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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-02
Lucr.tia the Same as Lucy.

Few girls i'm this country care to
be called by the name made infamous
by The daughter of the Borgias, yet
l-ucretia is of the same root as Lucy
and in Italy it is still very popular.
1t is also heard occasionally i'm France
where it appears as Lucrcce, pro-
nounced Lcucree.
The Rape of Lucrece is one of the
early poems of Shakespeare, dealing
With the havoc wrought by unbridlcd
passion. "Lucetta' is one of the
characters in The Two Gentlemen of
Verona"
Luciano in "Thc Comedy or Errors
is beloved by all men for proclaimine
mems liberty to come home when he
pleases; time alone being his master"
Southerne named an engaging char
acter i'm Sir Anthony's Love-" Lucia:
She is the trousered Rambling Lady"
Lucille is the title of IA novel in
verse by Owen Meredith.
Moliere has given the name OF
Lucinde to several of his comedy char
acters.
Donizetti's grand opera. Lucia" was
produced at Naples in 1885. and first
i'm English eight years later. The
plot is from SCOTS bride of Lammer-
moor
The opera is exceedingly popular
Charles H.. E%ngland's merry mon
arch, was at one time very fon OF
Lucy Walter. the actress, who after
wards made much trouble for him.
Lucy. Countess of Carlisle, was
called the "IIrinys" of her time the
most enchanting and most remark
able woman of the period of the first
tor both by the royalists and the
reVOlutiOniStS.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-02
NATALY.

In some of the Latin countries, where
The name of the Savior is much in use,
Girls named Nataly are often called
"Christ-child." since the name is de-
rived from Dies Natalis, the birth
day.
Dies Natalis is. of course, our Christ
mas. natal-day. Christmas was used
as a girls name in England at the Pc
Rod when children were either called
by the title of the festival day on
which they happened to be born, or in
honor of the patron of their birthday.
Hence the popularity of Noel in
France. Noel is a contracted tr2nsla-
ton of Natal day. like the Welsh Mad
dig.
A pretty Spanish form is Natalita,
meaning Christmas-child.
Natanaelle is a Hebrew form of the
name, that may or may not mean the
same as Natalv. Some writer's asso-
ciate it with Nathan"
Nathan is an a~bbreviation of Ma
thanael. said to mean Gift of Cod
This meaning would seem to coincide
we'll with 'Christmas-child."
Italy uses the stately Natalie. every
letter sounded. The Spaniards and
Portuguese drop the final "e'."
Wherever the Greek church rules,
Nataly is among the most popular
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-02
Had Become a Daily Attraction
to Passengers Riding Over
Nebraska Prairies.
MADE A 1o-MILE RACE

ELI Neb., Special: The racing coy
ote of the sand hills has finally met
the fate that has long been predicted
and has been gathered to it's ancestors.
1t was run over by one of the North
western railroad trains with which it
was accustomed to race and the re-
mains of the coyote have been scattered
along the track for a distance of q half
mile east of this own
Fol the past three years, thousands
of passengers who have ridden on the
Northwestern trains between Norfolk,
Neb.. and the Black Hills have been
entertained by a race between a coyote
and the train upon which they were
riding. This coyote had it's lair in the
vicinity of Merriman, ~ miles east Of
here and during the period mentioned,
almost daily it was its custom to get
out and race with the westbound pas
senger trains, almost always coming
as far west as this point. Time and
again the animal would fiirt with
death by z%igzagging across the track
just ahead of the engine.
1t had become the custom of engi-
neers on the passenger run to blow
when opposite the coyote len. This all
most always brought the animal to IL
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-02

before he RECEIVERS and discovers Won.
identity. your
me February born should marry thos.
reramentally better suited tn e.oh
out Ton economical reasons. II CONE.
easier buying the family birthday present.
u ihefe Is a considerable interval in ha-
tween the days you celebrate. ~
II a child born in February hits a hack.
man porn on me 18th of March in the bae,
OF MS neck with a slushy nowbal at an~
Tune bet ween January % and Anri, a ~ :.
a sign of trouble for the child. but wbath.
er trouble ahead or at the rear depends or,
tirely upon the t-emperamental nec,,,;arn
ties of the hackman.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-02
BRIDGET.

In the original Irish, Bridget is the
irish name par excellence. 1t came
to us from the ancient heather Kelts
and it's initial form was Brighid, the
first syllable of which means
strength"
Legend has it that the first Irish
girl so called. was daughter of the
fire god and of Erse, Goddess of wis
dom, song, and poetry.
In the old country, h Irish stick
TO Brishid, but with US when an Irish
man has a powerful looking girl baby.
he usually GALES her Bridget, though
the latter be unequivocally English.
bride" is Scotch for Bridget and
this peculiar form is sometimes heard
in England. The Irish pet name is
'"BiddSs.."
The French and Swedes spell the
name Brigitta, the Germans, substi-
tute sc" for the final "a" and are
pleased to assume that it is identical
with Bertha. They are alone in that
assumption. !,
Italian version: Brigida and
BriRito. Portuguese: Brites.
The Swedes have several diminu-
.tives that might appeal to our girls
who don't want to be called Bridget,
namely: Brita, Begga, Bergliot and
Bergiot.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-02
SOPHIE.

Sophie means wisdom and while
1t occurs in the bible. it was not used
as a name so far back.
Sophia is the mother Of Love, Hope
and Holy Fear says the book of Ec-
r~lesiastus. suggesting an allegory of a
sanity mother with three daughters.
Both Sophia n Sophy are correct
in English, the latter is also the most
popular in Germany except that the
Fatherland substitutes "ie' for the final
" the same as France.
The Germans diminutive Fiekchen.
pronounced Keekjen, is a contraction
Df Sophiechen. or little Sophie.
The Scandinavian countries use the
musical Sonya. the Russians, Ssotija
and Ssoniuska.
Wye is Tristan, "Saffi. Danish;
sWike.'' Lettish; "Zsofia,' Hungarian.
Sophie a Royal Name.
Constantinople had an Empress
Sophia, named after the great cathe-
nral Santa Sophia" erected by her
Uncle Justinian. From that time on
Sophia was much used in royal fam
lilies. We have Hungarian, Saxon and
Danish royal Sophias in the early days
and the name still fingers on the
thrones of Europe. The crown prin-
cess of Greece. a sister of Kaiser Will
helm. is called Sophie.
Sophia, royal electress of Hanover.
would have become queen of England
if she had not died three months too
soon. In her place her son. George 1,
succeeded to the English throne.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-02

m The Greeks use Natalia. the
Russians: N~ataschenka and Natascha.
Nate and Nastusche are other Slav
versions.
In France Natalie is becoming a So
ciety name owing to the many rich
Russians residing there.
The Germans use Natalie every let
ter sounded) sparingly and some of
their noted writer's translate the name
the vivicious" without stating their
authority. probably for the reason that
there is none.
Nataly, dowager queen of servia,
was h daughter of a Russian col
onel of the lower nobility. She mar
ricd Milan of Servia when a girl Of
16. When she was %. the king divorced
her illegally. She "a the mother Of
the hapless King Alexander of Servia,
murdered, together with his queen,
Draga. some 10 years ago. Queen Nat
ally. who lives at the Riviera, is said
to have embraced the Catholic relig-
ion and promised her large fortune to
the pope.
Nataly Won Eschstruth is one of the
most successful and popular novelists
of Germany. Her first book appeared in
1881 and there has not been a year
since when she did not publish one or
more novels. She is married to Baron
Knobelsdorff.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-02
CHG COYOTES LAST
SPRINT WITH A TRAIN

position OF attention. The second
blast of the whistle acted as a chal-.
lenge and tho race was on and during
the three a that the races have
been run almost daily, but once or.
twice has the coyote failed to win hv
from 80 to 75 yards. At times when the
animal has been in the pink of condi-
tlon 1T has frequently won it's 1O-mile
race by 500 to 600 yards.
Whistle Mas Signal.
On the particular afternoon ,.a%
week when the coyote made ia last
race, winning over the train. but los.
Ing with death. it seemed in exccntion.
ally good spirits. Engineer FranLIin
who was pulling the fast mail hIay,
tne usual signal as he passed the Gov.
ote den. The animal almost Instantly,
appeared, gave %utterance to a chorus
OF short banks and started after the
train. soon overtaking it. Then IL.
pulied ahead a distance of 300 yards,
ana going to the center of the tracL
sat down and howled in a ~taunting,
manner, inviting the engineer to come.
on. Twice the animal did this and imst.
as the engineer blew for Ell. the GOV
ote crossed to the center Of tho tract.
and running to and fro, z~igzagged he
tween the rails. 1t would SLOW dnwn,,
until the engine pilot almost touched
1t and then 1t would rush forward at
almost lightning speed. 1t was AT a
tlme when 1T had almost stopped and
was looking back at the engine that the
pilot caught the coyote. The animal
was thrown under the wheels and in
stantly ground into a shapeless mass
coyote flesh and skin being scafteraI,
along the track up as far as the Ell
platform. go
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-02

The Slav nations play sad havoc
with the Irish name to wit: Priscilla.
Brittle, Berte, M worse still. Pirrit.
Pirre. Pikka n Pirket.
After st. Patrick had succeeded In
driving h snakes from Ireland. he
looked around for someone to take
the place of the heather goddess in
the affections OF the people.
He found a comely n.aid freed from
bondage by the king of Leinster, the
daughter of one D%ubhthach at Foch-
art. Though only a young girl, she
was already falmou Tor piety and
good works. Therefore the kindly
saint took her ander his protection
and rebaptised her Brighid. After
she had been a pupil of ST. Patrick for
several years, she founded a
on the site of the present town of
Kildare. which 500 became the most
renowned in Ireland. At the time of
her death, Brighid was the Mother
Superior of i've hundred nuns. Her
name-day. as one of the patron saints
of Ireland, falls on February 1.
The name Of Bridget occurs fire.
quently in folklore and all sorts of
legends commemorate fair Bridgets
in and out OF Ireland. We are told
Of one who. was recognized by a blind
lover after twenty years absence by
the touch Of her hand
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-02
az N W. FISCHER.

Lucy is derived from Luc. which
means light in all European languages.
Its general adoption is therefore
quite natural.
Latin form-Lucia. like the Italians
and Spaniards, but also use Lucinde,
probably the English Lucinda in their
v%ernacular.
Luce is AN English form seldom
used ON this side of the big water. but
Lucy is as popular here as in the old
country.
The French versions are identical
with the English. except that Lucinda
is rarely used i'm GRANGE.
Almost obsolete is Lucilla, the name
borne by several Roman expresses.
but not the diminutive of Lucy as
some hold.
If any girl thinks Lucy too common.
let her adopt the ancient from:
Lucienne. speak Lucyann, which must
not be COMPOUNDED with the names:
Lucy and Ann, sometimes combined.
The Welsh pronounce Lucy Lieulu
and in Ireland it is by some consider
Welsh version can be accounted for
because one of the ancient kings Of
Briton bore the name of Lleurwg.
There are three st. Lucys; one of
them was the girl martyr of Syracuse
named Lucia. She is represented
bearing Il loren, as the hight Bearer
Lucia is h %patroness Of Italian
fishermen.
We read of English Lucys as early
as in the times of Edward the Con-
fessor.
A sister of Stephen of Blois, who
made himself king of England. was
Princess Lucie. She made the name
popular in England, particularly among
the ~aristocracy.
Cape jasmine is Lucy's emblem and
My Heart is Joyful her sentiment.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-02

Sophie. known as Princess of Ahi-
was the daughterinlaw of the
Electress. the discarded wife of George
!. of England. She was accused of an
intrigue With Count Koeningslnark. de-
clared unfit for the throne and BAN
ished to the tu!nbledown palace of
Ahlden. where she died.
The mother OF Emperor Francis Jo-
seph was Arch Duchess Sophie of
Austria.
Sophie Charlotte. the first queen OF
Prussia. ives i'm history is the philo-
sopher-aucen. She was the friend OF
Leibniz.
The second Queen OF Prussia, Sophia
Dorothea. was the mother of Freder-
ick tho Great.
The great Catherine of Russia was
known in her youth as Fiekchen. So
phia being her first baptismal name.
During the 80 years of the reign OF
the House OF Hanover. the name So
plie was the most fashionable in Eng
land. 1T was borne by Countess
Platem. whom ~Thackeray grilled in
The -Four Georges and by Countess
Yarmouth. beloved by George III.
Princess Sophia. daughter of Geor-
CELL. achieved some passing notoriety
by her fondness for snuff.
The church Santa Sophia is dedicat-
ed to the "Eiagia SOPHIA which means
sacred wisdom.
The red mulberry is Sophia's emblem
and wisdom her sentiment.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-02
LA SAMARITAINE"

A water. quencning thirst forever
Would bring Il pretty price, thou wilt
JESUS.
Thou nearest me but with thy body's
L 90 not reach the portals OF thy soul.
PHOTINE.
. tell me where to find that happy we'll
Whose waters, ss thou saidst, flow on
forever
JESUS.
| will. But go and call thy husband
PHOTINE.
My
Why art thou disconcsrtedo
Go, fetch him.
PHOTINE.
i have none.
JESUS.
No, to be sure.
Thou hast We'll said to me: II have no
husband"
For he with whom thou Invest is not
PHOTINE %(Startlea.)
JESUS.
Thou speakest right. For he who
shares tonight
Thy couch. he is thy husband not, o
woman,
Nor We're the five who knew thee here
PHOTINE.
Sir:
JESUS.
Shameless woman. Five times didst
thou change
Thy nuptial bed. yet never once didst
call
A wedding feast, midst torches. friends
and kindred.
No olive branches waved above they
head,
No burning bushes mounted thy fair
cheek
Upon the threshold of the bridal
n'"Der puor,
SIR. l know now that thou must be d
JESUS.
] fathomed your unworthiness
Thou callest me prophet. Well. / saw
to thee,
There are much greater truths that ]
can tell thee
PHOTINE.
Tell me. then, sir.
49,
What is it thou wouldst know?
Photine does not know where to pray,
w rival priests have two mountains,
and each proclaims his own mountain
the holy one. He tells her to pray ION
no mountain, for the hour cometh when
worsh1pers shall Worship the Father in
spirit and in truth" He then reveals
himself i'm the Messiah. Photine is CON
WINGED and worships Him. The expires
sions OF her Worship takes the form of
singing the Song of Solomon:
My beloved. l sought thee since dawn
And found thee not. and l find thee
and it's night.
But. @ JOY. There is still a ray of light
My eyes can see
Thy WondrOus face
Thy breath is sweeter than the dew OF
morn,
Words flow from thy lips. soft and
soothing.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-02
Thy hands are whittier than milk.

Thy hands are whittier than milk.
Heaven is mirrowed
In thine eyes.
My heart melts! Great Cod
what words are these.
TO him this song, these words. what
sacrilege.
Shame overtakes her and she sud-
denly realizes that she has used the
votion that she knows. but is reas-
sured by being told that profane love-
is a stepping stone to a finer and
higher love. Photine is wholly convert
ed. She has tasted of the waters OF
life:
Sir. I thirst no longer.
The living water-O. how sweet it's
O.. let me weep upon thy lustrous hand!'
How good thou art: 'Tis long. Sir.
that | thirSted.
To q,lench my thirst walked upon
yon pathways.
The Well of life! l knew but of false
sources.
How | sought love, How often deemed'
! found ii.
barren.
AND when l heard them speak OF a
new source,
New hope awoke within my weary,
bosom.
And drove me hence. my jug upon my,
shoulder.
And Yet the roadway was the same,
alWay.
The cattle grazing i'm the fields the
same.
Both palms and fig trees, blue and
grayish heaven,
They We're the same. and so was
the same.
l set the cup of everlasting yearning,
Upon the edge of every phantom els
tern,
. But each was bitter with the self same,
lust
I broke the cup upon the stony floor,
Photine now proffers Him drink, but
He explains that He thirsted for her
salvation and she begs to be taught,
the true word. Seated at His feet.
she listens to the parallels concerning
His Father in heaven.
The other acts are equally impres-
sive and striking. The second act re-,
veals the market place of the chief
city of Samaria, where Photine's new
est lover awaits her return from thee
we'll. Peter and the other disciples are,
on a vain quest to buy food from,
their old emf Photine. under thej
before the crowd and breaches the
gospel of the strange Jew. A RomanI
officer is to arrest her. Hel
listens and laughs derisively: the womb
an is merely mad and the gaping crowdl
fools and harmless. One by one. how-j
ever. the crowd is won and finally theyl
follow her, singing as they seek Christi
where she left Him at the we'll.
The third and last act shows Christi
and His disciples at the Well. The dis1
ciples protest because He SO lowers
Himself as to talk to any Samaritan.I
He answers in parallels, and as He isl
speaking. Photine and her followers,
enter and are welcomed. He proves
His divine origin by performing mir
acles. The blind, the dumb and the haiti
are cured. Little children are gath
cred about Him, despite Peters objec-.
tions, and the Master speaks on thei
uses of prayer. Photine recites the
Lords prayer. and the crowd shoutst
"Amen!' when deliver us from eyil"l
is pronounced.
The Messiah's dream is realized. the,
Samaritans are converted; new teach-i
ers and martyrs Will diffuse the gospel
throughout the world. and the curtain.
falls with the crowd on their knees in
an atmosphere of the deepest adora-i
= ton and devotion.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-02
"Trailinq Clouds"

AS 4 drenched. drowned bee
Hangs numb and heavy from the bending
flower.
SO clings to rae
My baby, DER brown hair brushed with wet
tears
And laid laughte-less on her cheek.
Her soft white legs hanging heavily over
my arm
Swinging to my lullaby.
My sleeping baby hangs upon my life
As u silent bee at the end of a shower
Draws down the burdened flower.
She who has always seemed so light
Swaps on ny arm Ike soirowful, storm
heavy bouglls.
Even her floating hair sinks like storm
bruised young leaves
Reaching downwards:
As the wings OF a drenched. drowned bee
Are 4 helviness. aud a weariyess.
John Lazarus.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-02
His lnn;nc.
From the Hou,ar.a.

From the Housekeeper.
On q recent examination paper in civic.
this question. III the president v.os
president. and all the members of the cab.
.rst should die. who would officiate?"
Sobert, a boy Of ~. thought for Soma
time. trying in vain to recall who came
next in succession. At last q happy In.
spiration came to him and he answered.
1.-The undertaken"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-02
cyolcpaedia for February.
Trom Harper's Weekly.

T.e average pugii.st born in February
IS q-uicls-tempered and is not likely to re-
turn a kiss for a blow. 1t is. therefore, adj
visable never to hit one of these save in
4 very lark spot. where you have ample
provisions for getting away unobserved
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1911-10-04

had bcgur some days ago. Accord.
Ing TO his claim tho real offer" was
not made until yestcriay. whom he
swore out Information on the subject
before Justicg Graves.
The hearing of the mon was set
=. ihis afternoon In the circuit court
roum. With Justice Graves ON the
bench. a good cho~d gathered to la.
ten 'o.ihe avidcncc. of which none Of
lllir lni rest wns cnercd when this
rope C'oscd. the attorneys sparring
on SEE .esi grounds.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1911-10-04
.lyMAM's VICTIM IS
DEAD, Il IS CLAIMED
MAN WHO WAS CoNNECTEp
WITH ESCAPED PRoMorOR's
COMPANY EMPIRES on WAY TO
PRosEcrTE

According to a story In the Los An.
geles Times OF last Thursday. one OF
the alleged Victims OF Or. John Grant
Lyman, and practically the chief wit.
ness who was to appear against the
doctor in the federal court. died while
on his way back from Panama TO as
sist in prosecuting the alleged swim
dler. The story reads as follows
Under unusually pathetic circum.
stances Lambert Robertson Smith.
SECRETARY OF John q. Lyman's defunc,
Panama Development company. died
In Denver on Tuesday. Smith was
fastening here from Panama 60 ap-
pear as the chief witness in the hear
ing OF the promoter. charged With
using the mails TO defraud. when he
was taken suddenly IN on train. lie
was removed TO 81. Luke's hospital
In Denver last week.
Mrs. Blanche Robertson Wander
grin. his mother. who lives az No.
1890 South Bonnie Brae street. re-
ceived telegram Saturday telling of
his condition. Although Il stated he
was merely suffering from nervous
breakdown and had a nurse and ply
sician TO care for him. his moth ~
feared he was dangerously IN. She
was prostrated when the telegram
came late Tuesday evening telling OF
his death.
MY darling boy is dead. aud Ly-
man killed him" she sobbed yester-
day. He has worked so hard tor
Lyman. too. He was such good boy.
oh. II only he could have reached
here, so We could have seen him first
So overcome with sorrow was the
mother that she kept the news until
Yesterday from the nearest partner
In her GRIEF. Smiths wife. who lives
at No. 5s3i East Avenue. There also
are the dad mans two babies. Evolln,
aged 10 months. and kennard. 4
mouths old. Anxious TO again see her
father. who had been away for sew
eral weeks. little Evolin kept calling
for daddy" all day yesterday.
From Joy Ia Grief
Four generations OF the Smith fam
lily gathered at the home OF Mrs. Van
dergrin last Sunday TO celebrate the
thirticth anniversary OF Smiths birth.
Tears instead pf Joy prevailed when
the news of the young mans Illness
was received
Next Tuesday as well. will make
more poirnant tho Young wifc's
grief She is only 2s years OF age.