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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-01-04
beware cheap eiils.

An examination of paper currency
by Warren ii. Hilditch Of Yale showed
an average OF one hundred and forty
two thousand bacteria on the bill.
Twenty-one bills we're examined, and
while some were relatively clean, car.
rying Only q triile OF fourteen thou
sand living things, others swarmed to
the figure Of five hundred and eighty
six thousand. And, strange to say, the
bacteria die not seem to swarm to
the $1,000 b:'is in preference TO the
81 bills.
This shows that it is far healthier
TO cary $1,000 bills about than 1t is
20 tote 81 bills Here is a valuable
financial hint.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-01-04
We lard PROBLEM TO SOLVE
'-lltoy's Suggestion Would Seem to
Be Natural Way to Get Around
Situation.

The Englishman who has been
wearing a top hat and a frock coat
impressed all who saw him with his
distinguished appearance as he
trolled about with an expansive air
n enc of the more expensive hotels.
IN Wednesday morning he came up
o a clerk.
Il would like to have a shirt laNn-
tered, he said. II must have it back
~ I've O'clock"
The clerk told him that the time
Tas unusually short, but he would do
What he could, and the shirt was de-
MoYod On time.
He came down Thursday morning
and said he wanted another shirt
Numbered, but that this one must be
back by two O'Clock in the afternoon.
Tho clerk said that would be too
short 4 time. The Brlton grew angry
and demanded to see the proprietor.
Flo got as far as the bell boy captain,
to whom he protested that he would
not stand for such treatment. The
bell boy suggested the purchase OF a
third sh.rt.-New York Sun.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-01-04
coIors in th. Winter Landscape.

Walter Pr!chard Eaton. in the Scribn"r.
There is Il curious deluSion that Win
ter Is a season without color. 1T is only
a season with different color. Once
live this season out close 10 mountains.
forests. fields. and stretches of cult
waited valley, and No1 may discover
such lovely colors n such odd com.
binations as you never dreamed. ah's
even DAYS of absolute %prisrnatic dazzle.
reducing sulnmer by comparison. I"
a tame green velvet. Winter. to b.
sure. has it's moods OF black and white.
when pictures are reduced to their SIM
pie elements of line n chiaroscuro
But even these are fascinating. as X
nature were bent upon howlh 70"
tina she Is not dependent on her 'olpi-
box for her charm.
In early winter, when the sno" Is
vet light. YOU may walk up d back road
through the timber and note where q
wage has turned OFF NO a iogglng
trail. The SNOW has melted In the
wheel tracks, making two brown paths
where the dead leaves snow 'hrous
Those tracks have all the rich irregu-
larity OF the lines in an etching Pres
emily YOU come upon II brook. follow
ing IL into the woods. ii runs through
the white carpet, quite black. as ~
laid on with Il free brush loaded with
ink. There is ice in the back waters.
and that is black too. The dark pines
rise from it's banks. straight. geom-
etrical. Nature today is drawn. not
painted. washed iN with black and
white.
But emerging from the woods, ever
on a gray day without sun. Color Is
sure somewhere to meet your eye,
though 1T may be only the iron-rus'
brown Of a tanaarack swamp or the
tawny red of Il roadside willow. These
browns and eds of winter are exquisite
in their subdued richness. and under
certain conditions of light they are
thrown into combinations with other
coiors. at once daring and beautiful.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-01-04
yuetly Punlehad.
All Druggists

why. have you discharged Rich
ardsf Do you think because he has
reached the age Of forty-dvo that he
- no longer usoful?"
mo. that isn't II. When was com.
ing into the city on my car the other
morning he got IN front Of It at q
crossing and was 20 slow that In or
der to avoid running him down I had
70 lose nearly half . minute.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-01-04

The picturesque village OF Moles.
worth, Huntington. England. possesses
IN unusual cemetery. It has been es.
fabiished about seven years. and up to
6ate there have been inferred about zoe
-. mostly dogs. although there are
= SoW birds, about 50 cats. . marmot
ana four monkeye. The place II beau.
1ifnaly hepA, The graves being planted
WITH flowers. while the stones and
0usSo oFo principally OF white marble
III si6Iable lnscsiDtlons
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-01-04
ALBERTA,
SECURES DRY FARM.
ING CONGRESS
FOR 1912.

does not meal q system Of irrigation,
but n whore all the rain fall and
precipitation is stored up and con. |
served in the soil. to be drawn upon
by scientific and sane processes when
It may be required to forward and in.
crease the growth Of grain.
In certain sections Of the Canadian
West 10 we'll as in the American
West. there is a portion Of the coun,
try in which the soil Is the very best
Tor the growing Of cereals, but thu
geographical locations and relative
position to the rain avenues, do not
give the advantage that other parts
possess In the matter Of precipitation.
Agricultural science. however. has
been making rapid progress during
the past few years. and It is now ass
eertained that It Is not altogether the
number OF inches Of rain that ia es.'
genital to the growing Of crops, but
Ito conservation, and that IL the
neaning Of 'Dry farming" DRY
Farming" may we'll be applied to dis.
tricts where there 10 Q heavy rain fall
and better results will follow. The
education Of the public Into these new
methods. not new exactly. but such
a. have had satisfactory demonstra-
ton, 10 not alone the purpose Of these
4ry.farming Congresses. One idea Is
70 bring into life and into operation
The great areas Of splendid land lying
within what might be termed semi
arid. without placing them under the
restrictive and expansive process Of
irrigation.
The Congresses are attended by
thousands and they bring representa-
Uves from all parts Of the world. The
Province Of Alberta. and also Of Sas-
katchewan, has taken a vital interest
In the Congresses which have been
held In the past two or three years.
The Province Of Alberta has made
provincial exhibits, districts have
shown their products. and last year,
several hundred dollars were taken in
prizes; this year the Province Of Al
berta took prizes ten to one In excess
Of any state in the Union. Alberta
has won eight out Of twenty special
cups. that province taking one. Leth
bridge one. Arthur Perry six. and
John Baxter. Edmonton, carrying OF
one sweepstakes. When It came t.
q matter Of location for the Congress
tor 1917. the City Of Lethbridge
which had put up a splendid fight FOL
It, secured the Congress by a unani
NOUS vote. It IL expected that thu
Lethbridge Congress will be the larg
est yet held and will be the bigges
convention in the history Of Western
Canada. In emphasizing his invita-
ton to Lethbridge. one Of the speal
ers said he had Just received a tele
gram from Magrath (near Lethbridge
stating that Of one thousand acres Q
wheat Just thrashed Hethershaw an
Bradshaw had thrashed $4,000 busl
els.
Literature sent out recently by tn
Canadian Government Agents, whic
will be sent postage free on applies
ton. tells Of hundreds Of splend,
Yields in all parts of Western Canad'
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-01-04

Don't waste time trying to kill two
birds with one stone. Stones are
more plentiful than birds.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-01-04

Thu. Chicago Fire could have been pre-
vented with one pail Of water, but the
Xater va not handy Keep . bottle Of
4am!ins Wizard OIL handy and prevent
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-01-04
To Be Sure.

Il wonder why 1t is that show girls
look down on ordinary chorus girls"
We'll. perhaps one cas- why they
do so is that they are nearly always
taller"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-01-04
GROUP Is A TERROR

But there is q relief so quick, so sure
70 thorough, that you eve fear Group
With this remedy Mt hand. Applied out
side. not inside.
esdnwiek's Group Linimsnt.
All Druggists.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-01-04
In Boston.
Tsacher-Waldo. name one OF the
best known characters In fiction.
Waldo tagged I'VE. superciliously)-
Santa Claus.-Puck.
IN Boston

m. WfasaewAs Soothing Syrup foe children
oloas allays pain. eu4ee wind collie, &c . bottle.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-01-04
Turkish Medicines.

Old-fashioned physicians have plenty
Of reliable remedies for cholera. An
agate in the pocket and a hyacinth on
the neck are much esteemed, but the
bone of q dead child carried in the
pocket Is nearly as eficacious. Chol-
era, we learn, is caused by the moon
Therefore drink decoctions Of laurel
while Mars or Mercury is in the as
cendant, since these planets are un-
friendly to the moon We are glad to
know this, as we have always had our
doubts about the moon.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-01-04
Calling . Halt.
Hs-I can marry any woman I
plsass.
ehs-Ah. but do you please any7-
Baltimore American.
Calling . Hat.

d. Pieses's Pellets, small. ~suer.eoated.
~ % taxa =. candy, regulate and invigor
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-01-04
His Suspicion.

We'll, whaddy you want?"
II am the man who was married In
the cage Of wildcats"
II asted ye whaddy you want?"
Il thought I would like to look into
the cage again. fear I left my wife
there and took one Of the Wildcats"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-01-04
unclerieal

unclerleal.
Hewitt-He expects to be canon
ICED.
Jewett-what do you mean BY
sAA4-ared?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08

In all our experience with smuggling,
the Illicit traffic in opium has been the
most battling one" says General Henry.
THE opium smuggler has invented more
tricks than any other to foil the customs
inspector, and the keenest and most in
genious brains seem to be devoted to the
circumventing of the government and the
supplying OF New York with tremendous
quantities Of this most dangerous drug.
Opium is brought TO this country
through all the ports-through San Fran
cisco, 10 be shipped across the continent;
from Panama, where IL had been brought
across the isthmus; from Vancouver and
Nova Scotia, and on many Of the 80 yes
sells that reach this port from China every
year.
The vast Canadian border and ths
great stretch of the Mexican line make
a close watch impossible with our present
forces Thousands of pounds of smoking
opium are brought in from these two
countries and shipped to New York by
express concealed under a declaration Of
legitimate merchandise, and the problem
of discovering and tracing such shipments
is almost insoluble.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08
THE HANDY BAMBOO.

Bamboo sticks of considerable size wers
| found TO be a favorite means for conceal
| ing opium With Chinese patience and
dexterity those sticks were cut open,
/ filled with the costly drug and then Joined
again with a care that dehed detection.
After the customs men got on to this the
/ importation of loose bamboo ceased. but
sudden influx OF Chinese animals in
bamboo cages set in The weight of the
/ cage led TO the detection Of opium inside
the bamboo bars OF the cage, and the de-
mand for Chinese animals died w.
| Still the idea had been too good 10 be
dropped even If the material had TO he
changed. Broomsticks, of the common
American variety, supplanted bamboo,
and many shipments Of opium reached
the New York trade before this trick was
discovered.
While the whole force OF customs In
spectors and watchers is available for
the work along the waterfront and on
ships. only half dozen men can be-
spared to cope with opium struggled
| across the country or the manufacture OF
smoking opium from opium imported for
medicinal uses. They have done admirable
work seizing and destroying over $4,000
worth Of opium in the last two years, and
all OF this had 10 be done without the
least aid from the police.
One of the incest bits of detective work
was done by these men in tracing opium
| smuggling TO a brakeman employed on
| the Delaware 4 Hudson Railway. whose
run was between Montreal and Albany.
| For months Walter Funk was bringing
opium in large quantities across the Ca
madam border. to distribute IL all over
the country by express The customs
men watched for weeks a Chinese store
| OH Seventh avenue which they suspected
| OF getting it's opium supply by land.
One day an express wagon drove up
with a case sent by Funk. The package
was seized and Funk went to prison.
But the discovery proved more valuable
than the punishment of Funk. as IL led
10 the detection of other railroad men
engaged in similar work.
And il is not only the opium. but the
opium cure az well. that taxes the efforts
of these men. Isaac Marks. an enter
prising opium dealer In The Bronx, In
vented a cure, which he labelled Opt
| curine." 1t sold with rush, and II
seemed as If all the opium smokers 10
! New York rad decided to turn another
loaf and rid themselves OF the dangerous
habit. An analysis of the cure showed
that IL was nothing but pure smoking
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08
WITHIN THE LAW.

I'VE have the right TO seize not only
such opium, but the vehicle in which IL
is transported. On the calendar OF the
federal District Court there appear now
and then cases entitled The United States
against Two Mules and a Wagon or The
United States against one Horse and
Wagon These are forfeiture actions
brought against vehicles caught in the
transportation OF struggled opium. Yet
even this penalty does not diminish the
traffic: II only tends 10 develop greater
caution on the part Of the smugglers and
new work for the customs inspector IN
his effort 10 meet trickery by ingenuity.
The crew of every ship that touches
China or ports where there are Chinese
is an object of suspicion. The most care
full search OF such a vessel is not sufficient
assurance that opium has not been
brought in. The drug may be concealed
under the heavy cargo Of the boat, and
may not be taken ashore until days later,
when the smuggler thinks that our
vigilance has ceased. Cases and packages
Of il may be lowered in the rowooat OF
a confederate at night time
During the whole time such vessel
remains in the dock here a constant sur
veillance has to be kept up. The members
Of the crew have 10 be observed when
they go on shore, and We have seized
opium in great quantities concealed about
the person OF these sailors when they
were searched upon trying TO leave the
pier"
The customs inspectors working On
opium cases have been trained by ex-
perience into detectives Of great ability.
The acumen Of the Chinaman had to be
met and by degrees the inspectors dis
covered many of the marvellously clever
tricks ernnlnved 10 srnuggle onium.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08

ured in illustrations showing Chinese
smokers. has disappeared, except in
Chinatown, and has been replaced by
bed But the layout and all prerequisites
of the smoker-Chinese. Caucasian or ne
gro-have remained as the Monaghan IN
troduced them originally.
The American smoker has adopted the
manner OF the Chinese in every particu-
lar and even the names Of prerequisites
have been taken over from the Chinese.
Whites and negroes speak Of the yen-hok
instead Of calling it dipper, yen-shi In
stead OF opium ashes and hop-toy TO de-
note a jar Of opium.
The opium smoker in the act OF smoK-
ing Is said 10 be cooking pill Smok-
ers Of tobacco, in seeing opium pipes
have been misled into the belief that the
large bowl of the pipe is filled with OPT
um. when really the pill is simply
pasted over a tiny opening In the cover
OF the bowl Heating Of tie bowl pro-
duces dense fumes. which are drawn
through the bowl and the stem OF The
pipe into the smokers mouth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08
FOR CONVENIENCE OF "ooPEs."

The Harlemite does not have 10 make a
pilgrimage downtown TO secure his opium.
and the Bronx smoker has met like
equal accommodation. In the neighbor-
hood Of Central Park and 10th street
opium IS offered quite freely and on
Eighth avenue, just north Of 18TH street,
a lively exchange of coin for hop can
be observed al any time.
The only compulsion TO secrecy in the
traffic lies in the efforts Of customs In
spectors. who might swoop down upon a
Joint at any time and seize the costly
stock II there are state laws designed TO
prevent the spread Of the vice the police
| have no knowledge Of them or no desire
/ to enforce those statutes
/ No law exists prohibiting the sale OF
| paraphernalia for the smoking Of opium.
| Pipes, bowls, dippers and other parts OF
the Layout" are sold openly. English
signs above Chinese stores dealing In such
articles make their purchase easy for a
novice who is as yet unacquainted with
the Chinese symbols denoting the things
needed by an opium smoker.
The opium is sold in small quantities IN
various receptacles. The "shell'-a real
shell OF the Chinese lychee nut. brown
and less than an inch In diameter-is
filled with the gummy paste and sells
| for 30 cents. For those who cannot spend
| that much money at a time the dealers
have devised the card" An ordinary
playing card is cut in two and the half
! is folded into a little box without a
cover. Only tiny bit Of opium goes with
! ii.
From a card" an initiated smoker
skilled in the rolling OF his pill, can
extract two or three pills. each pill rep
resenting a smoke. To accomplish this
the smoker preserves the yen-shi, the ash
residue of his former smokes, and mikes
that with his new supply Of opium.
The wealthy smoker purchases his dope
in toys. The merchant has them made up
in bone, glass or porcelain, and the small
est toy contains at least twice as much
opium as that bought In a shell. The
prices of toys range from 81 to 81
The old-tme bunk, so frequently pict-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08
DRUGGING FEAR.

"FYn Up on dope and the world Is
yours is the formula OF the criminal.
and law becomes meaningless, while po-
Nee and Jail recede beyond the view Of
~ eSium-dimmed mind.
The police keep aloof from troubles
With opium as long as outward decency
and order" appear undisturbed. They
have banshed the oldtime opium DEN
because Il proved too bothersome In
arousing 10 action citizens OF the neigh
borhood. but the sale Of opium creates
no rufic on the surface of metropolitan
life, while it Is said TO add In many in
stances considerable sums 10 the Income
o. the guardians Of the law
Paid policeman so --- -- - Cun-
printable)," was the entry in Chinese
made by a Celestial opium dealer whose
supplies and books were seized in raid
made by customs inspectors
II Quong jung better known as Charley
Boston. ono Of the largest opium dealers
IN the country, possessed the favor Of high
police officials In the largest cities OF the
East and Middle West. This most opu-
Tent and most mysterious denizen Of Chi
Ndto"n cherished among his valuables let
'efs from chiefs Of police OF Pittsburgh
and Philadelphia in which he was recon-
mended 10 the kindest consideration OF
men holding equally important positions
10 Chicago, Boston and other cities where
MS operations as a wholesale opium mer-
'hant took MIN frequently. But Charley
ran amuck Of the customs men. and finally
Prison sentence stopped his traffic for a
Year
ehmolested by the police. the opium re-
sal'er establishes his market where deni-
80" OF the underworld are 10 be found in
se Numbers. Dealers abound In the
."inl'y OF disorderly houses and I'm the
suicts where outward decency and
atr are yelled 50 thlnly that the deli
sashes.
a.. ~ hundreds Of places throughout the
shell or a TOY" Of opium may
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08

~HENTLY the octopus of the opium
habit has stretched it's tentacles
y into tie substrata of New York :
cosmopolitan life. and where years ago
,,e could find only Monaghan faces star
ing through the fumes of opium. to-day
thousands Of white men and women are
victims of the habit and thousands OF
negroes Of both sexes have become ad-
Acted 10 this once exclusively Oriental
vice
New York City is now the largest con-
suner of smoking opium in the world. II
has surpassed the record of any Chinese
city, not only in the quantity used or the
number of men and women addicted 10
the habit. but also in the intensity ana
the passion with which the drug Is con-
sumed.
The Monaghan. with comparatively few
exceptions. smokes opium moderately,
somewhat in the manner that marks the
whations of a moderate drinker, while the
xbite man and the negro soon learn to
crave the narcotic with the unbounded
and uncomfortable desire Of the inveterate
drunkard.
There are no opium dens Of the old
STYLE. no places where opium smokers
might congregate freely, no clearly defined
district where the vice would be more or
less isolated They smoke where they
live. in all parts of the city. singly IN
eouples. and. now and then, forming clubs
Of three and four.
Thus spread all over the city, the mon
ster Of opium lies silent and unnouced'
day after day gathering new victims into
his relentless grip. Having mastered the
scum OF society-murderers, burglars
thieves. gamblers and prostitutes-it no"
seems 10 be reaching out for men ano
women who. as yet, have not some into
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08
A DRUG RIDDEN CITY.

There are at least sixty thousand opium
smokers in New York City. This is the
conservative estimate Of men whose duty
il is TO wage q daily, il vain. struggle
against the growing vice. And they ue-
clare that this number IS so much more
APPALLING because Of the fact that the
cltv is drug ridden and consumes more
cocaine. morphine and other derivatives
Of opiuno than any other municipality IN
the world with the possible exception OF
Paris.
Criminologists and men acquainted win
the conditions Of New York's underworld
assert emphaticaily that many Of the re-
cant crimes OF violence in this city are
a direct result Of the increasing drug
habit. and they regard the opium smoking
crook as the most dangerous Of all crlml-
"als.
Monk" Eastman. Paul Kelly and the
other leaders Of East Side gangs did not
ascend 10 leadership until opium had de-
veloped their criminal qualities. "Dago"
Frank, one Of the gunner convicted for
the murder of Herman Rosenthal, was d
confirmed opium smoker, while the other
gunner in the case and most Of the men
connected with the murder had learned
10 smoke opium.
The white criminal has taken a few
points from his Chinese confrere, as the
white smoker follows exactly the manner
Of the Monaghan in smoking the drug.
The gunman. the burglar. the dangerous
criminal of every description has learned
10 find in the fumes Of opium the courage
that his degenerate soul does not know
and the disregard for consequences OF
which he would be incapable without the
influence Of the drug