davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-08
Form Adyice and Suggestion
HOW ONE FARMER RID
HIS FIELD OF QUACk.
When This Troublesome Plant Takes
Possession Of the Soil It's Haro
to Drive u Cut.

The farmer who tries to extermi-
nate quack by ordinary METHODS Vi
cultivation while growing a farm crop
will find a bigger job on his nanus
than human nature is equal to. There
is nothing on this earth that seems 10
have the vitality Of quack aud wants
TO live as badly.
Cut off the grass in its growing sea
son. and in a day or two up come
more e blades. When n tries 10
~prevent its growing with c~uitivator
and hoe i'm a few acres of cultivated
crops on the farm he will have little
time for doing other work. Unhke
other weeds. If quack Is given a chahce
It will take full possession of the and
and ii likes rich soil best. IL Will CON-
pletely ill the soil with roots.
Now, there is always a way OF over
coming an evil. and it may work u
some good for US. Here is just what
a farmer in Delaware county. n. l..
did with q field of quack that bad got
the start of him. He reasoned that
there was n large quantity of humus
in the soil that could be utilized IL the
onack could be DESTROYED. He decided
not to fight it by cultivation all sum
mer, but to cause other crops to work
for him. He plowed early In the
spring. plowed and narrowed repeat
eddy until June. when he sowed two
bushels of buckwheat to the acre. The
plantlets appeared as quickly as the
quack and outgrew il completely. o v
ering the ground with a thick mass
that smothered the quack. When the
buckwheat was ripe in August little
quack was TO be seen. IL its growth
Is prevented for one year 1t cannot
survive until the next. This expert
ment. although fairly successful. would
have been completely so II the ground
had been sown to rye or wheat when
the buckwheat was removed.-Ameri-
can Agriculturist.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-08
Golden Textile is faithful that
promised.-Heb. Z, %.

Verse IA comforting word.
The history of early nations is dark
ened by the records of in%cessant war
fare and bloodshed. Abram had rout-
ed the kings of the east, but he had
not finally settled the issue. There
was every probability that they would
renew the attack and direct their hos
tilities more especially against him. He
was living among the bleak and bar
rem hills of Mamre, near Hebron, and
he enjoyed seasons of communion with
Jehovah. He had his periods Of de-
preston. One of them was after the
encounter with the kings. THE word
of the Lord came" 1t was a revela-
ton that was suited to these days Of
anxiety and misgiving. I'm a vision"
This may have been in the night
watches In a dream, or it was during
his waking moments when he was
deeply absorbed in meditation that he
saw the truth expressed in the words
which follow. Fear not" The future
is not dark, and he need not anticipate
any trouble from any source, for the
eternal God will act on his behalf.
Thy shield" This is an apt figure of de-
Tense which is frequent in the Psalms.
Compare Ps. ill. 3; vii, 10; xviii. 2;
xviii, Z; also Deut. xxxiii. %; Prov.
ii, Z; Xxx, 5. Thy exceeding great
reward" The margin Of the revision
is, Thy reward shall be exceeding
great" 1t will be conferred in recog-
milton of bis obedience. There were
times of doubt when he was disposed
to become impatient at the long delay
in the fulhllment of the promises. -"
Verses $40, 1.-THE assurance of
faith.
Abram now gave utterance TO that
which was causing him greatest pain.
He was without a child. and the pros
pect ito go childless"-that is, ito go
hence childless." leaving no heir of his
own-was indeed sad Mum. xvii. A..
The blessing of a family, according to
oriental conceptions. il greater than
all riches. a large family is in itself
wealth. beside which everything else is
poverty. Compare Ps. cxxvii, 3-5.
These communings were at night. and
the attention OF Abram was directed
to the stars. Tell the stars" Ii was
impossible for him TO count these lights
of the upper heavens. so ~innumerable
were they. "He believed in the Lord"
he had loft "ur of the Chaldes" CHAP
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-08
VERY GOOD FOR GREENS.
Swiss chard Is m old and Desirable
Resident Of the Garden.

Among the vegetables especially DO
slrable in every garden Is Swiss chard,
or leaf beet. This is an old vegetable,
but one that docs not seem to 10
grown a great deal. II is used entire
IL for greens. much the same as young
beets or spinach.
One advantage OF Swiss chard Is that
leaves may be cut from ii and Others
take their place. thus doing away with
successive sowing. IL is good any
time from the time 1t is large enough
to use until cold weather. When the
plant gets pretty near full grown the
leaves may be picked and the midrib
taken out and the leaf part cooked the
same as spinach. The midrib Is also
occasionally used. being cooked about
the same as asparagus.-LeRoy Caey,
Minnesota University Farm.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-08
LEARNED FROM ExPERl-
ENcED ANIMAL RAlSERS.

II farmers would keep their
hogs free of worms with turpen-
tine there would be but little
sickness among them.
Raw ground beans are valua-
BILE as n feed for fattening cattle.
particularly IL used with corn
} or corn silage and some clover
/. or alfalfa hay.
; There are many young calves
that suffer the fortunes Of thirst
because they are unable to speak
|. UP and say that they want wa
; ter.
|. 4 pile OF coal ashes and salt
|. will keep the hogs close to any
|. spot where II lies.
|. The droppings from grazing
. cattle will benefit the pasture
. more IL they are spread or bro
. ken with a spike tooth harrow
. with the teeth set well aslant.
; This prevents the grass from
. being killed out and weeds COM
) ing in where the droppings have
|. lain.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-08

to any honest purpose he might have
been eminently successful.
Before we reached the Mississippi
river | was In complete sympathy with
my prisoner and congratulated myself
upon the approaching acquisition OF
$4,000. The afternoon before we were
TO reach Chicago he told me about an
air pump he had invented. offering the
whole thing to me IL l would take out
the patent and sell the rights. After |
had established II l could give him an
interest or not. al / liked. As for him,
he proposed to give all his attention to
his railroad switch. Naturally I was
interested and was quite absorbed in
the principle Of his pump.
There Is a ball valve to It, hs
said. the ball lying in a socket. and
The greater the air pressure behind 1t
the tighter II holds. It's like this
Twisting the letter on which be had
drawn his switch into a %cornucopia.
he dropped 4 paper wad into the large
end. and II sank at once into the small
end. When I blow he said. you'll
see that the wad stays right where il
Is. He put the small end into bis
mouth and pointed the c~ornucopia at
my eyes and within n foot OF my face.
Il was looking to see the working II
the ball valve when | suddenly felt
the flames OF Tophet in my eyes, in
my nose. In my mouth, in any creylce
open to hem. As for seeing anything
was blind as a bat. and the pain in
my eyes was e~xcruciating. My nostrils
and the roof Of my mouth were on
IRE. The fellow had blown red pepper
In my face.
While / was gasping, sputterlng.
trying to wipe away the pepper. the
rascal ran to the a door, shouting,
MY friend has got a fit; I'm going for
heip. The train was moving some
twenty miles an hour. but he found =
grassy slope. on to which he jumped
aud made good his escape.
The episode marked NV retirement
from the detective service. | hadn't
the lace to report the matter to my
employers, but instead Sent In my res
ighation. You may imagine. my dear
SIR what 1t cost me to have a man
come to me to sell M n contrivance
whatever involving n ball valve. Now
ina you understand the cause OF my
rhdeness | trust you will pardon me-"
III man arose aud babe me good
morning, saying as he departed: I'm
der the circumstances. sir. | consider
you a model of self control. l regret
mat haven't my card with me. but
VIII send you one. aud | trust that
some day you will call upon me-"
AS he went to the gate there was
something familiar In his figure and
us walk. This was explained when !
received his card. 1t bore the name Of
! Charles Blake.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-08
The Superior Penny.

Jerome s. McWade, the millionaire
collector of Duluth, was appealing on
the Mauretania for a seamen's fund.
LET the collection be generous" he
said. I'VE want none Of the penny
and quarter parable here.
"A penny and a quarter, side by side
in a pocket. fell into conversation.
Tim worth twenty-five Of you,' said
the quarter haughtily.
That's true replied the humble
penny, but in one respect, sir, I'm su-
perior to yourself
"'Pshaw! How soT said the quarter.
81 go to church, sir. far, far often
er than you.' replied the penny."-Phil-
adelphia Inquirer.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-08
Seeding Sweet Clover.

When sweet clover Is seeded with a
nurse crop or without a nurse crop and
is seeded early In the spring it needs
very little care and attention during
the season. Unlike alfalfa, II sown In
the spring without a nurse crop It does
not need clipping with the mower in
order to keep down the weeds. 1t will
outgrow any weeds that may appear
and cannot be smothered put by them.
In its infancy ii is not as tender as
alfalfa. and. also unlike alfalfa. it may
be cut close TO the ground In the fall
and will not winter kill. Kimball's
Dairy Farmer.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-08
U

Race statistics of the last census
were discussed by E. Dana Durand,
director of the census. in an address
delivered recently. He said:
During the decade from 1900 to 1910
the white population Of the United
States increased about % per cent,
while the colored increased only IL
p cent, and most of this difference
was due to the immigration Of the
former, in the absence Of which the
whites would have increased only
about IA per cent
The Indian" continued the speaker.
has increased about II per cent, the
Chinese have decreased in numbers,
and the japanese have nearly trebled.
I'm practically every censu taken
the whites have shown a more rapid
increase than the colored. There has
been no great migration Of the negroes
from the south. and nine-tenths Of their
total number are found in that section.
The natural rate Of increase-that is,
the excess Of births owe deaths among
the white population Of the south-is
much higher than that of the colored
and Of the whites in the north.
Among all classes Of the population
the births of boys have exceeded that
Of the girls, but equality appears to be
brought about by a higher death rate
among the males"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-08


ernoon when a man came In at
the gate with n lawn sprinkler.
a few moments later he was try
ing to sell me one. declaring that 1t
had a patent ball valve.
Get out Of these premises as quick
ly as possible" | said.
The man. abashed. turned to go. He
had not got far before / called him
back and ~apologized for my ~harshness.
handed him a cigar. asked him to be
seated and told him this story:
IL am a retired railroad detective.
Railroads are good pay, and I was
successful in hunting train robbers
and other p~ilferers, thus regaining for
them a number OF considerable sums
OF money. My bonuses made me COM
Portable. and n part Of them are In
this house and grounds.
~ am going to tell you about the
last case | eve handled. | was at
work Mt the time for the V. L. and X.
railroad. They wanted a man Of the
name OF Charles Blake for getting
away with 100000. My reward was
to be $4,000 II l caught him and Sc
cured the return of the money. I
tracked Blake into tie Rocky noun
tains and arrested him. He was sensi-
BILE and knew his own interests. He
told me that he would willingly 90
with me and would return every cent
he a stolen. relying on the
not to prosecute him.
Il assured him that what the COM
pany wanted was the money ana
promised him immunity. He was an
educated and refined man and insisted
n a he be not subjected to the igno-
miny or riding handcuffed. Since no
was a puny little fellow that / could
swing around my head by one leg and
saw no reason why he should ha
oyeranxious to contend with me. az
scented.
ITS a long journey from the Rock.
les 10 Chicago, where | WAS akin,
hlm. and was glad TO have some ono
~ taik 10. Blake was very Intelligent
ana entertaining. He was an engineer
and had worked at his profession on
many roads for which I had done de-
teenVe work. After the present dis
agreeable matter was settled up bs
had a scheme on hand by which no
could make ten times the amount
when ne had stolen. He had invented
d railroad self acting switch which
could never send a train awry. He OF.
piainea IL TO me. making drawings OF
IL on the back Of an old letter. and 7
confess was delighted with the man.
ingenuity.
"hat puzzled me was why a man
with SO much ability should have npt
himself In the way to spend most ~
DIS life In state prison. II he had onlv
applied one-tenth OF the ingenuity ha
: mad exerted In his scheme Of robbery
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-08
Survey of the Worlds News

land School For the Blind has recently
turned out five other well trained girls.
These six pioneers are working with
the regulation switchboards. but efforts
are being made to evolve a new kind
of board which will simplify the work.
The most difficult board now run
by blind girls is that at the Central
Y. VI. c. A.. Baltimore. The Y. NJ. G.
A. has about 600 rooms and has eight
pay stations besides the house phones.
The first blind girl operator. Miss Elsie
Sonderman. has been there we years.
and her work has been superior to that
of any other girl who ever held the
position.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-08
r T

The children's bureau of the depart
ment OF commerce and labor makes a
plea for the complete registration of
all births. 1t points out that not a
single state in the Union has a thor
oughly effective registration system
and that in 1910 the New England
states, Michigan and Pennsylvania
were the only states where laws were
sufficiently well enforced to register
nine births out Of ten. The children's
bureau finds that this condition is ham,
pering the work for the study and pre-
vention of infant mortality.
The United States, according to the
best estimates available. is losing 300,-
900 babies a year. and experience has
demonstrated that at least half Of those
lives could be saved If the simple
methods already known to science
could be brought to bear. But to apply
these methods good vital statistics and
an immediate report of every birth are
necessary.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-08

II Is n good time now to start the
old stock plants Of fuchsias. for there
Is plenty Of room In the p~ropagating
bench. and II Is the early struck cut
tings that make the fine plants FOR
vases and boxes. and II cuttings are
taken in spring they Immediately pro-
duce a flower. and II Is difficult to ret a
good growth. the plant often remaining
short. with a stunted appearance. yet
bearing fowers.-Garden.ng.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-08
Give the Cows Air.

Keep the cows as comfortable and
contented as possible by feeding, wa
tering. etc, at the appointed time. On
warm days the cows and younger ami
mails may be allowed to remain out OF
doors for awhile. as it will do them
good and they will enjoy the change
after remaining in the stable so long.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-08
Good For the Orchard.

The Pacific rural press reports some
success from the use Of nitrate Of soda
on orchard trees. Trees that have bad
the habit Of not setting fruit were
sprayed with nitrate solution lone
pound to the gallon of water Just as
the buds were beginning TO swell. The
result In blossoms and fruit was re-
markable. The buds opened earlier.
and the fruit was heavier.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-08
THE SUFFRAGE TURNOUT

The day preceding the Inauguration
suffragists will march through the
streets of Washington. The president
elect will not see the parade. but Pres
ident Taft has promised to review it.
The novel feature will be women
wearing medieval or ancient Greek
costumes instead of conventional dress,
who will from time TO time repeat IA
nous suffrage speeches that have been
made in this aud foreign countries in
recent years.
The parade will be composed of
floats aud allegorical figures portraying
women Of different ages. An extra
contingent Of policemen will be station
ed along the line of march TO maintain
oft,er and To see that the paraderS are
INSTRUCTED Oh their way to Con-
tiEental hall.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-08
PLANS FOR GUANTANAMO

A formal move toward making the
United States naval station at Guam
tanamo. Cuba, an impregnable outpost
Of defense for the Panama canal has
been taken, and a board Of officers of
the army and navy visited G%uantana-
mo to approve or amend the elaborate
plans of defense prepared by the joint
board on data furnished by the army
and navy war colleges.
This special board was composed Of
Major General Leonard Wood, chief OF
William Crozier, president Of the army
war college; Brigadier General Eras-
mus NJ. Weaver. chief Of the coast ar
tillery corps; Rear Admiral Hugo o.
terhaus and Captain w. r. Shoemaker
of the general board of the navy.
Several years earnest consideration
by the joint board. representing the
ranking officers of the army and navy.
has c~rystallized into a decision to re-
gard the eastern extremity Of Cuba as
the proper defensive outpost for the
Panama canal on the Atlantic side.
1t Is realized that some disposition
has been shown In congress to ques-
ton the wisdom of locating such a de-
Tense outside Of the canal zone proper
or on the American mainland, but with
the acquisition Of the tract In the real
Of the present naval station. which
has been arranged for by treaty with
Cuba, 1t is felt that there disappears
the only sound objection that could have
been urged against the creation Of a
modern Gibraltar at Guantanamo
that is, the difficulty Of defending the
station from a land attack In the rear.
supposing a hostile European army to
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-08

AT a recent meeting Of the execu-
n tive committee Of the farmers
~ national congress tentative
plans were made for completing
the organization Of that body under Its
new constitution. At the annual meet
ing in November. 1912, at New Orleans
this association was reorganized with
a view to developing it at once into the
greatest agricultural society and the
greatest country life federation in the
world.
Ii is proposed to develop a national
agricultural society TO which all farm
ers may belong and to which all state.
interstate and national associations. in
situations and departments devoted TO
country life will adhere and in which
they will be represented by delegates.
Ii is not TO take the place OF any exist
ing organization. but part of its work
will be to build up all constituent or
CARNATIONS and TO deal with only gen.
eral questions of national scope relat-
ing to farming and farm homemaking.
1t is expected that there will be 200
delegates representing farmers of the
different states and 1000 delegates rep
resenting the societies Of agriculture,
horticulture, live stock. women's clubs,
agricultural colleges. experiment sta
tons. departments of agriculture n
similar institutions.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-08
Stick to the Breed.

a safe aud sane method TO follow Is
first SELECT the breed which In the eyes
OF the operator approaches most nearly
to the one sought. then intelligenty
pursue along that line.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-08
BLIND TELEPHONE GIRLS

The blind telephone girl is now an
institution Ia Baltimore. Two years
ago a blind girl PASSED the SevereSt
test Of the work. and now the Mary
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-08
ARMY TO DISCARD sAsER

ARMY TO DISCARD SA5ER
The United States army will discard
its curved cavalry saber on July l and
will be supplied with a straight cut and
thrust sword of the same pattern used
by the Napoleonic army. Major Leon
ard Wood. chief of staff. has signed
the order making this the official sword.
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY
A blue and gray" monument, be
lieved to be the first in the United
States raised in honor OF both Union
and Confederate civil war heroes, Is
being erected at Fitzgerald, Ga, by
the local commission In charge Of con-
struction. The monument is OF bronze
and will cost $4,000.
The shaft, which will rise 125 feet,
will be surmounted by a winged figure
representing Peace and facing north
ward. Below statues Of Abraham Lin
coin and Jefferson Davis will stand
together. and Generals Grant and Lee
will be represented as clasping hands.
Many war relics will be arranged In
the interior Of the base Of the monu-
ment, which will be fitted out as a
museum.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-08
InUenfor-
By GEORGE M. VESSEL

WAS sitting on my porch one aft
ernoon when a man came In at
the gate with n lawn sprinkler.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-01
PLEADS GUILTY TO
CAPITAL CHARGE
William Butler Admits Highway
Robbery, and Gets Minimum
of Eight Years.

William Butler. q twenty ono year
old white man. pleaded guilty TO tho
charge of highway robbery in tho
Hastings Court yesterday. and was
sentenced BY Judge Richardson. after
Il review Of tho evidence to serve eight
years IN the penitcnti;try. Common
wonith's Attorney Folkes made an
earnest plea for clcmency
musings Court attaches made tho
statement yesterday that it was tho
first case ia their knowledge in which
the prisoner before the bar pleaded
guilty TO ali indictment charging him
with q capital offcnse. The hearing
brought out cNtcnuatng circumstances.
which, with the commemorative At
torney's plea Tor mercy, led the court
10 impose tho minimum sentence pro
vidcd hS tho law.
Butler was arraigncd on two in
holding NJ J. W Depkins on the night
Of September 8 and robbing him OF
$3.50 III currency. This Indictment Was
dismissed Another true bill charged
him with robbinE w. n. Turner OF $50
on september L. The robbery occurred
eRrly on a Saturday night. near EIgh-
tcenth aud Main Streets. whom the
section was teeming with people
III neither hold-up, ii was brought
out, did Butler make use Of weapons.
lie hit his victims in the face with his
fist and rifled their pockets while
they were recovering from the shock
Although an investigation by detcc-
tiNes revealed AN unfortunate early
history Butler has never before been
charged with n serious offense