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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-07-14
USED
OFFICIAL ENVELOPES
Clerk at Indian Agency at Yank.
ton in Federal Officers
Hands.
SOUTH DAKOTA CROPS
Rain Of the Past Few Days Has Again
Retarded the Growth of Corn
Heat and Dry Weather Are
Now Needed.
SOUTH DAKOTA CROPS

Sioux Falls, S. d.. July "a youns
man named Osborn. who is employed by
the government as n clerk at Green
wood, otherwise known as Yankton In
dia agency. has been bound over for
appearance before the next federal
grand jury, which %convenes in Sioux
Falls next October. OF the charge of UNI
lawfully using official government
envelopes. He is alleged to have sent
matter of a private nature, relating to
the sales Of allotted Indian lands, to
various interested persons. enclosing
the matter In official envelopes without
attaching h necessary postage
stamps. He was taken by n deputy
United States marshal before United
States Commissioner Lamb of Geddes.
where he furnished bonds.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-07-14

cried a EypSy fak3r at U county fair.
There were u number OF curious buyers.
and zach received u small mirror
There WAS q point III the Jesting fraud.
The coiumonest sort OF tdointfy u
worship OF pelf. AS a life principle
placo that belongs to God. AS the
totem pole used 10 be 10 the Alaskan
Indian. 10 the letter u" Is to them
And this is idolatry. sheer and simple
Call it by no less pleasant name. for
1t Is the worship VI sclf instead Of Je-
hovah.
Some of the idols OF India are huge
female figures, II u popular American
idol is Mre. Urundy. She IL the per
s~onification vi fashion or OF "wPot
they say, dominates millions OF ftee
Americans. Her edits ure obeyed mote
implicitly than the laws or the lenos
and her sway Is absolute. To onend
against her Is by many considered =
more serious offence IMAM TO oneno
against the Almighty. There IL neithes
peace nor freedom Tor an individual ok
Tor a community 81 long as Mr&-
Grundy occupies such d place. AeS
overthrow means liberty unC happiness
Il. The Lord thy God. am d jealous
God Idols are not Jealous. A sud
dhist may worship u thousand other
gods. and often does. A ConrusclGuist
may ut the same time be u ShintoiNe
ana wv Oh three other things besidess
A divided rule Is the am DIS u soli-
tary rule or no rule at all to these
false gods. But Jehovah insists upon
being Jehovah. He Will not share his
throne or divide his dominion. There
fore the setting up of any other OBJ
ject OF worship Is an afrront and an
offence To Him. u sin which he will not
brook OF tolerate. Thou shalt hove
no other gods before Me" Is d COM
f1nhI Whit hls - t,n, bean TON
the world, often with Il rod. for thou
sands OF years. No people or person
can be acceptable to Him until thai
lesson has been fully learned.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-07-14
INVESTIGATING CATTLE DISEASE.
Question ~ TO lts Origin Under Con.
sideration by Stock Mon.

Rapid City. 8. D., July "a prominent
Denver cattle buying company and local
parties are having a controversy over the
question OF the origin of the cattle dis
case. against which the government has
taken such strong rulings. The Denver
outfit contends that the disease has al
ways existed more or less in the northern
states. while the local parties affirm that
It originally came across the border from
Texas. The Western South Dakota Stock
Growers association has issued a state
ment giving a sure cure for the dreaded
disease. 1t consists of a preparation of
fine n sulphur made In the proportion
II eight pounds Of unslacked lime. twenty
four pounds Of -four of sulphuy and 100
gallons of water. Max the lime into ii
paste and sift into that the flour of sui
phur. To make 100 gallons of the dip boil
the mixture with about thirty gallons of
water for two hours. and then allow 1t to
settle. Add enough water to make 1t 100
gallons. 1t is essential to prevent the
sediment from entering the dipping watts.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-07-14
Corn Growth Retarded by Cold.

Sioux Falls, $. D.. July 9.--The rains
OF the past few days have again retard-
ed the growth of corn In eastern South
Dakota n added several inches to the
rainfall of the I asst few weeks. Need
less to say. the recent rains We're not
needed. as the ground was In good con-
dition. but formers say 1t was better
for 1t to come when 1t did than two or
small grain is ripening and epa
tions are being made for the commence
ment OF harvest. Small grain promises
n OF the largest yields in the history
of h state. Crops Of all kinds con-
tinue In first-clas~ condition In this part
Of the state. corn alone being back
ward. due to h unusually coo wealth
er of April and May.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-07-14

In speaking of the danger from
libraries, DR.. Garfield. librarian of CO.
lumbia university says: Many per-
sons. even among those who give their
attention only to good books, read too
much. There Is a vast amount of
mental dyspepsia in the land. particu-
lAriy among women. who constitute by
TAR the greatest part of the reading
public. They should lead lesa and
think more. Education and the great
Increase In the number of public Iibrar-
les are responsible for the present tend
ency toward an OverindulEence In the
reading habit"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-07-14

according to DIR. Graham. OF Beirut,
announcer disease Is to be get down
against the mosquito, namely. dengue
fever, variously called African fever,
breakbone fever, giraffe fever. dandy
FEVER, etc. The disease is an acute
eruptfve fever. rarely fatal, but leaving
various disagreeable neutrality-suspicious.,
insomnia. marked mental and physical
proetration. etc. DIR. Graham has found
that he could regularly produce an at
tack of dengue in "A non-immune by
submitting the latter to the attack OF
mosquitoes which had been fed on suf-
eerers from the disease.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-07-14

The conception OF the magnitude or
the star Campus. which is regarded
M the greatest body in the universe,
Ia difticult indeed. even when Mr.. Gore,
OF the Royal Astronomical Society,
furnishes the sun as IA step by which
the imagination may raise itself. One
has some appreciation of the size of
the earth with its circumference of 25.-
600 miles. The sun is more than a mil
lion times as large as the earth. The
mass OF Campus has been weighed
economically and found to be one
million times greater than that OF the
sun.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-07-14

Medicinal herb farms will become a
necespity in the United States. Spi-
yelia., (pink root, %serpentaria and sanega
1.-THE two varieties OF snake root which
gvere formerly found in abundance wild
Ia Maryland and other Atlantic states
are becoming scarce. SIENNA, colo
cynth. gentian and the poppy have been
grown to some extent. and digitalis
purpurea (fox glove), atropia belladon-
ma deadly n~ightshade), sanguinaria
ranadensts (bloodroot), and cimicifuga
racemosa (black cohosh). have been
grown experimentally. Farmers near
KALAMAZOO. Mich, raise annually 49,
oOO'o0O pounds of peppermint. Valer-
ian Is a wild product OF Vermont.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-07-14

The machine industry of Germany
va never in worse condition that nj
preeent. Two reasons are given for
the decline: First, the great depression
u! Industrial life all over the empire:
and second. the enormous strides in the
No. OF gas engines and steam turbines
W1thin the last few years.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-07-14

That ants perceive and avoid rays of
ultra violet light much higher in the
z OF vision than the human eye Ia
able to detect. has been shown by Sir
John Lubbock. Now a writer In
Electrical World suggests that those
who are trying to determine the wave
length OF the X-ray experiment with
ants. The X-rays are invisible to man.
but 1t has not been determined whether
u 10 because they are too long or too
n0r for his eyes to see. The ultra
violet waves are too short.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-07-14

Four Of the cannon taken from the
French on Fnisterre in 1747 by Ad-
mtraI Boscawen now I'LL the lowly II
useful roles of curbposts and lamposts
In front Of the house. No. 2 st. james
square, London. of Boscawen's descend
ant. Lord Falmouth: while on Tower
Hill there Is a row of posts on the curb
stones, every one of which IL q cannon
which has done service, or has been
ready to do It. against England's en-
eYnle9.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-07-14
NEWS NOTES.

AT Its recent general election Oregon
voted for Il local option law TO cover the
entire city.
The Little Sisters of the Poor have
been forbidden to solicit aims i'll the
city of TouloE.
The chief engineer of the Panama.
canal. J. F. Wallace, is Il leading
Chicago Presbyterian.
Rev. DIR. Josiah Strong is at present
IN England promoting the establish
ment Of Il British institute for social
service. ..
A special mass meeting of the Religi-
Gus Education association was held
at theWorld'S Fair recently in connec-
ton with the National Education aH-
ISOLATION. +.
T~wenty-eight states have increased
the numbe of Christian Endeavor soci-
cites more than ten per cent. within the
last sixteen months, a total of 4O4S new
societies.. /,
AT the recent national Christian En-
deavor convention in London repre-
sentatives of twenty European coun-
tries We're present. including every en-
pire, kingdom n republic of the o iii
nent. as we'll as the colonies Of Eng
land.
Rev. DIR. Cleland b. McAfee, Of Chi,
cago. has been called to the Lafayette.
Avenue church, Brooklyn. which holds
second place in membership among
>" III tliS NOuI@
try. The famous Rev. DIR. Theodore l..
Cuyler occupied this pulpit for nearly
half a century, n Is now pastor emer-,
titus. =.
One of the victims of the ~Irouuois
theatre fire was Mr.. Willis Cooper. a.
leading layman of the Methodist
church. subsequently it was reported
that the Methodist Missionary society!
had refused the bequest made to it
in his will because he had died whilel
violating the church's law in regard to-
theater going. Now the society ex-i
plains that this was not the case butt
that the conditions attached to the be-
quest made it's receipt unadvisable.
Bishops of the Methodist E,piscopali
church lave been assigned residences
for the next quadrennium as follows:l
Bishop Fowler, New York; Bishop
Goodsell, Boston: Bishop McCabe,.
philadelphia; Bishop Cranston, Wash
ington; Bishop Berry. Buffalo; Bishop
~Spellmeyer. Cincinnati; Bishop Nc
Bowel. Chicago; Bishop Wilson, Chat,
tanooga; Bishop Fitzgerald. ST. Louis:i
Bishop Joyce, Minneapolis; Bishop
Warren, Denver: Bishop Hamilton,i
San Francisco: Bishop Moore. Port-
land; Bishop Ba.hford. Shanghai:
Bishop Burt. Zurich; Bishop Nelly,
BuenoS Ayres.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-07-14

Anew theory Of the Marian "canals'
5eSthat Mars has q solid crust and an
eso4ttc nucleus Of q higher temperature.
10 crust In cooling necessarily con-
Ue3eeds and pressure upon the
49n within caused assures to be
&32Q4A In the surface.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-07-14

l3toxicAnts AFFECT men In various
~ When . Frenchman has drunk
eoosouch he wants to dance. 4 German
g - opaniard to gamble, an Eng
4eol0a1 g J. an Italian to boast. an
01eAman to night and an American to
00ko = speech.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-07-14
SEVEN SENTENCE sA..moNs.


Never esteem anything as of advan-
tage to thee that shall make thee
break thy word OF lose thy self-respect.
Marcus Aurelius.
The thing we long for that we are
For one transcendent moment.
Lowell.
All power is a trust and we are ac-
countable for it's use.-Disraeli.
Difficulties are things that show
what men are.-Epictetus.
Conservation is not something done
once for all;it is a maintained habit
OF the soul.-.Monod.
believe
That the feeble hands and helpless
Cropping blindly in the darkness
Touch Gods right hand in that dark
ness
Ard are lifted up and strengthened.
-~Longfefiow,
am promised infinite power to
work and whenever / have trusted II,
fairly n %squarely I have found thai
the promise was true.-E. E. Hale.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-07-14
Wer. Vietjme Of Illfated Norue.


Wers Victims Of Inflated Norge.
Sioux Falls. 8. D.. July Sit has been
learned that J.. A. Jensen. a Sioux Falls
business man. had q brother and niece
among the victims Of the Norge dis
sster. They were Bernard Arneson and
Emma Peterson. Some weeks ago Jen-
sen sent three tickets ia relatives in
Norway 20 they could come to Sioux
Falls. He wrote them to sail on June
30. and the flrst intimation he had
that his instructions had not been fol-
lowed was when he saw the list Of
the names OF his brother and niece APP
peared. Mr.. Jensen 10 Of the opinion
that his brother and niece. probably
with the intention Of giving him a
pleasant surprise BY appearing I n Sioux
sailed On the tiifRtsaSNorxc on June %.
instead Of waiting until June 80. as he
had requested them to do.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-07-14

AtAenA. Greece. II soon to be con-
neceed with Paris BY railway. The
!0gpelan oovornment has already se.
Se4S4 ~ building Of Z road to the
x1G1M frontier. which will soon Sc
09ectsd with the railway systems Of
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-07-14
BANK BURGLARS.
Believed to Be an Organized Gang in
the Black Hills.

Deadwood. 8. D.. July 9.-For the past
few days q gang Of safe breaker has
been operating throughout the Black
Hills. The first attempt at robbery was
at Edgemont. and the next showed up at
Rockford. where the safe of Lapp &
Billups was broken open and about $50
and ajnumber OF checks taken. Last
night in this city the grocery store OF J.
Hattcnbach was broken open and the safe
blown to pieces. A very small amount Of
money was taken. The work ia apparent.
ly being done by inexperienced men.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-07-14
CHRISTIAN ENpEAvoR COMMENT.

y .
Everything else is out of it's proper
place In life unless God is in first place.
A simple and sane philosophy Of life
Is to live only for those things which
will last forever.
Men sometimes worship what others
say about them. and give no heed to
what God may think of them.
Mammon is the oldest idol, and the
most widely worshipped today. 1t is
cruel, heartless and insensate. II de.
mands more victims than Moloch, and
all the ware 1t offers are deceitfui
n unsatisfactory.
ANY old thing may be an idol. The
African IL likelier to worship a stick.
a stone or a rag than a mountain or a
star. Because n Is not guilty Of the
grOsser forms of idolatry lei him nor
think that he is free from idols. The
most trivial indulgence or habit or de-
sire, II given a preemineht place in life.
may De truly an idol as pride or man.
mon.
The Bible. the best book of keen
phrases. sums up the whole question of
money-seeking in four words-"coyet-
BUSINESS, which Is idolatry." The person
who subordinates everything else to the
pursuit Of gain 10 an idolater. The
world may call him a successful and
thrifty business man. but the word Of
sure judgments writes him down as an
idolater.
After quoting Paul's words, .The
things which are seen are temporal:
but the things which are not seen are
eternal" n commentator says: THE
essence Of idolatry is to seek the seen
In place of h unseen: the cure OF
tdOlatry II to remember that 1t il the
unseen that 10 eternal. The tempta.
ton to idolatry IL the trust in visible
forces; the safeguard is to endure ms
seeing Him who Is invisible"
"IcOnclasm"--image- breaking-is a
virtue In strong lives II entertained in
moderation. There 10 a ceasless ten
dency at work in all departments of
life for the merely old to fossilize into
.sacredness. This creates In inclination
toward a form Of idolatry. The icon-
oclast does not hesitate to smash these
venerable images and traditions that
are useless. He only cares for
that which II living and true, for any
sort Of idolatry deadens q human life.
even a. 1t has deadened the life OF such
great nations a India aud China.
How overthrow the host OF modern
idols? In the same way that nature
6anishes nightly letting In tho light
Of the King Of day. whose right Il 4
to rule. Give Goa INST pIace-the only
place that properly belongs to him
thrones Of themselves. Dan fails when
the presenco OF the Lord enters fhe
temple. Give God his due and there
viii be no modern idolatry, even q the
ancient pa9anism has passed away be-
"A picture Of your God for . quarter"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-07-14

Some n has we'll said: milking into
not thoroughly cleansed Il bad.
A1i!x!ng with wet hands is inexcusable.
Asiikine with dirty hands II. abomin-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1904-07-14
BURNED TO DEATH.

Little Richard Nsany Seriously injured
by Gun Powder.
Lead, 8. D.. July 9.-Richard Neamy,
aged u, was seriously burned at this
place while playing with gun powder.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-03-29
THE SAGINAW
STILL RISING
Factory Owners and Merchants
Were Compelled to Close
Down Their Places.
THE LOSSES HEAVY
The Ice is Over Two Feet Thick and
Dynamite Has Had Little Effect in
Clearing the Channel.

Saginaw, Michigan, March 29-The
Saginaw River continues to rise and
the same general flood conditions exist
about the city as did yesterday. The
water is somewhat higher than yester-
day and is inf1icting more loss to mer-
chants and factory owners whose plac-
es of business are partially submerged
and closed Between Saginaw and Bay
City, the ice is over two feet thick in
places and dynamite has little effect
in clearing the channel. Down the riv-
er reports today tell of much suffering
from exposure.
Pouring Into the Ohio.
Indianapolis, March 29-All the riv.
ers in southern Indiana are pouring
their floods into the Ohio forcing that
stream out of it's banks. The White
River is getting into the coal mines
around Petersburg, causing heavy loss
and throwing the miners out of work
The Wabash River is giving the farm
ers uneasiness and the crest OF these
two streams is expected to meet in
Gibson County today or tomorrow. The
only danger point above Indianapolis
is at Lafayette where the water has
undermined a high railroad embank-
ment. At Evansville the river is one
foot above the danger point and is
still rising.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-03-29
FEATURES
OF STATE
HOOD BILL
The State of Arizona Is to Have
Two Representatives and
Oklahoma Five.
SANTA FE THE CAPITAL
The Protective Tariff is Discussed in
the House by Mr. Campbell
Of Kansas.

Washington, March 29-Several fea-
lures of the statehood bill were dis
cussed before the House committee on
territories today. The state of Ari-
zona is to have two representatives
and Santa Fe will be the capital. Ok
lahoma is entitled to five representa-
tives and it's capital will be Guthrie.
Senate.
Washington March 29-The Senate
today took up a bill prohibiting the
misbranding of salmon and consider
able debate ensued.
House.
Washington, March 29-The House
today resumed the consideration OF the
sundry civil bill. Mr.. Campbell of
Kansas, discussed the tariff question
and said protective tariff was the on
ly means by which sufficient money
could be raised for the support of the
government.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-03-29
4 Leading Newspaper of St. Peters
burq Declares That the War Isn't
Worth While the Risk of Heavy
LOSses---A SkirmiSh in Which the
japanese Lost Fifty Killed and
Their Opponents One Hundred.

and even defeat would leave the en-
pire not greatly affected, while success
would be sure to mean a great stimu-
lrs to the Russian colonization of
Manchuria where it is reasonable to
suppose many soldiers will settle after
the struggle is over. But Russia
should not pay too high a price for a
colonial empire, and therefore should
conserve as far as possible it's army
and fleet"
Lethargy in Russia.
Moscow, March 29-Three British
officers who arrived here yesterday
from India by way of Persia, have pro-
nounced themselves as being impress
ed by the calm confidence among the
Russians. The officers noticed no
signs of military activity and did not
see a single military train throughout
the Caucasus or European Russia. 1t
was just as if Russia was not engaged
in war.
No Serious Engagement Expected.
Tien Tsin, March 29-In the course
of conversation today the Russian mil
itary agent here said he did not ex-
pect serious engagement between
the Japanese and Russian land forces
for two or three months and that it
was very improbable that the Japan
ese would attempt to land at New
Chwang or in it's vicinity
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-03-29

Seoul, March ga report has
reached here that so Japanese and 100
Cossacks were killed and wounded in
skirmish that has occurred between
Anju and Ting Ju. The above dis
patch probably refers to an engage
ment reported last week as having oc-
Cured on March %, but in which no
Cossack losses were mentioned.
French Flag over Russian Buildings.
Tien Tsin, March ga Frenchman
named Kreaular, an employe of the
Russian Chinese bank, has been ap-
pointed French consular agent at New
Chwang He has hoisted the French
flag over the bank building. 1t is con-
sidered probable that this is a fore
runner of a movement to fly the tri-
color over all Russian government
at New Chwang.
Beginning to Hedge.
st. Petersburg, March 29-Forecast-
ing the result of the war in the far
East, the Novosti declares that there
is no more doubt as to who will be
the eventual victor than there was at
the commencement of the Greco-Turk-
ish, the Spanish American or the Boer
war.
For Japan, the war is life and
death struggle continues Novosti.
ct places everything on one card. For
Russia it is really only colonial war
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-03-29
HEARING OF BRYAN'S APPEAL
The Celebrated Bennett Will Case on
Trial in the Supp 'ior Court OF
Connecticut.

New Haven, March 29-The appeal
of Williams Jennings Bryan from the
decision of Probate Judge Cleveland
in relation to the will of Philo S. Ben
nett, of which Bryan is the executor
was heard in the superior court today
before Judge Edwin B. eager and a
jury. Bryan appeals from the probate
courts decree that sealed letter men
toned in the will is not part OF the
will. BY this letter Bennett expressed
the wish that Bryan have gift OF $780,
900 of which $4,000 was to go to Mrs.
Bryan, and $4,000 to her children and
the remainder to Bryan himself. Bry-
an was present in court.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-03-29
MEET IN CONFERENCE.
Leading officials Of the Steel Corpora
ton and }. P. Morgan-Though
to Have Discussed Dividend.

New York, March 29-Some leading
officials of the U. S. Steel Corporation
including George w. Perkins, chair
man of the finance committee and A.
B. Widener, also of that committee,
were in conference with ]. P Morgan
today and the financial district took
it for granted that something had been
done regarding the next dividend on
steel preferred. According to the di-
rector of the corporation, the question
of maintaining or reducing the present
seven per cent rate will not be deter
mined much in advance of the quarter
ly meeting next Tuesday