davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Detroit times., 1909-04-08

Canadas immigration during the
last 10 months of last year was as per
cent. below that for the same period
Iof the previous year -
The Detroit times., 1909-04-08

The first attempts &c stimulate
plant growth by electricity were made
in France In 1888
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had Just got over a bad coughing
SPELL How was I to know that nv
watch had stopped?
I thought, of course, Cousin Sue
would have borrowed key from
somebody and opened the trunk and
had the maid pack It for her. She
did try, she said. but nobody had a
key that would fit. so she had stuffed
her suitcase and another one she had
borrowed as full as they would hold.
and had made everything else into
paper bundles. The trunk had to go
down empty.
When we got to the streetcar sta
ton we sent one of the suitcases in
by express, but even then the stage
driver had to put some Of our packages
on the car for US. Fortunately we
got seats and could hold the bundles
on our laps-we just could not have
stood up and held them Changing
cars was awful. We had to nav a
little boy to help US. 1t was worse
still when we got to Hollywood. The
Wayups home looked more elegant RI
me than it ever had before There on
the side lawn were Helene and Char
ence. with the Gotmores, whom they
think are simply the ne plus ultras.
as Cousin Sue would say.
The Wayups are perfectly swell
Observation-Disclosures and Clarence man
age that. She makes every one call
her Heleen instead of plain Helen. and
they always say chiffonier instead of
shofer for the man that drives the
automobile. They never are one day
behind the style In anything. That Is
the kind of people they are-they al
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with me by mistake. had left some
things of mine there. too. that she said
I could put in her trunk
So I went up on the stage Friday
morning. That was the beginning OF
all the trouble. OF course. 1 knew bet
ter than to do anything important on
Friday. but I was afraid that If 1 did
not go then Cousin Sue would change
her mind.
When I arrived Cousin Sue had all
our things spread out on the bed and
table and chairs. ready to put l., the
trunk. 1 opened my handbag to get
the key, but it was not in there. /
looked in the pocket of my coat, but
it was not there. Then 1 looked in the
lining OF my hat. in my sleeves and in
my gloves. but it was not In any of
those places. Then I telephoned to
Helene. and she said I had left a trunk
key on my dressing table and that must
be it.
Cousin Sue repeated she was a per-
feet martyr. 1 should Just like to
know how one car always remember
not to forget sometimes. Cousin sue
fused so much that I went off for a
walk with other people who were stay
ing at the ranch.
When we returned the stage was
waiting and everybody on the place
was looking for me and Cousin Sue
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that much of the Italian macaroni i'm
ported to the United States has. in
the form OF wheat. already crossed the
ocean to come back again as the
Italian paste.
This export trade has increased to
such an extent that the crop last year
amounted to 10000, 900 bushels, with
buyers for every bushel. No wonder
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is
proud of his $4,000 initial investment
Recently. however. the use Of durum
as a bread flour has attracted wide at
tention in this country. The govern
ment made exhaustive tests with durum
flour. in comparison with the standard
Minnesota spring wheat fiours, and the
decision was in favor of durum wheat
bread. Bakers and housewives have
tested the durum likewise and have
proved the government tests. Properly
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-20
By Georgiianna Bertha

%OUSIN SUE and I were staying UP
in the mountains. when Helene
Wayup invited me to visit her
at Hollywood. I went down and
had lovely time. Her brother
Clarence was there.
did not see why Cousin Sue should
not accept Mrs. wayup's invitation,
TOO. so that I could stay longer, so 1
telephoned to her and persuaded her to
come down. At first she did not want
10 come one bit, but have been read
ing a lot about New Thought lately.
and how one can simply magnetic
people into doing what one wants them
70 do. and I thought this good time
for q demonstration. It took me good
while TO convince Cousin Sue that it
was only an idea that she needed
high altitude and warm. dry air for
her asthma, and that she would be
3ust as well of at Mrs. Wayup's IL she
would only think so.
At last she said she would come. but
ff4st she wanted me distinctly to IN
derstand that she is a martyr and am
a mule. She also said that she felt
sorry for Mrs. Wayup; also that I
would have TO come Up and bring her
trunk key. which I had carried OF
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ways do things exactly right. So II
was just too perfectly awful for any
thing for us to arrive there looking
like delivery boys before Christmas.
Anyway. we thought we could slim IN
quietly and perhaps nobody would see
US. 1 could see that Helene was look
Ing the other way on purpose. and I
had savoy faire enough to try to help
her out.
However, that was not to be. An
alarm clock that was wrapped up In
one of the bundles that was carving
had to go off just at the worst moment
1t frightened me so that 1 screamed
and threw down all my parcels and
some of them came undone-I inst
simply felt as IL the world had come
entirely to an end.
had to give Helene my new pink
hat before she would be even polite
to me; and as for Clarence. he Is over
and done with. Mr.. and Mrs. Wayup
were very nice and kind, but. of course.
they do not count much
I think I shall go back to the ranch
in the mountains. There were some
very jolly people there when I went
up to get Cousin Sue. 1 shall leave
her here. She and Mrs. Wayup are
great friends. They met and shook
hands about the way the young people
behave nowadays.
I could not help any Of II. and vet
I have had to take all the blame. The
whole trouble was that Cousin she
would insist upon beginning her visit
on Friday She still looks as If sh.
thinks she is a perfect martyr. but she
Is Mistaken am It.
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natural creamy yellow color. and thus
does durum -four with the last final
objection removed come into it's own
as bread -four that leads all the
rest
Professor Shepard OF the South Da-
kota experiment station says OF durums
Taking 1t all in all as TO yield, hard
ness. -four yield. protein (gIuten). dis
tribution and the quality OF head. Ko-
banka durum No. $3.50 is to be recon-
mended for general USE
The report OF Professor Shepard goes
on to state that few years ago when
the thousands OF acres OF soft wheat
were laid low by rust. durum suf-
fered very little. in some instances to-
tally escaping 1t. II resists smut bet
ter than the common wheats. and aIsa
the attack OF the Hessian ay.
And so durum wheat has been proved
TO grow successfully under soil and
climatic conditions Identical with those
OF California And just across the
Pacific there are 100000. 900 people who
would buy this gluten wheat from Us n
they could get It It Is up to Cali
forniA.
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ground durum makes an ideal bread,
biscuit and muffin -four, and because
of its excess of sucrose, or natural
sugar, the -four requires no added
sugar. Properly handled 1t makes
pie crust requiring but one-fouth the
usual shortening and reducing the in
digestibility of that favorite American
dish just IS per cent. For baking
powder biscuits 1t is declared incom-
parable and no prepared pancake -four
can equal It Dumplings made with
durum are never soggy or heavy, and
the gourmet can rejoice that at last he
can eat his pastry with impunity and
without fear of doctors orders"
That climate conditions in Califor-
MIA are adapted to the growing of
durum wheat is the unqualified state
ment OF Prof. G. w. Shaw OF Berkeley,
whose only handicap In exploiting the
virtues OF durum in every section of
the state has been the lack of funds.
From experiments already made at
the state agricultural experiment sta
tons. Professor Shaw has demon
strated that durum wheat will grow
and flourish under an average sea-
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softer wheats, ran from Is to 100 per
cent more bushels to the acre. Con-
ditions that killed ordinary wheat
feazed not durum. But in addition to
these advantages. the excess of that
constituent which makes wheat so
valuable. the muscle forming element,
gluten. was present to a far greater
extent in durum wheat than in any
other wheat
But right here difficulty arose. The
-four millers of the northwest rebelled
against the intruder. 1t meant COM
plete change of machinery, as the
tough, hornlike gluten required diff
ferent process from the softer yields.
The elevator wheat men the first year
actually refused to take the wheat at
any price, and the farmers perforce
used it for feeding their stock. with
great advantage to the stock. 1t In
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sonal rainfall OF from 10 to 12 inches;
while the same durum wheat planted
under moist conditions yielded poorly.
Reports from the Dakotas. one of the
country's greatest wheat producing sec
tions. confirm this statement There
durum thrived best under scant rain
fall and drought conditions Professor
Shaw has been greatly hampered in
his experiments by the lack OF funds
to extend them to every part OF the
state, and If the recent Legislature
had supplied him with a sufficient ap-
preparation, the ultimate success of his
endeavors would have come at least
two years sooner. AS it is. Professor
Shaw mas been compelled TO carry on
his tests in a very small way: and as
yet there is not sufficient seed durum
wheat to go around. However, he has
accomplished enough to entrench him
In the belief that it is the coming cereal
resource of this state
Similar experiments carried on at
Point Iona, near San Diego, by the
Universal Brotherhood and Theosophi-
cal society have proved success. the
wheat fourishing upon a semiarid
plateau swept constantly by salt sea
winds
At Perris. Riverside county. William
Newport. a big rancher. reports: Last
year I had piece of ground sown to
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grain (durum) and it turned out ex-
tremely well. I think II will be a big
success. have this year sown about
1000 acres. Eighty acres were sown
in the fall and it is looking nne. The
balance was sown during February.
when all my seed was exhausted. All
but the last weeks sowing is looking
very nice. and that would have done
well except for the excess Of rainfall.
look for my greatest yield from this
grain"
Upon no less an authority than the
United States government (bulIetin 10,
bureau Of plant Industry it is pre-
dicted that durum is to become Amer
ica's leading bread wheat.
The Chinaman eats wheat -four and
likes It He's a wise old bird. Is the
Chinese -four buyer. He buys .s
wheat on the basis OF the gluten II
contains He calls IT al" II nour
has plenty OF I'll" in It. that's the
-four the Chinese is going TO buy. So
far as known the United States has
never put a bushel OF durum wheat
into China. and yet our durum wheat
outglutens the same wheat grown In
its Russian home. The durum wheat
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innovation IN this country; and event
ually to supply the teeming millions of
the orient with -four from the Golden
state.
Durum' is the magic word that is
being relied upon by the experts to
produce this transformation; and, to
Judge from the results of it's growth in
Arabia and Russia, their claims that
its general introduction will add mil
lions TO the wealth of the state, ex-
ceiling even the mine and fruit values,
appear to have some foundation. AS
their best testimonial they point to
the work Of the United States govern
ment, whose bureau of plant industry
has been experimenting successfully
with durum wheat for several years
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now exported from the Dakotas is the
richest wheat in gluten grown in tho
world
Here is China. then. right at our
very doors. clamoring for gluten wheat
its millions of population a1ording a
vast market Here is an unlimited de-
mand for all California could grow.
And note well that durum does noe
want and actually spurns irrigation.
Ten inches OF rainfall and then lee
the sun and breeze come every day.
day in and day out. for the hotter the
sun the richer will be the gluten IN
durum wheat
Until lately the -four millers have
been employing a bleaching process
electrically to whiten their product IN
combination with nitrous oxide gas.
This made their -four white as chalk.
The durum fiours are a golden yellow
color on account OF their richness In
gluten As long as snowwhIte -four
ruled as a fashionable color the rich,
yellow. muscle making durum was out
Of favor. But now all that Is changed.
The pure food commission has decided
that bleached -four comes within the
limits Of the adulteration act, and
within four months from now IT viii
be Illegal to make or sell for home
consumption any bleached -four The
future standard OF hOurs will be their
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By Victor L. Short

ORNERS IN wheat such as that
which made Jim" Patten
famous viii no longer be pos
sible, II the experiments now
being carried on by small
coterie OF scientific experts headed by
Prof c. ". Shaw Of the University Of
California are successful. From re-
ports on the growth OF test crops in
various parts OF the state. indications
are that the dream of these agricuI-
allied Their ultimate aim is to cover
the semiarid plains OF California with
q hard drought resisting gluten wheat
that has au the good qualities OF the
best hard spring wheat, and yet is an
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Russia might be said to be the home
Of durum wheat, and It was from
Russia that in 1900 Professor Garlic
ton of the United States department of
agriculture secured, at an initial ex-
pense of $4,000, the first supply of
durum seed wheat This he sent among
the farmers of the northwest with in
structions as to planting.
The very first year 1OO,oOO bushels
were raised and the wheat had every
thing to commend it. Under a drought
1t luxuriated, and the gluten in its
kernels developed to perfection. Rust
and smut and the usual wheat dis
orders prevalent among the softer
wheats had little or no affinity for
durum- The yields. compared with
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said that poultry fed on this wheat
yielded eggs much more freely than
when fed with the ordinary wheat In
a short time. however. conditions
changed. Foreign flour buying centers
learned of the growth of durum wheat
in America and began specifying it
in their orders. Samples were. sent
abroad and they. when compared with
the Russian grown durum, actually
surpassed the latter, showing that the
VESTS virgin prairie soils were better
suited to the raising of durum Italy
and France began calling for American
durum wheat-France to make it into
delicious French bread, and Italy to
turn it into the best macaroni in the
world. 1t may not be generally known
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1909-11-10

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-30

In the island of Jamaica. the land OF
hurricanes and earthquakes, the native
women do almost all the work, even
to plowing in the fields and working
on the government roads, and this
keeps them more or less busy. They
also have peculiar custom when eat
ing. In order not to waste valuable
time these dark members Of the gen.
tier sex have adopted an ingenious
method. They place a plate containing
their food. be it hot boiled rice or rab-
bit stew, on their heads. and, thus bal
ancing the dish. they walk about the
yards Of their homes. reaching up a
hand when they wish to take food
from the plate and going about their
regular work. Yet they never spill
anything.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-30
WAS NEARLY ONE
WEDDING PER DAY
During Past Twelve Months
There Were 354 L.
censes Issued.
SHOWS SLIGHT INCREASE
1T is ESTIMATED THAT THERE
WERE FULLY FIFTY WAYNE
COUNTY PEOPLE MARRIED IN
OLD KENTUCKY.
SHOWS SLIGHT INCREASE

Three hundred and fifty-four cou.
pies were united in marriage during
the present year, according to the mar
riage license records of County Clerk
Harry E. Penny The report COM
pares very favorably with that for the
year 1905, a slight Increase being not.
ed. In addition to the number of Ii.
censes issued to Wayne county resi-.
dents by the county clerk, it is estimat.
ed that there were fifty marriages Der.
formed during the year. in which the
persons involved were welded in Ken
lucky.
Dan Cupid was particularly active
among the residents of the county who
are natives of the United States. Most
of them were born and raised in this
county. Very few licenses were issued
to parties who were born in foreign
countries. particularly Germany, En-
gland and Ireland. However, accord
ing to the surnames of the applicants,
it is shown that the parents of a large
number were of foreign birth.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-30
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
[lDv|E STOCK
GMA[RBZ[ET'
palladium Specially


Indianapolis, Dec. 3O.-Receipts: s..
500 hogs; 1900 cattle and $50 sheep.
against 5,S4S hogs, $50 cattle and 522
sheep q week ago and 10,4OS hogs, L.
449 cattle and 24S sheep a year ago.
Receipts of hogs were about 1000
larger than the daily average this
week, but at that comparatively small
and with a good increase in the de-
mand from out side sources, especial
ly for light hogs. the market from the
start was active and sales were un-
evenly higher, the average 10 cents
above yesterday. There was a good
clearance and the last sales were
steady at opening prices. There were
few strictly top kinds, but $3.50 was
paid and the bulk of the hogs sold for
$3.50 and $50.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-30
WAR NOW RENEWED

Madrid, Dec 30.-War has again
broken out in Morocco, after several
weeks of comparative quiet. in which
it was thought Spain's difficulties
with the tribesmer were over. Last
night Kabyles armed with rifles, at
tackled Alhucemas and other Spanish
forts on the Moroccan coast They
were repulsed with heavy losses by
the Spanish artillery The position
OF the Spaniards vas strengthened to-
day and reinforcements are held in
readiness for departure if Gen. Marina
asks for help.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-30
DIES At RIPE AGE

Mrs. Elizabeth Crask. aged s6 years,
died last night at the Home for the
Friendless. 30S South Tenth street, Of
which institution she has been an in
mate for the past thirteen years The
deceased had been in feeble health
for some time. Death was due to
senility. The funeral win take place
Friday afternoon at O'Clock from the
Home. the Rev. David c. Huntington
of the st. Pauls Episcopal church Of
floating.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-30
Eggs Of Crabs and lohstar..

Crabs and Holsters are hatched from
eggs. resembling upon birth nothing SO
much as the animalculae shown BY the
microscope in a drop Of ditch water.
They are as unlike the sheIlfsh they
are to become in mature life as a grub
Is unlike 4 butterfly. In the case Of
the crab the egg clusters are attached
beneath the animal after extrusion.
while with the lobster they become
fastened 70 the tail. which by its fan.
ming motion Increases the stream Of
oxygenated air through and among the
ova.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-30
COUNTY IS STILL
QUITE NOTORIOUS
FOR MARITAL WOES
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-; for fraud. 1: for support, .; dam
ages, 8; appointment of receiver, 3; to
annul marriage. /; condemnation and
appropriation of real estate. II: habeas
corpus. ); adoption, ); bastardy, 3;
appeal, B: miscellaneous, including
change of name and minor petitions, >:
alimony. ;: for maintenance Of child
1; injunction. 1; to review judgment,
owing to error in law. /; damages for
false imprisonment and malicious pros
ecution. 1; petition for restoration, /;
to recover penalty for false marriage,
1; on judgment. 1; fraudulent marriage
4; on contract. 1; petition for appoint
ment OF appraisers, I: unpaid stock
subscriptions. l: contest to set aside
will. 1; to set aside fraudulent convey
ance, 1; to set aside conveyance, IL.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-30
TAKEN FROM COURT

condemnation proceedings entered
IN the circuit court by the PennsyI.
vania Railroad company against prop
erty owners along the company's
right OF way, in this county. in a num-
Der OF instances have been dismissed,
the defendants being satisfied with
the amount Of damages received from
the company. The defendants in the
cases we're as follows: J. c. King,
BENJAMIN F. Drischel, Margaret Nc
Catfrey, Charles H. HuddIeston. Char
les A Porter. J. A. Dunbar and r. E.
Hartman.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-30
FOR
THE TOAD NEEDED
Reptiles Should Be Cared for
The Same as the Song
Birds Are.
STATEMENT IN A REPORT
STATE ENToMoLoGIST SHOWS
HOW THE TOAD EATS UP THE
DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF
FIELD AND THE AIR.
(Pallad dunn Specian

Indianapolis. Ind. Dec. 3O.-People
ought to protect the American toad
just as they protect the song birds
says B. w. Douglass, state entomolo
gist, in his annual report, which has
just been submitted to the governor
He makes an earnest plea for the toad
and shows how the toad eats up the de.
structive insects of the field and the
air. He says that eighty-five per cent
OF the food of the ugly little toad is
animal matter, and nearly all of this is
composed of the kind Of insects that
destroy farmers crops.
Does Much Good.
He says that the toad is ugly-one OF
the most repulsiva looking creatures
but that nothing is so ugly but that it
amounts to something and he saws the
toad does as much good. with all of its
ugliness, as do the birds with all of
their beauty. He saws the toads do not
come out much in the daytime, because
they cannot stand the dryness and
light. But at night they come out into
the open and get busy with the bugs.
In the day time. he says, toads. are
found in or near wet places,
and for this reason he suggests to far
mers that they ieave some undrained
places on their land where the toad can
live and breed. The report tells all
abo' the toad from the time he is
hatchea out Of the eggs in the water.
through his tad pole life until he at
asst absorbs his tale and sprouts legs
and hops away to look out for himself.
The toad article is cne Of the most in
.eresting in Mr.. Douglass's book, and
one that gives a reader a different idea
If the ugly little toad.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-30
A CHRISTMAS TREAT

The Christmas entertainment given
last evening at the North Fourteenth
street Mission Sunday school. was a
decided success. Much credit is due
TO superintendent Jacob eli. ard and
Mrs Elizabeth Gambler of the Associat-
ed Charities for arranging such a novel
entertainment and affording pleasure
for so many poor children. There are
about 100 children in the Sunday
school. but the number Of invited
guests present last evening swelled the
number to about 30. A class drill,
was decided feature OF the exercises.
There was large Christmas tree. and
lots OF candy for the little ones which
was distributed by Santa Claus him.
self.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-12-30
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

state OF Indiana, Wayne County, S.:
Estate OF Julia l. Sterrett, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the up-
dersigned has been appointed BY de
wayne Circuit Court, administrator
OF the estate Of Julia I. Sterrett. de-
ceased. late Of Wayne County, Indiana.
SAID estate Is supposed to be solvent.
CHARLES E. POTTER
Administrator.
A. NJ Gardner, Attorney. 33o1ans