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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17

The long accepted tradition tina the
drinking freely of water at meals by di-
luting the gastric juice retards digestion
Is at last passing. In the last five years
many experiments n careful observa-
tons on human beings have shown that
the taking of considerable quantities OF
water with food causes a marked increase
both In the quantity and the digestive
strength of the gastric juice. Not only
that. but fasting can be borne longer with
less loss OF weight and strength, when an
~bundanc of water il allowed. thus indi-
eating that water promotes economical
nutritious communication which surely is
devoutly to be wished in these days OF
high prices.
The Journal of the American Medical
Association has previously called atten-
ton to these recent observations and re-
views the subject once more in its cl,r-
rent number. The conclusions represent
such a contradiction Of accepted heath.
maxims as to be deserving Of wide public
notice. Every phase OF the subject has
been studied. Mo- only stomach secre-
tons but other digestive ferments. those,
OF the pancreas and Of the Intestinal
glands, were also stimulated by water in
considerable amounts.
1t wat noted that very cold water acted
to tnhibit digestion. The digestive nro-
cess does not begin until the contents OF
the stomach have been brought 'up to the
body temperature. otherwise water drink
ing with meals. unless there IL some path
oiogic condition OF the stomach. as dila-
ton, which contra-tndicates It. always
does good instead OF harm. in spite Of
the age o tradition to the contrary,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17
DO YOUR LEVEL BEST.
BY E. E. Lewis. Sioux City. la.
GLADSTONE.
q. Lewis. Sioux City. Ia.

The little foxes spoil the vines.
The secret OF a true n successful
life lies not SO much i'm the ability to
do great things as in the power to
Keep sweet and to do faithfully the
little duties of everyday life. A thou
sand men. amid the pomp n circurn-
stances of war will march bravely up
to death at the cannon's mouth. amy
one OF whom would fly all TO pieces
were he mailing a picket OF the front
gate when the wind blew his hat off,
and the dust in his eye, and he STRUCK
his thumb with the hammer.
During the war of 1861. thousands Of
our soldiers had been thrown with
more zeal than wisdom against the inn
~pregnable intrenchments OF General
Lee at Marye's Hill. During one OF
the fearful lulls succeeding the re-
pulse of an attack, a young confeder-
ate. a boy of only IL years old, looking
over the protecting wall. saw a federal
officers. perhaps 100 feet away. badly
wounded and moaning for ate The
field was still swept by the rifles of
both armies. Hesitattng a moment. the
boy put his hand on his neighbor's
shoulder, leaped over the wall and ran
the rifles, but the oun me reached
the spot, gently lifted the dying mans
head. gave him Il long draught Of wa
ter from his canteen n putting him
down with a hand as tender as a
mothers. sped back to his entrench-
ment n jumped the wall.
My God. how could you do it, mani"
exclaimed n of his comrades. II don't
know" was the reply. with a far-away
look. but just before ] left home my
mother . from the bible. IL thine
enemy thirst. give him drink and as
she kissed me goodbye. said: DO the
duty next to you. and always do your
best This seeme the next thing. and
l felt that 1 could not look her in the
face again. did l not do it."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17
AMERICAN GUNNERY.
ROBERT w. NEEsER.
In The North American Review.

The credit for our high records OF
today in gunnery has been ascribed
almost unanimously to the system in
augurated by an officer of the Brit
ish navy. But 1t appears that the re-
Juvenat1on OF American naval gunnery
really began long before then-in 1892
on board the gunboat Yorktown, when
the telescope sight was first used. Its
lessons, however, were not sufficiently
appreciated by the service M the ad-
ministration until years later. when
actual facts brought US to our senses.
But these We're not the only details
remedied. The present system Of train
ing was carefully studied by a num-
Der OF officers. and from their efforts
resulted those three secrets OF success:
the ping pong" machine. the '.dotter,.
n the dummy loading-machine.''
era OF gunnery training as now set in.
Every II went ping-pong mad-and
to the continuance OF that feeling are
due our results Of today.
All relics of the old system were now
abandoned. BY means of the ping
taught the secret Of continuous aim
n of keeping on the target" wheth-
er the ship rolled and pitched or not.
The men without exception seemed to
prefer the ping-pong device. which
Tired shots from a small rifle fixod to
the guns. because they liked to hear
the noise and zee the holes made by
the bullets. whereas the ''dOtter" made
only a pencil mark which they could
not see. but which has since proved to
he much more accurate. IN additional
incentive was also found in tho use
OF the dummy. drill-gun, a device by
means Of which h crews became exc
pert in tire handling Of shells and pow
der-bags and at which they were now
continuously exercised; u practice
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17
: NIFTY SCHEMES OF
: CRAFTY BOOK AGENT

From the New York Times

From the New York Times.
I'm here to mention one thing" put
i'm the reformed book agent to the little
group In the smoking compartment,
you can talk about all the tricks in
this game of selling goods. but the mar
who peddles books from house to house
In these small towns has to be wise to
who carries a sample case. We could
all sit up and take pointers from the
average book agent
Well" conceded the drummer with
the notified hose, "if you could sell one
OF those Lives and Sayings OF Great
Men-the KIN the agents say would
be so nice for the children must con-
TESS that you ought to be able to sell
any Old thing, from a gold brick to a
plush album with a celluloid picture on
the back"
The Book Agents Story.
The reformed book agent nodded and
took up his story.
1T was al the close OF my second
year in college," he said. II was out
Tor some means of acquiring a little
money during the summer months and
! listened to the siren song. of the pub
llshers special representatives. l al
ways had a, prejudice against being a
book agent. / always thought 1t was a
calling that would make people look
down on you. the same as II you were
a poet. But when l heard how simple
the game was when you play according
to the system. / thought I'd just sit in
for a little while and see il half the
man old me was true.
Well. l learned a lot. I've a a
lot OF respect for a book agent ever
since. never knew before that every
little move h man makes when he's
showing you a book is part of his sys-
Il lem TAXA II fpnpp mn ifsr a, l-@v>
system, too.
Nobody Wants q Book.
That time ] tried to sell those anat-
omical charts broke in the drummer
with the black cigar and the modish
| cravat.
Keep out of the way and let the
parade go on" growled the ready-made
clothing drummer.
The funny thing about selling
books" went on the reformed book
agent. overlooking the interruption, "is
that you never strike anybody-no
matter how man books you may man
g to elI-Wh really wants to buy a
book. never sold a boo in my life to
anybody who really wanted to own that
did.
You see. il a man really wanted n
DOCK he would go to a store and buy 1t,
There would be no need of a book
agent to hunt him up n harass him
for an hour or so. would there? Near
ly everybody l showed my book tot
makes no difference whether the book
was Art n Artists of Ancient and
Modern Times Household Physician
or AN Sorts of Strange and Useful
Facts or what not-the IA would tell
me he didn't want 1t.
The Trap is saitsd.
II wasn't in the business long before
! discovered that selling a book to any
body is just like going into a mems
furnishing shop to sell the proprietor a
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17
ouEEN

In the vicinity of London is a mag
nif1cent enclosure called "Bushy Park"
n thousands of people may he seen
there on any fine day. There are null
titudes of soft-eyed deer, vans in the
ponds. and a forest of the finest chest
nut trees on earth-some of them
measuring 100 feet from tip to tin of
their branches.
Yet few of all who visit this park
know thai they owe 1t to a humble lit
Tie shoemaker of a neighboring village
VINO made u a stand against royal
aggression many years ago.
The park had been closed to the
pubic for a long time when our little
son OF Crispin consulted a lawyer as
10 the practtcability OF reopening it for
the benefit OF the public. The lawyer
thought 1t might. but tina 1t would be
u long fight with those In high places,
and thai 1t would cost 100 pounds to
TEST II. Well said our hero. II have
the 100 pounds. i have neither chick
nc child. I am willing to spend it
'awl.' and l will stick to them to the
last" '"e
Accordingly Lord Halifax, the Rang
or OF Bushy Park, was duly served with
process: His lordship sent for the
and began to browbeat him.
Who are Q that you have the As
to NEEDLE In this m~atter?"
u am only a poor shoemaker of
young seeing the people cheerfully
passing my shop to go through the
park, but now they are obliged to 70
around through a hot. sandy road to
market and they often seem ready to
faint. and I made up my mind that I
would do my best not to leave the
world worse Off than found 1t. This.
my lord, is h reason for undertaking
the work in hand"
"Begone." said Halifax, v are an
impertinent Fellow But upon maturer
reflection Halifax was satisfied that the
equities We're with the shoemaker and
It would be shameful to suffer a de-
feat at such hands; so the park was
reopened and has been enjoyed by the
public ever since.
And this reminds me Of another lit
tie shoemaker who determined to make
the world better for his living in ii.
Il was in his heart to attempt great
things for God n expect great things
from Cod upon the foreign mission
neld. The British government. CEN
tered In the East India company. ra-
FUSED to let him sail in n Of their
vessels. He finally obtained passage
IN 2 Danish tub Of q boat, reached GEE
cutta and entered upon a 40-year Rior-
ious career which made VIM. Carey.s
name q synonym for missions from
then to the present day.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17
Trapped oy ! Sandwich.
From tho New York Herald.

Alvin Hornherger, OF Mohntoh. this
county. who was arrested by federal
secret service men on 9 charge Of
cou~nterfeiting. was caught through
the agency OF q cheese sandwich.
Some q passed 20 $40 bills in
Philadelphia November ls In - many
saloons. They turned out 10 DO coun-
terfeit. The secret service men say
u was H0rnber1er. At one OF the sa-
looms the man took . bite from q
strong cheese sandwich. He didn't like
It aud laid Il down.
When the money he had turned In
was found to - bad the baxkeepee r.
memberedg the sandwich. The ol1cers
took = cast OF Il and this showed the
mAra1 Of fAloe teeth. 4 plaetag cast
wae taken Of Hotnbef1or0 teeth and
stheoe aro nov being coenpare0.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17
POETRY OF PRESENT.
HERMAN HAcEDoRN.
The North American Review.

Whether this age is vastly more i'm
portant than the g of Socrates and
Plato. the age OF Michael Angelo and
Columbus, or the age of Augustus,
Virgil. and the Christ is at least de-
batable; and men will differ in their
opinion as they approach hopefully or
skeptically h only legitimate claim
OF the age to greatness. it's attempt
to put into effect the proposition that
h brotherhood of man can be at
tanned by legislative program. But the
greatness or littleness Of the age is
beside the point here. My contention
10 that a poet need not limit himself
today. any more than in the time Of
Homer. to he stories and the back
ground OF his w age, to speak to Il
truths which the man on the street will
admit are vital. real.
l plead. then. for a larger world than
this bit Of earth we tramp over daily
with feet, we embrace hourly with
our talk. of politics economies. class
to give, the reader to wecome. Let
poetry not fetter itself at the begin-
ming of its new life with the fetish Of
realism. Like the microscope whose
obedient son 1t 10. has opened up new
regions for exploration. and poetry
thereby. however. discarding its old
world. The craving for reality. which
underlies the e trick of realism.
should widen the poets vision: 30 far
1t a only narrowed 1t. The intense
human sympathy, which is the .domi-
nant passion In all modern fiction
should exhibit itself in the poet Of to-
morrow. not only as q sympathetic un.
derstandfng of the oppressed. but also
OF the OppressOr, AZ in much Of Gals.
worthy: not only in a Qualification Of
today, but also in a revitalising Of
yesterday. I believe hat the passion
for reality is the greatest impulse that
has entered literature since some one
In h 18th century discovered Nature.
results. Of course. only In 70 far a.
writer's emancipate themselves from
the tradition OF realism. The more
mel bother about the ephemera Of life
the farther they get away from the
fundamentals.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17

line of crockery. The man that can
do it is pretty good, hey?
II had my line Of talk all put up in
courses that ] could serve in any order
1 wanted to. And the beauty of it was
that my victim knew how many
more courses were coming. He would
listen to me in the hope that everything
l said would be about the last from me.
When l was giving him the soup course
ne was hoping against hope that the
next would be the finger bowl.
Fighting for Time.
Now. the way the agent has Of
hurdling back and forth over chapters
In the book is o because he can't
keep his mind on things in the order
only way he can make sure of keep
ing your interest. If he were to begin
ut the picture In the front and 90 over
n pages In regular order as a cache
would AXE a pupil through algebra,
you would say to yourself: Good
this mans going to show me! And
he's hardly started yet. j might as
we'll insult him and get rid of him right
away"
The other drummers in the smoking
commandment nodded their approval,
AZ you probably KNOW" he re-
sumed. Its useless to try to escape
from a book agent by argument. If
the victim says h can't afford it. he
will point out that after the order is
taken 1t will be several weeks before
h book Is delivered and the cost will
not amount to more than about 4 cents
a day.. 1t makes q person look pretty
cheap to let the 4 measly little pennies
block the way to a means for the
youngsters to get a good education
right at home.
Women Dislike to Sign.
One of the greatest obstacles the
book agent has to overcome is to get
q woman to sign her name to the
for the book when it is delivered. The
order is no good without her sigma
ture, as she probably would change
her MIND by he time you came around
with the goods and wanted your
money.
but lots of people. women particu-
larly. have a great prejudice against
signing their names to n paper in
h hands of strangers. Often a wom-
an will agree to take a book-whether
she wants it or not-but will back
down when o want her to sign.
A Ruse to Get a Name.
You go on talking about the book
and as you talk o fold the order slip
lengthwise n place Your pencil in the
fold. Their accidentally you allow the
pencil to fall into her lap. Naturally,
she picks up the pencil.
Now she's got the pencil in her
hand that's something gained. You
take advantage and place the order
slip on your prospectus. which O hold
toward her. When one has a pencil
In ones hand the inclination is to use
1T. The thing one is most likely to
write is ones wi name. In this case,
h only paper upon which the woman
may write is your order slip. which
you hold temptingly before her. About
o times out of five the mental
suggestion works and she will so ahead
and sign the order.
But one thing that a book agent
breads above all else." continued the
latter. "the thing that he a seldom
overcome If the bluff is properly
worked. is to have a person feign deaf
ness in order to get rid of him.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17
Widow Kills Bear with pjtehfork.
From the New York American.

Mrs. julia Sutton. a widow, who re-
tain, two miles west Of Towacco. n.
j.. killed = black bear Wednesday
morning with . pitchfork.
The bear, which weighed about 300
pound was leaving the widows pig
pen with e small shoat when Mrs.. SUIT
ton 4. Ono tine Of the fork
tho brain.
Mrs: Sutton was awakened Just be-
Tore daylight BY Q commotion in her
outbuildinge. The bark Of = dor. the
lowing Of z COW. the caclling Of fowl
and the stamp OF . horse commingied.
squeals from the pigs.
ME-. sutton ran to the barn, selsed
the pStchtork, proceeded TO the pieDen
"a kil!ed 3 bear - Il was climbia9
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17

Mrs. Mary c. C. Bradford, the newly
elected SUPERINTENDENT OF schools in
Colorado. says that h is very much
interested In the new studies Of agri-
culture and domestic science.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17

Large corporations. comprised main
~ OF Englishmen. are now making orr
entail rugs in a wholesale way, accord
ing to a writer In one of the mag
azines. These corporations, located
mainly in Turkey. gather the rugmak-
ers from different places. set up looms
for them, n give them regular pay
The workers copy handsome antiques
and in this way the price of fine Jugs
has. 1t Is asserted. been much reduced
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17

Since 1900 72e.oOo acres of tillable
land In New York state have been
withdrawn from cultivation, says a
announcement by the Automobile
Trade league. The league makes this
statement to emphasize the necessity
or good roads to the farmer as well
as the automobile user. Better high
Ways will make the land profitable
again by bringing the farmer close to
his market. Is the argument.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17

There are at present 49, 600 passen-
ger cars, 1000 motor trucks and 20, 900
motorcycles running on German roads
This 10 considerably less than in half
. dozen American states. and barely
half the number in use in New York
state alone.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17

Joe Wood, the Boston baseball
pitcher, during the last season attain
ed an efficiency percentage OF .872,
which 10 said to be q higher average
than any other pitcher has attained
since 1876.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17

Signor Scott, the singer, appeared in
the papers on his recent arrival in
America az a "how to get thin ex-
pert. h Scott system is simple: No
potatoes. no fresh bread, no butter.
spaghetti but once a week. and moth
Ing at all to drink at meals. But is
. temporarily diminished waist line
worth so many g%ustatory sacrifices?
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17
Twill Come When Due.

Despair no more. o troubled heart,
But hold this lesson true,
The noble ship for which you wait
Will enter port when due.
Though long, delayed. abe cannot DRIFT
Beyond her path Of blue;
God's hand ts on the pilot wheel
And guides her ON to you.
Console your heart with balm Of hope
And what Il given, do;
Announces her 20 you.
Beside her pier and you,
"a bill OF 1adlng Will declare
That you have more than due.
Rev. 9. Laufer. In Christian Inteln.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17

DR.. Charles Wood, of Washington.
urging greater missionary activity In
China, declares the republic will not
endure unless the bulk Of It's people
become Christians.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17

Berlin chauffeurs are forbidden to
smoke while on duty. In the effort to
keep down the number Of accidents.
The law applies to any n operating
= car
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17

The frst ccura clock was set I'm n
England at Hampton court, in 1910. Ur
to that time members of the royal
suite used hour glasses in their private
rooms.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17

Montenegrins are generous. hospit-
able and chivalrous. They show their
women Difference. although no treating
them as equals. They may exact much
labor from their wives, but they would
not raise q weapon against them.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17

On the back Of each seat Of q new
London theater there will be coin IN
the slot telephones to enable persons
with defective hearing to listen to
what ID being said on the stage.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17

Mrs. John C. Bessler. OF Decatur
III, wants the government to make
laws f0rbidding the manufacture 81
montu.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17

A new American submarine boat. the
FL, has made a worlds record for
depth of submersion-283 feet. The
vessel maintained this depth for 10
minutes while travelling at q speed of
nix miles an hour.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17

The record for submergence is
claimed by he Italian navy as one of
its submarine boats recently remained
under water with 20 men on board for
- hours.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17

The New York. westchester & Bos-
toni railroad Is described by Golfers as
q model road, without a single grade
crossing, with M signboards along it's
rtght-of-way. and with stations that
look like villas.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17

The Chicago bureau OF public efffci,
ency says the sheriff. coroner ont
countytreasurer employ too man,
persons and should cut their forces.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17

Nias Francis q. Curtis. OF Boston. .
wealthy woman. has been nominatet
Tor the school board on two Stickets
the election to take place In Januarv
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-01-17
4 persod.cal Of peculiar interest to

those who like to study p~hysiognomy
IL the detective. Of Chicago. 1t con
tains dozens Of photographs of often
ders against the law who are
wanted" Some of the faces are
hard. many show simply stupidity,
some are bland and agreeable in ex-
preston. and one, as the description
declares. has an innocent look and
h owner possesses "a soft voice. is a
fine penm.an. and believes himself a
pOet!'
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-09
Big COTTON FIELD TO
Be PLANTED SOON
Former Peach Orchard in
Cotton

In the suburbs of Americas may be
seen shortly a cotton field which, in
all probability, will be the largest one
in Georgia, containing as it will four
teen hundred level and certile acres III
one compact body. This cotton patch"
is upon the former Bagley place, nov,
a portion of the White estate, and
lies upon either side of the Central
railway two miles north of the city.
Judge j. A. Hixon, of Americas, is
directing the affairs of the Whittle es-
tate here and will look after the
plantation of 1000 acres. Upon the
farm sixty-three plows are being oper-
ated this year, and from the 1 400 acres
in cotton Judge Hixon, who is a prac-
teal planter expects crop of eight
hundred bales. Over 500 bales were
made there last year. Besides this
huge cotton crop there will be good
crops of corn and oats.