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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-03-25
EIGHT YEARS OF TORTURE.

No suffering more
keen than kidney suf-
fering. Sick kidneys
make bad blood; cause
weak, stiff and aching
backs; cause blind.
sick and dizzy head
aches, lack of appetite
and loss Of sleep; keep
you all tired out and
spoil digestion.
To have perfe C t
health, you must cure
the kidneys. Read how
one man was cured by
Doan's Kidney Pills
after eight years Of
fortuna
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-22
WHY DON'T YOU?

Why don't you answer your friends
letter at once?
Why don't you make the promised
visit to that Invalid? She is looking
for you day after day
Why don't you send away that little
gift you've been planning to send?
Mere kind Intentions never accomplish
any good
Why don't you try to share the bur-
den of that sorroWful one who works
beside you? Is it because you are
growing selfish? s
Why don't you speak out the encour-
aging words that you have in your
thoughts Unless you express them
they are of no use to others.
Why don't you take more pains to be
self sacrificing and loving in the every
day home life? Time is ranid ly pa ss-
ing. Your dear ones will not be with
you always.
Why don't you create around you an
atmosphere Of happiness and helpful
ness SO that all who come in touch with
YOU may be made better? Is not this
possible p Glass Mate
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-22
OLD AND NEW COINS.
Interesfin4 Facts ARout Go image at
tl,e Different Mints.

Interestin4 Facts About Co hinge at
she Diigerent Mints.
The director of tie nlitif is called on
to answer such a Wide range oil ques-
tons concerning the values of old and
new coins and meaals that he has
found it necessary to issue circulars
covering matters eff this sort They
tell some interesting facts. 1t appears
that tie mint d3es not buy old coins or
paper money except some rare colonial
coins in fine coalition, which are de-
sired for the mint cabinet. Mutilated
or uncurrent United States gold and
silver coin is purchased as bullion
The mint has no pattern pieces for sale
The government pays no premium for
the return OF any of its coins or pa
per money New coins cannot be
struck until Authorized by an act of
congress. The mint supplies United
States coins only and not of any past
date. The fifty dollar goldpiece and
the half dollar and quarter dollar
pieces in gold were truck by private
parties on the California coast during
the 1S49 period and not by the United
States government.
The coinage OF the following coins
ceased i'll the years named: Half and
] cent, copper in 1851 cent nickel,
1854; hale dime and cents, silver, and
2 cents. bronze. in 1873; 90 cents, sill
yer, 1873; trade dollars. 1888; 81 and
SD, gold, and 8 cents, nickel, 1888.
The Columbian half dollar was coined
III 1892 and the Isabella quarter III
1898 The Lafayette dollar was struck
in 1899, the date on the coin $500 be
ing that of the unwilling of the memo
rial
There are certain markings on every
United States coin that enable the
I place OF its coinage to be located.
Those struck at the Philadelphia mint
/ have no mint mark. but those struck
at all other minis are distinguished by
a small letter on the reverse, near the.
bottom. These letters are G for Char
lotte, N. G., discontinued in 1861: &C
for Carson City, Ney., discontinued in
/ 1888; ID for Dahlonega, Ga. .discontin-
ued In 1861, o for New Orleans and S
for SIN Francisco The coins OF the
United States now authorized by law
are: In gold, double eagle, eagle, half
eagle, quarter eagle; in silver, half dol
lar quarter dollar and dime; minor, 3
cent, nickel, and ] cent, bronze. A per-
son may buy a proof set Of gold coins
from the mint for $3.50 and a proof
set of silver and minor coins for $50.
When the business of the minis is
slack medals nsay be struck from dies
furnished by individuals, public insti-
tutionsSand Incorporated societies at a
charge sufficient to cover the cost OF
the operation and the value of the
metal Brooklyn Eagle.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-22
Earlx Tabnecn.

According to John Aubery, who
wrote acelebrated work on 1.-THE very
queere Indian weeie,s there was a.
time when tobacco was worth its
weight In silver. Among other things
!Aubery says: Sir Walter Raleigh was
the first that brought tobacco into Eng
land, and in our parts North Wits
it came in fashion through Sir Walter
Long They used silver pipes, but the
comm oners; used q Falnut shell 1t
was sold then Tor its wei ght in silver
Il have heard some of your old yeomen
5neighbors say that when they went to
Chip elham to market they always
culled out their shillings to lay in the
scales against the tobacco. Now the.
customers Of II are among the greatest
that his ma jest IN hath. Z M
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-22
THE CURVED BALL.
II n the Atm sspI,ere which Causes |
Its Eccentric shoots.

Y II ~ the Atm f3Sphere w hacn GaN@Ss
a9s Its Eccentric shoots.
Most any ten-year-e1ld youngster can
curve a ball even though lie does not
4 know why he can do SO except that
the leather must be held in a certain
way. Possibly half dozen of the
major league twirlers know something
about the science Of the carve, but
comparatively few understand why
they can produce their Blenders. The
Scientific American gives the follow
ing as the scientific explanation of the
matter:
The pitcher in the field tells us that
the ball curves because he gives it a.
twist, but scientifically this win not do.
Why will the twist make the eurYes
II a ball We're thrown In certain III
rection and II the force OF gTayitation
were not at work the ball would con-
tinue on In straight line forever.
Some force Of resistance Is then at
work when a ball Is made to deyiate in
a curve from its straight course. II a
feather Is dropped in vacuum IN an
exhausted receiver Of an air pump it
will drop like shot. but ifsit is drop.
ped out in the air IT will go down IN
regularly and slowly. shifting from
side to side.
1T is the atmosphere which causes
the ball to curve Fearing in mind
that the atmosphere Is a cempressible,
elastic gas, we find that when the bail
leaves the hand of the pitcher with a
rapid rotary motion it 'impinges upon
q continuous elastic cushion and
this moderate resistance, or friction,
changes its course in the direction
which is given to the rotary motion.
Take an outshoot of a right handed
pitcher, for instance. He inpresses
upon the ball a rapid centrifugal ro-
tary motion to the left. and the hill
goes to the left because the atmosphere,
compressible and elastic, iSkpaelSed into
an elastic cushion just ahead ST the
ball by the swift forward and rotary
motion, and the friction, which is very
great IN front Of the ball. steers it in
the direction which 1t is stunning
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-22
81 y q 4 3
4 Natural Preferences.

IsE liss Toilet had nude u rapid tour
~ she European con inent and found
little q imp ess her either favorably ori
otherW fse.
as ss2 az say yyesa IA M all YOU n anfsd TO
OF Italy y sa las
return 10 her mai i've heat It'll
aIsaE s bat did ron think of the
Dolat talk ~ 1l,e 1bout ~ ~ said
~ i0lst l3fislt u rather have
4 Slish AZ ain neEf can maca-
n llesi my fftl1ae. n
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-22
A NOTABLE MEETING.
Held In the Interest of .sWoman's
Rights" In 1904.

Held In the Interest of t'yVomanss
Rights" In 1901.
The first recorded public meeting in
the interest of ..womans rights was
held in the town OF Medford, Mass, in
1901. The gallery of the church was
occupied by the young unmarried pee
pie of the congregation, one side and
one half the front gallery being given
to the young men, the other side and
the other half being given$to the young
women. But in the seating in this
Seventful year the young men We're Civ
en- the entire front OF the gallery as
well, and the young women We're only
allowed one side Of the gallery.
Then 1t was that things began to
happen. Treatment like this wasn't to
be tolerated even for moment. The
blood of the future mothers of the
Revolution was fully aroused, and the
young women made such an uproar
and commotion that 1t speedily became
q town matter, and town meeting
was called to restore to them their
rights In half of the front gallery.
The young men Of the day were bit
terly opposed to extending any new
privileges to women, and the fight ex-
tended beyond Medford Shortly after
the Introduction Of .'pales' into the
churches, BY which families were sep
arated from the remainder of the con
gregation, the selectmen of the town
OF Newhury gave permission to a group
of young women toSbuild a. "pue" in
the gallery Of the church upon their
own side of the house. This extension
of PRIV ilege was resented by the younss
bachelors 10 such a degree that they
broke a window Of the church. forced
an e,ltrance and hacked the pew fiji
pieces For this act of sacrilege the
young men OF Newbury We're fined $40
each and sentenced to be whipped Or
pilloriel. But they were manly enough
to confess their folly and ask pardon,
40 this part OF their punishment was
omitted. SoS you see the 'woman's
righ movement isn't modern one
Boston Herald
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-22
Notice Of Application. /.

For permit to sell Intoxicating liquors at re-
tail In the Uity of Pierre, =. D.
Notice e hereby given that an aPpie a,1,on
of the cityaAuditor OF Pierre requesting the
City Council OF the City Of Pierre to, grant TO
toxicating, brewed, malt and fermented IL
quors at retail and that said applicant intends
TO engage in the business Of elIing int xicatr
ing situated on lots l.23-4 blCck 2, Second kali
way addition to the town. now City of Pierre,
in the tirst Ward in the City OF Pierre in the
That said application viii be heard by said
City Couiieil ut a meeting to be held in the
Council Room In said City OF ierreF on ne
ps m. at which time and place any person q q 4
persons may appear before said City Council
and give any reason why such permit shoutd1s
not tie granted to sell Intoxicating liquors ~
retail, Dated Nov. 18th 1904. ss5sss7 s.
N NE WBANKS, n
ss City Audito
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-22

Backed UP by over a third
century Of remarkable and j
form cures, a record such as
other remedy for the diseas
and weaknesses peculiar IS
women ever attained, the pro-
prjetors and makers OF Doctor
Pierce's Favorite Prescription
now feel fully warranted in Of
fering to pay $500 lin legal
money Of the United States for
any case of Leucorrhea, Female
Weakness, Prolapsus or Falling
OF Womb, which they cannot.
cure. All they ask is fair and
reasonable trial Of their means
of cure. All correspondence
held sacredIy confidential.
If you require medical advice
don't fail to write Doctor RI v.
Pierce who Will give you the
best advice possible. Address
Buffalo, N. Y.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
are a ladies' laxative. No other
medicine equals them for gen.
tleness and thorougFness. :.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-22
Notice For PubIIca ton.

Departmental the Interior, Land Office at
Pierre, s.. D., Dec. 10. 1904.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim
and that said proof will be made before the
register and receiver at Pierre, S. D., on Janu-
airy II, 1904, viz:
Fred n. Carols,
s Fl. E. No. 1886. Public Series, for the N W ",
Sec. 80, Z. Ill NJ, II. n w
He names the following Witnesses to prove
his continuous residenceiupop and cultiyG-
ton of said land, viz: Charles Newberry, Al
bert iHegglund, Nelson A. Hardy and A. II.
Albert Wheelon,
Register.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-22
Tax PAYERS Take Notice !.

To persons owing delinquent personal tax
es; You have had plenty OF time and ample
lot of costs to pay, for it is my Intention to
clean up all taxes placed in my hands for col
lection, before go out of Office. The ball has
commenced and no partially will be shown,
or favors granted.
Dated at Pierre, South Dakota, Oct IS, 1904.
JOHN w LAUGLIN, s,
81 Sheriff.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-22
RI Or I B B i, RI En-
atOW TIE ARE SUPERVISE BY THE
CITY aAlJTHo RITiEs.

l0N9eiAg ~ Not 10 ne seen ON the.
4 streets Sof the City, and Rags ana
Misery Dare Not Lilo About In the
I - 4 snd Rablie Places.
maj, exclaimed ii Berlin, are
there no poor 40 this city Are you al
l4ogsthcr without rags and wretched-
messy n
dear friend, Il said the German,
lWinking q heavy YIELD, 1--WE are a very
cleTfr people. We do not show our
dust bins
Berlin II ruled by municipal experts.
IT has its wretchedness and Its despair,
hut these things are not permitted to
increase. 70 be out OF work in Berlin
~ 4 crime, even as it is in London, but
with this difference lin Berlin the mu-.
nicIpality fegislates for labor In il fash
don which makes idleness all but indie
fensiblc.
The laws to this end may not COM
mend themselves to English minds, for
the Germans are not soft hearted in
such matters, but they have this en-
4agtng recommends they succeed.
Let ragged man make his appear
ance In Observation-Disclosures or the Lindens
or Ia any of the numerous open spaces,.
and a policeman Is at him in a min
ute. our papersF E demands the man
OF law. The begg produces his docu-5
unants. lfSltt is proved that he has
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-22
A TEST 81 sobriety.

# tlenlsn who haye put an enemy
into their mouths are commended to
Try " very sinlp test for the purpose.
of finding out whether their brains
have been stolen They must stand
erect with their eyes closed, and IL:
they can perform this feat for d brief
period they may come TO the conclu-
sion that they are all II sht. Two insss
~ ile were accused of drunk
3epiaess st Ponre fract pfoved that they
had honnrably stood the test. and the
The great merit Of the plan III that ii
can be put into ,lsera lion any here
aud at any time london TT Bits
Fergus County argus., 1904-12-14
Sunk All the Ships.

London. Dec. 9.-The Daily Tele.
graphs correspondent before Port
Arthur tells that all the Russian bat.
tleships and cruisers, together with
the gunboats Giliak and Fusadneck.
are sunk or destroyed and that only
the torpedo boat destroyers remain
intact.
According TO special dispatch
from Toxic and Shanghai, giving un.
official reports, the crews of all the
Russian warships in the harbor of
Port Arthur were landed and appar.
emily no effort was maze to move the
vessels. The japanese will now tutn
their attention TO the torpedo boat
destroyeTs and when these have been
destroyed the guns will be directed
against transports in the harDor.
Mail advices TO Japan describing
the capture of 203-MctIe hill say that
the japanese drenched the timber
works OF the trenches with kerosene
and started fire which was famed
by a strong breeze. The Japanese
advance was slow. They were oblig.
ed TO make roads with bags of earth
IL was sudden decision to make a
Fergus County argus., 1904-12-14
New Zealand LAW.

Adjacent is the latest word to en-
Joy the honor Of judicial Interpretation.
A bridge was constructed In New Yea
land under an act that enabled the
council OF the district in which the
bridge was built to call upon the coun-
Gil Of any adjacent district to con-
tribute to the cost. The supreme court
Of New Zealand decided that district
more than six miles from the bridge
was adjacent" within the meaning of
the act, and the judicial committee of
the prlvy council has declined. after
some argument. to disturb this deci-
sion. Sir Arthur Wilson, who delivered
the judgment Of the judicial commit
tee. truly observed that adjacent" is
not word to which precise and uni
from meaning is attached. A reference
to Mr.. Stroud's Judicial Dictionary
will show that the house of lords once
decided that ''even I'm the wide region
of South Africa" two mines, four miles
apart, were not adjacent"
Fergus County argus., 1904-12-14
Hisse. When He Kills.

"The Filipino" said young Phila-
delphian whose term of service in the
army has expired and who is glad to
get back home, ''is a curious mixture
Of the human being and the reptile. I
think, however, that the reptile pre-
dominates. The Filipino can crawl
noiselessly on his stomach, just as a
snake can, and most Of the hr.4an at
tributes are lacking In his makeup. But
the thing that impressed me most was
the snakelike hiss that he invariably
emits before he strikes. This seems to
be just as instructive with him as It is
with q snake. There is sharp In
drawn breath that comes as a warning
and gives man seconds time to
drop Hat or to throw up an arm II the
antagonist Is within striking distance
with knife. That hiss, though. is not
restricted to the Filipinos. l am told
that it is characteristic Of all orien.
tails. als."-Philadelphia Record.
Fergus County argus., 1904-12-14
TEACHING THE HORSE.
Will Learn Anything His Muscles
Can Perform.

Expert horsemen believe that n horse
can be taught TO do anything that 1t Is
possible for an animal so formed and
to be utterly fearless. Thus we know
Of horses rushing into battle with a
fearlessness that is magnificent, al
though in the beginning of their lives
they may have been foolishly timid,
shying at everything unusual that hap
pened to be seen in their travels.
In order to teach horse fearlessness
sights and sounds. He must come to
know that because something that he
sees or hears is unusual il does not fol-
low that 1t is harmful, for II is the un-
usual things that frighten him. The
horse is an animal of one idea at a
time and is not able to discriminate, so
say the men who have made study Of
the horse. While he will travel along
quietly close by the roar Of a train, he
may tremble at the flutter Of piece of
loose paper flying In the wind. II is
not the frightfulness Of the object that
seems to alarm him, but the unfamil-
iarity of II. Horse trainers say that
the mistakes made In breaking and
training n colt is that II is too often
done in the seclusion Of some country
road instead of amid the sights and
sounds that the animal must necessari-
ly become familiar with later.
AS soon as the horse becomes famil-
lar with anything and has learned to
believe that II will not hurt him he
will stand quietly or trot along peace
fully, even though all sorts Of noises
, and queer sights are about him. Thus
the artillery horse will stand amid the
roar of eannons, being used to the
noise and not knowing that the sound
predicts anguish and death. 1t is well
to accustom a horse TO unusual sounds
as soon as possible after he is trained
for riding or driving. 1t renders him
safe and docile, even though he be a
spirited animal. A certain trainer OF
horses said that an ideal school for
horses would contain thrashlng ma
chimes, pile drivers, steam drills, elec.
tric, steam and elevated cars, band
Of martial music and gang of quarry.
men blasting rock. A horse that was
drilled among such bedlam as this
would indeed prove immune to strange
noises. The gentle family horse, petted
by man and child, is not always train.
ed to all this, yet he often makes use
full and faithful animal. loved by his
owner and evidently making some re
turn of affection.-Detroit Tribune.
Fergus County argus., 1904-12-14
Dangers Of Melancholy.

The weak. broken spirited person
grows morbid and melancholy, and the
brain degcnerates rapidly under the
influence of these mental states. Mel
ancholia is something that comes more
within the province of the will power
than anything else. 1t can be cast of
and avoided only In this way. Some
times for the lack OF stimulating the
will physicians will recommend a
change of occupation, scenery and as
soclation. This is merely an attempt
to rescue the mind from introspectlon
and give the will an opportunity to as
sert itself. Sometimes this Is accom-
pllshed, and then, II followed up by
cultivating the will, permanent cure
may be Exchange
Fergus County argus., 1904-12-14
Russians Discouraged.

ST. Petersburg, Dec. s, 2;20 a. m.-
Foreign kilograms received here, stat
ing that the Japanese have succeeded
in mounting heavy guns on 203-Metre
hill. are regarded as significant and
have created deep depression at the
war Office.
II the reports of the sinking of the
Russian warships in the harbor OF
Port Arthur are confirmed, il de-
stroys the last hope OF Il sortie, anu
when the end comes, nothing remains
but TO sink those that remain in deep
water to prevent them from tallina
into The hands of the enemy The war
Office is unable 10 idenuly Alaska MI.
Evidently it Is \ japanese name. The
Importance of 2O3 Metre hill to the
garrison Is evidenced by General
stoesscl's desperate enoTts TO recap
turC H..
Fergus County argus., 1904-12-14
LITTLE SCAB IN STATE.
Sheep Commissioners Held Annual
Meeting in Helena.

Helena. Dec. 1.-THE annual meet.
Ing of the state board of sheep com
missioners was held in Helena to.
day. 1t was the time set for the
regular meeting, but number of the
commissioners who are depended UP.
on to be present at the meeting were
this year absent. In addition to Pres.
ident Power and Secretary Hedges,
there were present j. +. Murray. OF
beaverhead, b. C. White of Fergus
William Williams of Powell, l.. IT.
Mills of Valley. p. B. Moss Of Yellow
stone. and State Veterinarian NJ. t.
Knowles.
A large part of the session was de-
voted 20 discussing the conflicts ir the
present state law relating TO scab
Under the law as it is at present
there is a conflict as to the author
ity of the commissioners and deputy
veterinarians. and il was determined
TO endeayor TO have the law amend
Fergus County argus., 1904-12-14
A Poor Rectpe.

"Don't talk to me about the recipes
in that magazine" said Mrs. Lane,
with great energy. wasn't that the
very magazine that advised me to put
on that sody solution and leave the Ia
blecloth out overnight to take off those
yellow stainsT'
"Fm inclined to think 1t may have
been," said Mrs. Lanes sister. with
due meekness. 81 sent you a number
Of them In the spring. remember"
"Well, and what happened?" asked
Mrs. Lane, with rising wrath.
"Dldn't the stains disappearf" asked
her sister.
Disappear said Mrs. Lane in a
whitening tone. 1T was the tablecloth
that disappeared. l don't know any
thing about the stains"
Fergus County argus., 1904-12-14

An irnscible old colonel who used TO
play golf at Sandwich, which is on the
river Stour. had a habit, common with
many, of blaming everybody but him
self for his bad strokes. Finally one
day, becoming badly bunkered, he first
took mighty vengeance on the turf
with his club; then. glaring around in
expectation Of the usually friendly
comments and nobody saying anything,
he blurted out, How can you expect a
man TO play decent golf on these cursed
links with ships passing up and down
the hannelT'-London Mail.
Fergus County argus., 1904-12-14
The Bismarck RluntneAa.

Prince Herbert Bismarck, whose
death deprives the family dynasty Of
Its only grownup representative, took
after his famous father in bluntness of
speech. When the great chancellor was
dismissed Count Herbert followed his
father into retirement and was at once
struck from the list Of the emperor's
friends. At the death Of the elder Bis
marck the son journeyed to Berlin to
return to his majesty the orders Of the
first chancellor, and the emperor is said
to have observed in the most friendly
way, "Ah, Herbert, how long 1t Is since
I have had the pleasure Of seeing you"
Whose fault is that?" was Prince
Herbert's grim reply to this greeting.
Fergus County argus., 1904-12-14
He Knew.

A popular New York actor loves to
tell this story of very precocious
nephew of his:
He had arrived at the house of his
sister just about the time all the chill
dren were getting ready to 60 to school.
After short time the little boy came
in the room to bid his uncle goodby,
when his mother said to him:
"Now, Charles, please tell your uncle
what you are going to learn at school
today"
The child replied:
"Why, mamma, If ! knew what
would be the use of my going to school
at allT-Philadelph Press.