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The log cabin Democrat., 1911-01-28
COMMISSIONER TO
ISSUE BULLETINS

Little Rock, Jan. 28.-After the
present week Commissioner of Mines,
Manufactures and Agriculture Fred
H. Phillips will begin sending out
weekly bulletins on farm topics to all
the farmers or residents of Arkansas
who file their names and request them.
He will also send bulletins to people
outside the state with the prospect
of bringing them to Arkansas. The
majority will 20 to Oklahoma, from
which state the commissioner is now
getting many letters, the writer's stat
ing it has been so dry there they want
to get into Arkansas, which has been
represented to them as Gods country
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-01-28

tering body for all educational insti-
tutions in the state, instead of the
present board, consisting of the COVER
nor, superintendent, and secretary Of
state. 1t shall have the power to re-
view and inspect such institutions and
see that they are living up to the
terms of their charters. At present a
charter is perpetual, although the in
stitution may have dwindled to a
shadow of itself originally. One school
in central Arkansas, originally char
tered as a college, is now only med
iocre country school, yet it may grant
degrees.
The board shall receive no remuner-
alton for its services, except the act
ual- travelling and hotel expenses, for
which an appropriation of $4,000 is
provided for the biennial period. The
board shall meet annually on the
first Monday in September.
"The measure said Superintend-
ent Cook, will put our educational
system on a firm basis, and will give
respectability to our licenses and
charters and make them worth some
thing"
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-01-28
LEyfE DISTRICT
FIGHT COMING

Little Rock, Jan. 28.-The St.
Francis Levee District will come in
for some more consideration at this
session, as it has furnished fuel for
many law-making flames in the past
So far, proposed legislation is con-
fined to propositions to change the
manner of securing the directors. The
purpose is to take the affairs of the
district, if possible, out of politics.
since it is contende dthat political en-
tanglements in time past have operat-
ed against its best interests. Repre-
sentative A. G. Little of Mississippi
county has a bill pending in the
house, which seeks to take the ap-
pointive power from the governor and
provide for the election of the rustees
by the people in the general elections.
Senator Turner of Craghead has
drawn a bill, which, he says, will be
introduced at the psychological time,
providing that the directors shall be
chosen at an election to be held by
the taxpayers alone, each to be enti-
tied to a vote according to his real
estate holdings in the district. Sen
ator Turner holds that this would be
the most equitable manner of select
ing the directors. Senator CarlLee
will support the bill, and it is under
stood that Senators McBee and Keel
will oppose it.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-01-28
new DIGEST MAY
BE PROVIDED FOR

Little Rock, jan 2S.-A growing
demand is being expressed for a new
digest of the statutes of Arkansas
and a bill making such a provision
viii probably be passed by the pres
ent geenral assembly. 1t is argued
that while the present digest, made
in 1904 by Associate Justice William
F. Kirby, was a good one when com
pleted, it is practically out of date
now, being full of acts which have
since been repealed and lacking sever
al hundred which have since been en-
acted.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-01-28
TEXAS EDUCATION
LAW ADVOCATED
STATE BOARD CREATED
PROPOSED ACT MAKES CHANG
ES IN TEACHERS LICENSE
SYSTEM.

Little Rock, Jan. 28.-A bill has
been introduced in the house by Mr..
Bradahm, providing for the creation
of state board of education, to con
sist of the superintendent of public
instruction and seven members, one
from each of the congressional dis
triets, to be appointed by the COVER
nor to serve for seve nyears each, one
to be appointed each year after the
first year The measure has been
carefully drawn by the leaders in the
educational interests of the state, and
primarily looks to the continuity and
permanency of the work of the de
partment of education. 1t is in the
main copy of the Texas law which
has been found to work admirably in
that state
One of it's provisions Of great value
to the teacher provides that teachers
licenses may be made statewide by
reissuance by the board for a NOM
inal fee of 81, used to defray the cX-
penses of the examiners. 1t will rec
ognize degrees and certificates issued
by institutions of higher learning
outside the state, so that state, pro-
fessional and other licenses may be
issued upon a proper showing of quail
ifications without further eXamina-
ton. At present, any teacher com
ing into the state, even should he hold
an A. B. from a university, must
stand an examination the same as a
teacher applying for his first school.
The board is also made the char
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-01-28
EDITOR WANTS A BET.

That good roads measure advocated
by Governor Donaghey has for its OBJ
ject the building of state roads with
convict labor We notice in the Ga
zette an outline of the roads it is
proposed to construct. OF course all
start from Little Rock and radiate
from that central point to the differ
ent points of the state line Well
bet dollars to dimes, that if the meas
ure happens to become law, that the
first road built will be the one from
Little Rock to Conway.-Pope County
Record
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-01-28
SUES TO COLLECT
FIRE INSURANCE

c. A. Horton, through his attorney,
r. w. Robins, today filed suit in the
Faulkner circuit court against the
Home Fire Insurance Company of
McAlester, Okla, and j. N. George
and others, it's bondsmen, to collect
$500 alleged to be due the plaintiff on
a fire loss sustained by him when his
dwelling was destroyed August p,
1910. An attorneys fee, II per cent
penalty and interest is also asked for
in the complaint.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-01-28
INHERITANCE TAX
INCREASES REVENUE

Little Rock, Jan. 28.-The inherit
ance tax is bringing more revenue
itno the state treasury than ever be-
fore, because of the greater degree to
which it is being enforced. Attorney
General Norwood reports that there
abs been collected through his office
during the last two years a total of
$23, ,702.84, compared with only $5,-
230.03 from 1901, when the law went
into effect, to January /, 1909 He
also collected $4,000 in judgments
for violation of the antitrust law.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-01-28
RECITAL
THIS EVENING

A recital by pupils of the music
department of Central college will be
given in the college auditorium this
evening, commencing at $50 sharp.
A program of the entertainment was
printed in yesterdays daily. There
will be no admission tonight and the
public is cordially invited to attend.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-01-28

to be most interesting one. Cover
nor Donaghey still has them guessing
as to his intentions toward a third
term. Should he decide to enter the
race, the next campaign would prove
the most exciting ever held in the
state.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-01-28
REAL ESTATE TRANSFER.

J. w. James to F. H. Hopkins, lots
/, 2, 5, and 30 feet Off 6, block 8, Har-
rson's addition; 5000.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-01-28
CHURCH SERVICES.

Usual preaching services tomorrow
morning at II and evening at 7:30 at
the Methodist church by the pastor,
Rev. f. r. Steel Sunday school at
9:45 a. m.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-01-28
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

f. d. McClemton, 33, Linder, to
Loise Hutchison, 26, Conway.
r. l.. Lacewell 21, to Estella NAL
com, 81, Mt Vernon.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-01-28

Rev J. J. Hurt, pastor of the Bap-
tist church, will preach tomorrow
morning at II and evening at 7:30.
Sunday school at $3.50 a. m.
Morning subject, "The Funeral of
Death;" evening subject, Though
Dead, Still Progressing"
Usual Bible study at the Presby-
terian church tomorrow morning at
9:45 a. m., in charge of Prof w. ].
Sowder of the Normal.
Lords supper and Bible study at
10 a. m Preaching in the evening
at 7:30 by the pastor, Rev. j. Clarence
Dawson.
The log cabin Democrat., 1911-01-28

Old papers for sale at this office.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-20

before the war. Married, but still kept
at it. Lined it, never wanted , stop.
1t suited me all right. Why should 1
quit"
1 found no answer, but looked around
the room. 1t was very clean, with just
space enough for q bed, a table and
two chairs. a gas stove and polished
clothes press that certainly must Ave
been Aunt Melissa's pride and JOY. On
a shelf by the gas stove lay a we'll
used clay pipe. Surely, at 76 and still
in the factory grind, tobacco must be
a blessing.
"Children?" she said, in answer to
my question. "Of course, And grand
children, too. Why, I've got a grand
son almost 81!
Il don't want anything but just
work. she went on. "Never take any
vacation, except if I'm sick a day or
two. I'm miserable away from my
work. The farthest I've ever been is
Boston. Don't like it!
"All I'm afraid oe is that they'll turn
me off here. If they'll only let me have
my looms I'm happy. I'd ought TO be
good for fifteen years yet.
81 can't weave Us much cloth now as
| used to. Once 1 could manage six
looms. Now four is all l can handle.
But that's enough. | make good pay
Why. not very long ago, | got over 81
for only two weeks work.! And l can
most generally manage to average a
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dollar a day. l get enough to eat and
don't often run behind on my rent. So
you see I'm right-if they only let me
hold my job!
Il don't have to get up till half-past
five. That gives me time enough to
cook breakfast and fix up my room be-
fore going to the mill at $3.50. The
looms start at I. We quit at noon and
have q whole hour. And i'm the after
noon we only work from / till 6, so it's
easy enough. After that, all l have to
do is get my supper and go to bed, so |
can get up in time again next morning.
I'm used to it, II without it l feel
miserable, right miserable, that's a fact.
ITS kind sof like a stimulant to me.
I've just. got to have my looms, or I'm
unhappy. Why, they make finer music
for me than anything else in the world.
Il guess I get all | earn. OF course.
they've got to make something out of
it, or they couldn't pay me my dollar a
day. THEY know what they can
afford. / leave that all to THEM. II
they'll only let me keep on working till
I'm ready to quit everything, and not
take my looms away
i =
Presently the loom-rooms began ia
thunder again as the vast machinery
knew that Aunt Melissa was once more
happy in the noisy comradeship of her
four clackins eotton-looms.
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Apple Butter Recipe.

Dear MISS Doom:
Kindly publish in your paper a recipe
for making apple butter.
A SUBSCRIBER.
A delicious way to make apple but
ter is with new cider fresh from the
press. Fill n porcelain-lined kettle
with cider and boil until half reduced;
then another kettleful should be boiled
in the same way, and so continue until
YOU have sufficient quantity. To every
four gallons Of boiled cider allow half
a bushel of nice. juicy apples, which
have been pared. cored and quartered.
Fill a very large kettle with the cider.
which hould be boiled the day before,
and add as many apples as can be kept
moist. This will need frequent stirring
and when the apples are soft they
should be reduced to a pulp with a
wooden spoon or stick. Cook and stir
continuously until the consistency of
soft ~marmalade and the color is a dark
brown. If II becomes too hard, have
some of the boiled cider at hand to
hin with. About twenty minutes be-
fore taking the butter from the fire
add ground cinnamon and nutmeg to
taste. This requires no sugar and
when cold should be put into stone
jars and covered closely.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-20
BY GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND.

N
Seventy-six years of life, fifty-five' of
them consecutively passed standing
before a cotton loom-such is the short
and simple ANIMAL Of Melissa Hodgdon.
My first sight of the aged weaver
was in one of the long, chattering,
dusty loom-rooms of the York mills, at
Saco, Me. Her prim yet kindly New
England face contrasted strangely with
the thousand other faces-French, Po-
fish, Lithuanian and SlovalS. Save for
one other woman she is the only Eng
disappearing worker left in her de-
partment of the mills.
Her neat brown skirt and dotted
black waist seemed rather the garb of
a comfortable country granny than
of a hard-driven mill worker. Her
hands are gnarled and calloused with
more than a half-century of unbroken
labor.
AS the huge factory bell was tolling.
at 10, she came along the paved walk
leading out of the mills. Then, her
brief dinner eaten in a dingy boarding.
house, she led me up still more dingy
stairs In a brick company" block and
ushered me into the little room long
her home.
81 am the Oldest cav in this coun-
try, said she, settling into her rocker,
land, so far as I know, the oldest in
the world. I'll be rs my next birthday,
and I've been in the same mill for more
than fifty-five years. Went to work
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its short train this graceful

lar. The English tweeds and mixed
suitings are having a tremendous
favoritism shown them by the leading
houses.
Tailored skirts are not SO straight in
outline, many showing slashed effects
at the side and all are made walking
length.
Some have a slightly raised waist
band so that no belt is needed, while
others show a normal line with a
stitched band attached to the skirt.
On others a back panel is attached.
with a modified front edge that extends
toward the front, thus forming a belt
or girdle.
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Care of Bought Hair

If YOU glory row is not what the
rose growers call root grown" ex-
ira pains must be taken to keep 1t in
condition. Neglected, the most costly
hair is soon worthless; worse, disease
breeding.
The posiche. switch, transformation
should be brushed as carefully as the
real hair and as often. The best way
to do it is to put a towel on lap or
table n spread the piece on it, brush
with a rubber-backed boar bristle
brush, first one side, then on the
other. This remove tangle and does
not tear the hair as does a comb.
Without natural oils bought" hair
soon grows lustreless. 1t should be
brushed frequently with ~brilliantine.
III q few drops in the palm Of the
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Continued from saturday.

l fell asleep at last, thinking of that,
and imagining what l should need to
saw and do: and the next morning /
went out to Stamford in a curious mood
of d~eliberation; feeling, on the thresh-
old of crisis, unnaturally calm and
sure; as if l We're somehow going with
the stream, a small embodiment of
predetermined force, a mouthpiece of
the thing which was to be.
AS she had done once before, Sheila
| opened the door for me. 1t was very
plain that she was glad of my coming.
"Sure it's Mr.. Crosby!" she exclaimed
softly. whats the matter, sir?" You
look white and tired like. TITS all the
world seems upset lately"
II want to see Miss Tabor, Sheila.
VIII you tell her that 1 am here?"
THAT'S the very thing I'm 10 to tell
her, sir. She said most particular that
she was not to see anyone today; but
Sheila frowned at me f~orbiddingly,
"you sit down an wait a minute, sir,
an Ill do me best. I'm a ~servant-girl
no ~longer-ordhers is nothing to me"
But, Sheila-" | began n%eryously.
"But nothin,' Mr.. Crosby. You sit
down an watt and she was gone be-
fore 1 could say another word. l sat in
the great room. as if at the portals of
Judgment day. every fiber of me keenly
alive. and yet my mind knowing no
particular focus of thought. The future
gaped before me like eternity, some
thing too vaguely large for definition or
comprehension. | remember that !
kept whispering dryly to myself that
man was master of his fate, and feel
ing enthusiastically comforted by the
sophistry.
The curtains at the door parted and
Lady stood looking into my eyes. l
saw before she spoke that she knew
why | had come.
Il was sure that it was YOU she said
at last. "Sheila told me that a young
man was downstairs, and that she
could not get him TO so away
"She told me- l said, that you did
not wish to see me. Was that true?"
Lady sank YEARLY into a chair.
''Sheila< should not have let YOU in,
she said. 81 was afraid that you might
come here, and you know that it was
wrong of you to come. You know that
as well as I do"
She smoke -monotonously. with pauses
between the words, leaning back along
the deep chair. The last few days
must have been hard ones for her. She
was very pale, the little blue veins in
her temples distinct and clearly lined.
1t tore me to see her so, and for q
moment l wondered if / had done well
to come, and felt a wave Of that un-
comfortable reaction which meets one
On the threshold of a test; for a mo-
ment only, hen / knew that wen
though / tired her the more, it was a
price that we must pay for her sake
as we'll as mine. No good ever comes
of half UNDERSTANDINGS.
mo, 1 don't know that I said slow
~. you don't believe that I'm alto
gether selfish, or that I would come
now. when l know that many things
have distressed you, to give o any
further reason for distress.
She leaned forward, one white hand
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-20
By Wells Hastings and Brian Hooker
Copyright. 1911. TIE Bobbs-Merria Company.

anybody can do-there's nothing any
body can do"
oh, things aren't SO bad as that. :"
| knew that ! was only temporizing.
and ragged inwardly at myself.
Lady's eyes dropped. and one hand
played nervously with a loop of the
chain that hung about her neck.
Il don't believe YOU can understand
just how bad they are. The worst of
it is THAI | can't tell you-oh, it wasn't
rair OF YOU to come today her voice
broke aver so little. and her eyes
brimmed with unshed tears-"I'm tired
and disheartened. and ! want advice
and eomfort-no, don't come hear me
| can't tell you anything there's moth
ing ! can tell to anybody in the world. .
/ was standing before her. "No. /
can't comfort you now" | said. I'm
here to ask you things. and perhaps to
hurt YOU very much. But you mustn't
think I've come careiessly. ! came be-
aus | had ~to-because there are
things | have to understand to go on
living"
Her eyes were frightened, but she
settled herself back as il to meet what
ever blow my Questioning might give.
II don't think that you are very ZEN
erous today" she said: and her voice
grew harder than | had ever heard IT.
Neither shall | answer anything that
l. may not. But--but perhaps you are
right-perhaps there are some things
that you should know. Please say
what you have to say and have it
DONE
you told me once | began gently,
that your name was Margaret. Was
that true?n
True she wrinkled her brow. ''Of
course, it was true" 1t vas evidently
not a question that she had expected.
"Then, who is Miriam?'
"Oh, ! told you the truth then. Do
you doubt it.? Why should you ask
these things again?'
I paused. Certainly she was not to
hear that ugly story il it We're not true
and ! could in any way prevent it,
1T may seem very strange to you, =
said |, but some day will tell you all
about it. | have to know this now:
Do you mean that it is true you have
a sister, that her name is Miriam and
that she is-that she was DR.. Reid's
Wife," The question was out at last,
and my heart stopped for the answer.
why yes" she answered, in the
same disinterested tone, as if she were
telling dry facts in distant history.
Miriam married Walter when he came
back from studying abroad. She only
lived about a year They had a little
girl. you know, that lived not more
than about an hour. I think if she had
lived, Miriam would have lived, too.
But it was too much for her to bear.
She died three days after her baby
died"
IN N r.at-~a no.,..n--
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HELPFUL HINTS.


Jewelry ear be successfully cleaned
by washing It in hot soapsuds in which
a little ammonia has been dissolved.
Shake off the water and lay the jewelry
in Il small box of fine sawdust to dry.
This method leaves no scratches or
marks of any kind.
TO wash brushes and combs put a
~teaspoonful of ammonia in a basin of
hot water and dip the brush up and
down into it, letting the comb remain in
the water for a few minutes. In this
way all the grease will disappear and,
after rinsing in cold water, both
brushes and combs ill be perfectly
clean.
The best way to clean patent leather
shoes is. after removing all the dirt, to
wipe them over with a soft cloth dipped
in milk. Polish with a dry cloth, and
you will have a bright polish, besides
preserving the leather.
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something TO do and l am sure that you
VIII be treated justly. Under no cir
enmstances consider running away
from home. Your mother may seem
harsh n unkind at timez, hrt :. -.
probably a result of cares and worries
that occupy her mind and not an liz
dication that she has ceased to love
you ecaus you have lost your posi-
ton. When you are not out looking
for work try to help in her household
duties, so that she may have a little
rest. However bad conditions may be
at home they will be a thousand times
worse among strangers who have abso-
lutely no interest in your welfare. Now
that the holidays are approaching the
stores will be needing extra help, ana
you may be able to get some sort of
temporary position. Above all things,
cheer up.
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This model offers a semi-dressy de-
sign for a young girl, n that can be
made of simple serge or cheviot and
answer for day uses or which can be
developed in a light silk or in a
pretty crepe material and serve for
evening wear.
The kimono sleeve Is used and there
is a group of tucks at each side of the
deep yoke, while the skirt is Of empire
design.
The pattern, 5616. is cut in sizes a.,
is and is years. Medium size requires
4 yards Of 36-inch material.
The above pattern a be obtained by
sending ten cents to the STAR office.
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hand, then rub the brush over it. Be
sure to get a brilliantine that is not
greasy. There are several makes that
give lustre yet do not leave the hair
sticky.
False hair Fan be washed in thick
soapsuds made from pure white soap.
Only the lather should be used and
rinse in several waters. Dry between
channels cloths or press almost dry in
the hands, then hang in a current of
air and when dry shake and brush
until fluffy.
Occasional washing with gasoline is
good for false hair. Be sure to get the
cleansing quality. Dc not use ammo
MIA OF Sorax on false hair, as it dis
colors it, or if the hair is dyed will
streak it.
Do not throw your bought" hair
down carelessly when not in use. 1t
quickly becomes tangled and catches
dust.
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A feeling of sadness accompanies the
discovery of the first gray hairs, which.
unfortunately. are looked upon as her
aids of advancing age. Gray hairs,
however, are not always an indication
of advancing age, for nan people
have gray hairs quite early in life. OF
course, it is unnatural and indicates
that there is something wrong with the
individual and that Nature needs as
sistance in correcting the trouble. The
same is true of hair that is constant
~ falling and becoming thinner
every day. If everything is right with
Nature, the hair. even in eompara-
lively elderly people, should be long,
thick and glossy. without even a streak
Of gray.