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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-31
Theatres, Extravasanes.
Everybody's Magazine.

With confidence born of hope. the
atrical managers prepared to invest
some $4,000. 900. most OF 1t real money.
i'm about sixty new productions for the
season that is 10Y i'll full swing. One
familiar with playhouses learns to ac-
cept the advertised. cos; OF these ven
lures with reservations. for the use of
stage money is not confined to the space
between the footlishts and the back
wall. However. the spending of money
directly upon productions. especially
musical shows. has developed into an
orgy of extravaganza. The us
tom of adjoining Observation-Disclosures
persons with Northumberland fifty-dol-
lar gowns is characteristic of the mu-
steal show. This seeking for spectacu-
lar effect Is manifested also in the
staging of plays. and for that we may
he truly grateful.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-31
THE ALFALFA CROP.

This crop is becoming Il very m
portant one. from the fact that II is
now being grown successfully from
Texas to Minnesota. The value of this
crop is just now being fully recognized.
Here is what Mr.. Uring, "A good Ohio
farmer. says about it. He says from
100 acres the average is o tons per
acre each year, which he can trade
pound for pound for corn in the ear.
He stated that he would not allow IL
man to bring two tons of clover hay
To his place and take away one ton of
alfalfa.
The value of alfalfa for fattening an
imals he considers to be out of pro-
| portion to it's chemical analysis. 1t has
in addition to it's nitrogen storing eff
feet on the soil a subsoiling value He
! feeds 1,4O0 head of lambs. which al
. most double their weight on alfalfa
| and two bushels of corn apiece. the
lambs weighing around fifty pounds
when put in.
He plows deep, fits carefully in the
and one Hushel OF beardless barley.
The barley natures early and ripens
with wheat. If the land is infested
with crab grass. cultivate until o
the first of July and then seed to al
1 faifa alone.
Of it. Clip the weeds and rake them
off. Don't pasture. In buying seed
avoid brown seed. which indicate that
it is heated. Get a sample before buy
ing: bright. yellow with a few green
seeds is usually good.
Fifteen years ago the gross receipts
of their farm were $500, and he could
feed only a single deck of lambs: he
gradually increased until now he is
feeding 1.4O0 lambs. 100 head Of breed
ing sheep. other necessary farm ami
mails, and has sold $50 tons.
He believes incubation with soil may
help, but they did not have the benefit
of 1t. He does not believe that inocu-
lation will build up a poor soil. but be-
lieyes that the %nitrogcf- gathering. BAG
terra will take care Of themselves in Il
good soil.
He is nov getting a siX-year rotation
corn followed with corn. one year bar.
ley and alfalfa and three years alfalfa
Corn on alfalfa sod is good. seventy
two bushels shelled this year. agains'
tifty-eight bushels on old soil.
IL the weather is cool, the alfalfa doc.
not cure readily. al it into windrOw,
and cure 1t in the shock. The diff
Guilty in curing is usually only witt
the first crop. He has no hay caps. H.
has found that roots of alfalfa will
not be troublesome on tile unless the.
are full of running water Throughout
the season. over such tile he woul
not SOW alfalfa. II land will gro,
. clover. and 1t is desirable to experiment
. with alfalfa. SOW half and half. alfalf
and clover.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-31

This branch Of the educational work Is
especially valuable in town and country
districts. where the authorities, unlike
their brethren of the cities. do not main
tain night schools, which are the only kind
suited to the average immigrant. since he
has to earn his bread by day.
In one of the classes maintained for
immigrants in New York. twenty-five
countries are represented. among the num-
her being Germany. Holland, Sweden.
Denmark, Italy. Switzerland. France. Rus
STA. Turkey. Austria-Hungary. Argentina.
China and Japan. If this class were per-
mitted TO employ is native languages
there would be a regular babel.
Taeklins New Fields Continually.
The Y. NJ. &. A. Is not only engaging in
settlement work; IL Is entering the social
welfare and Industrial betterment fields.
Its plans in this direction are ambitious.
The country has something like four
million men working In its mines. quarries,
lumber camps and mills of various sorts,
and 1t is the aim of the y. Nj. Z. A. to
organize these men into associations.
This movement began in Cleveland with
shop bible meetings at the noon hour ana
at all sorts of queer hours when the men
were at leisure. Meetings for the Ciev"-
lard street railway men are held at 4'N
O'Clock in the morning.
Irifty-seven associations have already
been formed among industrial men. ana
| employers are aiding in the movement
| thus following in the footsteps or the ran
road officials. who. after the Railroad
Y. NJ. {. A.. was proved to he a good th'ns
for the railroad from the business stand
point, have been heavy contributors 70
this branch of the work. One hundred ah'
fourteen of the 1874 railroad associations
have buildings. and about half the money
expended for these homes has been fur'
nished by the railroads Interested. I'M
cotton mill operators of the Carolinas are
now cntrusting the education of Its oper
atives, fresh from tho mountain districts
TO the Y. NJ. C. A.: while one of the mos
fourishing Industrial associations has {
headquarters that was given to IT. SEQ
free. by Senator Proctor. of
The attendance at the bible shop meet
inss in 1901 was 71.UO: last year 1t wa
55s. 100. These figures are indicative of tn
organization's growth all along the line II
recent years.
Not only are railroad corporations an
hard headed business men and manutac
turers coworkers with the Y. NJ. &. A: tn
United States government is a partner L
the movement as well. This Is a direc
result of the Y. NJ. e. A. work among tn
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-31

h Industrial T.. NJ. G. A.. While The
organization abroad has stuck more or
less closely by the original idea OF the
sOcieiy's fOunder-that OF bible study
and mission work among young men
thai they might grow spiritualiy-thc
BONE Y. II. G. A. looks after the mind.
spirit and body. believing that all are
IT. dtss0lubly bound together. all so to
make the man. and to neglect any q
nj these constituents Is to neglect the
0ther also. This is the one great idea
that the American Y. M. G. A. has CIV
Ell t. the whole organization and the
world at large. n within recent years
she foreign branches have been loosing
eiSetr hold on conservatism and grasp
ing the enlarged American principle.
q Made Phyeieai Culture Popular.
while. putting this principle into
practice the home Y. M. &. A. has In
cidcntally made physical training pop
uEar In this country.
Physical training was introduced into
tho Y. N. e. A. about thirty-fivc years
= So few persons given n
attention to physical development that
the only instructors VINO could be OBJ
tanned were former circus men. ex-
sluxgcrs and men OF k stripe. Grad
plally, however. capable physical direc-
tors in thorough sympathy with the as
isolation and its aims we're trained up
and from then on began the triumphant
athletlc march of the association: And
when the Y. NJ. c. A. had proved that
physical training was a good thing foi
the masses. hen there began the de.
:mnnd for physical culture which has
now become a craze In many quarters
and led to the establishment of
krssMs how many physical culture
x~ynlnasiums and schools n methods
Tho physical training OF the Y. M
a.. A. Is recognized as being SO thor.
oNxh and scientific that when \ cOllegs
In I'm need III a new trainer 1t has be
come the custom for 1t to apply first Il
b r, M. c. A. Anderson OF Yale
8aAEv OF Chicago. Meylen vi Columbia
Phillips OF Amherst. Young OF Cornell
m r. A. 4. A. pr0dutt t.. So are Gu
llck. Of the New York public school,
0nA Killer. Of the Cleveland schools.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-31

had rs yOOo were turned away FOR lack OF
accommodations, 1871 900 meals were served
in the restaurant. and the sailors lntrus'eo
t4a5 l52 to the Y. NJ. C. 4. seven
| and eight thousand bluejackefs every
| month allot to the Y. NJ. &. n. a portion
Of their pay. and this is turned over 20 '"o
organization by the government. Iheu
| the Y. NJ. T.. A.. sends the money to the
persons designated. or sees that the In
are kept up on homes ana rear
estate or invests it or holds II. as per
directions of the men.
The y. NJ. &. A. Is not a mission to tho
army and navy: 1t il an integral part OF
| the army and navy. This is its status. be-
cause tho government has recognized ITS
efficient worX in keeping up the morale of
the men.
Chief Supporter Of Mission Movement.
The American Y. NJ. Z. A. is the chiet
support of the movement in the so called
mission lands: this is conceded by the
European branches. The methods mat
ar. applied here are used abroad. IN
Korea. for the first time in that nation
history. the men are being taught the
value of physical training. with the result
that the Korean man is fast losing his de-
sire to possess long finger nails and hahoS
that are soft and feminine. For a Korean
to sweat is no longer to be disgraced.
All this and more the American branch
of the Y. NJ. G. a. has accomplished since
ISL. the year OF its founding in Montreal
and Boston. A little incident of the Y NJ.
&. a. work with the japanese army IN
Manchuria may perhaps give an insight
into the methods by which the orGaniza-
tion has won such wide favor.
one OF the secretaries thoughfuliy in
Guided in his equipment ii Yankee hair
clipper. He offered to bare the long. UNI
attended polls of as many laps as cared to
undergo the operation. From the day OF
this declaration he was in high favor: on
one day he clipped the heads of ninety
soldiers: and ii is a peculiar fact that after
the clipper was introduced to the army
the rank and file cvinced a kccner interest
thar before In the Y. NJ. {. a. 1t had done
something of practical benefit to the men.
THE associations of the United States
and Canada present the picture of a pow
: ccful, active and complete organization.
said the Worlds Committee at the I.ondor
, conferences in 1894. They are we'll at thu
mead of the whole work. and their infu
, encc is felt far beyond the American con
tinent.'
That was said eleven years ago. VIVA
, would the same men say now of tn
American branch OF the movement:
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-31

growth OF this department is evidenced in
the spccialties that 1t offers.
These number fifteen. There are fifteen
automobile schools. Several hundred bust
ness men are studying business economy
methods Of Y. NJ, &. a.. instructors. A
course In Investments il offered to capital
lists. New ideas in publishing and printing
are made known to foremen and head
printers OF the big publishing houses. The
Massachusetts, Legislature has authorized
the Boston Y. NJ. c. a.. to confer degrees
on the graduates OF it's Massachusetts law
schools. Forestry classes are being started
up. and the Oregon associations are giving
instruction in poultry raising.
Bible education-the original Y. NJ. {. A.
educational Ideals being extended beyond
the members Of the organization. \ de-
cided innovation IL the organization OF
bible classes among the members of the
college fratcrnities. Every frat at the
University Of Missouri has been organized
into a bible class. The movement Is meet
ing with great success at Harvard: go of
Yale's students are studying the bible un-
der Y, NJ. e. A. direction. The 40 student
associations throughout the country have
a total membership Of $4,000. an increase of
1900 in five years.
1t Is not too much to say that through
its educational department. the z. NJ.
e. A.. Of North America. is making many
an immigrant into a useful American citt-
zen
For the benefit OF Immigrants who want
to learn the English language and become
versed in the governing principles OF this
country and its institutions. special classes
are maintained. Those who take advan
tagc of this opportunity number severa
thcusand: indeed. these foreigners are said
to be among the most earnest of all the
students In the department. There is q
Dane ont Minnesota way. who. after his
days work on the farm is done. walks
six miles to night school, and after 1t ii
over, plods back TO the farm. thus staying
up till midnight in order to get the covetet
knowledge that will enable him to tax,
out his naturalization papers. His case Il
Representative OF many who have cOm'
undo: the notice q the association.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-31
soldiers and sailors during the Spanish
American war.
The Government and Y. NJ. c. A.

soldiers and sailors during the Spanish
American war.
Tho Government and Y. M. G. A.
The Y. NJ. G.. A. was IN Cuba ana
Porto Rico with the vans OF the armies,
1t got it's stationery to Santiago when the
government could not. and so the nrse
reports that the various generals sent TO
the war department we're written on paper
bearing the Y. NJ. c. A.. heading. the
Y. NJ. e. A. secretaries In the Philippines
went right to the front with the soldiefs'
and that also served to call the govern
ment.s attention to the work of the organ
ization. Praise Of 1t was continually sent
In by the commanding officers. and as A
result 1t was not long before, the govern
ment. was requesting the Y. NJ. Z. A.
to send out a secretary on each transport
ordered to the Philippines. The govern
ment had come to a full realization OF the
fact that the work OF the Y. NJ. Z. a.
was one OF the chief factors In keeping the
average soldier contcnted In strange and
insidious
BY the close of the var with Spain the
work Of the Y. NJ. c. A. had proved OF
such inestimable value to the army that
congress passed a law permitting the cree
rounds. Under the same law the sccre-
tary OF war issued an order making II pos
sib.c for the Y. NJ. {. A. to be assigned
rooms in the various post exchange build
inC.. Fortress Monroe now has a fine Y.
n. 4. \. building: q 1900 one is being
erected at Fort L-cavenworth. and Y. NJ.
c. A. work has recently been i~nauguratca
in the pos; exchange building at Fort Tot
ten.
The navy work began m a rented to-
bacco warehouse at Key West. 1t Is now
being pushed at the various navy yards
and navy centers, such as Norfolk. Ca
vito. Newport and San Juan.
The attendance last year at the home
naval branches was i00, 367. ten times the
total enlistment OF the navy. In the
Brooklyn navy yard building a blu JACKIE,
was welcomed every two and a hail min
u:es Of the twcrty-four hour day. Over
s3.vp men paid for lodging. over 1000 slcp,
on the floors when beds were lot to b.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-31
A Mountain Named After a Little Girl

From the Denver Republican.
The United States geographical sur
vey has named one Of the mountains
of Colorado after a Denver little girl.
Mount Genevieve. or the scenic Moffat
road. just across the main range. where
Vasques creek takes it's source. is
named from little Miss Genevieve Shaf
fer. who lives at 12O South Grant ave-
nue.. Miss Genevieve's father owns rich
mines at Camp Shaffer. near the line
OF the Moffat road. and the little girl
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-31
NO SOD. eoUNp ORCHARDS.

The modern orchard.st no longer be-
lievcs that sod-bound trees arc profitable,
He may seed down an apple or pear orch
ard to grass for Il year or SO occasionally
to check too rapid growth when such
check seems necassary-but as "A genera,
thing he plows ard cultivatcs his fruit
trees every season.
The time to pillow: Opinions vary. hut
there are two safe rules which havc been
time tested and proved worthy:
Plow young trees as carly in the spv.i..
Is yrCund AID weather cond.t .oas permit
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-31
%sEEFsrsAk ANo ONIONS.

Prepare the steak in the usual wa.
Have ready in a frying pan a dozen
onions cut In slices and fried brown in
a little bee drippings or butter Dish
YOUR steak and lay the onions thickiy
aver the top. Ccver and let stand ava
~n.!nu.rs. then e to the table.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-31

carrying. and greater muscle develop
ment is invariably associated with
such form. me butcher is. therefore.
able to estimate the mount of valuable
meat present from the width of back
and headquarters and the filling OF
flesh in. these parts. The 'forequarters
and lower parts Of the body furnish
less valuable meat. He. therefore, pre-
fers to secure animals with a minimum
development in these parts: coarse.
heavy bone in the head and limbs
means a corresponding development of
bone and is usually associated with a
heavy skin and coarse flesh throughout.
and he, therefore, desires to secure ami
mails fine in bone.
The above points may be Illustrated
by a specific example. Suppose a
butcher buys a 1000 pound steer a,
= cents per pound. total cost $12. The
animal dresses out 80 per cent. Or 10
pounds OF beef. He must sell this go
pounds for an average OF 10 cents per
pound tn come out even. to say nothing
OF his labor. We will estimate that the
steer is OF sue a nature that the cut,
4. as ->lt
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-31
$50 fbs.

1hls viii! allow the butcher a profit
OF $500 and yet permit him to sell the
meat at the same prices, and this illus
trates how all important the form n
the disposition of the flesh on the body
is in judging fat cattle.
Another point of special Importance
is the quality OF the meat. AS has
already been stated. the fine grained
meat Is more lender than the coarse,
and in addition to this the tenderness
is influenced by the fat interspersed
through the muscular tissue. This gives
choice beef the characteristic marbled
appearance when cut. and it is evil
denced in the living animal by the mel
lowness or springiness of the flesh UNI
der the and.
To increase the weight of flesh and
give it the characteristic tenderness
desired Is the purpose of fattening cat
tie. n the more perfectly the fat is
mixed Will! the lean. the more desir-
able it is. So marked a difference does
fattening make in the edibility of the
flesh that the cut from the chuck of
a we'll fattened animal is more desir-
able than "A porterhOuse steak from one
that is in thin condition.
In Judging fat cattle. then, the in
portant conditions are: list, the pro
portion of valuable parts to the less
valuable. This we consider under form.
md. the dressing percentages. or the
we consider under both quality and
condition. Sd. condition. which consid-
ers the amount and quality of fiesh
present. with particular regard TO the
presence OF fat. which gives "a mellow
ness to the flesh of the living animal
ana IL tenderness to the meat when the
animal is slaughtered for beef. These
~three-forri. condition and quality are
the stockinan's trinity, and all power
Iu! Factors IN Judging fat cattle.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-31
TO nos.

This will not permit the butcher to
come out even. But suppo the steer
had been broader backed. deeper fieshed
and less paunchy. The dressing per
cent. might have ranged to 90 per cent,
giving 80 pounds OF beef. The broader
BACK and greater depth of flesh on back
and loin might easily ALLOW the 50
pounds of increase to be entirely in the
region OF the valuable cuts. Estimating
then. that the loins would weigh laD
pounds. the ribs los pounds. and the
rounds l15 pounds. the value of the car
ClSS Would E:lfn az fnllou,a.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-12-28
pixies PEAK In summer.

The first part of the road to Pixies
peak is through a picturesque ravine
with beautiful mountain torrent roar
ing and leaping through it. This ra-
vine is popular walk, and one sees
many climbers who shoot their kodaks
as the train passes, until one knows
exactly how it feels to be celebrity
As one goes on the climbers become
gradually fewer, and after three OF
four miles they are left behind. Sud
denly a new turn in the road shows
that the first foothills have been sur
mounted and that we are climbing the
vast bare side of the peak itself. The
track stretches toboggan-like far ahead
Great views unfold. One looks down
on lonely wooded valleys, where blue
lakes glisten, on the tops of the noun
tains and over mountains to the plain
that stretches away like the sea. 1t
has grown cold, and patches of snow
begin to appear. The date is Aug. 1,
but in the snow Heaps on the summit
we shall soon be snowballing one an
other.-Four Track News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-12-28
A Texas Wonder.

There's Hill at Bowie, Tex,
that's twice as big as last year.
This wonder is w. l.. Hill, who
from a weight of 80 pounds has
grown to over $50. He says II
suffered with terrible cough, and
doctors gave me up to die of Con
sumption. I was reduced to SO
pounds, when began taking DR.,
Kings New Discovery for Con
sumption, Coughs and Colds. Now
after taking IL bottles, | have more
than doubled in weight and am
completely cured" Only sure
Cough and Cold cure. Guaran-
teed by Eli 7. Reynolds, Druggist.
SOC and 81 90. Trial bottle free.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-12-28
Outwits The Surgeon.

A complication of female trou-
bles, with catarrh~ of the stomach
and bowels, had reduced Mrs.
Thos. S. Austin, of Leavenworth,
Ind, to such deplorable condition,
that her doctor advised an opera
ton; but her husband fearing fatal
results, postponed this to try Elec,
trio Bitters; and to the amazement
of all who knew her, this medicine
completely cured her. Guaranteed
cure for torpid liver, kidney d.
sease, biliousness, jaundice, chills
and fever, general debility, nerv-
business and blood poisoning. Best
tonic made Price soc at Eli T.
Reynolds Drug store. Try it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-12-28

The preference was expressed for
long shredded, as it was less liable
to hurt cattle's mouths, more easily
handled, absorbs more moisture
about the stable, and was less liable
to waste than the short cut.
Mr.. Duyckinck said his stock
liked it as well as the best hay and
he now feeds fodder instead of hay;
uses the one inch gauge in shred
ding.
Harry Maxwell asked how much
he would lose on 100 lbs. of butter
by selling it in one pound prints and
was told from d to lbs. and some
times as much as five pounds.
The Club then went into execu-
tive session for a short time, after
which an adjournment was taken
to meet with Jos. T. Grove on Jan
nary 8.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-12-28

John Ringgold and Robert Til
den, both colored, have been lodged
in Beiair Jail charged with having
murderously assaulted Captain FL.
d. Willis, at Perryman, and rob-
bed him of his gold watch, $4S in
money and valuable papers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-12-28
Agreed.

The Herr-It is of no use. We must
get separation. The Frau-That is
what I say. Isn't it beautiful how we
Agree?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-12-28
Cecil Farmers Club.

Proceedings of the Meeting Held at the Home Of
r. K Rawlings, near HopewelI, Dec. 10, 1906
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-12-28

containing 200 acres, has been pur-
chased by J. S. Benson, of Earle.
vile, for $4,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-12-28

MANY TOPICS OF INTEREST DISCUSSED.