davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25
BEST TREATMENT FOR SOILS.

The productiveness Of the soil de-
ponds largely upon how II is cultivated
and also Of course TO a considerable
degree upon heat and moisture II re-
ceiyes. Uncultivated land, according
TO j. II. Bone Of the Oklahoma Experi-
ment station, contains two per cent
less moisture than cultivated soil
when both are Kept free from weeds.
In most soils Of the central west the
question OF moisture Is Of more import
ance than direct plant food. lncreas-
ing the supply Of decaying vegetable
matter Is desirable, as this aids In the
retention Of soil moisture. The fire.
quency Of cultivation will depend
largely upon the season. Enough
should be given 10 keep the weeds
down and the soil In good condition.
In the Oklahoma experiments land
plowed IN March contains more mois-
ture than that plowed about the mid
die OF April Shallow blowing Will
not maintain as much moisture In the
soil as deep blowing while subsoiled
land contains more moisture than IN
SUBSIDIZED Stubble should be plowed
as sUon after harvest as convenient and
narrowed occasionally until the field
is sown to wheat Rolling does not
seem 70 conserve moisture or increase
the yield. Bottom lands do not dry
out as completely as uplands. uplands
during 1898 contained and average Of
lsia per sent OF moisture. Ordinary
crops do wen when the soil contains
u 10 20 per cent OF moisture Corn
begins 20 suffer when the moisture
gets as low as 10 per cent.-orange
Inld Enrmor
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25

a beautiful. rich young lady whom
everybody wants and when they can't
get her. they don't want any one else
10 possess her. That Is our position
among the nations Of the world
When a delegation VI Ultlanders
brought him a petition. he said 10 them.
oh, you are just like my monkey. You
know / keep a monkey In my back
yard. The other day when we were
burning some rubbish the monkey
managed 10 get his tail burnt where
upon he bit me. That's just Ike the
Ultlanders In johannesburg. They
burn their tails In the fire Of specuIa-
ton then come and bite me"
Kruger forces his religion on one
constantly. TwO-thlrds Of my questions
he answered with Scrlptural quotations
that usually were pat. When ! asked
him II he intended 20 seize Deiagoa Bay
before the English took possession In
order that he might have a sea port,
he answered briefly!
Cursed be he who removes his
neighbors landmarks
- asked him why he ala not give the
Uitlanders the franchise. This.
thought, would open up an extensive
field. for Il has furnished tones for the
archives Of Great Britain and Of the
Transvaal Dom Paul disposed Of 1t IN
one paragraph.
"A man he said quickly. and with
out removing his pipe from his mouth,
cannot serve two masters. Either he
will forsake the one and love the other.
or else hate the one and cleaye 10 the
other Now, the English, though they
behave themselves properly and are
loyal 20 the state IN a way, invariably
fan back on the queen when Il suits
their purpose. The Germans are not
80. Well we have a law Tor bigamy IN
this country and a man must put on
the old love before taking on the new
AN answer could hardly be more con-
else and graphic II defines Krueger's
attitude IN o nutshell.
in America. h. told me. the Eng
lishman mergcs with Americans. He
loses his Identity. Here he emphasizes
Il. When an Uitlander shows a dis
position 20 share our prosperity and
troubles alike, him J give the fran.
chise
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25

| ing man. esteemed. and admired by the
other members of'his calling?
Perhaps.
But independent
| ASK him.
II he tells. you the truth he will say
| that he has TO oonoiliate here, to cajole
| there, to threaten the other place, In
order to keep the wolf Of failure from
his very comfortable door.
Independent,
Your husbands United States Sena-
Ietor, a man with money position, power
| "a man who can make or break men
band communities, man sought after,
ptoadied 70. flattered followed, applaud
| eds he independent?
Ask him. II he speaks the honest
l,truth he will tell you that some ignor-
I ant and unscrupuiOus, vindictiye ward
boss holds him and his future In the
lshollow Of a hand neither oyer-genle
nor oyer-olean.
Independent?
There are few independent men, la
dies. DO not let Mrs. Stetson or any
! others OF her way of thinking, deceive
.you-earning money means anything on
earth but Independence,
VIII he be a working man. the hero
Of my book?
OF course.
Every American who Is worth any
thing Is working man OF one sort or
lsanother
And my hero is an American, pure
and simple. A shrewd. clever. quick
.witted hard working, sentimental
|. American.
L Sentimental
OF course.
Under an his crusts OF half serious
syniclsm, the American man has
thousand times more sentiment than
the American woman.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25

really seem to be the tyne OF the pres
ent generation, that u win do us no
halm TO look upon the other side.
But there are two sides to the story.
always remember that ladies' Of The re-
forming aid always and always re-
member that Let US look on that 9th.
er side, for Just so long as It takes to
read these few poor words at any rate
Life j. so hard az best. so full OF dis
appointment and sorrow and heart
Juggling grief We men and women
ought to help each other up the hllly
road TO happiness Not stand by the
Wayslde casting stones az those who
have already a grievous burden to
bear.
Only a man.
Let us write a new book, we women
Of America. Let's tear up these old
ones, full OF complaints and fault find.
ING and the small arguments OF small
souls, who weigh all life by the money
there II IN Il, Let's write a book full
OF love and confidence and pride In
this hero OF ours, the plain, everyday
man Of North America.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25

| shall not make him a great genius
enlightening the world with the
splendor Of his Inspiration. ] shall not
make him an arguing scientific, soul
less. perfect monstroslty. like the
heroes Of the Looking Backward
brand Of bOoks--a man who feels by his
reason and who thinks by electricity
| shall not make him a self-centered
ecclesiastical blgot. who thinks his own
particular form Of belief or disbelief is
a topic TO entrance a waiting nation.
Just a man. a plain, everyday quick
tempered, big-hearted, fault-hndlng,
Woodworking, self-sacrihcing man Of
North America. The one who lives next
door TO you, madam, or the one who
comes 10 call upon your sister, my
dear young lady-thats the man for
my hero.
And he is a hero.
Laugh as you VIII. aspire to the i'm
possible and the unsttainable as you
may, ladies of the Theory club. he IL
a hero, every inch of him. And the
smallest finger OF his hand, worn hard
with honest work, Is worth all the
idealists Of all the centuries put TO-
gether.
A hero!
Why not?
Have you ever tried 20 do one Of the
things he does every day and never
dreams Of making vlrturs Of his do
ing?
No.
Try Il.
Take delicate, imaginative, high
strung woman and Try TO support her
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25

No man on earth claims that he can
be man and a woman both.
The modern woman does claim that
very thing. Tell man that women
are better nurses than men, better
teachers, better care-takers, In little
things, and he viii say, why, yes, Of
course they are"
Men do not ATTEMPT TO claim for
themselves an all-seelng, all doing, all
knowing personality They realize that
there are limitations to a human be-
iDg's possibilities.
Not so. the modern woman.
She can do and think and be-any-
thing-she says. ! hardly believe that
II some rash mortal should arise and
declare that men make better prize
fighters than women. some one OF the
new cult among women would arise
and refute the charge with much In
dignation, and more than little elo-
Quence.
have yet 10 hear Of body Of men
called together eXpressinly for the pur-
pose OF proving 10 the world what I'VE
az men can do. have done, and might.
could. would or should do, II the eternal
laws Of the universe would only cease
10 act for a while and give genius
chance to sprout
Genius
Let's face facts. ladies-facts, facts.
cold. cold facts.
Women have devoted their attention
20 music FOR centuries, painting and
the art OF decoration have been their
special province for many generations
Dress and the arts Of the toilet have
been an absorbing thing 10 them for 10
these many years Cooking has been
their speciality for ages.
Where Is the great woman composer?
How many women artists can you
name?
How does Il happen that the greatest
dressmakers % the world are men?
And Who VIII rise and tell US why
when you want the best dinner IN the
world you have 10 get man 10 cook ~
Not germane 10 the subject. all these
things? II think they are-very much
germanc 10 H.
When women 60 quietly and sensibly
about their business. really doing
things. no one hlames them much II We
make a little ado about the wonders Of
our achievements We must be- feml-
nine-but when we stop doing and 90
to talking let's talk sense.
Ask the first man YOU meet what he
thinks abou, his being hero and he'll
smile In your tace.
Tell the first woman you meet that
she's q heroine and nine times out Of
ten she'll believe YOU and 90 through a
long suffering world as one who wears
upon her brow the invisible crown Of a
noble martyrdom.
We women have our side Of the story.
I ackuowledge, nay. insist, upon de-
claiming that
But our note Is so constantly heard
20 harped upon, so beat aud hammered
out, over and over and over al every
little gathering Of the women, who
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25
We viii be free We will be free,
Our birthrlght shall our standard be.

We viii be free We will be free,
Our birthrlght shall our standard be,
Our fathers sweat, our fathers blood
Have soaked the ground on which they
stood:
Our mothers tears, cur mothers toll
Have hallowed this our Afrlc soil
This is our land This is our landl
Reclaimed by our fathers hand;
Reclaimed once We claim II now
As made a garden 10y our plough.
We ask what has 20 US been left7
We Will no longer be bereft,
For fatherland and freedom dear,
We die, or live and yanquIsh here!
To the above the London Spectator re-
plies:
We DO not want your Fatherland,
Your starry veldt, your golden Rand;
We have an Empire stretching far
Beyond the evening morning star;
And all within Il. Ike the sea.
Majestic, equal, living, free.
NA'f ~ we're INblt, men WHO ui'l
Sooner than crouch 10 tyrant's PRIDE
For desert isle. for Msrken sand
Content 10 cult your Fatherland;
Ye shook the Spaniard's worldwide
throne
one strip Of earth to call your own.
Why are you altered2 Can Il be
That freemen grudge another free?
Ye gag our voices, hold us down
Beneath your fortress savage frOwn.
Was Il for this we freedom gave.
Ourselves TO dig our freedoms grave?
Talk not Of raid, II was dsOwned,
In blood and prison the wrong atOned.
Say not We seek apart 20 dwell,
We love our lngots far too well.
BY all ye promised, all ye swore,
Give US our light! We ask no more.
What do we ask? To use the tongue
That Hampden spoke, and Milton sung
To shape the statute. share the power
That clips our freedom every hour:
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25

Proud Of a sovereign right 10 own
No llege, no lord, but law alone.
Why do We ask It? Is't to live
Pleased with the dole that despots givel
To blush the shame that freemen feel
Salaaming at a masters heel;
And, btierest sting Of all, 10 know
our own weak hands once dealt ths
blow?
Our hands, once weak. Now one and
all
Are Joining. Hark! an Empires call,
That says. Not ours the blood or race
TO brook lgnoble hIrellng place"
A stain on US Is stain on them,
Besmirching England's diadem.
Australia. Canada, cold and heat,
New Zealand's isles the voice repeat
That everywhere beneath the sun
All Saxon hearts In this are one
Born OF the tameless Northern sea
They must be. like It's waters, free.
one must be first, yet but In name;
4 common flag Is common fame
Knit on to us. they make a part
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25
An IMlTABLE FEAT.

The sailors Of three men-o'-war-
American French and Brltush-whlle
IN the same harbor, were competing
with each other FOR the best display %
saamsnship. A Yankee went 20 the top
OF the malnmast aud stood there with
an arm extended. A Frenchman then
went alof, aud extended both arms.
An lrlshman on board the British ship
thought n he could stand there with a
leg and an arm extended he would be
declared the most daring sailor. MINI
bly, he mounted 10 the highest point
and attempted 10 Ga 50, hg; at the last
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25

J ul.en by a Mrs. Charlotte Perkins
a,sl, q lady who has always had
3.A 70 say about women and what
d, 70 happen TO them for being good.
iel can't 90 near a womans club IN
aver without meeting some one
\ s9s jus, read all about woman and
= silly little way Of mending socks
rei Instead Of buying sw ones for
NIL and the woman who's read
E book always wants TO discuss IL.
hieally Is an interesting book.
/ lSlls all about how women have
l ~, upon and abused ever since
\ 'lopasmlc times. 1t relates the
|fss.iig souows. the agonizIng hu-
-itcns and the awful subjugstlon OF
,rn. i tells how she bears her
-.feh n s0rr0V and rears them In
i'ig,. How she sits, a poor, hard
e o. custom. within the lock and
\ her husbands home, and yearns
ysars and yearns.
h'V she can't eat bread Of her own
'iaig she can't wear clothes Of her
" buying, she can't do or have or be
'',Yltlrs Independent.
eas, AZ all such books have ended
y WI end ull the rolling together Of
taysas az scroll, with an APP
y 70 IN downtrodden sisterhood TO
no throw oa the yoke--and go and
N n own livlng.
N'A The sisters would take the ad.
n Or ny 10.
Eer lus ebOat Elk months OF free,
~ upruRg, economic independence
elrs We should hear less and less
as only Woman business.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25

and make her happy Put a fanny OF
little helpless children on your should.
ers, and start out TO make a living fol
them In this world you think so beau.
tlfuL Go downtown and work and fret
ana worry and plan and puzzle and
fail and be defeated and get up again
ana fight the whole battle over day az.
ter day week after week. month after
month, year after year. IN there Is no
more time for you and yours,
Fight
Why, rs nothing but a hght-thls
earning a living business.
DO you think. my good woman. that
your husband has no battles because
he does not show you his scars?
Put yourself In his place for one day
FOR one little little day and youn find
that It viii take all your fortltude. ali
your courage and all your faith TO keep
you alive till the welcome nightfall
comes.
Coufagel
Why It takes more courage to earn
an honest living In this day Of COM
petition and desperate ondeayor than
il took the knight Of Old you admire
50 much % enter a dozen lists and fight
heOle OF journeys.
Talk about the Twelve Temptations
The man who earns a decent income
must meet and conquer or be con.
quered by them every single twenty
four hours.
To steal, TO lie. 10 cheat, TO stab his
best friend In the back, 10 take the
meal from the mouths u The widow ana
the fatherless-your husband does none
Of these things?
Probably be does not, to his eternal
credit be It spoken, but It is not for lack
Of opportunity and for very grleyous
temptation
Above 10?
Above the crime perhaps.
Above the temptation 10 IL?
No man Is. No man can be- where
his family IS calling to him for this, for
that and for the other thing which John
Somebody's family has and which
John Somebody bought for thCm out Of
the price OF human blood
Men do not tell you these things?
They do not.
You take W most OF the time telling
them about your tragic lie with one
poor. clumsy servant, whose fearful
crime Is inability to learn to make
Jelly jell
Tell you?
And have YOU turn white and 20
sleepless and worry yourself old about
him!
Not he
That is not his fashion
He took you TO love. cherish and pro-
tect you, and whatever may be his
faults-and they are many-the aver
age American man lives up 20 the
promise he made on the day Of his we'd
ding. He loves. cherishes and protects
the woman he married, and just now
that woman seems 10 find her chief de-
light In reading and writing books
which tell her what a selfish. cruel, low
idealed monster the man who shields
her from this world u.s.
She doesn't want TO be shielded, she
says.
She wants 10 be independent
independent
A man INDEPENDENT
Is your husband independent my
dear woman? He is workngman,
head carpenter-he is a man Of superior
intelligence. and he knows his trade
better than any other carpenter In
town, perhaps
Does that make him independent?
He can't get one stroke OF work un-
less he belongs to a union. which tells
him exactly what he may earn, and
how long he may work-and even then
he is dependent upon the within Of a
contractor who may give him work or
may not.
Independent
Is your husband Independent my
good madam?
A banker, a clever astute, far-see-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25

I'm going 10 write book My book
shall be called Only a Man.
Won't that be q nice, affecting title?
My book is going to tell about men
for once. I'm going to Try to get at
few facts which Mrs. Stetson and an
the ladies who write such clever things
about Only a Woman seem either to
forget or to wllfully Ignore.
only a Man. ! shan't make him a
miracle like the gentleman In the play,
who can knock down six giant mus
keteers, throttle lion. seize the lady OF
his heart, leap with her out Of 'stenth
story window and come down safe and
sound 20 cry Fooled again." In the very
teeth OF the discounted foe. shall
not make him a saint like the Knights
Of the Holy Grail, seeking the impos-
slble through the mists Of the ideal.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25
'0DIy a 0\aQ

wloifrd Black, or Annie
" - she was formerly known
Ela. , ID world has been
?. y.ry readable articles for the
W Dat recently. She has written
'''a INNS Of matter complimentary
y ' .,sr woman" so called. But she
Is' ,eree with everything that Is
I, ~ ...sed IN behalf Of that very
\ 2. .,y.rpiaed force in modern civil
'' ,r5 frequently champions the
~ ian That Is what she has
? NE following story Tor the
Ia POST
!. ...,,a new book out .....,,a m.
'tds woman about women IL Is
~ = omen and Economics" and 1t
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25
KRUEGER'S SH ARPSH00TER METH.
Cd OF EXPRESSION.

Kruger sDrlnkles shrewd illustra.
tions through his discourse as can only
a person gifted with natural express
sion, writes Allen Ssngree In Ainslee's
for December Speaking about Eng
lands desire to own the Rand mines,
he said:
I'm tell you, the gold fields are ike
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25
BOER APPEAL AYDEYGLIsH REPLY

The leading newspapers are publish
ing the translation OF a Boer war song
sung In the Boer camps. II Is as fol-
lows:
Leave Nc alone, Leave US alone!
You shall not rob us Of our own.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25

moment lost his balance. and fell
through the rigging toward the deck.
The various ropes against which he
came IN contact broke his fall and
when near the deck ne succeeded In
grasplng rope. To this be hung for a
couple Of seconds. and then dropped
lightly on the deck landing safely on
his feet.
Folding his arms triumphantly. as IL
II were oil In the program, h. glanced
toward the rival ships and joyously ex-
claimed
There, YOU frog-eating and pig
sticking foreigners, beat that II YOU
can!"--COllier's Weekly.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS w

OF freedoms universal heart
Heart whose vast framework, broad
and high.
Is all ny temple. Liberty.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-25
TELEPHONE IN STOCKHOLM.

Stockholm has more telephones than
any other European city. 1t Is stated
that the central station has about
10000 calls day or about one for
every three persons In the city.
The Washburn leader., 1899-06-24
Latest Ideas in Millinery.

A small, golden-yellow satin straw
hat. something Of the cocked-hat
shape, with points over the ears. hav-
ing two white ostrich feathers placed
against the upturned brim in front
beneath a cluster Of tea-roses, one
curling round the right side, the other
to the left, is among the latest ideas
on millinery, according to the Milli-
merry Trade Review. The white tulle
strings are fastened to the back. A
Bergere hat in rose-pink fancy straw,
trimmed with four punches Of hy-
drangea blossoms, shaded from pale
pink to blue. is tied under the chin
with extremely light blue tulle. a por-
ton Of which Is puffed in among the
pink blooms on the left. The last
model on this list-a black Tuscan
turned up in front-has for chief deco
ration a long scarf of pale turquoise
blue surah. the whole width Of the
silk. which. after Aorming loop to fix
the brim to the crown, is carried
round to the back and serves for
strings. To this is added cluster Of
forget-me-not leaves placed on the
right of the pouf. :
The Washburn leader., 1899-06-24

with embroidered insertion and edg-
ing. The waist lining Is fitted by
under-arm and shoulder seams, and is
overlaid to yoke depth. To the lower
edge Of the yoke facing the full front
and backs are attached by gathers.
being nrst gradually shaped at the
upper edges: these portions are con-
snected by under-arm and tiny shoul-
der seams. and are shirred at the waist
line. The scalloped bretelles are at
tached - indicated by the perforations
Of the pattern. and the .two-seamed
sleeve. which: Is gathered into the arm
hole. is surmounted by scalloped epau-
lets ana faced ct the wrist. The neck
edge Is completed by a band collar.
and the closing is effected down the
center Of the back. To the lower edge
Of the bodice the three-piece skirt Is
smoothly attached; its lower edge Is
completed by . deep hem or facing,
and the circular hounces. which are
scalloped at the lower edge, are Joined
smoothly to It. one above the other.
The pattern may be developed taste
fully in swiss, orEandie. lawn. dimity,
duck, pique. chambray. gingham, per-
Gale China silk. cashmere. serge or
The Washburn leader., 1899-06-24
Ribbon Substitutes.

The new ribbons are broad, and
many Of them have fringed edges.
sGauze, ribbons are used, and a good
deal Of chine. The narrow gauze rib
bons. which are Immensely in demand.
have drawing strings in the center, oy
which they can be formed into mar
row ruche, for these narrow ruches are
an all-important feature in fashion;
they are made in .gauze, tarlatan and
other thin fabrics;> they border the
edges Of many materials, and are also
used to form patterns on others. In
sertions Of. about three inches deep,
made III chiffon or net. with straight
edges, and worked over with straw or
the minute ruches or pailletes. are
formed into loops and border brims and
have many other uses. Silver, gold,
diamonds and Jet fsure in most Of the
millinery materials, and even gold lace
% worked with straw. ana straw de-
signs are wrought on silver cloth.
Some Of the sequins are sewn on loose.