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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19

miles rather than endure the frown OF
am untipped waiter. They would refuse
joyously to contribute 81 to a church
fair. but i'm the presence of a check boy
at a hotel they are humble and anX-
iurs. If they do not tip the check boy
as much as the last fellow did he will
think them stingy. and what is life
without the good opinion OF Il check
boy?
In America the tip is a holdup, but
III Europe it is an institution like arts.
tocracy n the tourist. 1t is possible,
to go through Europe without tipping.
just as it is possible to wade trough.
20 miles of blackberry bushes. buE;
neither feat is worth the effort. If one
must refrain from tipping in Europe,
a good plan is to hire a stout young;
man and then pose as his valet. Willis
he is refusing to tip and is taking ttm'
consequences. You can pick w your
baggage and saunter carelessly to the
train unscathed.
In America if YOU are Il bold man and
do not care to tip. put on Your hat
and walk away rapidly, sc that You
will leave that particular atmosphere
behind as quickly as possible. III YOU
are a timid man. send the waiter for
a glass of water and then fee. BY
changing Your name and growing a
beard YOU will be able to live in per-
feet safety and may eve forget in time
that somewhere q waiter would curse
your name II he only knew it.
Many v people do not know
whom to tip and whom not to tip. This
rule is easy. In the west. tip every
one You are afraid of. In Chicago. tip
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19
Some Mosquitoes.

Yes" said the traveller who had
just returned from South Africa. Il
was one day so annoyed by uosqui-
toes that l was compelled to take
refuge in an old iron safe which lay
discarded on the veldt.
MY first emotions of Joy at my
happy deliverance were hardly over
when the mosquitoes. seeming me.
began to drive their stingers through
the safe. Fortunately, had a ham,
mer in my pocket. and as fast as their
singers same through the iron I
clinched them. until at length such
a host of them was fastened down in
this way that. when they started to
fly away, they carried me and that
safe six miles.
Then, one by one. they died with
the exertion. and l was able to come
out with safety. Yes. wonderful
things happen in foreign parts."-
Ideas.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19

1t is easv to tell an old time catcher
by his fingers. They look as if they
had been braided up and allowed to
set that way. Formerly, catchers did
not Wear armor. but it cost the man
agement so much to dig b%aseballs out
of their ribs and features. that more
care is now taken of them. The catch
er now wears a two bushel glove. "a
wind shield on his chest. Il wire con-
ming tower on his head, and shock alb
sorbers on his legs. Thus equipped. he
is able to survive IN reasonable bonn
bardment. y great many catchers who
vent to the Spanish war sustained
sprained fingers. however, while catch
ing cannon balls two sizes larger than
the regulations provide.
Being q catcher is p~leaSanter than
trying to stop an automobile with bare
hands. but not much more. Besides
snatChing the sizzling ball from the adj
jacent vicinity. or digging it from the
hard ground in front of him. the
catcher must at all times be prepared
blocks over bat boys. water pail and
spectators after fouls. He must also
bear in mind while uncoupling his
spine, in order to reach farther for a
swift OutshoOt. that the base runner Is
on the way to second and that he must
have the ball there to serve as a recep-
ton committee. He must talk f1uently
with the batter. who will snub him,
and with the umpire who will not be-
lieve him when he catches a ball in an
other ward, and jerks it back over the
plate. 1t is also his priceless privilege
to stand in front of the home plate and
allow a l80-pound base runner to slide
into his shins feet first.
Good catchers train for the season by
m~assaging their hands in a cornsheller,
and allowing bulldogs to nav their
ankles until they have become properly
Cal1OESad a good u h1a catcher will
last for many years. Gut after 40,
most of them retire. and take up some
light occupation. such as coal mining
or stacking cactus.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19
The Catcher.

The catcher is Il peculiarly foolish
individual who consents. for a salary.
to squat behind q bat for two hours a
day, and allow himself to be shot at
by a pitcher with a large repertoire OF
three-inch projectiles.
The catcher doesn't have to do this.
He could make his living by racing au-
tomobiles. tanning ions " holding a
drill While q cross eyed man pounded
it with a 2O-pound sledge. But the
catcher prefers to catch. Sometimes he
does it wilaout pay. just for amuse-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19
The Farmer.

Fellow citizens, when we have un-
hooked ourselves from the street car
strap tonight. and have seated our
selves comfortably in the library of u
cozy fat. with one elbow in the bath
DON and a foot sticking out into the
parlor. let us vote a few moments to
pity for the poor farmer far. far from
city joys.
The farmer tills the soil and raises
crops and whiskers and future captains
of industry. He is a hard working man
and has few joys. Very early in the
morning he must get up to see that the
hired men do not oversleep. He cannot
sit down on a high stool AID order
coffee and ~doughnuts with. u careless
air. He must wait until lis wife has
cotton up. and has lighted the gasoline
stove, and has cooked bacon and ham
and eggs and corn bread and nash and
potatoes and gravy. and has warmed
beef. and stewed corn and has mixed
up four gallons of cake batter. Many
farmers Amos starve to death waiting
for breakfast.
The farmer cannot sit down in a
comfortable chair after breakfast, and
talk to q pretty stenographer all morn
ing either. He must harness his team
and ride III times around d 16O-acre
field on a hard iron seat. The farmer
has a whole barn full of red. white.
blue and green and yellow implements.
all with iron seats. and his is indeed a
hard life. Many n farmer has" to half
sole his overalls with leather three
times during the long summer.
When the farmer has finished his
field. he cannot rush off to the moving
picture show and STAY until ! o'clock.
| He has got to go in and read his paper.
Farmers do not get their morning pa
| pers until 10 o'clock. And yet we mur
| mur sometimes at our lot in the city.
The farmer cannot go to 4 baseball
| game in the afternoon either. AS soon
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19
VEST POCKET ESSAYS
BY George Fitch.
illustrations by William Stevens.
BY George Fitch.
Illustrations by William Stevens.

of training an artesian we'll as a pitch
er. batting averages would become al
most invisible.
The pitcher has to begin his career
very early in life. a boy may fool
around for 80 years before determine
ing to become president. and still land
the job all right. but a pitcher has to
start before the age OF 10. or he will
be Oslerized Ecfore he gets out of the
bush league. The young pitcher must
learn how TO throw a feminine ball
which changes it's mind three times in
so feet. He must learn how to watch
the catcher. the umpire and second base
At the same time and 10 enjoy tho taste
of wet horsehide and how to dig the
bali out OF his thoraX. Whore it has been
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19
New Association Gaining Many
Members.
FAITHS CURATIVE POWER
NOTED HEALTH EXPERT
GIVES REASON FOR BIG
SUCCESS IN MEDICINE

Tremendous success has attended the
organization of the new Munyon Hope
Cult" Professor Munyon claims that no
has secured more converts than he even
anticipated, and says that his Hope
Cult" is growing in leaps and bounds. 1t
Is ass saia That tt the total m ZEN Of the
Is now we'll over the half million mark.
In a statement for publication Prof.
Munyon said:
~ want to talk to every sick. ailing and
respondent person in this city. l want
to preach my new creed to them. I
ply of health. which is the fruit of Z
lifetime OF stud and experience in deal
ing with sick folk.
that I have learned that there is moro
in pounds q Dope: That SICK people
tive power Of Hope may be a eisc-
present M stasa 81 t Are v mssessa I2ovr in the
port and strength and renewsed visor
o o,sn k %nasn from TO nr the a ap the Of Win the p D9ops:
ter BY this. inspired hope and faith,
II think that probably a million per-
sons at least in the United States have
declared themselves cured by my medi-
had he best remedies medical science
had to offer. I have always commended
that Il. there is any virtue in medicine
my followers should have the best. but
I verify believe that more than one-half
Of those who have been lifted to health
from the bondage Of chronic fitness.
through taking my medicines. have been
really. cured by the knowledge that they
had the utmost in medical lore at their
command. and the Hope this inspired.
II am not In any sense a practicing
In Philadelphia a large staff Of expert
physicians and chemists. and I nave
many other physicians In various cities
OF the United States detailed to give FREQ
advice to the sick and afflicted. nv
Headquarters are at Munyon's Labora-
tories. SD and Jefferson SITS; Phila., Pa.
ed physicians and consulting experts,
and to all who desire 1t I OFFER the best
charge"
Write today. addressing Prof. ]. M.
Munyon personally m your letter will
v q special care.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19
All Of ,Em Fans.

A a little acquainted with the
stage and its people went to see the
"Friars' Frolic" and was surprised to
find that the Cohans were Irish. He
was talking to Tom Cavanaugh about
it.
why" said he. II understand that
when In town they are regular at
tendants at the church in your parish.
Tom"
Sure" said Tom. They're fans"
Chicago Post.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19
Tipping.

Once upon a time Il greedy man
went early to n banquet. and when
he saw the table Eeaped up with good
things to eat he bribed q waiter to let
him get at it. This was a great sue
cess. When the other guests arrived
he was dead from o~vereating, with a
smile on his face.
From this incident arose the hacit Of
tipping. Tipping is an attempt to get
more t,aI. one foot in the trough. Or
igirally the Upper paid the waiter to
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19

as he has finished digesting his dinner
on the lounge. he must lend a leak in
his acetylene lightning plant. and put a
new pipe in the pianola and repair a
tire on his touring Gar, 80 that he can
drive int town and get potatoes and
ice cream for supper. And after sup
per, he cannot spend a peaceful even
ing on the front porch watching the
cars go by. He must drive his family
into own to the church social, and he
must get a bushel of graphophone rec
ords. n must hunt up the stock buyer
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19

feed him and neglect some other chap.
After that came an era when men paid
walters to protect themselves against
the original tippers. Now every one
tips to protect himself against the
waiter. Some Of our first automobile
owners were walters.
Tipping Is very seldom a sign of
hoggishness now-it is q sign Of tim
idity. We tip waters. p%orters, bell boys
and bootblacks to purchase their good
opinion. Men who don't care a hang
MAJ ....as their FRIENDS o, "a u.s country
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19
Overheard in Venice.

Isn't it romantic. John, DEAR" said
she, as they sat in the little Venetian.
garden, ITO sit here and listen to these
Italian troubadours singing their bal
lads bathed in the moonlight"
Yes. DEAR" replied John with q
deep-drawn sigh. but l sometimes
wish they'd battle in something be.
sides moonlight. don't you? It might
be less romantic. but 1t would be q
darn sight more hygienic."-Harper's
Weekly.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19

any one who has done you a real serv-
ice. In Now York. don't bother-the.
tippee will help himself. In Europe
do not tip amy one with a crown on.
Some Americans. who have spent
thousands of dollars buying love and
respect from t;ppees. have been sued
for divorce by their wives on the
grounds of general cussedness.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19

and trade him 2 fat pig for a new side
board. and a patent washing machine.
And likewise he will nave to get out
of his automobile and go home on the
~interurban. because his daughters best
young man is home from college and
wants to come out and spend the even
If it were not for the farmer we
would all starve. SO let us drop a tear
for him and pity him as he tolls far out
in the country. where the fire engines
never pass by.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19

driven by the cruel batsman, and how to
tangle himself up SO inextricably while
addressing the ball. that the batter will
think he is having a fit and will not
prepare for the bali. AS a reward for
all this labor, however. he may become
a great man and may some day be old
to Pittsburgh for so big a sum that his
owner can buy a private yacht with
the money he got for him.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19
SPLENDID CANADIAN
CROPS
Wheat, Oats and Barley Uni,
versaIIy Good Throughout
Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta.

The reports that come to hand from
the wheat fields of the western Cana
dian provinces show remarkably good
yields in all parts. Yields are record
ed of wheat going 35 and 40 bushels
in many places, and oats from 60 to
100 bushels per acre. Barley and flax
are splendid. The thousands of Amer
leans throughout the United States
who have friends in Manitoba, Sass
katchewan or Alberta will be pleased
to learn of the great success that
has followed their efforts. Many of
these have not confined themselves to
the growing of grain, but have also
gone into the cattle industry. On the
luxurious grasses that are so album
dant there, in almost all districts,
make this industry safe and profitable.
The and sales reported by the rail-
way companies and by the different
land companies show the great in
e that will likely take place
during the next year in farming oper-
ations. What has been said time and
time again may now be well repeated,
that there is no place on the Ameri-
car continent where the same oppor-
tunities are afforded the man looking
for a home, for the young man start
ing out in life, the man with a grow
ing up family. who desires wider
scope for his ambition. The Cana
dian government agents located at
different points in the states will be
glad to advise the reader of the condi-
tions, and relate to him instances of
the great success that has followed
farming in Western Canada.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19

FAILED TO
HELP HER
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Pound, Wis. -"I am glad to al.
nounce that I have been cured of dys-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19

nleHC. There IS I'D ~dCCOUIIIINS TUT
tastes. Some people anus themselves
by going owe Niagara Falls in Il bar
rel.
The catcher is supposed to scoop in,
deftly. all the things the pitcher throws
at him. brushing III bat out of his eyes
in the meantime. This requires great
tenacity of purpose. a magnificent
reach and a great disregard of fingers.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19
The Climatic Autoerat.

what 1 should like" said the SELF
fndulgent person, would be to have
wealth enough to permit me to live
In a cool place in summer. and regu-
late the temperature according to my
own fancy in winter"
you don't need wealth. What you
want is the Job Of janitor."
It is still about as easy to 6nd .
man who will sell his birthright for
q mess of po.tage az Il vas in tho
time Of Eyau.
II you are unable to keep your trou
hlss to yourself they uilI sxpaAl
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19

pepsla and female
troubles by your
medicine. I had
been troubled with
both for fourteen
years and consulted
different doctors,
but failed to get any
relief. After using
Lydia E. Pinkham's
ege BILE Com
pound and Blood
Purifier I can say I
opo a vyoN vyn~on
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19

Ican't find words to express my thanks
for the good your medicine has done
You maypublish this If you wish"
Mrs. HERMAN SETH, Pound, Wis.
The success Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. It may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, inflam-
nation, liberation, fbroid tumors, ir-
Irregularities. periodic pains, backache.
bearing-down feeling, fatulency, indi-
gestion. dizziness, or nervous prostra-
ton.
For thirty years Lydia E.. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe it to themselves
to at least give this medicine q trial:
Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands Of others, and why should
It not cure youp
II you want special advice write
Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. for 1t,
It is free and always helpful.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19

The novelty business Of China II
drifting into the lands OF the Japa-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19

Babies are not often given the con-;
sideration they are entitled to. Among
today's babies are the presidents Of
1860, the steel kings Of 1850. the base
ball stars Of 1910. the aviators Of 1880
and the golf champions Of 1885.
Evening journal., 1911-04-14
A Hoosler ON Shnkesnenro

Charlie Lands, who is famous
throughout all Indiana as a wit and
storyteller. thinks he has read the
most original Shakespearean criticism
ever written.
According to him. II appeared I'm
paper published in Rising Sun, Ind.
and IL was called forth by the produc.
ton there of Hamlet by Walker
Whiteside. In Rising Sun Shakes
peare was a novelty and the little
theatre, the only one i'm town. was
crowded to the doors for the per-
formance
The next morning the daily chron-
icler of the happenings in the village
printed this. "Shakespeares i'm
mortal tragedy. Hamlet. was produced
here last night. It was a great so
ciety event. The leading men Of
town and their wives and daughters
were out in the best clothes they
could afford Seldom has such a dis
tinguished assemblage been gotten to-
gether in this part of the country.
There has long been a dispute as to
whether Shakespeare or Lord Bacon
wrote the plays of Shakespeare. The
knotty problem can now be solved.
Let the graves Of both men be opened.
Hamlet was written by the one who
turned over last night.
Magazine.
Evening journal., 1911-04-14

PTTTSBURG, April 14.-Presdent
A. Leo We'll Of the Voters League Of
Pittsburg is making a determined ef-
fort to have the Legislature investi-
gate city affairs and "Lexow" the ad-
ministration. He appeared before the
special judiciary committee Of the
State Senate which has under consid-
Grafton the Wilbert resolution for a
thorough inquiry and read carefully
prepared statement in which he de-
clared he was ready to prove before
an authorized tribunal every charge
made before the legislative commit
tee at the Pittsburg plan hearing sew
eral weeks ago and then was cross
examined briefly by Chairman John
p. Fox. Mr. We'll declared emphati-
cally that he withdraw mot one iot or
title" Of the charges, but was ready
to substantiate them. Mr. We'll al
leges political corruption and pro-
lection of vice.
Evening journal., 1911-04-14
CHICAGO MAN MRITES.

My druggists supply me and my
family with Blackburn's CascaRoyal-
Pills, as they are the best pill I have
ever taken. Before taking them I was
bothered with headache. and always
with drowsiness after meals. / am
now very much relieved of both. also
appear TO have a new life in me-
can truly say, they do all you claim.
and | most heartily recommend them
to all"
CAPT. DAVID AYRES. No. 5255
Wabash Ave, Chicago. Illinois.
Evening journal., 1911-04-14
HOME MADE DRY SHAMPOO
MAKES BEAUTIFUL HAIR

Simply buy from a well-supplied
drug store 6 ounces of powdered or
ris root and 2 ounces of antlseptic
vilane powder. Mix thoroughly and
keep in a tight box or jar Apply
tablespoonful, distributing it through
the hair, permit to remain several
hours, or over night, and then brush
and comb thoroughly. The hair shows
the splendid effects of this treatment
after the first application. May be
used daily or as often as one chooses.
1t removes surplus oil, dandruff, dirt,
etc, and makes the hair wonderfully
lustrous and healthy looking.
Evening journal., 1911-04-14
THE WORLDS HORsEMEN.
Tn Wild West and Far East Show
Here on ADril 81.


One does not realize how important
a part the horse takes among the ma
tions Of the earth until they are as
semhled in various groups, TO be seen
at one time. To see all the various
representative horsemen comprising
the roughriders with Buffalo Bill's
Wild West i'm their native land one
must travel all over the world. BY
rare and extraordinary enterprise
Colonel William F. Cody and Major
Gordon w. Lille have gone on, year
after year, adding to the personnel CT
his wonderful exhibition until the
limit has about been reached. II is
therefore n rare privilege to see rep
resentatives Of all the equestrian ma
tions of the entire world I'm one ex-
hibition. for the contrasts I'm their
riding methods Is. IN itself. an object
lesson to be learned In no other way.
This year the Wild West and Fart
presents a small army Of Indians,
Cowboys. American Cavalry and Ar
tillery. German Cuirassiers, Japanese,
Irish Lancers. Royal English Dra-
goons, Bedouin Arabs. Russian Cos
sacks. Mexican Vaqueros. South
American Guachos. a group Of West
ern girls. two studs of the most per-
fectly trained horses of the present
day-Rhoda Royals and Ray Thomp-
sons troupes OF thoroughbreds and
range horses. Every person on horse
back with the Wild West and Far
East is lust what he Is represented
to be. and many of them travelled
thousands of miles over land and
sea to join the big organization when
II began its present season In New
York city. In a few years It Will be
impossible to gather representatives
of all these various groups OF horse
men and. as realism is the life and
soul Of Buffalo Bill's Wild West. the
exhibition must end when IT'S material
is exhausted The show will appear
here on Friday. April 21.