davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
Reno Court Houoe

extent of the colony. It II generally
believed that between i've hundred
and thousand persons visit Reno
every year in quest of divorce. A
large proportion of these come from
New York. and for this preponderance
of New Workers various explanations
are given: probably the most impor-
tant reason is the severity of the New
York divorce law.
Women In Majority.
Women are in the majority, and
most of them live quietly. enough dur
ing their six months term of resi-
dence. Many have children with
them and superintend their educa-
ton; others take up special courses
Of study and engage in church work.
Most of the women to be seen ex-
changing books in the little Carnegie
library are members of the colony.
and according to the librarian prob
lem novels and the works of Ibsen.
Ellen Key and Bernard Shaw are in
much demand.
The men who go to Reno usually
monotony of existence; some invest
money in mining ventures and others
take hand at farming. There are.
however, plenty of poor people who
seek divorce and are glad to turn
their hands to work of any kind.
Some men who would have scorned
to do manuel labor at home find
themselves roughing 1t In true west
ern fashion. A bookkeeper from
Brooklyn, for instance. found employ
ment as porter in one of the hotels
and the driver of a milk wagon had
once been a floor walker in . New
York department store.
The women who work their way to
freedom are even more numerous.
They are to be found behind the
counters in the stores, they tap type
writers. they keep books. they teach
music. painting aad dancing. they
cook. act as nurses and Mattresses
and even scrub the floors with the
sole object of obtaining release from
marriage ties that have become in.
tolerable.
The cost OF Reno divorce ranges
from fifty to fifteen hundred dollars.
the latter sum being supposed to
cover moderate living expenses for
six months. travelling expenses and
legal fees. The minimum amount rep
resents the usual fee paid by tho poor
divorce seekers. who work while
awaiting their DEGREES.
In spite of very general impress
sion, the Reno colonists do not herd
together. but are scattered all over
the town. ,
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
No Nostalgia.

II. Atterbury Smith. who with his
open stairway plan promises to revo-
lutionize the tenement house, said In
New York:
THE open stairway tenement. with
its abundance OF sunshine and fresh
air, will make a tenement apartment
actually home. The tenement dwell
er of the future needn't feel like Capt.
Salt.
1--WE sailed the seas for 81 years.
Capt. Salt, q seasoned old 'shellback.'
boosted.
Don't you ever get homesick. cap
tain?' a lady asked.
Homesick? Me homesick?' said
Capt. Salt. 'No.sir-ee! amt home
enough for that"
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21

The almost unanimous verdict OF
ancient and modern times Is to the eff
feet that julius Caesar was what
Shakespeare calls him: "The fore
most man OF all this world" Never
before or since has anyone exhibit
ed in SO high a degree all the quail
tiles of a born ruler of men. And
never had any man grander role to
play. To preside over the most i'm
portant crisis in the history of the
most important branch of the human
race was task that none but the
greatest of men could successfully
perform. Caesar swept one obstacle
after another aside. and stood at last
where he meant to stand.
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
M1@4MlH'BEIilEN
8 &EZd&I[IYIE1f

adding more sugar II necessary. Set
In warm oven fifteen minutes, cover
with whipped cream and serve hot or
cold.
A pastry shell filled with orange
Jelly and covered with whipped cream
when cold ia another delightful way
of serving pie.
Chocolate Puddlns.-Take a cup of
sugar. half cup Of butter. two
squares of chocolate. one egg. cup
of milk. one and three-quarters cup
fuls of flour. two teaspoonfuls OF ba-
king powder. mix and beat we'll. then
steam for two hours.
Sauce for Chocolate Puddins.-To
one and half cups OF water add two
tablespoonfuls of cornstarch which has
been well mixed with u cup Of sugar.
add tablespoonful of butter. square
OF chocolate. and when we'll cooked
and smooth teaspoonful Of vanilla
Date souffle.-Wash, stone and chop
half a pound OF dates, simmer In hair
a cup of boiling water until very soft:
mash them. add the whites OF four
eggs beaten stiff. quarter Of cup
of sugar, which has been added to the
egg. a tablespoonful of lemon juice
and dash of salt. Pour into but
tered baking dish and bake thirty-five
minutes. Serve cold with cream or a
foamy sauce.
Jam spread an inch thick In dish
and covered with riced cream cheese
makes a delicious combination to
serve with crackers and coffee for
simple dessert.
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
COMPANY DISHES.

Roquefort Salad.-A most delicious
salad is prepared from head lettuce,
well washed. dried and chilled. Dis
pose carefully In salad bowl and
sprinkle with broken bits OF Roquefort
cheese. Rub the bowl with the cut
side of Glove of garlic. put a half
teaspoonful of salt into a small bowl.
few dashes of cayenne, a table
spoonful of chill sauce and one OF
vinegar, four of olive OIL Mix we'll
and pour over the lettuce. adding
more of the dressing II this seems not
enough. Serve cold.
Frozen Rice With Peaches.-Take a
cup of freshly boiled rice. add pinch
Of salt. and cool 1t; add a pint Of
whipped cream and four tablespoonfuls
of powdered sugar; flavor with al
mond and pack in ice In a mold
When the rice is unmolded. put table
spoonfuls OF sweetened and favored
whipped cream around 1t. with a pre-
served peach between each two. and
one peach on top of the mold. also dec
grated with little OF the cream.
Apple BaIls-Peel large apples, and
with potato scoop cut in small balls:
drop them In water to keep them
white. Add bit OF vinegar to the
water. Prepare a mixture OF pineap-
pie. banana. grape juice pulp and put
into glasses. Decorate the top Of each
with few Of the apple balls. Pour
over all boiled cider slightly thick
ened by boiling with sugar; cool be-
fore using. Serve cold
Lettuce and Mint.-Sprinkle minced
mint over head lettuce. pour over
French dressing and serve chilled. =
Cauliflower served in an Edam
cheese shell not only adds flavor to
the dish, but 1t is also much more at
tractive.
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
FIRMLY BELIEVED IN GHOSTS
Men Of the Strongest Intellect Be-
IIeved They Beheld Apparitions
Visible Only to Themselves.

Goethe states that he one day saw
the exact counterpart Of himself com
ing towards him. Pope saw an arm
apparently come through the wall. and
made Inquiries after Its owner. Byron
often received visits from specter.
but he knew 1t to be a creation of I'M
aRination. DR.. Johnson heard his
mother call his name in q clear voice.
though she was at the time In another
city.
Count Emanuel Swedenborg believ-
ed that he had the privilege of inter
viewing persons in the spirit-worid-
Loyola, lying wounded during the
siege of Pampeluna. saw the Virgin.
who encouraged him to prosecute his
mission. Sir Joshua Reynolds. leaving
his house, thought the lamps were
trees. and the men and women bushes
agitated by the breeze. Oliver Crom-
well. lying sleepless on his couch. saw
the curtains open and a gigantic wo-
ran appear. who told him he would
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
REASONS FOR FEW FAILURES
Former Dairy Commissioner Of Kan.
Gas Tells Why Some Cooperative
Enterprises Failed.

Mr.. Dallas 8. Burch. recently state
dairy commissioner of Kansas, offers
some suggestions as to the reasons
for the failure Of cooperative enter
prises In some localities, while the
brilliant success elsewhere. His let
ter follows:
have watched the success or fall
ure of ecore Of cooperative organi-
cations during the past Ave years.
and have come to definite conclusions
as to why things don't always turn
out as we think they should. have
found that many of the reasons for
the success of cooperative enter
prises are not as important as former
ly thought. and in the debris of un-
successful projects ! invariably found
something had not been looking for.
Being something of dairyman.
am interested in cooperative cream
cries and In breeders associations.
In Wisconsin about fourth Of the
creameries are successfully conducted
on the cooperative plan. while in
Kansas not single cooperative
creamery has been able to make a go
of 1t.
The Kansas farmer is fully as in
telligent and Industrious and wealthy
as the Wisconsin farmer. but he can't
make a cooperative creamery run
probably. Take breeders associa-
Citations as another example. Wis
consin Is full of them. and Kansas can
scarcely develop enough enthusiasm
e.. 10, ttak
workers have started.
The natural conclusion is that Wis
consin farmers will cooperate and
Kansas farmers will not. but that the
DRY is wrong. Kansas farmers have
their farmers unions, their good
roads clubs and their wheat and corn
clubs. cooperative enterprises. and
good ones. Yet they can't. or won't.
or don't get together on dairying.
This is the reason: People do not CO.
operate successfully on side lines to
their main business. In Wisconsin
dairying Is the chief source of In
come to the members of the co-opera
tive creamery associations. while in
Kansas wheat and corn are the main
stays of the farmers belonging to the
wheat and corn organizations.
When a farmer gets over half his
income from one source. you can't
permanently sidetrack his interest to
something else in which he is only
casually interested-for example.
dairying in Kansas. But as soon as
he gets interested In his COWS and
the market for his dairy products he
will spontaneously develop the CO.
operative spirit along the line of dairy
associations.
or course. good management and
liberal support are necessary to the
success Of any enterprise. but they
are the natural results of interest and
enthusiasm along any line. organiza-
lions follow every form of industry;
they do not create the industry. The
western fruit growers associations.
the eastern milk shippers associa-
lions. breeders organizations and all
similar enterprises are a direct out
growth of interest in main source of
income. Such organizations succeed.
Those which are based on side lines
generally fail. regardless of the most
favorable circumstances under which
they are organized. My conclusion
is. Don't pin your faith to co-opera-
tive project unless 1t represents the
principal source of income OF those In
terested. Cooperation as side-line
generally fails"
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
He Wa. Sharpening I'll. Teeth.


Sir George Lionel Prescott, Bart.
who came over last week, is a popu-
lar young man about town in London,
says the New York Journal He has
an inexhaustibie store of after dinner
stories, and there is hardly anything
that does not remind" him of a curl
GUS experience.
Lord Prescott went out to buy "a
toothbrush.
That reminds me-" he said. "of a
house party l was giving in Scotland.
One of my guests kept US waiting for
dinner, SO 1 sent Donald, new and
inexperienced boy, upstairs to tell him
dinner had been announced Donald
came back with the message that the
gentleman. was Just sharpening his
teeth"
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21

Having ascertained his weight on
the railway station weighing machine
the man said to the porter:
Isn't 1t a lack of business foresight
to put one of those machines that dis
tributes prizes to persons who guess
their own weight correctly, bang up
against other scales that they could
get weighed on before hand, and thus
guess on a sure thing? You must
have great faith in human nature.
your"
"Oh, no, SIR" said the porter. but
we have in the machine"
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21

become the greatest man in England.
Ben Jonson spent the watches of the
night an interested spectator of a
crowd of Tartars. Turks and Roman
Catholics. who rose up and Tough.
round his armchair tiu sunrise
Benvenuto Cellini. imprisoned at
Rome. resolved to free himself by self.
destruction, but was deferred by the
apparaition OF a woman of wondrous
beauty. whose reptoaches turned him
from his purpose. Napoleon once call
ed attention to a bright star he be-
lieved he saw shining In his room, and
said: at has never deserted me. 1
see 1t on the occasion of every great
event. urging me onward. It is my
unfailing omen of success"
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
Unconscious Humor.

The annals of unconscious pulpit
humor will be enriched by an instance
furnished some little time ago at St
Johns church, Keswick. England. A
ladys watch has been found In the
churchyard, and the vicar, in making
his usual weekly announcements from
the pulpit, referring to the find. stated
that the watch could be claimed In
the vestry. The next announcement
was: I'VE will sing hymn No. 1862:
Lord, Her Watch Thy Church Is
Keeping"
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
Advertising the Farm.

II you raise fine fruit or vegetables
for the table. why not let the people
In your market town. know 1t, by
means of a card? You may thus sell
many wagon load direct to consum-
ers. and at much better price than
when the middleman is your only Gus
toner.
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
Little Details PAY.

Do not forget that the careful OBJ
servance of all the little details in
poultry raising is what brings in the
end the big returns. Every neglect is
a cog removed from the perfect wheel
of success in poultry raising
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21

There's no doubt about my getting
n" said the newly arrived shade to
Saint Peter. Here's a newspaper
clipping Of the eulogy the minister de-
livered at my funeral. Take this"
returned Saint Peter, handing the
clipping to the Recording Angel. and
compare 1t with his past perform
ances."
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
SOME DIFFERENT DESSERTS.

Cherry Tart.-Take rich canned or
preserved cherries. drain from the
Juice and add to it bit OF cornstarch
to tricken and suggestion Of flavor
of almond. Bake good under crust
Of pastry and pour in the cherries.
covering with the thickened juice.
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
Farmers Cards.

The man who makes business of
farming" should have business csxd;
some printed letter heads. with the
name OF his farm home thereon; and
should pay his bills with checks on
his bank. All these little things not
only'"make business" but help to dig
Nifty his calling. improve his social
standing and enhance his credit
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
The Fresh Egg.

The fresh egg beats to froth easier
than a stale one. 1t takes a longer
time to boil fresh egg than it does
stale one. The fresh egg when
boiled will peel OF smoothly. The
stale egg Is not SO heavy as the fresh
one. and the shell becomes shiny and
smooth, probably from the little oil
that exudes by evaporation from the
contents of the shell.
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
Otherwise Making Men Of Boys.

Overheard at one OF the box Of
fees of the Hippodrome:
Have you any junior tickets?"
What are Junior tickets?" asked
the Euave ticket seller.
why. tickets for little boys like
these two here" answered the proud
father as he exhibited two lads of
seven and nine years respectively to
the envious bachelor seller of the
pasteboards.
Sorry. sir. can't accommodate
you" came the reply from the sad
faced man behind the window. all We
have are full grown tickets."-New
York Press.
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
Effect Of Constant kneeIina.

Constant kneeling in church." said
doctor at an inquest at Southwark.
was liable to give person house
maids knees" A bishop with house
maids knees would be almost a de-
light.-Cardiff Western Mail.
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
Ventilation for the Hogs.

A house to accommodate single
sow does not need great deal of
ventilation. although there should be
enough to keep the air in good condi.
ton, but where a, dozen or more hogs
are kept in the same house perfect
ventilation is necessary,
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
Heavy Demand for Mutton.

Sheep are becoming better property
likes the woody friend and can see a
brighter future for wool and mutton
will add few to his farm herds The
demand for mutton is away ahead of
the supply.
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
Willie Discovered a New Game.

WING LlsCoNeTeo NS" SA"o'
They had lived In fiat all of Will
lies short life, so that the little boys
knowledge of fauna and flora was
limited to canary birds and flower
boxes; and when they went to board
In the suburb where there was large
yard. Willie very enthusiastically start
ed in pursuit OF chicken, armed with
stick and other missiles.
When the hostess protested to his
mother, she turned from the window
and said, indulgently:
you'll have to forgive dear Willie
he doesn't know that's chicken"
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
Te. Known In England Since 1915

The earliest mention OF tea drink.
ing in England occurs in letter from
Mr.. Wickham from Japan, dated June
81, 1915. In 1856 the English began
to drink tea in society circles, the sup
ply being imported from Java at the
cost of $50 to $50 pound. 1t is
quite needless to say that the common
people did not drink much tea during
those days.
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
Physician No. Up to Date.

Caller-"So you have decided to ge,
another physician" Mrs. Neugold-
Indeed have. The idea of pre-
scribing faxseed tea end mustard
plasters. for people as rich as We are"
Judge.
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
Sharpening a Knife,

II you have no milestone handy.
you can sharpen a knife easily by
passing the cutting edge back and
forth across the unglazed end or bot
tom Of crock. bean pot or any such
stoneware jar.
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
Nothing Necessary,

What did your cousin put into tn.
capital stock of his new FIRM" Moth.
ing Nothing" Didn't have to-
It's a vacuum business -Baltlmor
American
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
Farmers Motto.

He that tilleth his land shall be
satisfied with bread" but he that
chaseth away to the corner store ey-
cry evening shall shortly be out of \
job.
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
Wages for Daughters.

II your girl does the homework,
why don't you pay her the same wages
you would have to pay some other
mans girl for doing the same work?
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup for Children
teething. softens the gums, reduces infamma-
ton ailAys pain, cures wind collie sc bo<tle.k1a
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
[.R|IY5lgEHEd5 q
{xKaSNkE No.

NOW the true value OF time.
IA snatch. seize. and enjoy ev-
cry moment of 1t. No idIeness. no lazl-
ness. no procrastination; never put off till
tomorrow what you can do today.
Earl of Chesterfield.
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
Lice and Mites.

II lice and mites fail to pay enough
attention to other treatments. try
burning them out with :. torch.
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21

The greatest man Is he who chooses
right with the most inyincible reso-
lution.-Scneca.
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21

can say. II have enough" is the highest
attainment of philosophy. Happiness con-
sists not In possessing much. but in being
content with what we possess. He who
wants little always has enough.
Zimmerman.
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21


what you are. be humbly what
you aspire to be. Mans noblcst gift to
man Is his sincerity. for 1t embraces his
integrity also. Henry d. Thoreau.
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21

II 1t were not for the fools. the way
of the wise man would be all uphill.
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21

corrects constipation. Munyon's Paw-l Il
Pills are a tonic to the stomach, liver Ia
uerves They invigorate instead of weak
they enrich the blood instead of impovRr-
ishing it: they enable the stomach to get hlI
the nourishment from food that is put intta
Il. Price IS cents. All Druggists.
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21

True dignity is never gained by place
and never lost when honors are with
drawn. Messenger.
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21
CONSTIPATION
Munyon's Paw-Paw

Munyon's Paw-Paw
Pills are unlike all 9TH
er laxatives or cathar-
tics. They coax the
liver into activity by
gentle methods. they
do not scour:: they do
not grippe; they do not
weaken: but they do
start all the secretion4
OF the liver and storrk
ach in a way that oed
puts these organs q,
healthy condition. !,
The Springfield herald., 1913-02-21

It's easy TO be economical when you
have neither money nor credit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11

Of mercury. This illuminate is the most
sensitive and about the most lmpulSlVe c%-
plosivc in common use. Blasting caps con
tain anywhere from fifteen TO twenty grams
Of il: primers for firearms cartridges usually
contain not more than one grain. That $
what the hammer or firing pin Of a gun or
pistol hits 10 ignite the powder IN the shell
A blasting cap is meant % work the other
way. The powder from the fuse lgnltes the
illuminate in the blasting cap, and It eX-
plodes with terrific force and dctonates the
dynamite. The explosion Of the illuminate
is 50 exceedingly quick that the flying par
ticlcs Of copper will imbed themselves in
iron a foot away. They will blow hole
clean through a steel plate one-slXteenth OF
an inch thick \ box Of caps will blow a
beautiful square hole right through a two
inch oak plank One cap will blow child $
hand of with the utmost certainty and de
spatch. Lingg one Of the Chicago anarch-
ISIS. committed suicide by biting blasting
cap between his teeth.
The point % be remembered is that when
q blasting cap goes of II does great damage
locally. There Is no escaping is effects.
Among an the six hundred or more accidents
reported from PLAYING with blasting caps,
lltit arc OILY lh' '4 lilINi III "t4tNit ''ii'N
body wa, not hurt.
Electric blasting caps are just as strong
as ordinary blasting caps. bat a the capsule
or shell is sealed up with a sulphur plug
through which the wires are carried down To
the illuminate. not SO many accidents occur
in playing with them They are generally
dipped in dark-colorcl wax, and are no,
such attractive playthings as the bright
copper blasting caps; but they get there
Just the same. Amateur electricians are
earnestly advised % bury the electric cap a
foot or two in the earth before trying 10
pass electric currents through the wires, and
they had better not DO 1t then. Don't open
il up 10 see what's in IT, Explosive manu-
facturcrs are not given to iuparting trade
secrets promiscuously; but they will gladly
tell whats in the caps and how they are
made rather than have YOU blow Your hands
I'll trying o. find out for yourself.
Don't carry caps around in your pockets.
Don't take them home with YOU. Don't
leave them where children can get az them
Don't monkey ,cHh hcm'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
BY CORLISS BULGER

on Sundays. and sometimes PICK up stray
caps and start 10 investigate them. II IS the
rarcst thing that they ever DO this without
getting hurt. They perhaps know they are
dangerous. and that a spark or blow VIII
explode them; but they do not realize now
sensitive they are, how violent the explosion
or how the pieces Of copper fly. Even III the
name is misleading in this respect. lhe,
word ~caps" suggests the paper caps used
with toy pistols and because the blasting
caps are called by this name It IS natural 10
think that the two articles belong to the
same family. They may; but they bear
about the same resemblance TO each other
that hungry, man-cating tiger does to the
gentle pussycat.
Over six hundred children have been hurt
or perhaps crippled for life in the last ilye
years from playing with blasting caps. J.,
this had happened at one time, what a howl
would have gone up all over the world. But
because the accidents are spread all over the
country and happen at the rate OF only about
ten month. nothing is done by the author
ties. Indeed. nothing can be done except to
educate the whole population to realize how
dangerous these exceedingly useful things
are when they are out Of their proper place,
and what dreadful thing it is going through
life crippled or blinded for want OF a little
care and knowledge