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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-20
Tho Power of the Hen.
From the Breeders Gazette

TIOIh Jig IIScdSIo aILGtl
Governor Major, of Missouri, has had
figured out the dynamics of the Mis-
sour hen. If laid side by side, her eggs
in one year would our times girdle the
earth: and most of us know that hens
lay their Eggs end to end, not side
ways. Also, the dynamic force latent
in an annual laying of Missouri egg
is equal to energy enough to throw a
projectile from the earth four times
aroun the moon. This is counting
only the fairly good eggs.
Governor Major says that this dyna-
mic power is far in excess of all the
steam novel and dredges that ever
were at Panama. Beginning at the time
of the first digging at Panama, the
Missouri hen have c~Xcavated one and
a half times as much material as have
all the dredges and shovels at Pan
anna. and this chiefly in back yards,
gardens and posy beds. And all this
seems only another instance of the
futility of Individual and scattered eff
fort. The old Brahma hen digs out a
hole, the little Leghorn with fine con
tempt. fills it up. There is lack of CO.
operation, of team work; with that the
hen would be we'll nigh irresistible.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-20
Let a Boiled Dinner Settle IL.

There seems to be one clear way of end
ing the present trouble in Mexico 1t
would be costly, but infinitely less costly
than intervention and wholly humane.
The idea is suggested by the eagerness
with which the Inhabitants of Ojinaga
have taken advantage of the hospitality
accorded to refugees by this country and
lave crossed the Rio Grande in their
thousands for the sake of a square meal
at the expense of Uncle Sam. All that is
required is an extension of this plan. On
the United States side of the Mexican Dor
der erect huge out-of-door kitchens pre-
pared to cook a New Eengland boiled din
ner on a gigantic scale. Then wait for a
fires. The delicate aroma Of the cook
ing waited over the border to the nostrils
of the starving combatants will prove ir-
resistible. They will abandon their blood
lust. rush for the Rio Grande and unite
In a love feast as the guests OF Uncle
Sam. This pacific nostrum is offered
gratis to the consideration Of the secre-
tary Of state. with the added suggestion
to finance the boiled dinner.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-20
Memory.

An old lane. an old gate, an old house by
a tree. -
"A wild wood. a wild brook-they will not
let me be:
In boyhood / knew them, and still thev
call to me-.
Down deep in my hearts core T hear them
and my eyes
Through tear mists behold them beneath
the old-time skies,
Mid bee-boom and rose-bloom and orchard
lands arise.
I hear them: and heartsick. with longing
in my soul
To walk there. to dream there, beneath
the sky's blue bowl:
Around me, within me, the weary world
made whole
To talk with the morning. and watch it's
rose unfold:
To browse with the noontide, lulled on it's
heart of gold;
To lie with the nighttime and dream the
dreams Of old.
The old lane, the old gate, the old house
by the tree,
The Wild wood. the wild b~rook-they will
not let me be:
In boyhood 1 knew them and still they
Madison Cawain-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-20
The Industrious Frenchwoman
From the New York Sun.


zone of the things that impressed
me most during a month just spent in
FaflS.' said i. New York Wolnan was
the ceaseless industry OF the French
working woman. Not only was every
minute occupied. but usually these
llreless workers seemed to be getting
double return for their time. The
young woman who came for our wash
ing appeared ut our apartment door
Knitting in hand. She carried the
clothes home on her back. knitting as
she walked along. Our little maid of
all work kept her c%rocheting in the
kitchen and hile the meals were
cooking on the funny little gas stove
she crocheted as though her life de-
pended upon it. and SO far as l could
see neither the cooking nor the lace
work suffered because of her divided
attention. When the doorbell rams she
walked down the little hall, still GRO
cheting. I surreptitiously put a mark
IN her lace work just to see what prog
ress she made during her two busiest
days and it was astonishing to find
how much she had accomplished in
spite of almost constant Interruptions.
"Then down at the market in the
Place de FAlma l shall never forget my
surprise at watching the market wo-
men knitting chocaeting as they tend
ed their stalls. When a purchase was
made the handwork was stopped bare
ly lonT enough to deliver the goods
and the change.
Tine French women whose lives are
spent on the great bargeS on the Seine
seem to know the art of doing several
things at once. | remember standing
on one of the bridges watching q
young mother at the stern of a big
barge balancing herself as she nursed
her baby and steered the boat under
the arched bridge. An elderly woman
evidently the grandmother. was get
ting the dinner ready. knitting in
hand. while she ooked now and then
at the work of two little girls whom
She was teaching to embroider. All
the time the three men of the family
We're sitting by c~omplacently smok-
ing n chatting.
II soon discovered that this air of
feminine industry was contagious.
found myself tucking a little book of
French verbs into my handbag for
study on the bus. and u little workbag
made its way into our living room so
that the time given to a chance caller
might be put to good use, in true
French fashion,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-20

WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE !
ON CAPITALS RIGHTS =


From William Allen Whites THE Old
Order Changeth."
VOW democracy in America is cat
echising the capitalist. We are asking
MIN to define his uses. We are de-
lnandlng that he show cause why he
priest and the baron. That is what ali
tnls connection in our politics is about.
over and over we hear this dialogue:
Where did you get it?' asks old
Demos, rubbing his eyes.
II earned it, replies Croesus.
How"
II built a railroad"
But" insists Demos. THE railroad
only cost you $40. 600. 600 and VOL, took
100000. 900"
promoters profits replies Croesus.
beginning to move on.
Stop. thief cries old Demos. and
ale his friend into court.
Or sometimes the dispute occurs
over the rate charged for a given
service.
This is my business, have a right
to it's profits declares Croesus.
u am Your partner retorts Demos,
put for me you would have no patron
age. Let's see the books"
And they look at the books and
down come the rates, and old Demos
chuckles. Or if there is further hitch
in the matter. he says:
Come noW, down with the rate. or
LII go into business myself
WHO are you that YOU shoald do
this un-American thing-invade the
domain of private ownership"
Il replies old Demos, ann a man"
"A mere man." replies Croesus. and
this is a great mystery-this business"
All right says the catechiser. but
am the man who found that the mys-
terry of soldering was common courage;
thai the ilnDnn6proh1 a roycfarv nf tho
bible which | look from the priest and
opened was common sense; and the in
scrutable mystery of government which
l took from the overload was common
honesty. Behold. l am ready for an
other mystery. Come noW-down with
pei cent. or / shall borrow money from
the widows and orphans that support
you at 6 per cent and go into business
myself"
But the widows and orphans who's
earnings l have taken?' whines Croe-
sus.
They are my friends; they will take
my notes." replies Demos. and adver-
tises for bids for the municipal plant.
But when Demos finds a man Who
has invented something. whether a
business system, a telephone, a COM
bination of effective men, or a religion,
there Demos stops. That is achieve
ment. An democracy demands is value
received. If the capitalist can show
that. he may lave his millions and We'll
come to the care they bring him-or
the joy, if he is wise. In this new
definition OF achievement which de-
mocracy is making for the capitalist,
the first requirement to society value
for the money he gets; next that the
money shall be taken honestly. And
now by inheritance tax laws in 81
American states, democracy is de-
manding that rewards for achievement
shall not descend until the third and
fourth generation.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-20
The Hudson Bay Route.

From the Christian Science Monitor.
Canada is working toward the COM
pletion of an enterprise that promises
results of vast Importance as regards
her own internal economy and external
commerce. and incidentally OF stupen-
dous consequence to all the other ma
tions of the earth. Strange to say this
enterprise has thus far been denied
the general attention usually bestowed
upon undertakings OF much smaller di-
mensions. IL there We're reasonable as
surance of the early completion of q
railway pier stretching 900 miles east
ward into the Atlantic. from the North
American coast. it is fairly presumable
that the newspapers of all lands would
give that fact as much prominence as
they give. for example. to The APP
preaching opening of the n ca
nal. They would undoubtedly see in
1t a means of saving one-third of the
present distance in water travel n
transfer or the Atlantic for passeng RS
and freight, and a corresponding In
crease in speed. safety and comfort.
character. but 1t is intended to clip APP
proximately 1000 miles from the dis
lance that must now be covered by
vessels plying between the ports of
North America and the ports of north
ern Europe.
Moreover. the construction of a rail-
road to Hudson bay. connecting that
magnificent bod of water with the
cereal territory of both the Canadian
and the United States west-in the lat
ter case with Minnesota. the Dakotas
and the Pacific northwest in particular
will give "A far more direct and q
much quicker outlet to the Atlantic
ocean, for the agricultural products Of
those sections thar is possible now via
rail and AXE.
The railway to Hudson bay, long pro-
iected. has now. according to our adj
vices. been actually begun. Hudson
bay will be open but for n brief sea-
son every year. it is true. but in this
sells. connected with the railway ter
minal at Port Nelson. can handle the
produce of the wheat country intended
for export. diverting 1t from the pres
ent routes and making n tremendous
difference in the traffic Of the railroads
of the two countries and in the traffic
of the great lakes.
The resultant disturbance of present
conditions may be great or small. but
they will be temporary. because better
transportation facilities between the
grain country and Europe will further
enrich theC Canadian west and the Uni
ted States northwest. and this will
mean a compensatory increase of traf-
fic in other commodities. Consequences
at all events can only be speculatively
mediate interest is that the Hudson
bay. so long believed to be absolutely
removed from commercial utilization.
is soon likely to play a large part in
solving the problem of food distribu.
ton for the world.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-20
The Versatile Da v;nci.
From the New York Mai.

from the New York Mail.
When Leonardo DE Vinci was NOT
painting Mona Lisa or modelling great
catapults, flutes, mechanical lions nal
ent pumps or scaling ladders. he wol1ld
amuse himself by little excursions into
philosophy. dietetics, the philosonhS ~
dress or city planning. VI
If an these activities are not enough.
on painting and other subjects and even
on many an occasion extemporized
verses.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-20
HoIcE OF MODELS.

Louis Napoleon said. when
charged with conspiring to be
emperor-"There are two fit
models for a man of great
ambition to be found in
Napoleon and Washington-one
representing genius and the
other virtue. To say you will be
a genius is absurd but to state
that you will act as a man of
honor is an honest confession.
How much of this depends on
you own free will? To be a
genius? No. To be an up
right man? Yes. To instil
genius into ourselves is inn
possible; but to act nonorably
is quite possible-Napoleon may
have been the greater, but
Washington is the better man;
and l prefer being a good citi-
zen to a guilty hero.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-20
Little Gems.

Grand passions are as rare as master.
pieces.-RalZaC.
The years between
Have taught me some sweet, some bitter
lessons: none
Wiser than this-to spend in all things
else.
But Of old friends to be most misery.
Lowell.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-20

WORLDS GREATEST BOOK.

The great encyclopedia OF I
China easily ranks as the (
biggest literary undertaking. in
the world. having had over 1000
scholars engaged in it's compila-
; ton and containing a total of
9i7.4S0 pages and 500, 992, 900 char
acterS.
The "Yung-Lo-Ta-Tien," or :
; Great Dictionary of Yung-Lo," :
comprises, as pointed out by
Professor Giles in The Nine
teenth Century of April, 1901, :
22.S7I separate sections bound
up into 11.100 Volumes" each :
half an inch in thickness. so
that, were all the volumes laid
flat one upon another. the
column thus formed would
reach Il height OF 400 feet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-30
BRITAIN WILL SEARCH
NEUTRAL STEAMSHIPS
ModificS London Declaration to
Permit Seizure of Sup
plies for Enemy.
SPECIAL cabi, Desroich 10 Tnr srl

LoHpoN, oct. 29-The Government Is
sued an order to-day specifying the fol
lowing notifications Of the Declaration
of London, which Great Britain Will
henceforth put into force.
Neutral vessels with papers indicating
A neutral destination. which. notwith-
standing the destination shown in the
papers. proceed to an cnemys port shall
b. liable To capture and condemnation
if encountered before the end of the next
voyage.
according to Article XNNV. Of the con-
ventiou. conditional Contrahand was not
liable to capture except when found In a
vessel hound for territory belonging 10
or occupied by nm enemy Notwithstand-
ing the provisions Of this article, con-
trahand shall now he liable to capture
on "A vesse bound for a neutral port if
tho goods nre consigned to order. or n
the shps papers do not show who is the
consl gnec Of the goods In territory to or
occupied by an enemy.
"Where it Is shown that an enemy is
drawing supplies for his armed forces
from or through IA neutral country the
British Government may direct that IN
respect to ships bound for a port Of that
country Article NNXN. shall not apply,
and SO long as such direction Is in force
a vessel carrying conditional contrahaud
to port Of that country shall not he
Immune from capture"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-30
100000 BELGIANS
NEAR STARVATION
Scant Supply of Flour Only
Food Left for Hungry
Peasants.
Spec,ai cable Dsspafch TO rur srv.

I.oNDoN. oct. 29.--Capt. j. +. Lucy OF
the American Commission for Relief in
Belgium, telegraphtd Herbert c. Hoo
Yer. chairman Of tho commission, yes
terday from Rotterdam:
Representatives of the Comite Ma
tional de Socours, from Brussels have
arrived here. They state that condi-
tons AT Charlcroi, Liege, Brussels.
Mons, Namur andsDinant are desperate.
They are feeding from Brussels over
thFee million people in those districts.
THE ratiOns for the last three weeks
have consisted Of 100 grammes-a little
over three ounCes-Ot -four a day for
each inhabtant and, for each marriage
certificate presented, ten grammes Of
salt. These are the only supplies avail
able. The -four now on hand is suhi-
Cient for only four days.
In the vicinity OF Licge the cond!-
tons are more desperate than else
where. You are justified in making any
appeal and rPsorting to any measure to
provide instant relief for these districts.
1t Is feared that in desperation the
hungry people viii attack the authori-
ties and cause serious loss Of life"
The second American supply ship is
expected to leave London on Saturday
with l,400 tons Of wheat, rice and peas.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-30
SAY GERMANY SEEKS
PEACE WITH FRANCE
The Offer Made Unofficia11v
Through Dutch Socialists.
London Papers Assert.
CONCESSIONS PROMISED

LONDON. oct. 2o.--Sevcral If tNo
London newspapers print to-day stories
from correspondents in France. who as
sert that Germany has made unofficial
overtures to France to conclude peace
apart from her allies.
These advances, admittedly lackina
official weight, are said to have been
made through German Socialists. who
acted in turn through Dutch Socialists.
the latter making tho proposals known
to the French leaders of their party.
and also through financial interes.s
whose locus is not given.
The lure held out to France was the
promise of concessions of territory in
Guiding Metz and part Of Lorraine ami
Alsace, according to the correspondents
who declare that the French Socialists
Indignantly repudiatcd the overtures
and that the financial powers concerned
met with similar rcbums.
The Bordeaux correspondent OF tn
Standard tells of the offers made
through the Dutch Socialists. The
German Socialists. lie says, tried TO-
convince their French comrades tina
Germany had no quarrel with III,
French and portrayed Great Britain a.
the real enemy of France. arguing thai
the British had melted the French, Rus.
slams and Belgians to fight England
battle against Germany.
The intimation was conveyed to thu
French Socialists. the reports say, tina
France would benefit by deserving her
allies and concluding separate peace
II is pointed out In this connection by
! the correspondent that the German
Socialists apparently do not realize tina,
| the members Of the party in Frence
have become the bitterest enemies of
Germany and the most loyal adherents
of the French Government in the war
The Paris correspondent OF the
Chronicle sent a story along simiar
lines, but he gives certain financial
powers as the agency through which
Germany was working to dctach France
from her compact with England and
Russia and to get her to make sepa
rate peace on terms advantageous to
herself.
Information has been conveyed TO GER
tain influential Frenchmen.' the CORE
| spondent says, who were expected to
act as Intermediates. that the German
Imperial Government recognizes the
quality OF the stand made by the French
armies. that Germany has never
| regarded France as her principal enemy
and that she is ready to make peace on
terms not merely honorable but generous
| for the republic.
81 believe, however. that. with all the
| bitter suffering that lies heavy on this
| land. no public man would dare openly
! favor and probably not one would pri
/ IatslN entertain the bargain
| The Corros pondent adds that while tho
proposal was not made through official
| channels. yet i was offered with appar
! cnt authority through commercial and
| financial sources. He evidently fears the
| effect Of the proposal upon sentiment In
| the United States because he said that
| II should he made public at once in
! rider 10 deprive Count Won Bernstorn,
| Herr DcrnhurE and Prof Muensterberg
/ ~ any new text from which they can
attemypt 10 mislead American opinion"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-30
DISGUISE PERMISSIBLE.
Flying Of Foreign Flag Not Barred
by Warfare Rules.

WAsHINGroN. oct. 29.-Tho latest add
ton TO the already long list Of exploits
OF the fast German cruiser Emden IL
likely to give her a fame as a commerce
destroyer equal to thar Of the famous yes
sells Of similar character In the nav Al wars
early in the last century and in the
American civil war.
The ruse of the Emden In steaming into
the British harbor Of Penang under the
Japanese rag recalls the practice Of the
mcn-of-war and privatoers OF a hundred
years ago. who often Cruised tho seas un-
der fag rot their own.
Naval officers were Inclined TO the opin-
ion to-day that the officers OF the Rus
sian cruiser Xhemtchug and the French
destroyer In Penang. which We're tor
pedoed by the Emden. are open to criti-
c.sm for not recognizing her as an en-
envy. even II she had adopted the d. guise
OF the japanese flag and fourth smoIe-
stack. lnasmuch as Penang - n British
port, 1t is asserted there is no ground for
denOunc!ng the trick played by the En-
denis commander
This feat of tho Emdcn will not in the
least Impair her status among neutral
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-30
BIG LONDON MONEY RESERVE.
Better showing All Around In Bank
OF England Statement.

LONDON, oct 29,--The Bank of Eng
lands weekly statement shows that the
total reserve increased RI 496 600 CS7.4SO,-
000) circulation increased $4,000 C$l,-
100000 bullion increased fl,S09, 9S4
ts9,049,920) Government securities de-
creased "a ,467,0Oo (S22, 3S5 oOO) other se-
curites decreased 100000 Sl0.6OO,-
0Oo) public deposits increased 1920, 0OO
t46.150,00O) other deposits decreased
Gl6, see 900 (SSI,Gl0, 00O) note reserve in
creased f1,55l, 900 Cs775500
The proportion Of reserve to liability is
1913 per cent, as compared with 27T2
per cent last week
The Bank OF England bought to-day
f23b,000 fl175, 00O) gold in oagles and
f7i5ooo t3,b75,O0 In bars The price
Of copper has been fixed for the settlemen,
on November 8 at f50is &252,50).
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-30
BAN ON MANIFESTS.
Custom House Gets Ordcrs-some
Merchants Protest.

As result Of Secretary McAdoo's order
against publishing ship manifests orders
went through the Custom House yesterday
70 every department compiling statistics
that public statements Of any nature eN-
ccpt daily. weekly and monthly total val
ues of exports and imports, not indicating
countries or articles of shipment, were
not TO be made public.
II was learned that big exporters and
insurance companies are responsible for
tho order " the Secretary the insurance
companies playing a leading part The
big shippers Of New York and other ports
urged the Secretary to end public state
mouts on the ground that the export trade
to the neutral countries adjoining Ger
many was being injured.
Among the hundreds Of merchants who
have relied upon tn publication Of mani
fcsts and other Custom House export in
formation there was intense feeling against
the Secrctary's ban. II was said that the
action was discriminatory In that II cut
of all information ~ exports to South
America. China and other parts Of the
world not involved in the question OF con-
trahand trade.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-30
vISCOUNT MONCK'S SON DEAD.

LoNroN, OCT 29--The Hon. Charles
Henry stanley Monrk, eldest son aud heir
or Niscount Mpuck who was wounded IN
the lighting m France last month, has
slccumbed to his injuries Tie was a
Captain lu the COldstream Guards
Lord Esme Charles Gordon Lennox
second son Of the Duke Of Richmond. ia
snlons the wounded whose names appear
IN ro-n'ghts casualty list tie was a
Major Ia the Scu's Guards.
II Is unoilicially stated that Sir Frank
STANLEY Rose, who was Captain In the
Tenth lussars, has been killed in action
TWO Of HIS brothers were killed in the
Hoe var
S' Frank Rose succeeded To the title
and his fathers great wealth "A wear and
haIt ago HIS father was the ownsr
OF famous race hoTses