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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23
Is Steamship Size Limited?
From the BROOKLYN Standard Union.

The suggestion that transatlantic
vessels will not continue to grow in
size indefinitely is contained in a dis
patch from Berlin. stating that since
the Imperator began ploughing the seas
observing officials Of steamship lines
have become disinclined to build any,
thing larger. OF course, there may be
bigger vessels laid down and possibly
there are one or two now building that
are longer. But the inference to be
drawn from the Berlin report is that
the added %revenu from excessively
large ships does not equal the increased
cost of operation.
If the Imperator could always sail
with a full passenger list it would
doubtless be a we'll paying proposition.
but when half of the first and second
cabins are empty the engines
just about as nue. coal and the wages
of the crew is not so much less than
when every inch Of space is used. That
trims the profits made on the trips
when the rush season is on.
These huge palaces are costly affairs
to KEEP going. so If the world wakes up
some morning within the next year or
two and learns that the steamship
companies have come to the final con-
clusion that vessels the size of the linz
perator are good advertisements. but
indifferent money makers, consequent.
ly the future will see few more Of them.
there should be no surprise. The limit
has got to be reached some time and
1T may be in this decade.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23

THAT the visiting nurse is a good
economic investment is evidenced py
the fact that some of the large insur-
ance companies find 1t to their advan-
tage to employ a number of them to
visit the homes OF policyholders and
give instruction in matters pertaining
to hygiene. Department stores and
factories also flnd 1t good business to
employ nurses to look after the health
OF their employees and to. teach them
personal hygiene.
"The number of Nchool nur SEES needed
varies somewhat according to social
conditions and according to the range
Of duties expected of them. We find all
the way from 1000 to 10000 children
under the care of one nurse. In New
York city each nurse has from two to
seven schools, with a total attendance
Of about 1000 children. In Philadelphia,
v schools and about 5000 children are
usually allotted to n nurse, while in
the proportion Of nurses IL al
twice as great. It Is not improbable
that the ratio will be increased until It
reaches an average Of one nurse for
each 1000 of the school enrolment. II
there were q nurse for every 1000
pupils. about 10000 nurses would be re-
CURED In the entire United States. A
nurse's room completely equipped 10
coming to be regarded a. one Of the e.
senttals In every school building Of
eight or mora rooms"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23
The Passing of "Puck."

From the Cincinnati Times-star.
T sale Of Puck, a comic weekly, to
comic socialist periodical. awakens more
or less fond memories of barber shop tor
lures. and of dreary day-coach rides re-
lieved only by the odor of bananas and
toons, imparting the leaven of humor to
a basket of decaden fruit.
We nave not seen much of Puck since
we purchased a safety razor and have
INDUCED ourselves in parlor car luxuries.
But what a barrier it was between the
BARRIERS loquacity and our peace of mind!
and apparently ponder a red. white and
blue cartoon. meantime permitting our
mind to wander to affairs of office or
home. and our BARRIERS voice would be
stilled in fear Of interrupting our appre-
citation: If the barber insisted on telling
US a funny" story, we could turn Puck's
Jokes adorned by the drawings Of Ear
hart and Glackens.
Puck may not have been as amusing
as other comic periodicals. but it reached
glow WITH hum anas Il i w sas's a deep r"a spring g
IN an arid waste. It brought mental lib
bondage.
But Puck has deserted us-left us to
the untender mercies of a modified guillo-
at the head of the editorial column viii
not be forgotten-the plug hat. the juve-
less 1T will ave to come down from its
mig estate as editor in spirit Of a jovial
weekly, and rs copy boy will carry the
manuscripts Of a prolific sob squad to the
composing room. Beneath the figure there
mas been an inscription, ''What fools these
mortals be-" Puck's own aphorism in
-Mldsummer Nights Dream.' We hope
the little fellow will carry the words with
MIN to his new job. PERHAPS they will
COMFORT hin during drab hours amid the
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23
COST MOUNTS
HIGHER IN GERMANY
Tax on Meat to Be Restored
and Ice Prices Will Be
Advanced.

Berlin. Special: Further movements
upward in the high cost of living are
already in sight for the new year.. Two
measures in particular just decided
upon threaten to tax severely the purse
of the German housewife.
The privileges of Importing duty-free
meat from Russia, by which the mu-
inequalities were BILE to force down
the price of beef and pork from 2 to
10 cents per pound during tire past
more, the icemen have formed a trust,
the first act of which is to be an in
crease of several cents a 100 pounds
in he cost of ice next summer.
The meat privilege, which was avail
able only to municipalities buying for
the benefi of residents, expires March
81. The conservative party, which
wishes to secure for it's agrarian cons
stituents as high returns as possible
for their cattle and swine, fought the
concession to middle class and poor
appetites from the start, n now has
brought about the reimposition of the
full duty on Russian e
The municipalities of Greater Ber-
lin ran their meat shops at a loss of
some $4,000 during the past year. 1t
is probable that other German cities
which took advantage of the law will
show corresponding book losses. For
the taxpayer and resident, however, the
profit from cheaper meat has been
marked.
The Berlin icemen's new syndicate
maintains that the proposed increase
will be only 2As cents per 100 pounds.
making the price 1917 cents per
hundredweight, and that under this
price it is absolutely impossible to
manufacture or import ice at a profit.
This price, however, is only for deal
ers with contracts. and the consumer
using less than 1900 hundredweight
per year must pay a minimum of 90
cents. The ordinary citizen, who in
Germany gets his ice by the pailful,
broken into chunks the size Of an APP
pie, a pailful or less a day, will pay,
as everywhere what the iceman de-
cides the traffic can bear.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23

: THOUGHTS AND FACES. >

From the Indianapolis News

From the Indianapolis News.
"A tired business man stood contem,
regarded the gutter. 1t was a grave at
1air-a very dirty gutter,a narrow side
walk curb and a tired business man. He
held a newspaper under one arm. His
clothes were neat enough and new enough,
and aside perhaps from an unshaven face
ne ought not to have presented a picture
or ENCOURAGEMENT. but 1T seems that he
dld, for as he contemplated the gutter
milking of the gutter not at ALA strang-
er inquired abruptly but sympathetically
whether he wanted a job" OF course,
the tired business man did not want a job.
he qua not need one. He was only wait
ing for his car-and why should that con-
rounded ~busybody have asked such u
question?
The answer will be obvious to all who
nave read Arnold Benefits Living on
Iwenty-four Hours a Day." or who have
son or the older writer's of the classics;
Inc gentleman who gravely contemplated
1he gutter-thinking of the gutter not at
tenance the reflection of a sleepless night.
or perhaps an unpleasant interview at the
office-maybe 1T was only because his car
vas late. Certainly it was nothing more
serious. And yet to the solicitous stranger
he appeared to be hanging on to the
ragged edge of things, iobless. shaveless,
pair. t was puss really o% Very rYe funny my after the
tired business man had thought about it.
and he determined that the next time he
pa!dhceu MnSelr on the curblng ne Woulu
hot-unless he had very good reaSon-ln-
Vlte public sympathy.
after all his case was not so greatly
different from that of Ole. Ole. you know:
Is the neighborhood gardener. He is all
that his name implies. He lives in an
abandoned realty ''addition" office andisa
great favorite with dogs and children. In
the summer he mows lawns. trims hedges,
cares for flowers. In the winter he SHOW
els snow and tends furnaces. After hours
and between seasons he reads not the
sunday supplements. If you please. but
lbsen and Shakespeare and the French
romances. He has an intelligent acquaint-
ance with three languages beside English.
To the most of the neighborhood except
ing one or two people who CHANGED on his
secret. and the dogs and children-for they
know him best-Ole is nothing but-well,
Just Ole, the old hired man who says,
Gut even.' and "Tank you and mows
lawns to perfection. Now. why. couldn't
come benign power influence the tired
business man and Ole to handle them
selves better? The tired business. man
contemplates the gutter and presents the
picture. of disbursement. Ole reads lb-
zen and gets complimented for keeping the
furnace fire going all night. ennet pre-
iycr1ption for living on "a hours a day is to
think Well and then make the most of
your thinking. 1t would be a much bet
ter old world We're each one of us to think
Well and then let our face reflect our
fh01phfs
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23
CURLING THE JAN,ToR.
A Court Decision That Interests New
York Folks.
From the New work. s,

HAOAA SlO NEW 1OTk sun.
The appellate term Of the supreme
court has decided that a tenant Of an
apartment house is justified in break
Ing his lease and refusing to a rent
II the janitor enters the apartment and
uses loud and threatening language, in
case such conduct is approved by the
landlord.
The decision was handed down in a
OF Ellen Purcell against Maurice
Leon. a lawyer at so Wall street. to
recover q months rent of an apartment
from which the defendant moved be-
fore the end of the month.
MI. Leon contended that he had been
constructively evicted and showed that
the 1anitor had been arrested and fined
$40 because he entered the apartment
while the defendants wife was there
and used loud and threatening lam
guage.
The plaintiff got Judgment in the mu-
nicipal court. but the appellate term
reversed 1t and said that since the own
er OF the house upheld the conduct of
the 1anitor by retaining him in her en-
ploy the tenant was constructively
0VxCy0O.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23
Senator Norris 10 Busy.
From the Washington Times.

Senator Norris is not discouraged by the
fact that the House appropriations COM
mittee refused to provide money even for
q start on the business of Harvesting the
Great Falls Of the Potomac. He Is go.
ing to take personal interest in gettina
that enterprise on foot and announces
that he will introduce the necessary legis-
the congress.
senator will have to run the giant.
let Of sundry home-consumption pork.
manage 1t. He has been through several
gantlets in the past n escaped In good
working condition.
To refuse 1 100000 needed to execute
this great work, which would earn big
profits to the government, and then to
spend the same money building monu-
mental and unnecessary public buildings
haps be good politics: but nowadays It il
getting harder to make the public seq
things that way.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23
Proportional Representatives.

The recent international dinner in Lon.
don given by the proportional representa-
Ion society showed Ntrtkingly what prog
ress the movement making in Europe.
Among the countrj Represented were
. Belgium. Germany, Switzerland
and Holland. and messages came from
Denmark, italy and Sweden. In ali parts
OF the British empire. said Lord Grey. who
presided. the movement for q better sys-
tenn Of parliamentary representation IL
gathering weight. dignity and momentum.
In South Africa proportional representa-.
ton Is already q part Of the Contributor.
and active societies are at work in New
South Wales and Victoria, South and
West Australia n New Zealand. Tie
question Of suffrage appeals moro to in
divtduals. because the vote 10 an indi-
yidual matter. But . organisation for
definite ends increases the more il. II
reali.ed that suffrage. even IL universal,
Of representation m~uititudes Of voter t ga
practically disfranchised. It % note
worthy that under b home rule bill It IL
planned to give proportional Fepre0enta-
0oo IN Ireland.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23

RUBBER AND BLOOD.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
From the Boston Transcript.

16E ~
Shall we have to believe that all the
West African. is mixed with blood? There
is much that tends to force tina conclu-
sion upon the public mind. It appears
rubber region. and returns, has tales of
slavery, torture and murder to tell. No
sooner has the system of atrocity in the
exposed, and the condition of affairs inn
proved by means of a river patrol Of gum
boats and wireless ~telegraphy from Iqui-
other rivers in the forest-flled valleys east
of the Andes come back with similar
stories of systematic cruelty practiced on
ane natives who are enslaved as rubber
among the western affluepts Of the ANA
zon. but they are a long way farther
south, some in Brazil and the worst in Boz
livia. AS the Brazilian cases are close to
the Bolivian border. the same rubber com
panies seem to be concerned in all.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23
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Since the battle of a few days ago
within so miles Of Mexico City in which
the Zapata brothers. Eufemio and EN-
iliano. engaged with the federalist
forces the foreigners and citizens in the
capital have been in far greater terror
of the rebels to the south than of the
rebels to the north under Carranza. It
Is generally believed hat the worst
scenes Of looting and carnage ever wit
messed here would result should the
Zapatas and their bandit band march
victorious int Mexico City.
Emiliano Zapata has been called the
greatest bandit who ever lived. not
even barring Attila. the Hun: the one
new world savage more %bloodthirsty
than Geronimo. He has fought and
conquered the armies Of four govern.
ments. and is today ravaging an area
larger than the states Of New York
and Texas combined.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23
ons eIs.sina AZ L...t.

Casey had been i'll more than q week.
when his wife met Mrs. Murphy on the
street and the following conversation
ensued:
Mrs. Casey. and how il your l.us.
band gettin' along?" asked Mrs. Muir.
ply.
"Ah. indade. Pat is a very sick man."
said Mrs. Casey.
'Sure. and what il the matter with
him 2 inquired Mrs. Murphy.
TITS the gangrene. the doctor tells
us. Mrs. Murphy"
"Ah. that's bad" said Mrs. Murphy:
but lets praise the Lord for the COLOR
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23

He has seized 40 towns, put more
n al 5000 men. women and children to
h sword; taken or destroyed more
than 800, 600, 900 worth of property;
killed some thousands of federal sol.
diers in open combat, int rides today
at the head Of a we'll armed, finely
mounted force Of 10000 cavalry.
The Zapata brothers fought in turn
always triumphantly-the armies of
President Porfirio Diaz. Francisco
dero. In April last. when General
Huerta assumed power, he determined
to make peace with these dangerous
bandits If possible.
To Emiliano Zapata he offered full
pardon for all past crimes and COM
mand of all the Mexican rurales. or
federal mounted police. To Eufemio
Zapata he also offered pardon and
the governorship Of the state Of
Morelos.
The zapata brothers not only
and threw into prison the envoy of the
government-Pascual Orozco. ST., ia
Their Of h northern rebel leader. who
has joined the Huerta government.
Before making this offer, General
Huerta. acting on instructions from
Felix Diaz. sent q men. each ignorant
of the others presence. into Morelos
and Guerrero. with the offer of a re-
ward of $1,000 for Emiliano Zapata's
head, dead or alive. Some of these
men Zapata shot; still others he took
prisoners; one, who became %ostreper-
Gus, is reported to have been burned
alive. and from others he cut the nose.
or one ear, and sent them back to the
federal government as warnings.
On April s. 1913, Immediately fol-
lowing the arrest Of Pascual Orozco.
ST.. and the refusal of pardon by the
Zapatas. 10000 men were ordered
mobilized to o against the Ia
pata bandits. This army has been
beaten n routed. The Zapatistas are
as powerful as ever
The Zapata brothers and their
murderous band do not claim to be
fighting for a principle. They are
fighting purely for loot and for the
sake of satisfying their bloodthirsty
instincts. They are likely to con-
tinue successful. because Emiliano
Zapata. after Porfirio Diaz. is the
shrewdest strategist and cleverest
soldier Mexico ever produced.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23

Young DR.. Jones had one troublesome
patient, an old woman, who was practi-
cally, on the free list, but who regis
tered many protests. One day she
called to scold him for not showing up
'"You can go to see your other n%atients
at night" she complained, so whv
cant you come when 1 send for Won?
Amt my money as good as the money
Una them rich people pay you?" II
cont know, ma'am," answered the
ooctor- gently. IT nave never seen any
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23
REPORTED CRIMES OF
EMllIANO ZAPATA

Total destruction of IL towns
of more than 1900 inhabitants.
C~onfiscation of 500. 600. 900 in
government and private funds.
jewelry. horses. cattle and sala-
BILE goods from stores.
Execution. by his own hand.
of 208 men. mostly non-com-
batants.
Participation in the massacre
of about 1900 peaceable citizens.
Loot and partial destruction
by fire Of % towns. Of from 400
to 1000 Inhabitants.
Acceptance of $150.0OO in
brides from the Madero govern
ment to lay down his arms on
four separate occasions and fail
ure to keep these promises.
Destruction of about $7.0OO,-
900 worth Of public buildings in
towns captured by his men.
Seizure of control Of two
states-Morelos and Guerrero
from the Madero government.
kidnapping OF ~ girls of the
better class in towns captured
from the federal troops. None
of these girls have been seen
since being captured.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23

IN England ana America. '"Ths Road
Nender. by Michael Fairless. has been
and u one OF the best sellers on the
market. Yet It war written In bed.
Michael FAirless ID the pen name OF q
young girl who died while still In her
and she wrote 'sThe Road
Aender' ON her dsathbed. finishing Il
but . few hours before actually quit
ting .tkhis. world.s
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23

Concerning certain features of Eski-
mo NE along the north coast of Alas
IA, Inc o written by Vilhjalmar
~S.eaansson says: I'm the spring and
corner, are an important item of diet.
Ihey are pursued in kayaks when
Noting and killed. with clubs. and
large numbers of them are also secured
by bolas throwing, for the migration
route pr the ducks along the coast is
stand In one place all day and relv on
At that three u of every four flocks
VIII fly within throwing distance. So
lhlckly do the birds come that nova
DAYS a competent man with a shotgun
mas been known to secure as MANY as
600 ducks in a day." 90
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23

The use Of concrete has greatly sim.
plined and. durability considered. COR
respondingly cheapened ice house con.
,etruction. says an Agricultural paper.
a modern ice house OF this kind can
crete or boards. a good Ice house :.
becoming an Indispensable luxury on
most farms. $500 -
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23

A professor OF the Ontario Akricu,.
tural college says that the cheese n.
dustry Of his province is decayinr. be-.
cause OF h great demand for mix in
n cities. which exhausts the farmers;
supply and leaves them without ma.
sellai Tor cheese. Cheese lovers viii
near this with some alarm. What's To
prevent the greedy cities from cnnsnmo
ing all the milk?-Springfield Repub-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23

An interesting phenomenon. avs a
writer In American Forestry. is the
escape OF gas from cavities at the base
Of trees in the Ozarks. when
the trees are cut down. when the
cavities are U into. the gas escapes
It will burn with q faint yeiiow nemoe !.
Decomposition of the heart wood of
tho trees Is supposed to cause the for
nation Of the gas. -o Ao1
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23

The flreless cooker. SO much used IN
q United States n in some contin-
entail countries, is for all pracficaI r,'r.
poses unknown In Liverpool district.
Several efforts have been made to in
troduce this article and to famiiiarize
IT advantages. but thus far without
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23

Mrs; 3. A. Ohort is big sister. to
1riendless japanese women and girls
IN New York. She has established a
home for japanese girls, known as the
Dormitory. in One hundred and twenty.
oevenen street, and there takes care
Ohori and her husband are mission rios
OF the Reformed Church Of America
They also help supervise the Japanese
christian Women's association.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23

Colonel Goethars private car. v,h,ch
he uses In his work OF directing con.
struction on the Panama canal, is an
odd affair. having a powerful eas en-
zine with hood like an automobile and
. cow catcher like q locomotive.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23

Professor Hiram Bingham. head NJ
the Yale Peruvian expedition. has re-
turned to this country. having con-
quoted extensive exploration work.
,cniefly at Manchu Picchu. the Inca
CITY Ely discovered on a previous explora-
away and more than 100 caves were
discovered. Ruins Of baths. houses
and palaces were also laid bare. and
practically the entire city
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23
E. p. THoRme. Ed. and pr.p'r.
FOREST CITY. SOUTH DAKOTA
Daniel Drawbaugh, a pioneer cleo

Daniel Drawbaugh, a pioneer cleo
Sr1cai inventor. whose activities es-
g!ecially in telephone lines are well
Known, In the late COS. built a clock
in the office of his son. Charles H
Drawbaugh. The clock has continued
TO operate since 1870, except when be-
ing mov from place to place, and OPP
crates without winding. The pendu-
ium. weighing 45 pounds. is operated
,Dy an ordinary electro magnet and a
rent in the electro magnet being re-
versed as 1t passes the armature. Tho
battery consists of a plate of copper
and another plate of iron which are
buried In the earth. These plates give
q small electro motive force, and
swinging.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-23

80uEoeul, who VA rAeandeA ~
No. 4fe9chs - the flrst % 6eyeiop the
- - The telephone. died recently Z