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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11

has passed muster in any society of
which I knew, unless, perhaps, they
had chosen to foregather with the but
Ter and the coachman, or associate
with the members of walters union.
For the most part the faces of my
forbears were fat, placid, smirking
and satisfied In expression. In their
eyes there was look of reproach for
me, with one exception. l thought I
detected in the face of my great,
uncle, Peter Penryn, a look Of sober
sympathy. His portrait hung lower
than the rest, at the rear of the hall
for reason. Tradition said that after
long engagement, arranged for I'm
Gle Peter by his friends, he had been
sued for breach of promise; that he
had eagerly paid what the court
thought was sufficient balm for his
act of treachery, and had lived and
died a bachelor, thus losing caste
among the ancient and honorable
people who looked down from the
wall as | followed Aunt Penny to
their high tribunal, to explain why
the engagement was broken-why |
would not be married as she and the
ancestors had expected.
1t was a trying ordeal for me. |
loved Aunt Penny devotedly, and had
spent 20 years under her roof and in
her care-I was five and twenty. The
wedding trousseau was upstairs. some
of 1t in the partially packed trunks.
and the bridesmaids were in readiness
and on tiptoe; the wedding breakfast
was ordered. I knew that the break
ing of my promise would give Aunt
Penny the most intense pain, as it
had done.
To save her feelings and to keep
my place in her affections, descend
ed to subterfuge.
Aunt Penelope" declared, it
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11

mass, consisting entirely of the spores
Of the fungus and remains of the cell
walls of the potatoes is broken up and
the land Is badly infected for years.
The disease is often so prevalent as to
destroy the entire crop.
Diseased tubers are not fit for seed.
and should be either destroyed by
burning or boiled and fed to pigs,
and as the tops also may be diseased
they should be gathered and burned.
Infected soil will for years produce
unsound crops, and the disease may
be carried to uninfected areas by soil
adhering to the boots of the work
men, to farm carts, and to implements.
Under no circumstances should un.
boiled or decayed potatoes be used as
food for stock, not only because the
feeding value is reduced. but mainly
because the spores are capable of
termination after passing through the
body of the animal.
Never use seed potatoes from a dis
eased crop. If the seed is suspected,
the sets should be powdered with sui
phur and stored in boxes until planted.
Four or five pounds of sulphur is sutfi-
cient to treat one ton of potatoes
hoppers, together with crickets, spi-
ders, SOW bugs, potato bugs and a mis-
oolIanaous lot nj other insects
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11
GIRL CURED BY LIGHTNING

A girl of twenty, bedridden with a
bone disease since the age Of six. was
wonderfully cured at Chalons, in
France, one day recently. Her house
was struck by lightning. and she got
such fright that she jumped out of
bed and ran downstairs. She was
quite well next day. Doctors say thai
the sudden shock and leap may have
adjusted the dfslocated joint (Which
was the primary cause of the girrs
disease), an operation which the phy.
sicians were unable to undertake ow.
ing to her extremely weak state Of
body.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11
IH'''l H-
Agatha Penryn's Query
BY EMMA ]. BOWEN
Copyright, l9lO by Associated Literary Press

Aunt Penelope-Aunt Penny, for
short-waved lean. ringed hand at
row of ancestral portraits on the
wall. These" she said, sternly, ARE
the people on whom you are deter
mined to bring a public scandal, Aga
tina"
1t was not the first time in my ex-
perience that Aunt Penny had
brought me before this court OF the
past, that hung In the upper hall.
had broken my engagement. one Aunt
Penny had planned and executed for
me, and with the wedding day but a
week off.
For forty-odd years Aunt Penny had
worshiped at the shrine of family as
1t was pictured here. For instruction,
correction or reproof. she had always
brought me to face these shadows in
their atrocious frames. To her they
reflected the glorious and honorable
past of the family of Penryn. To me
they seemed a quaint, half-giddy array
OF men and women who, in their day
and time, had believed themselves
unworldly and correct. Some of the
women wore monstrous hoopskirts,
some of them held up attenuated arms
to display leg-o'-mutton sleeves; 9th.
ers faced the world from the depths
of huge poke bonnets. They were all
object lessons, teaching the absurdity
Of some fashions that have passed
away.
Some of the men. with their great
shoe buckles, resembled the pictures
of George Washington; some of them
these must have been the poet-art-
lists of the Penryns-wore wildly long
hair, that had the appearance of be,
ing uncombed. None of the gentle.
men. in the matter of apparel, would
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11
Disease Attacking Eyes.

with minute rusty brown spots ovel
the surface. In advanced stages, the
tubers are wholly covered with this
growth, and have lost every semblance
to potatoes.
A still more advanced stage occurs
when the fungus has utilized every
particle of food stored in the potato
and has reduced it to brownish.
black soft mass, giving off very un.
pleasant putrid odor. This is the
most dangerous stage of the disease,
as tubers which have reached 1t can.
not be harvested whole. They break
in pieces and thus the brownish-pulpy
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11
HE MADE THE DOCTORS STARE.

Extraordinary fortitude was display
ed by little Irish boy named Mich
ael Hanlon the other week in under
going an operation for the amputation
of a finger in Dublin hospital. While
holding a horse the youth wound the
cord round the middle finger of his
right hand, and the animal becoming
FESTIVE, jerked the cord with such vio-
lence that it severed the finger at the
first joint. Before he was put under
an anaesthetic the boy made the doc
tors stare by producing the severed
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11
CHILD BORN WITH ONE ARM

A child has been born at Willesden,
Eng, with the left arm missing from
a few inches below the shoulder. AS
having bearing on the occurrence 1t is
stated that some months ago the
mother was motoring when an acct.
dent occurred, the motor coming into
collision with another vehicle. The
motor-car drivers left arm was so
badly crushed in the collision that 1t
had to be amputat@i almost immedi.
ately.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11
WONDERFUL ENGRAVING FEAT.

An extraordinary feat has been per-
formed by Paul P. Wentz of Sharon,
Pa. who has, on the head of an ordin-
airy pin, engraved the alphabet four
times and then added his name and
the date when he completed the work.
making 113 characters in ALL
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11
SHELL-FlSH KILLS SEAGULL.

A singular occurrence is reported
from Barnstaple, England. A seagull
was observed struggling in the air
near the River Taw, and then to fall
to the groand. 1t was discovered that
a bivalve had closed on the bill of the
bird and gradually suffocated it.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11

Industry. in circular recently issued.
When the disease is prevalent no
healthy tubers will develop. When
lifted they will show various degrees
of injury. The first indication of the
disease may be noticed around the
eyes of the potato, which show an alb
normal development of the dormant
shoot. In this condition the disease
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11
ROOSTER HAS A LONG FAST

A remarkable instance of a fowl
living twenty days without food &C.
Cured at Stamford near Hythe, Eng.
A buff Orpington cock, belonging to
a resident named Franks, had been
missing for three weeks, and was dis,
covered wedged in the wooden founda.
ton on which a haystack had been
constructed. The bird was terribly
emaciated, but has now recovered
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11

At the International Congress of
Aerial Leagues held in Boulogne re-
Gently some interesting demonstra-
lions were given of special devices
for the protection of aviators in case
of fall Among these was a safety
suit consisting of padded head-piece
and jacket six inches thick, the entire
apparatus weighing only eight pounds.
The inventor hurled himself head-first
against very spiky place in the stone
suffered no inconvenience from the
impact.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11
San Francisco Fire cIsterns.

An important part of San Francis
COS new fire protection system is the
series of 100 reinforced concrete els
terms of 1900 gallons capacity each,
built under streets and other favor
able places. The cisterns are circular,
80 feet in diameter and 16 feet deep,
and are made accommodating by
means of nine-inch mains, also con-
crete. Besides, each cistern is direct
ly connected with the regular mains.
The tops of many of the cisterns form
the roadways OF streets.
In the early years of San Francis
co.'s development an emergency water
supply was provided in somewhat the
same manner. Reports show that in
1870 GA tanks had been built, but in
the fire report of 1906 only Is were
mentioned.-Popular Mechanics.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11

lnat OF pea. The gray surface
OF the swollen eye is dotted over
with golden-yellow rings, as seen
with pocket lens. Some tubers
VIII De found, when the crop is har.
vested, with more or less than one.
half OF them covered by these warty
excrescences, which in some instances
are larger than the tuber itself. This
"arty growth consists of coral-like
mass or more or less scaly excrescen-
ces, similar in appearance to the
well-knoWn crown or root gall of ap-
pies. The warts are of a somewhat
lighter color at the base and dotted
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11

Many of those who have purcnaseu
tubers of the Double Tuberous De
gonias have felt disappointed We
the plants began to bloom ana cen ZEN
sured the florist for selling begonlaS
that were not true to name, because
mart of the flowers on each stalk were
single, says Parks Floral Maga s.,
This misunderstanding comes from
lack of knowledge of how the mowers
become double. 1t should be known
that the Tuberous Begonia is Just llke
the pumpkin vine In fower-5earmg'
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11
there-and the spirit is e.
idly in our best American

ors but in our interiors and in all
sorts of interesting ways. 1t shows
itself in pottery and tile making, In
interior wood finishes, in fabrics. In
metal and in furniture. 1t shows it.
self in a new feeling for color whether
it is used in tones or in full bright
ness. There is new conception OF
color harmony both in the relation
ship of the various rooms and In the
relationship of their various parts
Good Housekeeping Magazine.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11
Feeding the Sow.

1t is just as far wrong to feed the
SOW corn entirely to make lot OF
milk rich in protein at plugging time
as it is to feed the dairy COW nothing
hut corn. If corn alone is neither 9
satisfactory nor economical ration for
a mich COW, it certainly is not for a
"milch" SOW
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11
ruber Covered With Disease.

Is liable to escape detection and thus
be spread by the use of infected tubers
as seed. In the earlier stages of the
disease the eye will be found slightly
protruding in the form of single or
compound group of small nodules'
varying from the size Of pin head to
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11
Family Pride.

Mrs, Parrot What is Mr. Porcupins
putting on such airs about these days9
DeMonk- Why, he claims that his
great-grandfather furnished the ouilis
for the toothpicks at the farewell ban,
quet before Roosevelt left Africa.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11
DOUBLE TUBEROUS BEGONIAS

some of the flowers being pistillate
and some staminate upon the same
plant The doubling is due to the
stamens of the staminate flowers turn
ing to petals, instead of developing
naturally. This can be readily OBJ
served by examining a semi-doubls
flower, The pistillate flowers do not
have stamens, and hence are always
single, The little sketch herewith
GIVEN of single and semi-double flow.
ers win afford some idea of the varia'
ton.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11
WHY He obteotes

Upgardson-Your wife insists On
filling the house with furniture diner
emit from anybody else's? She must
have some peculiar plan In view.
Atom-She has. Installment Mar
That's why I'm kicking.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11
Let Your HOUSE, Have Expression.

How refreshing a house can be!
How much it may express of all that
is best In human nature! When you
build your home learn the language
of expression in materials. A house
cannot be too small or too humble to
fail of this expression if the spirit is
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11
Demonstration Farms.

The Kansas law provides for the
establishment of county demonstra
ton farms. The work is to be done
under the supervision of the state col
lege.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11

joint from his pocket and asking them
to try and fix it on the finger again.
He then underwent the operation
without displaying the slightest merry.
BUSINESS.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11
KNIcKERBOCKERS ON CHICKS.

One ef the sights in Ex-Mayor
Frank l.. Browns barnyard in Youngs.
.own, o., is pair of chickens which
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11
Easy.

When woman is getting ready to
celebrate her silver wedding, 1t Is
easy to stand well in her estimation.
Merely tell her you think she must
have been married very young.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11

hoppers, together with crickets, spi.
ders, SOW bugs, potato bugs and mis-
cellaneous lot OF other insects.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-11

The opening oil the
bearing in
declaration. which
ngebead handed round the After the reading
declaration cheers
The sun., 1910-10-09

Col. Rooaevel' IN = speech a. Troy on his
way TO the Saratoga convent ion Announced
The sun., 1910-10-09

until 1873. 80 after tho term n ths Gov
srnor el~ctssi in November Tor . term II
two years viii have expired. Mr. Collins
is ssrving his thru term % five years ~
superintsndent q Prtsons az . salary u
WlpO
state Health C0mmissionsr EnEess
n Porter will hold over the term of the
next Governor lis term 10 four years
and the salary B.0aI
DANIEL " Cahill % Watsrtown. the State
Superintendent ~ Public B,iildings. was
recently r~appointesi for = term 81 thres
wears az a salary u tS0O. and he holds
over IN. term of the neGt Governor
Tho terms 81 two Of the state Com
missionsrs in l.unACy do not expire dur
ing the term of the next Governor but the
term % the third CommzslOner, Selden
r. Niele Of Buffalo. expires nsxt January.
and the term ~ slN years and the - hry
81 uD
Tn. three Judges OF the state Court
- claims. fearing a DetROcratic admin
istratlun. rsCently had their terms eH-
tends-d O ten years and the present Judges
will serve until 1919. at a salary Of 5000
each with 2SOO each allowed for eH-
pensos
The present State labor Commissioner
hold- over the term Of the next Governor.
the term being four wears and the salary
s. .OO
Pretty rich pickings.- say the Demo
Gratis. IA they study the foregoing lists
The sun., 1910-10-09

~ FHI "al-aIan U1rsa- ~ wpassnr i'aT
rtis .tst -1lr pusifiI1 rhs been Nn sarrrfn Hl
't- PhrI, aai tunt1n ansfA a1asas To- ssVsra
ssasans IN cunrIIsun fheTs IN - o. tfhso'
- masisfn IagIsa ,angs Or 'hiuaa, N'hindls
Saaf How~f anI Wul~bv
Pvt.s,. Auea - rnssli ~ho = rsos~i -
ore q th- gr~nt ifauAlr .npfanrs nov hef"f'
NJ public ant vlp a' eos ruf tsarieu l1uiHu.
s-0rri triu-upbs Iu fr- ~si.ng soprano rh'e. ~
inc Wssurrlan r.Hs. dramas .Uns 100 Iuflsh
T. - r.rsrn 30 America IN I~bI iary '' ri nIm
be- 80 HnpHr'aut ruus"r' rurarenruts She hA'
b~sn f-~nrassi o. appear With the Theodore
Thomas Orrhsstfa daring IT, tour urAi srFins
auI v iIl al,p sIng a. festivals
Tas rr.t .8re.-srr- In Ncw YorS mis- ,s,.ro
% Janet Nu-n'cr runuai'a. ~il take pArr Ire
Nend-l,,abu Hnuu Thur>dsN afternoon N',rU
brr
Mn. ie,an. I,mrm he op~-auc soprano
will ssli ',f Nrw urs from fnS land on N"yeuhrr
and ina.r bcr u-~t appearance ia this ctN tn
q sons tv,itAl un rursdAy afternoon Nu,rr,5 BET
IS, In CArncEIc Han
The Ro-tna symphony ur,hrStra las brcn
cNprrirnylug this fan the dirnrplD - srvurug
passage a. America from Iuruu~ padng tf-
pAst summer 10 engaged q number ~ musicians
In E.fupr, incl ding \ double bass player. =
viola PLAYER. ba>snun..f "a NruvaIi>i AT4
a new uuu i~nc N,ur - thr,r 900 no. Dr ah."
90 g-t here ruuI the rArs part - Np,ru. hvr
uWtng ~ the Ah>N..tr ,upu>sInihtN - getting
passage ir them earlier W the 'hi The .l'.
>.ripuon sale fbT me ten N,V N,-a ruu.vr', WI. D.
has b~rn guiug un during the past week -.r.
passes all "ApsctAusns aId me house viii rr
pTArussy 'o'd "ut fur nuih series - concerts
before another nee, ha- Passed
The ld-l- NATE Ne, Trio consisting - Miss
MArg.ue,. ulan..t leopold lI,at-un"-- Nfuun.,'
and Leo - lS Ccili,i. announce th'.- seventh
season ~ chamber music concerts - NruIo.
,ohn Hau on the fnuoving dat, IHHrs',s
evening November O.; THURSDAY evening.
January S. thursday evening TrhrHaTy %
some interesting novelties will 10 giycr o., these
talented a-u.'s
\ ,ioIIn~r entirely new 20 '~.~rI.r Tc1V
pATnrr WtI maze his Hr>t NrW Nura Nul,arar,r
with the N'mphpny S1,c', - Nre YORK un
afternoon. S'uhrr ~ y.1ins the RTaH"., come
,crto In German, he has been deemed sI-.
tIuso ~ be reCAunrd Nth sine fourteen years
ago. when he PLAYED nine Coucrr'us With urrhe>.
ira a. three concerts iu H-rilu.
Boris HAnhoIrs the eminent ra'lls' who vac
engaged to n'aN uNr $40 -ecl'als At me court
OF queen Maria Pa Of Portugal has been ohug q
OeraIss o. ibe pgcsr-t poF'ggurNr revolution
TO ten norNTlrE ~ least AuA1eon the engage
ment uanbol-g Vas 10 have been accompanied
In his rs,itaIs hv the NounE Prince de RrsgAnfA.
= nrpHrw Of inC Drr~n who . brilliant ulanis'
The rAnrtilauon o. this engagement Wi UA,r
II possible 'pr liarno4Tg 10 sau Tor Amer. = =
v 90. earlier
The sun., 1910-10-09

Queens county Republican who voted
with tho Roosevelt forces NJ Saratoga sa,I
Yesterday. Queens county - to 90 10 on
Democratic IN November In Iapa n,
Hearst, the Democratic candidat. Fn,
Governor. carried tho county over HUGHES
6y 7.9gS Ia ia02 Colsr. Democratic randI-
dat" for Governor. carried Queens over
Odell hv 5I6O
The sun., 1910-10-09
ReesVered Etls Fathers Nod,


FTnH1 fhr GrtHq hsbu News
Las wear n fisherman, tired Of unsucoes-
'ul dangling OF ~oTm. lAy back m boa,
Tor smoke suddenly there came graz
and bang over the boat side hev the rod ,
I'D occurrence. FOR like The aNein NE class
story % vas a borroVed one The fsh p 4;
rod disappeared completely. and the ans .
Nent back 10 his father 10 make the be-
of the anair that ne could
This wear he has had tbe felicity o' restnr.
ing the rod TO his parent Fishing m ~
same loch the Other day he caught 'he - 4
n-h Their" is M doubt about hIs den
nCaiion of ~. DeCauss " got ~ ou'. In =
mouth was an ancient hook' Attached r
the hook VAS hls last year 'aCkls h-yOr
~" taCki" his old familiar line and vhsn "
had pulled the line IN up came his fathe- .
rod
The sun., 1910-10-09
NOTES or Music EVENTS.

Francis Macmilien 'he vtoinIst Wiii make hts
r-st appearance In N-W NoTE this ssasnn. In =
recital IN Carnegie Han sunday evening
Nr,~nbrrs In D~c-ube ne will be heA ri again
sS sulnlst Win the NrW YORK Philharmonic
Orch~,ua. IN January he appears Sith the NeN
y orz ~ynphnny orchestra
The sun., 1910-10-09

influential Republicans representinS N.
Thirty sixth senate district ~ New York
Oneida county, tell you thar senator
Frederick Morgan Davenport Republican.
Who has been renominated. - destined to
h" defeated on election dav. November
In isos senator Davenport defeated hi-
Democratic opponent. Joseph Ackrovd.
bv eso
when asked for their reasons for S.Iiayin q
that senator Davenport - TO 10 defeated
for reelection these Republicans tell Won
that the whole county of Oneida has been
TUNED upside down by tho Roosevelt
sherman episode end col Roosevelt
reatmen' ~ Vice - resident sherman ami
Republicans In the Vice PreS,den''- : follow %
ing ~ Saratoga
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-04-28
A PREACHERS CONFESSION.

The man who knows all about how
to run newspaper, although never
having had single days connection
with the business, has long been
familiar figure in every community
The fault which he can find with a
single issue would fill the largest
book. Sometimes it is the exaggerat-
ed headline, sometimes the makeup.
sometimes the excessive detail fur
nished in featuring crime, some
times the alleged erroneous viewpoint
of the editor Fortunately. however,
opportunity is sometimes afforded the
critic to try his hand and his head in
demonstrating to the public just how
he would run a newspaper. A few
days ago the Rev. Macolm James Nc
Leod pastor of Presbyterian church,
was invited to utilize day in putting
his theories into practice by getting
|out an addition of the Pasadena, Cal
|ifornia Star. With bouyant step and
soul Illuminated, Brother Mcleod en-
tered the sanetum almost with the
dawn OF day. He assumed direction
of everytbing-making valiant effort
to not overlook a single detail All
departments treated him with cour-
tesy and did their best to carry out
his ideas. At last the time had almost
arrived to CLOSE the forms" A few
inches of space had been reserved for
the preacher-editor to record his clos
ing impressions and here is what he
said:
MY time is almost up as | pen this
last line; my hand is almost para
lyzed, my brain is befuddled. and
am free to confess that am right
glad to vacate the holy spot. Such
rush and riot and dissarrayl Such a
tumble and pot pourril 1t strikes me
as the ally effort to bring order out
of chaos and to do it lightning quick.
oh iShiihuSu Vi the mSlnuId dole
words. The earth was without form
and void and darkness was upon the
face of the deep. And the spirit
moved over the face of the waters. .
Never shall criticise men more. l
shall pray for them. They will have
my hearts forbearance henceforth
and forever. the hardest worker, the
shortest lived, poorest paid brain
workers on this weary old world of
ours. .'-BartlesviIle Enterprise.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-04-28
THE COMMON ENEMY.

Gov. Hughes bids us observe that
political corruption is not partisan but
a common enemy and he insists that
all good citizens, regardless of party,
must enlist in the crusade against it;
publicity, he says, makes for cleanli-
ness even when the statute of limita-
tion relieves the criminal of legal
punishment.
We don't know about this.
When the great majority of the
guilty are found in one party as in
Oklahoma is there no partisanship?
When one party makes leaders of
those who are proven to be corrupt is
there no evidence of party responsible
ity?
If one party be shown to have taken
special measures providing for the es-
cape of the guilty should the party be
relieved of responsibility?
Not on your life.
The present democratic administra-
tion is too corrupt, for even fair-mind-
ed democrats to allow a democratic
administration to follow it.
The people feel that there should be
a clearing up of many crooked deals
of the past three years
And they know that this can be done
only by the election of republican ad-
ministration. Capital.