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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-07-27
MANUEL TO TRAIL
CHORUS QUEEN ON
TRIP TO AMERICA
Gaby Deslys Flashes Jewels
Given Her by ex-King, but
Doesn't Want His Society.

Lona"n-special. &oby Dcsiys. thu
Parisionne beauty WHO was RESPONSE
bic III 4 degree for The downfall and
panisilmeni of King Manuel. of Portu-
a mas signed To play at the New
York Winter Garden at a rcpu,ed sal
AIRY OF $4,000 q week. and coincident
with her appearance there. New York
probably will have its first sight of the
dcthroncd king, who viii doubtless en-
brace the opportunity TO see America.
interviewed by Il correspondent Mile.
Doslys denied the story that she was
married To King Manuel (now being
circulated in theatrical ciicles), but adj
mittea c"yly that Manuel is still very
attentive to her. Asked about the
pearls which the dethroncd monarch
gave her. Gaby replied:
King Gave Her Necklace.
II have a million francs worth of
pearls. but my favcritc necklace is the
sltt oil Manuel. and cost $4,000. I do
not care for diamonds at all. but |
have q passion for pearls. They are
nicer than diamonds and much quiet
err"
Asked where she kept her jewels.
Mile. Deslys summoned her maid. UNI
her shoulders. disclosed a small sack
OF almost priceless pearls.
They are safe there" she said.
smiling and patting the maid on her
shoulder. one ever thinks OF look
ing at nay maids shoulders for my
pearls
Asked if she contemplated marriage.
tiaby frankly replied:
II am not ready for marriage yet"
Gaby does not favor Manners visit
TO America when she sails to fill her
contract. She says She believes he
should return to Portugal and occupy
himself with a revival of the rcyalist
movement.
The music hall artist is quite ex-
cited oNer her forthcoming visit to the
United States. She confesses to great
curiosity regarding the reception she
will get.
$4,000 Worth of Gowns.
Il ann taking 5000 worth of new
Partisan creations with me-" she said.
II have had repeated offers from
America. but have always refused UNI
til now. But l am now prepared to
80. and as a result | am fearfully ex-
cited.
II want it understood.' she said.
'that my mother WAS not a washer
woman. and my father was not a
public understand that
Gaby is o playing at the Alham-
bra. in London. Manuel attends the
famous music hall in Leicester square
almost every evening. In her stage
act Gaby uses a wonderful bed. and
appears i'm 1t In delicate night attire.
This bed and its %trappings were pre-
sentcd to her by Manuel.
Manuel has access to any part of
the theater. including dressing rooms
and stage. n escorts the music hall
beauty to her home after every per
Torrance. Caby's act is called Leg
Debuts do Chichine.''
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-07-27
ANTS ON THE LAWN.

Napthalene. which is a product OF
Ioal tar, and very explosive. is a GER
tain remedy to rid the lawn of ants. but
it should not be allowed to drip on the
grass. az it kills all plant life to the
roots. Buy this naphthalene in small
quantities, and use as soon as the ants
appear pouring a few tablespoonfuls
into each ant hole. 1t nus be remem-
bered that the red ants burr0w to great
depths-they have been known to 90
down 60 feet. So that, in order to
kill all the occupants OF a red ant hill.
a gallon of n~aphthalene may be 70.
Quired.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-07-27
GUMPTI0N ON H FARM.
Named your farm yet.

NoiiiNN SOoI III Scl.
Any shade i'm the pasture? Why not ?
If you want to kill weeds, cultivate
or hoe them when the sun shines hot.
The trouble with the h~oney-bee is
that it doesn't carry honey at both
ends.
No. lime is not good for potatoes;
it favors scab. SO does too much
Stable manure.
Now. please don't let the mower rat
tie all to pieces. Keep it we'll oiled
and every nut screwed UP tightly. and
don't let the knives or guards get dull.
Remember, brother FARMER. that tho
hot weather and hard work tax the
strength of your Wife. She will cnioy
going to the store with you and riding
slowly home in the cool of the eve
ming.
To keep moles from a bed. sink a
closemesh Wire netting q foot wide into
the soil around. allowing it to extend
about two inches above the surface.
VI you have no netting, use boards.
Either will prevent the entrance OF
inoles into the bed
The harvest season is the most try
ing of the year. There is SO much to
be done. SO little time to do it in and
SO few hands to accomplish it. that we
are often at our wits end. Let us
however, have a care lest we attempt
too much and lest we put too great a
DuIucl upou luc WIIe ana laughter.
The sanitariums are lined with men
and women who have broken down
from work and worry at middle life.
The utmost that we can hope to gain
is not worth such a fearful sacrifice.
Cut Glove hay when about half the
blossoms are brown: cut timothy Just
as the bloom is falling. Curing clover:
Cut it as soon as the due is off in the
morning. At noon shake out the
punches, rake into windows before
evening dews get or it. and let it lie
until next day. Next day shake. out the
| hay as soon as the dew is off. Yo,1
out to be ready to haul. on a hot day
by II o'clock. or certainly after dinner.
1t spoils clover hay to get too dry. 1t
should never be put into the barn when
wet With rain or dew; but a little sap
won't hurt it. Curing timothy: If he
crop is not too heavy and rank, cut as
soon as the dew is off. let it cure a few
hours, rake into windows, and haul
to the barn the same day. If crop is
rank. cut it in the afternoon: it will wilt
some during the night and due will not
hurt it. Next days sun will dry it in
a few hours. when it can be raked into
windrows: haul it to the barn in the
| oarIv aftorpnop
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-07-27
He Agreed.

From Sketch.
Shell consider. John. that sheep are the
btuptdest creatures living"
He (absent- Observation-Disclosures, my lamb"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-07-27

Observe, when mother earth is dry,
she drinks the droppings of the sky;
And then the dewy cordial gives
To every thirsty plant that lives,
The vapours. which at evening weep,
Are beverage to the swelling deep;
Add when the rosy sun appears.
The moon too quaffs her paly stream
or luster from the solar beam.
Then. hencewith a! your sober thinking
since Natures holy law Is drinking;
IN make the laws OF nature mine,
And pledge the universe in wine!
Thomas Moore.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-07-27

Mary Carr Moore, a Seattle woman.
md her mother. Mrs. Sarah Pratt
Carr. have written an American opera.
Mrs. Moore is a candidate for the S.
900 prize offered to the American COM
poser who will produce the most
typical American opera. to be produced
by the Metropolitan opera company. Of
New York.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-07-27
Kindly Intended.

From the Boston Transcript.
Missionary explaining to visitors)-Our
situation was so remote that for a whole
year my wife never saw a White face but
my own.
Sympathetic Young Woman-Oh. thu
poor thing.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-07-27
immateriai.

From the London Opinion.
The Sitter-Yes, it's very nice, but
you've made my hair too dark"
The Artist-Shall i alter it, or will you?
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

Banner They are also trying that
other and greater impossibility, the
abolishment OF the Fourth Of July.
Congress will meet on that date this
year with the country in the throes Of
a civil war. but We may hope that
when 1t meets on the following Fourth
We will have peace. harmony and . re-
stored Union"
Birthdays Of Big Deeds.
And how history was boiling in the
making just around this time fifty
years ago. The whole north was in a
fury over the murder OF Colonel Ellis
worth Of the New York zouaves. who
was shot by a saloon keeper in Alex
andria, Va. for tearing down q Con-
federate flag. Ulysses 8. Grant had
Just rendered his services to the war
department and was made colonel Of
the Twenty-flrst Illinois volunteers.
President Lincoln had twice risked his
life In passing Confederate picksts on
the Virginia side OF the Potomac to
see conditions with his own eyes, and
William Tecumseh Sherman had re-
entered the regular army as colonel Of
the Thirteenth infantry.
And the Confederates were assem-
bling at Manassas, where they made
ready to give the Union forces their
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

A. Logan, who became Just as enthu-
siastic and issued what Is known as
general order No. II. setting aside May
80 of each year for the honoring Of the
noble army Of martyrs"
But the letter from the Cincinnati
soldier was unfortunately mislaid. and
though General Chapman tried for sew
eral years to locate him his efforts
were fruitless.
Tho Vast Army Of the Dead.
One point for the young folks Of the
present generation to remember about
Memorial day is the tremendousness Of
its meaning. OF course very many
Of the soldiers killed were claimed by
relatives and buried in their plots at
home. and there is no way of estimat-
ing their number. but in the eighty
four national cemeteries there were on
June 30. 1909. the bodies Of 359.2S5 SOL
diers. enough brave men to start a new
nation.
On May 30. 1851. the Seventh regiment
Of New York, stationed at Washington,
serenaded President Lincoln and Sec
retary Of War Seward. Mr.. Seward in
thanking the men was far too optimis-
tic. He said in part: Some people are
trying to abolish Yankee Doodle Hail,
Columbia and The Star Spangled
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

Mr.. Stubbs started in when q young
man - clerk in the freight of1ce at
Oakland. That was back In the seven
ties. when Coils p. Huntington was
building up his railroad system. When
he found out how much Stubbs could
flle away In his head he began to pro-
mote him rapidly until he finally be-
came the trafnc director Of the South
made the rates for the Pacific coast
and it, two important outlets. II a
town didn't grow fast enough they
blamed II on Stubbs then. It was all
because he didn't make the right rate
for 1t. 1t didn't matter how much its
citizens put their shoulders to the
Eheel In its upbuilding. unless Mr..
dubbs smiled and offered to help there
was a feeling that the town would
stand still. That Is why Mr.. Stubbs
for years has been a mere important
figure In some new states than the
president.
All Of the business Of a railroad, both
passenger and freight. is under the
traffic director. He is the commanding
general Of a small army which has
nothing to do with the actual opera
ton Of the system. He Is there to
build up towns. to attract immigrants,
70 start them In business and then ind
business for them.
II a man wants increased facilities.
an extra siding perhaps. eventually Il
viii be up to the traffic man to say
whether or not the request should be
granted. though, Of course. generally
the president and the directors must
act formally upon his recommendation
before 1t is authorized. And the traf1io
man will determine II just In accord
ance with his estimate OF the amount
Of increased business such q step may
mean. an estimate formed after he has
found out ell about the town. its In
habitants and their ways Of making .
living.
Sometimes instead Of one town Il
may be half dozen little communities
scattered over q valley yet untouched
by the railroad which are to be consid-
cred. and In that case the trafic man
must know al about the soil and what
II can produce to make Q branch line
pay.
In northern California. for instance,
p0lu Ino k18kEtfu0h I00
Topeka and Santa Fs decid-
ed that there was q fruitful soil and .
country which could quickly produce
revenue. and both projected branch
lines, resulting In . railroad war. In
Arizona three years ago the Atchison
for the same reason started building
through tho % called CHA canyon .
line intended 20 open Up territory OF
100000 square miles. supposed to be
rich IA mineral resources and which
would afterwafd b affected by ohs
great Irrigation scheme Of the Rooss-
welt dam.
This was another cAss where H.
trafnc man Of ths rivsi line haA 70
snov that he couldn't b caught nap
PING. In this case Mr. Stubbs Was on
the job. and the result was Anothsr
aasslunan victssy-
ARTHUR J. DR1NTol&
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21
Beautiful Campanile, Pride
OF Venice, Fully Restored

, occupation Of Venice, are to be replaced
The tower has q strangely hard and
new appearance against the soft, time
mellowed facade Of the Church Of St
Mark. with its wild horses and curious
oriental looking domes, and seems al
most as incongruous as the large
steamboats, and motor launches which
have now challenged the supremacy Of
the graceful gondola on Venetian wa
terways. The Venetians were, how
ever. wise to rebuild the campanile. for
the long, low lines Of the surrounding
palaces need this sky piercing shaft to
complete the effect, even as London
somber roofs.
On the summit of the tower the GID
ed figure Of an angel 10 pivoted at the
head Of pendulum so that when win.
try winds sweep over the Venetian IA
goons the strain upon the edince/ win
be reduced to q minimum.
The view from the upper gallery II .
fascinating and In some respects a sur.
prising one. for from this elevation
none Of the canals Is visible. and the
only one Of the many bridges which
one may discern is the Ponte del Love
the Bridge Of the Wolf"
All nations will rejoice with Italy In
the restoration Of one Of the lesser
wonders Of the world.
For more than Loo years the campo
nile stood as the watchtower Of the
Lady Of the Adriatic. and the new tow
er. with its electric light 500 feet above
ths plaza. Is expected to last until .
new city has been built upon the ruins
OF the old.
After the catastrophe Of 1902 the quss-
ton was whether to rebuild the new
tower on the old foundation or to let
the latter form the nucleus Of q new
foundation The latter plan was adopt
Cd, and on April Is. 1904. the ceremony
Of laying the foundation stone Of the
new structure was held On this occa-
sion were present. besides a host Of
notabies. the patriarch Of Venice. nov
Plus X. and the Count Of Turin. eldsp
brother Of the Duke Of the Abruzz4
who represented the king.
While Signor Moretti. the architect
was busy with the pians Of the nsw
structure the enginsers proceeded te
eaiafge the old foundations by the
original method Of piles. platform and
clamped stones ana stones arranged
stepwiss up to the 5svsl Of the plaaa.
4 ditch ef about sixtsen feet deep-thaE
Is. down to the level Of the pile heads
was dug all around the old foundatioos
to the width OF ahout twelve 1ssf an1
carefully braxtieal Than "a neArly
1900 freshly cut piles made of CAhseo
inruhvooa ~ sHa&e1v a11Aee Uns -
nm U0QJY 0RAHAnk 4
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

pushed forward to Winchester and the
right extended to the Potomac.
The Federal force, the advance Of
which was assembled at Washington
for the defense of that city against any
attack by the Confederate troops. was
posted on the Virginia side Of the Po-
tomac on Arlington heights, which also
was strongly fortified. Their right was
pushed some distance UP the Potomac
and chiefly on the Maryland side. while
their left occupied Alexandra.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

no difference what was asked him, he
never even hesitated once.
The peach crop Of California, the ap-
pies of Washington. the mineral prod
ucts Of Arisona or the alfalfa Of Kan
sas were all the same to him. and when
one spectator Of the astonishing feat
was commenting on It later q Union
Pacific engineer spoke UP and said:
Huh, that's nuthin'. That man knows
every tie in our 1900 miles Of road?
It Ii the business Of . trafilc man OF
. railroad to know not only all there Ii
to know about q railroad itself-how
steep its grades are. how many cars
can be hauled by one Of its locomotives
and other things about its operation
but he must also know what crops are
grown along its lines, what crops might
grow and what industries can be foe-
tered in the territory which his system
covers. In short, he must know about
"a much as the census bureau and the
department Of agriculture combined. It
would be q poor traffic man, for In
stance. who couldn't tell offhand just
about how many peaches were pro-
duced In state through which his
road passed. and az Nj. Stubbs was
traffic director Of a system covering
with an its lines more than half Of the
country his was certainly . pretty big
sob,
Mr.. Stubbs possessss . ksen sit
along With his memory. A brother ON
cial In talking to him . little while ago
said. Il really doa't know what ~ ars
going to do without you."
Nonsense" said Mr.. stubbs. I've
knocked around long enough to know
that the indispsnsabls man y lice Sal,
rey 0ampfs 1Era Hasy1D-pApso oalH
no such pSgppn.se i.l
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

rel, but to fight the battle OF life
with the same energy and effective
ness that he fights when he Is only
fifty years old. Life Ii nothing but
a battle anyway. II Is a fight from
start to finish
Perhaps the greatest proof OF his
marvellous memory that Mr.. Stubs
ever gave was during the hearings
when the government was trying to
dissolve the combination Of railroads
formed by e. H Hartman on the
ground that under the Sherman act Il
was Illegal
There he at every day. smooth faced.
hawk eyed ana low voiced. without .
note Of any SORT facing an array q
legal talent that looked more forin1-
dabis than hattleship and just rss3-
ing ef answers 70 questions. e mAae
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

first crushing defeat at the first battle
Of Bull Run.
The Confederate government having
adopted the defensive policy a. that
upon which they should act, their first
object was to prevent an advance Of
any Federal force into Virginia Early
In May they assembled troops in Vir-
ginia and pushed forward toward the
northeastern boundary of the state to
position known as Manassas juno
ton
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21
zz

@N May 81 of this year John c,
II Stubbs, the greatest traffic
director that the railroads Of
the world have ever known,
will celebrate his sixty-fifth birthday
by giving up his vice presidency Of the
Hartman lines and going to a beauti-
ful home he has purchased In Ashland.
O., to loaf and invite his soul.
-. Stubbs doesn't look more than
off,, and he says he doesn't feel more
than forty. but he has decided to quit
the Industrial battlefield for these rea-
sons:
The world belongs to the young
man.
am going to retire because
want to live
have been too busy to make
money for myself.
A man must be possessed by his
work and then be able to manage
It
Even a horse Is turned out to
grass after fifteen OF its twenty
years are passed.
Thinking in bed killed Mr.. Harri-
man He worked all day and
thought out his problems at night.
In the army the age of retirement
IL sixty-four. and do not know but
that sixty would be even better
than that
Men should retire from active
business life at sixty-flve not only
for their own sake. but for the sake
Of whatever institution they aim to
help.
When man gets past sixty his
Judgment may be more mature, but
hs has lost his fight And by fight
] - net mean the ability to guar
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

The name II given to this hilly re-
sion. a. 1t II here that a railroad from
Alexandra. another from Staunton up
the valley and through Manassas gap
and another from Gordonsville unite.
As . point for concentration none more
eligible existed in northeastern Virgin
Ia The advantages for fertilization
were naturally such that the place was
made well nigh impregnable. Here
the center Of the northern Confederate
army was posted. with the left wing
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

1T 10 a far cry to Venice. but her
beauties hold the worlds atten-
ton, and the restoration OF the
- campanils and its wonderful
chime Of bells is welcomed by every
lover Of artistic worth.
The great square tower that had
stood proudly above the mazework Of
canals for l,o14 years collapsed into q
shapeless heap on July II. 1902. through
the rotting Of its wooden foundation.
and the venetians promptly determined
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21
GROUND.

to restore Il 90 that II would last .
dosen times 1.ol4 years.
So they raised fund Of 100000 and
dug out Of the debris the original mil
Non bricks, busted them on and num-
bered them and then. after they had
made IN up to date concrete founda-
ten, RESULT the tower.
Ths tower Is quadrangular. nearly
forty feet square at the base and $50
fset high. including the pinnacle In
the shape OF = pyramid. the summit
helng erswnsd BY ths aguFe - IN en-
ssi wish spread wingA
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

The shaft. which was completed last
December. is composed OF an inner and
an outer shaft. between which mounts
an inclined plane leading to the bell
chamber. The walls Of the outer shaft
are six feet thick, and the inclined
plane Is lit BY thirty-six windows. In
the new tower the shafts are bound
together by iron rods, and the pilasters
at the angles Of the inrer shaft are
similarly united.
Careful searching among the ruins Of
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

the old campaniIe resulted In the nnd-
ing Of nearly Al the fragnents Of the
beautiful bronze doors, statues and
has-reliefs Of Sansovino's famous log
getta, which has been restored with
wonderful care and devotion
When the tower Ten of The Ave heils
only the largest was not broken. but
the other four have been replaced and
were presented TO his beloved Venice
~ Pope Pius x. The Hans Of St Mark.
which originally occupied the centsrs
e - north ana s6ukA sldpe of ths ns-
tie ana wsEs defAcsd during the ytsncA
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

n ikS ihSCPiiOa 4ovo- &NoW
n comes the fiftieth anniver-
sary Of the tragedies that began the
greatest war Of modern times, and the
revival Of its memories will bring
heartaches to thousands of households
all over the land Of Uncle Sam.
As pathetic a thing as any connected
with the beautiful anniversary is that
no one knows the name Of its suggester
to do him honor. He was a humble
German private who wrote from his
home in Cincinnati early in May Of
1868 to Adjutant General Norton P.
Chapman of the Grand Army Of the
Republic.
Copied a German Custom.
I'm my country" he wrote. 1T is a
custom of the people to assemble In the
spring and scatter flowers on the graves
Of our dead soldiers. Would il not be
a good idea to have the Grand Army
Of the Republic inaugurate such an
idea and set aside a day in spring in
memory Of our heroes?"
General Chapman took to the idea at
once and drew up rough draft Of an
order. which he gave to General John
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21
1861-1911.

1861-1911.
By James A. Edssrton.
Fifty years ago this May
II il since we marched away.
With Old Glory laughing DER.
Drumbeats muttering Of war.
Shrill Of nfes and bugles' play.
Rank by rank went up the rolf
OF six hundred thousand more"
Now II seems like yesterday
Fifty years!
Flowers Of memory we lay
On the blue and on the gray.
Dead is all tho hate we bore,
With these comrades gone be-
fore.
How they pass In still array
Fifty years!
n, n. 4. 4. n. \ q
The Washington herald., 1911-05-21
BY GEORGE WAUGH ARNOLD.

~ EMORIAL day means more
this year than in any since
its inception in 1858. Now