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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07
+; A CHRISTOPHER RACE.
Won by John w. Mackay Because Pro
lessor Got Wrong Bottle.

San Francisco Call: Mackay was an
carly riser, a. hard worker, and, although
exceedingly hospitabie. was himself alb
,stemious and could seldom be induced to
play cards for money, and then for only
nominal stakes. The only game hat
seemed to attract him was the grass
hopper races" With which the mining
superintendent OH the Comstock be-
guided a portion of the noon hour, while
waiting for luncheon at the Savage COM
pan hosting house. Boys caugh grass
hoppers and sold them to the players at
% to 80 cents each. Each player paid a
fixed stake. ranging from 81 TO 500, into
The pool. and the man whose hopper made
the longest jump captured the pool. On
the day before Christmas 1t was agreed
to celebrate that holiday with Il pool the
stakes m which were to be 500 for each
player. The teams We're play or pay
and at the instance of = German profess
sor who was a superintendent of a lead
ing mine each man was allowed to use
amy means that he might devise 10 stimu-
late his grasshopper. The professor was
so full of his scheme to scientifically cap
tufe the thounsand dollar pool-for. there
were ten cntries-that he communicated
it to Il young assayer. who was not Il
Erasshopper plu1ger. The professor had
experiment ted and ascertained that grass
hopper who was touched by a feather
dipped in n weak solution of aqua am
mona wculd jump for his life. The
young man also experimental, and as u
result he filled u bottle of the same size
and appearance with cyanide of potas-
stun and manage to substitute 1t for
the ether in the professors laboratory.
The next ady. when the professor. after
much boasting about his scientific at
~,tainrncnts. dipped u feather in the SUBJ
.titutcd bottle and ouched his. insect with
" the grasshopIer rolled over as dead as
"a salt mackerel. amid the roars of the
crowd. Mackay's hopper won the big
pool, and two widows. whose husbands
had been killed in the Yellow Jacket
En.ne, received a gift of SEQ each from an
unknown source.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

Peruna is known from the Atlantic to
the Pacific. Letters of con%gratulation
and commentator testifying to the
merits of peruna as Il catarrh remedy
IRE pouring in from every State in the
Union. DIR. Hartman is receiving hun
dreds of such letters daily. All classes
write these letters. from the highest TO
the lowest.
The outdoor laborer. the indoor arti-
san. the clerk, the editor. the statesman.
the prencher-all agree that perunn is
the catarrh remedy of the age. The
stage and iUstrum. recognizing c~atarrli
as their greatest enemy. are especially
enthusiastic in their praise and tcsti-
mony.
Any man who wishes perfect health
must be entirely free from catarrh. Ca
tarrll is well night universal: almost ON
nipresent. Peruna is the only absolute
safeguard known. \ cold is the he
ginning of c~atarrli. To prevent colds.
to cure colds. is to cheat ~catarrI out of
its victims. peruna not only cures ca
tarrll. but prevents it. Every household
should be supplied with this great rem
edy for coughs, colds and so forth.
The Governor of Oregon is an ardent
ndmirer of l'erunn. He keeps it CON
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07
Worked tho pev.

Judge: The Dey of Gazoolul was angry.
P%etulantly hurting the gold brick to a far
corner of the throne room. he exclaimed:
And thus is my confidence in humanity
imposed upon! Gold-bricked, gold bricked.
What is the world coming to?"
Your altitudinous excellcncy.'' inter-
posed the court Jester, with n sinister
smile. was it not but yesterday that the
poet laureate composed a ballad setting
forth that this Is a work-a-dey world?'
Ten minutes later bowls from the rhyme
room told that the court poet was getting
his.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07
KNOWS NOW.
Doctor Was Fooled by HE Own ces.
for linn

Doctor Was Fooled by His Own CesA
for a Time.
It's easy to understand how ordinary
people get fooled by coffee when doc.
tors themselves sometimes forget the
facts.
\ physician speaks of his own ex-
pcrience: :
II had used coffee for years and
really did not exactly believe it was
fnjuring me, although l had palpitation
of the heart every day.
FINALLY IL day II severe and al.
most fatal attack OF heart trouble
frightened me and | gave up both tea
and coffee, using Postum instead. and
since that time I have had absolutely
hio heart p%alpitation except OH one or
two occasions when l tried a small
quantity OF coffee which caused severe
Irritation and proved to me l must
let it alone.
when we, began using Postum Il
seemed weak-that was because we
did not make it according to directions
but now we put a little bit of butter
lin the pot when boiling and allow the
Postum to boil full Is minutes, which
|1lvcs it the proper rich flavor and the
deep brown color.
Il have advised a great many Of my
friends aiu patients to leave OF coffee
and drink Postum, intact, l daily give
this advice" Name given by Postum
Co. Battle Creek, Mich.
Many thousands of physicians use
Postum in place Of tea and coffee in
their own homes and prescribe it to
patients. There's a reason"
A remarkable little book. The Road
p Melville" can be found in each pkg.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

wealthy church in the suburb OF Kensing-
ton to engage In mission work at Whites
fields tabernacle.
John y. Dubc. who is called the Booker
Washington OF South Africa, has founded
n Christian Industrial school at Incwadi.
numbering 219 pupils.
According to a writer in THE Tablet
there are In all the world $40, on, 341 Chris
tians-in which term Roman Catholic.
Protestants. Orthodox Greeks, etc. are
f~ncluded-or a.7 per cent. OF the total pop.
ulation.
are being organized by many Y. III. c. "A.
associations. The Consolidated Coal COM
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

pany of Button. Iowa. has provided a
$4,000 building for the association formed
among it's employees. who are almost en-
tirely colored. Atlanta. Ga. has also
adopted the plan. Tho colored department
! and the New York City association has u
membership of $50.
Miss Louise Pierson, daughter Of Rev.
DIR. a. T. Pierson OF New York. died re-
Gently in Nowgong. India. where she has
been engaged In missionary work for two
years
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07
NEWS AND NOTES.

Rev. DR.. Edward Everett Hale will en-
ter upon his duties as chaplain of the
United States senate the first of the year.
An obelisk twenty feet high. built Of
concrete with two embedded tablets upon
opposite sides, now marks the spot at old
Chitambo near Lake Bangweole. where
Livingstone died.
Rev. DR.. George Alexander is the new
~ elected president Of the PRESBYTERIAN
board of foreign missions succeeding Will
liam z. Dodge.
Rev. Sylvester Horne. a prominent Eng
lish clergyman and author, recently re-
signed the pastorate Of q large and
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

%tinually in the house. In n recent let
ter to DIR. Hartman. he says:
STATE OF OREGON,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
The Pcruna Medicine Co. Columbus, o..
Dear Sirs-I have had occasion to ne
your Peruna medicine IN my family
for c0ldc, and II proved to be N excel,
lent remedy. Ihavc not had 0ccssloa
to use II for other ailments.
Yours very truly, w. N. Losd
II will he noticed that the Governor
says he has not had occasion tn use Pc
runa for other ailments. The reason
for this is. most other ailments begin
with II cold. Using Peruna To promptly
cure colds. he protects his family against
other ailments. This Is exactly what
every other family in the United States
should do. Keep Peruna in the house.
Use it TOR coughs. calds, Ia grippe, and
other climatic affections OF winter, and
there will be no other ailments In the
house. Such families should provide
themselves with n copy NJ DIR. Hart
mans free book. entitled. Winter
catarrh." Address pr. Hartman, CO.
lumiu,s nI,jo
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

Charles Dana Hazen. head of the his
torical department of Smith college,
sometimes finds the task of interesting
the feminine mind in historical subjects
n ~stupendous one One morning when
the recitation had all gone to pieces
and it seemed as If all intelligence had
left the cinss DIR. Hazen lost patience.
Young ladies'" he said very quietly,
ut seems to me that what you'd like is
n history written by Richard Harding
Davis and illustrated by Gibson"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

pandita Ramabai in the last report Of
her school for Hindu girls, ascribes the
establishment Of the school as IL Christian
institution. and the overcoming OF Hindu
prejudice. to her practice OF family wor-
ship. This custom she observed with her
own family. never making II compulsory
upon the pupils. Attendance upon this
service has now come TO be regarded as
a privilege by the pupils. and has resulted
in the conversion of many.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07
A Kansas Banquet.

Atchison Globe: We have always
longed to attend a banquet; the word
sounds so aristocratic. We attended
one lately. and this is what they had
to eat: Fried chicken and gravy, ba-
ker's bread. store butter. ice water.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

The General Councils Lutheran Alma
nae for 1904 will give totals of 1,299 min
listers. 1921 congregations and 1853. 3S5
communicate members, showing an In
crease Of GO, 566 or about 81 per cent. over
last year, with a Lutheran population OF
II, 2S4, DIG. The benevolent contributions
are estimated at 1,6s4.sa5
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

The longest canal in the world is that
which extends from the frontier of
China to st. Petersburg. 4.472 miles.
IN india there are $4,000 miles of canal,
trrigating 5000. 900 acres of land.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

No. everybody gets out Of life all
that 1t offers. Many are needless of
it's deeper meanings. its lessons by the
way. Experience leaves them no
stronger. wiser or fuller. A good reso-
luton for the beginning OF the new
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07
Hiss Hannah Il. Mershon. Col.
lingSwOOd, N.J., saws:
An insinuation.

Chicago News. He-Yes. / loved a girl
Fnce, but didn't marry her.
, She-Why not?
: He-Oh, she made a fool of me.
she-It's queer what lasting impressions
some girls make.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

We can sell you 16O or 16, COO acres of
Edmunds County land on your own
terms of payment. MarcusP Beebe,
IPSWICH, EDMUNDS CO.. S. ID.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

Because He Is in our future as much as
He Is in our past, and as much as We feel
Him to be i'm our present, we walk without
fear, full of hope and courage.-George
Macdonald.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07
Va1uah1e.

No muss or failures made with PUT
NAM FADELESS DYES.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

Life: He-I believe you think more
of that dog han you do of me.
She-But hen worth so much more.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

Mrn. WlnslOw's soOTHINu cYRup 20. Children
yeethtn9; softsns the gums, reduces una al
tys pain. cures wind collie. Is cont. q bottle
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

have used Piso's Cure for Consnmo-
no with good results. 1t is all right
John w: Henry. Box 6422, Fostoria, Ohio.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

Germany heads ;l.e list as q reading
nation, and Russia is falling 70 the last
Of the list,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07
Arid Land. Made Fruitful.

Those parched. dry, arid plains of
Montana, Colorado, Arizona. Idaho and
other dry lands respond quickly and give
a big yield when planted to Salzcr's
Speltz, Hanna Barley, Macaroni Wheat,
60 Day Earliest Oats, Billion Dollar
Grass and Bromus lnermis. Above seem
to flourish and laugh at droughts md arid
soils.
JUST SEND Zoe in STAMPS.
md this notice to John A. Salzcr Seed
CO., La Crosse, Wis.,, for their big cata-
logue and farm seed samples. &c. n. u.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07
D THE YOKE.

Thus the anxious parents. after a
weary search. at last foun the son
whom they had missed when we'll on
the road home to Nazareth. OF the
astonishment of all who had been lis
tening to the youthful questioner, that
of Mary and Joseph was the greatest.
There was a note of reproof in the voice
of the m~other-that mother love which
would ever keep it's offspring within
it's own protecting care-as she said
Son. why has thou thus dealt with us?
behold, thy father and 1 sought thee
sorrowing?"
The answer marked a sad hour in
Mary's life, that hour which comes to
every parent when a child asserts his
own individuality. How is it that We
sought me? Wist we not that I must
be about my Fathers business?" They
should have known, but they did not;
his duty to his Father transcribed his
duty to his earthly parents. Gods
claims come first. For one brief instant
we see flashing out the knowledge of
his special mission in the world.
Then he returned with them to Naz-
areth: knowing at least in part. that
he was not Jesus, son of Joseph. but
Christ, the Messiah. he yet voluntarily
took upon his neck the yoke of obed-
fence to his earthly parents. and all
the hum-drum sound of a mechanics
life in a little village. HI was sub
ject nto them there is a moral gran
deur in these words. Conscious of
his powers and of his mission, he yet
took up the life of an ordinary young
man so naturally that no one thought
| the fact notable. Great indeed is the
| greatness that can make itself of nc
reputation. and be patient through all
it's times of preparation and waiting.
Those eighteen silent years which fol-
lowed at Nazareth, are eloquent with
teaching to all whose souls cherish
high visions but whose lot is cast in
a lowly place.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

, Shooting Ut a live adversary with
wax bullets, by way of duelling prac-
tice, is the latest exercise of Partisan
,votaiics of the revolver.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

A persons best year is that in which
he grows the most.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

An increased love for spiritual concerns
for all truth. for the sacred page of holy
writ. for the fellowship with carth's saints.
for the hour of retirement in the secret
place of prayer, for the house of Worship
is one sign of Christian growth.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

What has the Old Year brought you,
friend?
Joy. and love and sweetness?
Then pass them along to others, friend.
That they to imperfect lives may lend
A little OF your completeness.
e. C.. Dowd.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

Environment determines position. We
may know where we stand by considering
with whom we stand.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07
cLjMPsEs OF THE BIG WORLD.

Thus sequestercd amid religious in
%fluences. the boy Jesus was yet also in
touch with the wide worlds active life.
Nazareth was near the great highways
of commerce, and the busiest section
of Palestine. Here the great
of m passed. Merchants, SOL
diers. travellers touched the little town,
affecting its character greatly. So it's
people were practical, and not given to
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

Where anxiety begins. faith ends: and
where faith begins anxiety ends.-George
Muller.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

A brave heart is a better treasure TO
take into the new year han Il big bank
account.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

We must go forth and leave our past:
let us go forth nobly as those whom great
err thoughts and greater deeds await be-
yond, and thus by the discipline of all the
years be made fit for the everlasting world
where life shall count itself by years no
l~onger.-Phillips Brooks.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07
CHRISTIAN
1.-THE Kind Of Growth Need
1QO41

Growth downward must precede
growth upward; the height of the
branches, and the o and quality
of the fruit depends upon the develop
ment OF the roots. Preparation pre-
cedes power.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07
SEVEN SENTENCE ERMoNs.

INey DtSC
Can greet the New Years coming
Who best have kept
Faith with the Old, and freighted it's swift
hours
With their great thoughts and godlike pur-
poses
Translated nobly into noble deeds!
w. II. Burleigh.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

There are no circumstances that "a
prevent a Christians spiritual growth.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH Is slow. 4 single
night may produce Il mushroom, but a
single day may blight it. The best things
take time. Character is not formed in a
day. nor by n single resolution. The slow,
steady accretions of years make manhood
and womanhood So we should be patient
with ourselves. knowing that. II charac-
ter Is long in the making, 1t will be longer
in the service, for character is one of the
few things that can be carried past the
narrow portals of the grave.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

Only the golden rule of Christ
Can bring the golden age of Man.
Francis willard.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

High hearts are never long without hear
ing some new call, some distant clarion of
God.-Martineau.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

Growth in quietness is usually growth
II strength.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

Every man has a message. but only
the open-spirited receive these mes
sages as they offer day after day.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

We are not fun grown until we have
attained the measure of the stature
of the fulness Of Christ"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

Like flowers. Christians grow wen in
the night.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-01-07

Year would be / y determine to extrac.
the utmost FROM the passing days.
What opportunities have they for
growth? What intimations of lifc's
inner significance DO they bring? How
may they become each a fresh deposit
in the reservoir OF character? In a
word, how may each day be made to
spell progress?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-29

and not taken off at Rock Island as
heretofore. y 5O-cent lunch will be
served.
The jury in the county court trying
the claim of DR.. +. NJ. Sala. of this
city. for S215 for professional services
against the estate of the late Jane
Weatherhead, of Hampton. this morn
ing returned verdict allowing the
full amount sued for.
Joseph Purdy. who was arrested
Yesterday afternoon at the Milwaukee
depot on Seventeenth street by Off
Ger James Brinn. was fined $50 on
charge of disorderly conduct. He
could not liqudate and was sent to
board out the fine at the county Jail.
Rev. \. Il. Newton has completed his
annual canvass here for funds for the
Illinois Manual Training School farm
at Glenwo0d. He received S125 from
the charitably disposed people of the
city. to all of whom he desires to re-
turn thanks in behalf of the institu-
ton he represents.
Joseph \. Studer and Miss Clara
Nielsen were married at $ o'clock last
,vening. Rev j. b. Rutter performing
spencer Memorial Methodist church
he couple will reside on Thirty-tifth
:treet. The groom is machinist in
the employ of the Rock Island Plow
company.
Rev. W. W. Stewart has resigned
he passionate of the Mckinley Bap-
list church. He is to surrender his
.harge here Feb. 5. The congrega-
ion. after that date. viii get along
without Il regular pastor. applying
The funds that would be paid out i'm
alary toward reducing the church |
Indebtedness.
Supervisors +. X. Lees. Cornelius |
Donovan and Charles George. commit |
ee on county infrmary. are meeting |
it'll Steward J. {. Swank at the court |
Duse today perfecting arrangements |
or the dedication of the new pauper |
Ouse at the county farm next Tues !
'ay. The board of supervisors meets !
n special session Monday afternoon.
Capt. White. Who wa stationed here !
~ charge Of the local Salvation Army |
tracks and who left during the fall. |
turned today accompanied by Cadet
.e~. to resume her former duties.
During her absence she has been in
It. Louis and Peoria. She invites her
friends to attend services, the first of
which will he conducted under her
leadership thi, evening.
Robert Mcconnell. indicted for bur
"lary by the January grand jury.
came into the circuit court this morn
'ng and entered Il plea Of not guilty.
His alleged crime = the breaking into
the apartments of William Bartlett
and carrying eff quantity cf wear
ing apparel and iewclry. \ motion
maze in behalf Of Mcconnell Il few
days ago fer the quashing of his in
7ictment was ovcrruled by the court.
The jury in Magistrate JohnSon'S
court in the suit cf DR.. G. NJ. Bahcocl
against the Central Union Telephone
returned a verdict awarding
the plaintiff damages of $50. He sued
for 500. The case grew out of the
placing of pole by the company on
the property of DIR. Babccck on Tween
ticth street and refusing 10 remove
the same when ordered to do 80. the
'Nre> being 50 close to DR.. Babcock's
barn that he was unable to get inSur-
lnce for it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-29
EMPTY HONOR.

Though with the poet we agree,
Truth crushed TO earth will rise
again,
We note sometimes it's not before
The referee has counted ten.