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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-29
AGED TO
MARRY A YOUNG GIRL

in his room at Claverly hall, Cam
bridge. They've made it a positive
thing. My brother and 1 aren't going
to try n oppose it. Miss Hills deuc-
eddy attractive. / think we're for
tunate. as long as we are going to
have a stepmother. She's about my
own age. That won't be half bad, UNI
less h should take it into her head
to run things. A fellow would feel a
bit foolish to have to step round at
the bidding of a girl of 20. The fact
that she is 80 specially good looking
would make 1t worst still.
AS for the story that both my
brother and I were trying to win her
hand. and that sort of stuff. it's an die
yarn"
Miss Hill is living with her mother.
Mrs. John ]. Hill, in New York city.
studying music. Miss Hills father. a
Georgia physician. died about two
years ago.
Mr.. Alsop is known as a hnancier in
New York and in Pittsburgh. His wife
was Emma Hester Hussey. a member
Of one Of the Oldest and best families
Of Philadelphia. Mrs. Alsop died a few
years ago. leaving a large fortune to
her husband. who was already wealthy.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-29
TED SULLIVAN LEAGUE MAKER.

Ted Sullivan u his nfantne teeth on a regulation baseball n when
he "a ode enough 10 play with toy soldiers he whipped nut his jacknfe
and altered the make-beleve bayonets so that they looked like bats. He
was forever forming his friends n acquaintance into sides, and any con
sideration other than baseball a eminently unimportant tic him. Once.
when his father sadto q neighbor, "IIes a democrat" young I. S. cor
rected his parent. He aim neither, pop" sid Master Sullivan, he's a
outfelder" Ted divided Ill humanity into pitchers catchers, inhelders or
outhelders.
By the time Ted VA able to find his way around without a nurseh h had
organized a minor league, taking in the cities of Dubuque, Davenport, Rock
foda n Omaha. Vel of course league of thss sort doesn't sound very
important ito o what thinkee of players such as Charles Comiskey
% LOTUS, Charles Redbourne, Jack n "a Rowe, m son of the
=" class? Well mates, they we're on Tee Sulvan's roster Think better
of that first foolish little league now, don't you?
Pretty they began to talk about Ted Sullivan, n his ability to
pick players. So they had himo I've to ST. Louis to try his team vi against
the Browns, the upshot of 1T a that Sullivan and Comnskey had to get
together n nal a world heater III of that Missouri material Fed vas
the organizing boy he seldom. If ever. wen ron IN a pick. lie vas
the wise bird that fitted from point to point gathering twigsf for the nak-
ing of the nest that should Withstand all thu sings and arrow that ham
pened. When Sullivan got through bringing player twigst to St Louis he
had a nest rs strong as the Brooklyn bridge.
But the building of the Browns "a only a n incident 10 Sullivan. He
got Henry V. Lucas to join in with him ad they formed In Union Az
ISOLATION of Baseball Players, n after Ted tired of that plaything he
muse himself by organizing the Western league. which was important
enough 20 be represented ~ the cities of the class O Kansas City. Omaha
Milwaukee. Toledo, Indianapolis and Cleveland. The Atlantic league owes
its being to Sullivan, so does thu Texas league, which he set going in
the breezy fashion oft the section. And who. think you, fathered the Vir-
ginia league? Ted Sullivan. None other. One day when time hung
heavily o hish hands, h e looked att clock and said, by George. q hadn't
organized a league in " minutes. So. to make up for thu lapse. he wen
nut and gathered together some folks of his w good sort, and they sci
the American league in motion. n hen Ted had done that he had
done something. which nobody can deny.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-29
Mime. MaeterIinck Cables Her
Orders for Groceries Before
Sailing To Europe.
TRIBUTE TO AMERICANS

New York, Feb. 17.-Mme. Georgette
Maeterlinck, the wife of Maurice Mae
terlinck, the Belgian poet, sailed on he
French liner Provence, wrapped in her
famous leopard skin coat n wearing
q hat constructed principally of two
golden wings. The French singer is
bound for Nice by way of Paris. On
the rosy Riviera, Maeterlinck is en-
gagged in writing a new play and ma
lame having finished her seaso of
roncerts and operate appearances here,
Is hurying over to keep house for him
at their villa.
Nine. Georgette was very sorry to
leave, partly because she has found
American audiences both friendly and
intelligent and partly because she is
terribly afraid of the sea. Before the
liner sailed she stood on the pier using
the end of. a trunk as a desk as she
wrote a cable message to he: husband
and incidently carried On long nver
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-29
His Sons DO Not Object, But
Do Regret That One of Them
Didn't Win Her.
HIS FAMILY is SATISFIED

New York, Feb. 15.-Edward B. Alsop,
the 72-year-old Pittsburgh millionaire,
will marry Miss Fife Pope Hill, of
Georgia. aged just 20. March 18. all
opposition from her relatives having
vanished.
None profess greater satisfaction that
the day has been chosen than Hal"
and Ned" Alsop. the millionaire's sons,
who are students at Harvard. Indeed,
is thai they did nc. win the charming
young woman, although denying siren
uously they ever attempted to cut the
old man out" They frankly say Miss
Hill is a ''pippin" n will make the
finest sort Of q stepmother.
/ But there's no longer any ques-
tion." continued young Edward Alsop
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-29
al REAcH-oR FROM P DOR BOY To PREsIDENr-

a 10 81 boys who couldn't begin o tell you thu name of the vice prei-
oent OF tne CniNo states, Or Wha the capital II West Virginia u.s. would
sxaaim at the mSasln OF tn name II Al Reach. Il know 'um: I've always
known um! nat M way OF It, Baseball has always known AL Reach.
Today his name stands at the head of a mammoth sporting goods estab-
snment n n Reach wealth. II spread out in dollars would stretch
what I'm trying to suggest by that
-. Alfred j. Reach hlstoryW would 90 we'll set o yellow covers. And If ever
there shone an example of the poor boy who became a millionaire by his
W eforts. that example was Al Reach. When it came % cleaning the
lido n sweeping the floor n rubbing vi Inc handle of the big front
door. Al eac had something o n Admiral Porter, K c E. He a a clean
living youngster he became a clean living la He was tron as a
result. INC when in h late sNs he played IN the Brooklyn Eckfords his
hardness was the talk of thu team. Pretty oon they had to have him lin
PhiadeIphia. and there re W a a big factor in winning a few champion
ships FOL The ocals Reach was playing second base for thu Athletics
fielding .905 n batting. 371, IN if o LAY in mine many players Of TODAY
wo ire topping thss showing, please write.
h frt season Reach played witt h Athletics hex puued down tho
pennant. this mad u gentleman feel so goo he adopted te CITY
n kept possession of it " since. At the time of his advent. h e
didn't have muc in thu wy of capital outside of a pair of hands hat
didn't know how to letg o. nee they grasped a baseball OF the ppor-
tunity. But Reach u brainsin into hise enterprises, n pretty 500 h e had
dollars a 8 WE'LL. n first thing he knew his nam ws on a lot of sporting
goods that the public had o buy and from that time O it vas a golden
pathway. n A Reach didn't nave to play second bse or second fiddle
or second anything else. He just got in front n staid there
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-29
FLAX GROWING
IS PROFITABLE
WESTERN CANADA FARMERS Re.
COMING RICH IN ITS
PRODUCTION.

so much has been written regarding
the great amount of money made out
OF growing wheat in the prairie prov.
lnces OF Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta. Western Canada, that many
other products of the farms are v
looked. These provinces will always
grow large areas of wheat-both
spring and winter-and the yields will
continue to be large, and the general
average greater than in any other
portion Of the continent. Twenty, thir-
ty, forty, and as high as fifty bushels
per acre Of wheat to the acre-yields
unusual in other parts of the wheat
growing portions of the continent
have attracted worldwide attention,
but what of oats, which yield forty,
fifty and as high as hundred and
ten bushels per acre and carry off the
worlds prize, which, by the way, was
also done by wheat raised in Sas-
katchewan during last November at
the New York Land Show. And then,
there is the barley. with It's big yields,
and its excellent samples. Another
money-maker, and a big one is flax.
The growing Of fax Is extensively car
ried on in Western Canada. The
writer has before him a circular is
sued by a prominent farmer at Saska-
toon. The circular deals with the
treatment Of seed flax. the seeding
and harvesting, and attributes yields
Of less than 20 bushels per acre, to
later seeding. imperfect and illy-pre-
pared seed. He sowed twenty-five
pounds Of seed per acre and had a
yield Of Twenty-Five bushels per acre.
This will probably dispose Of at $3.50
per acre. Speaking Of proper prepa-
ration of seed and cultivation Of soil
and opportune sowing, in the circular
spoken Of there is cited the case of a
Mr.. White, living fourteen miles
south of Rosetown, "who had fifteen
acres of summer fallow a year ago
last summer, upon which he produced
thirty-three bushels to the acre., when
many in the district harvested for
want of crop. Now, there can be no
proper reason advanced why such a
crop should not have been produced
on all the lands Of the same quality
In the adjacent district, provided they
had been worked and cared for in the
same manner. This year Q911) the
same man had one hundred acres Of
summer fallow, had something over
/. $500 bushels Of wheat. He also had
1900 bushels Of oats and 800 bushels
Of fax"
There are the cattle, the horses. the
.ro%e QUA <ho voUofoh1o nrodvDte NJ
Western Canada farms, all Of which
individually and collectively deserve
special mention, and they r treated
Of in the literature sent out on appli-
cation by the Government agents.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-29
Celtic Arithmetic,

Into the general store of a town up
in New York state there recently came
a big, good natured Irish woman, who
wanted to be weighed. She stepped
off the scales almost as soon as she
had stepped on.
"Shure, these scales is no good!"
was her disguised comment 'They
only weigh up to wan hundred, an
weigh something loike a hundred
and nointy pounds"
"'Tis easily discouraged We are. Mrs.
Casey said a friend. Just step onto
them twict, me dear, and let Mickey
here do the sum for ye."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-29
A Golf Story.
From the New York Worl,

From the New York World.
There's another story of a man who
rang the bell at the gates Of paradise
and asked Peter II he might go through.
What were you on earth?" asked
the saint.
We'll" was the response. during the
latter part Of my life I didn't do much
but play golf"
Got a golf ball on you?"
Yes: here's q Chancellor"
st. Peter tool 1t and threw It over
his shoulder. where It rolled away.
ally ct the applicant. then shut the gate
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-29

= o undeastan just how Arthur Irwin. tn eminent shortstop for Prov
idence In thu ray -back yonde days. brought IN padded glove t obeine
o. must unders.and that a ball boy Il some years ago wa a ball boy and
not an opera singer. Unlike q vocal star o ne present time. he ws capahle
Of going INTO action every day-and willing besides. Nowadays you have
% make allowance for genius talent, and arrang your team accnrd.
insy Pitchers rarely repeat; catchers seldom go the week. and the writer
OF these advcesk knows several outfeders-get that. gentlemen. outAhd-
ers-who positively will not play double headers
But a0reume the ball boy had to work for his hire. NM he couldnY
put o q ~ because. In IN main. there wasn't n sui So, when Arthur
Irwin. the before spoken Of eminent shortstopper. tried to grail of a
grounder. n tn grounder tied his fingers into the form OF a pretxeL Arthur
set about easing the pain, and "favoring" the hand. the while he continued
In the game. He got a friendly glovenaker to ut him u with : Glove
pendfuNy padded around the place where the damage diefts showed M
with thisc u bt onforting arrangement, he took up his post hard Nv
the second sack. where h 70 continued his activities.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-29
No Sale.

"Hill work?" replied the demon
strator, after Stiggins had inspected
the new car carefully. "Hill work?
Why, that's our strong point, Mr.. Stig-
gins. This car can climb a tree"
"Ea! hunt" demurred Stuggins.
"Then l guess I'll look elsewhere. |
eve saw a car yet that climbed trees
that was any good afterward."-Har-
per's Weekly.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-29

in his face and locked 1t.
What's the game" said the man.
You are no real golfer" said st.
Peter. You don't even know the first
rule of golf-to keep your y on the
ball and follow through"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-29
Where Ia Il?

From the Philadelphia Press.
Business Man (explaining)-When
they say money is easy" they mean
simply hat the supply is greater than
the demand.
His Wife-Goodness! I shouldn't
think such q thing possible.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-29

PILES CURED IN o TO IL OAYQ-
YnuY 6fnS1iSt viii Fofund mo0oy II kAzO O1NT.
6EiW fS5Ie 70 euro any. caao OF ne1ng, .SltDA
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-29

Feline.
LOU would rather q man would
call me q fool than q knave.
sure-Of course. It's truth that
hurts.-Toledo Blade.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-29

Important to Mothere
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-29

A man seldom worries about his
character II his reputation u good.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-29

Only a fool ever attempts to con:
vince a man that he isn't az clever as
he thinks he 10.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-29

d.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated.
easy to take a. candy, regulate and invig.
crate stomach. liver and bowels and cure
constipation.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-02-29
Absent-Minded

Absent-Minded.
IT want a dog-collar, please"
"Yes'm. What size shirt does he
wear?"-Life.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-09-25
RAILROAD TIME TABLES
FRISCO.
North and east Round.

North and East Bound.
Leave vlnita
No. 112-K. C. Meteor. .....1:10 a. m.
No. 12-California Express. 3; As a. m,
No. 404-Joplin Express. ..7;3O a. m.
No. 40S-St Louis Limited. g: 40 p. m.
No. 1O-St. Louis Meteor. .11:45 p. IN.
South and West Bound.
No. 9-Okla City & s. ". 2:05 a m
No. 111-Okla. City fir X. C.3:SO a. IN.
No. 407--Ok C. fir X. C.-St L.S:44a. m.
No. 411-California Express 1:05 p. m.
No. 4O9-Sapulpa Express. 9:O5 p. m.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-09-25
BRUIN OBTAINS HIS SUPPER
Hunter Describes the Clever Work Of
Hungry Bear In Catching
Salmon.

One year, the berries being de-
stroyed, many bears visited the river
for fish | was walking up the river
shore one evening about sunset watch
Ing for a deer Rounding bend l
saw, perched upon fiat rock some
few feet from the shore. large black
bear. l could not tell at first what he
was doing. He was STOPPING down
with one paw in the water waving 1t
gently to and fro. ! watched closely
and saw. Just beyond his reach, a
large male salmon, so nearly dead
that he could not swim. The bear
was using his paw to create an eddy
which would draw the fish within his
grasp. Slowly the salmon drifted to-
ward the rock
Il was amusing 10 watch how care
fully the bear moved his paw so as
not to frighten his prey. At last the
fish came within reach. Bruin reached
over, gave it a quick slap, seized It In
his Jaws and leaped ashore The whole
performance tiekled me so that l let
him go off. the salmon dangling in his
mouth, without even taking shot at
him. Charles Stuart Moody in the
Outing Magazine
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-09-25
Ambs ssador's Privileges.

An accredited ambassador is wholly
free from the jurisdiction of the courts
of law or of any other authority In the
country to which he is sent. His house
is as sacred as his person. 1t is re-
garded not as belonging to the coun-
try in which he is living, but as part
OF the country which sent him. 1t
could no more be entered by the police
than town could be occupied by the
soldiery Of another nation. This protec-
tion is extended to the inmates OF the
house II wrong is committed by
some one in the employ Of an em-
bassy. In any capacity. the only means
of redress is an appeal to the ambas-
sador or to the government which sent
him. and which will not. It Is sup
posed, allow wrong to be sheltered
under the peculiar privileges granted
Its representative.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-09-25
TASTING WINE FOR LIVING
Strange Calling Followed by Women
Born With Delicate Palates Is
Very Lucrative.

OF the list Of strange callings fol-
lowed by women that of wine tasting
is one of the most curious and lucra-
tive. AS matter of fact. Mile. Col
linere, whose services are in great de-
mand in France, Germany and Italy
as wine faster, is said to make an
income of about $4,000 year, many
firms employing her for regular work
and frequently for special duty.
Only half dozen wine tasters have
been known to history. the most re-
nowned of these being the wife OF a
famous London wine merchant, Nine
Pommery, who died in Paris twelve
years ago, and Signora Sousa, who has
great reputation in Spain on ac-
count of her judgment and knowledge
of wine
Wine tasters, it appears. are born.
not made. and must possess the gift
of rare and delicate palate. To
this. of course, must be added a knowl-
edge of wines. Mile. Collinere's taste
is so fine and her knowledge of wines
such that she can discern from the
first taste OF a wine just where the
grapes grew from which it was made.
whether they were raised in Califor-
MIA or in the vineyards of France. Ger
many, or elsewhere She can easily
detect adulteration of any sort, or il
there is a blend and of which wines.
and can tell the age of wine almost
to a day AS a matter of fact, there
are no secrets that bottle of wine
can withhold from this remarkable
Frenchwoman once she has had a
spoonful of it in her mouth.
She does not swallow the wine. In
fact, she is teetotaller, and if she
were to drink wine would lose her sub
tie magic of taste. Furthermore. she
is obliged to take the greatest care
Of her health. She must be we'll in
order to DO her work, for her sense
loses its cunning when she gets out
of health. .-Tit-Bits
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-09-25
BRITISH MAYORS ILL PAID
Some Of Them Govern Large and
Ancient Cities, but Get Very
Small Salaries.

The following Information refers to
cities of the approximate population
OF 2S5,000, that being the population
OF the city in the United States
whence the inquiry came as to the
salaries of mayors in the cities of
the United Kindom:
The English city nearest in populs.
ton to the foregoing number, as far
as my investigation went, is Newcas.
tie. the mayor OF which receives ST..
500 per annum. Additional remunerar
ton is sometimes given to cover ey-
penses on exceptional occasions.
There is also an annual allowance OF
$3.50 for horses and carriages.
The population OF Dublin lin each
instance am following the British
census OF 1s0ll. is 100000. The loro
mayor Of Dublin for some time re-
ceived about $4,000 a year, but In
November, 1910, this salary was re-
duced to about $4,000 year.
Bradford. with a population OF
100000. makes no allowance to its
lord mayor. On exceptional occasions
appropriations are made, but no por.
tion OF the same is ever used personal.
ly by the lord mayor.
Bristol, with population of 32S.006,
allows It's mayor $1,000 annually ano
$500 toward defraying the expenses
Of q private secretary. The cost OF
the upkeep OF the municipal coach.
mems wages and livery are betrayed
directly out OF the public funds.
Edinburgh. having a population OF
$4,000. allows its lord provost, cor
responding to lord mayor OF an Eng
.ish city, the sum OF $4,000 year.
Sheffield, with ESQ. 900 people, allows
nothing whatever to its chief munci-
pal executive A special committee
has recently been appointed to ex-
anime into this question and to re-
port as TO the desirability OF provid.
ing some remuneration.
Leeds. with a population of 429.OO0.
Belfast with 34S.00O, and Hull. with
$4,000, make no allowance for the re-
muneration Of their mayors or lord
mayors. as the case may be. In HUI.
however, at the time OF the coronation
of Edward VII. an allowance was
made to the lord mayor of 10000
United States Consul General. Lon
don
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-09-25
sextone Dress Form.

The extone dress form insures per,
feet fitting dresses.
1t is made of plasterpaper east on
your own body and is therefore per
feet image of yourself.
With this form every woman may
be her own dressmaker
II Interested send a card in care OF
this office
MRS. LEE l.. DII.LMAN.
10 Agent for Vinita
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-09-25

For many centuries the incense
plant had been In Christian churches
before It feany became identified
botanically. Sir George Birdwell. a
distinguished English botanist, and for
many years special technical adviser
to the India Office. is given credit for
the identity OF the plant. Acting on
his suggestion men were sent out
into South Arabia aud the somali
country. returning with specimens OF
what Sir George had been seeking
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-09-25

Mrs. w b. Gates left last night for
Oklahoma City to attend the state fair
Major Casey returned last night
from trip to centraha and Welch,
He says the train arrived just as the
big hail stor mcame up and il was
something fierce. Cab horses and dray
horses rared aud plunged but he says
his old buckskin horse just bumped
up and stood his ground and for that
reason he is worth a thousand dol
lars this morring.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-09-25

Old Father Time keeps up his gait
wearied. never stopping Soon we
list get our eheckbooks straight and
our Christmas shopping There's
ch a string of yesterdaysl And each
had its sorrows. and Time goes
sitting down the ways to bring some
oice tomorrews We oftentimes de-
0re his fight, as we are growing
Ter: but Father Times all right. all
,ht, his scythe upon his shoulder.
Time stood still we'd never quit to
dling places vending; and every
ief and every fit would never have
ending. If some one treats me i'll
day, gives me a deal that's rotten,
me gently soothes my wrath away
xt week it's all forgotten When |
ainst misfortunes buck, and troubles
tn me linger, Time says, "I'll show
II better luck. and leads me by the
ger. Time is the healer and the
pc when all is done and spoken, and
provides the only dope that heals
2 heart that's broken The gall anG
terness of life the tears DER vain
deavor TIE acrimony and the strife,
me wipes away forever. Then let
not Ger trouble wall. but patiently
dure It, though all the other heal
: fail, Time certainly will cure it,
alt Mason