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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-26
gY ARAeELLA KEMEALY.

Copyright, 1907, by Central News and
Press Exchangc)
II / were u mni-but let me observe
NJ the outset that no inducemcnt what
aonVer would persuade me to forego he
privilege | consider it to be Il
Vet suppose that without consulting
me nature had fashioned me of tn"
s,c,ner sex. Their there are Il number
of things which mca do that | would
no! do and other which they leave UNI
done hat | would do.
.\nd as regards the things they do
that | would cave undone. think,
comes first i'm Importance that l would
noi start to business in the morning
smoking a big black pipe. as the men
OF England do. confess | nave not
tried the pipe tthe privilege of belong
ing to the right sew having relieved me
of the t~cmptation). But from the
standpoint of the oniookei-of The on
looking woman that is-it is 80 much
easier to forgive . man n thousand
crimes than il IS to ondoa his going
to business i'm the morning smoking Il
big black pipe. that | would never ac-
uuire the pipe habit. a mere form. n
may say. Possibly. But form is the
outward and visible sign of inward
grace. And the man of the big black
pipe is one who has either lost al! wish
to stand well in the eyes of women.
or il still wishing ii. wishes II so slack
ly that he will not sacrifice IA personal
inclination to IT.
Even the roaring lion. in the inter
walls bel wccn going about seeking
whom he may dcvour. nmiabl? grows Il
r,nr" ~ c~arr 4, attract his n,rte. Witt,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-26

There are people who always want
10 be champions. always want 10 oV-
cupy the enter of the stage. Nov.
/ am not M Of these.
II a deer has been shot, | ann salts
fled to be able to por so Ut honle
and to do my duty when il appears
in the dining room. To tell h truth.
l really prefer to have it shot down
oy some one else. for the cry OF a dy-
ing doe or the sad expression IN It's
eye just before it expires always makes
he feel Guilty of n crime. But l had
with me Il companion who could not
bear to be beaten whether it be at
Whist. al billiards. at fishing or hunt-
ing. though l must do him the justice
to say that when he sometimes was
beaten he was never jealous or III
hammered.
anxious to show off. to use an express
sion of slang. Now it happened that u
whole dav had limos passed and we
had had 10 success at all. We were
absolutely sure that not Il single deer
had come within reach of our guns.
and we had seen nothing but a few
tracks INC these we had passed.
hoping to meet with something more
substantial, and as we We're disap-
pointed in this. we resolved to turn
back and look them up.
1t was Il beautiful autumn day. with
absolutely no wind moving, II this
had made my friend still more eager.
The season WAS pretty we'll advanced.
the heather had been i'm bloom and had
begun to wither, and its bright purple
had changed into brown and rust red.
Here and there large spots of yellow
showed where the heather had died
cut. The high mountain tops We're
still covered with moss and heather.
that would soon be covered With SNOW.
and then our chances would be very
slim. We asked our guide. David -
MondStone. if he thought that he could
promise us better success before the
day closed.
There Is still a chance" was all
that he would answer
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-26
If / WEREA MANI

slight and injury the day has put upon
them. Such men are never the sue
cessful men. The successful man
stores his temper for holding mis- own
with other men as he goes along. Re
sci we'd for his wonienkind it is worse
thin Worthless. Dirt has been defined
rs matter in the wrong plSce. So tenn
per may be defined ~ energy in a
wrong direction. Directed into channels
of action ii no longer chafes and frets
the mind but is capable OF excellent
achievements.
If | were n man l would Invariably
before going to IA theater. take Il en-
mile walk. smoke II couple of strong
;Lc or soda water. Then, when I had
comfortably settled into my seat. l
should sit there az contented as a log.
and SHOULD not be imp-iled by an ever
recurring Unsuitable thirst. by an UNI
~controllable muscular restiessness. or
by a fever for nicotine, to tread upon
the toes. disarrange the hair and eX-
aSpcrate the temDerS of the hapleSS
woman who shout. c.,"n"- 20 be along
the route Of my perpetual goings II
and comings in.
Husband Hunters.
Again. were l man l would IN no
suspect every woman / should
meet of wishing to marry me. or
course. were / Il man. l would be so
chivalrous and attentive and attractive
that no woman would be able to resist
me. And Of course I would b. too
clever and apprcciativc {. to discern
their amiablc regard. But never would
| be guilty of the offensive and de-
c"rsiv" attitude" some men at One
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-26

We continued to descend the hills
and finally came into a small forest
of oaks and pines with heavy under
brush
suddenly my friend stopped and
There is a doe" and in the same NOM
ent his gun was at his shoulder and
his shot rang out.
And then. as you will often read in
books. IA strange thing happened"
My friend shouted: Dead as Il door
nail. Dead as a d%oornail!" Gle always
shouts this whenever he has fired Il
shot.)
The next thing we heard were som
very strong explanations, in a very
barbaric language, from Eavid. who
was trying without noticeable sue
cess to keep from laughing. He finally
could not control himself at all and
then we all saw-well. what do you
very long tail. sticking out from a
clunp of very tall ferns into which my
friend had fired with deadly aim. But.
o Lord! What could this be? Deer
have no tails. So where did this we'll
developed tail come from?
We'll. never mind. 1t was a good shot
anyway said David. still laughing. a
all you could see was something red
moving and 1t was just he color of a
doe. but nevertheless. ] think we had
better hurry away from here and say
nothing o 1t.
Oh, perish the thought l shall never
forget David's closing remark:
You have shot Christy Morrison's
onl. cow he said. with a merciless
laugh.
We were young; we returned home
and sat down to dinner very gravely.
When we had retired to the smoking
room a servant entered. announcing
that a young man was waiting to see
us. We sent David out to look hin
over. He came back laughing. 1T was
Christy's cow" he said. I congratu-
lated my friend again. and he sent Da-
vid out with an amount big enough to
buy two COWS. This is the story Of
my friends first deer.
The mex day it was my turn. We
were both tired out from the excitement
OF the day before. and therefore mount
ed our ponies. hat they might carry us
to the mountains far away, where no
COWS were promenading and where
Christy Morrison could not follow us.
Leaving IL ponies in a sheltered
nook Of the mountain We started ont
afoot, and had almost reached the sum-
NIT when David stopped short and said:
You are out of BREATH"
Now, his was not at all true. and we
both insisted that we felt able to walk
all dag without stopping. hut David
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-26

n like object the peacock sports n jew
cled tail, and other birds I'm
feathers. Man. too. has been known
to take pans with his mustachc ana in
finite thought about HIS ~wais;coats.
Why ther, mar Ill by IA big black pipe.
when there IS not ~ woman of his ac-
oua,ntanc.. who will 5lot regard this as
I'm affron, s-iirst her sex In general,
and worse still as "A personal sli:sat to
herself?
On Bcina "cus Out"
~ a,. :, MN w,r,s ,,,,,e , ,oint
Of bi,y,i,. M sn,,nrti,,ons steam las
~. r,iiwny a,r;nas don bacn,,e setting
n,t unon my bnmewara journey. Thus
wo,i,d rcioin the bosom of my family
,.;,h ta,,ns,. ,,,,r.,fnea ,r1 - s,nilina.
fo,n sunnosa / were - Legislator and
tho nnnne;t;on had Icon unaarthinr and
~c~nosin, 70 the sacrilarioua uub,ic eve
III. hl,ndsrs az my me-. hi, or the ex-
-traynpanca of my ideai suggestions |
xnriI tnte care h,,fnrc i jeft the house
to NAM, ont III nv xia;s OF exasne..ntion
~, mo hated orn1s;s;ou ar ~ my co,,-
,~s s,o',id ~, mo would axha,'st
,ha-, ,,non sona ;,orfane,ye and holm
less Official who received a salary for
listening to them meekly and without
retort. Nothing should induce me to
bottle up my anger TO be launched upon
the tranquility ard peace of my wife
and family. who. had taken no han
in the public exposure OF my military
or parochial mistakes.
SO. were | a professional or n bust
ness man. and my hes: client had
transferred his legal affairs to my rival,
me 70 equity or stocks had
made hay OF the money market. then
would toka cnre to relieve my vexa-
ton unon my clerks or office boys. IN
s.and ~ reServin~ n for sCnthinr- corn
ments on the family mutton.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-26
Author Of Our Constitution.

In AZ article which he contributes 10 the
August 16 number of the North American
Review entitled The Designer of the Con-
stitut;on of the United States" Hannis
Taylor e~ndeavors to correct what he calls
a common popular error" to the effect
that the cardinal features of the constitu-
ton We're slietched in advance by Noah
Webster. DIR. Taylor adduces evidence in
support of the proposition that the pro-
iector OF the constitution was not Noah
Webster. but Pelatiah Webster, and that
the pamphlet by Noah Webster, out of
which many suppose the constitution de-
veloped. was simply an echo of recon-
%mendations made by Pelatiah Webster
several years before it was written. Mr..
Taylor endeavors to explain how the con-
ncction of Pclatiah Webster with the
original projection of the general pro-
visions of the constitution has been over
looked. He says:
For this marvellous and cruel neglect
of such Il man. by a patriotic people ever
handy with monuments only one eXplana-
ton can be gwen. When the convention
of 1857 adjourned, it's members seem to
have been overcome at the close by the
grandeur of IN achievement they assumed
to be all their own. When the masses of
the people had the opportunity to examine
its provisions, and to feel the practical
benefits which it wrought in their politi-
cal condition. they. too, became imbued
with a spirit of intense admiration: they
put it upon 4 pedestal and made it a pop
ular idol: as a German historian has ex-
pressed it, the new constitution soon
passed through a process of canonization.
In that way the idea crystalized that the
new idol was manufactured, out and out,
In a convention Of dem:gods who sat only
four months and three days. Thai purely
fanc:ful notion is fast giving way before
the historical method. which looks behind
written constitutions in order to ascertain
the genesis of the ideas that entered into
them. When scrutiniZed by students Of
/ that school. who believe that beneath
| every shell there Is an animal, behind
every there is a man, Pelatiah
webster's claim to the personal author
ship of the scheme Of federal government
d, embodied in the constitution of the United
! States presents no difficulties whatever.
According to all legitimate canons Of
criticism. his claim to the authorship Of
that plan, severed from details and con-
sidcrcd as a connected whole. is as clear
as Jefferson's to the authorship of the
declaration of independence. Let us hope
that the day is near at hand when the
claim Of the New England patriot and
philosopher will be frankly admitted. and
an imposing monument erected on some
lonely emincnce near the capitol at WASH
ington to the original designer of the
unique plan Of federal government en-
bodied IN the constitution Of the United
States"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-26

Soon 1 heard something breaking
through the bushes, and a moment
later q splendid stag stood at the brook
a hundred yards away.
l seized my gun. The deer had not no.
ticed me, but it was restless. l took
aim and fired. but only succeeded in
wounding it, and though it fell it was
up again in "a second and, with a bound,
disappeared between the rocks. Bless
my luck! l exclaimed. and quickly
slipped another cartridge into my gun.
ana as quickly as my lame foot would
permit me I crossed the brook and fol-
lowed up a trail of blood, and "a few
yards away 1 saw its great antlers
above the ferns.
When the deer saw me come he made
one strong effort to jump up again. but
failed, and a later my, hunting
knife was In hts heart and / had killed
my first deer. whose magnificent head
Is. as you may still see, on my wall.
About half an hour later 1 hear the
voices OF my friend and David. They.
had had no success at all. but if they
were envious they did not show it, and
we started for home without DELAY.
and found the ponies where we had left
them.
AS we were riding Down through the
valley we We're soon enveloped in a
neavy log and we. or rather, David.
found 1t very difficult to find the road.
We had Travelled about a. thousand
yards through the fog. when suddenly
we saw a magnificent stag. following
the brook. in every way a perfect like.
ness OF the n 1 had shot.
He stopped and stood in exactly the
same position as mine had done when
i had first seen him. but we soon saw
n 1t would be useles to waste any
powder on him. for we could njainiv
see the trees and rocks through his
BODY. Then came a long string Of stays
ana does. and they all marched 30 close
to US that we might have touched
them-if there had been ANYTHING To
t~onch-and n by one they disan.
peared In the air. David was as male
as h fog himself. ~'
The DEVIL" he exclaimed. %. have
often heard tell of these phantom deer
but never seen any. 1t means had
luck to us allie; US hurry home"
And we did hurry. hone of us speak
ing another word until we had reached
the lodge.
Then my friend pickes up enoupb
courage to tease me with the ghost Of
my first deer. but l soon OPP him
by asking him If the CHEST of his COW
did not haunt him.
Mayo the reason 1t dio no wa he
cause ne had paid Christy Morrison for
the death OF the COW. which 1 had paid
nothing. I had simply committed muir.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-26
lvN sM.sa Iys.1 ASJ-SskA

paid no attention to our protestation.
He produced 4 long eyeglass, sat down
With his back against a rock. and, rest
in; the end of his telescope on his
knees. examined the valley beolw very
carefully.
There they are" he suddenly said.
eight of them. just at he bend of the
river"
do you think we can reach them?"
we eagerly asked
Yes with time and patience" am
swered our guide and philosopher.
w must approach them so that we
face the wind. and il will take us about
two hours to get on the right side of
Them
Though this was not Very
ing, our hearts filled with JOY. and we
slung our guns IN our backs and start
ed to climb down. but fifteen minutes
later / snrained my ankle. and. having
seen that ii WAS nothing serious, my
friend resolved to continue his search
for the coveted deer.
You JUS walk slowly dow and wait
for us near the river down there" and
he pointed to d place about two miles
and Il half from where we had seen the
deer.
Very much Disguised. l let him go.
and as had plenty of time I lay down
on the soft moss. hut soon found that
! could rot rest. and then crawlcd down
10 oar meeting place. whore IL small
stream rushed down the side of the
mountain into the river close by. Here
| Sathed my sore ankle. and hiding the
pain almost gone. stretched myself
flat on my back and lay gazing into the
blue sky overhead. where two buzzards
were continually circ!ing around In
dizzy heights. | ph~ilosophically thought
bow strange it was that We should al
Ways have to strive so hard to realize
our wishes and desires. aud how often
we were disappointed, and then 1 sighed
At the thought of having lost all chance
ol shooting a deer. | calmly lit my
cigar, and, having finished 1t, soon fell
asleep.
Thc sun MAS low when WOkn LIN
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-26
A Witty Headline.

Jacob A.. Rfis. the author and journalist.
was talking about witty newspaper head
lines.
'.As witty n headline as 1 know" said
he. was written by IA youth OF Is In a
San Francisco newspaper Office. There
was a bill up to prohibit the sale Of al
conol.c drinks within four miles OF the
University OF California. and this bill the
youth headed:
IAN Act to Promote Pedcstrian:sm
Among Our Students"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-26

The slow going drag horse lande
more coin h the average race
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-03
WILL SHOW RECORDS
But Anthony Carroll May Not See Examination
 Papers,

A meeting of the civil service com mission, the first held since the early part of the summer, was held last evening and at the session the board took up the request of Anthony Car roll that he be permitted 10 see his ex- animation pG pers taken in the com petition last spring for the position of assistant building inspector. At the time of the examination Mir Carroll was informed that he had not passed and he 2, once askel to see the papers ir order tOi see what the mark was that had been given. The matter was placed before the corporation counsel who harded in a finding that he was entitled to sec the mark given and the records of the meeting. In accordance with this opinion it was voted that he might see the records, although in &C., cordance with the opinion as con- strued by the board he will not be per- mitted to see the original examination papers which he desired to see.
 No further business except of a rou- tine nature was taken up and the ses- sion did not last long.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-03
NURSES INCREASE FEE TO PATIENTS After November l the Sick Must Pay More for Gen.
 tie Professional
 Service, WHERE ONE PAID $21 HE MUST NOW PAY $25 For Scarlet Fever and Other Contagious Diseases Re- muneration of $50
 is Asked.

Beginning November 1, the graduate nurses of the city of New Haven. who have been receiving an ordinary week. ly remuneration of s21 per week for their services, will Increase that figure by four dollars, so that the charge from that date will be s25 per week.
 This decision was reached at well attended meeting of the graduate nurs- es, held yesterday afternoon, The meet ing thoroughly discussed the question from all points, after which a vote was taken and carried unanimously in favor of the increase,
 For scarlet fever nd other contagious cases the fee will be s30 per week. in oluding all expenses. The nurses claim that the increased cost of living is the main reason for the decision they came to. They also allege that nurses from out of town, including New York and other places are brought to this city, and they receive $25 and $So per week for their work. In many instances, said one of the nurses, New Haven nurse. and New York nurse will be engaged on the same case. The local nurse does exactly the same work, puts in the same number of hours with the patient is fully as competent as her sister nurse from New York, yet she actually receives four dollars less for her remuneration. This the New Haven nurses hardly consider a square deal. and think they are entitled to the same fee as their professional mates from the big city.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-03
COST AVIS $1,861. Candidate Defeated at Pri- maries Files Statement
 of Expenses. FOURTH CAME HIGH Detailed List of Sums Put Into Each of City
 Wards.
FOURTH CAME HIGH

According to the sworn statement filed with the town clerks office yes terday, it cost Samuel R. Avis just s1,s61.95 to conduct his campaign for the nomination of the democratic party for mayor at the recent pri- maries. The statement shows that the Fourth ward, which he carried by two votes, cost the most money, the agent who had charge of the campaign in that ward having handled S25O, The Thirteenth, the other ward car ried by MT. Avis, had $25 to do it with. The money paid out according to the statement in the various wards fol- lows: First, SPA; Second, $190; Third, $1S5; Fourth, $250; Fifth, $60; Sixth, $11S,50; Seventh. $75 Eighth, S7g; Ninth, $SS,70; Tenth, $50; Eleventh, $83; Twelfth, $133.75; Thirteenth, $25; Fourteenth, nothing; Fifteenth, $45.
 In addition to the sums named, there were printing expenses of $1S705; advertising cost $114.45; stamped envelopes are down for SAC, and addressing same reaches $1750. Securing ward agents appears at the bottom of the list and cost $50.
 Mir Martin, the successful candidate for the nomination, does not have to file his expense account for the pri- maries until he does for the election, fifteen days after that event Yester- day was the last day for the defeated candidates at the democratic primaries to file their accounts. The republicans have until next week to get in their caucus-expense lists.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-03
WOODRUFF ON TOP
Hamden Caucus Gives Him
 Plurality Over Op- ponents.

There was warm fight at the re- publican caucus for the town of Ham, den, which was held last evening in the town hall, over the nomination of the partys candidate for first select nan. Arthur Woodruff, the present occupant of the position, was up for the renomination and against him there were two aspirants for the office, Samuel A. Flight and Edward San ford. The ballot for the nomination resulted in the choice of Woodruff by the following vote:
 Woodruff, 191 Flight, 1o5; Sanford o9.
 The remainder of the ticket was nominated with the present holders placed before the voters again with the following ticket:
 Second selectman, Harvey B. Mann; town clerk, George Andrews; treas urer, Walter Hale; auditor, H. Wake feldS constables, Arthur Smith, Ben nett Dickerman; school visitors, Will liam Woods, Henry Avis.
 There was a large attendance at the caucus and the fight for the one con tested position was close one.