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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-27
CURVE AND ANGLE READING.
Many Peoples Dispositions Declared
Revealed by Chin and Thumbs.

From London Tit Bits.
Just as the chin gives qualities to
the face. so the thumb marks the per-
.sonality of the hand and is an uner-
ring index to a mans natural strength
or weakness of character.
The man with a long, straight
thumb. square at the tip, possesses
good mental capacity, and can always
be relied upon to carry out successfully
n work with which he may be in
trusted. His temperament is even and
judicial; he is a born governor of men,
overcomcs difficulties. carries himself
with dignity. and by his ability to con-
c%entratc all his faculties upon the mat
ter in hand, combined with his %tenacity
of purpose, rapidly becomes a power
among his fellows.
Ii the thumbs be long. thick and
heavy at the tip, with the joints prom
inent. a tyrannical and cruel nature is
indicated. everything being viewed
from an intensely selfish standpoint. A
short, straight thumb shows %obstinacy
n driving power. If very thick and
heavy at the tip. a british. %unreason-
ing disposition will be noticed.
A short thumb, tapering at the tip,
denotes an inconstant, changeable ma
ture, particularly in matters of the af-
fections. A man with a tapering
SA1uAilO CdIiIIOI concentrate ana mas con-
sequently little continuity. in addition
to being. u%npunctual and unable to
work except in spurts. Such a man
takes up many things, but finishes
nothing properly. and often makes
others suffer from his idecision. II
the thumb lie close to the hand, a eau
tious, timid. mean nature ia indicated.
II the thumb curve outward at the tip,
adaptability to people and circum-
stances is shown. accompanied by nat
ural poltteness and a tendency to make
compliments. The owner 10 broad
minded, a good conversationalist. mn
pulsive. generous and easy going.
If the curve. be very marked, and the
whole thumb stands away from the
hand, extrava gance and want of prin-
ciple in money matters will be found,
accompanied by boasting, a desire to
SHOW on and vain pride in any abil-
tiles OF accomplishments which may be
possessed. The nature is also highly
impulsive. erratic and careless. II the
first joint-that which forms part Of
the handle full and fleshy. a warm
and affectionate nature is denoted. but
IL very full, s%ensuality lowers the char
aCter,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-27
Fanatieal Kansas.
From the Breeders Gazette.

Kansas admits having within its
borders S12 dependent people living
fourth Of the counties Of Kansas have
no paupers at all. There are 81
counties in Kansas that lack poor
farms and eight more with poor farms.
but lacking inmates. Now In that not
quite a good answer to those who look
upon Kansas with plying smiles?
extreme poverty in Kansas are the
high general level Of intelligence. the
good schools, the prevalence Of profit
able employment and the absence OF
the saloon In rural villages. We have
heard Kansas termed "fanatical." Let
us all pray tor . speedy spread OF the
sort ct faAAtlciSm that makes tenant
!ess the aain5hduses and nils the coun..
Try school. 7
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-27

A crowd of small boys was gathered
about the entrance of a circus tent in
one of the small cities in New Hamp-
shire n day trying to get Il glimpse OF
the interior. A man standing near
watched them for a few minutes, then
walking up to tho seat seller, he said:
Let all the boys in and count them
as they pass" The man did as re-
quested. and when the last one had
gone he urned and said: Twenty
eight" "Good!" said the man, II
guessed just right and walke off,
Et. Louis Mirror.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-27

Frank Daggett, curator of the muse
I'M OF Los Angeles county. California.
says s,at he has INDUCED in a whale
hunt In h city of Los Angeles. The
and was found by a contractor in
cutting down n hill to open a street.
The contractor didn't know what he
had caught. but Mr.. Daggett assured
him that 1t was a giant whale of pre-
glacial times. which had probably been
trapped in a shallow bay after an
earthquake had shut off its escape to
the sea.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-27

An Arab who visited New York city
Is said to have sent this letter home:
people in America travel like rats
under the ground (meaning the sub
way). and like squirrels in the air
(meaning the elevated railways). and
he buildings are so high that people
have to be put in square boxes and
pulled to the top by heavy ropes
(meaniny the %elevator). In the day
the sun furnishes the light the same as
in Morocco. At night the light is as
strong as the day, but people here do
as the streets are just as crowded at
night as I'm the day"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-27
roeesr CITY. SOUTH DAKOTA
People wera less particular in the
matter Of children,a reading 100 Years

matter Of children's reading 100 years
ago. Readers Of Dickens will relnem-
Der that 1t was on such strong meat as
T1eldman and Smollett that the infant
mind Of David Copperfield was nour-
ished. MY father" writes Dickens.
had left u small collection OF books
IN a little room upstairs, to which I
had access (for 1t adjoined my OWN
and which nobody else in our house
over troubled. From that blessed lit
tie room 'Roderick Random 'Pere-
crime Pickle The Vicar of Wake
field Don Quixote.' Gil Bias and
Robinson Crusoe' came out. a glorious
host, to keep me company. They kept
me company. They kept alive my
fancy and did me no harm,
for whatever harm was in some of
Them was not there for me; L knew
nothing Of it,"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-27

holding on to certain customs and tra-
ditions. but the 4 O'clock coffee hour
mas lasted longer thar any of the
others.
Steamboat coffee is different, too,
from he beverage as it is known on
n Owing to the fact that it is not
practical to carry COWS on board,
steamboat men generally prefer to take
it black in great ironstone cups, which
hold "a little less than a quart. 1t
helps to keep away malaria they say.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-27

Lloyds is insuring Englishmen
against mumps. which Is epidemic in
non9on Those who have already had
u obtain the payment Of $25 for each
week OF the next three months during
which they might be disabled by a
fresh attack. Those who have not vet
the mumps must pay $6.25 to OBJ
tain the same benefit. The whole staff
sured. -
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-27
AMERICAN HOMES.

Indiana. In London Spectator.
Since you ere thinking Of combusti-
builds, not as kind people think no
ought to build, but as he wants his
house. He builds three rooms. about
le feet sQuAre-parlor. bedroom and
kitchen. His walls are of wood. plast-
ered on the inside: his ceilings arc
Nigh n0tAi4ps ~ saved, by .thFowing.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-27

BrisAin's INCOME tax. which the prime
minister thinks should be revised, was
ilrst imposed In January 1893, by that
ingenious financer, MI. Pitt. It was
submitted to by an indignant nation.
who got rid Of the abomination in three
years. But Napoleon could not be con-
quered without 1t, and 1t made a
modic entrances and exits until in 1912
IL became a hardy annual Ireland
managed to struggle on without it un-
til 1855.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-27

A lieutenant of police in Berlin has
q parachute for aeroplanes
which Is designed on lines quite differ
n from those which have been here
tofore offered, for the parachute sur
face Is operated in connection with Inc
wings OF the a%eroplane. According to
this scheme q large surface of cloth ia
rolled up n attached to the wings.
this being released by a lever SO as to
spread out and allow the flyer to de-
scend to the ground slowly.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-27

The saxophone. an instrument that
few can get any rea music out of. was
played to perfection by the three ladies.
especially Miss Stella, who played her
instrument and accompanied herself
on the piano. something rarely seen.
We heard Will Ritter a that the
saxophone playing was fine, and he
being q member Of q band ought to
give his expression some weight
Fayette county (Nlinois) Democrat.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-27

Litigation In . London court I'm. re-
vealed the. fact that a ~cons,derah 1e
trade In dogs teeth has sprunr IN in
the Pacific islands, where thew ara
used Tor currency and ornaments. The
beet tearing and corner teeth for the
Pacific trade cell In London for a
gaines (3t.1t) q hundred.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-27
GEORGIA PARKER QEFr AND LUCILLE PARKER.

When Gabe E. Parker wen to Washington a few months g to
enter pom his duties a s on of the "wanpum chiefs" IF the gov
eminent n as register of the treas ry to sign III of Uncle SANS paper
money, re brought his wife with him., but 20 only his wife, but two at
tractive daughters a IS WE'LL These young ladies, whose pictures appear
above. IRE part Choctaw RAJ their ancestry back to tn leaders
Of the tribe when it "a sovereign in Ia part of tho United States
which is low Georgia, Alabama Mississippi The girls " both
pretty and are fast becoming popular members of Official societya at the
anti
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-05-21

No use 10 hunt for Trouble
II a little while you wait.
He will come TO call upon you.
He viii drive you through the
gate,
He VIII stable down his horses.
And come In To feed his face,
And before you hardly know
Act a. II he owned the place'
No use 10 hunt for Trouble
lie II always on the job.
He will find you In the desert.
He Will meet you In the mob
He will come and camp beside you,
Spite of all you do or say,
And whatever your objections
Make himself At home and stay,
No use 10 hunt for Trouble
Never have 10 advertise:
He viii find the folks he's hunting.
Knows their yerp shape aud size
Right away he shouts. My broth.
err"
And he says. I'm faithful. true,
80 I've come 20 YOU In sorrow.
And ! guess IN camp with you!
No use 10 hunt for Trouble,
You may scowl and YOU may scot
But when once he gets acquainted
You can hardly shake him OFF,
lie will keep you mighty busy
Az you battle with the foes.
Doesn't care for any wages
Works for only board and cloth
eal
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-05-21
S O CT E. T Y

Eunlce HUMPHREYS aud Sophia
Meyer.
The rooms of the Primary De-
partment OF the l.owray- Phillips
Schools were filled with expectant
visitors Wednesday afternoon at 3
O'Clock. when II was announced that
the work OF the pupils would be- on
display. Misses Lurlaine aud Es-
Their DeCoursey. the charming and
genial teachers of the Primary de-
pariment. were hOstesses of the AT
ternoOn and escorted the visitors to
the various displays. To those who
arrived before the appointed hour
little Miss Eloise Phillips. daughter
Of Prot. Phillips. acted as hostess
and charmingly assisted the Misses
DeCOursey In pointing out 10 the
visitors the work OF the different
grades. Neatness was one OF the
main characteristics Of the entire
display though taken on the whole
II far exceeded the most eXacting
expectations. The artistic cut work
and drawings were deity blended
with spelling. history and the less
attractive lessons that seem mora
like work To the childish mind
Sketches OF the life history of var
ious poets and the master painters
were neatly arranged with photo
grayure OF his fayorite piece OF
work or copy of his most famous
poem. The children showed the
pride they felt In having their par
enis and friends inspect their whole
/ years resultant work and bcamed
| with joy AZ the shower ~ compli-
ments received from the visitors
! Too much cannot be- said Cf The
work OF the pupils OF the depart
! ment. or In behalf of those 10
whom the little ones have been en-
trusted for the greater part Of each
day q the term. Such excellent ra-
suits could not be- gained without
endeayOr on the part OF the pupils
and the greatest patience aud care
OF those who guided the little hands
and trained the young minds The
school closes with the satisfaction
Of q very successful term and those
In charge have the heartfelt graft
tude at the proud parents.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-05-21

Miss Pearl Hundson entertained
the l.. !. ~ X. =. al her home Mon
day night. 1920 Pierce streets as a
surprise TO the girls. the boys were
invited and arrived In a crowd
about nine thirty. Dancing was the
chief past time. Brick ice cream
and waters we're served. Those
present were Misses Olive Brien.
Lois and Grace rinklea. Christine
Campbell. Margaret Hardin. Pearl
Hudson and Messrs. Leonard Vahue'
Charles Hoppin. r. y Wyatt, {.
Floyd. u. Wyatt. Frank Hudnn and
e. Hudson.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-05-21

The Ladies' Aid Society Of the
First Christian church met yester-
day afternoon In the parlors OF the
church with a good attendance pre-
sent. Many important business items
were dispened with and report
from the markets which have been
held for several weeks were turned
In and the proceeds added To the
organizations fund. Mrs. II. u
Newcombe. president. had charge OF
the meeting The next meeting Ia
he held will be entirely social Ia
which all members of the Aid are
invited 10 be present.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-05-21

~ Continued on Page Four
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-05-21

The X. A. f.. Club offered very
delightful compliment 10 one OF the
members Monday evening when the
members went In a body to the home
NJ Mr.. and Mrs. Merit Nay and sur
prised Mrs. MERIT Nay before she
departed for visit In Illinois. The
evening was most enIoyably spent
with games and an informal good
time and later the ladies' unpacked
their baskets Of delicious refresh
ments which included strawber
ries, cream and cake. The honored
guest was completely overwhelmed
with pleasure. Those present were
Mrs. Merritt Nay. Mr. and Mrs. l.
r. Sears, Mr.. and Mrs Lee Hum
phreys. Mr.. Chas Dammier, Misses
Jessie and Dolly Mccartney, Misses
Little add Rosa Damnier Mlssa-
Nettie and Lille Gloyier, Mr.. Wal
ter Glover. Mr.. David Dammier. Mr.
Harold Nay. Mr.. WILDER Nay, and
Mr.. Cecil Humphreys
D.
Miss Clara Davis mad" q charm
ing hostess for the Beau-not Cut
Wednesday afternoon at her home
200 Pierce street from . TO O'CLOCK
The official game Of Bridge open
ID promptly al the appointed tins
and continued with undated inter
est throughout closing with high
score for Miss Fanny Fern Master
painted picture. The guest favor o
beautiful imported Japanese hand
painde picture. The guest favor o
the same was presented 70 Mrs. }
u. Dooley. Following the game
ices In the club colors OF pink AM
white and delicious snowfall cake
were served Those present wer'
Mrs. J. n. Dooley. W. r. Ellis, Lis
man, of Oklahoma City. Loui
Doyle. Charles Austin and Misses
Guy Harding. Bina Camel, Boniti
Thompson. Fanny Mae Rucker. Mar
tina Shelton. Fanny Fern Masterson
Edna Hardwood. Grace Sockwell
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-05-21

Eunlce HUMPHREYS aud Sophia
Meyer.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-27

lil ana hy N TINS were a dIN for
marching the troops got under way.
Ahead of the army the screen" GOV
cred tho country like a basket AL
WaNS. somewhere iu the distance. the
lhuddmg ut guns cor the crarllc Of
uush,try mlem D." heard Afar -
the sound IF firms made this man
think of giant hand tearing an
enormous cloth. The troops took 1t
very easily when possible. The Off
GERS were rigid In discipline, but took
good care of their meu Camp Of
icus,o were punished with a severity
which amounted TO brutality. Al
though an water WaH duuhly filtered -
SlN inter wagons pmpanlcd each
regiment the men were warned
against foulius the water supply. The
mon for the most part marched
through the fields in order to leave
the roads clear for the tlockS of motor
transport wagons that accompanied
the army Last of all came the huge
Siege guns, drawn 10y from twelve tG
thirty horses each. and sometimes
aided 10y a motor IN addition. They
were always In the rear unless they
were being hurried to IN" front tu
assist i'm the reduction OF q fort
81 have read that the English sol
idrr carries 9G pouud, ou his back,
said the speaker Crnis, 10y the Wav
i~ mistake Tho official toad is i6
pounds. to which is added What ann
uunltlou ho WlN have 90 carry for
the battle ul the ddl or wrrkD The
GcrWau carries about thirn five
ann told. Ills equipment has bvon cut
to the last ounce. $50 far as cutting
s compauhlr Wltb complete ctn-
cioncN'
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-27

work in Europe is virtually ended
Most ot the Americans. except thosc
remlinr- for business or other rol-
sons. are ont OF ficrln. Since Au-
gust p. between 1000 aud 5000 wcro
sent out Of the German capital
\ large number of the stranded
Americans were tourists. in Europe
tor the sumner who had failed To
get rcuittanccs from home. cor had
letters of credit they could not cash
PctWecn fifty and sixty Americans
still remain I'm the outlying parts ~
Germany Money has been sent to
them
only a few Americans are In Aus
tria hat none, has been loft there In
ease any str1gglers should appear at
the ConSulites.
Americans wanting to return home
are arriving from Austrian ana Ger
man provinces at the rate Of about
q dozen daily. according To- Maioi
Rar. and there are stiil about thirty
Americans at Breslau
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-27
American Relief Work
Is About at an End
MEMBERS OF Riiilt COMMIT.
1EE IRON BIRll> RiNtti
LONDON SAFELY.

LONDON. Sept &c ti0.25 D. m
Majors Ryan and Martin and cap
tsins Mcllor Benton and Cross OF
the American relief committee. ar
rived In London tonight from Berlin.
having come Though Germany and
Holland on a special train provided
by the German authorities
Major Ryan says American RELIEF
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-13
San FraneIseo's Founder,

The two hundredth anniversary Of
the birth of Father Francis ]. Sierra,
the founder of San Francisco, will be
celebrated in that city and by many
Catholic societies throughout the ma
ton on November "a. Father Sierra,
a Franciscan, was born in the Span
ish island of Majorca, in the Medi-
terranean, November "a, 1713. He first
went to Mexico, and reached the pal
ace of the Montezumas on New Years
day, 1850. His first labors were among
the Indians of the Sierra Gorda. He
was afterward superior Of band Of
priests in Lower California He &C.
companied the military expedition of
Galvez into what Is now the state of
California, and established the first
mission at San Diego. At the time
the Declaration Of Independence
was being drafted In Philadelphia,
Father Sierra and the three priests ac-
companying him we're. on June z.
1776, founding a mission three thou
sand miles away on the present site
of San Francisco, which was named
by them in honor of their order. He
died on the. goth of August, lisa. at
the age of seventy-one.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-13
ONE BOYS BRILLIANT IDEA
Youngster Told HE Father to Try
Scissors and 50 Invented Reap
Inc Machines.

In 1880 Obed Hussey of Ohio was in;
venting reaping machine, the first
ever designed in this country.
His chief. difficulty was the cutting
device. which was three large sickles.
set in a frame and revolved 50 as to
cut into the grain. 1t would not work
satisfactorily.
A young son, watching the expert.
ment, asked his father why he did not
use q lot of big scissors, with one
handle fastened to one bar, and the
other handle to a sliding bar, thus
opening and closing them.
Hussey instantly adopted the idea,
substituting for scissors the two saw.
toothed blades which are In common
use today on harvesters. the cutting
action being quite similar to that OF
scissors.
From the boys suggestion he per.
fected in one week a machine on
which he had in vain exercised all
his ingenuity for the preceding two
years.
The principle Of the cutting device
IL the principle of al of the great har.
vesting machines, and its benefit to
the farming industry Of the entire
world has been unsurpassed by any
other invention for use on the farm
Saint Nicholas.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-13

There was a place called Consy
island. too. wasn't there?" said the su'
perintendent.
"Yes. Coney island was the most
crowded spot on the globe In summer
time. On a Sunday 1t was packed
tighter than Manhattan island. The
New Workers. idea of a change OF
scene was to get out Of one crowd into
a bigger one When he was jammed
in so tight that his lungs couldn't work
he was happy. The straight front cor
set was invented in New York at this
time for obvious reasons"
The people coming into New York
from the rest of the country must
have felt strangely out Of place..
unused the superintendent
They did," said the captain, III
they came from the United States.
The visitor from Kalamazoo would try
to get chummy with his neighbor IN
the theater. Kalamazoo? the neigh
Dor would say. It's in Africa. isn't lit
No. Michigan oh. yes. Michigan.
That's one of the western states.
WHAT The best part of it was that
the other fellow has just got in from
Muncie Ind, the day before. But
suppose you came from London-Oh!
deah chap, then you were at home. re-
ally. New York always felt ashamed
Of the fact that 1t was located 80 near
to America. English styles used to
come out there before they did In
London. When the president Of the
United States paid the town visit
they sent a trafic policeman to the
depot to see that his taxi-cab didn't
break any speed laws. When any
member Of English royalty deigned to
come over the mounted police were
swept away like chat by the surge
of free-born New Workers rushing for
ward to get in the moving picture OF
Crowds Waiting Arrival Of Duke OF
Con-Naught' II the royal machine
would hit q citizen the man would
die happy. Such was the patriotism
of that great city at that time"
Didn't they ever go out and see the
rest of the country?" said the superin-
tendent.
"Only when they had to. The only
time they enjoyed themselves then
was when they stepped up and regis
tered from NeV York city. The rest OF
the time they we're wishing they were
back In the crowd"
The superintendent stared musingiy
down into the silent space below.
There must have been something
about the town, after all, to make such
. strong attraction" said he.
There was" said Captain Mac
Manus. about flve million people"
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