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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-10
GUMPTl0N ON THE A R

From the Farm Journal.

From the Farm Journal.
The man who is governed by a good
wife is we'll AMI wisely ruled.
Whistle and hoe, save as you 20;
Old won't be so dull then, you
know.
Soapsuds will kill plant lice. So will
tobacco extract. kerosene emulsion Of
whale oil soap.
Steel tools put In a barrel Of air
hacked lime Wall never rust. have al
ways kept my spades and such tools
in lime.
Now get in the rutabagas. They'll
come In nice fer stock feed next win
ter. A turned.under timothy sod will
do for them.
Keep the culsivator going in the corn
until gu i'm tassel. Shallow-please!
About two inches deep is right. Muzzle
h horses and they'll work better.
Secrets of successful turnip growing:
HaSe the seedbed very fine. her roll
It; SOW the seed soon after a rain and
cover the seea by lightly rolling the
ground.
The nick OF time in spraying potatoes
for blight is before the blight strike
them. 1t is discouraging to look out
and See a nice field all turned black. We
hope that will not be the way with
yours.
1t beats all how soon potato bugs will
trim up a patch if you get to thinking
or something else and forget them! Bet
ter keep your thinking cap on. and
hustle those bugs out so quickly that
their heads will swim.
Alfalfa is the great farm enricher.
Those who are learning how to grow it
successfully onnec it in their minds
with lime, and with incubation of the
field where it is sown. The field can
be ~inoculated by spreading over it 200
pounds or more per acre OF soil from a
good alfalfa field and narrowing it and
the seed i'm together at once. DIR. r.. II.
Jenkins. Of the Connecticut experiment
station. states that soil from Il good
sweet clover field ls equally able to
provide the bacteria which lives IN the
modules of the alfalfa roots. and which
enables the plant to take the nitrogen
from the air.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-10
Tho Baggage sms.h.r Story.
From the New York Sun.

ss~
How is It," the traveller asked the
railroad man. that We don't hear any
more stories nowadays about the bag
gage smasher?"
We'll" said the railroad man. mora
car in the handling Of passengers
baggage is required nowadays , for ons
thing; n as between the trunk
smAsher and the trunk maker the sit.
uation Is about TIL. same az that be.
tween the arnlored ship builder an6
the p%rojectile manufacturer. first one
is ahead and then the other. One day
you may have a ship that can't tie per-
f0rated. but the next day may put the
proJectile ahead.
"There have been improvements in
trunk making as In all things else, and
just now you find d good many trunks
that are solid and rugged. we'll bull,
and we'll adapted to stand the stra:r
OF travel and rough handling. hard tc
smash. With this advance in trunk
building the smasher ia somewha,
overmatched. placed at a disadvantage
and SO the trunk smashing story goes.
tor a time at least. into a decline. but
Q new and greater and stronger breed
Of trunk smasher may at n moment
arise and IL that day should CONS.
why. then the trunk smasher will be
again on top and we shall have a glad
some revival of trunk smashing storjeH
With modern fri,is and attachmsnts."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-10
Chewing Gum.
From Harper's Weekly.

At Yucatan the gathering of the
shicle chewing gum is an industry that
employees the services Of considerable
bands OF natives known as "chicleros."
They go into the deep forests, under
experienced leaders. armed with heavy
knives Of special make. and pals and
ladies' for the sap. and each one is
provided with a strong rope. more thar
80 feet long. to be used in climbing the
lofty sapota trees from which the gum
is procured.
The sap flows from gashes cut in the
bark. A camp Of chicleros. where the
sap is boiled. resembles in some re-
spects an American maple sugar camp.
After months of work the chicleros
return from the forests laden with
bricklike blocks of aromatic gum. The
finest gum 10 collected from the fruit
Of the sapota. mostly by the native
women. and 1t is said hat It ia seitcir
exported. because IL 10 too we'll liked
hA~nA
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-10
Mixed Up Relations.

a lawyer sends this complication of
relations to the West Publishing COM
pany's Docket"
l have "a client who is suing as the
sole survivor and heir of his family
for the possession OF their real and
personal estate.
The facts ara as follows:
John and Ann Smith are father and
daughter. Sos. and Mary Jones are
brother and sister. John Smith marries
Mary Jones. and Jos. Jones marries
Ann Smith.
The relations of the above parties
are as follows: John is AIMS father
and brother-in-law. by marriage Mary
is Ann step mother and sister-in-law
by marriage. jos. Is Johns son-in-
law and brother-in-law. by marriage.
John and Mary have a son David
Jos. and Ann have a daughter Susan.
David. being the son of John, makes
to Ann. on an husbands side. David
is Joss brother-in-law and nephew on
Mary's aide.
Susan Is the daughter Of JOS. and
Ann. She is job and Mary's grand
daughter; also Mary and Johns niece
on Mary's side. David is an uncle to
Susan on AIMS side, and a cousin to
Susan on Joss side. David is a half
brother TO Ann on his fathers side.
and a nephew to Ann on her husbands
side.
John. Mary. Jos. Ann. Inc Susan Lest
their lives in an auto accident. and
David claims the estate of the afore.
mentioned persons.
Jacob, a sole surviving brother OF
John, also claims the estate.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-10
The Hippocratic Oath.
From the PHILADELPHIA Ledge,

rIoIl tHe fIlllaGGIpnla Ledger.
The hippocratic path which was
ken by the graduates of the Jefferson
Medical college at their commencement
represents an interesting survival.
The oath, as administered, included the
essential provisions OF the solemn adj
DURATION that is associated with the
name of h great physician, the "Fa-
Their Of Medicine" who fiourished in
the fifth century before Christ and was
2 reputed descendant OF Aesculapius.
The modern version Of the ancient
oath. to lie sure. does not invoke Apol-
o., Aesculapius, Hygeia and Panacea.
pelther does 1t promise that the young
practitioner will hold his professor and
bis professors d as dear as his
2wn parents. But it does pledge that
ne who practices the healing art will
pot stoop to any v~illainy either of com
mission or suggestion. and tina. ne will
hold sacred the confidence of the sick
COON in all the secrecy OF the confess
s:onal.
The doctors of old who took this
oath called down maledictions on their
,wn heads in the event of its violation
n language similar to that employed
today. The spirit of the venerable for
mula has never been ASSOCIATED from
me personal procedure OF those who
a V worthily upheld the traditions Of
medical science The doctor who has
been held in the affectionate and justi-
led regard of the community has al
way been he who. mindful Of his high
calling. has kept the faith alike with
his patient and his profession and him
self.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-10
Ideals IN New York-

From a Letter in the New York World.
A day or two ago a situation want
cd" advertisement appeared i'm one OF
our newspapers i'm which the applicant
described himself as "a young man,
married. a successful salesman. etc.
and said:
II ann anxious to leave New York
city. The battle to keep my ideals in
this environment is too severe"
Now, here is something worth heed
Ing. Here is Il young man. having
upon him the responsibilities that be
long To marriage and OF at least reason-
able business capacity, who deliberatc-
~ states his wish to leave New York
because the environment causes him to-
wage a severe battle in order that his
ideals may be maintained.
Is his charge justified?
That Is not a question to be put
lightly aside. Is 1T true that New York
Is destructive OF lofty ideals-that to
maintain them here involves so great
a struggle That a young man, presum-
ably OF good health and good record,
feels that he must find relief i'm flight:
One wonders What mis- ideals may be.
Are they religious? Surely there in
no lack here Of churches, or of devout.
earnest men and women.
Are they artistic? One would sup
pose that he might revel In New York's
treasures-freely open to every citizen
OF books. OF pictures and OF statuary;
while good music is abundant and not
costly, with the single exception OF
grand opera.
Are they misunderstanding Then
IT may be k whether any spot ir
this hemisphere can offer higher re.
wards than New York stands ready to
lavish on the man who can really dc
something we'll. OF course this city IL
Well known to View with GOODNESS thA
merely ordinary service. but to whoever
can achieve supremacy is given recon.
pense elsewhere unattainable.
So some Of us feel about New York
some Of us to whom the great city:
intensely human as 1t is. nevertheless
appeals with utmost strength. Vet
here Is u man h bitterly
writes down his conviction quite other.
wise.
Is it true" Is there something here.
which stiles ideals?
l wish the World would let its read
ers answer: for. after all. unless our
ideals are strengthened and nourished
there is no such thing as progress-nc
such thing as really living.
Animals have no ideals. Is there that
in New York which justifies this young
man I'm flying from 1t? Is the influence
OF this great city as Il whole destruct-
i've of that which elevates, sustains, on
courages. highly satisfies?
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-10
The Prodiaal Re.urna

Tn siica!s-ns back to Iowa.
You may jeer me- II you viii,
t;tt II ,iiEs role of 'prodisal
thtnk I've had my fill.
lri t..a., BOAST about your Golden Cato
The summer of your sea;
Tue beauty of your orange groves
lowa's good enough for me.
TIN sncalsiny back to Iowa.
I'm tired OF husks and chaff.
1 wonder ii some friend for me
viii! kill the .fatted calf
] do not seek 10 shirk hard work:
care not much for ease.
But heaven defend me from this pest
OF California fieaS.
I'm sneakins back to Iowa.
My heart and feet are sore.
Let me but reach the favored spot
Sure will Soam no more.
My wisdom teeth I think I've cut:
I'm wiser slay by day,
NO more for .ne a Paradise
Three thousand miles away.
I'm snea!sing Sack to Iowa.
Give me youi hottest roast.
El take the worst that you can say
But not the Pacific coast.
l don't like lowers with earthquakes
mixed;
Nor seas that sigh and moan:
When every night they bring IL fog
That chill3 m0 to the bone.
I'm %sneuk.ne back TO Iowa.
In hopes that I may find
The Paradise / sought so far
But surely left ehind
Oh. Iowa. pride of the rolling pratrte
Queen state OF the central plain.
Take back thy weary, erring child
III never roam again"
Greater Iowa
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-10
A "White Hope"
From the Norwich Record.

The latest white hope is now grow.
ing very fast in Passaic. N. j. He b
an urchin of IL, and he loves to fight
and he runs away from school t.
seek new pugilistic fields to conque,
and ne threatens to lick every teache.
and every cop who tries to limit hi.
operations to a five-day-a-week tril
up the hill of knowledge. 1t has loni
been believed by a preponderance o.
the population in other states that n.
good thing can come out Of Jersey
Eat Just h same the fistic future O.
the '2assaic boy. whose one aim Is t,
be the worlds famous fighter is go
ing TO be closely figured by certain
color cranks who have no greater am.
bition than to see somebody clean w
the ring with Jack Johnsing as thor.
oughly as the 1900 cyclone cleaned ur
the champions home city Of Galveston
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-10
A Rose in December.

Well car I wind vour mother: the pitv 1t
IS she's gonO,
her sort l. .ost out of ireland woman
like her there's none,
Slue We're the eyes an kindly. soft and
slow was the tongue:
I, mind her words the better for that. an
The 'quare ould songs she sung
She had many a poor one hlessin' am
blessin' she'd give COLOR.
Aye. a rose IN December was grown by
her door.
But you We're all the daughter she had.
an faith. twas just as we'll.
For II 1T wasn't for manners now.
straight to, your face Id tell
That two like YOU is too many. am one
is more than enough.
But rightly | know for an ould mans talk
you'll care not IL pinch % snuff:
for looks you We're never the peel of her.
for larnin',-l may be a fool.
But l wouldn't give much for the larnin'
that's got at the National School.
Young people should be conducted. but
that's where they're all asthray:
There We're none % this ~loiterin' home
from fairs In Father McCarthy's day.
Twas he would ha' had their lives for
less, so he would then. who but he,
Your mother he called the flower o.
i.ayde, and none minds that hut me:
An she had the voice of "A song-thrlsh.
but YOU have the laugh OF a jay
Och. she was a rose in December. hut Won
are a frost in May,
MORA O'Neill. in McClure's.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-10
The Newspaper Interview.
From the Aberdeen News.

ADiAA lAAO ANc"S
Semi occasionally some Individual
IS interviewed by u newspaper repor-
.er. and after the interview appears
In the paper. he denies the interview.
Or claims he has been misrepresented.
At Baltimore they are pulling off a i've
" quarrel over the public schools. A
reporter for the Baltimore u printed
Hn Interview with one of the men in
solved i'm the controversy. In which he
was made TO criticise another nan in
the following dignified but forceful
language:
mo one can deny that the present
smbroglio is d~isorganizing the schools
and diminishing the efficiency OF the
teachers. Reports that l have received
from parents convince me that the ex-
pertments attempted by MIR. Van Sickle
the superintendent-have failed to
improve the system or to benefit the
pupils. Whatever the dement's OF the
old curriculum, it at least laid a Arm
foundation n CAV the pupil a work.
lug knowledge of the fundamental
branches. The new curriculum does
not accomplish this. l believe a change
IN the office of superintendent would be
to the advantage OF the schools"
After reading tnv purported inter-
View In the paper, the prominent cit1-
zen. who had apparently cooled off, in
h interval between his talk with the
newspaper man and the time the paper
oPPSNi "aAS0 Aiul6IldIiI anu uGnleu
that he had given the interview to the
reporter. n insisted that he had been
m~fsquOted. And the reporter, who had
preserved his notes OF what the man
had said promptly admitted that he had
m%isquoted the prominent citizen. and
gave the following verbatum report OF
The interview as it had actually been
given to him.
Don't talk to me about no Van Sickle.
The scholars in the schools don't learn
half what they used to. When l went
to school things was different. Today
h waste their time on knittin.' mud
pies and such ann monkey business.
I heard the other day that they don't
learn the children spellin' at all no
more. I'm in favor of cuttin' out all
that fancy stuff and givin' somethin'
thatll stick to the ribs. Have a cigar
Say somethin' good and strong. Tell
'em I'm against it,"
Possibly the correction by the re-
porter of his mistake" in 'm%isquoting"
the prominent citizen will appease the
latter's wrath, but very probably it Will!
have the opposite effect.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-10
IT is EASY NOW TO
TRAVEL HOPEFULLY
stevenson's Suggestion Real
lied by women-Many
Clever Innovations.

"Io travel hopefully Is better than to
arrive says Robert Louis Stevenson.
eho The woman of today NAV travel
hopefully indeed if she is equipped with
me new travelling articles that are for
saie IN the shops. No longer need she
ping of how they will look when they
trrlVe at their destination. So many
important and really clever innovations
nave been inaugurated lately in the
1omaln OF travelling articles that it is
quite possible for the woman OF FASH
Jon 20 travel with not n whit less
comfort n h experiences in her
own well appointed home. At her COM
:land are trunks and cases as ef~fectual
n preserving the freshness Of her
trocks as the wardrobes and closets OF
her boudoir.
Take, ior instance. the wardrobe
trunk. What could be more compact
Ind complete than it is? In making it
;he manufacture seems to have taken
INTO consideration the old adaee. "a
place for everything and everythinx in
JUS place" for the new ones leave
nothlng to be desired In the way OF
space economy.
having a small wooden ARRANGEMENT
at one end to prevent the express
MAJ reversing 1t and d%isplacine
me contents. 1t opens in the mid
gio OF the panel, one Side IL designed to
nold gowns and the other displays sey-
frai dra wers OF different sizes, each ono
tleant for a particular use. In the dress
compartment Is a long nickel rod that
pulls easily In and out and holds the
fress hangers. BY pulling out the bar
pne is enabled to get at the gown de-
bred without disturbing any Of the
others. While speaking Of hangers. 1t
might be Well to mention some novel
yes. The hanger for princess dresses
"ill be found a great convenience.
Like q Bureau.
bureau trunks r just what the
name implies. When shut it looks like
IN ordinary wooden trunk, but when
the lid is lifted the front pulls out and
siscloses a number OF trays that have
small brass handles and pull In and out
IKE ones bureau drawers. These ara of
various sizes for holding trinkets, lin
serfe blouses nj SO forth, and are far
superior to the old fashioned method of
packing In ~pasteboard boxes. These
trunks would hardly be appreciated by
the average woman who travels with
one or two trunks, but for the non
datne who goes abroad with enough
boxes TO fill a freight-car they will be
found Il convenience.
"And how about the new hat trunks.
what are they like" o ask. The
handsome young salesman leads the
-" q io" VI suOslaIltlal looking
trunks of a size that grandmother
would have considered large enough to
aold her entire wardrobe necessary for
quite a long journey. OF the hat trunks
there are two new kinds; one is fitted
with cages of WOO strips n tapes to
which the hats are securely tied and
which are held firmly by means Of
clamps. The other kind has cushions
Tor pinning and holding the hats in
place. Both these boxes hold six hats
snd each is provided with a tray for
wells, scarfs, etc.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-10
Divorces at Court.
From the London Truth.

AtS INV i
Once or twice it has peer stated it
n press lately hat in Queen Victoria'.
:elgn "divorced persons" were not per.
mitted to appear at court. This rul
was enforced until about the middle OF
the '70s. Queen Victoria then decided
CATER. consultation with the late Lord
Hartford. who was Lord Chamberlain
and the late Lord Sydney, that ladies
h had divorced their husbands. their
w conduct having been blameless.
should be allowed to come to drawing
rooms after making a special applica.
ton for permission to attend. When.
ever "A lady In this position desired to
appear at court she was required to
send in IL report of the proceedings IL.
her case, which was submitted to Queer
Victoria herself. and 1t was by n.
means a matter Of course for the APP
%plication TO be granted. The wife OF 4
very distinguished man, who had df.
"orced her first husband, her own con
auct having always been unimpeach
able, had her application refused, to he;
intense and lasting disappointment. Thu
fact was that Queen Victoria had NJ
symDathv with sufferers from matri
monial troubles. and In dealing wNA
these cases her decision mainly de.
pended in reality upon the family con
nections of the applicant. 1t is quit,
i,ntrue. as has been asserted lately
that the regulations We're relaxed" b.
King Edward.
1t should be added that Queen Vic.
toria prescribed" TO rule whatever, but
she merely continued the regulation.
which had been enforced by Queer
Adelaide and Queen Charlotte, neithe:
Of whom would consent to receive any
woman who had been concerned in q
divorce case. Queen Charlotte was 6
perfect dragon OF virtue and frownee
ferociously upon any woman abou
whom, there was a grain OF gossip
When William ". came to the thron.
great interest was privately exerted IL
order to induce Queen Adelaide to re.
ceive Lady Holland. but she positivel:
refused to do so.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-10
Ancient Method. of Cold STORAGE.

FROM lne new York American.
One is constantly impressed afresh
with the truth OF King Solomon's say
ing that there is nothing new under tho
sun. II there was anything in his
world we'll recognized as OF recent O!i-
gin. 1t was cold storage, for the pre-
servation of foods OF one kind or an
other. But now it turns out that the
Chinese were familiar with the princi-
piles and practice OF cold storage many
centuries. n probably thousands oe
years ago.
DR.. Frank n. Myer. plant-hunter for
the department OF agriculture. made
an interesting study OF this subject ro.
Gently. He finds that the Chinese have
Il method OF keeping grapes from one
year to another-an idea certainly un-
known to o~urselves-by storing them
IN deep. dugout cellars. where they are
kept cold by placing baskets OF broken
Ice among the baskets of fruit.
1t ts q common practice OF fruit mer-
chants in China to keep perishabls
fruits in fresh condition by the use OF
parge and very thick earthen Jars.
q; quantity OF broken Ice Is put in the
bottom of a jar, and Upon his il
placed Il woven wicker basket, In which
with a wooden cover. which often ha.
p strip Of felt around II. to make tn.
as complete as possible. ID"
Myer says that it is remarkable no
well this simple contrivance serves +.
purpose.
Of such Importance is the cold stor-
age business in China. for the preser-
walton OF a great variety OF foods. h a
enormous quantities Of ice are gathered
IN the neighborhOod Of towns and vii
iages In the winter time. 1t is con-
sidered so precious that every obtain
able bit of 1t is collected, even when it
is az thin az half an inch. The mode
Of storing 1t 10 primitive enough. but
highly satisfactory. the buildings used
for he purpose being Of baked mud
with very thick wallis. Such material.
being q first-cIass nonconductor OF
heat. serves admirably the end in view.
Indeed. 1t Is said that these Chinese
Ice houses are much better than ours.
90 far as the keeping OF their contents
goes.