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The Forrest City times., 1905-12-08
BALFOUR MINISTRY IS CUT
Resignation Accepted by king Ed ward and Sir Iienry Campbeii-
 Bnneprnan to Form New One.

London. Dec. 5.-The political crisis in the United Kingdom reached cii- max Dher Arthur ]. Balfour. the pre- micr, formally rendered the reslgna- tons of himself and the members Of his cabinet 10 King Edward. who accepted them His majesty has invited Sir henry CaIap apbellBannerman to an in terview, when he will offer him ths mission of forming new cabinet Sir Henry will accept the task.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-08
New industries.

Some of the new industries of .ha state that have been organized recent ly are: $50 900 building and loan com pany al Texarkana. s50000 merchan- tile business at Brinkley, rice mill at LoGoke to cost s50.000. mining com pany at Fayetteville. capitals200. GOO sl00,0 lumber company at Huttig
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-08
Taxable Values increased.

The taxable values of real estate and personal property at Pine Bluff show an increase since 1874 of s5,39I, : 16S. The value of realty and personal property being $757 ,660 in 1874 and $G,14S,S2S in 1905 The increase in valuation has been especially rapid during the last two or three years.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-08
Restaurant Keeper Miseino.

William Culley, of Pine Blun. is missing from his home A restaurant that was conducted by Currey has been closed. No clue as to the where abOuts of the missing man has been obtained by the Pine Bluff authorities.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-08
Little Girl Injured.

The five.year-old daughter of N. Wheatley of Hot Springs, was badly burned last week. The child was at tempting to kind!e fire when the ac- cident occurred.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-08
Electrician Injured.

Henry Parr an electrician was seri- ouaiy hurt in a sawmill at Harrisburg recently. ParF was struck in the head by one of the saws. which penetrated his skull entering the brain. 1t is thought that the wounded man will re- cover.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-08
Arkansans Get Patents.

The following patents were issued to citizens of Arkansas recently. Wade A. Byrd. Swifton, cotton picker's sack carrier Crawford D. Longan. Coal Hill. buggy bow rest. George L Ritche. Crossett, apparatus for laying and tal1- ing rp railways
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-08
Boom in Building Work.

The records of the Department of Public Works at Little Rock show that fifty building permits were issued during the last month. These permits
 represent total value of over two hundred thousand dollars.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-08
Teachers are Scarce.

Eight additional white teachers and four negro teachers are needed in Pulaski County. Persons desiring such positions should communicate with the Pulaski County examiner. The demand for capable teachers is very marked over the State this year.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-08
Mean Business.

The Solialists of Jefferson county will call a convention at an early date 10 place a full ticket in the field Speakers of national reputation will probably attend the convention
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-08
Shoots His Son.

Wallace McGough. negro. shot and killed his 1G year old son al Prescott last week. The shooting occurred during family row.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-08
Oldest Woman Settler.

Mrs. Mary Crowson, said to be the oldest woman settler of Pulaski coun- ty died at her home near Little Rock last week. Mrs. Crowson had lived ia Pulaski county for nearly seventy six years.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-08
Swamp Land Sold.

Several capitalists purchased 5000 acres of swamp and other lands from the state last week. The sale netted the state approximately $S.000.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-08
Ore Exhibit.
An exhibit of ore from the mines Of Marion county was displayed at Cotter

last week. Specimens were furnished by 26 mines located in the county and a creditable showing was made by' number of the individual exhibits. The exhibition was given for the pur- pose of attracting public attention to the mineral deposits of North Arkaa- Sas
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-08
HAPPENINGS OF THE S|AIE ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED
 FROM ALL SECTIONS.
WANT COUNTY HISTORIES

Arkansas History Commission Will Pay Twenty Dollars for the Best History of Each County of the State Walking Contest Held-Some of the States New industries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-09

Sir William Van Horne estimates that one
Cuban acre is worth as a producer more
than ten of the best American acres. He
says that one acre of good Cuban sugar
land Will at low estimate yield $3.50 per
annum, and lands set out in oranges and
other tropical fruits even more.
His farm settlements combine the advan-
tages of the Canadian and American farm
home with those of the farm villages of
Europe. The unit of division is the ca
beleria or thirty-three and one-third acres.
Each farm settlement consists of eight
bellerias in the form of a square, cut by
two roads running at right angles to the
middle of the square, and by additional
lines bisecting the square and joining the
corners This makes eight triangular di-
visions of square which meet at the center
of the block. The idea is to have a square
park in the center and facing it the houses
of the eight families which shall own the
eight tracts of land. Each mans house
will be on. his own land, and at the same
time his family will be close to those of his
neighbors. affordng social intercourse.
Nine units of this kind forming nine farm
settlements will be Joined together in an
other great square at the center of which
is a town site. At the latter there will be
a post office, a school, store and a black
smith shop. Such town would have sew
enty-two families tributary to it, and II
would probably have telephone connection
with each little settlement. 1t would be
large enough to support a DOCTOR and as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-09
Fickpcckets and Crowds.

Several people who went to the fair re-
Gently held at Rockville, Md, came away
with less than they took there" remarked a
detective to a Star reporter one day this
week. Il do not mean that they spent their
money or threw 1t away, but that they hap
pened to meet people who trimmed them.
Such is the experience OF many people who
attend county fairs now, for there are
crooks who find such places more profitable
than they do the larger gatherings AS a
rule people who attend such places seldom
give crooks a thought, and those who have
diamonds and other expensive jeWelry wear
them. During recent years pickpockets and
other crooks have not Jared so well at big
gatherings in this country, and many of
those who attempted to work in the cities
have been apprehended and put away. 1t is
not an easy matter for a crook to conceal
his identity In these days of improved meth
DDS. They realize that when placed under
arrest in a small town country place the
chances of their getting away are better,
In the larger cities the records are handy,
and the giving of a fictitious name is of but
little assistance TO the prisoner If he has
ever been arrested before.
There is scarcely day that the authori-
ties of other cities do not ask the bureau of
identification for information respecting
criminals the detective said, land Major
Sylvester manages to furnish identifications
In large number of cases. 1t is not diff
cult matter to trace such persons when the
measurements have been obtained, and it is
always surprising to the prisoner when he
has been identified in this way. | remember
a case of man who was arrested in this
city several years ago and held on suspicion
that he had been implicated in case in
yolving the taking of watch from visitor
in the city He on his way home from
a country fair and had been arrested at the
fair Nothing was found upon him. how
ever, and he WaS released. He had been
seen to take pocket book from the pocket
of visitor to the fair, but had not been
seen when he passed 1t to confederate.
Had the people in the country known of his
record they would not have paid any atten-
ton to his pretended indignation and re-
leased him.
Some of the smaller towns are now rep
resented in the bureau of criminal identifi-
cation added the detective, land even in
the smaller places the professional thief
finds 1t more difficult to operate and get
away than he did some years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-09

onfes, where lands are sold In forty-acre
tracts at $50 per acre.
THERE'S no doubt but that all good Cuban
land will double In value in the near future,
and some of it Will be worth many times
what II is now. l refer, of course, to un-
developed properties.
Government Lands.
The government lands of Cuba include
about million and quarter acres They
are mostly forest lands; some of them have
been rented and others disposed of In the
form of grants. the government holding an
unlimited mortgage at per cent per an
mum upon their fixed value Ia.ge part
of the government holdings is now offered
for sale by the president of the republic.
The sales will be at public auction, and in
payment therefor the certificates and war
rants issued to the soldiers of the war OF
independence, will be accepted
These timber lands have valuable hard
woods They have mahogany and cedar,
the mahogany bringing In from twenty
seven dollars to one hundred dollars per
hundred feet, and the cedar from twenty
to fifty dollars per hundred feet. according
to the grade and locality where sold. Ju-
caro- wood is worth seven cents foot
while granadillo, yamaguey and cerilla
bring in from twenty-five to thirty dollars
q ton.
Timber in Eastern Cuba.
large industry in getting out Cuban
timber has grown up since the war. Scat
tered along the line of the Cuba road from
Santa Clara to Santiago are scores of saw
mills with great piles of mahogany and
hardwood logs about them; and RATS of
logs may be seen floating in nearly every
harbor. In 1903 Cuba exported about two
and one-half million dollars worth of forest
products, and such exports are steadily In
creasing. Some Canadians have bought a
large tract of timber not far from CANA
guey. which they expect to exploit; and
Michigan parties have just purchased
twenty-five thousand acres of timber along
the line of the Cuba road not far from the
borders of Puerto Principe. The latter COM
pany will cut out the most valuable trees
and ship them to the markets and then use
the land for grazing and sugar plantations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-09

good orange grove In Florida Is valued at
at least thousand dollars an acre, and
that inasmuch as Cuba has no frost and the
cost of getting the fruit to the markets Is
about the same, such Cuban lands should
eventually be worth double that.
Another estimate which have before me,
taken from article In the Havana Post.
states that the cost Of setting out forty
acres of oranges, including the houses and
other buildings, is IS 5000. and that a $4,000
outlay will result in an excellent forty-acre
grove at the end of five years. Such grove,
according TO this. should produce, at one
box to the tree, 81 600 year, and when the
grove reaches its maximum in the tenth
year six boxes per tree. or $4,000 per an
mum. These are interesting figures. and
even II divided by half they make orange
growing attractive.
Profits in Colonizing.
At the same time | wonder whether there
is not even more profit in buying the big
tracts of land and selling them again than
in putting them out in oranges. Take. for
instance one of the best-advertised colonies
which is backed by rich banker of New
York. Its owners have 100000 acres of land,
most of which they have bought, at a lib
eral estimate, from 81 to 81 an acre.
They have 1000 acres under cultivation.
having planted II in orange groves and
they are selling land both in the wild and
cultivated state. They began by selling
wild lands at $50 an acre, but have since
raised their prices to $50 an acre. The cul-
tivated land. set out IN oranges was orig
inaly sold at $500 an acre the understand
ing being that the land would be cleared
and planted and cared for until the trees
We're three years old This year the price
of such lands have been increased to S120
per acre. and ] am told that the sales are
numerous and increasing. This colony has
established a bank. 1t Is building shipping
houses where oranges can be packed and
sent out the railroad to the Cuba road
whence they will be shipped to Nipe bay
and thence to New York. The proposition.
based on the product of orange growing.
must be attractive or there would not be
purchasers. 1t does seem that the differ
ence between IS and 500 ought to cover the
cost Of taking care of an acre of land and
still yield profit of somewhere between
8 and 10000 per cent. In this do not mean
to say that the man who buys the 500 acre
land may not still make an interest on the
investment but 1t does seem as though the
exploiter was getting more than his share
of the PROFITS. AS to the $50 per acre wild
land, the purchaser of such tracts If they
belong to q colony, buys not only his
land, but American neighbors, including
school and church advantages. as well as
better shipping facilities.
Cuban Road Colonies
The most interesting of the land develop
ment projects going on in Cuba are the
town and farm settlements of the Cuba
railroad IN connection with the lands along
It's tracks. These are railroad enterprises
rather than land speculations. their aim
being to build up the traffic by the Increase
of the population and business The lands
are sold for comparatively low prices ana
on installments to approved purchasers.
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milky pulp burns easily. Add generous
piece of butter and pepper to taste. A
trifle OF sugar or cream are deemed addi-
tons by many, but this Is a matter of in
dividual preference also.
Corn Fritters.-Take half dozen ears OF
corn and split down the middle of each
row of kernels with a sharp knife then
with the back of the knife scrape all the
pulp from the cob, leaving the hulls on.
Add to the corn one or two weil-oeaten
eggs dependent upon the amount OF the
corn), with salt and pepper TO season. II
extremely Juicy, a tablespoonful OF hour
may be stirred in. Have frying pan very
hot, with Just enough butter or olive oil TO
grease the bottom well, and drop In the
mixture by the tablespoonful The frltteTs
should be thick enough not to spread
Brown on one side, then on the other ana
serve piping hot.
Corn Oysters-Mix into two cups OF the
corn scraped from the cob, three table
spoonfuls of milk and one small cup OF
flour, sffted, with a half teaspoonfui OF
baking powder, two tablespoonfuls of melt
ed butter, one heater egg, teaspoohiui OF
salt and pepper to season. Drop with a
tablespoon into hot fat, fry brown on poth
sides and serve on a hot platter.
Have ready an equal quantity of sliced
ripe tomatoes and corn scraped from inc
cob Have an earthen pudding dish wen
buttered and fiji with alternate layers OF
corn and tomatoes each about an inch thick
and each generously seasoned with SAT-,
pepper and butter. When the dish Is nun,
sprinkle with grated buttered crumbs, cover
with a plate (tin is objectionable when to-
matoes are in question:, and bake in a
moderate oven twenty-five minutes. On-
cover and brown.
Stuffed Spanish Peppers.-Select large
peppers that show no signs of ripening. II
is the red peppers that are too pungent-
Plunge In boiling water, then remove the
skins and cut off the cap at the stem emo
ScOop out the inside leaving no single SEED
behind then fill with sausage or any force
meat desired. A simple stutfing or sea-
sohed bread crumbs with beaten egg 10
bind and parsley to flavor is also nice Re-
Mace the covers or caps, rub over with
olive oil or melted butter and bake IN
hot oven for twenty minutes.
A new forcemeat that is delicious Is maze
of hot boiled rice mixed with half Its pulk
of chopped nuts. the mixture seasoned with
tomato salt and butter. Sometimes STOCK
is poured into the pan in which the peppers
are roasted and they are frequently basteo
with it. instead of using butter
Stuffed TomatOes.-Select those or smootn
surface and firm texture. Cut a cap OH
each and remove the soft pulp and seeds,
but do not allow the WALL to get too
thin. Add to the chopped tomato pup
freed from seeds two cups of bread crumbs.
a tablespoonful of minced parsley, halt
OF a chopped onion and salt and pepper 10
season Fill the tomatoes, cover with small
bits of butter and bake. A few chopped
mushrooms are a delightful addition to any
of the forcemeats
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-09

there would be more than one hundred and
fifty school children In the different families
there would be no difficulty In getting &
good teacher for public school. and a.
none of the subordinate settlements would
be mort than a half a mile from the town
site the children could easily attend school.
According TO Sir William Van Hornets
estimate such a farm of thirty-three acres
Is equal In Its money-producing power 70
one OF 300 acres in the United States and
it is about as much as one family can at
tend to without outside help. Those who
wish more lands can buy additional units,
the scheme being capable OF indefinite exs
pansion. The plan is much liked here and
II will probably be adopted by other de.
velopment comp anies In opening I'D their
properties IL II becomes common 10 will
result in giving the farmers OF eastern
Cuba more social advantages than their
class anywhere the world over.
Personal Investigation Needed.
In closing this letter I urge all would-ba
investors in Cuban lands to come TO the
island and look over the country them
selves before making purchases. The OPP
portunities for making money are enorm.
Gus. Lands are bound TO rise in value.
The soil IS amongst the most fertile of the
world. and the island will probably become
the fruit and winter market garden of the
United States
There is. however. a great difference IN
lands and locations and freight rates will
often mean failure or success There are
honest real estate agents here. but there
are also land sharks. There are develops
ment companies operated fairly as any
in the United States, and although the
land sold by some OF them are apparently
high. taking everything into consideration
they are comparatively cheap. The man
who buys land In Cuba. however should
be on the ground and study the conditionsI
he should look at the property himself bs-
fore he hands over his money. He should.
If possible reach the real owner, either
himself by agents, and what 10 very
important, he should have the title eN.
amined by a respects table native lawyer, and
If possible by one who resides near tho
property. Each province in Cuba has its
local conditions, and the local lawyer often
understands the titles about him better
than those who live far away. Lawyers
fees are not high. and money so spent may
be cheap in the end.
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-09

A good story is being told about youth
in East Washington who Is known among
his acquaintance as literalist. The other
day he picked up the business card of a
firm whose establishment Is located on
street. The printer in setting the type for
the card substituted small cut of hui
man eye for the letter "I'' in describing the
location of the place of business.
The literal youth read the contents OF the
card over and over again, and then turning
to his father, said:
PA, here is new one on me-"
IA new what, my SOM" responded the
parent.
why. new street. pa. This card says
that Gittemup & Ffeecems store is on Eye
ball street. never knew before there was
such a street In Washington"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-09
COLONIES IN CUBA
American Companies Buying
Big Tracts of Land.
SMALL FARMS COSTLY
STILL THERE rs MONEY TO BE
MADE IN FRUIT.
Hard to Buy Land in Less Than 5000
Acre Lots From the Native
Holders.
SMALL FARMS COSTLY

Copyright. 1905. by Frank G. Carpenter.)
Written Coz The Star
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-09
Turnips and Deer.
rom the Duluth Herald.

From the Duluth Herald
"Turnips taste better to deer than
whisky does to an Indian. and the animal
will run as great risks to get the vegetable
as the red man will to get the liquor" said
Otto Wilke of international. Falls, at tho
ST. Louis. II know men who make II their
annual custom to plant turnips in the
spring I'm some secluded spot in a game
country. just so they will he assured OF
easy venson in the fall. or during the sum-
mer months. II they happen to live in the
woods themselves.
trict where there are deer. every deer with-
I'm that district will visit it several times q
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week, the time OF day they make their Wis.
its depending upon the wariness of the anil
mails and the nearness of settlers. Even
after snow falls these visits continued,
as long as any of the vegetables are left in
the ground. Until the snow gets too deep
you can see where It IS paved away night
after night in search for the succulent
roots. This being the case, one can readily
see that q person would not meet with
much difficulty in getting a shot at a deer
by watching a turnip patch In a country
where the animals are to he found.
Through the more sparsely settled dis
tricts they are actually pests to the home
steader who has a garden, for nothing but
an eight-foot fence will keep them from
eating the growing things and trampling
the ground all up like a flock OF sheep. It
does not matter how near the vegetables
are to the house, the deer VIII get into them
Just the same. the only difference being
that they will come around later In the
evening, when the darkness covers their
movements. They have spoiled more than
one garden prepared at a considerable ex-
pense of time and labor"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-09

Copyright 1905. by Frank G. Carpenter)
Written Coz The Star.
SANTIAGO
Since war with Spain more than thir-
teen thousand Americans have bought
lands in Cuba and their purchases amount
to over fifty million dollars. There are
seven thousand American titles registered
In the province of Puerto Principe alone,
at purchase value of twenty-eight mil
lions, and estates are being bought in large
tracts in nearly every part of the island. 1t
is said that seven-eights of the land, in the
Sancti Spiritus district of Santa Clara, is
now owned by Americans, and a large
number of important purchases have been
made about Cienfuegos. Great tracts are
being bought along the northern coast. and
millions Of dollars worth of real estate. in
and about Havana, has gone into Amer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-09

your friend McWhlligan walks with
slight limp. One OF his legs is shorter than
the other, isn't it?
No: l wouldn't put It that way. One leg
Is longer than the other. He's the father
of five or six maria eable daughters and
has boy in college. Chicago Tribune.