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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-06-09
No, Quite the same.

Slight mistakes in speaking for
eign language. or in understanding it
when some one else speaks it are COM
monty nothing more than amusing.
but Il member OF the Alpine club men
tions an instance of more serious ma
ture He was climbing one OF the
Alps with a guide, who he says. per-
sisted in talking very bad English in
stead OF Indifferent French.
My guide had just crossed snow
bridge over wide crevassc. and
turned to await me on the other side.
asked him if it was weak; he
answered.: mo strong
Naturally attempted to walk across
it instead OF crawling. had almost
reached the other side when the
bridge gave way. and after delirious
scramble to save myself l subsidized
Aelplessly into the crevasse.
However. l did not go far and
when had crawled out with snow
down my neck and up my arms and
in all my pockets discovered that
my friend had meant Not strong"
strongly enjoined him to reserve his
English hence.orth for use in the
valleys Youths Companion.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-06-09
SUDDEN REVENGE.
A R1unky Finds That whiskers Are Not q
Perfect Disguise.


In certain mansion upon Fifth
avenue there dwells an opulent per-
son who belongs to that class OF
aristocracy which has for its emblem
o fish indigenous to the bank OF New.
foundland says the New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Having inherited the wealth of 9
brief line of parsimonious and money
gruobing ancestors he is spending it
lavishly in the hope OF gaining an
entree into that exclusive circle
which makes a specially of chatter.
ing in boxes at places OF public
amusement and shaking hands at aD
angle of forty-tive degrees.
Among his first moves was the &C
quirement of a being with Rracile side
wEiskers and chronically bored
expression who was decked out in
livery attached to the front door.
His mission in life is to deliberately
insult half of the people who seek ad.
mittance to the opulent and grovel
before the remainder.
One evening last week a reporter
journeyed from Park row to interview
the beings employer upon new mat
ter in which he was concerned. and
in the due course of events came into
the presence Of the whiskers and
livery.
"Will you kindly take my card to
Mr. he said, handing a pas te-
board to the being.
"Aw.' murmured the latter as he
scanned it Jaw you are a newspaper
man. will not take your card in-you
have-aw-no right to come hcan-
at our dinnah hour. Go away-aw-
perhaps will take your card In lata h
on.
While the being was delivering him
self of this little speech the reporter
studied mis- face intently.
When did you grow them he
queried. as the being made a move,
men, toward closing the door.
aAw-what do you mean answered
the other.
Those whiskersn
Really, don't undahs,and.
Were it not for them do you know
that you would be the living image Of
thieving valet who was sentenced
three years ago to two years and six
months for stealing his master :
clothes? His name was"
Sh.n Kissed the being looking
anxiously over his shoulder IN take
your card up.
The reporter is now one OF those be.
fore whom the being grovels.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-06-09
horticultural Hints.

Use the ashes in the orchard.
Care and fertilizers make good
fruit
Do not allow twigs to start out on
the trunks
Coal ashes make a good mulch for
the ounce.
The coil should be kept from baking
hard around the trees
In growing fruit for market quality
Is placed as the last essential
Clean fresh fruits and vegetables
will sell while others will be q drug.
To keep blackberries and raspber-
ries in their place requires constant
attention.
A large uncared-for orchard is a
nuisance on the farm and rarely
proves profitable.
The fruiting OF the orchard is the
end OF culture and everything should
tend to that end.
In very many cases the small cities
afford the best markets for nearly all
kinds of small fruits.
When they can be secured con-
veniently leaves are the best materials
that can be used for mulching.
With the young orchard fill the va
cant places with new trees so that all
of the ground can be occupied.
a yard or lawn looks bare without
some choice ornamental trees But
care must be taken not to overdo.
Nlildew is the worst enemy of the
gooseberry; keeping thinned out will
help materially to prevent this.
An application OF animal manure
will often help materially to bring an
old orchard into profitable bearing.
1t is strange. but it is the fact that
fruit of fine appearance sells better
than that OF better quality but less
snowy.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-06-09
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
,soMB GOOD RULES TO FOLLOW
IN RAISING CORN.
Cabbage az Profitable Field Crop
Force of Example In Farming
Horticultural Hints and
Household Helps.
Rules In Raising Corn.

!. Select rich well-drained soil,
choosing old sod. or else we'll seeded
clover Sod is counted equal to fifty
the acre.
2. Manure it in autumn or during
winter by spreading finely or evenly
with barn manure Spread on sod in
autumn manure is worth twice as
much as spread in Jumps in spring.
8. Plow at a moderate depth; FIVE
or six inches at most will bring more
corn than eight inches
4. Mellow the inverted sod thor
oughly with spring tooth, disc or
smoothing harrow.
J 8. Select the best seed. Repeated
selection for many years will i'm
prove the varsity If continued in the
same locality.
&. Harrow we'll just before planting;
make the rows two inches deep. and
plant in drills by running along the
markings. which will place the plants
slightly below the surface, Adopt
the same course with check rows.
z. Run smoothing harrow or weeder
five days over the whole surface, both
before or after the corn is up, to de-
stroy all weeds before they appear
and continue till the corn is foot
high. Keep the surface of the ground
hat
J 8. Continue the work with Guilt
Eator till the corn is breast high.
keeping near the surface to avoid the
roots. Avoid cultivating in wet
weather and thus crusting the ground
and making hard clods
9. In selecting the ground for corn
each year. bear in mind that good
rota ton is matter OF great conven-
ience A common good course is corn
on sod the first year; oats or barley
the second; wheat the third with
clover; clover hay the fourth or more
This course may be variously modified
IN different localities.
TO- In performing these different
operations. it is we'll to rememb Der
that young coru roots are moro than
twice as long as the height OF the
plants; that no soil is too rich for
corn; to plant when the ground is
warm enough to start the seed; to de.
stroy all sprouting weeds before com
ing up at one tenth of the subsequent
labor; to carefully select the hes,
ground; and to pulverize the soil very
thoroughly before planting.
Adopting the best modes for raising
corn is OF no small Importance in d
crop OF hundreds OF millions in value,
says the Country Gentleman, in
quantity large enough to fill heavily
and compactly continued line OF
railway cars extending from Albany
to Chicago-and one on which sc
many largely feed.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-06-09
Cabbage as a Field crop.

In many places IN all parts of the
country cabbage is very profitable
crop to grow for the general market
for it can be grown quite cheaply
whore an acre or more is put in. he
land should be thoroughly and deeply
plowed and pulverized After it is
yard manure which should be we'll
narrowed in. There is no danger OF
overriding this part OF the work for
the soil should be in the finest possible
filth. AS the plants should not be set
until the last of June. this work may
be done after the rush Of spring work
is over when there is plenty OF leisure
to do it we'll II the land is plowed by
the middle of May it may be narrowed
several times before the plants are set
and this will destroy large numb Der
OF weeds and make subsequent culti-
walton much easier. When the plants
are ready to transplant cloudy day
should be selected and the plants
should be set in rows three feet apart
and thirty inches in the rows. A boy
should distribute the plants and Il man
can follow and set them quite rapidly.
The best way to set them that we
ever tried is to use dibber made OF
the end of fork handle, sharpened
at one end. With this hole is
punched and the roots dropped in.
The dibber is then forced into the
earth an inch from the plant and this
fills the hole in which the roots are,
and simple pressure of the hand IS
sufficient to cover the new hole and
exclude the air. This is the most
rapid way to work and is the best If
no cloudy day can be taken for this
work it can be done any time aud we
have set out an acre OF plants on
bright June day without watering
them, and had them grow we'll. They
will wilt down and look pretty sorry
for day or two. but presently the
inner leaves will stand up and the
plants will grow right along.
After cultivation should be fire.
Quent and thorough. Cabbage makes
It's principal growth after the cool
nights Of fall come. and field that
does not look very promising in Aug
gust will make a good crop by the
last OF October. Where large quanti-
ties are grown the cabbage worm does
not do as much damage to any OF the
heads as 1t does in a small plot We
know several farmers who raise a
large amount OF cabbage and find q
market for it in towns and even other
farmers buy Of them. They can be
grown at profit at two cents hsad
-Coleman's Rural World.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-06-09
FACT AND FANCY

Botanically Sorosis means Il fruit
composed by many flowers CONSOLE
dated.
Ike contractor who built an Indiana
Jail now occupies one of its cells as a
prisoner
The jams Of India frequently under
go fasts of forty days. parsaking daring
that time only of warm water
The mines OF the world produce
twenty-five tons OF gold every week,
but the precious metal remains as rare
as ever.
The latest substitute for glass is :,
kind of dry, flexible collodion. Ii re-
sists the action of salts. alkalies and
dilute acids and is inodorous and
transparent. Its chief use is likely 10
be in photography.
An acid is now mixed with sawdust
and the whole mass nodded into blocks
or any other form, resulting in a fine
material for building purposes. The
blocks assume extreme hardness OF
surface and are practically non-com-
bustible.
a full-grown COW caribou was cap
tured alive near Redington, Me-, re-
Gently by Bernard j. Smith. who threw
the animal on her back in the deep
snow and bound her feet with his belt
The caribou now lives contentedly in
a box stall, munching moss and grain,
Mulberry wood is the most durable
material of which to make fence posts.
There is farm near Strode's mill,
Chester county, Pa, fenced with this
material ninety-five years ago, the
posts being still in good condition.
They now support their sixteenth set
of rails.
A clothing firm in Louisville, KY,
has hit upon novel scheme for at
tracing the attention of the public.
The other day it put in its show win
dow an incubator, and it was set at
work on 900 eggs. The firm invites its
customers to guess on the number Of
chickens which will be Forthcoming,
and offers 500 in prizes, $50 to go to
the one coming nearest the correct
number, and $25 to the second best
guesser.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-06-09
Household Helps.

Place dishes OF charcoal or quick
lime in sink cupboards or other damp
corners.
Never relay a carpet until the floor
is perfectly dry, or the tacks will rust
and injure the carpet
Carpets in daily use should have the
breadths ripped apart and reversed.
to bring the most wear on to different
parts.
Ii cellar is damp and musty it is
we'll to add II little copperas to the
lime which is used in whilewushing
the side walls.
A wooden meat.skewer is very con-
venient for cleaning in the corners of
sash and other woodwork, and no ma
terial makes as nice cleaning cloths as
old worn underwear.
In mend;ng carpet by patching.
let the pieces extend across breadth
from seam to seam. and they will show
far less. as they need not be caught
down at the edges
Beds should be frequently washed
with cold water and the frames and
o1dtS pdiuIco WILL spirttS vi turpeQ-
tine. in order to avoid trouble that oc-
casionally comes to even the best OF
housekeepers.
Never put down stair carpets with
out pads underneath. They wear
much longer aud are much easier to
use. An old tack" or heavy bed
quilt cut In proper sized pieces. an
swers the purpose.
Windows are easier cleaned and
have far higher polish il q little al.
cohol or ammonia is added to the wa
ter and no soap used. After rubbing
dry with a cloth, polish with chamois
or pieces OF newspaper.
All mattresses and pillows should
have covers made OF unbleached mus
lin. and tied or buttoned at the ond,
to protect the ticks These do not re-
Quire washing oftener than every six
months and are real saving.
Lace or other drapery at windows
should be changed from top to bottom
or from one side to tho other, to pre-
vent the sun from shining on the
same place. as it is this heat that
causes them to become tender and
break.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-06-09
A Tenne>.en Iudn..

There was once in eastern Tennessee
q judge well versed in the law, bu,
entirely self-educated who had this
same obstacle OF photography to cou-
tend with all his days. In early life, he
had lived in Knoxville. and for long
time insisted upon spelling the name
Noxville. His friends at last edu-
Gated him up to the point OF adding
the X; so thoroughly. in fact did he
learn this lesson that when. a few
years aiterward, he removed to Nash
VILE nothing could prevent him from
spelling the name NASHVILLE. After
a few years residence there the judge
moved again this time to Murfrees boro
one day. he sat down to write his first
letter from this place. He scratched
his head in perpexity for moment.
and finally exclaimed: We'll, I'll
give it up! How in the world can
they spell the name OF this place with
X ?"-Argonaut.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-06-09
a Bullet. Deadly Work.

3. h. Young and his family were
travelling in prairie schooner near
Palomas. Mexico. when loaded gun
in the wagon in front was discharged
accidentally. The ball pierced Young's
shoulder passed through his sons
hip then through the babys head. and
struck the shoulder OF Mrs Mary
Roberts daughter of Mr. Young.
Father and son were seriously wound
ed the baby was instantly killed. but
Mrs Roberts received only slight
wound.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-06-09
How to hitch to Advanta &c.


The principle that the farther the
team is placed from the load the
greater the force required to move it
has been pretty we'll proven. / saw a
practical application OF this principle
the other day. The hind wheels OF a
wagon had dropped into deep rut
and the team was unable to move it
though pulling honestly and we'll
The driver finally shortened the traces
and slipped the neckyoke back on the
pole, hitchlng the horses as closely as
possible to the wagon and still allow
Ing them to work freely. The result
was that good strong pull moved
the wagon out of the hole. When
hitched 'long" a part of the power
was expended in pulling against the
front side OF the rut When the hitch
was shortened there was no energy
wasted and the force was upward and
forward so that every pound counted.
There Is an immense amount of
energy wasted every year because
this principle is not understood as
we'll as it should be. The closer the
team is attached to the load the less
rs the work necessary to move it. Not
half the teams seen in the country
are hitched so they can work 10 the
best advantage - Stockman and
Farmer.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-06-09

At Grenoble, France 200 600
dozen pairs of gloves are manufac-
tu:ed annually. This represents a
value OF 81. POO 900. and give, en-
ployment to %. 600 workpeople OF
both sexes. There are +. 900 men and
u. 900 women residing in rayon of
thirty-one miles around Grenobie who
live BY this work.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-06-09
Sizing Him Up.

Paragraphs Have you seen the
new editor in chief YETI"
Literary Editor. No; have you?"
Paragraphs. Yes. and l have
been sizing him up"
Literary Editor. You have?"
Paragraphlst Il have indeed.
and have come to the conclusion
that he has no hayseed in his hair. +"
Literary Editor. What makes you
think sop
Paragraphs He is entirely
bald. New York Press.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-06-09

and other fruits said: Eyes, It is
true we have nice place and fine
fruits and good water. and all that
but what does it all signify as long as
that blue pullet lives and aggravates
the life out of me?''
Now, we venture the assertion that
there is hardly farm or village lot
where there is not .'blue pullet" or
some other kind OF pullet that UNI
derstands scratching, and just in the
place where it is not needed or
wanted. What's to be one? Keep
your hens shut up until about 5 p. m.
and then let them out for an hour and
watch them, call them in with the
feeding and close the gate On a
large farm. where food is abundant a
good picket fence will protect the gar
Den and save much vexation, and per-
haps some profanity also.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-06-09
That Blue Pullet.

There is-among small matters
nothing more exasperating and
patience-trylng than a scratching hen
in garden. just as you think your
peas will be up in a week or ten days.
behold they are "up'' already. That
blue pullet has immense energy and
more force than an iron -toothed rake.
/. The old lady. when complimented
on her fne place. her splendid grapes
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-06-09
Hi. Eye Was Cold.

':Ah. yes" she murmurs you say
that you love me. But find nothin g
in your eyes but GOODNESS"
mo; you wrong me. What say I
feel-so deeply"
'My dear. you don't look it.
Tell me. dearest tell me that you
can love man with a glass eve"'
Then she tainted. Siftings
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-06-09
4 Green Carnation.

London's latest fad the green car
nation. is said to be simply "a cross
between common carnation and Q
paint brush, a practical illustration
OF painting the lily. which is finan.
oially as profitable as the milk-fed
squashes they sometimes raise up in
Dakota to startle the tenderfoot.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-06-09
Load or Hi. Mind.

He-Will you become my wife?
She-Never.
He (gleefully)-Splendid I'm glad
to know that. We will keep right on
taking buggy rides together. You
don't know how relieved feel to hear
you talk that way.-Texas Siftinga
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-06-09
A Precious Room,

mabel, I don't see how you could
ever fancy that Spoonamora His
head is as light as champagne
cork"
.Yes father-and he pops.n -
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-06-09
willing to Obuge.

she-Would you put yourself out
for me?
He-Indeed would.
She-All right I've got to get up
early tomorrow. Please do-N. Y.
Herald
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-11-15
A STARTLING FACT.
SIXTEEN Per CENT. OF LIFE Insurance
APPLICANTS REJECTED ON ACCOUNT OF
DISEASED KloNEYs.
The Trouble Comes From Lack Of Care.

DR.. Lambert the general medical direc-
tor of the Equitable Life Insurance Com
pany, N. Y, said:
1--WE reject sixteen per cent Of the applca-
iOns made 90 s for insurance, and have saved
tine entlce expense Of this medical depart
meut. by the election alone OF applicants who
had diseased kidneys, and who died within two
years after lrejectcd them"
This appalling statement coming as it
does. from such high medical authority,
should have the attention of our citizens.
There Is no reason to day, why people
should allow kidney disease to get such
a hold on them
Nature sends her warning in the slight
pain in the back, poor circulation Of the
blood, sediment in the urine. When any
of these symptoms appear, Dr. David
Kcnncdys Favorite Remedy should be
taken in small doses at once, and thus
drive the poison out of the blood and
restore the Kidneys to healthy action.
TO our knowledge this is the only medi-
cine that surely and elfectually cures this
almost universal complaint
We note the happy recovery Of Mr..
Oscar Lambert, of Jerico, Mo, whose
case has been talked Of in the papers the
world over,
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-11-15
OoYLB's GREAT VICTORY.

In politics it is always decided ad.
vantage to have principle or popular
cause to contend for, but experience
has shown that "a popular, hustling
candidate is what is wanted to win
with. This was never more clearly
demonstrated than in the late election
in this Legislative district. The fight
which John j. Coyle, the successful
Republican candidate put up and the
victory which he achieved are two
things to be proud Of
A study of the returns shows that
Cleveland's majority in the district is
74S, or nearly 500 more than it should
have been or than it would have been,
had the Republican vote of the dis
trict been polled. To addition to this
Patterson, the Prohibition candidate,
polled 479 votes, three hundred at
least Of which were Republicans
drawn from Coyle's support by Patter-
sons appeal to religious prejudtces.
That Coyle could win at all in the
face of these great odds of more than a
thousand votes proves him to be not
only a strong candidate but an
unusually popular person. It is no
exaggeration to say that no other
Republican in the district could have
won this year. 1t is questionable,
indeed, whether any other Republican
could have overcome the big Demo-
cratic majority which the returns
show even though he had the support
of the entire Republican party.
Mr.. Coyle's election under these
circumstances demonstrates his per.
sonal popularity and political strength
beyond all doubt, and makes him q
most available candidate for higher
office in the future. What the Re-
publican party in this county seems
to want is some more Republicans
who have the same hustling qualities
that Coyle possesses.