davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-04

Late Matched pos!ts % wen -
purpose, and, while there cannot be
much opportunity for CROWNS lJ4t,s
to maturity when they are Matched
late in the season, they may be sold
for broilers at a good profit.
No dish is more valued in our large
cities at the present time than broiled
poults.
Turkeys that are Matched early in
the spring would grow to weigh from
IA to 20 pounds by Thanksgiving
week.
These weights arc often "v~nt'~7
by the best growers. but as they are
the most popular and Inc M -, -
lily produced, they ar suggested as
the most advisable.
h average yield Of turkey hens is
from eighteen to thirty eg4s, ea<n OF
which car usually be counted on to
produce a living profit.
The question of profit from keeps
ing turkeys simply resolves itself into
the ability OF the owner to bring them
to a marketable size.
This can readily be done if care
and attention be given to ali the re-
quirements Of success.
Six standard varieties are more or
less grown in this country. viz,
Bronze, Narragansett, Buff, Slate.
White nc Black.
The main differences are in size
and color Of ~plu1nage. The Bronze
and the NarraganSett are the largest.
the Buff and the Slate are the me-
dunn, and the Black and White the
smallest.
OF late so much Improvement in
size has been made in the Whites that
they have moved up to contend for
third position, some of them having
passed the 30-pound mark.
The same statement may soon be
made of the Blacks, as they have
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-04
Makes Meat at Five Gents.
(Our Home.

(Our HOme.)
eVry often we hear people says that
it is cheaper to buy meat than TO
raise it. And men who call them
selves talk his a too.
Mr.. Braxton Phifer, of this township,
tells US that he has kept an accurate
account of every item of expense at
tached to the raising and fattenlng
of a pig which he killed n day last
week that vas seven n olo anu
weighed 175 pounds. Mr.. Phifer
states that his meat cost him just .
1-3 cents per pound. At the present
price Of pork, which is II cents, the
amount saved by %fattening his own
meat is 5 "a cents per pound. Ihese
figures show very clearly that the
pork was raised at less thar half
what it would cost at the store. But
in the face Of these and other figures
just as alarming, some per-
sist in buying Western meat.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-04
THE BILLION DOLLAR FARMER.

Just three crops-wheat, corn and
oats-groWn by American farmers
this year will exceed in value $780,
100000. Figures too big to UNDER
stand in the aggregate, but this stag
gering total is made up Of units Of
dollars produced by individual farms,
and the farmers know what these
units al They spell prosperity n
bigger figures han were eVer COM
piled by the Agricultural Department.
They have raised-for the crop is
now safe in stack and warehouses
about $50 100000 bushels Of wheat,
and prices are higher than at any
~tilne since the war, except in 1904,
when the price at Chicago rose to
S1.15.
Farmers sowed 80, OoO,0 900 acres Of
oats last spring and the yield Will be
above 1000, 900, 600 bushels.
The big crops Of all kinds are due
partly to increased acreage, but the
billion dollar farmer is the result Of
better methods of farming. of more
intelligent coaxing and feeding of the
soil and to economies in all depart
ments of farm work that were not
practiced ten years ago
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-04
Horg-I&iIiing Time and It's Joys
(RichmOnd JOurnal.)

From down in cheerful, resinous
North Carolina, there comes the Joy
Gus editorial cry in the News ami OBJ
server: w love our sausage, but
Oh, YOU chitterlings!"
This, it is to be inferred, means
that horg-killing time has arrived in
the Old North State, and that all the
people thereof are feasting.
The love OF gatherings, like the
love Of olives, IS a cultivated taste to
which some can never elevate their
refined sensihilities. but soulless. In
deed. is the mortal, be he Carolinian
or Nirginian, who does not feel he
thrill OF horg-killing time.
Something about this season, desnite
its "~o1conlitaIt ~stIliealings and cory
incidents. suggests the and
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-04
greatly improved during the past fe"

greatly Improved during the past lt"
years.
In addition to the foregoing there
is a non-standard variety known as
the Bourbon Reds. They might We'll
claim the position now being held by
the Buff turkeys, being quite IKE
them and more largely grown for
market than are the Bluffs.
Barbour County index., 1910-03-16
Resurrection of Messina.

The resurrection of Messina will be
only another illustration of how diff
fcult it is to destroy a city which sits
on trade route or which becomes a
center or school of industry Com
mercial cities rise or decline with
trade routes. Venice began to lose it's
primacy with the discovery of the
Cape of Good Hope route to India.
Nevertheless it was not ruined, and
though its population is but three
fourths of what it had when 1t "held
the gorgeous east in fee," its inhabl.
tants to-day number 100000. The mad
men of the French revolution decreed
that Lyons should be no more They
leveled the city which had resisted
them to the ground; they wiped out
its name and in dozen years Lyons,
the center of the silk industry, the
great distributing point of the region.
was what it had been before the ter
rorists turned it into ruins. To-day II
Is the third city of France great
San Francisco looks out on the Golden
Gate, despite the catastrophe of 1906.
Cities are stubborn facts. It has been
said that If New York were over
whelmed the necessity of the United
States would compel the reconstruc-
ton of a great city where the Hud-
son reaches the sea.-Boston Trans
cript.
Barbour County index., 1910-03-16
MAKES HOME IN TREE ToP
Three Years in Camp AIoft Has
Brought About Restoration to
Health of Invalid.

Camp Aloft is the name Of q tree
top home in Champaign county. Ohio.
In which D. o. Steinberger has lived
for three years. When he took thus
literally to the woods he was supposed
to be in the last stages of consump-
ton. Physicians gave him six months
to live. He weighed only 100 pounds
and when he crawled out to Colorado
the doctors there sent him home SO
that he wouldn't die on their hands
and swell the death rate. So Mr..
Steinberger-who had been an artist
before he became consumptive-got
back to Ohio and took his own case
in hand, the Wide World says. He
picked out likely white oak tree and
established his residence in it's upper
branches 20 feet from the ground.
There, through summer and winter,
he has slept on bed of boughs, done
much of his own work, received his
friends and breathed the pure air,
which has brought back complete
health.
There are two means of ascent to
the top of the tree. BY one a spur lad
1er runs up neighboring tree, from
which horizontal bridge carries one
across to the house tree, on which
the ascent is completed by a scaling
ladder. This, however, is too hazard
Gus for many of Mr.. Steinberger's
guests. He, therefore. contrived q
cliff dweller's swing" by which visi-
tors can be hoisted aloft by ropes and
pulley.
THE door to Camp Aloft is opened
with rifle shot," Mr.. Steinberger
says, land, as no one but myself
knows where to put the bullet that lib
crates the ropes, am assured OF
quiet when l wish to sleep or work
undisturbed.
Il firmly believe in the tree-top
cure for consumption" he continued.
ANY afflicted person can try it at a
small cost. l erected this platform
with my own hands, and there is no
roof over Camp Aloft except in stormy
weather. when canvas is drawn
overhead
Il gained so pounds the first six
months, and after three years of tree
top life l tip the scales at over 200.
That's pretty good for a man given
up for dead, don't you Think"
Barbour County index., 1910-03-16
Couldn't Stop IL.

Little Dorothy, heretofore exploited
in this column got off, another old
saying yesterday which her fond IA
ther thinks worth giving to the world.
Dorothy and her baby brother were
quarreling and mother was trying to
restore peace. After telling the kids
how wrong it is for little brothers and
sisters to fight and recalling that dear
old, dogs delight to bark and bite"
example, mother quoted the verse
from the Bible, Let not the sun go
down upon your wrath"
Now Dorothy, you are the older
and you ought to kiss and make up
first" said mother. Are you. going
to let the sun go down on your
WRATH"
Dorothy looked troubled for a mo-
ment. Then her bright little face
cleared.
Well" she said, demurely. "how
can stop it, Observation-Disclosures
Wisconsin.
Barbour County index., 1910-03-16

"My arms and limbs are SO tired"
sighed an ultra precise young woman
the other day after rather strenuous
gymnasium stunts.
One of her associates whispered,
"That isn't a logical way to talk.
Don't say arms and limbs IL any
limbs are limbs they are all limbs and
IL you would like to distinguish be-
tween legs and arms and yet talk in
arboreal language / would suggest
that you call your arms your
branches and your legs your roots,'"
Needless to say, the first speaker was
not pleased with the badinage.
Barbour County index., 1910-03-16
Aerial Nourjshment.

Orchids i've on air." said the
botanist.
Il don't know about that" replied
young Mr.. Flimm. But if keep On
buying them, I'll have to-"
Barbour County index., 1910-03-16
Unique.

Hes queer fellow"
What makes you think so?"
Somebody gave him silver match
box for Christmas, and he still keeps
his matches in it."
Barbour County index., 1910-03-16

EANWHILE the
ranch on Wan
derer's creek had
suffered. Com
PEELED to be abb
sent most of the
time. Mcdonald
was unable to
give his b e r d
personal protec-
tion and now and
again punches of
Barbour County index., 1910-03-16

The next house lay across quite q
stretch of prairie and the hack and its
contents were discovered before the
approach was near enough for effec-
tive action. Mcdonald. on horseback,
Immediately charged, but the outlaw
suspected the nature of his visitor
and. mounting his horse, raced away.
emptying his six-shooter at his pur-
suer. Riding and shooting backward
disturbed his aim and his bullets flew
wild. Mcdonald also began shooting.
to bring him to halt. not to kill. AS
the outlaw uncased his Winchester.
however, the officer decided that It
was time to bring matters to focus.
Dropping to the ground. he knelt and
sent some bullets close to the ear Of
the fugitive The rider dropped his
gun back into the scabbard and leaped
to the ground
"Well, you've got me-" he called. as
he came up.
Hello, Joe. what you been buyin'?
Prickly pears, l reckon" was the
greeting from the hack as he came
Barbour County index., 1910-03-16

bis cattle were driven off by out
laws from across the border. The
thieves would seem to have taken
especial delight in watching for
the times when Deputy Bill was
absent and then descending on his
herds. mainly for the booty, no
doubt. but also by way of retalia-
tion. 1t was a dangerous thing
for them to do and they were GER
tain to pay for it in the end; the
double temptation of profit and re-
venge, however. was not to be re-
sisted.
But while the ranch did not
prosper. it's owner was in no i'm
mediate danger of bankruptcy.
With his success in breaking I'D
the gangs in Hardeman and ad-
Joining counties and in No-Man's
Land McDonald's fame had grown
amazingly. AS a thief taker he
was regarded as a past master.
The Cattlemen's association-a
combination of law abiding ranch
men, one of the strongest organ
iZations ever known-invited his
special attention to their herds
and contributed monthly ac-
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-08
BABY CARRIAGE INTO A LAKE
Babies Rescued Cooling While Mother and One Other Rescuer
 Drowned.

Boston, Aug. 3l.--A baby carriage containing two infants. released from the restraining hand of the mother, Mrs. Catherine Fogarty. rolled down slope into Jamica pond In the struggle to rescue which followed, the mother and an unknown man were drowned, one man was overcome and finally g passing nurse rescued alone both children. who were growing and laughing happily at the excitement. A few minutes later the police laid the dead body of the mother on the bank. The body of the man has not been found.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-08
CUMMlNS TO LA F0LLETTE'S AID
Iowa Senator Opens the Battle fer the Wisconsin Man Who Was
 Fellow lnsurgent.

La Crosse, Wis. Aug. 31.--Openins ihe campaign for tie reelection of La Toilette, Senator Albert Cummins. in surgent of Iowa, uncompromisingly flayed the standpat organization in the Republican party and the tariff law, for which he. with Senator La Toilette refused to vote. as a moss yiciJ@s measure. He forecasted the time would come when the American people would condemn those respon sible for such laws and other wrongs 70 eternal infamy."
 He charged the Republican party had not kept Its pledges and declared that Headers in both the senate and the house, sneeringly, contemptuous iy and deliberately repudiated the par tvs pledges and passed a tariff bin 10 please their business friends and betrayed the American people,
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-08
Free Remedy For
 : Weak Bowels

There are two forms of bodily cleanliness, the external and the in- ternai. The one is for your pride in yourself; the other for your life and health. Both are important. but of vastly more importance in the lone run IS the internal cleanliness.
 Ihis is one point that all shotId v.toh aDous their body--the cleanliness ~ tsn oVwels. Keep them clean and free fro,,s constructions. To do this won nust ha..n ho,n eae,, enJ or , two movements of the bowels does not do this naturally in tha rsl nysten o,,.,s ot Sa1inf ana drinking. then you miIst optain ala of some kind. After 7ndsns Tui pelIau gna. catnartics. salts and such things worse tban avar lop s, gay: but bind you up 1ihpler ,l and more natural remedy i,te D1, Saiuwell's Syrup Pepsin 'iAe
 ror tne skeptical the best way to he- f' f1r is S.iS,,d ID send your name and address 10 Use it as directed and if if no,,,,sr. u4s.ele. y yyu tnat brief continuance of it. ,,ss ssn, wns rsieVe you permanently-that if u,is5 aysin , tme ,,s,s stomach and bowel muscles to then buy. 1t of your drugeist at as.- cents ana one dollar a bottle met ny v II many others are doing. They beran as S,,sS sS botte taple apS bottle nn. then bought fifty cent cent merits. they buy the one dnlisu oI i,s ..ze ,,s All the members Of the family ,,y cn,, use U down to the very youngasf esln
 A brief use Of this grand iaratiyo .a
 snn,e w5, eure constipation in its worst sorr' ,ru .nauisestion. liver trouble. sick beaaanhas alos r you In 5'omath cons,d and such ailments and keen small cost. Such ia the exna-tay st very fnay many families like that of Mrs os.or or cc.eener unionyilIc. Ind. !. Dsrsas OScas ce.,fa na,pn Tex. and hundreds of others tha. could be named. ''e's ehaf Dr caldwell personally win be ny... so so klve yoc any medical advice vou ,,,s ,, oesire for yourself or family nert sini nisy tne tre. s,s2'naen. ns mac liver or bowels absolu{esv letter and he will reply to vn,, 15se as m 2 ror the free sample simply send 's va,,. s.a,a name .. ne and address on postal card ooos os osnsrWlss \ otar For either request the dootors well building. Monticello. Ill. Sa'o-
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-08
Then She Smiled.

Mir. and Mrs. Eebeesee were about to start for the matinee.
 A comedy young woman came out oi her apartment on the second floor and preceded them down the stairway.
 If you are going out. Miss Brytize, { they suggested. you'd better take all umbrella. It looks like rain"
 70. I'm only going to the dressma- ker's." she said.
 'But isn't 1t possible to get wet even when going to the dressmakersg'
 I-es, indeed expect to ge: Eoakedl"
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-08
3. 3.3. A6SE' 6TR5f 4114zR: T65sEAi s4s.

Acne Ief Salt RhuuL caused by hus and acids
 
 s eu.s and continual state of fin .Hsss. wl continue The trouble
 
 Ssoa y ana can therefore be of e " necessary purify tho S. .sees A s s % Iss sat Rhsun pmps supons s1 noo [ sia mpunfy coo tho fyeh blood hesny mid and pleasant M action % ae saloss the nstura avenn have pstser blood ssne tns smooth texture of the cuicle - eaa snemo Book on ekin Dissases kh THE SWIFT aPECR1c co, ATLANTA
The Mena weekly star., 1910-09-08
ousst of ouIs,uds.

"It's long way to look forward,- said Mir. Cuslrox: ''but I constantly find myself wishing the Fourth of July would come round again"
 'Ia life too slow for your"
 T should say not. Mother and the girls are getting up lawn parties and afternoon teas and sailing trips and motor excursions and lot of other th:ngs. It's getting go that the Fourth of July seems like the only safe and sane day in the year"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-25
DEATH OF TOLSTOI
PASSING OF VENERABLE WRITER
WHO HAD ADMIRERS ALL ovER
THE CIVILIZED WORLD.
A'thoush a Born Aristocrat, This Gift.
ed Russian Chose the Life of a
Peasant and RattIed With all
His Might for the Masses.

Astopava, Russia.-After a LIFELONG
battle for right as he saw it. Count
Leo Tolstot has been vanouished in
contest with the grim reaper, his
death occurring Saturday morning.
Countess Tolstoi and the atten ing
physicians were at his bedside when
the end came, the last moments Of
the man who numbered his admirers
by thousands all over the word be-
Ing peaceful and calm.
Tolstoi, accompanied only by DR.,
MakoVetski, left his home at Yasnaya
Polina with the purpose of ending his
Gays In solitude, to which he more
and more inclined in his latter years.
Learning that lbs retreat had been
discovered, he insisted upon proceed
ing on his Quincy to the Caucasus,
were he hoped to spend his last days
close to the Tolstoian colony on the
shores of the Black sea.
But on the railroad journey he was
overcome with exhaustion and the
cold, and DR.. Makvoetski was com.
PEELED to have him transferred to the
dagstation at Astapova, where he was
made as comfortable as possible in
the rude wooden building.
His wife and members of his family
FASTENED to his bedside, but the ply
sicians deemed it advisable to KEEP
them away from the count during mis-
conscious moments, fearing the out
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-25
UNSIGHTLY COMPILATIONS

The constant use of Cuticura Soap,
assisted by Cuticura Ointment, for
toilet, bath and nursery purposes not
only preserves, purifies, and beauties
the skin, scalp, hair and hands, and
prevents Inflammation, irritation and
clogging of the pores, the common
cause of pimples, blackheads, redness
and roughness, yellow, oily, notify and
other unwholesome conditions of the
complexion and skin. All who delight
in a clear skin, soft, white hands, a
clean, wholesome scalp and live, glossy
hair, will find Cuticura Soap most sue.
cessful In realizing every expectation.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are ad.
mirably adapted to preserve the
health of the skin and scalp Of in.
fants and children, and to prevent
minor blemishes or inherited skin HUI.
mors becoming chronic, and may be
used from the hour of birth. Cuticura
Remedies are sold throughout the civ
ilized world. Send to Potter Drug &
Chem. Corp, sole proprietors, Boston
for their free Cuticura book, 80 pages
of invaluable advice on care and treat
ment of the skin, scalp and hair.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-25
AN EFFECTIVE HOME MADE
KIDNEY AND BACKACHE CURE
Easily Prepared Medicine Which Is
Said to Regulate the Kidneys
and End Eackache.

To make up enough of the "Dande.
lion Mixture" which is claimed to be
a prompt cure for Backache anu Kid
ney and Bladder trouble, get from any
good Prescription Pharmacist one-half
ounce fluid extract Dandelion; one
ounce Kargon Compound and three
ounces Compound Syrup of Sarsapa-
rilla. Shake we'll in a bottle and take
in teaspoonful doses after each meal
and again at bedtime.
Those who have tried it say it acts
gently but thoroughly on the Kidneys
and entire urinary system, relieving
the most severe Backache at once.
A wellknown medical authority rec
ommends the prescription to be taken
the moment you suspect any Kidney,
Bladder or Urinary disorder or feel a
constant dull Backache, or if the urine
is thick, cloudy, offensive or full OF
sediment, irregular of passage or at
tended by a scalding sensation; or for
too frequent urination during the
night.
This is a real harmless vegetable
mixture which could not cause injury
to anyone and the relief which is said
to Immediately follow its use is rev
citation to men and women who suffel
from Backache, Kidney trouble or AM
form Of Urinary disorder.
This is surely worth trying, as 1t /!
easily mixed at home or any druggis
will do It for you, and doesn't cos
much.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-25

come of the emotion their presence
would cause the patient. The veneer
able writer passed away without a
word of farewell to the members of
his family.
Count Lyof Nikolavitch Tolstoi usu'
ally called Count Leo Tolstoi, novel
list and social reformer, was born Au'
gust 20, 1928, at Yasnaya-Poliana, in
the province of lula, Russia. When
% years of age he entered the army
and served in the cavalry in the eau
casus and in the defense of Sebasto-
pol against the British and French al
lied forces.
He first made reputation in litera-
allure by a series of vivid sketches
written from Sabastopol and when
he left the army soon after the Cri-
mean war, he devoted himself entirely
to literature.
Tolstoi was several times threaten
ed with expulsion from Russia and
was several times, according to re-
port, upon the point of being eXiled;
but he seemed on the whole to have
been treated with unusual lenlency
in view of his pronounced views. He
was, however, expelled from Moscow
in July, 1901, and had since resided
at Yasnaya-Poliana.
Although Tolstoi came of an arts
tocratic family, he was at heart
peasant in the best sense OF the word
devoted to the improvement of the
condition of the Russian masses ant
eager to lead them in the right path
With these objects in view, as earl!
as 1875, he organized peasant schools
on a new, original basis, co-operate'
In the improvement of cheap, popula
publications, organized relief for tn
Starving population of middle Russl;
in 1892, renowned his properly !!
copvright, land and money, and, L
the recent agrarian disturbances aci
ually. but vainly, invited the peasant
IN thunder his estate at Yasnaya-Pt
Llama.
There he lived the life of peasan
in a peasants hut, partaking only o
simple peasants food and Wearln
the peasant's costume-rough blouse
broad. leather belt, fur cap, Ion
heard wide trousers tucked into mig
cowhide boots.
But although Tolstoi chose the e.
fstence of a peasant, his FAMILY occ'
nied the substantial family manslo
on the Yasnaya-Pohana estate, NJ
far from Tolstoi's peasant nut
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-25
ASSAULTS FRENCH PREMIER
HoyaIist Attacks BRAND and is Nearly
Beaten to Death by Crowd Be-
fore Guards Interfered.

Paris.-Imposing national cere-
monies in the Tuilleries Garden, on
Sunday, in connection with the dedi-
cation of a statue erected to the
memory of Jules Ferry, the French
statesman, were marred by an assault
upon Premier BRAND, who, while
walking with President Fallieres, was
struck twice in the face by a Royalist
The premier was not seriously hurt
The crowd which had gathered IL
the garden set upon the premier's as
sailant and determined Intervention
by the immediate republican guards
saved him from being beaten Il
| death.
The incident occurred at the conclu
sion of the exercises, which were at
tended by thousands.