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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-25
SOME IMExPE NSIvE SOUPS.

Copyright, 1914. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
Cabbage Soup-One white cabbage.
two ounces butter. one pint milk. three
pints cold water; pepper and salt to
taste.
Wash the cabbage. slice it into a pot.
d the butter. put or the lid and leave
1t for 10 minutes on Il gentle heat. Add
the water and boil for an hour. then
d the milk. season and boil again.
Serve with small squares of toasted or
fried bread.
Milk Soup-Four large potatoes. one
pint milk. three tablespoonfuls fine
sage. two ounces butter. one small
onion Cor two leeks). two quarts wa
ter and seasoning.
Peel and slice the potatoes and put
them into a pot with the white part of
the leeks or the entire small onion and
the butter. o together for five min
utes and d the two quarts of boiling
water. Boil until the vegetables are
soft-usually bout an hour-then add
the milk: when it comes to the boil
again stir in the sag boil for Is min
utes longer. seaso to fancy.
Scotch Broth-This is the old fash
toned recipe for the broth of the coun-
try. The ingredients are one and one
half pounds OF beef: one and one-half
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-25
The cossack.

Every Cossack is a born horseman.
Before he can walk he has sat on one
Of the small. strong and swift Cos
sack horses-the real horses of the
steppe. therefore almost wild and ex-
traordinarily intelligent.
Removed as they are from the ordin-
airy population. possessing unique
tights. bearing arms for so many years
and growing up with only n career
in view. it is only natural that the Cos
sacks should have but one idea, and
that is to serve faithfully and blindly
the government which has always
shown itself considerable and generous
towards them. They are far less civil
lied in many ways than other Russian
peasants. for, the communities having
remained isolated for centuries, their
traditions of hostility to other camps"
have not been greatly modified by out
side influence.
In aspect they are picturesque. and
have retained the characteristics which
have belonged to the Cossacks for CEN
turtles. AS q rule they intermarry
among their own kind.
They are in general larger than the
average Russian. Strongly built and
bearded. with high cheek bones and the
far seeing eye of the steppe dweller.
fierce, excitable, and ruthless. used to
ent to pain and suffering both where
he himself and others are concerned
such is the Cossack.
In time of war the Cossacks supply
Russia with 900 squadrons of cavalry
and, 10S companies of infantry. with 236
guns-that is. with more than $50, 900
soldiers. 100000 of them invaluable for
accommodating service. 1t is natural
that men such az are the Cossacks.
strong and courageous, with an inher-
tied instinct for guerrilla warfare
method which wen now plays such an
Il I10nO11Inf MARI in III,
add considerably to the success of the
army to which they are attached.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-25
r. b. BUCHANAN.

pounds neck of mutton: two large car
rots: one large turnip; n onion; one
half small cabbage; one-fourth pound
pearl barley; three quarts cold water;
n tablespoonful chopped parsley and
seasoning.
Wash the barley and put it into the
pot with the meat and water; wash
vegetables thoroughly. scrape the ear
rots. peel turnip and onion and cut
them all into small dice. When the
broth has boiled for an hour add the
vegetables. slicing the cabbage thinly.
Boil together for two hours. skimming
frequently. Last Of all before serving
add the parsley. The meat may be
served separately with a little of the
broth strained over it.
Brown Soup-One pound shin of
beef; n small carrot: one onion;
small piece of turnip: one ounce drip
ping: sprig of sweet herb: quart cold
water and salt and pepper.
Cut the meat into small pieces, peel
and slice the onion and cut the carrot
and turnip into thin strips; heat the
tripping in Il pot and when it is quite
not brown the meat and onion in it.
making them Il rich brown shade, then
pour off the dripping, add the vege-
tables and sweet herb and water. Let
1t simmer for two hours. take out the
nerD. season and serve.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-25
YANKEE IN COMMAND
OF SULTAN'S FLEETS
Ransford D. Buchanan Got His
Start As Sailor on the
Great Lakes.
FUN OF TURK SHIPS

New York. Special: In supreme
of the Turkish fleet is u
Yankee, Ransford d. Rucknam, known
in Turkey as Admiral Buchanan Pasha.
Born in America in 1870, Buchanan
started life on the water at the age of
Ia, when he shipped as cabin boy on a
great axes schooner. Two years later
he sailed from New York as quarter
master on a schooner bound for the
Pacific. At Manila the captain and
the mates died of cholera and Suck
nam got the job of captain.
For some years he drifted bou in
Central and South America, finally
turning up in Cramps ship yards as u
nautical expert. He was the COM
of the new battleship Maine on
her trial trips, and when the Turkish
cruiser Abdul Medjid was finished he
was sent TO Turkey with it.
Arriving. in Constantinople. Buck
nam looked round at the dilapidated
Turkish navy. and told the minister
of the naval department that Switzer-
land was the only naval power Turkey
could whip.
When Abdul Hamid heard the Amer
leans criticisms he asked him to re-
organize the whole navy and named a
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-25
DRIVEN INSANE
BY WAR HORROR


BY Herbert Corey in the Kansas City Star.
"'E carn't Sleep" the maid who
makes my bed told me. Her brother is
in one of the hospitals here. nerve
broken. There isn't a mark on him.
out he has gone to pieces. The maid
Hhimpers quietly in the
"'E used to be such q nice boy h
said. Sold flahers. e did, at Covent
sarding market. The wye e used to go
IN about his roses
The nice boy. it seems, Joined the
army because his girl liked another
fellow too we'll. He Went through that
%frightful first week of the British
.roops without weakness. Fol eight
lays not one of his company had a
chance to take off his boots. When
they reached the front. after three days
spent continually in boats or on trains.
they marched Sd miles in two days.
Then they lay in renches under fire
.or "a hours. Almost everyone was
gree nat the game. At last they got Il
chance with the bayonet.
Die you ever regard a bayonet close
ly? Did it ever occur to you that this
pointed rod of steel is devised to be
thrust through the soft. yielding vitals
of a man?
"E said" my maid told me shifting.
'that e stuck it at two or three Ger
mans in hat charge. but e dom think
C hit anybody until he got a big Ger
man cornered and began jabbing at
inn with it. The German e jabbed
back. but at last e stepped back and
dropped is gun. And Alfred, e stuck
that pore soul in is big. soft stomach.
Just like e was liftin' hay on is fork.
And then he saw the German was try
in gto surrender"
The soft hearted flower merchant
threw himself on his knees beside the
''big. fat German and begged the poor
devil to forgive him. He flung his now
useless gun on the ground. the bayonet
bent like copper wire. The German
was screaming. Even above the noise
of battle Alfred could hear those
screams.
He hears them yet. At night he again
feels the yielding resistance of that
Germans soft. white body as the steel
goes through him. n hears the grind
Ing cry with which he died.
1.-THE doctor SAYS" my maid tells me.
that Alfred is done for. Ell never
De fit to go to war again."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-25

chair by the window sat a young man
In a velvet suit and a hat with a long
black plume.
DO not be afraid. my little prin-
cess" he said as he held out his hand
to Selma. You have saved me from
a dreadful fate n I will repay o
by taking o away from your broth
ers. who do not treat you kindly.
II am a prince whom a wicked witch
changed into q dog because 1 would
not marry her daughter, who was also
a wicked witch. and after she had
changed me into a dog she struck me
with her cane and broke my leg, say
ing. as she drove me into the forest,
A dog o shall remain until a young
and handsome girl shall bind your
broken leg
Now the spell is broken and 1 can
go back to my castle, where you shall
live the life of a princess and v
want for anything again."
Selma lived in happiness the rest of
her days in the castle with the Prince,
and no animal is aver turned away
from their door. No matter how sick or
wounded it may be. 1t is given a home
and mad comfortable.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-25
SELMA AND THE DOG.

Copyright, 1914. by the cClur News
paper Syndicate.)
Selma lived in a cottage on the edge
of a big forest with her two brothers.
They We're hunters and went into the
forest every day and at night came
had cooked for them.
But they did not treat Selma kindly
for all that she did for them and often
they would eat all the supper and
never leave so much as a piece OF
bread for her.
One day while they were away &
poor dog with a sore foot came limping
in the door of Selma's cottage and be-
gan to whine.
So she bound up the sore foot and
then gave the dog some water and
made a bed for him under her bed.
for she knew her brothers would drive
the dog out when they came home at
night if they saw him.
That night her brothers were kinder
n usual. They gave her some scraps
of meat and a piece Of bread md tea
for supper.
put in her pocket to give to the poo.
sick dog, but her brothers saw her slip
h bread and meat into her pocket
and watched to see what she did
with it.
Selma washed the dishes and put
tue room IN OrQer DeIOfe Sne went to
her room, but the brothers still
watched, and when she took the food
from her pocket. the others were look
ing through the crack in the wall and
saw the dog.
They threw open the door and drove
out the dog, in spite of all of Selma's
pleading.
I'VE do not want anything around
here that cannot work." they told her,
"a sick dog will never be of any use,
his leg is broken INC it will never be
8 o he can help us hunt: let him go
into the forest and die"
But Selma would not let the dog go
alone. She went out with him and they
slept under a tree. Selma covering the
dog from the cold with her dress. In
the morning she hid him under a bush
and the dog seemed to understand he
was to keep quiet and did not bark.
Selma cooked the breakfast for her
brothers and they went into the forest,
but they did not leave anything for
poor Selma. You cannot be hungry
when you give part of your supper to
a sick dog" they told her.
Selma ran to the place where the dog
was hidden and brought him into the
house as soon as her brothers were
out of sight.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-25
Tho Value of Books.
rhos. d. Finletter in the Philadelph

mos. ~. tlnletter in the philadelphia
North American.
Books! Why read and own them?
Why? To walk with kings, to share
heir glories. know their plots and new
sr have to bow to them. nor pay them
taxes; but. If you please. to make them
lance on your pleasure.
You may keep King Louis standing
tn you've lit your pipe. while O have
Francois Villon soothe your ear with
tuneful ballads or with virelay. Napo-
Icons dreams-secrets to Bourrfenne-
are all our own.
It is for you that Bacon thought.
That Shakespeare dreamed the moody
Dane. that Lott buries sweethearts ono
by one.
Or, If o please, you may consort
with princesses, or thrill your soul with
all heroic deeds, from Salamis to Get
lysburg Queen Margaret will tell you
tales n Marie Antofnette will grieve
you with her necklace. or-her neck.
II you would gossip you will find Wal
pole or Pepys all ready to your hand.
Without books. for you. Paul had not
preached; Plato nor Omar unused the
oul but from them Socrates will speak
to you: or: If you like. Nell Gwynne or
Cleopatra'll flirt, careless of Charles
frowns. or Antony's.
OR. II you wish for action, you may
track the seas on Russell's "Grosve-
nor" or nun the Sandhill stag, or
lIcdu the virgin woods with Natty
Bumpo or Mohican chiefs. follow with
Peary ice drifts to the pole or trarlp
to Moscow with Napoleon.
What good society you'd miss if
books were not! That finest gentle-
man that eyer lived. dark Henry Els
and you'd not know him. Dick Swivel
Ter. Pickwick and Turpin bold, and all
the gallant gentlemen and charming
knaves of fiction would be as IL they
never were.
But there you have them all your
mon. but all quite ready for your pass
ing whim.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-25
CANDY FOR THE Bazaar.
,ht. 1914. by the Mcclure News

Copyright. 1914. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
Nothing is so acceptable for the
church or charity fair as a donation
Of homemade candy. That is if the
candy is we'll made and, more import
put the candy up in clean, uniform
boxes. These a be bought by the
dozen. in pound or h%alf-pound sizes. at
any paper box makers or n candy
store supply dealers. 1t matters not
how simple or plain they are. if they
are clean and fresh they will make The
candy worth 25 per cen more than as
II it were sold loose or in old boxes.
Then use fresh wax in packing
n candy These are minor costs n
count for muc when it comes to sell
Ing the candy. Better use fewer nuts
and candied fruit in making the candy
and make sure of attractive packing.
The Easiest Candy.
The easiest candy to make for a ba-
Ear. and II that sells at Il pretty good
profit. is candy made from an IN
cooked fondant. To max this break
the white of an egg into Il large mix
ing bowl. Add two tablespoonfuls of
cold water and mix together. Then add
u Scant t~easpoonful OF vanilla and mix.
Have ready some finely pulverized n
~fectloner's sugar and add this to the
mixture. mixing it free from all Jumps
till the mass can be worked into balls.
Work the fondant with the fingers.
Kept dry by dipping them into a little
OF the sugar. Make the balls the size
of a small walnut. lay aside on q sheet
of waxed paper or a scantily buttered
platter and then place a whole wal
nut half on each side. press slightly
together and place back on the platter
to dry.
With the same fondant can be made
creamed dates The date should be pit
ted and Il little of the fondant pressed
into each date. leaving a little of it
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-25
THE FOWL AT ITS BEST.
Copyright. 1914. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)

Copyright. 1914. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The fowl. which term covers chicken
and BOOSTERS from a year and a half TO
Two years old. is to be had now at a
very reasonable price. and can be
sc.ved in a large variety Of forms.
soa;hernsrs are particularly successful
u: cooking fowl, perhaps because in the
warm climate it is not possible to keep
fresh meats for any length of time, and
tha cookery OF poultry becomes an art
with the least p~retentious O. southern
housewives. They seldom serve poul-
Try plain, but combine it with rice, veg
etalleS. and rich sauces ard grayies.
Errc are some excellent chicken reci-
pes cleaned from southern cookbooks:
P.!aff is another combination of
chicken. rice and tomato, which is sim
pier In It's construction. The fowl is
prepared as for creole stew. Melt two
tablespoonful of butter and add an
onion sliced very thin. When the onion
70 cooked. d the chicken and allow it
20 cook for q moment without brown
ing. shaking the q gently to keep it
from sticking. Cover with boiling wat
er and after It has come to the boiling
point push the chicken on the back Of
the stove to simmer for three-quarters
Of an hour or more IL the chicken is
large. Have ready a cup of rice which
has been washed and soaked in cold
water. Drain off this water and sprin-
ke the rice over the top of the chicken.
Flavor With salt and pepper, put OH
the cover tightly and cook for 80 min
utee. being careful that the rice does
not absorb all the water and cause the
chicken to scorch. In another sauce
pan rub together two level teaspoon
u ct butter and the same of salt.
a two cups Of strained tomato Juice.
noMr over the melted butter and flour.
bring to the boiling point. Dish,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-25

in the course Of which he explains as
follows why gratitude is scarce:
1T must be admitted that, even to
the present hour. gratitude is one of
the rarest of virtues. The Roman his
torian. Livy, long ago observed that
men do not feel their good things s.
keenly as their evil things. Human
nature today is IN this respect what
it was 1000 years ago. Our losses go
deeper into US than our gains; our dis
appointments cut a larger figure in our
memory than our Victories"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-25
Two Clever Ads.

From the New York American.
Col. Henry Watterson, who has made
. collection of unique personal adver-
tisements, tells of Il fencing of wits
that once O place in a Berlin news.
paper. One ad read:
The gentleman who found a purse
containing money and valuable papers
in the Blurnenstrasse. is earnestly re-
quested to forward it to the address Of
the loser, as he is recognized"
The finder retorted with this:
The recognized gentleman who
found a purse. containing money and
valuable papers, begs that the Loser
will call at his house at the earlies,
~nyeni moment
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-25

keep it cooking. When it is almost
ready to fall to pieces. remove from the
pot and Slip out all the bones. Chop
or Slit the meat very fine. season with
salt, pepper and melted butter. Add
the liquor in which the chicken was
boiled. which should now be reduced
about half. and one cup of softened
bread crumbs. j. e.. bread crumbs
which have been soaked i'm hot water
and then squeezed dry. Heat all to-
gether. press into a square mold and
serve cold with a garnish of jelly and
parS!eV.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-25
CLEANING AGAIN.
Copyright. 1914. by the McClur News
paper Syndicate.)

Copyright. 1914. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
To Clean Wood-When implanted
wood is soiled. clean with oil and tur-
pentine. or with oil and alcohol mixed
together. If it is very much soiled.
alcohol and then dipped in tripoli. or
with paraffin oil. Dark woodwork is
better cleaned with boiled linseed oil.
Cleaning Porcelain Tubs and Sinks
Wash them frequently with a mixture
of turpentine and salt, both ingredients
of which are easily procured. This will
remove all stains and leave the sur
face smooth and spotlessly white. The
proportions are one cup of salt to one
quart of ~turpentine. Wet a rag and
rub over the porcelain. Stiff brushes
should never be used on such a surface.
Coffee Pot-Housekeepers often ne
elect to keep the inside of n coffee pot
as clean as the outside. The result is
q decided loss in taste and aroma. while
tn fastidious coffee drinkers, coffee
made in an unclean coffee pot is posi-
tive poison. The inside of the DOT
should be cleaned every day with pow
dered knife brick or fine sand. Then.
after a good scalding with boiling wa
ter put II out for a sun and air bath.
To Clean White Kid Gloves-Fiye or
10 cents q pair is all that good cleaners
chars to freshen gloves. But if this
cannot be afforded. and the soil is tri-
itang- there are simple cleansing meth
oos which any girl can employ at home
without nursing her chamber.
White India rubber and stale bread
crumbs. rubbed briskly against the dry
lid are both good cleaners for white
or light gloves. Keep the gloves on the
hands while cleaning them, and if the
rubber and crumbs are not efficacious.
try a mixture of benzoin n oatmeal
ffSaue INTO a paste. Both light gloves
and Kid slippers likewise respond to
= good rubbing with q piece of flannel
cipped in equal parts of fuller's earth
ard powdered alum. A last rub with
Cry oatmeal improves the look of the
kid.
When black gloves have become
svnitc at the finger tips. as the best of
them often e do. rub them there
with black ink. mixed with the same
quantity of olive oil.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-25
Worth Knowing.
From the GAINESVILLE Gazette.

Try using a small paint brush for
greasing cake. bread or gem pans 1t
is a great help and can be easily
leaned in warm soapsuds.
To prevent milk from boiling over
place an ordinary pie chimney in the
center of the pan of milk When it
commences to boil 1t will boil up
through h little chimney and not over
h side of the saucepan.
Vinegar will remove fllyspecks from
almost neutrality-suspicious.. picture
frames. woodwork. etc.
Why not tack white oilcloth on your
kitchen cupboard shelves, in place Of
always having to replace clean papers +!
eJanesville Gazette.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-25
For Fewer Street Poles.
From the Providence Journa

VTVTT tTIV TTUVIUtlCt JOUTfa1.
While the ideal place for public service
wires is underground. the proposal to re-
allowing the wires of the trolley, telephone
and electric lighting companies to be at
tached to one and the same upright is
commendabie as a temporary measure. AL
most every American town is marred by
an excess of poles. In the smaller COM
mnnities. particularly. these are apt to be
rough and unsightiy; but at the best.
when they are of metal and painted. they
are too frequent. The local plar if car
RCD through will remove a large number
frcn the streets and work a decided inn.
pTsvenent.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-25

She gave him a bone her brothers
mad lett and some water and bound
ms sore foot with a clean CLOTH, and
.hen she went upstairs to make her
p~fothers' beds. When she came back
the dog had disappeared and in the
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-25
His Lauah.

Mrs. G%oodoldsoul was waiting tea
TOR her husband. who vas expected
home from the city every minute.
Suddenly out In the street q coster-
nnonger's donkey brayed. The dear old,
lady. who was q little deaf. beamed.
Run and put the kettle ON. Jane"
me cried. The master IL coming
Town he street. I'd know his hearty
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-25
Why orat;tud, i. scarce.

In the Woman's Home Companion
Charles =. Jefferson. pastor OF the
Broadway tabernacle, New York city.
writes a THANKSGIVING sermon entitled
The Beauty and Power Of Gratitude
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-25
ANADIAN CITY HoNoRs
EUROPEAN GENERALS


Montreal has named three Of its
streets In honor Of Generals French,
Joffre and Pau. commanders OF the al.
lied armies fighting on the French Dor.
der.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-25

(Copyright, 1914. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
Selma lived in a cottage on the edge
of a big forest with her two brothers.
They were hunters and went into the
forest every day and at night came
Arizona republican., 1914-11-03
PETITION CIRCULATED

A petition purporting to be the at titudc of the business men of Mesa was in circulation Friday by those who favor q wet town, and supposed ly sent to Tucson for use in the cam paiGn there It was to the effect that the business men of Mesa thought that a vote on or the carrying of the dry amendment at this time would bring on a greater business depres- sion than was now felt and signed by a number of prominent men who now hold office and are conducting business here When the matter was looked into by some of the dry peo- iplc it was found that only about two men interested in a business way were upon the document and that the remainder were those who have been known for some time to he in favor of q wet condition.