davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-02-19
Saving Water on Dry Farms.

There Is one point. says the state en-
ginser Of South Dakota, where be-
lieve the dry farmer can use with ad-
vantage the experience Of certain ir.
rigators. and that is by conserving
flood waters or pumping from under
ground supplies. where this can be
done. II q farmer owning 160 acres
can conserve enough water In q small
reservoir or can pump enough water.
either by windmill or gasoline engine.
to irrisate-say-five or ten acres. he
has . great advantage over his neigh.
Dor who has no supply Of water. and
may even be compelled to haul water
several miles for domestic and stock
watering purposes.
There are several advantages In this
method Of farming. one Of the chief be-
ing that there Is always enough water
to drink and that 1t is good to drink.
not heated or stale as It Is when It has
stood a few days in a tank wagon In
which It has been hauled. The home
can be made attractive. and the Amer
lean people. az a rule. are not satisfied
unless their home can be made attrac-
tive by the growing Of trees. perennial
shrubs. windbreaks for their fields,
and q vegetable garden. Many Of these
may possibly be grown without irriga-
ton. but 1t Is a question whether very
many will take the necessary time and
care to grow trees and shrubs around
the house by dry farming.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-02-19
Chsekerboard Cake.

Light Part-One and one-half cups
Of white sugar. one.half cup OF butter.
one.half cup OF sweet milk. whites Of
four eggs. one teaspoonful Of vanilla,
two teaspoonfuls baking powder in
two cups of white -four. Dark Part
Ono cup Of brown sugar. one-fourth
cup of butter. one-half cup Of sweet
milk. yolks Of four eggs. two teaspoon.
fuls of baking powder in two cups Of
white -four, one teaspoonful OF cinna-
mon, one.half teaspoonful OF cloves.
one-half nutmeg. Mix the dry spices.
baking powder and flour together. Now
place q spoonful OF dark in the center
Of your Jelly pan. then a ring Of white.
then dark again, SO on. till pan is
filed. Next pan out a light center. n
dark ring. then light again. SO on. till
the pan is filled. then alternate layers.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-02-19
Comfort 0tl1i.

A little fellow Of five years fell and
cut his upper lip 20 badly that . doc
tor had to be summoned to sow up the
wound. In her distress the mother
could not refrain from saying: "oh.
doctor. I fea- It will leave . disnEur-
ing scar"
Tommy looked up into her fearful
face, and said: "Never mind. mann
ma, my mustache will cover IT,
Harpsr's Weekly.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-02-19
Somerset Salad,

Mince as finely as possible a few
slices Of roast beef or mutton, adding
q very little sweet cream. then mix
ing with a silver fork. stir in gradually
half q cupful OF cold cooked rice. half
a chopped onion, q tiny sprig OF shred
ded mint. and large cupful Of cooked
peas; moisten the ingredients from
time to time with a good boiled dress
ing, having the salad of the consist
ency of whipped cream, and serve dec
GRATED with hearts OF celery. capers.
and chopped hard.boiled eggs. This
recipe 10 capable Of . number Of vari-
ations. Chicken or veal may b sub
stituted for the lamb or mutton. and
instead Of the boiled dressing . cold
mayonnaise may be used.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-02-19

much disordered, containing sediment.
and my rest was broken at night. Re-
lief from these troubles came soon
after I started taking Doan's Kidney
Pills. and continued treatment entire
ly freed me from kidney trouble. The
cure has been permanent"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-02-19
Popular Luncheon Dish.

A lunchson dish very popular In
Mexico 10 made by warming large,
square salted crackers In the oven and
placing on each cracker larOs table
spooaeA or two Of baked beans and
catsup. heated with butter and highly
ssAoo00l
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-02-19
Poultry Law Declared Invalid.

The act passed by the Legislature
two years ago making larceny Of poul-
try In the night q felony. has been de-
clared invalid by Denver District
Court for the reason that the bill was
not passed in accordance with the con.
stitution q the state Of Colorado. The
Judge finds that 1t was not printed in
accordance with the requirement.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-02-19

says: Attacks of
backache and kid.
ney trouble be-
gan to come on
me. lasting often
for three weeks
at a time, and I
would be unable
to turn in bed.
The urine was
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-02-19
BROKEN REST.
A Back That Aches All Day DIsturbs
Sleep at Night.

Thomas N. Mccullough. 321 So.
Weber st., Colorado Springs, Colo,
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-22

We have just opened up a com plete line of Ladies, Misses, and Children's Oxfords. All kinds and colors. Nichols & Hutson.
 Ladies misses and children s slippers in both quantity and quality price right and style right at Nichols & Hutson.
 Wood Lumber and Slabs for sale AAhai, on Meto Valley Ky, one mile south of McCreanor.
 FpR SAEE-A good milch COW and calf. ..1For particulars apply to Note Fprr, three miles south east of Carlisle.
 Just received at Buechley's S b6y'sH Hnickerbocker pants, sizes s to 16.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-22

An Appeal to Parents

TO the Patrons of the School:
 1 wish to appeal to all the fath- CTS and mothers of Carlisle whether or not you have children in school. I have been working ever since I came here to keep your children off the streets at night, especially during the school part of the week. It is not for any good that 1 may get from it myself, but for the sake of your boys, and for the sake of the school. You know as well as 1 do that on the streets is the worst place in the world to rear a boy. There is where he learns to cuss-there is where he learns to gossip and make remarks about every lady that passes there is where he learns the abomnable cigarette habit. But probably the worst thing he learns, and one that will stay with him longest is the habit of loating his time away.
 Now, if you love your boys and if you are the least interested in their present success in school, and their future success in the world, pleas assist me the re- mainder of this school year to keep the boys off the streets. When school is out some parent is going to be displeased because his or her boy failed to pass. They will put the blame on the teacher or the boy, when in nine cases of ten the blame is on the parent. Please see to it for your boys sake, that he is in his room at night.
 J. I. JAYNES.
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-22
EDUCATE FARMERS
H. B. Bowers Writes Interesting Let ter. Urging Our People to Take
 Steps in This Direction.

Were our farmers as well ed ucated in Lonoke county in the science of agriculture as the ex- perts sent out by the Depart ment of Agriculture to do coop erative work with the farmers what per cent better would our county be on the line of farming within the next three years, or what per cent better would all other lines of business be in the same length of time: We know that this question can not be an- swered with any degree of ac- curacy. Yet, there is a way whereby we can get the benefit of these mems knowledge and experience without spen din z years in an Agricultural School
 | do not mean to leave the i'm pression that by cooperative work with the Department of Agriculture will give us the same detailed information that four year course would in an Agri- culture School for it certainly would not. What 1 do want to impress is thiS-the government through the Department of Agri- culture sends these expert agri
 culture men to any county or community who will pay one-half of these mems salary, which Is S75. .00 per month, or S90000 per per year, to assist farmers in CO operative or demonStrative work.
 Our sister county on the north, Faulkner, has had one of these men more than two years and the business men of Conway have seen the good results, that they are now paying or assisting the farmers to pay, his half of the expense. Judge Gould of Jefferson county, foresaw the inn
 portance of this demonstration work, especially in fighting the  Boil Weevil. that an appropria- tion was made out of the county general fund to defray the farm CTS half of that expense. Judg ing from the writings and news paper interviews of these men who are affected they will not be without one of these demonstra- tors any ways soon.
 Are we farmers to set idle by and let our neighbors through a little energy exce1 us in produc- ing crops? We are now at least three years behind them, and the only way I can see for us to even catch up, is to have three of these men so that more farm CTS can be reached, and conse- quently we will have more de- monstration work. Then when we could arrange to have a farm CTS institute for our county we would have reports from more demonstrators, and by asking our State Experiment Depart ment of Agriculture for a few professors to assist in holding this institute, we could make it that much better. The question arises how can we meet this eX-
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-22

The Bank of Carlisle building is being re-painted.
 J. F. Gillespie spent Sunday with his mother and sister in De- Valls Bluff.
 w. W. Leigh, special agent for l.. B. Leigh insurance agent, in Little Rock was in town Tuesday.
 Our ladies sailors at 50 cents are the greatest bargains ever offered in Carlisle.
 Nichols & Hutson
 MT. and Mrs. L. B. Krshka re- turned last week from a very pleasant visit with relatives and friends in Kansas and Nebraska.
 Mike" Gillespie, of Little Rock. representing the Pruden- tial Insurance Co.,, has been in the city this week. He reports business fourishing in his line.
 Through an oversight last week we failed to mention the visit of A. H. Bacus and family, of Little Rock, who were among their friends here for two days.
 The Independent has just re- ceived two boxes of most beauti- ful designs in commencement stationery and we are prepared to print them so they will be a credit to any high school in the state.
 Look over The Independents correspondence page this week. You will find interesting news items from almost every part of the county. If you want the news while it is news read the Independent.
 Robt. Hash, of Boswell, Ind, arrived in Carlisle last week, and has been looking after his inter- ests in this section. Mr. Hash owns 400 acres of rice land south east of Carlisle. part of which is under cultivation.
 Masters Esril and Sedric, lit tie sons of Mir. and Mrs. w. A. Gillian, gladened the heart of the editor Monday afternoon, by presenting to us a big dish of fine strawberries, which was grown on the farm, just north of town. They were of a fine vari- ety; large and delicious, and we thank our little friends for the kind remembrance,
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-22

penSe? The best way 1 know of is to meet the proposition as Judge Gould did in Jefferson county. We farmers have never asked the Quorum Court of our county for any appropriation, and as we have been contented, paying a , mill county tax, which is the limit by law, for many years, have paid off debt of S13000.00 or more, in less than ten years, been out of debt over four years, still we have the 5 mill tax. | see no impropriety in telling the next Quorum Court that we want-and must have if necessary an appropriation of S1340.00 for three men to meet our half of the expense. It would only take one-fourth of a mill on the whole assessed taxa ble property in LonOke county to meet this expense and we are as sured that it could not raise our tax one iota. If the work is good for other people, why would it not be good for us? The reason 1 would ask for three men, is on account of the topography of our county-one for the southern, one for the central and one for the northern. With three men in the field every school house, and most of the farms, could be reached every two weeks. Were it good for one, or a few farmers it would be good for all, and why not benefit the whole county at once?.
 If we had these men for ten years which would cost our coun- ty S13500.00, and allowing no in- crease our production until the tenth year, then our cotton crop be increased 100 seed cot ton per acre, which is very reaS enable, and at present prices, would be S3.00 or more per acre, and allowing two and half aches per bale with a production at present of 30,000 bales of cotton annually that would give us an acreage of 75,000 acres. With this increase of production ten years from now there would be placed to the farmers credit of this county S22500O,00. I $ that not a good investment on S13500.- 00. By taking corn with an in- crease of production of one bush el per acre, our farmers would be benefited near S5OOOO,OO. By in cluding rice, live stock, etc., which would increase in propor- ton by education, there would be something near one-half million dollars added to the farmers ac- count in ten years.
 While the state experiment de- partment of agriculture assists the farmers in the cooperative work, yet the appropriation is not sufficient to meet the de- mands of the farmers and to re- ceive the benefits of these ex- perts experience we must take the matter up ourselves. Lets hear from other farmers and pro- fesSiOnS on this line.
 He who would be guilty of denying the farmer these bene- fits let him cast the frsts tone."
 H. B. BOWERS.
 Subscribe for the lndeDendent
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-22
Closing Exercises

Following is the program for the closing exercises of Nor rison school, which will be deliv- cred on Friday night, April 30th:
The Carlisle independent., 1909-04-22

Subscribe for the Independent
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
REVIVAL OF eoLp SLIPPERS.
Fascinating Footgear Just Now I'm
menseIy Popular.

In with all the other brilliant fas.
c1nating footgear the gold slipper is
revived. This is made of gold satin.
cloth OF gold, but especially of gilt.
This is the name that it has ALWAYS
gone by and there are bottles of the
liquid sold to touch up the slipper
whenever it becomes faded.
According to the new fashion Il "a
not necessary to wear stockings to
match these slippers. Instead, they
match the costume. These gold slip:
pers do not look well with anything
except black gown, a white one, and
these In pastel shades. With all of
them the stockings are of the same
color as the skirts.
AS bronze slippers are back in FASH
ion, the old-fashioned bronze LIQUID is
sold to keep them in luster. These are
very pretty and they are worn with
stockings to match. One should be
careful that these stockings do match,
for when they are Of another shade of
brown they are quite ugly. Shops now
have a genuine bronze silk stocking.
which they sell for the slipper.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
To WAY Furniture

In waxing it is of great Importance
TO make the coating as thin as pos
slble in order that the veins of the
wood may be distinctly seen. The fol-
lowing preparation Is the best for per-
forming the operation: Put two ounces
each of white and yellow wax over
moderate fire in a clean vessel, and
when it is melted add four ounces of
best spirits of turpentine. Stir the
"nole until entirely cool and you have
a pomade fit for waxing furniture,
which must be rubbed over with a
hne brush. The oil soon penetrates
the pores of the wood, brings out the
color Of it, causes the wax to adhere
better, and produces luster equal to
that of varnish without being subject
40 any Of its inconvenience. The pol-
1sh may be renewed At any time by
rubbing with piece OF fine cork.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01

vent the holding of the freshmen
soiree.
At ten o'clock the dance was under
full sway. Uninvited students to the
number of 100 marched in body to
the hall and took possession. Ban
ners and flags of the freshmen class
decorated the walls, and these were
the first objects for assault. Some Of
the freshmen tried to prevent the
others from tearing down the class
emblems, but they were thrust aside.
Formaldehyde, which doesn't smell
like altar of roses, and red pepper
were then strewn over the flood. This
had the desired result of driving the
freshmen's sweethearts from the hall.
The next event on the program was
to capture 20 of the freshmen and
march them to the Illinois Central
tracks, three blocks from the dance
hall. Sophomores, juniors and seniors
were clad in heavy overcoats, but the
freshmen were compelled to shiver in
their ballroom attire.
While the freshmen were prisoners
in the box car, the other students
sang I'm the Good Old Summer
Time," as they walked away.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
VOGUE IN SEASONS COATS.
Are Slightly Narrower Than Those Of
Last Winter.

The coat is slightly narrower than
those of last winter across the shoul-
ders at back The fronts are double
breasted, fastened with huge buttons
of brilliants set in composition like
platinum.
The revers, which are quite broad,
are made of old blue satin, that very
good looking tone that comes in so
many fabrics. These are slightly en-
broidered with a heavy silver thread
forming bees. The long sleeves are
without fullness, each fastened tightly
at wrist with a button of brilliants,
and finished with a frill of old lace.
The blouse that rises above this
high.waisted skirt is built of gray flet
tulle in the coarse round mesh that is
fashionable. 1t is draped over thin
silver gauze, and shows a round
guimpe and stock Of Mechlin lace. Its
sleeves are long and tight, made of
tulle wrapped around the arm.
Here and there ar embroidered sill.
yer bands, and there is one large one
where the bodice tucks under the
skirt Of center front.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
A1ouT, ,THE-IApY .noLRHlNa,-
Ghd's Inquiry Natural, Perhaps, q
One Of Her Sex, u-

A theatrical manaeef at the1Play-
cal dancing that Miss Isadora Dun
can conducts:
= Miss Duncan hears some quaint
remarks rs she converses with her
child pupils. One day. preparatory
to- the first lesson in a dolphin dance,
she delivered to her class a little lec-
ture on this fish. She described the
grace of the dolphin. and afterward
she described its habits and mode OF
life.
And, Children she said, "a single
dolphin will have 1000 offspring
"A little girl gave start.
And how about the married ones?'
she gasped."
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
The Separate Coat.

The separate coat is three-quarter
length and it is understood that this
season will usher in q great many
separate coats which do not right
fully belong to jacket suit. The fin
ishing of seams in a tuck effect is seen
on the newest models and, in many in
stances, gives a plain but attractive
trimming. An exceedingly smart coat
of this description was developed of a
blurred striped effect in one plain
style like plain directoire coat. The
panel effect is new note. The panel
extends from the upper portion of the
Vshaped opening at the top Of the
coat to the hem, and has button trim
ming on each side. To bring the
panel into prominence, the stripes are
across the material and not length
wise as upon other portions of the
coat. The sleeves are plain, not even
finished with cuffs, but a black velvet
shawl collar is used.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
STQDE.n|Ts[ ] LOCKED ] | '''
: IN / FREIGHT CAR
COMPELLED TO sH'vER9'N DRESS
SUITS tuNTIl RESCUED By
! THE'A FRIENDS.
CLIMAX OF FRESHMEN DANCE
Upper classtmen Of Medical College at
Chicago Give Beginners an Un-
pleasant Experience-GirIs
Routed by Pepper.

Chicago.-As the climax to q dance
by the freshmen class of a medical
college in this city the. other night,
the sophomore, junior and senior
students captured 20 of the fresh
men and locked them in box car on
the Illinois Central tracks.
They were held prisoners until
others who attended the dance on in.
vitation released them by tearing off
the door of the car. All of the fresh
men wore evening dress, and when
rescued they were thoroughly chilled
from the experience.
Previous to taking the freshmen
from the hall where the dance was
held, the seniors and other students
had torn the flags and banners from
the walls of the dance hall. Red pep
per and formaldehyde were sprinkled
over the floor, while the freshmen and
their partners were whirling around to
the strains of a waltz, and the COM
bination drove the girls from the hall.
Several gallons of sweet cider that
"do pul ulCudoSu Dy tuC 1lCollEl6u ~
quench their thirst was confiscated by
the other students, and the same thing
happened to the ice cream, which was
intended for the girls.
Failure of the freshmen to invite
the other classes to their annual
"blowout' was the cause of the
trouble. The freshmen observed the
closest secrecy regarding the dance,
but the matter came to the ears of
the other students during the AFTER
neon.
A meeting of the sophomore, junior
and senior classes was called after
dinner and plans were laid to circum-
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
Quaint.

Prof. Brander' Matthews, the bril-
liant writer and teacher, w:s discuss
ing literary quaintness at Columbia.
In illustration of the quaint he said:
"A little girl know was very bad
one day. She was so bad that, other
corrections failing, her mother took
her up to her room to whip her.
During this proceeding, the little
girls older brother opened the door
and was about to enter. But in her
prone position across her mothers
knee the little girl twisted round her
head and said severely:
Eddie, go out! Can't you zee We
are busy?"
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
The Pony Skin Coat.

1t looks as though the pony coat Of
last winter would be in first style
this year. It is in black and brown.
cut long, with a waistcoat of gaudy
satin or left quite plain and mannish
The short ones will not be in first
style, but they will be worn by those
who put good deal of money in
them last year.
The new ones are cut on STRAIGHT
and rather narrow lines, with small
sleeves and gauntlet cuffs. The re-
vers are of satin or skin and the
large buttons are of ornamental
metal
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
Plant for COOLING ORANGES.

There is an experimental plant for
the preceding Of oranges in cars at
Los Angeles, Cal. It consists Of two
5O'1nch square insulated ducts leading
from an ammonia coilroom capable Of
supplying from 16 to 20 tons of refrig-
Grafton In "a hours. The cold air is
forced in either direction through the
car and back to the coilroom by a
motor fan. In experiments, says Pop
ular Mechanics, the air was varied
from 20 degrees F. when first entering
the cars to higher temperatures. The
air is forced through the cars at diff
ferent velocities and in volume vary
ing from 4,500 to 5000 cubic feet a
minute.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
Raccoon Blew Out Lantern.

Chester, N. Y.-James Myers and H
B. Tuthill were out after coons the
other night and located one in tree
which it was impossible to climb
They fired IS shots without dislodg:
ing the animal, SO they fastened q
lighted lantern to the tree six feet
from the ground and went for more
cartridges. On their return they
found that the coon had descended,
blown out the lantern light and es.
capped.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-01-01
Quickly Adjusted Shields.

A girl who has theories on the evils
of pinned shields will not use the tiny
safety ones sold for that purpose. She
compromises by not sewing in her
shields after each washing, but hooks
them in.
A small, non-rustable hook is sewed
on the corners of each shield, and an
eye to correspond on the proper place
on the armho1e. The preliminary
sewing takes only a few minutes, and
is much easier than fastening a shield
with needle and thread each time it is
changed.