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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19

"All right" broke in the Mere Man.
rising suddenly with the light of deter
mination in his eyes. crossing over to
where the Bachelor Girl sat and offer
ing her his cigaret case. Have q
smoke, old chap!"
The Bachelor girl jumped up as if
she had been hot and turned on him
with flame and astOniShment in her
eyes.
Robbie Porter!" She exclaimed in
GREATNESS Indignation.
Come. come" laughed the Mere
Man reproachfully. Don't be silly.
Light up and then We'll go out and get
q DIT
"How dare you!"
"And IN tell you a spicy bit j heard
down at Fogarty's."
"Are-you-going crazy%'
I'm only trying to treat o as an
equal" protested the Mere Man re-
and intelligent and not n brass idol,
nor a white COW. nor Il nice ruff1y
sacred thing made of lace and violets
and"
Stop cried the Bachelor Girl.
I'm trying to let you in on our priv
ileges," persisted the Mere Man plain
lively. but of course he added, put
ting the scorned cigaret case back in
his pocket, you'll have to come in on
our terms. If you're my equal you
ant expect me to treat you as my
superior, can you? o can't have
your cake-and our cigaret, too" and
he laughed silently at the changing ex-
she sank back IA little heap of chagrin
and lace in her Morris chair.
Its no USE she sighed, shaking her
head after a long pause. II don't sup
pose we EVER can change it,"
"What?" inquired h Mere Nan
lighting Il fresh cigaret with IA deep
breath of relief. Your minds or your
or the law Or"
THE aw of nature" said the Bache-
lor Girl. 81 suppose it's born i'm us to
prefer being kissable to being free and
being sweet to being equal"
And being good to being Bohemian
slapped on the back and plums
to cigarets n ruffies to race tracks.
OF course it is!' and the Mere Man
pulled his cigaret with an air of con-
scious virtue.
And j suppose you feel" retorted
the Bachelor Girl turning on him with
yourself from the pit and performed a
noble and virtuous act. now that you've
saved me from your temptations and
"Nonsense!" protested the Mere Man
weakly.
And II a keeping me from doing
tnlhgs is quite as good as If you had
given them up yourself"
"Not-not quite" returned the Mere
Man mildly. But / do feel a sort of
moral responsibility for you--''
WHAT
"And q personal interest in keeping
you in the straight and narrow path,
while l zig-zag-"
oh. do you?"
and in guarding you from tempta-
ton. while | tag after it"
"Really?"
Because some day l expect to go to
heav jill
"You!"
And I want to get in on my wife,
on your ticket"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19

IT'S perfectly awful remarked the
Bachelor Girl with scornful irony, the
moral responsibility L man feels for a
woman"
The Mere Man raised his eyebrows as
he lit o. cigaret.
For in%stance?" he inquired warily..
For instance" the Bachelor Girl re-
peated. shutting her magazine with a
little snap. they're always passing
laws to make us be good. There's that
new one debarring women from divorce
courts in Cleveland and that ordinance
against women smoking in New York
city and-and I never wanted to smoke
a cigaret before" She glanced visit
fully at the Mere Mans cigaret case
tying open ON the tabourette.
"'Before!'" The Mere Man turned
Ind gazed ut her as if it were the first
time he ever had seen her, at the same
moment hastily recovering his case and
putting it in his pocket.
cit makes things SO much more at
tractive. is there is a law against
them," sighed the Bachelor Girl.
cit doesn't make a woman n more
attractive" retorted the Mere Mar
stingingly, ito have her hair smell
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19

privileges with SOu--'
They wouldn't seem like privileges
any more!" scoffed the Bachelor Girl.
with an airy smile. Would they?"
oh. we'll, grumbled the Mere Man
rumpling his hair up desperately.
Somebody's got to be good"
And as you WON'T" agreed the Bach
elor Girl bitterly. we've got to-"
lit gives us some sort of claim or
heaven" acquiesced the Mere Man UNI
concernedly.
And from appearances" remarked
the Bachelor Girl scathingly, every
man expects to get into heaven on his
W1fe'S reputation. He seems to think
II she can only pass in II clean little
white check she'll manage somehow
to get around st. Peter n have her
men folk admitted too. His idea is
that If he can only keep his wife and
his daughters and his sisters in the
straight and narrow path he can go
out and ziz-zag all over the downward
one without slipping ava from grace
or into disgrace. He doesn't feel the
least qualms himself at tagging after
silk p%etticoat, but If he sees his sister
speaking to her. his soul is wrung
with shame and indignation. Why, I
suppose Adam felt worse about Eve
taking that little bite of the apple
than he did about eating the whole of
liz 1881 VI y lilIIlSCll, LII even f1cQFy
the VIII. was SO horribly wrought up
over the way Ann Boleyn had fiirted
with him before they were married,
that he had to cut off her head to ease
his conscience. That's the perfectly
awful moral responsibility a man feels
for a woman!" n the Bachelor Girl
crossed her feet on the fender with a
little spiteful click of her blue satin
heels n snapped her fingers inn
patiently.
The Mere Man blew a smoke ring
With calm disdain.
II don,t know anything about the
about the cold shudders he feels when
he sees a nice. dainty little creature
with baby eyes and a dimpled chin
trying to be bad and Bohemian and
wearing a mannish coat and smoking
cigarets. He feels as If he had seen
her trailing a white satin skirt through
the mud or throwing dice on the prayer
book or dancing a clog on an altar.
we men may be a depraved lot; but
there are a few things we hold sacred
and wan to treat that way"
But a woman doesn't want to be
treated as IL she were sacred" re-
turned the Bachelor Girl with a vehe-
like a white cow or a brass idol or the
ashes OF your ancestors. She wants
to be treated as II she were human
and intelligent and your equal. II she
is able to go out and battle with the
world unescorted and unprotected,
n en she wants to be considered able
to go out and ave a good time IN
escorted and without tearing q hole In
her reputation. Il she is strong enough
to help bear your burdens, she's strong
enough to Withstand your silly old
temptations --s
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19

New York, Special: Hiram Percy Max.
i'm. son of Sir Hiram Maxim, who in
vented the machine gun which bears his
silent firearm," and this new weapon.
in the eyes Of experts. threatens to revo-
lutionize the world of arms.
BY the device of the younger inventor.
now formally announced as fully per-
fected, the discharge of q rifle or revolver
Is rendered practically noiseless. This pos
sibility, combined with the use of smoke.
less powder, introduces a new factor upon
the stage of warfare. The 'silent fire.
ARM" SO military experts assert, may
lead to entire re-equipment of the armies
of the world.
In the hands of the sportsman, too, the
noiseless weapon offers possibilities hith-
erto unknown. On the other hand. n
within reach of the criminal classes 4,
presents a new and difficult problem with
which the authorities Of the world NAV
have to cope. Thus The name of Maxim
again threatens to work another sween-
ing revolution in the world of firearms.
Military experts, appraised of the new
invention, assert that it holds the powe,
to force revolution of modern methods of
warfare. BY use of the noiseless weapon
skirmishers could work along an enemy.s
front and shoot dow pickets without
their presence being noted except upor
discovery of the slain. Sharpshooters
would be enabled to pick of their victims
without reports of weapons b~etraying
their positions. The extended front of an
entire army. carefully masked by under
brush or natu.a formations. might ever
operate with tremendous execution before
it's position could be accurately defined b.
an opposing force. Therefore, the force
equipped with this weapon would hold an
initial advantage overwhelming in its pos.
sihilifioa
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19

Ing of stale tobacco and her lips unfit
to kiss and her fingers stained yellow
n her reputation discolored'-
"Her reputation" broke in the
Bachelor Girl petulantly, with a con-
ternptuous wave of her magazine.
That's the bogie you always hurl at
rs, when you want us to keep off the
grass of your pastimes and .trespass
no further on your privileges. The
moment you find anything amusing,
you discover that it's unladylike. Her
reputation is the white woman's BUR-
der. 1t takes all the fun out of life
to have a good reputation"-
"What?"
G" that you have got to carry
lround with you like O dead weight
all the time and that gets between
. and all the things you oughtn't to
do."
"oh. I don't know" said the Mere
Man s%oothingly. I've got one and I
don find 1t i~nconvenient."
"Of course you DON'T rejoined the
Bachelor Girl. "A mans reputation
bothers him. All it interferes
with is his stealing o. cheating-and
nobody wants to steal or cheat. They're
not nice. but it's the nice things that
a woman's reputation is always turn
ing up its nose at and jerking her away
from n telling her she mustn't
touch.'"
"The nice things!" Knocked the Mere
Mar with q bitter laugh. 1.-THE nice
things, like cigarets. I suppose, and
betting on the races. and going to res
taurants alone. and woman's rights
md"
"woman's rights!" The Bachelor
Girl spoke scoffingly as she waved the
smoke from the Mere Mans cigaret III
of her eyes n shook her curly pom
padour with Impotence. who wants
any rights? It's a few privileges we
want We have most of our rights al
ready. In some states we can vote and
in all Of them we have the right to go
out n work for our livings. mt to
take in washing to support our hus-
bands. and to study law and the old
ologies and struggle through colleges
n pay our own way to the theaters If
we want to go alone, and do all the
unpleasant n difficult things; but it's
the pleasant ones hat we aren't con-
sidered At for. It's when the hard work
IL over and the fun begins that a man
suddenly remembers that we are ten
der. incapable little creatures, who
must be protected n guarded and
left at home. He thinks it nice and
noble and perfectly ladylike for a girl
to go out and toll all day in a smoky.
earnings to the family. He considers
woman his equal when It comes to
standing in a street car. or shouldering
her way through a crowd. or opening q
big heavy Office door. He treats her
as q bon c0nrade when he wants to
keep ON his hat in an elevator. or blow
smoke In her face on a surface car. or
tight her In q lawsuit: but when 1t
to dining alone at . cafe, o. go
ing to the races. or playing poker. or
watching divorce trials. or doing any
ching he considers amusing. he gets
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19

Fowls appreciate a change of feed.
Give them something a little different
each day if possible. Anything that
tempts the appetite, like waste fruits
and vegetables. will pay. Feed q few
at a time and they will be readily
eaten.
This is the time when anxious breed
ers are beginning to wisely plan their
seasons work. Their plans have been
maturing for a long time. and they are
now beginning to put them into oper-
alton.
Common sense is a thing we must
depend upon very largely in successful
rearing of poultry. No matter what the
vital Importance.
Every poultryman must stand upon
his w ground and work out his own
salvation in the business. This does
not say that he cannot be greatly
Green bone. when secured from the
butcher. should be fresh, for tainted
meat will do more harm than good.
1t should likewise be fed Immediately
after being cut. as it cannot be sue
cessfully held over.
Have you counted how MANY dead.
heads you are wintering, particularly
In the line of old ROSTERS? They are
rusty Fellows to crow and eat greedily:
put the CLEAN the goodness from 9TH
ers. and by spring will have taken u lot
more than they can return.
Keep the sick birds out of draurhts.
put Ibis does not mean to keep them
Doxed up In an Overheated. poorly ven
tliated house. The air should be cool
wholesome. With a little Judgment
this can be arranged without subject
Dosure.
Chickens frequently have a leg bro
ken by being stepped on or kicked by
horses or cattle. In such cases it can
be set by incasing the bone in a splint
made from narrow strips of strong cot
ton cloth covered with glue, applied in
same manner as a plaster-cast for =
large animal.
On the farm. poultry can utilize lots
or rood that would otherwise be wasted.
ana Tor that reason poultry raising on
the farm should be more profitable than
elsewhere. The fowls must be kept in
a good average condition all the time.
Don't let them starve one week and
feast the next.
If you are not prepared to give Janu-
airy and February chicks the right kind
Of care and housing. better wait pa
tiently for finer weather for the first
hatch. 1t is cruel and a loss of time
and money to hatch out the extra early
chicks unless o can give them the
conditions necessary to keep them in
the best shape and growing RAPIDLY.
Gapes In chickens result from COM
taminated soil. Keep everything clean.
Move the hen and chickens to a new
place often. II you cannot do this.
spade up the ground occasionally.
Camphor in drinking water n ~oo1
When the chicks get the gapes din :
feather In turpsntine and apply to
their throat.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19
In Sunday School.

Weekly Telegraph: In my babies
class last week the little ones were re
peating the text. Arise and take the
young child and his mother and flee
into Egypt" / showed them q picture
reprc---ting the flight into Egypt.
when they noticed Inc chief features
Then "a one little boy there arose q dif.
ficulty. 90 up went his hand, and he
asked. please teacher where u the
lca1"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19
HOW THE MILK SUPPLY
HANDLED IN GERMANY.

A paper read at the recent meeting
of the German Association of Scientists
and Physicians, held at Dresden. on the
Treatment Of MILK" by Professor
formation as to the methods employed
in Germany to protect the milk-con-
Stunning public.
DIR. Hempel states that the only sat
~isfactory solution of the milk problem
in Germany is to be reached by gov
eminent requirements and inspection at
each stage along the following lines:
"First-The dairy cow must be abso-
lutely free from tuberculosis and be
subject to frequent examination and
tests by competent inspectors,
'Second-They must pass the day,
when he weather permits, in the open
air and in pastures.
"Thtrd-They must nave an abund-
ance of good fodder, be under good care
and be cleansed each day.
Notwithstanding should take place
in a special milking room. kept scrupu-
lously Clean. A mixer careless about
personal cleanliness would respond to
the stimulus Of such an environment.
"Fifth-Udders should be carefully
and thoroughly washed with pure water
Immediately before milking, and dried
with clean towels.
"Sixth-Milk. as soon as collected
from a COW. should be rapidly cooled
to a point but little above that Of freez-
ing water. In summer ice or r%efrigerat-
Ing apparatus must be used. In winter
running cold water. in pipes or the like.
can be employed for the purpose.
"Seventh-Milk u be kept at this
low temperature during transportation
and until delivered to consumers. who
then become responsible for the con-
tinuance of the conditions described un-
til the liquid is required as an article of
food.''
The address closed with a forcible
plea for the installation on all railways
vi refrigerator cars. first, to meet the
needs of the milk traffic, and. second. to
facilitate the transportation of fresh
meats, FISH, fruits. flowers etc.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19

using a house which can be moved to q
fresh piece of ground unsanitary on
ditions are avoided. From four to six
mature animals or from 10 to 90 shoats
are accommodated by each house. The
swine are thus kept cleaner and more
thrifty than when allowed to gather in
large numbers. Animals showing evil
dence of contagious disease can more
readily be isolated when portable
houses are used.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19

Common sense is a thing we must
depend upon very largely in successful
rearing of poultry. No matter what the
circumstances are. this n thing is OF
vital Importance.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19

Every poultryman must stand upon
his own ground and work out his own
salvation in h business. This does
not a that he cannot be greatly
helped by the success Of others.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19
POINTERS.

Fowls appreciate a change of feed.
them something a little different
each day if possible. Anything that
the appetite, like waste fruits
vegetables. will pay. Feed a few
at Il time and they will be readily
eaten.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19

Green bone. when secured from tho
butcher. should be fresh, for tainted
will do more harm than good.
1t should likewise be fed Immediately
after being cut. Is 1t cannot be sue
cessfully held over.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19

This is the time when anxious breed
ers are beginning to wisely plan their
seasons work. Their plans have been
maturing for a long time. and they are
now beginning to put them into oper-
alton.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-03-19

Gapes In chickens result from CON.
taminated soil. Keep everything clean.
Move the hen and chickens to a new
place often. II you cannot do this.
spade up the ground occasionally.
When the chicks get the gapes din =
feather in turpsntine and apply to
their throat.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-05
Letter From North Dakota.

Cando, N. OAK, Feb'y 26 En-.
closed money order for renewal.
Wife and | cannot get along without
The TINES and Aaron's items are
better than q letter from our old
home. We are having q delightful win
ter, only q few times when thermo.
meter reached "a degrees below zsro.
Two rains this winter, something un.
head OF in Oak. before. Cando is q
town Of about 1, 900 inhabitants and
has 0 large elevators ell doing q
good business. Farmers work on q
large scale. One man can put out
800 acres II he fall breaks 200 acres.
l expect to put out about 800 acres
thissummer, and II get a good crop
will make old Missouri q visit next
winter. c. F. LENT.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-05
New Breed Of Chickens.
(Communicated.)

(Communicsted.)
The great interest taken by chick.
en- raisers all over the country In
lettering the breed, is my excuse for
this communication. The Rock
Island Red is q comparatively new
breed, having only been admitted to
the American Poultry Association,
February 1904 They are making
for themselves reputation as an
all purpose fowl. They are superior
as table fowl, have oblong bodies,
wide, deep, plump breasts and yellow
skin. They mature early, are hardy,
lay large brown eggs, are good
rustlers and make excellent mothers
This Is very pretty chicken, proud
and erect, red eyes and rich red
plumage, the darker wing blending
into a light red with dark green
glossy tall. The standard weight Of
cocks, sh and hens 6K pounds.
A FANCIER.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-05
VICTIMS OF EXPLOSION.
Two Boys at Adrian Die
of Their Wounds.

Horace Russell Shelton and Ray.
mond Skeeler, two OF the little boys
who we're injured In the boiler explo-
sion at Adrian, died the last Of the
week from their injuries. Horace
Shelton, son Of Rev. Shelton, the
Baptist minister, died Thursday al.
ternoon, and Raymond Skeeler sue
cumbed to his injuries on Sunday
morning. These two little fellows,
while badly burned and bruised, it
was thought for awhile would re-
cover. but Is Is believed now that
they received internal injuries. Ray.
mond was q grandson Of Rev. Shell
ton and lived with the family. The
two little fellows were thus closely
related, we're inseparable compsn-
ions and occupied the same seat at
school. Horace was 6 years IL
months and 20 days. Re-, mond was
Z years, 3 months and 16 days old.
The funeral of the former was held
Saturday afternoon and the latter
Sunday afternoon, both from the
Baptist church. The school children
turned out and marched at both
funerals.
Ii Is not thought there will be any
other fatalities. Most OF the children
injured have fully recovered and re-
returned to school. Some are still
laid up and one or two may be per-
manently crippled,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-05
Pushing Missouri's Highway.

Jefferson City, March 2.-Work on
the Southern route OF the state high.
way out OF Kansas City is starting
off we'll. Curtis Hill, state highway
engineer, received notice while here
to 60 to Pleasant Hill Immediately
to approve the contract which had
just been awarded for the construc.
tion OF four and one.hall miles OF
hard surface road from the jackson
count road to Pleasant Hill. Mr..
Hill will go there as soon as possible
aud approve the contract 80 that
the work can begin without delay.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-05
A Wedding Anniversary.

Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Lewis, near
Amsterdam, celebrated their Fish
wedding anniversary Tuesday even.
Ing, Feb % The guests, including
neighbors and relatives, numbered
more than sixty. Those from a dis
tauce WERE Mrs. A. II. towan aud
son, OF Kansas City, No; Mr.. and
Mrs Perry Osborne and Miss Clara
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-05

Chandler, OF Busler. After a deli
cious and dainty four course supper
heevening was spent with music and
social conversation. Is being the
wooden anniversary Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis received some very useful pres
ents. At a late hour the guests de.
parted, wishing this worthy couple
many more happy anniversaries.
A GUEST.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-05
Lumber For Sale.

At the sawmill In my timber, Eve
miles southwest Of Butler on the Rich
Hill road, have ell kinds Of native
lumber for sale. Call on or address,
L. A. McElroy, Butler, No.. R F. D.
9. Him
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-05
Buys 2 Coffins, Shoots
His Wife, Fails at Suicide.

Springfield, Mo, March 1.-Aitel
visiting q Springfield undertaking
establish ment and purchasing c. fIlns
for his vile and himself and forcing
the undertaken with a revolver to
write a farewell note for him, Thorn.
as R. Ray, formerly well TO do, but
now a labcrer, met bis young wife
to-day In acrowded downtown street
and fired four shots at her. The wo.
man sank to the sidewalk, shot IN
the face and through the left arm.
Two OF the bullets intended for her
went Wild.
Mrs. Ray was seriously wounded,
but is expected to recover.
Believing that he had killed her,
Ray turned the weapon toward his
own heart, but the remaining cart.
ridge failed to explode.
He ran to a livery stable a short
distance away and surrendered to
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-05
WALNUT TOWNSHIP.

STATE OF MISSOURI
County of Bates.
l, c, G. Weeks. Clerk of tho County Court or
said county, hereby certify the above to be a
true and correct copy of the apportionment of
the railroad, telephone and telegraph school
monies for the year 1907.
Witness my hand and seal of said court
(sEAL) this 10th day of February, 1905.
c. G. WEEKS,
County Clerk.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-03-05

Jealousy Is said to have prompted
Ray to commit the deed.
After being locked In the holdover,
he attempted to commit suicide with
a pocketknife which was passed to
him by a iellow-prisoner, but the at
tempt was frustrated by an officer.