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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1911-07-01
palisade Childrem'g DaY

own feelings of pride, and when the
thing was all over his face was lit up
in smiles
Following are the children who
took part in the recitations, all of
which were enjoyed: Helen and Ethel
Heustis, Elizabeth Flagge, Eleanor
Brown, Maxine Sibley, Dorothy
Schall, Virginia Berkey, Louise Nc
Gee, Anneita McCord, Este Flagge,
Randolph Brown, James Wolcott, and
Edward and Robert Caffal.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1911-07-01

gings, then hot-foot it back to their
coats, then back to the starting point.
Paul Berkie was first and got a bronze
medal with Este Flagge second, also
winning a medal.
In the beanbag contest, limited to
the Infant Class, the score was as
follows; Maxine Sibley, II; Eleanor
Brown, 1; Virginia Berkie, 1; Helen
Anderson, 1; Louise MCGEE, o; Doro-
thy Schall, 1 EIilda Won Hartman, 4
Eleanor Pencil, 0; Dorothy Balda-
mus, 2; Anita McCord, 1; Juliet Nc
Gee, o; Teddy Arruns, 1 Alfred Pen
nell, 0; Ernest Sibley, 0. The first
and second prizes were each a game
One of the best events was the egg
and-spoon race for married ladies.
They had to carry a candy egg in
spoon, running 60 feet and return, the
one making the best time getting the
prize. Mrs A. F. Beckmann bore off
the honors, Mrs. Sibley second. The
other entries we're: Mrs Wolcott,
Mrs. McCord, Mrs Pencil, Mrs Won
Hartman, Mrs. MCGEE, Mrs. Good
man, Mrs Baldamus and Mrs. Brown.
In the hobble race, where the
young ladies had to have their ankles
tightly strapped together, the follow
ing were the entries: Miss Willard,
Miss Carrie Giles, Miss Marian
Flagge, Miss Ellerbrook, Miss Acker-
man. Miss Carrie Giles was first by
a good margin, with Miss El1erbrook
second.
Another enjoyable contest was the
QUOT pitching. In the first game J. F.
Pencil and c. T. Logan, ST., were
pitted against R. R. Brown and Err
nest Sibley. Logan and Pencil won,
10 to g. W. R. Goodman and DR..
Berkie then pitched against Harry
Elkan and George Johnson, and the
latter won by score of 13 to z. The
finals were played by Logan, ST., and
Pencil against Bernard Brady and c.
T. Logan, jr., and George Johnson,
the first named beating by % to II.
Medals were awarded in this event,
made of bronze, donated by Mr.. Z.
Weldon Clarke who also umpired the
game of baseball.
After the games were all over,
about five o'clock, the ladies served a
very inviting repast on a long table
brought out for the purpose, and
made up of baskets contributed by the
various families who had their chill
dren in attendance and others. There
was ice cream by George Stabel, some
of his best, and as George did the
serving all appreciated his kindness
and said if was the hest ever
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1911-07-01
A Generous Mind.

If you will but learn what a notable
and generous mind is, you will have
a sufficiency. You will live luxurious
ly in poverty and be prince-you
will be as much in love with a private
life as with that of general or king.
You will never live without pleas
ure, but you will learn to be every
where pleased You will be pleased
with wealth for making you bene-
fetal to many, and with poverty for
not having much to care for; with
fame for being honored and with OBJ
security for being Plutarch
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1911-07-01
SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC.
Children and Parents Have Enjoyable
Outing at Leonia.

Outing at Leonia.
The annual Sunday school picnic of
the Palisade Union Church took
place in the woods near the ball field
in Leonia Saturday, June "a, and was
well attended and also greatly en-
joyed. Nearly all Of the scholars
were out, besides many mothers and
fathers There were all sorts of
games for every age, and these
formed the best part of the afternoon
There was an ample supply Of deli
cious spring water from high up on
neighboring hill, and this was one of
the welcome things, too, for the day
was intensely hot especially in the
sun.
The first thing on the program was
a game of baseball, in which was
novelty in the shape of two young
lady players, Misses Gladys Willard
and Marian Flagge, who each played
center field for their respective sides
They did not catch any balls, but each
made two hits and one run apiece
Their playing made another hit as
wei. The best part of their work was
evidenced by the gallantry of the OPP
posing players, who refused to catch
the flies the girls knocked or to tag
them out while running bases. Ma
rlan Flagge is some batter, too, and
will one day make star when mines
are popular among our young ladies'
With two such pretty girls, it is no
wonder that the crowd taxed the open
space near the home plate to watch
the fun. The final score was 25 for
the side captained by Paul Berlie to
21 Tor Paul Brady's nine. There were
several married men, also, who played
in the game.
The other events were all interest
ing. Perhaps the hardest fought of
any was the potato race for the mar
rled men, in which Architect Earnest
S1bley was the winner, with Editor
Logan second. The potatoes were in
reality stones, laid about five feet
apart, nine in a row for each contest
ant. The point of the game was that
each man was to lay flat on his back
with his head to the first stone, then
at signal the runners were to pick
up each potato in succession, place it
III hat, then return for the next one,
and so on till all the potatoes were in
the hat. Those competing were W. R.
Goodman, R. r. Brown, ]. F. Pencil,
Ernest Sibley and Charles T. Logan,
ST. Mr.. Sibley won the first prize by
beginning at the long end of the line
and working up to the hat. Most of
the others started at the nearest po-
tato, and thus lost much valuable
time. AS little as one may think it,
this race was quite a gruelling affair.
Mr.. Logan won Second money"
which was only honors.
In the Salome race the members of
the Palisade Cadet Corps had great
time. The race was about 100 yards
long, and at a given signal the bows
were to run about 100 feet. take off
their coats, then run another 100 feet,
remove their leggings, then make
turn 100 feet further on, returning to
the Logging post, strap on the leg
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1911-07-01
# the Special Service at Pail
" sode Union Church.

lrbildren's Day service at the
Union Church June Is was
the most joyous and genu-
Ioov occasion yet recorded in
'Pf popular institution. If there
lnkewarm hearts in the COM
thew would have melted into
Us had they been present on
IL Day. 1t was an event that
i aid form of expression, "long
lsmembered." There wasn't a
Soywhere nor a halt in the pro-
MI all went off SO delightfully."-
naturally that there was
NJ satisfaction on every face
i was over. And, indeed, there
sn,ny smiles during the render
Sbe program, for that matter,
I little ones were amusing in
an their recitations, and their
4, was so captivating that smil-
4 essential to ones happiness.
III Just the thing to clap hands
irh, but it isn't any secret to
m that on several touchous mo-
4 would have been a relief to
Smds-iust little, anyhow.
/ little Eleanor Pencil recited
I'D have heard pin drop, she
cute. 1t was the same with
Virginia Tallman, sweet Vir-
IBirkey, lovely Eleanor Brown,
of the others of the Infant
Then, while these names are
Iaed, it is no more than right
bliss Clara Foeppel be given
ii the honors along with the lit
s for she drilled them in their
and in the concert recitation,
',ides made with her own hands
Unity little blue caps and aprons
liant Class wore. And if Miss
III never gets any more satisfac-
but of anything else she should
nough to last a long while just
that class recitation alone, in
the dear little things told how
hey we're at housekeeping each
the week from Monday to Sun
nd when everything was all fin
on Saturday they were buster
yer. This was one of the times
wanted to clap hands,
uld only break over the lines
ntly to laugh out loud, anyhow,
Urn around and look at every
Use and catch them all laugh
nd happy, too, Contagious?
it was more than that. 1t was
! Not a person there but who
ied to the magic Of the spell of
lie children, and it all proved
ey come pretty nearly getting
to our heartstrings and play
them more sweetly and more
y than anything else in the
wide world, anyhow, and any
nd then some more besides.
rens' Day in Palisade was all
It was wholesome and almost
full 1t was a powerful ser
itself, and expounded the doc
love and good cheer and good
hip far better than anything
the world could. 1t wouldn't
lave Children's Day come too
because-well, because it
t do. The people couldn't
eattie made one of his charac-
talks to the children, giving
er of his boyhood experience,
vas greatly enjoyed. His face
canned a radiance when he
over that gathering and saw
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-04-21

Commercialism looks upon the PEG
pie as a crowd to do And they do
them
1t is not so much what a farmer
knows as what he does that wins on
the farm.
It is more often a condition of the
mind than of the body which keeps
man down.
The high price Of meat does not
alarm the wise farmer who has his
smokehouse at hzame.
You are always al a disadvantage In
talking to man whc does not know
what he is talking about
Some of our would statesmen
read so little that they know really
nothing about political economy.
Most those who graduate in the hiSh
schools of the cities take five years to
unlearn enough to begin business.
Cheerful faces and singing hearts
go together in the days work they
supplement and generate each other.
Remember that the other fellow
also has rights and is sensitive about
having them treated with dsrespeet.
Without the opinions Of other men
to guide them not many of our law
yers would be above total ignorance
Of the law.
A liberal amount of kindness mixed
into the ration will show in the keep
ing of the horse, the COW, or any other
barn animal
"Broems will double In price" says
a market report. Can 1t be possible
that their price is going to eliminate
that traditional housewives weapon,
the broomstick?
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-04-21
IMPROVED TOOLS IN GARDEN
Wheel Implements Cannot Be Equaled
for Labor Saving and Efficiency
in Preparing Ground.
cBy R. G. wEATHERsTONE)

(By r. G. WEATHERSTONE)
Among the many improvements
none along the line of gardening equal
the wheel tools for the saving of labor
and the efficiency of work. We thought
we had solved the problem by plant
ing in long rows and using the one
horse cultivator for the main part Of
the work.
This is a long stride ahead of the
hand hoe, but the most steady horse
will sometimes blunder upon a row of
plants.
Beside there is often bit of spare
time in the morning or evening when
the soil is Just right. yet TO harness
the horse would take so long that It
would not pay for the short period.
so the work is postponed until rain
or drought places the soil In a less
favorable condition.
The wheel hoe puts the ground in
better condition for planting than any
other method II marks the rows uni
formly and the drill puts the seeds in
regularly instead of In punches, thus
saving in the quantity required, yet
with the seeds properly spaced, firm
Ing the earth over them after plant
ing.
The regularity in planting enables
one TO work close 10 the plants with
the wheel tools without injuring one.
They are more easily thinned out as
necessary, after they come up, and the
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-04-21
was solved By the aid of the farmers

was solved by the aid OF the farmers
demonstration work. A part of the
prosperity comes from the fact that
the weevil caused farmers to turn
their attention to some extent to the
raising of food crops, but that does
not alter the fact that the Knapp ex-
reriments show cotton lands to have
actually increased in value and yield
in spite of the weevil.
"The restoration of confidence in
the delta country of Mississippi and
Louisiana during the past two years
has alone been worth the cost of the
whole work up to this time. The
presence of the weevil and bad wealth
err conditions threatened the loss OF
almost the entire crop, when DR..
Kapp's men went into the section and
saved the situation. Last year in
Louisiana III spite of the weeyil and
an almost unprecedentedly bad sea.
son, the demonstration men averaged
a yield Of one-half of bale to the
acre while the yield of the state was
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-04-21
The South's Annual Yield.

$1,000 600 600 from its factories.
$4,000, 100000 from its farms.
s440,000,000 from it's forests.
$3.50 100000 from Its mines.
81 000000.00o OF cotton with seed.
s730,OO0,000 of grain.
s200.000,0o0 of live stock
sl75000,O00 of dairy products.
sl70,000,000 of poultry products.
$l50,000,0 900 OF fruit and vegetables,
500 600, 900 of tobacco.
$4,000, 900 of sugar products.
$62s, 100000 OF exports
$4,000, 100000 feet OF lumber
1880 100000 pounds OF cotton goods
1,104 100000 bushels OF cereals.
100000, 900 tons of coal.
$4,000 900 barrels of petroleum.
9000,000 tons OF coke
6,400, 900 tons of iron ore
100000 toas of pig iron.
2395,000 tons Of phosphate rock.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-04-21

pulverized surface which serves as
dust mulch in dry weather.
The implement can be run almost
as fast as one would naturally walk,
and as It makes a complete path the
work is much more rapid than that OF
the hoe, as we'll as easier
II a shallow trench is wanted for
planting, the shovel attachment does
the work. When ready to set out cell
cry plants this tool does half the work
OF the trench digging and after the
plants are established 1t does all the
necessary work until banking up Is re
quired.
Wedding onion beds becomes an
easy job. the present system doing the
work much more effectually when the
onions are planted in rows
Since this tool admits OF close plant
ing the saving in space is very much
greater than when the horse cultiva.
tor was employed
Cultivation means more than de-
stroying weeds; more than loosening
the soil. There is a chemical trans.
formation going on whenever the
ground is light enough to admit the
entrance of air. and the soil which
fails to get this falls short OF the
highest possibilities.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-04-21

than one way has proven to be
blessing in disguise. The country as
l whole. especially the great cotton
producing section, was panie-stricken,
and 1t became necessary for the gen.
eral government to take some action
to restore confidence by saving the
crop. This it did when, In 1904, the
bureau of plant industry inaugurated
a movement at first known as the
cotton demonstration work. but later
called the farmers cooperative dem
onstration work. the name which 1t
now bears. At the head of this move
ment is DR.. Seamon A. Knapp.
The primary object was to show
that good yield of cotton can be
made in spite of the weevil. and the
effort to do this has been rewarded
with remarkable success. | have be-
fore me now an affidavit made by
some of the most influential farmers,
merchants and bankers of Trinity
county. Texas. affirming that the in
crease in bank deposits and the sell
ing values of farm lands shows that
than before the appearance of the
weeyil; that the rental value of lands
cultivated wholly in cotton has in
creased "A per cent; that the lands
produce more cotton to the acre than
before, and that the weevil problem
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-04-21
Fish,.

The flesh of fish which contains
large portion of fat and proteid, in
comparison to the other food princi.
pies is next in Importance to meats
as food.
The meat of fish is not as nutritiye
as meat, because 1t contains less of
proteid. Having shorter and more ten.
der fibers it is easier of digestion and
Is therefore a useful food for invalids
and those of sedentary habits.
Fish has so little flavor and loses
1t so easily, having less of the ex.
tractives than meat 1t has become to
be considered not nutritious.
One and a half pounds of fish is
equal to one pound Of lean meat in
nutritive value
On account of its abundance and its
cheapness in most districts, when
compared to meats, together with its
wholesomeness, 1t is an invaluable
food. This is especially true when
considered as hot weather food.
Fish are red and white as to flesh.
The so-called red-blooded fish are
CAOSS having the Oil uISlIlDuleu
throughout the body. Such fish are
less digestible and among this va.
riety are mackerel salmon and blue
fish.
The white blooded fish are those
which have the oil in the liver. the
flesh Is dryer and is more easily di-
gestsd Haddock, lake trout and white
fish belong to this class.
The cod is an exception to these as
II has a coarse fiber and Is indigesti-
BILE
The process of sailing hardens the
fiber of fish tissues and renders thehm
less digestibie.
The presence of phosphorus in fish
was supposed TO make 1t especially
valuable as a food to the brain. This
belief has no foundation, other than
the fact that the brain contains phos-
phorus, and it was supposed that fish.
being rich in that element. would sup
ply 1t.
Many meats contain large percent
of phosphorus, too. so that the brain
may have its supply from many
sources.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-04-21
;:hGelleIul 81 s.
FdT'El1NDIeS

A muzzle upon the horses nose will
prevent many nipped limbs.
Pure air and sunshine. pure water
and comfort make the only ideal
environment
Horses having fast work to do
should be fed but little hay, and only
a small allowance Of corn.
The big yield COW will knock all
the doubt and difficulty out of the
business of milk production.
The fattening hog should not be al
lowed TO root as the exercise con.
sumes too much feed and energy
All dairymen will find that It will
pay them to know J4st what every in
dividual COW in their herd Is doing
II new peach, apricot or plum
tree develops yellows or little peach
Immediately remove and destroy 1t.
Sunshine works wonders with the
young pigs. See that your narrowing
houses are arranged with this in
mind
For success In fruit-raising II is alb
solutely necessary to keep the trees
free from all injurious insects and
diseases.
Keep your spraying machine in
good trim. all bolts and bearings tight
plunger packed, etc Use good oil
and plenty OF it,
People who know, tell US to SOW
vegetables in rows running north and
south, so the sun can shine on both
sides of the plant.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-04-21
Why Not a Few Gourds7

Gourds are annual plants with ten
drills. broad leaves, and large yellow
flowers. The more common, American
gourds are rampant climbing vines
and are very useful as cover for un.
slightly places. They are grown chiefly
as curiGsities. Seeds should be sown
in q rich, deeply dug soil, where they
may have an abundance OF moisture.
They are easy to cultivate, requiring
about the same treatment as the
squash.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-04-21

Amputated.

1t is said that two eminent surgeons
had a quiet interchange Of views 'h'
other day, and among other thins''
traded secrets. -,
Said one to the other: Wha' u-N
you operate on Mr.. Smith for?
Said the other: For $500.
Said the first: mo. / mean VIVA
allied him." -.
Said the other: -Oh. he strainoI
himself holding on to the $ooo SA'
cut him loose"
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-04-21
SAVING COTTON CROP
Farmers Cooperative Demon
stration Work in the South.
Restored Confidence When Farmers
Were Panic-Stricken at Appear
ance Of Soil WeeViI-Lands
Increased in Value.

The Review of Reviews in a recent
article outlined the work accom-
plished by the Farmers Cooperative
Demonstration Work The article is
reproduced here, together with an H.
lustration showing the results accom-.
plished in a Texas field
The work was preeipitated by the
advent of the boll-weeyil into Texas.
an event which threatened to become
a public calamity, but which in more
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-04-21

general appearance of the plot is
greatly improved.
AS soon as the plants have appeared
the rakes can be attached. the soil
loosened close 10 the seedlings and the
weeds almost all destroyed.
Later the weed cutter. which cuts
off weeds just below the surface. will
be found useful. and 1t is so easily
worked that any woman will find it a
pleasure.
While destroying all weeds in its
path 1t cuts thin layer of soil which
readily disintegrates. leaving q finely
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-04-21

Mrs. Parrot--Gracious. Mrs. Os-
trich. why do you look so alarm ed?
Mrs. h-Why-er-Mrs Hip
pc is too neighborly.
Mrs. Parrot-In what way
Mrs. Ostrich-Why. l told her l
would have to be absent from my
nest for several days and she offered
to sit on the eggs
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-04-21

one-fifth of a bale. The plan is sim
ply to plant cotton that natures early,
and by shallow and intensive cult.
walton to hasten maturity before the
weevil has a fair chance to get in its
work Of destruction. Then as the
squares form. to go over the field and
pick all punctured by the weevil and
burn them.
But the farmers cooperative dem.
onstration work extends its useful
ness along structural lines of much
greater Importance than the salvation
of one staple crop; it is concerned in
the development Of every branch of
agriculture and in the complete re-
demption of rural life Southern
methods of farming have long been
bad Completely of conditions makes
it hard to give reason for this but
to those who know the section we'll
numerous reasons present themselves.
The owning of large tracts of land
without means of cultivating them.
the poor educational and social ad-
Yantages of sparsely settled districts,
the alluring call of the cities to def
mite incomes and more compact life,
and the leaving of the farms to ten
ant labor of the very ignorant and the
very poor are some of the general
reasons for the impoverished soil and
bad cultivation of southern lands"
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-04-21

EW howery scents strewed
everywhere: new sunshine
poured in largess fair,
We shall be happy now, we say
A voice Just trembes through the air
And whispers: May"
Susan Coolidge.
When May is gone. OF all the year
The pleasant time Is past.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-04-21

Mike-Say, Pat, why don't yez get
behind Jimmie and loigbt yer poipe
an yez won't be wastin' so many
matches?
Pat-Ah, g'wan, there's not enough
of him to keep tn wind off OF needle.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-04-21
D1eKTfGmEN'
|.2aEE1l1ABINET

ROCKED and dwarfed the tree

kUOkED and dWarted the tree
must stay,
Nor lift its green head to the day
III useless growths are Topped away.
And thus doth human nature do:
III 1t hath careful pruning. too,
1t cannot grow up straight and true.
Phoebe Cary.