davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-03
PASS PLURALITY
PRIMARY BILL
Measure Sent to Senate After
Exciting Debate.
RESULT OF VOTE, 100 TO SO
Opponents Contend Clause Relative to
Nomination of Members to Gen.
erai Assembly VIII Invali-
date the Law.

Springfield, H., Feb. 1.-The Stay.
mates plurality primary bill was pass.
ed by the house by vote of 100 yeas
to 80 nays.
Two hours of debate preceded final
passage of the bill in the house. Most
OF the talk was heard from opponents
OF the measure, who took the clause
relative to the nomination of members
OF the general assembly as basis for
their opposition. They contended it
was invalid in STIMULATING that sena.
torial committees might say whether
one, two or three candidates should
be nominated for the legislature in
senatorial district
The final legislative battle in the
primary contest got under way after
the house journal was read The bill
known as the Hamilton Staymates
measure, was called up as special
order by David e. Shanahan of Chi
cago, who was in the chair. The act
ing speaker instructed Clerk Mccain
to read the bill third time. B. NJ.
Chiperfield of Canton, took a rap at
1t first, contending that the provision
relating to the nomination of members
of the legislature was unconstitu-
tional. ~
Mess of Bunk" Says chiperfeId.
In our wisdom we are handing
ourselves a mess of bunk" declared
Chiperfeld
He contended that it was not posi-
BILE to draft primary bill which would
would be constitutional, as it relates
to the nomination of members of the
legislature, because of the constitu-
tional requirement for minority repre-.
sentation.
Representative Naylor of Chicago
tdempcratl.sread ansurinion given him
by Edward r. Dunno, former mayor,
holding the bill in its present form,
giving the senatorial committee the
right to determine how many candi
dates shall be nominated for repre-
sentative, to be invalid.
Representative Brown of Ottawa,
the minority leader in declaring he in.
tended to vote against the BILL said:
tell you tO-udy lndL DelOTe the snow
dies again, if you pass this bill in it's
present form, we will be back here to
pass a fifth primary bill, for this one
is clearly unconstitutional"
Defends the Bill.
Morton d. Hull OF Chicago was the
first friend of the bill to be heard in
the debate. Hull said that so far as
he was able to interpret the Supreme
court decisions the plan for nominal
ing members of the general assembly
was as safe in the present measure as
under the plan Mr.. Brown proposed.
Hull said the question would have
been simplified if the legislative prop
osition had been placed in a separate
bill. In answering Brown, Hull de.
clared that the minority leader had
opposed the idea of a separate meas.
ure, and said that II he BROWN was
sincere he could not see why he should
object to the separate-bill idea.
The senators did not appear here in
large numbers. They were awaiting
developments in the house and will
hasten to Springfield later in the
week
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-03
pruaaed and Rohbed.

Des Moines, Ia, Feb. Especial:
Irwin Payon, a farmer from Swan. is
dangerously i'll at the police station.
the result OF getting into a dive where
he was drugged and robbed of fifty
dollars and a gold watch. He says he
met woman on the street who led
him astray.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-03
Train perailed.

Kellogg, Ia. Feb. 2.-Special: East
bound passenger train No. rs on the
Rock Island was ditched at the east
end of the yards here yesterday af-
Gernoon by the spreading Of the rails.
No one was injured Three coaches
went off the track but because of the
frozen ground the cars remained up
right. The wreck occurred in the
same place where fourteen freight
cars were derailtd last Friday.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-03
TAKES REINS IN VIRGINIA
William Hodges Mann Succeeds Clauc
A. Swanson as Governor of
That State.

Richmond, Va, Feb. 2.-Claud A
Swanson was succeeded as governor
of Virginia by William Hodges Manr
of Notoway county. The oath of Office
was administered in the presence o.
the two houses of the general assem-
bly,, the state officials and others.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-03
TWO FOR RIXEY'S PLACE
Next Surgeon General Of Navy Ex
pected to Be Boyer or
Stokes.

Washington, Feb. medical In
spector Henry G. Boyer or Surgeon
Charles F. Stokes will be the next sur
geon general of the United States
navy. according to the present indica.
lions, to succeed Admiral p. NJ.
Rixey, the incumbent The latter's
term expires Saturday next and his
successor will be named shortly.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-03
Hit by Live wire.

Mason CITY, Ia. Feb 2 Especial:
Twenty-three hundred volts of cleo
tricity from live wire passed through
the body OF Ralph Pepper, lineman
of the Peoples Electric company, yes
terday afternoon. He fell twenty
feet to the ground. When found his
flesh had turned black. He is still
living.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-03
Three Die in Bridge COLLAPSE.

Winnipeg. Man, Feb. IA Canadian
Pacific railway bridge between Leth
bridge and Macleod, Alberta. on which
a work train was standing, collapsed
and 40 workmen we're precipitated to Q
gully below. Three foreigners were
killed, Engineer Moore and Conductor
iMcKillop. with 20 others. were serious
ly hurt.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-03
Seventeen Cattle win be Killed.

Davenport, Ia, Feb. Especial:
Chairman John Cownie of the state
board of control and Supt. F. J. SEES
sions of the state soldiers orphans
home here. accompanied shipment
Of seventeen cattle TO Cedar Rapids
.ast night where the animals will be
slaughtered to determine whether the
herd at the home has tuberculosis.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-03
NEWS Of IOWA
By TELEPHONE
Father Ward 0fficiates at an Iowa
City Triple Wedding.
DEFRAUDED LONE TREE BANK
coIfax Will Build Mile Of Good Road
Hit by Live Wire at Mason City
irregularities in the Albion
Postoffice.

Iowa City, Ia. Feb. Especial:
Rev. Father Ward of St. Patrick's
church officiated at triple wedding
'ylis morning, when Attorney J. J.
Ryan of Clinton and Miss Alice Don
aaue of this city; n. NJ. Field, Asst,
Trainer of S. U. l., and Agnes Rus
sell. and Ed Fitzpatrick and Nellie
Cough, school teacher. were mar
ried
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-03

There ere people who are in
cIined to eat too much and too
rich food Such a practice not
only impoverishes the mental
powers, but impairs the health
and consisns the body to a life
long chastisement. There is
Latin saying that many dishes
make many diseases. Many
have been brought to the real
ization that this sentence con-
tains a great amount of truth.
Excessive eating, too high liV-
ing weakens the system, and
makes the body susceptible to
disease, and this in considera-
ton of food, health and mental
attainments, brings US to the
Latin sentence, "Mens sano In
corpore sano," a sound mind in
a sound body. The mind is the
power of the man; without
the mind he is a cipner IN THIS
world; II Is mind that triumphs
over brute force and turns oil
into tranquility, and makes
something of men besides
"hewers of wood and carriers
Of water" The way to have
superior mind is to keep the
body in a healthy condition.
The simple liver is not Obliged
to resort to alcohol and other
things to stimulate the appe-
title, for he is always In the
possession Of good appetite,
he has . good healthy stomach
that Is always ready TO do Its
work.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-03
Woman Raises, own Coffin.

Bellefonlaine, o., Feb. Mrs.
Mary Hewling was buried in coffin
she had prepared for herself. When
she was child so years ago, her ia.
ther planted cedar twig, remarking
that 1t might grow large enough TIC
make coffin. Two years ago Mrs
Hewling had it cut and a coffin was
made OF the wood
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-03
NEWSB0Y HEIR TO $4,000
Young Man Of Saginaw, Mich, Goes
to Germany to Claim an In
heritance.

Saginaw, Mich, Feb. 2.-William
Proskauer, 81 years old, former Sag
NAV newsboy, left here for Germany,
where he has fallen heir to an estate
of $4,000. An 1S-year-old brother, Sam.
uel of Cincinnati. has been be.
aueathed $4,000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-03
CALL FOR STATEMENT.

Comptroller of Currency Asks For
Condition of Banks Jan. 81.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 1.-The
comptroller of the currency today is,
sued a call for the statements OF
condition of the national banks at
the close of business January 81.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-03
Missouri Congressman Elected.

Clinton. Mo, Feb. &C. c. Dickinson
(Dem.) was elected to congress
from this 1.-THE Sixth MissourD con-
gressional district. by $500 TO 5000
majority, over Phillip S. L. Griffith
(Rep).
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-03
Furniture Store Robbed.

Charlton, Ia, Feb. Especial: Bur-
glars entered the N. s. Melville fur
niture store and stole 1924 in money
and valuable papers from the safe.
They made their escape.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-03
pefrauded the Bank.

Iowa City, Ia Feb. Especial:
John Kane of Muscatine is under ar
rest here, charged with defrauding the
Lone Tree Farmers and Merchants
Bank out of $475.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-03
Italians Fiaht Mad MulIsh.

Rome, Feb. "A detachment Of
stalian troops has fought battle with
tide army of the Mad Mullah In The
interior OF Benadir. in which II der
wishes were killed and many wounded
on both sides. i''F
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-03
Kin Of car and Family Slain.

st. Petersburg. Feb 9 Coun;
Tschuky. a blood relative Of Emperor
Nicholas, his Wife aad five children
wGre murdered al Czaritzyn by the
cents son w a iolmer marriage
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-03
For New Plan.

Sioux City, Ia. Feb. Especial:
Mayor Sears has issued proclama-
tion calling an election to vote upon
the commission form of city govern.
ment on February Is.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-03
PosTMAsTERs APPOINTED.

Or. Moorehead at keokuk and Scott
Skinner at Creston.
Washington, d. c., qFeb. 2.-(Bu
pGauSIowa Evening Press): The pres
identstoday named the following post
masters for Iowa: Scott Skinner
Creston, and Samuel w. Moorhead
Keokuk.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-03-01
The jewell Fruit and Poultry Farm For
Sale at a BARGAIN

About 15C acres at SIS per acre, includ.
ing a beautiful building site, on Lake
Worth. Many orange and other valuable
tropical fruit trees in bearing. Also six
with five chicken parks. Railway and
county rock road run half mile each
through this land. Oysters in the lake.
Six miles south of West Palm Beach. but
within two miles of store and station.
Also 100 acres with small house and
some fruit trees; high and dry land; good
for pineapples, oranges, grapefruit, etc.
Railway and rock road run through it. No
lake front. though it overlooks the lake. It
and "a. Township A, Range. 43. Price at
present $11.OO per acre if all is taken.
Also 56 acres good fruit land four miles
south of the city on the rock road. Price
SIS per acre.
Address Mrs. F. A: James, Care Florida
Asricuturist, Jacksonv.l lie, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-03-01
Wood Ashes for Fruit Trees.
By D. I. Duncan.

1t is only right that the farmer should,
when possible, utilize every waste pro-
duct on the farm There accumulates
around the house during the winter sea-
son a quantity Of wood ashes, which are
of some fertilizing value, their principal
constituent of plant food being potash.
If these ashes have not been exposed
to the rains (Which will cause the very
soluble potash to leach out) they may
be used in the orchard to a good adj
vantage. While ashes may be applied
closer to the body of the tree than
manures, they should not be banked too
closely. One peck of strong unleached
ashes spread about a newly-set tree is
enough, while from one to three bushels
should be used for tree five years old
and upwards Ashes may be applied al
most any time, and good way is to
carry the ashes to the orchard as they
are removed from the stove.
Since potash is the valued element in
wood ashes, and since it is also the one
so much needed in the orchard (insur-
ing early ripening, rich color and solid
fruit) the farmer should see that it is
only unleached ashes he applies While
it will be all right to use the amount
made on his own farm, it is not good
practice to buy elsewhere It means
paying too much for the percentage of
potash they contain, not to mention the
expense of hauling 1t is better and
cheaper to supplement the home supply
bv using kainit or high-grade muriate of
potash When these can not be readily
obtained fertilizer containing 2 per
cent. nitrogen, per cent phosphoric
acid and per cent potash may be ap-
Piled While such a mixture may be
put under and around a newly set tree,
it need not be put nearer than four
feet of the body of bearing tree. 1t
should be applied to the surface and
then turned under, so as to be placed
down near to the feeding roots.
Coal ashes are of very little value
except on wet lands, and that is the
kind of land on which fruit trees should
never be planted.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-03-01

Whether or not YOU plant variety
in the garden, you should strive to have
the best Growing fine fruits and vege-
tables is fine art.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-03-01

All culDlc DcdIl ydIQ or IlOIG lOIlS
is being introduced in the East, from
Southern California. In Connecticut
the pods, however, do not reach more
than eighteen inches in length, while in
Southern California, according to an
illustration in Gordem Magazine, the
vines reach height of ten or more feet
and produce a four-foot pod. 1t is
called the asparagus bean. Perhaps
some Florida reader of this paragraph
may have such a novelty growing in
the garden. If so, would be glad to
know it.
To save a tree from being destroyed,
a New York woman, who bought the
land on which it stood, whereon to erect
library gave orders to tear down
house and move it in pieces, rather than
cut down the tree. A noble deed, by
noble woman who believed with Pope,
the English poet, that tree was
nobler object than any prince in corona
ton robes or any building constructed
by human hands; for do not its roots
touch eartE's center and it's head the
skies?
Bamboo culture seems to be under
special attention by the Bureau of Plant
Industry at Washington. Recently a
shipment of one hundred and forty tons
of all kinds of bamboo were received
at the Cluco California; Plant Intro
duction Gardens, brought directly from
Japan for propagation and, later on, test
ing in various parts of the country.
Well! it's to be said that the bamboo
finds convenient home in Florida soil,
even its most sandy, as the writer
knows from experience. The bamboo
furniture exhibited at the State Fair
this year, made in Punta Gorda, must
have been a surprise to all who saw it.
TheCalifornia Cultivator, answering
a correspondent who inquired as to the
value of the so-cal1ed Burbank Spine
less Cactus, declares that it is wrongly
named in that it believes none Of it is
strictly spineless. It would be more
correctly called thornless cactus. The
spines are so reduced in the leaf, how
ever, that stock find it excellent feed.
The fruit is very spiny and the best
method of preparing so that it may be
handled is to pour water over it, place
in colander and shake it about when
its spines are removed so that it may
be handled very comfortably. On
waste land where it is impossible to
grow other crops it is very probable the
cactus will prove a profitable crop. 1t
will not for a moment take the place of
pumpkins and we have not heard of its
being tried as a hog fattener and do
not think it would be satisfactory for
that purpose, although it might be
good food for the growing pigs.
y
Steer Feeding in Florida.
Bulletin No. 90 of the Florida Agri-
cultural Experiment Station is on the
subject of sheep feeding, by John M.
Scott of the Station staff. 1t is a
pamphlet of twelve pages with six IL
lustrations of steers tested at the sta
ton. Mr.. Scott deduces the following
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-03-01

The growth of flowers and house
plants can be greatly accelerated by
watering them occasionally with liquid
manure. Soak manure in water and
sprinkle over the soil.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-03-01
TIMELY TOPICS
By w. E. PABOR

'Florida farmers can produce good
beef with Florida-grown feeds
Beef can be produced practically as
cheaply in Florida as elsewhere
"The feeding period required to fat
ten cattle in Florida is shorter than in
the Northern States.
"The average daily gain that may be
obtained in Florida by proper methods
of feeding is larger than the Northern
feeder can expect.
"A combination of corn, velvet beans
in the pod, and some roughage (such as
cottonseed hulls, crabgrass hay, or
sorghum hay), with a nutritive ratio
of 1 :6 or 1 z will give best results.
"(By nutritive ratio is meant the ratio
between digestible protein and carbo-
hydrates; thus, feed containing one
pound of digestible protein to six
pounds of digestible carbohydrates
would have a nutritive ratio of 1 :6)
'"To make cattle-feeding profitable we
must use well-bred bulls of the best
breeds"
A Man Eating Plant.
One of the most curious as we'll as
fascinating nature stories the writer has
ever read in the course of a long life
time, is the one appearing in the March
issue of Everybody's entitled Octopo-
dousa Ferox. After describing the de-
struction of garden crops by bugs and
locusts, it describes the methods by
which gentleman farmer, who was al
so a scientist, sought preventive methods
and discovered them in the shape of
plants that eat insects. But he went
farther than this and, by methods known
only to himself, created the plant named
by him, Octopodousa Ferox, having
peculiar throat where the central stem
of plant should be, and possessing long
arms many feet in length. In few
words, it was plant that lived, breathed
and was capable of seizing even human
beings and landing them in it's horrible
nav, gradually swallowed them. The
climax of the story is reached when the
writer describes the sudden disappear
ance Of the creator of this monstrous
eater of animate nature. Only the Oc-
topodousa were awake, tossing and
breathing with excitement and appetite.
their glaucus arms glistening gray and
snaky in the moonlight THAT" adds
the narrator, II am sure, as I stood be-
side the living grave of my friend who
had suffered the bitterest of all fates,
to be eaten by a plant he had himself
created, was the most gruesome moment
in my life"
Of course it is just 'story," but one
of a kind that seldom sees the light in a
magazine. But in these days of won
derfrl insight into the silent chamber
hardly be surprised, let alone startled,
by weird suggestions of possibilities that
derful, mysterious realm we call the
earth. No student of nature should fail
to read the story of Octopodousa Ferox,
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-03-01

What the past has failed to bring us,
the future is always promising. So let
us look to the future.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-03-01
Steer Feeding in Florida.

Bulletin No. 90 of the Florida Agri-
cultural Experiment Station is on the
subject of sheep feeding, by John M.
Scott of the Station staff. 1t is a
pamphlet of twelve pages with six IL
lustrations of steers tested at the sta
tion. Mr.. Scott deduces the following
facts as the result of his work:
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-08

In every home where there is baby there should also be bottle of MCGEE'S BABY ELIXIR. It may be needed at any time to correct sour stomach, wind collie, diarrhoea or sum- mer complaint, It is a wholesome remedy, contains no opium, morphine or injurious drug of any kind. Price 25c and DOC per bottle. Sold by J. T. Sanders.
 When the stomach fails to perform it's functions, the bowels become de- ranged, the liver and kidneys congest- ed, causing numerous diseases. The stomach and liver must be restored to healthy condition and Chamber lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets can be depended upon to do it. Easy to take and most effective. Sold by all dealers.
 Miss Bessie Hood, formerly of For rest City, but now of Memphis, came over Saturday afternoon to spend the Fourth with homefoks. She was ac- companed by her cousin, Miss Hazel Hood, and friend, Miss Lucille TetYt. They returned Monday evening very much delighted with their visit, and
 
 the middle of August.
 Mr. and Mrs W. D. Richards and W. D., Jr., Of Little Rock, came over Friday to visit and mingle with their many old time friends and spend the Fourth among homefolk. They will be here until Sunday and are guests of MT. and Mrs John l. Jones Mr. E. gave us q pleasant call Monday and has our thanks for the payment of l.50 on subscription for 1910.
 Miss Lottie Aldfidge returned Sun day from Little Rock where she had been under treatment for rheumatism Her relatives and many friends are glad to know that she is very much better and continues to improve. Her sister, Miss Edna, is visiting another sister, Mrs. Carrick, and family. at Paragould, and they are expected to arrive here Sunday accompanied by Mrs Carrick's fine boys, Albert and Aldridge, for visit.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-08

Miss Pearl WOrslev who had been visiting relatives and friends in Mem tlls for ten days returned home Monday
 neering Rakes. the best there is, and the price very reasonable Sold in Forrest City hy FuSSeH-Graham- A'derson Company only.
 We now have Walkers and Welch $ Pure Grape Juice. Try bottle Of each and be satisfied which is the best. VI. Lawrence, phone 24S.
 Miss Nora Belle CoGey is visiting friends at Grenada, Miss, and may Joln party going to Old Mexico. We wish her delightful journey.
 NIT. J. A Hummer and MT. Peter Brickey, of Marianna, were in the city sunday. They attended the funeral ot Mayor Jackson at Brinkley
 Jim Thompson wants to do your hauling Prompt and satisfactory service assured. He will appreciate your patronage. Phone No. 239.
 MT. John Sturdivant and Mr. Lee Shaul, of Marianna, were in town sunday between trains enroute to Memphis 10 celebrate the Fourth.
 Hon. Harry Woods, of Augusta, was shaking hands with friends in town a short while between trains last Fri day. He was enroute to Memphis
 Foleys Kidney Remedy will cure any case of kidney and bladder trouble not beyond the reach Of medicine. No medicine can do more. J. T. Sandess.
 LOST-Somewhere on the streets of Forrest City on Wednesday, medium large sized diamond setting from a gold ring. Liberal reward for return to Times office.
 Misses Vera and Verna Hall. who bad been such pleasant visitors in the home of MT. and Mrs. F. K. Fogg re- turned to their home in Buntyn, Ten nessee, Sunday.
 LOST-Small solid gold bar pin, on Monday evening between MT S. P. McDaniel's residence and the post office. Please return to McDaniel's s Plumbing shop
 Mrs. Wes Harris, of Memphis, sister of Mrs. Drew Humphreys, left Satur- day for Rondo, Ark, to visit friends, after spending week or ten days very pleasantly here.
 Mrs. K. NJ. Wilkins went to Holly Springs, Miss Sunday, and returning Monday was accompanied by her neice, Miss Annie Wilkins, who will visit here for two weeks.
 Our highest aim is to please our patrons. Give Us chance to satisfy your hunger with nice juicy steak roast or stew Enterprise Meat Market. Phone 9l.