davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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a word of the language. but 1 didn't want
to give my friend Kelly away, so l
acknowledged the compliment in a mat
ter-of-fact sort of style:
You know have been in India a
great deal, and it is of wonderful ad-
'amIage to one to know the language
Ihis story of Kelly is absolutely true
concluded Sir Thomas. He is high priest
OF Burmah to this day.
Empress Eugene of France and Sir
Ihomas have been warm friends for
many years. It was when the throne of
Napoleon was tottering in 1870 that En-
press Eugenia visited Egypt and offici-
ated at the formal opening of the Suez
canal.
The empress recently expressed to me
her desire to be present at the opening
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and where the planters used to get so
badly in debt that their creditors would
take the property. the Mexicans manage
to hold on. The mortgaging of the
haciendas and ranches to foreigners did
not begin on an extensive scale until the
revolution. Then 1t was undertaken
largely as a means of avoiding confisca-
ton.
The real trouble has been that the big
landowners who were Mexicans, never
were satisfied with what they had. They
were constantly adding to their estates,
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the same basis that has been followed
in Tamaulipas.
1t will surprise many people who have
read so much about foreigners owning
Mexico to learn that the proportion OF
land owned by foreigners Is very small
part of the total amount. Many fine
haciendas and estates are the property
Of foreigners. 1t Is true, yet these are an
insignificant part Of the big holdings.
Mexicans are very tenacious landhold-
ers Unlike Cuba and other countries
where sugar plantations are extensive
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HERE are three
periods in most
revolutions - de-
struction, conser-
walton and recon-
Struction. Mexico
seems likely to
skip the middle
period. There is
little to conserve
and little DISPOSE
ton toward con-
Servation.
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railways. They are still doing this.
and If they fall back to Mexico City
they will tear up the rails as far as
they can.
The sight Of destroyed sections of the
railway, often with the skeletons of
the engines and cars left standing, is
melancholy one In some places
literally a panorama Of destruction is
presented which extends a mile.
Fortunately for the recuperation Of
the country, railway reconstruction Is
military necessity. and therefore
much of this Is already accomplished
II 1t were not SO. Villas troops could
not be moved forward. The rebels de-
veloped wizard in this work of re-
building the railways in the person Of
Juan Calzado. He showed wonderful
energy in piecing together broken Sec
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bonds to enable the small landowners to
acquire the land. 1t has not advanced
far enough to enable Judgment to be
formed Of Its adaptability to rural condi-
tions.
In the state of Nueva Leon a COM
mittee has been formed which includes
some of the big landowners with a view
to working out an equitable solution Of
the question.
I give these instances to show that
while the land question is a complex one
the people of northern Mexico are going
at its solution as something that concerns
themselves and without waiting for the
establishment Of the constitutionalist gov
ernment or a provisional government in
Mexico City.
When there is a government in Mexico
which all factions recognize some meas
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the remainder of the canal and after
arriving at Suez we took a short cruise
through the Red sea. 1t was a wonder
full trip and her highness returned to
France greatly pleased with her out
ing"
r i
Sir Thomas is very proud OF his early
American training and experiences. hard
though they may have been.
Il am one-half American in senti.
ment," is an expression he makes.
Few of the self-made Americans had
a more trying time in their young days
than / went through" he said. Il was
fifteen years old when / landed in New
York to seek my fortune in what was
to me a new world. My greatest am
bition was to earn enough money to
supply the needs of my poor father and
mother. whom left behind in Glasgow.
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SPANISH DAGGER,


sary to protect the peon from his own
improvidence by making it impossible for
him 10 lease or mortgage his land.
Among the constitutionalist leaders
who have given much thought to the land
question is Sylvestre Terrazas of Chi
huahua, secretary of the Carranza gov
ernment. Senior Terrazas was editor of
a paper at Chihuahua and years ago
land monopoly of the family which bore
the same name as himself.
The feudal family Of Terrazas owned
one-third of the state Of Chihuahua Edi-
tor Terrazas urged land reform as a po-
litical movement. but in the beginning he
was hopeful that the big land owners
themselves would see the necessity Of
subdividing and Of a system Of small pro-
prietors They were, however. blind: Edi-
tor Terrazas was put in jail several times
for his criticisms Of the land monopoly
and Of the government which permitted
1t. He told me that his arrests, suits for
libel, imprisonments and other cases
where he incurred the displeasure Of the
governing powers numbered approximate
ly a hundred. SO far as he could remem-
ber. That Is a pretty good record for a
Mexican editor. Senior Terrazas, as
part of his land reform program. has a
and also for military agricultural colo
MES.
Another land reformer. who went into
the revolution as a means of giving ex-
PRESTON 10 MS ISlOTH1 views, IS miguel
Macedo y Ahreu of Mexico City. Senior
Macedo is a civil engineer who has taken
a leading part In the Zacatecas military
campaign. 1t was there that met him.
Under the constitutionalist government
he is attached to the engineer corps. and
is also attached to the department of
agriculture. He belongs to the wing of
the constitutfonalists which does not
favor outright confiscation of any ones
land. not even of the so-called enemies
of the cause.
Senior Macedo Is the author Of plan
known as the legalist plan Of partition
ing the land. Put In plain words. its
basis is that the people who are to re-
ceive the lands shall show their fitness
for cultivating them. and that compensa-
ton shall be made the owners. In this
way 1t is thought that the improvidence
which is feared in the case of SO many
of the peon soldiers can be avoided.
Senor Macedo has worked out the details
of partitioning the land according to the
plan followed in Tamaulipas. In spite of
the active military operations in which
he has been engaged in Zacatecas. Senior
Macedo has been able to give some atten-
ton to the partitionins Of the land on
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sometimes by means of outright pur.
chases and sometimes by sharp practice.
under the forms of law, at the expense
of the small landowners. 1t was by this
means that in some OF the states small
landowners as class were almost ex-
tinguished. and a genuine grievence was
created which only could be righted by
revolution.
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Various Plans for
Partitioning the Land.
Much Already Ac-
complished in the Way
of Railway Recon-
struction - Rebuild
ing of Ruined Towns
and Villages Will Be
Slower Where the
Bandits Take a Fiend-
ish Pleasure in De-
stroying Fine Homes
of Wealthy Land
owners.
BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.
'pecial Correspondence
COAHUILA. Mexico, June 20. 1914
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~IR THOMAS Upton will be over
here again soon with another col
lection of good stories. He col
L lects them all over the world, ana
what makes many OF the tales
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Continued ON Sixth Page.)
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CoAHUILA. Mexico June %, 1914.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23

number of years, and who goes
into stock in this way, will gel
into trouble; and it may be big,
black trouble at that. The farm
owner sees a neighbor growing
live stock of various kinds sue
cessfully and in a large way, and
he says: IF Tom Jones can dc
that, so can I. He has been max
/ ing money at it; so can l." He
forgets that this thing of hand
ling stock, or even getting land
down to grass preparatory to
handling stock is new business to
him. If he is to succeed, he must
20 at it in a small way at first
in other words, he must learn
the business.
If the farmer on a hundred and
sixty acres of land thinks of 60
ing into stock let him get five
brood mares instead of four geld
ings; or, for that matter, let him
get six. Having mated them
properly, he will soon have all
the colts that his farm will take
care of. Or if he prefers to stick
to the old teams, let him get say
a half dozen, or at most ten milk
cows, of the type best adapted te
the locality. If he does not know
anything about milking or hand
ling cows, he had better have
money enough to supply the
wants of the family at first, ant
learn to grow calves by hand, in
creasing his herd as he learn:
how. If he has had no exper
fence in feeding cattle, let hin
buy up a few steers in the neigh
borhood, and by feeding then
learn how to feed. A half dozer
brood sows is the utmost that
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23
FOR SALE.

To Sell or Trade-160 acres,
miles from county seat town In
Missouri; 81 acres in cultivation;
"a acres in timothy and clover; 8
acres Of peaches and q lot Of Other
fruit; barn 4Ox6O; five fine springs;
and good house. What have you to tradei
For Sale or Trade-S0 acres In
Trego county, Kansas, 8 miles from
town; rural route and telephone; 40
acres in cultivation, 40 in good
grass; Groom house, fine well and
barn.
To Sell or Trade-Big 5-room
house, barn and 81 lots in Ava, Mo-;
fine we'll on place.
We have for sale or trade
mighty nice ten acres Of land two
miles south Of Columbus. It has on
1t a good barn and we'll, and six
room house. The land IL ideal fol-
trucking. being a deep sandy SOIL
and anything in the fruit or truck
line can be grown. Will sell or
trade It for a piece Of raw land in
Cherokee county, Kansas, or Ottawa
county, Oklahoma.
To Trade for Land-7-room mod
ern house in Joplin. This Is a first
class piece Of property, and will rent
for S25 o month. It is only two
blocks from Main street, and half a
block from car line. Block and q
half from school.
Equity for sale in good quarter
section 2 miles from Faulkner, Kas.
Has o good house on It, also q barn
and we'll. Land Is valued at $40
per acre, but the mortgage can run
II the equity Is sold.
We will sell you q nice home, four
room house, cistern, stable, fruit,
15Ox142 feet Of ground, close In, for
only $500, $3.50 cash will handle the
deal, and you need not give mort
gage for the difference. You can
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23
Stocking the Farm.

If the worst fears of many OF
our readers concerning Argentine
competition are realized, or il
there is any considerable reduc-
ton in the next year in the price,
a great many farmers will begin
to turn their attention to the
growing of live stock. Some OF
them are doing it now. They
see pretty clearly that the con-
slant growing of grain on the
same farm year after year means
constantly decreasing fertility
and that while the price of land
has been rising at a rapid rate
for the last ten years, its actual
average productive value is de-
creasing. The best way to check
this is to quit growing so much
grain and grow more stock.
There is great danger that
many farmers, both landlords and
tenants, and men who work theiI
own farms, will make a mistake
just here. The western farmer
likes to do things in a big way
If he makes up his mind to seed
down to grass, he wants to put
in half the farm at once. If he
makes up his mind to go into
sheep, he wants two or three
hundred. If he wants to feed
cattle, he must 60 to the stock
yards and buy at least two car
loads. If he wants to grow hogs
he thinks nothing less than q
hundred would be worth while
Now the man who has beer
growing grain, or who has had
grain grown on his farm for q
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23

ARRANGE easy payments. Call at
this office.
Would you like to have q good
farm close to Baxter Springs-SS
acres, good house and barn, and all
fenced; good we'll? We have It for
$50 per acre, and you can have
terms on part Of 1t.
New 4-room house ON Military
street. 75-ft. of ground. fruit,
barn, out-buildings, city water, con-
crete walk all the way. Price $500.
This office.
Some choice lots in the Omaha adj
dition which l will sell very cheap.
and you need not pay all cash. eth
er. You can make q reasonable
payment and have time on the bal
ance without giving a mortgage.
Get q home of your own. Stop
paying rent. Come in, look over
the map, pick out what you want,
and we will make you q deal.
We have for sale one Of the most
desirable places in the country.
There are eight and q quarter acres
Of 1t, and 1t is only q mile from Bax-
ter Springs, and on q good road.
There are two cellars on the place, q
fine well of never failing water,
some fruit, good barn, and eleven
room house. VIII sell It worth the
money, II you will take It quick. It
IL going to 60 quick, 80 get busy, II
you want 1t.
To Trade-A good ITO acres Of
land in Crawford county, Kansas,
80 acres is in grass, 40 acres 10 In
blue grass pasure, and the balance
IL In cultivation. Improvements
consist Of q nine-room house, big
fine barn, sheds and other outbuild-
ings. There is q good well, Cistern,
and two fine springs on the place.
Want to trade It for land close to
Baxter Springs.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23
OveTpOpulatiOn and
Interpretation.

Japan has about IFS steam
trawlers, and at the present rate
of increase the number will reach
several hundred in 4 couple Of
years. The catches range from
five to ten tons each, and the net
profit on one ton of fish Is $50 to
SIS. The japanese are great
fish eaters. Food is scarce in
Japan and the sea is depended on
for much of the nutriment that
sustains the hardy little brown
men. If the sea crop were to
fail for one year starvation would
decimate the japanese like a
pestilence. But even fish is be-
yond the reach of the average
Japanese as a daily diet. Rice
is the mainstay, and there is
never enough of that to quite ap-
pease the hunger of all the peO-
pie. The industrial classes in the
Orient would consider American
municipal soup a luxury, yet our
own army of unemployed" some
times raise cain because, their
free board and lodging isn't quite
as rich as that afforded at the
better class boarding houses.
Many a mature japanese works
all day for five cents, the price
that an American willingly pays
for a single glass of beer, yet
there are literally thousands OF
Americans who will tramp the
streets for weeks in absolute idle
ness before they will consent to
work more than eight hours a
day at any price, or as many as
eight hours for as little as a dol
lar. The result is becoming OBJ
vious in all the larger cities. 1t
will become more obvious as time
passes. The soil and the sea
from which our sustenance comes
are not sufficiently productive to
warrant the extravagances which
are being INDUCED by both labor
and capital. The hiatus between
productivity and consumption is
gradually widening, and the iu-
evitable result is a lower stand
ard of living or increased pro-
duction. Statistics indicate that
production is decreasing rather
than increasing, and the answer
to that is the throngs of idle men
in the ceuters of population. The
Orient reached this economic
stage five hundred years ago.
Today we see what happened
there, and it requires no unusual
discernment to see what will hap
pen here. There never has been
nor ever will be a statesman who
can divorce effect from cause.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23
SiIOS $50 and Up.

Gus Lundgren, manager of the
Long-Bell yard in this city, tells
US he has 'em all skinned on the
silo proposition this year. He
says he can sell silos from $50 up
He has the agency for the Tulsa,
Uuadilla, Tung-LOk, Cement and
Common Sense kinds, and Can
furnish them in any and ali
sizes.
Now is the time to figure with
him. He is going to be known
as "Silo Gus" before the summer
is over. He says he can sell q
fiue. 75-ton silo for 500. just
think of that, you fellows who
are keeping a good bunch OF
cows. Or if you want bigger
ones, he can furnish them, too.
No matter how good'a crop
you may have this year, build a
silo. Give your stock rich green
feed next winter-get 100 per cent
feeding value out of everything
you put in the silo. You know
it will pay. If you doubt it, ask
the fellows who are feeding Sc
lage this winter.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23

and that is allowing for liberal
definition of necessities The
high cost of living is nine-tenths
unnecessary expense due to habit
and custom.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23
Buy a Typewriter.

We have the agency for almost any kind OF
typewri ter made; We can sell you
ma chimes that have been used or rebuilt,
and are just as good as new ones, for
half, and some times less than half what
new ones would cost.
We can sell you Smith Premier, oliver
Underwood, Remington or L. G. Smit Come
in and get our prices.
Every machine sold guaranteed to be In
first GLASS condition.
1t looks more like business to use type
writer in your business correspondence.
Why. don't YOU use oneP
Come in and let's talk 1t over.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23

W. A. Jarrett, Columbus, Kan
sas, leading abstracter of Chero-
kee county. Figure with rs be-
fore placing your order. Office
"Over Hoods" Both phones 400.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23

So we'll established in New
York now is the short dinner"
that the Sun suggests even the
possibility of the "two-dish din
uer" in the near future. A good
move. The trouble with this
country is that there are too
many.dish dinners and too much
is left on every dish. We throw
over the back fence more than
enough to keep Europe fat and
contented. Of 100 things dis
played for sale SO are luxuries.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23

new beginner wants., although
grain raisers usually know pretty
well how to handle brood sows.
There 10 no profit in having
more than a hundred breeding
ewes on a quarter section farm.
There is no profit in having more
milk cows than you can milk
comfortably. There is very lit
tie profit in having more than
a hundred pigs of all ages on the
farm. But if the business OF
handling these is thoroughly
learned by experience as we'll as
by reading and attending lectures
and Institutes and all that, the
live stock will increase very soon
beyond the capacity of the quar-
ter section farm. Live stock is
high and scarce; but they are not
nearly so scarce as the ability to
handle them properly.
If renting a farm on the shares
to a man with no experience with
live stock, we would never think
of giving him more than the
amount of stock above mentioned.
Even if he has it in him to be a
stock farmer. his live stock will
increase faster than his ability
to handle them. For grain grow
ing is one line of business, and
stock growing and feeding is
another. The grain raiser will
have quite as much difficulty,
and even more, in learning how
to be a stockman than the stock
man will have in learning how to
grow grain. He will have more
difficulty because live stock farm
ing is a higher type of farming
than grain growing. -Wallaces'
Farmer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23
Old PAPERS.

Sc a bale at this Office Haven't
been cut, but are in good cOndi-
ton. Just the thing to put un'
der your carpets.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23
Realty Department.

We have nice list Of property for sale and trade We best
efforts to sell property after is listed with but will not prac
ce DECEPTION Of any Sort What tell you believe to be true
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23

Garden and Field Seeds
-Hrssk-st Hoods.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-01
GERMAN SAILORS ASK
REDRESS FROM BRITONS

New York. sept THE Legal AID
society has taken up the cases OF
f7rea German sailors who are army
reservsts. and what promises TO be an
interesting question of internaIlQnaI
law viii come up in the courts unless
some settlement is reached with the
masters OF two British merchantmen
now in port here The Germans are
sailors on two vessels and seek their
discharge and back pay
August Lorenz. chief steward on
board the Nattoppo, alleged TO the
Lecal Aid society that he has 500
due him and wants his discharge The
society took up the matter with the
ships master. the owners and the
British consul but all refused redress,
SO IL has libeled the ship.
Otto Horn and Karl Frauendorf, who
signed on the Houston liner HOratlus
in Antwerp. August. 1918, also ask for
DISCHARGES They say that they eaSn
have $500 due them on their monthly
vases Of SIS and that as the crew are
mostly Britons. Russians, Danes and
Swedes and they the only Germans on
board. they want 10 be free before
putting to sea again.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-01
REPORT OF RUSSIAN
DEFEAT IS CONFIRMED

Washington, D. Q, Sept. Con
firmation of a German victory at Al
lenstein in which it is said three Rus
sian army corps were defeated and
10000 prisoners. including three Rus
sian commanding generals, were taken,
was received today by the German en-
bassy here by wireless by way Of Say
vile L. I
IN the west Gen. Won Kluk, it is
reported, against the French thanking
attempt. advanced to Conbles." says
the message.
@Gen. Won Buelow completely de-
feated a superior French force near
st. Quentin, after having captured the
English infantry a battalion under
Gen Won Hansen forced back the
French on the river at RetheI
The duke of Wurtemburg crossed
the Mouse river. also advancing on
Aisne- The crown prince advanced be
yOnd the Meuse after capturing the
entire garrison Of Montnedy, which
tried a sOrtie The fortress also was
captured The crown prince Of Ba-
varia and Gen Won Heeringen have
been in continuous battle in French
Lorraine"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-01
GIRL SEES FIELD
STREWN WITH DEAD

New York, Sept The oattleilela
Of Lfege. as seen through t1e eyes o.
an American girl. was windy aeScl'l BED
today by Miss Anna LsllE- s ETacgsi &c
nurse Of Bridgeport Conn. q PASSENGER
on the steamer Ryndar1 from 1,otter-
dam.
L was in Liege, when the -lSht ilrSt
started" said Miss Lain- -Dl-luE the
evening the Germans wirhd-ew FOR
some reason. and during the lC-l ID The
fighting two Of the Belgian o---cars IN
vited me to 20 out over the fed where
the heaviest Of the fiEhti-E had taken
place
'The ground was literally soaked
with blood and the bodies o. horses
and men lay everywhere There vas
many a Mace where blood had flowed
down the sides Of little hills and earth
works, its course was plainly marked
Bushes were splashed with red as high
Up as eight feet above The Erou1C-
7 saw trenches filled 10 the top
with dead"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-01
SAYS UNION LEADERS
HAMPER CITY'S GROWTH

San TrancisCO, Calif. Semi = nd.
union leaders are hamnering tbe
growth Of San Francisco BY the exsr-
tons they are making upon emnfoy-a7,s
Grant Fee, president of the Buiidi1g.
trades Employers association TO-DAY
commission
This city has been under a die
tatorship for 20 years" he said II
would wipe out that Dictatorship b,,+
I would not wipe out the unions. Thev
have done good" ---eS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-01
JAPAN WILL NOT
ENTER EUROPE

New York, sept Japan cannot
send troops TO Europe 70 assist che all
lies in the fighting there although she
-ssr eccordine 10 tie japanese consul
General here. TakaShi Nasa-rlrs-
This statement was MADE -H ren-N 70
questions as to whether -17a1 would
send soldiers TO Europe 70 ava tHs ale
lies.
He said that in the event Turkey be-
came involved. Japan Womb Sena troops
to India Il guard EnElsCc s posse sSlonS
against possible uq-iSlnSs lnSt-sate1
BY Turkey or Germany