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The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24
Men Hold Trump Card in Social Game

picking and choosing, and each dear man will be fdgeting properly as to whether I'll choose him or his brother. Turkey for me! The men here are spoiled foolish. To be sure, you have enough of 'em and to spare; the only trouble is If they are so generally will ing to consult their own convenience without regard to the anxiety they cause the women who entertain"
 This baroness enjoyed the reputa- tion of soaring the wits out of the oth- CT danes who were contemplating din- ners or dances
 For pity's sake" they used to vail, does anybody know if the Baroness Blank has any notion of doing any thing such and-such a night? If she has, away will flock the men to her side-it will never do to pick the night she hits upon for any of her doings."
 Wherefore, putting two and two to- gether, the baroness departure was not accompanied with more grief than one could weep for-even though she did do things up so beautifully, and besides was very kind and considerate parsonage when the debtantes and near-debutantes were concerned.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24
Uncle Sam Would Have Us Eat Venison

The flesh of young antelope is said to be much superior to ordinary veni- son. That of mature animals, particu- larly the males, has a strong flavor; but this may be greatly improved by domestication. A full grown prong horn weighs from 100 to 125 pounds, and will dress from 65 to 80 pounds.
 The deer family stands next to the cattle and sheep family in general util- ity The flesh Is a valuable food. Ven ison was more common than beef on the tables of medieval Europe and was the flesh most commonly eaten by early settlers and frontiersmen in North America. Its dietetic value is enhanced by the fact that it is espe- cially adapted to invalids who re- quire a nourishing, yet easily digested food
 The American elk, with all its claims of attention, is fast disappear ing from the earth, with scarcely an effort for it's preservation or domesti- ca jon, the department declares. By domest1cation 1t does not mean sim ply tanning, but a course of intelligent breeding and protection A series of experiments has furnished the sci entists with sufficient evidence to say confidently that this business may become of great importance to the country
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24
How tn Keen Younn

The fact that one has lived 60 or even for 80 years, is no reason why he should feel old
 When Longfellow was well along in years, his head as white as snow, but his cheeks as red as rose, an ardent admirer asked him one day how it was that he was able to keep so vigor- ous and to write so beautifully
 Pointing to blossoming apple tree near by the poet replied: That ap- pie tree is very old, but I never saw prettier blossoms upon it than those which it now bears. The tree grows a little new wood each year, and l suppose that it is out of that new wood that those blossoms come Like the apple tree, I try to grow little new wood each year"
 And what Longfellow did we all ought to do.
 We cannot stop the flight of time we cannot head off the one event that happeneth to all; but we can keep on growing new wood" and in that way keep on blossoming until the end.- Magazine of Mysteries.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24
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cious. A Methodist minister was above reproach with her. The back room adjoining the one engaged by by a quiet and unobstrusive gentle man who paid his rent regularly and went and came at his pleasure. He, too, was above suspicion. There was also very nice young man occupy ing a room upstairs. He was always busy writing and attending to his own business. Many letters postmarked at different towns of the west and south addressed to Rev. J. Hale Bar ney were being delivered daily. These were put in the trunk.
 The detective detailed to unearth the fraud rigged himself out in a suit of genteel black clothes and presented himself at 426 Sixth street. Here he was kindly received by the nice old lady. She was polite, but a little suspicious at first. It did not, how. ever. take the smooth-tongued de. tective long to calm her fears and SC. cure a room He was not particular about the price. He had heard that her house was a quiet place. He was a law student and did not like to be disturbed while engaged in his stud ies
 At the first opportunity the de tective slipped into the front room and examined the lock on the trunk with the aperture in it's top. It was an ordinary affair and the officer
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24

at once. Others were surprised and doubtful as to their genuineness and forwarded them to the president with a letter of inquiry. Taken altogether it was a most remarkable affair planned and carried out in a reckless manner. The report of the detectives sent to capture the schemer furnishes a chapter of racy reading.
 It was discovered that a lady who rented furnished rooms at No. 426 Sixth street had sometime prior to the discovery of the forgeries received a letter from man signing himself Rev. J. Hale Barney. He said he was a Methodist minister and that he would be absent from the city much of the time attending to the duties of his circuit, but he wanted to hire a good lower front room in her house for office purposes and place to sleep and the delivery of his core spondence. He explained further that he had been appointed executive sec retary of the Christian Brotherhood.
 The lady thought 1t was a rare op- portunity to secure an occupant of distinction. She had great confidence in Methodist ministers as she leaned that way herself, and she answered favorably. In few days large trunk was forwarded by express. It had an aperture in it's top through which letters could be dropped There Wa also forwarded two large cards upon which was printed "Rev. J. Hale Barney, Executive Secretary of the Christian Brotherhood" one to be hung upon the door, the other in the window of the room. Money was sent to pay months rent in ad- vance
 The madame was delighted to rent her rooms to such a nice man. She had always maintained a highly re- spectacle place and intended to keep it so. The trunk was put into one corner of the room hired, and all mail addressed to the reverend myth was dropped through the hole in the top of the trunk pending the arrival of his reverence.
 The old lady was wholly unsuspi-
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24

cal interests affected. No such provi- sion is put in with respect to the inves- tigation of the proposed canal connect ing Lake Erie with Lake Michigan. By the terms of the new rivers and harbors bill, the waterways commis- sion Is to have two years from the 4th of March in which to investigate these projects. In making the investi- gations the commission is authorized to call upon the engineer corps of the army to furnish data
 Nearly every observer with a large range of vision is convinced that soon- CT or later, a canal connecting Lake Erie with the lower end of Lake Michigan will be built, and that a canal will eventually connect Lake Erie or Lake Michigan with the Ohio river. Persons who have devoted soms study to this subject of artificial water ways are disposed to believe that when the country is ready for canal connecting the Ohio river with one of the great lakes the demand will be for a canal extending from Lake Mich igan, through Indiana to the Ohio river.
 There are many reasons for bel1ev- ing that as soon as the Panama canal Is completed, the building of artificial waterways here at home will be under. taken on a large scale. It is generally assumed that the lakes-to-the-gulf wa terway will be the first of the projects put through.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24
1IIAsHINGTON.-The fact that con

W WASHINGTON.-T fact that con- w gross continues to nurse various projects for artificial waterways may probably be taken to indicate that sooner or later some of these canals will be constructed. The rivers and harbors bill, as amended by the senate, and as it will probably stand when finally passed, directs the national wa terways commission to make a careful study of the advisability and feasibil- ity of the proposed canal from Lake Erie, by way of Fort Wayne, or by some other direct and feasible route. to the southern end of Lake Michigan. and of canal from the Ohio river, at a point near Pittsburg, to Lake Erie The commission is also directed to look into the feasibility and practica- bility of canal to connect the Ana costia river, here at the national cap ital. with Chesapeake bay, or some tributary of that bay.
 In the case of the proposed canal from the Ohio river to Lake Erie, the bill provides that the expense of in vestigating as to its feasibility and practicability shall be borne by the lo-
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24

easily secured key to fit it. He had several circulars printed in fac simile of the original to be used as decoys. These were postmarked and given the appearance of having been sent by postmasters in the south Some of them contained marked money. Excuses were made in oth of time. Some of these letters were signed, "A Friend of the Cause" "A Sympathizer," Depend Upon Me- J etc. A letter carrier was made use of and the detective was kept posted in regard to the delivery of the let ters.
 When the "nice man" occupying the room back of the parlor was ab- sent the letters contained in the trunk were examined by the detective. A short time after the return of the "nice man" he was seen to slip into the parlor through the rear door. The detective again examined the trunk. The letters were gone. Shortly after wards the nice man" occupying the room back of the parlor was arrested while in the act of dropping letters into the postoffice.
 These letters were discovered to be circulars addressed to postmasters and others The nice man arrested was searched and the marked money placed In the letters by the detective was found in his pocket It was now certain that Rev J. Hale Barney and the individual arrested were one and the same. The silent young man up- stairs was suspected and arrested. His room was searched and large num- Der of printed circulars and envelopes addressed to postmasters were found.
 The plot, although silly in it's con- ception, was catchy because of it's boldness. The nice man. caught was a person of considerable prom thence. He had served as a colonel of a regiment during the Civil war and was a gallant fighter.
 The young fellow upstairs was a printer and had done the work on the circulars. Both of the schemers were
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24
A Fairly Wet World.

The Pacific ocean covers 6S,000,000 miles, the Atlantic 30,000,000 and the Indian, Arctic and Antarctic 42,000,000. To stow away the contents of the Pa cific it would be necessary to fill a tank one mile long, one mile wide and one mile deep every day for 440 years. Put in figures, the Pacific holds in weight 94s,O0O, ,OO0, 0,OOO, O,OOO.OOO tons.
 The Atlantic averages depth of not quite three miles. It's water weighs 325,0O0,O 0,OOO,000 900, O,OOO,OOO tons, and a tank to contain it would have each of It's sides 43 miles long. The figures of the other oceans are in the same startling proportions. It would take all the sea water in the world 2,000,000 years to flow over Niagara.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24

JINGLE JIM WILSON, of the depart U ment of agriculture, hopes to put venison, that luxury of the rich, on the table of every citizen in our coun- try, and at a less cost than that of beef. He aims to accomplish this by con vincing farmers that they can raise small herds of deer or elk or antelope on land that is at present absolutely valueless and with practically no attention after the start is once made.
 In many parts of the country there are tracts of land which can be more profitably used for raising venison than any other purpose.
 The propagation of game is as legiti- mate a business as the growing of beef or mutton, and, according to the de partment, the producer should be per mitted under reasonable regulation, to dispose of his product at any time, either for breeding purposes or for food. This some of the state laws now prohibit
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24

THERE is story abroad in Wash
 1 ington, whether true or not, that the pampered men of the capital go about accepting invitations and then at the last moment turn fipflap If they get card from a hostess where there is apt to be more fun going on. Anyway, it is the men of Washington who hold all the trump cards in the social game, as one may infer from this declaration of a dashing young American baroness who left here not great while ago:
 Sorry to go to Turkey? Sorry to set up housekeeping in Constanti- nople? Not bit of it! Why, my dear. things will be changed complete ly. Over there will net have the deliri- um fidgets wondering whether I'll have men enough to go around if I give a dance or dinner-no, indeed, 1t will be just the other way about. I'll be
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24

THIS is the land of the free and the ! home of the brave. It is the haven of the down-trodden and the hope of the oppressed. It is the asylum of the homeless and the opportunity of the willing. Millions in overcrowded Flu rope cast longing eyes hitherward and annually hundreds of thousands sue ceed in reaching our shores. We have room for them There are work and opportunity here for each of them-if they are of the right sort Our broad acres ard our prosperous cities can care for another hundred millions as easily as they support those who are here. All we ask is that they be earnest in the desire to be good Amer jeans capable of self-support. healthy of mind and body.
 But, unfortunately, in our generous hospitality we are imposed upon. This great country of ours in fairness to ourselves should not be made the dumping ground of the mentally in- competent, the physically. incapable. the morally perverted, and against
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24

estimated revenue was $22,900,0 900. The Entre-Rios railways were extend ed by 333 miles and their gross re- ceipts were about s2,000,000.
 This makes a total of about HOO miles added to the railway mileage, with gross earnings for four of the lines amounting to $6S,250,0o0. Tn 1909, according to the "Statesman's Year Book" there were 16,606 miles Of railways open in the republic, as com pared with 15,100 miles in Mexico Gin September, 190S) and over 11.O0o in Pennsylvania.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24

 try Peruna, and after using four bo.N ties can say I was entirely cured"
 Unable to Work.
 MT. Gustav Himmelreich, Hochheim. Texas, writes:
 For a number of years I suffered whenever I took cold, with severe at tacks of asthma, which usually yielded to the common home remedies.
 Last year, however, I suffered for eight months without Interruption SO that I could not do any work at all. The various medicines that were pre- seribed brought me no relief.
 "After taking six bottles of Peruna, two of Lacupia and two of Manalin, am free of my trouble so that can do all my farm work again. I can heart fly recommend this medicine to any one who suffers with this annoying complaint and believe that they will obtain good results.'
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24
No Purchase Recorded.

There was dealer who tried to sell a horse to the late Senator Daniel of Virginia. He exhibited the merits of the horse, and said, This horse is reproduction of the horse that General Washington rode at the battle of Trenton. It has the pedigree that will show he descended from that horse and looks like him in every particu- lar"
 "Yes, so much so," said SenaIN Daniel, that I am inclined to believe 1t is the same horse"
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24

ing the fiscal year 1909-10 the Great Southern railway opened to traffic 119 miles of new road and derived receipts from traffic amounting to $22,350,000
 The Pacific railway-including the marvellous trans-Andean line across the Uspillata pass-earned about $21,- 100000 and added AS to its mileage. The so-called Western railway added so miles The Central railway in- creased it's length 136 miles and it's
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24
Originality.

People are always talking about originality; but what do they mean? As soon as we are born, the world begins to work upon us, and this goes on to the end. And after all. what can we call our own, except energy, strength and will. If I could give an account of all that I owe to great pre- decessors and contemporaries there would be but spall balance In my favor.-Goethe.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24
Confidential Circular No. 10. Executive Mansion, Washington,
April 5th. 18T

April 5th, 1873. "The annexed conversations are sub mitted to the friends of the president in confidence. Our friends can ad- dress Rev. J. Hale Barney, who is temporarily secretary in that behalf Any one having conscientious convic- tions against contributing need only silently decline. The president has acted in good faith and confidently relies upon an active and cheerful as sistance. Suppose nothing had been done and the state of affairs existing in Louisiana had more extensively prevailed. what would have been the result? Read carefully the presidents views and act as your judgment die tates, remem bering this subject is confidential and known only to three persons besides the president and that whatever is sent should be in currency in the enclosed envelope.
 "Yery respectfully,
 70 E. Babcock,
 Secretary" With the above circular was also enclosed the following letter for re turn after being filled out:
 Rev. J. Hale Barney,
 Secretary, Etc.
 Washington, D. c.
 Sir: Please find enclosed ten dol lars in currency which you can apply
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24

The total area of the republic is 1,135,S40 square miles and the esti- mated population fin 1908 was e,4Ss ,o23 or 5.7 per square mile. This Is an area almost equal to a third of that of the United States, with about one fourteenth of the population of this country, while the total railway mile age of the United States in 1908 was 233,e7S.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24
Rich Man.

The richest man in our acquain- tance is one who although in middle life, has not accumulated a thousand dollars. His character is so lofty and gentle and his heart so genuinely true that his friendship carries with 1t a wonderful wealth of helpfulness and courage and those other qualities which lift men into high places in life-and these are things that money cannot buy.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24
Doctors Said
 Health Gone
Suffered with Throat Trouble

MT. B. W. D. B a nes, ex Sheriff of Warren c 0 u n t y, T e nnessee, in a letter fro m Mo- M in n vile, T e n nessee, writes:
 q h a q t h r o a t t r o u b l e a n d h a d t h r e @ doc tors treating m e. A l l failed to do m e a n y g % d, and D onounced m y health gone. l con- C1n q Q q fn
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24

convicted and sentenced to do time in the penitentiary. This was only one of the many bold schemes prac- tised in our capital city by persons maintaining the outward appearance of eminent responsibility.
 Copyright. 1910, by W. G. Chapman)
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24
Roller Skate an Old Device.

Roller skates were patented and used in France as early as 1919. Skates similar to those now in use were invented and patented by Plymp- ton of Boston in 1865.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24

The man who has cold gets no sympathy at this time of year. The other fellows is always much worse.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24
With this letter was an envelope
 

With tDlS lelteF was all euNelOpe addressed as follows:
 Rev J. Hale Barney,
 Executive Secretary, Etc,
 "2126 Sixth St., N. w.
 Washington, D. C."
 It is scarcely necessary to say that the foregoing circulars had been con- cocted for the purpose of obtaining contributions from the appointees of the president. The Rev. J. Hale Bar ney was discovered in the person of one Colonel Pardel, who had reck- lessly assumed the role of a clerical gentleman for the purpose of making money. The circulars turned over to me was a source of great annoyance to the president, General Babcock and Senator Morton. Although the scheme was a foolish one, it was one of the boldest swindles of a pecuniary and political character that ever came up in Washington. It involved no less than three kinds of crime-usine the mails for fraudulent purposes forgery and obtaining money under false pretenses. The president was quite indignant. It was not alone a reflection upon him personally, but upon his administration.
 Many of the postmasters in the south and west receiving these circu lars remitted the amount called fol
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-02-24
Development Of the Argentine Lines

Railroad Coaches Valued at $2,ooo, ,ooo Are Being Bought by the Argen-
 tine Republic.
 The fact that the Argentine Repub- lie is buying in Wilmington railroad coaches valued at S2,000,000 calls at tention to the recent remarkable de velopment of the railways of the great southern republic.
 According to the November Bulle- tin of the Pan-American Union, dur
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-11
EVENING CHAT
By RUTH CAMERON.

Preserve me from the people who
go out of their way and even deny
their convictions for the pleasure of
disagreeing with you. on every possible
subject E~Zks
But equally much, preserve me from
the folks who swing the pendulum to
the opposite extreme by being fairly
fulsome in their acquiescence.
1 wonder il you know just the kind
of people 1 mean?
Let me elucidate by telling you some
of their ways.
These folks are so prone to agree
with you and so sure they know just
what you are going to say that if you
pause an instant in your speech, they
supply the word for you. Quite fire.
quently it isn't the right word. but po-
likeness forbids, of course, that you
should tell them that.
They always gaze intently at you
while you are talking, presumably in
order to demonstrate their interest
more thoroughly. AS a natural result
of this painfully direct gaze your eyes
begin to feel as if you wero trying to
look into the sun, you feel yourself
becoming embarrassed and start look
ing at the floor, the ceiling, out the
window or anywhere to avoid meeting
their gaze.
They almost always nod their heads
frequently in approval of what you are
saying. You ought to be grateful,
Dut DIS q 1IldlbSI VI 1flCb II III iealCo
you and makes you think of those
funny little figures that used to be SO
popular who nodded their heads fran
tically at the slightest jar.
If you start to quote anything to
these folks they promptly join in the
quotation, or if they can't quite do
that, at least chime in on. the last word
of every line, like a child whose
mother is trying to teach it its first
nursery rhyme.
Occasionally they become so en-
thusiastic in their acquiescence that
they interrupt what you have barely
begun to say by Yes, ] know" and
when you have yielded the floor to
them, you frequently find that they
know something quite different from
what you intended to say
Now, do you recognize them?
Talking to such people makes me
/ think of a gymnastic exercise we used
to take in which we were instructed to
clinch our fists and draw our arms
back against the air as if we were
really pulling something.
That exercise tired me much more
than actually lifting heavy weights.
/ And it seems to me that's the way
with talking to these fulsomely ac-
quiescent folks.
It's fighting air, wrestling with a
ghost, stepping up when there is no
step to take.
OF course, they just do that way
because they mean well, but how often
does meaning well do any good I'M
| less it's preceded by thinking well?'