 1913 and 1918.
Ancestors of many of New York
prominent citizens of to-day were
buried in the old cemetery, but in
many instances headstones have fallen
down or have been removed, and diff
Guilty will be experienced in locating
many Of the graves. Somewhere in the
consecrated ground the worl-nen will
ind the crumbling bones Of Lorenzo da
Ponte, a celebrated Italian dramatist,
musical and literary world for more
than century. Wherever Mozart S
operas are sung da Ponies fame Will
ever be bright, for it was he who
wrote the librettos for Don Giovanni"
Figaro" and several others of the
great composers masterpieces. Da
Ponte died in Spring street, this city.
on August II, 1888, and was buried in
an unmarked grave It's location is
now unknown and the dust Of the
famous Italian will be buried with the
unclaimed bones that are found else
where
Da Ponte was born in Venice March
10, 1749, and came to America in 1905.
10 1928 he was professor Of Italian in
Columbia, and was well known among
the literary classes of two continents
for his many plays, sonnets ana trans
lations. He published several books
relating to his own country and was an
authority in the teaching of the Italian
language.
Many of the pioneers in New York S
great business enterprises were buried
there, and notable among these was
,lcseDh Honfanti, who conducted the
first department store in New York CT
in America. He died on September
26, 1898.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-01-14
Money 20 BE Well Srent.

New YORK city's growth and IT'S
Iassr attention to matters Of public
aealsh will increase the expenses OF
20 department OF health for next year
n salaries. This year the sal
-: Sl.e4s.07a.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-01-14
PENETRATION OF ROOTS.
Depth to Which Roots of d Peach Tree
Were Found to Have Gore.

to which the roots of peach trees will
sometimes go in search of water
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-19
Cummins and His Bold CHALLENGE
Main Question on Which the Bat.
tleWill Be Wased-Side Lights on
Senate lnsurrectos. Strong Fac.
tors In the Progressive Movement.

tor makes it plain that he supports the
president, whom he regards as a pro-
gressive, and he adds significantly
that he will continue in this policy
until or unless the president proves
that he is not progressive. Still more
significantly Mr.. Cummins tntimates
that he would not himself be averse to
becoming the standard bearer in 1912.
This makes the issue explicit, fur
nishes battlecry and a candidate
around whom to rally, throws down
the gauntlet def1antly and makes COM
promise impossible burns all political
bridges, in word, and insures that
the contest will have to be fought out
to a conclusion. There is to be no
quarter asked or given. In good old
phraseology, it is to be war to the
knife and knife to the hilt.
It is about the most definite and
fighting challenge that has been is
sued in American politics in the last
dozen years.
What of the man who makes it? Is
his character such as to insure that he
means what he says and that he has
the purpose and the ability to make a
finish fight? And, If he measures up
to the task he has set himself, what Of
the forces behind him? A general
must have an army. Has Cummins
!ieutenants who will stay by him? Can
he rally the masses? The answers to
these questions will determine wheth-
er this is to be fight or a fiasco, a
battle or blunder, victory or joke.
Father of the tsIowa. Idea"
First as to Cummins. Fortunately
he is not unknown. His record is an
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-19

open book and determines the charac-
ter of the man. In the light of this
record certain facts stand out in clear
relief. Albert Baird Cummins is a
fighter. He means what he says. He
never sounds retreat. He fought the
old leadership Of Iowa Republicanism
to standstill, was elected governor
three times in spite Of their opposition,
hammered the railroad politicians till
he got a yell out Of Senator Elkins,
their high priest; stirred up the whole
country by his "Iowa idea" of pro-
tecting American industries without
sheltering illegal combinations, dared
to veto bill permitting railroad
combination which all the corporation
attorneys and old line politicians want
ed him to sign, showed his independ-
ence Of party lines. although political
irregularity in Iowa was then consid.
cred almost capital crime, and finally
was elected to the senate despite the
frantic opposition Of almost everybody
in the state except the people. But
did he stop fighting when he had real
lied his supreme ambition of sitting in
the United States senate? Did he?
Ask Aldrich. Ask Smoot, the Mormon
elder, who became Aldrich's right
hand man. They know how hard
Cummins can fight. And did he stop
fighting when the tariff bill was
passed? His pronunciamento issued
on his way home from the extra ses-
sion is the answer. And will he stop
fighting till he wins? If you have any
doubts on this score read his history.
TO start a new battle the next day
after the finish Of an old one is his
habit. Twenty years ago or more,
when he was practically unknown in
politics, he entered a fight for the
United States senate and came within
three votes of beating Ex-Governor
Gear, who had the state machine and
the Burlington railroad behind him.
The next morning after Gears cleo
ton Cummins announced himself as a
candidate for governor and won out by
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-19

shows its wise political generalship,
catches the enemy at his weakest
point and raises an issue against which
it will be impossible to make sue
cessful fight. In theory all men agree
that party promises should be kept.
Any other policy is insincere and dis
honest, and woe to that politician or
group Of politicians whose sincerity
and honesty the public comes to doubt.
Nothing means such speedy and GER
tain political death. The Iowa senator
thus assails Aldrichism at the one IA
tai breach in the wall. It is impos-
s1ble to argue against the principle. A
political platform is not, like a car
platform, meant to get in on, but not
to stand on. 1t must be made in good
faith and considered as sacred as the
promissory note of a private individ-
ual-indeed, more so, for with the plat
form pledge tens of millions of private
individuals are involved, and the duty
to fulfill the Obligation is raised to
the nth power. This principle is pri-
mary and fundamental There is no
one Of fact as to whether platform
pledges have been carried out or not,
and on this question the coming bat.
tie will be waged.
To Fight In the Party.
AS to the tariff itself, Senator Cum
minis program is exceedingly mod
erate--a commission of tariff experts,
which in somewhat crippled ard in
effective fashion is provided for in
the Payne bill itself, and revision on
individual schedules as public policy
seems to demand. Emphasis is placed
on the underlying principle Of protec-
ton. the basis for making rates being
that laid down in the last Republican
national platform and made promi-
nent in the campaign of President
Taft, which is that the tariff on any
given article should equal the differ.
.nnce between the cost of domestic aud
foreign production, with the addition
of a reasonable profit The Iowa senl
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-08-19
Iowa Senator. Leader Of the In.
sursents In Their War Against
the Payne Tariff Bill. Is 4 Fighter
Who Never Sounds Retreat. ~
BY JAMES A. EDCERTON.

"HE statement of Senator A, B.
Cummins of Iowa that the in
i surgent fight against the Payne
bill is not ended, but that it will
be carried into every Republican con-
vention and will be fought out on the
floor Of the national convention in
1912, introduces a new element into
American politics.
In my own view, no more important
step nor one fraught with possibilities
Of more farreaching consequences has
been made in recent years. OF course
the present purpose Of this fight is
to unhorse the stand pat leadership in
congress, and especially in the senate,
and to control the Republican party.
That is the intention Of the insurgent
leaders, but it is one thing to start
a political prairie fire and quite an
other thing to control it when it. is
once under way. No one can tell just
what proportions the blaze will as
sumo nor where it will end. The en-
thusiastic reception given to Cummins
when he returned to Iowa would in
dictate that the people Of that state are
with him. Signs are not wanting that
there is a deep urdercurrent of sentl-
ment in that direction throughout the
land, being most intense perhaps In the
states Of the central west.
The Cummins program does not con-
template any further general revision
Of the tariff in the immediate future
or, in fact, for the next ten years. Its
main plank is one demanding the rigid
carrying out Of platform pledges This
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-13
Air That Kills Germs
Your Money Back if Hyomei Doesn't
Cure catarrh, Says WiIkin-
son G. Co.

Don't be stubborn Don't be preju-
diced. There is not particle of
morphine, cocaine, or any injurious
or habit forming drug in Hyomei.
Give it trial at Wilkinson & Co. s
risk. 1t is made of eucalyptus and
other grand antiseptics. 1t will chase
away the misery of catarrh or any
affliction of the nose and throat in
five minutes.
No stomach dosing-just breath
Hyomei in, it gets at the catarrh
germs and kills them all.
Go to Wilkinson & Co. today and
ask him for Hyomei pronounced
High-o-me) outfit. 1t only costs $10O,
and consists of hard rubber pocket
inhaler, which can be carried in vest
pocket, bottle of Hyomei, a med
icine dropper, and simple directions
for use. Extra bottles 50c
Leading druggists everywhere sell
Hyomei, which is guaranteed to cure
catarrh. bronchitis, coughs, colds and
sore throat, or money returned.
! If you could go to the Eucalyptus
forests of inland Australia you would
quickly get rid of catarrh. Hyomei
brings the Identical air of these for
ests direct to your home. 1t is a
most wonderful catarrh remedy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-13

Munyon's Paw Paw Pills coax the
liver into ,.ctiyity by gentle methods.
They do not scour, grippe or weaken.
They are tonic to the stomach, liver
and nerves; invigorate instead of
weaken; they enrich the blood and
enable the stomach to get all the nour-
ishment from food that is put into it.
These pills contain no calomel; they
are soothing, healing and stimulating.
For medical advice, write Munyon's
Doctors They will advise you to the
best Of their ability absolutely free
Of charge. Munyon's, 53rd and Jeffer-
son SITS, Philadelphia, Pa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-13
CITY NEWS.
Read The Daily Gate City.

Read The Daily Gate City.
The express companies are swamp
ed on the main lines of business in
the west. 1t is impossible for them
to secure cars to handle their bust
ness out of Chicago, and on some
trips great many of the shipments
offered are left on the platforms, to
have preference when the next train
leaves. The agents are working al
most night and day and crowding
their teams to the limit to handle the
receipts and shipments. The condi-
ton is said to be unprecedented. and
conditions are becoming as much as
such good patronage can possibly be.
II the holiday season is to show an
Increase the agents on the road and
in the offices would re pleased to
have their vacation for next year right
now.
Peoria HeraldTranscript AS an
aftermath of the widespread irregular
tiles of P. j. Kieran, vice president e
the Fidelity Funding company of New
York, in the handling of the funds of
various Catholic institutions, a demur-
rer was filed yesterday with the clerk
of the United States court here in the
case of the National Copper bank
against the Sisters of the Visitation of
Rock Island. The bank people are
holders of promissory notes to the
value of $25,000 purporting to have
been signed by the mother superior
of the convent and in their bill filed
with the court assert that repeated
efforts to collect the notes have met
with refusal on the part of tle insti-
tn ion management The answer to
the bill was the startling claim by
the sisters that the notes were for
geries. This, coupled with other dis
ccveries of a like nature in regard to
other Catholic institutions. brought
about an investigation which has re
suited in series of lawsuits and Grim
inal action against Kieran. The de-
murrer filed yesterday by the Nation
al Copper Bank of New York, brings
this branch of the suit one step near
er settlement and may result in the
! bringing forth of additional evidence
| against Kferan.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-13
CRY NEWS.

Repairs were being made today to
the boiler at the shoe factory and
many employees were given rest dur.
ing the morning.
The directors of the fall oelebra-
ton will meet at Commercial club
rooms at $50 tomorrow evening to
hear reports of officers and close up
thelaffairs so that an}early report can
he made public, All directors are re-
quested to be pres ont. J. R. Roberts.
President.
AT the meeting of the conference
on charities and corrections of the AS
ISOLATION of Poor Farm Superintend.
ents held in Peoria, S. B. Wiser of
Hancock county was elected presi
dent.