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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-02

Near Frankfort. Germany, they are
eu116lnG .hArvorss or covered depot
Tor alrships. It will be constructed Of
hen ana supplied with gates on two
et4oD broad enough and high enough
"a accommodate the largest shipa 81
liz Zeppelin type.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-02

OF the signature to the Declaration OF
Independence In 1876 hardly a single
oAs - legible today. About GO years
Ago q facsimile was taken. and the
press copy absorbed the Ink from near
~ Ill the names.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-02

XAeEo are q evangelical Christians
ameng tho q members Of the labor
paEty = the British house Of com
1oaA One Of these y . lay preacher,
tneeo ~ Baptist deacons ana three ere
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-02

II the point of wealth, Japan. II ,x
~. ranl1. seventh aznonx the nations'
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-02
Goldenrod Marmalade.

Cut green and red from rind OF one
watermelon. Cut white rind into
squares and lay in cold water over
night; Next morning put through food
come to boil; then drain. Repeat twice.
then boil until tender. Peel four
and two lemons. Put rinds
through food chopper. cover with cold
water n boil: drain. Repeat and boil
until tende Put pulp through chop
per and when b rinds are tender. nut
all n one kettle with ave pounds OF
graduated sugar. boil for two hours.
I'M put into Jars. This marmalade is
a beautiful golden color and delicious.
Orange.
Select one orange and one lemon
with q h skin. Cut in slices and
then In cubes. To his add six cupfula
or water. Let stand over night. Next
morning boil 20 minutes, measure liQ-.
utd. n to one cupful Of mixture add.
one cupful OF sugar. Boil evenly for.
one-half hour. or until it iells. This
will q eight medium sized glasses.
-
Cucumber Relish.
Two quarts OF chopped cucumbers
two quarts Of chopped white onions
Put In a cOlander and sprinkle with 6
quarter OF q cup Of salt. Let It stand
one hour. Wash and drain. Stir u
tablespoonful OF mustard and one-haln
tablespoonful of tumeric into q cup Of.
sugar; add to it one quart Of vinegar
and bring to a boil. Put In the cucumL
bers and onions and boil up once,
49,
Rhubarb.
Six cups rhubarb cut In small pieces.
Six cups Of granulated sugar. two large
or four small oranges cut in thin slicee.
sskin and All. Boil all together until,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-02

Italians never use the number IS in
making up the numbers in their lot
leries-the superstition Of the people is
against it. The Turks are so prejud-
Iced against the word thirteen" hi it
has virtually been cxpunged from their
vocabulary. No house in Paris bears
h number 49," and persons called
'"quartorziennes" or "fourteens" arc
held In reserve there to make a 18th
guest ut dinner parties. The Norweg-
ians mover allow IL persons 1t table
because Loki. the god OF malice, in the
Morse mythology, once made the 18th
guest at a celestial banquet and oc-
castOneI confusion.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-02

In answer to an inquiry from q Barn.
ard classmate. . New York girl who 10
. member Of the American student col
ony Of Vienna writes: 1.-The woman
student has ceased to be an object Of
dent and has become 30 numerous that
no n stares at her. The catalogues
for last year show that there were at
me three Austrian universities 24.SO4
students. Of whom 1893 were
about 8 per cent. In the medical de-
partment there were 271 in the
philosophical-which includes the
school for teachers-there were 1,949.
while only "A heard lectures in the law
department, where all doors have not
yet been opened for women"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-02
Peach Catsup.

Pare and quarter eight quarts OF
ripe peaches. Simmer the parings for
30 minutes in one pint of water. Then
strain. add the peaches and dinner 30
minutes longer. Ado one and one-half
half u of sugar, two teaspoons of.
ground cinnamon, and one-half tea
spoon each of cloves. mace and pep,
per: Simmer slowly until quite thick
and seal hot in pint Jars.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-02
Peach Marmalade.

Peel, stone and cut ripe peaches in
small pieces, take three-quarters Of a
pound Of sugar to each pound OF fruit.
and one cup of water to each pound
OF sugar. Place them on fire, boil and
skim; then put in the peaches and let
them boil hard, stir and mash them
until the whole is a thick mass. Then
put in glass jars and seal.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-02
Plain wafles.

Sift four teaspoons of baking powder
and one teaspoon salt with three cups
of flour. Stir in carefully one and one
half cups of milk, the beaten yolks of
three eggs, two tablespoons of melted
butter and fold in the stiffly beaten
whites. Heat the waffle irons, grease
both sides, put Il spoonful OF batter in
each section. close, turn at once. They
should be an even brown and very crisp
When done. Serve hot with butter and
sugar. with syrup OIL with fruit.
Rice Waf1es.
One-halt cup of boiled rice, a cup of
milk, two & 8 the yolks and whites
beaten separately, III tablespoon Of
melted butter, one teaspoon of salt.
three teaspoons of baking powder, two
tablespoons of uga Int one and three
quarters cups OF flour. Mix and sift
dry ingredients, work in the rice with.
a fork or the finger tips, mix and cool
as above.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-02
Grape Juice.

TO two gallons of grapes put three,
quarts Of water: cover and let boil un-'
til grapes break. Steam and to six
quarts of Juice add two pounds OF
granulated sugar Let come to a boil,
skim, put into bottles hot and seal.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-02
Maple Tapioca Jelly.

Soak n cupful pearl tapica in
three cupfuls of water over night. Boil
until clear with one and q half cupfuls
Of brown sugar. Cool, pour into indi-
vidual glasses, and when ice cold serve
with whipped cream.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
Aud, sn and His Hair.

Audubon Ae great naturalist, early
in his car I wore his hair very long.
He wrOt, IN his diary one day: Il
wear my hair as long as usual. be-
lieve it does as much for me as my
paintings" However, in 1927 his
friends succeeded in persuading him
to get his hair cit according to the pre-
vailing fashion. On March 10 of that
year he wrote in his diary: This day
my hair sacrificed and the will of God
usuTped by the wishes Of man. AS the
barber clipped my locks rapidly it re-
minded me of the horrible times of
the Fre1ch revolution when the same
operation was performed upon all the
victims murdered by the guillOtine. My
heart sank low" Further to express
his grief, the margin of the page on
which this entry was made he painted
black about thTee-QuarteTs Of an inch
deep all around.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
ATE a WHOLE SHEEP.
Feats of Nicholas Wood, a "a.
nous English GIutton.

The following account of q man
named Nicholas Wood, famed for his
gluttony, was written by John Taylor,
the water poet" of the seventeenth
century:
Nicholas Wood was a Hentish yeO-
man. BE it known TO all men to
whom these presents shall come"
writes John TayIor, that l, John Tay-
lOr, waterman of st. Savior's in South
wark, will, with plain truth. bare and
threadh2re, treat OF the remarkable ac-
dOns of Nicholas Wood.
He hath eaten a whole sheep at one
meal: pardon me, / think he left the
skin, the wool and bones; and present
ly after he hath swallowed three pecks
of damsons. Two loins of mutton and
one lOin of veal are but three sprats
TO him. Once at Sir William st. Ledg-
er's house, so valiant and staunch of
teeth he showed himself, that he ate
as much as would suffice thirty men,
and afterwards he slept eight hours.
ChS AIOIHiuS L SSHJ IOT 01M 10 LUS
inn to eat breakfast. He had already
eaten one pOttle of milk, one pOttle Of
pOttage, and bread, butter, and cheese.
He gave me thanks and said that if he
had known any gentleman would have
invited him to breakfast he would
have spared his meal at home. Never
theless he would do me the courtesy
to show me some small cast OF his of
fee. Whereupon l summoned the host
ess and commanded that all the vic
tuals in the house be laid before my
guest.
"The inn was slenderly provided, but
six-penny lOaves were mounted two
stories high like a rampant, three six
penny veal pies, one pound OF sweet
butter, and a number of other dishes
were set out, all of which were quickly
brought to nothing"
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
MARITIME EXPRESSIONS.
Used In a MetaphoricaI Sense They
Are Quite Common.

Used In a Metaphoricai Sense They
Are Quite Common.
Maritime expressions used metaphor
ically are, in fact, very common. We
say couple are ''spIiced," a young
man is the ''mainstay" of his family,
an intruder puts his oar in" a man is
'hard up" sometimes taken aback"
OF has ''the wind taken out of his
sails" a topper is slowed" a Ioafer
"spins a yarn" sometimes ''tries the
other tack" and a ruler steers the
ship of state" through troublesome
times.
This last metaphor is extremely an
cient, by the way. Horace refers to
Rome as a ship at sea, and Plutarch
says the Delphic oracle referred to
Athens in the same way A Tamil
saying embOdies a like metaphor, THE
soul is the ship, reason is the helm,
the oars are the souls thoughts. and
truth is the port" An old collection
Of English proverbs contains this one:
THE tongue is the rudder of our Ship
A Malay maxim says, 1.-The boat which
is Swamped at sea may be bailed out
but the shipwreck of the affections is
final"
AristOphanes, Plautus and others use
an expression which comes down to
us as an English saw, ITO row one
way and look another" An old Eng
lish prOverb (61D was, ''It is not good
to have an oar in every ones boat"
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
a Iioht on Mothers.

The late William James, Harvard's 3
famous psychologist, would often ilIu-
inmate a misty subject with an apprO-
pirate anecdOte. Discussing mother
hood in a lecture on psychology. Pro
fesSoT James once said:
"a teacher asked a boy this question
in fractions:
Suppose that your mother baked
an apple pie and there were seven Of
gOu-the parents and five children.
What part of the pie would you get
for your pOrtiOnF
ga sixth, ma'am.' the boy answered.
"'But there are seven Of you, said
the teacher Don't you know anything
about fractiOnsF
"'Yes, ma'am,' said the boy. I know
all about fractions. but l know all
about mother too. Mother d say she
1idn't want no pie"
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
WILLING TO LEND.
"5ut, Oh, My Dear, am So sorryj Ny
Husband, the Mean Thing, Has
Been at My Purse Again"

Men have something to learn from
women in the art of warding of
"tOuchers" for coin. Women respond
to such requests once in about every
thousand cases, but they are scientific
in their refusals. A Cleveland woman
with a reputation as a borrower
turned up at the home of one of her
friends the other morning with a much
done over story about a persistent and
threatening dressmaker and the usual
request for the lOan-''pay it back to-
morrow, certain'-Of So.
"Why, my dear, certainly," was the
pleasant response TO her carefully re-
hearsed little yarn, you poor thing.
you! Just wait till run upstairs and
get my purse"
She ran upstairs. The male head Of
the house happened to be in the room
where she kept her purse. He saw her
dig the purse out Of a chiffOnier draw
er and deliberately remove a wad of
bills from it, leaving about 81 cents
III SA'SA anu CO&peI III JUe cnhnSe
receptacle. The man was mean enough
TO lean over the stair railing when
his wife went downstairs to the par
lor with her fiattened pocketbook in
her hand.
'Oh, I'm so sorry, dearle," he heard
her say, but l really thought 1 had
the money. find, though, that Frank,
as usual, has been at my purse-I
heard him say something about set
Ting a plumbers bill last night when
l was half asleep-and the mean thing
has left me only enough for car fare
Too bad! Of course, you know, if
had it"-and so on.-CleveIand Plain
Dealer.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
Snubbed the Composer.

Gustav Mailer had queer expert
ence in Munich one day for which his
name was partly responsible. His
new symphony was being rehearsed.
and he took advantage of an hours
intermission to get some fresh air.
ION returning to the building" says
a Munich paper, "he lost his way and
tried TO reach the hall through a cor
ridOr in which plasterers were at work.
You cannot pass through here he was
told Pat l AN Mahler' CMahler is the
German for painter) You look it.,
was the unsympathetic reply of the
man who blocked his way. We are not
ready for the painters yet, so run on
And the composer, realizing that argu-
ment would be useless, plunged into
the ls 2yrinth and finally reached his
destination
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
He Sat.

1t is related of the Rev. Matthew
Clark that in the audience was once
young British military officer whose
scarlet uniform far OutshOne any rival
babiliments and so fixed the gaze of
the young damsels present that the
wearer, enjoying the impression he
was making, not only stood through
the prayer with the rest, but remained
standing after all others had sat
down until the pastor had proceeded
for some time with his sermon. and at
length, noticing a divided attention
and its cause, the minister stopped,
laid aside his sermon and, addressing
his new hearer. said:
'Ye'Te a Draw CbTavel lad Ye haze
a Draw suit of claithes. and we haze
a seen them. Ye may sit dOun."
The lieutenant dropped as il shot
From the Autobiography of Horace
GreeIeY.''
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
FIRST POST HOUSES.

Established by Cyrus, the Founder Of
the Persian Empire.
The frst posts are said 10 have orig
mated In the regular couriers estab-
fiShsd by Cyrus The Great about $50
3. c., who erected post houses through
cut the kingdom Of Persia. Augustus
wss the first to introduce this instttu-
ton among the RoUans, 81 B. O., and
be was initiated by CharlemAgne about
800 A d. Louis XI. was the hrst
sovereign to establish post houses In
France. owing to his eagerneas for
news, and they were also the first in
Edtuticn OF this nature In Europe.
This was In 1470, or about 1900 years
SSsse they were started In Persia.
] In England in the reign Of Edward
". Q4SD riders on post horses went
stages OF the distance Of twenty miles
from each other IN order to procure
the king the earliest intelligence Of the
events that passed in the course OF the
war that had arisen with the Scots. A
proclamation was issued by Charles /.
IN 1881 that. whereas to this t1me
there hath been no certain intercourse
between the kingdoms OF England and
Scotland, the king now commands his
postmaster OF England for foreign
parts to settle a running post or two
between Edinburgh and London TO so
thltheT and come back again In E1K
dSxsI"
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
b CURIOUS BLUNDERS.
The Anaehronisms That Crowded I
Once Famous Poem.


The Anaehronisms That Crowded q
Once Famous Poem.
The medieval TOmances are full of
blunders, making contemporaries of
men who were separated sometimes
by hundre0S, sometimes by thousands,
of years, but as historical criticism
had not then a being and the general
information of the age was not su-
periOr in any particular to that of the
novelist their plans do not amount to
much from a literary point of view
Such an instance is the case of Arios-
TO, who might be supposed to know
something at least of the truth of his
tory, but whose once famous poem,
Orlando FuriOSO," is tissue of his
tOrical absurdities from beginning to
end
In this poem Charlemagne and his
peers are joined by Edward l. of Eng
land, Richard, earl of Warwick; Clar-
ence and the Dukes of York and
Gloucester; cannon are employed hun
dTeds of years before the time of
Monk Schwartz, and the Moors are
represented as established in Spain in
spite of the historic fact that 300 years
elapsed after the death of Charlie
ms gne before they crossed from Afri-
ca. In one place Prester John, who
lived 400 years after Charlemagne,
and Constantine the Great, who died
five centuries before him. are intro
duced and hold familiar converse with
the great Charles. while in another
Saladin and E9 ard the COnfessOr are
joined by the yack Prince.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
RUBBER OYSTERS.
They Brought Trade and Saved Their
Inventor From Failure.

They Brought Trade and Saved Their
Inventor From Failure.
Rubber oysters laid the foundation
of my success" said a millionaire ho-
tel man.
Il had small saloon in them days,
and things looked very black. They
looked, in fact, like bankruptcy. So
in desperation l cut an old rubber
doOrmat into oyster shaped pieces on
April l and fried them in egg and
breadcrumbs to a tasty brown
There was only one man in the bar
when l fetched in that dish of smOk-
ing rubber oysters. His eyes glittered,
and he grabbed a fork, jabbed it into
a big fellow and took a hungry bite.
Seeing the surprised look that
spread over his face, turned away to
hide a smile. He gave an awkward
laugh and said:
Them's fine oysters. I'll bring q
couple of the boys in to sample them
Sure enough. he brought two
friends a half hour later The friends
40 sooner saw the appetizing rubber
oysters than, setting down their beer,
they each sunk their teeth in one
They, too, sent in friends for OyS-
ters. | fried up no less than three old
doormats and two Overshoes that April
fool day. The whole town laughed,
and the papers printed funny stories
about my joke. My Joint got real
popular.
in short. l was saved-saved from
bankruptcy by rubber oysters" -
Washington Post
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
Samels in Arabia,

There are two varieties of camels
in use in Arabia, the dromedary and
the freight camel. The dhelul drome-
daTies are celebrated for their easy rid
ing gait and speed. A dhelul carries
about 800 pounds and travels about
SIX miles a day. 1t can be purchased
for 100 to 80 Maria Theresa dollars
($42.50 to $63.75). a freight camel
carries about 500 pounds and travels
about two and a half miles an hour. Il
costs 300 Maria Theresa dollars (S120
OF more.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
STAR GEM OF CEYL0N.
The Astoria Brought Health and For.
tune to Its Wearer, Particularly if
He Had Been Born In April.

Familiar TO some of the ancient writ
ers and credited with supernatural
powers. the astoria, Or star gem. was
highly valued for the benefits sup
posed 10 be conferred ON the wearer.
Its bright six rayed star. ever chang
ing and shifting with every play of
light and especially shooting out its
flames IN the direct sunlight, would
seem TO be something more than an
ordinary crystal, and to the superstf-
tious mind it could readily be believed
to emb0dy some tutelar spirit.
The particular virtue attributed to
this gem was the cOnferring upon the
wearer of health and good fortune"
when worn as an amulet, and to those
fortunate TO be born in the month Of
April. with which the stone was acsO-
ciated or represented, the wearer was
insured from all evil.
The star stone is found principally
in Ceylon. invariably in soil peculiar
to rubies and sapphires. Indeed. it is
composed of the same constituent SEQ
rundum." its chatOyant, or star rays,
being caused by the pressure of what
the natives call sill" 1t is found in
many different coiors. from pale blue,
pink and white to deep dark blue, ruby
and purple. The blue are termed sap
phire stars, the red ruby stars 1t is
always cut en- cabOchOn. the star divid-
ing into six rays at the apex. 1t is
next IN hardness to the diamond.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
Just the Opposite.

An Irishman at fair got pOked in
the eye with a stick and took proceed
lngs against the offender.
Said the magistrate, Come, now,
you don't really believe he meant to
put your eye out"
Faith, you're right this time" said
Pat, "for 1 believe he tried to put it
farther in."-LondOn Tit-Bits.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
Still Wondering.

The deaf man got out of the tram
car on TO the other line of rails.
Look out! There's a car cOmingP p
cried the conductor.
What" said the deaf man.
There's a car coming"
"What?"
Just then the car caught and knock
ed down the deaf man, and as he pick
ed himself up he said:
Il wonder what that fool kept me
there talking abOutp'-LOndOn Mail.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
CATCHING On,

Young Mr. Struckett- Ritch was eat
ing his first meal at a real restaurant.
What are thOseY' he asked, point
ing at the finger bowls the waiter had
just brought to the table.
Those are to wash your fingers in,
sir" said the waiter
"Oh, l know that" rejoined young
-Ritch. with remarkable pos
session. 81 mean are they cut glass ?"
Chicago Tribune.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
The Teachers College.

Special opportunities for teachers.
Regular college courses in psychol-
ogy, pedagogy, education, etc, with
degree of A. B.; pedagogical courses
leading to Ph, 2 degree. High-grade
courses in norma. training, music,
manual arts and domestic sciences.
Graduates helped TO positions, Lewis
B. Moore, A. NJ, Ph. D., dean.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutica
Colleges.

Forty-nine professors, Modern Ia
boratories and equipment Connected
with new Freedmen's Hospital, cost
ing a half million dollars. Clinical ia.
cilities not surpassed in America
Postgraduate school and polyclinic.
Edward A. Balloch, Nj. D., dean,
Fifth and w Streets, Northwest. w.
c. McNeill, NJ. D., secretary, ooI R
Street. NQrthWest.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
The MISGUIDED Friend.

De Chappie-If there's any one nui-
sance / hate more than another it's a
fellow who is always going around in
Producing people. There's GOOdheart,
for instance.
What's he been doing?
De Chappie-The idiot! The other
lay he introduced me to a man owed
money to. and I'd been owing it so
long he'd forgotten all about me. Now
III have to pay up or be sued.-LOn-
1On Telegraph.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
Not Idle Curiosity.

know, Mr.. W, why you are so cross
when 1 ask questions. Surely you
don't think l have idle curiosity?
''Great Scott, no. Yours is the most
perniciously active wide awake, sleep
less, energetic curiosity it was ever my
fate to encounter
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
The Moral Stimulus of Good Clothes,

The Moral Stimulus Of Good Clothes.
Men grow in self respect as they
wear good clothes. Their clothes earn
them the approval of their fellows.
In turn they are forced to grow to fill
the measure of good .opinion, so that,
forced forward by the clothes he
wears, men attain to their highest
capability.- Art Journal.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
WASHINGTON, D. c.
Wilbur P. Thirkield, Il d. D., Presi-
dent.

Located in Capital OF the Nation.
Campus of over 20 acres. Advant-
ages unsurpassed. Modern scientific
and general equipment New Carnegie
Library. New science hall. Faculty
OI over one hundred 1882 students
from 81 States and 10 other countries.
Unusual opportunities for self-sup-
port. No young man or woman OF
energy or capacity need be deprived
Of its advantages.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS.
The School of Theology.

Interdenominstional. Five profes.
sors. Broad and thorough courses
Advantages of connection with a great
university. Students aid. Low ex-
penses, Isaac Clark, D. D., dean.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
The School Of Law.

Faculty of eight Courses of three
years, giving a thorough knowledge
of theory and practice of law. Occu-
pies own building opposite court
house. Benjamin F. Leighton
Ii. B., dean, 42o Fifth Street, North
west
For catalogue and special informa-
ton, address Dean of Department.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
School of Manual Arts and Applied
Sciences.

Furnishes thorough courses. Six
instructors. Offers four-year courses
IN mechanical and civil engineering,
and architecture.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-19
Betty and the Kitten

Betty is only four and often in her
excitement she makes very odd re-
marks. The other day she cried out,
"Oh, mother, there's a dear maltfne
kitten all curdled up In the cornerP