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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-04-14
Creeping ! Dogs Ears.

Cropping 10 not easy, but the en-
kloyment Of the steel clips. sold by
eggs supply house for this purpose.
mekes u = surer and simpler Operation
than formerly. The clips should be
1estened securely to the ear In the cor
xect position. n the part OF the eur
olltaide the metal cut out quickly and
cleanty with q sharp razor. Cocaine is
ooInetflnes used M q local anesthetic.
onss this fs hardly necessary, FIR the pain
Il very slight.
Cropping had best be done when q
pup ~ nine or 10 month"; old. and tho
pN0pef training ri the ear after cut is
m important. il = correct carriage il
IL - induced. II - at this point that
~ amateur fails dismally, ana he
I1Aohld. * possible. receive q few prac-
lfcQl lessons from y competent man, or
80 Seind bi0 dogs to such one to IS
4fOpNedsas SurgeOnse plaster. wax. and
oEo0@pja4tGr o. HAfiD Aresetnployed to
oG1eo9s tte ears hack across the skull.
Dotl,at when released they shah stand
enenttly erect.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-04-14
NATIVES OF CURACAO
ARE HARD HIT BY WAR

Curacao. the Dutch island col ony
hear Venezuela. although far away
from the scene of hostilities and be-
longing to a neutral nation. is one OF
the victims of the worlds war. In
answer to a pressing call for aid Queen
Wilhelmina and the minister of the in
terror have appointed a commission to
inquire into the condition of the colon
lists.
Thousands of the natives. it appears,
have been thrown out OF work by the
disappearance from the seas of German
merchants ships. which made the cap
ital of the Dutch colony a regular place
OF call. Many persons have been
forced to return from Venezuela and
the other South American republics to
their homes i'm he five Stands of Gu
racao, Bonaire. Aruba. Sabaneta and
Santa Cruz, because all trade tive
Venezuela and Germany has stopped.
The industries of the Dutch stands
themselves have been brought to a
standstill. Many of the phosphate
mines have ceased work, as it was
foNnd impossible to export their prod
ucts. and the straw hat trade. which
usually keeps the peasants alive in
times of drought. has been ruined. Hats
to the value of $400. 900 We're generally
sold every veal until the outbreak of
the war. This season. however. scarce
IN any. orders have been received. and
the poor people. whose harvests have
been ruined by the drought. have been
left almost without food in many dis
tricts. Official reports received by the
home government show that numbers
of the inhabitants of Aruba have sue
cumbed to famine and that the sit,la-
ton is gradually growing worse.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-04-14
A coMeae Hanar Joke.

From the Michigan Gargoyle.
Funny guy Jones'"
Flows That p.
"Didn': meet the prettiest girl in the
world during vacation"
"Um.,
the week.
$50 ."
Didn't have a table in the cafe Of
tne piEgest hotel in the middle west on
Now Years eva
I'm, UNI"
Didn't go % the opening night per-
iorinance OF he latest musical com
Eyes Z"
pidn,i have 40 many party bids that
- g to turn half OF them down."
sSAEso ~
Didn't fall IN love with his dad.
aew stencxrapher. didn't go to q single
nvrleaaue show. didn't put on a party
Mtth his high school frat brothers.
uoxt summer - -
"Etinny guy"
Yer. funny guy!s
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-04-14
"Lsaalistie Conservative

Herbert Croly In Progressive Democracy.
The legalistic conservatives object to di,
rect legislation because of its tendency to
weaken the responsibility Of the legfsla,
exhausted their ingenuity in devisins ex.
pedients to check LEGISLATURES in the exer
They object to the recall Of elective Off,
Gals because they fear that the threat Of
the recall will deprive governors or Judges
of that independence which is so neces,
q r for the conscientious performance OF
administrative duties. AS II the system,
for which they as a class are largely re.
sp,onsible, did not CONVEX the judges, to
whom was conf1ded the actual administra-
ton OF the civil and the criminal law,
into perpetual suspects, who We're regu.
larry charged by counsel with dereliction
and found guilty by a higher court. AZ
il executive officials ever had any real in
dependence under 9 legalistic mechanism
cry shred Of discretion. Il it not some
what late In the day for American legal
conservative, to. awaken to the value of
plement to government by law?
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-04-14

towards any nation or race of man
kind. The worlds greatest need today
Is OF leaders of the Lincoln mold. who
will believe that the welfare of each
nation can be made to harmonic with
that of all the others. Hating war,
Lincoln was. nevertheless. impelled to
lead a colossal four years struggle on
behalf of an American unity that
should make for permanent peace and
human liberty.
II he We're alive today he would prob
ably hold that our country ought to as
terms the common sentiment Of the
non belligerent countries. He would
stand for the worlds liberation from
war, upon the basis of principles m
agreements that would remove the
causes Of strife. and provide a higher
structure than national sovereignty. He
would have America strong enough to
the fearful n the s~elfseeking. He
was like the greatest of our early
Washington, Franklin and
Jefferson-in the breadth of his SYM
pathies in his grasp of the large es
sentials Of human progress. His
Americanism had In it no element of
hostility towards my other nation: on
DDS II adopted by the leading peoples
of Europe. would nave led the world,
long before this time, to practical dis
armament and to some form of union
that would have made each nation,
whether small or large. as safe as
Rhode Island and Pennsylvania and
Arkansas find themselves under the ar
rangement by which they accept a
modified sovereignty for themselves.
and yield to he federal union the
right to adjust all possible differences
ana 70 manage man. common concerns.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-04-14

zebra. antelope. gazelle. and giraffe
"wlnded" him. and fled. stampeding in a
confused thunder of hoofs and clouds Of
dust, but the king OF beasts never moved.
His wound was stiffening. A great pool
of blood marked where he lay. His coat
was sopping.
Just before dawn he went down to drink
again. He was very thirsty, even for a
lion. A single hyena was at the edge
when he appeared, and, though we'll out Of
reach. 1t bolted, as the hyena always does.
at nothing. But it came back; it hung
round: 1T shifted. and the lion saw 1t and
knew.
The long. sitting day, with it's madden
Ing. black swarm OF flies around the
wounded beast, dragged brazenly on. and.
except for his snaps at the tormenting
winged fiends. one might have thought the
lion was dead there in his bush.
Then a tiny, graceful gazelle came by,
and the lion sprang out. but he fell short,
and nearly pitched over on to his nose.
Things had got so bad as that.
Night again came striding westward
over the trees, and the vultures that sat
on them all around croaked their dismal
disappointment. The guinea fowls called
one to the other as they flew up to roost
and a jackal howled somewhere.
Then the hyena appeared, with glowing
eyes. lurking on the shadows. Blu he
was not alone now; there were dozens of
other cruel eyes glowing. too, and sud-
denly Il most Internal chorus of cacklin9
laughter burst from them.
The lion was still now, lying on his
side. grooming a little.
Then, about three hours before dawn.
the hyenas rushed him from all sides, and
he died. fighting feebly, the death of near
ly all lions-a prey to the loathsome ny.
enaS.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-04-14
THE JUNGLE KINGS DEATH

From Answers, London.
There was . vicious report az he fired.
but too late-a shout. . coughing grunt:
h man was down. No: he was up some
how. There was another report close be-
side; q crash of ~splintered. parted reeds:
"a whirling. yellow. black-tuft-tipped tail.
and-silence.
The lion went on through the high reeds.
smashing his way without seeking a path.
gall0ping u wonderful. long leaping gallon.
In which all four feet nearly touched when
In the middle of each bound.
He had certainly intended to kill the
man who fired at hiin-had. in fact, got
him over, knocked him down like a nine
pin: but the other man had fired in his
face. and-missed. And the beast would
revile him for missing.
Far. far better had he not bungled the
job. and let h heavy nc Express bullet
finish the work the first mans 175 bullet
had begun.
Az II was he hung ON his stride. n
dropped to . trot-a heavy. loose. doe-
Me trot. hut this trot fell to . walk,
and the walk stopped.
He looked round. growing horribly "a
hamDelf In hollow rumblings. He stared
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-04-14
Europs's Only Happy People.
National Geographical Societ

az
Europe today still has one utterly peace
full people, o people peaceful in action.
in intent and of peaceful contemplation,
says q bulletin of the National Geographic
society. The people referred to are the
Gypsies. They nave kept clear of the
strife that Is engaging half the world.
Here Is the tribute the geographical So
ciety pays to them:
Entering into the life OF all nations
under the SUM-. yet a part of no single
one; mingling themselves within the
highest civilizations, yet unlettered; pill
grims upOn an eternal wander-path, vet
forever true to the ties of racial blood
and to customs whose origin and signtfi-
canoe have been fully forgotten, the
|Gypsies are the most mysterious Of an
strange elements OF folkdom.
Whence they came has never been set-
tied to a certainty. All manner of fables
have been spun to explain their origin.
Since they first appeared upon the stage
of Europe in the middle ages they have
been identified with the lost tribes Of
Israel. the mixed multitude that fol-
lowed Moses out of Egypt, the C~anaanites.
the Amorites. the Sacarcens and the
Egyptians.
Some nave held them to be the chill
Idren OF Cain. and Others rave decided
they were the children of the WANDERING
Jew. the inheritOrS OF the restless curse
Of their father. In the Balkans. Russia.
Hungary and Poland. they were we'll
treated and they are found in these c0un-
tries In great numbers. It IL estimated
that Europe has more than 10000 Gypsies.
So far A. known. they are not partici-
pating In the present hostilities."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-04-14
The Craftsmanship of L;ncoln.--
What Would He Do TODAY

From "The Progress of the World in the
American Review of Reviews.
The two prominently constructive
statesmen Of the last century were
Lincoln and Bismarck. In Germany
they are now celebrating the centenary
of Bismarck. who was born April 1,
1915. The present month brings to us
In America the 5Oth anniversary of the
end of the civil war and the death of
Lincoln. President Lincoln accompan-
led The federal troops when they en-
tered Richmond April 4, 1865: Lee sur
y: Lincoln was shot in the evening of
April IA n died the following day.
Wholly without prejudice or sectional
feeling, Lincoln was intensely occupied
with plans for the restoring of harmony
and the quick return IF the seeded
states to their full autonomy n their
proper places in the union when his
death plunged the nation in grief. He
had the same conception as Jefferson
OF the paramount Importance Of the
national union, and OF maintaining u
continental republic upon the basis OF
the federal system.
Fol- his leadership all parts Of the
country ought now to be profoundly
grateful. 1t he could hav lived a few
been spared some unfortunate chapters
of our subsequent history and should
have worked out policies. both domestic
and foreign. that would nave made us
q greater and stronger nation. than we
are today. But he accomplished enough
to earn secure fame as a statesman Of
supreme rank. He was an American in
whom were blended the characteristics
Of all parts of the country in . way
that made him national in the full
sense q humanitarian of great vision.
In whose heart there was no animosity
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-04-14

Arise frpsn the letters OF death,
The morning is breaking:
The grass is TOO ~tende:ly green
For hearts IL DC aching:
IN the azure and rose of the dawn
Is life in the MAILING.
Awake and con forth from the night,
From pain and rom weeping:
The south wind is breathing OF dells
Where the violei'S peeping.
And over the meadowland banks
The buttercup's creeping.
Young April is smiling again
Der tears were hut showers.
The brown thrash Is wooing his maze
ln whispering bowers:
And the grayncss of winter Is lost
In a riot of lowers.
Come out from the chamber OF death
Where sorrow is pailing:
out yonder in sweet forest gladcs
Ihe bright dew is falling,
ana the soal-stiriiHs V. zoe OF Spring
10 the great deep is calling.
Leo a. Koran
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-04-14

70 enable visitors to get a closer view
OF che whirlpool Of Niagara Falls. a
passenger-carrytng cable viii be buin
across the river.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-04-14

Russia has been making plans for the
of great storehouses for
grain at many points.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-04-14
Choose.

Choose.
dope scars 20 highest heaven on wings
OF light.
Despair, in nethsr darkness. means
OF fate.
Hope leads the Wandcrer ND the rugged
height,
Despair, in dreary tones. lamcnts,
Too late
Hope girds the ,oins with courage for
life's fray
And nerves fhe soul TO battle for the
right.
Despair retreats. surrenders when at
bay.
Or sinks with coward steps from cat
the fight.
The will Is ever monarch OF the MIND
Health, fame. ana fortune. on his
mandates.
John NJ. Richards in March Nautilus.
I%nteriude.
The days grow shorter. The mig hts grow
The hcadstones th!rken along the way.
And life grows sadder. but love grows
stronger.
The tear comes quicker. the laugh comes
slower.
The courage Is lesser to do and dare:
And the tide or JOY in the heart falls
lower.
And seldom covers the reefs OF care.
But ell true things In the world seem
truer.
And the better things OF earth seem hest,
And friends are dearer as friends are
fewer,
And love is all Us orr sun dips west.
Then let us clasp hands as We walk to-
eetlcf.
And let ms speak softly in loves sweet
tone;
For no man knows on the morrow
whether
We two pass on-or but one alone.
-flla Wheeler Wilcox, in Current Opin-
Ion.
A Sigh.
1t was nothing bur a rose i gave her
Nothing but q rose,
Any wind might rob of half Its SAVIOR.
Any wind that blows.
When she took ii from my trembling
fingers
With a hand a chill
An. inc hyinS touch npon them fingers.
stays, and thrills them still.
Wlthered. faded. pressed Setneen the
pages.
%Crumplcd fold on fold
once II lay upon her breast. and ages
cannot make iteoll!
Harriet Prescott Spofford.
An Epitaph.
Wri,e on my grave when i am dead.
Whatever road l trod
Au1t j. admired and honored
Inc Wondrous works OF God.
1nat all the Gays and years L had,
v1ne greatest aud the least,
NIsn day with grateful heart and glad
1'sat me to a feast.
That not alone for body.s meat
winch takes the lowest place
> give tim grace when 1 did eat
S"u With a shining face.
1Ts Ios che spirit filed and fed
.hnst else must waste and die.
Uitlt sun and stars replentshed
ana dew and evening sky.
me hea'ttv Of the hills and seas
hrim.n.sl that immortal cup:
Ana Wien 1 went by fields and trees
Ny heart was lifted up.
Lay me In the green grass and write
-!Cton the daisird sod
Tnat stil ! praised with all my might
Inc wondrous works of God.
-hatbarinn lyman. Flowers of Peace in
ScitbIer's.
A N~ll~-- 49,
The Washington times., 1915-03-11
WILL PLAN DISTRICT
SIDE IN FISCAL CASE
Representatives Of Four Civic
Bodies to Take Action at
Meeting Tomorrow.

Definite plans for the presentation Of
the Districts case before the joint Con-
gressional committee which Is to in
vestigate the fiscal relations between
the District and the Government, will
be made at meeting Of representatives
OF four Of the largest civic organixa-
tions Of the city at the University Club
at o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
On the invitation OF Henry b. r. Mac
farland, chairman of the executive COM
mittee OF the Committee OF One Hun
dred: President Edwin &. Brandenburg,
Of the Board Of Trade: President p. r.
Moran. Of the Chamber of Commerce,
and President Edward r. Col!aday, OF
the Federation Of Citizens Associations.
met yesterday at Mr.. Macfarland Of
nee and determined to invite the COM
mittees from the several civic bodies to
the conference to be held tomorrow.
the committee that will represent the
Committee Of 100 will be composed Of
Mr.. Macfarland. DIR. Harvey w. Wiley.
george Truesdell, Richard B. Watrous,
and Charles s Bundv.
Mr.. Moran yesterday announced the
appointment Of the following commit
tee to represent the Chamber Of Com
merce: Mr.. Mcfarland. chairman; y.
J.. Callahan. Chaain Brown. II. II.
Classic. E. c. Graham. Theodore w
The Washington times., 1915-03-11
THE WASHINGTON TINES THURSDAY. MARCH II; 1915 :

Noyes, Can't. James r. oyster. 4. Left
wich Sinclair. and Albert Schultcis.
The Board of Trade will be represent
cd by the committee on municipal FL
nance. which Is composed Of John JOY
Edison. chairman: II. l.. Rust, William
m. shuster, Ralph P. Barnard. a. a.
Birney, Arthur q. Bishop, w. w. Bride,
Thomas A. Bright, Ashton q. Clap
ham. J. W. Clarke. Frederick ,; Eich-
elberger, Joshua Evans, tr.: William j.
Enyon. Albert r. Fox, C. J. Gockler.
". r. Ham. Robert N: Harper, J. Fred
Kelley. Leverett M. Kelley, Alexander
Mckenzie, Henry b. r. Macfarland.
William F. Mattinsiy: Clarence F. Nor
ment. Theodore w. Noyes. Myron NJ.
Parker. Ben l.. Prince Percy II. Russell.
Tucker x; Sands, William Il. saunders'
Thompson, william Tindali, John I.
Weaver. Joseph I. Weller. George w.
White. and Louis c. Wilson.
At a meeting last Saturday the Fed
eration Of Citisens' Associations provid-
ed for the appointment OF committee
to cooperate with other committees en-
gagged In the preparation of data for
presentation to the investigating com.
mittee.
The Washington times., 1915-03-11
CHEVY CHASE LINE
STOPS IN RUMPUS
Connecticut Avenue Citizens to
Fight Proposal Of Neighbors
to the North.

Limited car stops on the Chevy Chase
line OF the Capital Traction Company.
advocated by residents living In the
territory at the northern extremity OF
the line as q means Of facilitating rapid
transit to the city. will be opposed be-
fore the Public Utilities Commission by
the Connecticut Avenue Citisens' Asso-
ciation.
Resolutions opposing the elimination
of certain streets from the stops were
adopted by the association at its meet
ing in the Army and Navy Prepara-
tory School last night.
Commissioner Louis Brownlow ad-
dressed the organisation on the neces-
sity of cooperation between the civic
bodies and the heads Of the District
government.
Discussion Of the limited car sto,
question started with the Introduction
Of q resolution to indorse the stand
taken by the citisens' association to the
north Of the Connecticut avenue organi-
xation's territory. urging that the street
car company eliminate q number OF
stops 80 that the trip to the city could
be made In shorter time. After the
question had been argued the resoiu-
Oon TO oppose inc hIniteo Slope Ahal'y
was carried.
Commissioner Brownlow said:
IF the Commissioners are to legislate
intelligently they must have the dtsin-
terested personal opinions Of all the
citizens Of the District. The citizens
associations have done q great deal
Of good in the past, and hope that In
the future they will strive to do even
moro than in the past.
'The Districts government IL Of that
peculiar form which makes 1t not only
desirable but necessary that the Com
nissioners have the cooperation Of the
civic bodies"
Reports were received from members
Of the committee on street railways
serving formal notice on the associa-
ton that the Capital Traction Company
had recently granted two important re-
quests Of the association. One of these
ID that transfers to the Seventh street
cars will be granted at the loop in
stead of being given as formerly at
Fourteenth street. The other was that
the company has placed on it's Sunday
morning schedule an earlier car, which
enables residents Of the northwest SUBJ
urbs alone the line to catch the train
which leaves Union Station for Balti-
more. Philadelphia, and New York at
q. m.
Judge B.. F. Adams. Of Albuquerque.
N. NJ. delivered an address which
evoked much laughter on the differ
snce in the customs and habits Of the
people Of the Southwest and those Of
the District Of Columbia and the East.
The Washington times., 1915-03-11
Competitive Drill Will
Be Held May "a and Is

Twelve companies will appear this
year in the annual competitive drill OF
the High School Cadet Corps. the date
Of which has been announced as May
"a and Is.
Not in the history Of the regiment
has interest in the competition been
keener, especially at Business High
School. where Company e won the pen
nant last year.
more attention to the battalion drill
and large formations this year than In
the past
The Washington times., 1915-03-11
Priest Celebrates Mass
At His Mothers Funeral

The Rev. Vincent Cleary. Q. p, offlci-
ated this morning at st. Martins Cath
Ole Church. where a requiem mass was
sung for his mother, Mrs. Nor. n.
Cleary. at $3.50 o'clock. Three other
sons were present at the service, AZ
was the Right Rev. Raymond Measher.
.. p. provincial Of the order OF Domini.
:, Mrs. Cleary vas the widow Of DR.,
Francis p Cleary. at one time a sur
geon In the, army She was born in
Iipperary, sixty.three years ago, and
mad lived In Washington thirty five
years. Her death occurred last Monday
evening at her home. b Randolph place
northwest. and was due to pneumonia.
ihe -FOUR surviving sons are the Rev,
The Washington times., 1915-03-11
Woman, Democrat, Wins
Plum Over Husband

MILLv1LLE. Cal, March ii.-Thers n
q bit Of romance about the reappoinN.
fnent of II. e. webb. a merchant here.
as postmaster. webb and his wife took
the civil service examination a few
months ago.
Mrs. Webb passed with one-half of I
per cent better average than her hus-
band. While the Democratic central
committee made a recOmme ndatiop 10
congressman Rakcr Mrs. Webb was
indorsed rather than her husband be.
cause she Is Democrat and he IA n
Republican.
ment SO that her husband was honored
instead Of her. The postmastership is
In the family anyway.
The Washington times., 1915-03-11
Mist Obscures Venus,
Due This Morning

Venus, the leading lady Of our
solar system, was scheduled
to smile on this particular
part Of the earth's surface as
late as 8 o'clock this morn.
ing, but a veil Of mist and
fleecy clouds that hung over
the Maryland hills prevented
watchers from getting a view
Of the fair celestial neighbor.
The planet, the moon and the
sun all rose at approximately
the same time today.
The Washington times., 1915-03-11
Will Lecture on Balkans
Before Geographic Society

DR.. Albert Bushnell Hart, professor Of
history at Harvard. will lecture upon
the Balkans before members Of the Ma
tional Geographic Society tomorrow at
$3.50 and 8:15 o'clock. at Masonic Temple.
Dr. Hart has watched the development
Of the young Balkan countries. and will
explain much of what now seems to be
The lecture will be illustrated by colored
s,ides.
The Washington times., 1915-03-11
kaiser's Son-in-Law Has
Nervous Breakdown

LONDON. March 1.-THE Evening
News publishes dispatch from Copen,
Duke OF Brunswick, and son.in.Iaw .,
Emperor William. Is suffering from n
nervous breakdown, which probably in
incurable. 10
The duke. who went to the front 300,
after the outbreak Of the war. beca n,n
III while lighting in France.
The Washington times., 1915-03-11

vincent Cleary. Francis J. p. Cieary.
Shisf , Of the document section of the
CIeary and owen ]. Cieary' ali ~ Wa.S. SS.
ington. The palibearers were Chsries
Oram. Jeremiah Connolly, Dennis
OLeary. Michael r.. MCKINLEY. Jeres