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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-05-18
Notes Upon the Angora Goat.

For three years the Maine Agricul
Stural Experiment Station has been ex
perimenting with the Angora goat anG
sums up It's experience as follows: An
cora goats are quite hardy and thrift,
and can be kept with the same winter
care that sheep demand. 1t takes
about $50 pounds Of hay to winter one
goat With plenty of young woodland
or hrushy pasture there will be nc
food cost IN summering them. They
are effective In clearing up under
brush ia woodland covered with birch
Of evergreen They will likely de
stroy other varieties except very large
trees. They will clear out bushes ant
waste growth In pastures, in prefer
ence even to the grasses. Ordinary
fencing will not hold them. "a tins
mesh wire fence Of such height thai
they cannot rest the front feet upor
d it will hold them. even In small areas
They do not jump, but are good climb
I ssrs $500
The flesh has q flavor between thai
ST lamb and venison. The carcasse,
ne s,nall and there II 40 market ii
TIC East for the flesh The fleece ii
called mohair, and that from crosse.
brings 4 somewhat higher price thar
/ yool. The pnrer the breeding the bet
ar the mohair 10 and the heavier ii
50 clipping. Three pounds per AMI
MAI is shout all that can be expected
1 from clipping from seven-eishth,
BRED gOats. They are very doclle ant
iate laigent and make excellent pets
Their bush eating proclivities woult
mike them 4 nuisance among decora
tive shrubs The station does mo-
onaInend them for most Main,
fnfSn Chas. p, Woods director
4 aips perimentS Station.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-05-18
KILLED BY EXPLOSION.
Gas Tank in Philadelphia Let's Go
With Fatal Results.

Philadelphia, May 1.-two persons
are dead, two missing, two fatally in
jured and nine others seriously hurt
as the result of an explosion of the
United Gas improvement company's
tank at Point Breeze, in the southern
section of this city. The dead have
not been identified. Five buildings of
the plant was damaged. Four paint
ers who were at work on one of the
buildings were blown off and two OF
them are missing. Thirty men at work
in the vicinity of the tank were
burned by the explosion, nine of them
seriously One man was carried $50
yards by the force. of the explosion,
and five others were carried 800 feet.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-05-18
ESCORT FOR PAUL JONES' BODY.
Rear Admiral slgsbee's Squadron
Will Go to France.

Washington, May IA. The an
nouncement was made at the navy de-
partment yesterday that Rear Admit.
raj -Sigsbee's squadron will be sent to-
France to bring back the remains of
John Paul Jones. This squadron con
sists Ct the cruisers Brooklyn, Chatta-
nooga, Tacoma and Galveston. All
but the last named vessels are in Do
minican waters and will proceed
shortly for New York to fit out for q.
trip across the Atlantic. The Calves,
ton is being fitted out at the Norfolk
yard. 1t is estimated at the depart
ment that Admiral Sigsbee will sail
from New York between the 9Th and.
10th of June.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-05-18
RIVALS CAUSE RIOT.
Love OF ! NO Men for One Girl Causes
General EIGHT

Sterling, H., May A. Because two
men loved one girl and neither would
relinquish his suit, a riot resulted at
Walnut in which seven We're injured
and one is in the hospital Alva
Wheeler and Frank Alshouse were the
rivals. Leaving the girls house to-.
gether they decided to fight it out:
Louis Arnam, Fred Wilson. Harry
Davis and Lord Smock joined in the
fight. They were arrested and fined
$40 each. Bad feeling in the town
over the incident is growing.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-05-18
PAY FOR BleELows STEAL.

Bank Stockholders Are Assessed
Fully 1000, goo by Uncle Sam.
Milwaukee, May Controller of
Currency Ridgely has levied an as
Esessment Of 6632-3 per cent upon the
8stockholders Of the First National
bank OF this city to make good the
capital stock which was impaired by
the defalcation of Former President
Frank g. 'Rigelow. The assessment is
based npon the report OF 3 nix Exam
liner q III. Bosworth. ME amount al
x. y III 81
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-05-18
insurance Agent Arrested.

e Valley City. N. D., May IA. T, L.
Thompson, soliciting insurance for
the Bankers Union Of the World,
whose headquarters are at Omaha,
was arrested here fer soliciting mem
8bers after the. state insurance com
missioner lad refused TO allow them
TO do business in the state.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-05-18
PRESIDENT HARPER BETTER.

cancerous Growth Is Steadily Disap-
pearng.
New York, May 14.-President Har-
per Of the University Of Chicago, has
returned here from trip to Montreal.
He will return to Chicago either to-
day or tomorrow. DR.. Harper de-
clarcd his health to be improving and
says the cancerous growth, on account
of which he recently underwent an op-
Grafton, is steady decreasing.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-05-18
RUSSIA'S BIG FLEET.
ST. Petersburg Hears About New pi-
vision of Squadron.

vision of Squadron.
st. Petersburg, May 14.-Since the
arrival on the China sea of Rear Adj
miral Nebogatoff, who is the junior
admiral in the Far East, his command
is believed to have ceased to exist as
a separate division. The fleet is now
divided into three squadrons, Vice Adj
miral Voelkersam, who is second in
rank to Vice Admiral Rojestvensky,
being in command of the battleships,
and Vice Admiral Enquist in COM
mand of the heavy cruiser squadron.
Nebogatoff has been placed in charge
Of an information squadron of scouts
and converted merchantmen.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-05-18
Calls Court Clerk Guilty..

Pierre, s. D.. May 14,--In the cir
cult court yesterday, after two days
of testimony. Judge Gaffy directed a
verdict Of guilty Of willful mal-admin-
istration OF Office in the case Of the
removal Of c, E. Besancon from the
office Of clerk of courts. 5s
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-05-18
STORM DOES GREAT DAMAGE.
Two Persons Injured and Many Bust
ness Houses Damaued

Guthrie, Okla, May IA terrific
wind and hail storm struck NARROW,
Ind. T., yesterday. Two persons were
seriously inj lred, many business
houses were damaged, awnings and
roofs blown off. Light structures
were demolished and much damage to
residence property is reported. The
Catholic church was lifted from it's
foundations. The storm also damaged
property AT Rush Springs At Chick
asha the wind blew furiously and rain
fell in torrents.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-05-18
STEAMER REND MAY BE LOST.

Nothing Heard Of Vessel Since Last
Tuesday.
Superior, Wis, May IA. No word
has been received at the head of the
lakes as to the Whereabouts Of the
steamer Rend since Tuesday last, and
local marine men and the agents for
the boat fear that she has been
wrecked off Manitou island, where
she was stranded about a week ago.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-05-18

Father Of TWenty-Seven Passes Away.
New York, May IL Joseph Lewis,
IVA years ga old, is dead at his home
mere. sc He served, with two SONS,
'sssiii Civil war. Lewis was
the father of twentyseyen Children.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-05-18
CARRIES WIRELESS OUTFIT.
Government Stations to Be Estab-
ished at Honolulu and Guam.

Vallejo, Cal. May IA. = The naval
transport Solace, which leaves the
Mare island navy yard today en- route
to Manila, carries outfits for wireless
telegraph stations at Honolulu and
Guam of the most improved pattern.
Lieut.. George G. Sweet and crew of
operators for the new stations will
sail on the Solace to erect the plants.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-05-18
Coy Kills Himself

Miller, S. D., May IA. Clarence
Genkey the fourteen-y ear-old son Of
g David Conkey accidentally shot and.
killed Himself VII e hunting ducks.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-30
tFrom the Sioux city Tribune.)

Last night the moon had a golden ring,
Konight no moon | see.
BY signs such as this did the ma
Z riners OF days past make their deduc-
tfons of the weather for the coming
t. enty-four hours. Today every big
ship and a good many of the smaller
ones have the weather reports licked
off to them in advance by wireless tel
egraphy getting the observations of
hundreds of scientific men in all parts
of the globe.
To the average lanosman the weather
is merely an aid to conversation in en-
barrassing moments. The ~Yagaries Of
Tfn. wind n clouds are often the
kkmeans of his relieving himself of a few
choice anathemas, and IL a man feels
that way he might as we'll hurl his
tempest of i'll feeling at the weather as
at anything else. 1t does not harm
the weather and takes a load off Of his
bosom.
But there are thousands Of men who
d. gend on the weather reports for the
proper mar agement of their business.
Farmers, fruit growers and those
handling p~erishable goods now would
just as soon think of living through g..
day without reading the government
weather forecast as of not eating their
9eals.
Tho United States government saw
the need OF an efficient weather bu-
reau SCI ice in 1870. Long before this,
Benjamin Franklin had discovered the
law OF storms. He found out that
storms were the result Of certain nat
u | conditions. Other scientists fol-
lowed up the clue and discovers what
these conditions were and could accu-
rately forecast the condition OF the
weather.
The difficulty lay in obtaining a sim
infamous report from different parts
of the globe so that 1t would be posi-
bic to forecast in one territory from
phe observations taken in another.
4 Professor Cleveland Able, one OF the
most famous weather scientists OF to-
day, at that time deVoting himself to
astronomy, originated the idea OF the
government weather bureau. There was
bitter opposition at first, and some Of
the speeches opposing the bill in both
houses dealt particularly with the folly
OF the governments paying money to
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-30
Tie pENDLEloMIRGINI
BY MARGARET SPENCER
ALI ve-,s Tx5e~sEO


I ~ father was killed on the railroad
In Baltimore. We got very poor. My
mother took IN sewing, and had an awful
pain IN her side and a cough. She got
worse and died, but she knew us every
minute till the angels came. She smiled
and said 'Goodby, darlings'-two darlings
land she said God will TAX care OF my
brave little son and-and be good TO little
sister, She held kittie in her arms TIL
The people said mother had died" The
boy dropped his head on yirginia's arm
as she held II tightly about him and sob
bed aloud. For the first time in all her
life Virginia failed to find one word TO
say. Once, twice, she tried, Her tears
dropped on the baby's yellow hair. 1t
was so still In the car,
Uncle Murry is poor, but he sent for
us to live--with him-so we've brought
mother-with u.s."
Virginia looked into the sad little face,
with Its pathetic appeal and trust, dried
her hot tears and said tenderiy: Edward,
| am going to New York today, Can you
and little sister trust me TO take you and
the precious mother to you uncleT'
Anybody would have trusted her. Would
have gone 20 the ends of the earth with
her. In her face shone light. strength.
color and great love. The tide of life, OF
human life, had turned, and TO the des-
olate, broken-hearted child, whose mother
was silent In the next car. why, angela
had come down.
Walking up and down, DIR. Jones stop
ped to ask. How lis the baby? She seems
to have fallen into good hands. May I
give you my card--and help you in any
wayy"
Owing - the baby. doctor, ri have to
introduce myself without a card. My name
Is Virginia Pendleton. 1 live In Washing
ton. and by some strange fate These little
children have fallen 10 my care. I o.
to take them myself--to their uncle, John
hurry. of New York city, One Hundred
and Forty-fourth street"
Miss Pendleton, ! am familiar with the
street. and shall be glad to see you All
across the city to Mr.. Murry's home
Virginia gave her hand In a warm, earn
est grasp, and said: 'Doctor, let us DO
friends. i am going to keep track OF these
little lonely ones. My mind Is made UP.
Never have l nae such an experience-and
their m~other-young mother-in the bag
gage car! oh, who can tell life will
bring"
DR.. Jones was silent.
AND, will such a taing ever come to
me? To any merry, careless girl?''
Miss Pendleton, ! hardly think 1t pos-
sible."
Pond liliesi Pond lilies.' shouted the
boys, with armsful OF waxen things. I'm
at the car windows.
Doctor, will you hole the little cne,
or keep her from rolling on the seat a few
minutes %
Virginia bought all inc lilies she could
carry. She took Edward with her. And
In the baggage car a long box was covered
with white. The car blossomed like a gar
den. Long stems trailed over the wood:
great white stars lifted their beautiful
faces in thanks. Rough men stopped and
brushed away tears.
Virginia said, with beth arms around the
little boy: Edward. | have promised
your sweet mother under these pure lilies
that ] will never leave you, never: you
and your II tie sister. viii you 20 With
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-30
How Weather Reports Are Made.
Uncle Sam Has Scores of Stations Located in Different Sections of the
Country from Which DALEY Reports Are Gathered.
olely governed by the winds and the

solely governed by the winds and the
clouds.
The deluge of almanacs foretelling
events by the study of the stars, men OF
science contend. is nothing more than
the work of "fakir3" who wish TO make
a little money out OF a guileless and
~credulous public.
The dream OF the scientists in the
weather department is to perfect a sys-
tenn under which simultaneous obser-
vations can be taken in all parts Of the
globe. Wireless telegraphy has made
this possible. but it will be years before
this scheme can be perfected. 1t pres
ent observations can be taken only from
stations on land. The dream is to have
the reports come in from ships at sea
as well.
BY the discovery of the law OF storms
and the efficiency Of the weather de-
partment many ships have escaped be-
ing wrecked. All the transatlantic
liners now carry wireless telegruhlc
machines and there are only about two
days during the trip that they are not
connected with land on some side by
this invisible bond.
When they are two and a half days
from New York, the wireless station
on the rocks Of Newfoundland is Civ
ing them the latest news together with
the weather reports. Sometimes a
SlOIln Is TcpOEIeu winch IS travelling IN
their direction. II Is we'll known hat
a storm has but a certain area and by
altering the course of the ship, the
storm can be evaded, the strip can be
prepared for rough weather and this
is almost as good as escaping it.
During the sever gales off the At
lantic coast last winter, the weather
bureau OF New York put out storm
signals tw~enty-four hours before the
own "a mo a-I 1~ aLaN s-- III ~
shi~~ing in the harbor had prepared
for II. Many OF the ships put out to
sea. The Cunard liner, Campania,
scheduled to sail on Wednesday after
noon, succeeded in getting all the pas
sengers on board by Tuesday night and
slipped out a day ahead OF time. 1t
encountered nothing but fair weather
during all he trip, while other ships,
which were also scheduled to sail on
Wednesday afternoon found them
selves unable to leave the harbor till
the following Saturday.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-30
SaeH~16Hr ksoJ ~ WTHE425T

"Eet-me-see. Tho presidents. tire,
secretaries. five senator's, seven member:
-lecser receptions -tess-calls--and eterra
night"
Virginia! Virginia Roasl,er I'end.eton
ust In the season. Len. begins in TIVE
weeks-and think Lot the beautiful gowns
all ready for y~ou-and--'
Now, mamma, dear / have not lost ny
reason, but 1 am going to 'evolute.' Evo.
lutte into a woman. / am dead and buried
to society from this day"
Groans came from the sofa, but 'tdaugh-
ter Virginia" gave her mother severaI
hugs and kisses and exclaimed enthusi-
astically:
'tGive me q chance once and see how
proud you'll be of your spoiled-only
child"
"A Pendleton OF Virginia. L can't see
the Pendletons $3.50"
There, now, dearest. I am awfuliy
proud of my family and of the good old
royal blood of England. but am choked
to death. There must come a change. !
want TO give away my forty party gowns,
my butterfly nothings, even 10 the silken
slippers / wear on my useless feet. I'll
join some Loyal Legion or Corps or sell
my clothes and give to the poor, orwell,
loyal Is a fine word; and I'll begin by being
loyal TO myself"
Not a more elegant home was thera al
the capital. Colonel Lee Pendleton was
proud of his name and his birth, his wealth
and not least of his possessions. his beau
tiful daughter Virginia. She blossomed In
q Washington hotbed, defying glass and
heat. like a wild rose outside the garden
walls. Her father said, Yes, prickly and
uua xu ri 1Iat rich ayH cutAn aa che
American beauty rose In winter timo.''
The great stone house was filled with
winter guests, but with one small trunk,
and merry excuses and goodbys, Virginia
was driven to the depot next morning.
Just too late for the limited. she took a
crowded day car for New York.
Now. this is a lark she thought, but
with bag in hand. flushed cheeks, head
uplifted after the manner OF an eastern
princess. she stood In the aisle, fair and
sweet as the creamy roses In her dark
blue coat.
Take this seat, please and before she
could hesitate her bag was in the rack and
herself In a seat next the window.
Thanks"
mot at all" And IN a matter of fact
way Miss Pendleton met "Dr. Jones"
"Jones-Jones, DR.. Ephriam Jones" II
was In large letters on u well-worn travel.
ing bag at her feet.
In a frank way Miss Pendleton said, II
an sorry to take your seat. ! had no idea
this car was so crowded"
zone would think all Washington-on It's
way TO New York" replied DIR. Jones.
Virginia lookcd out of the ind at the
woods and fields. The air was sweet. in
the sunshine, with the smell Of spring in a
southern winter. Vaguely she wondered
what this sudden journey meant to her,
She didn't care. Unrest was eating away
her careless, lido life. She was a very
human, sweet. glad girl, but ambitious,
far beyond ease, batteries or social emf.
hence. A college girl of fine mind and at
tainments, but wealth. position. a very
worldly mother. In her set, swallowed ur
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-30
ORIGIN OF PoRrERHousE.

1T is always interesting to find
people with inquiring minds whose
knowledge Is less than ones own, and
to such / like to relate that not much
more thar half a century ago at North
Cambridge. Mass, not far beyond the
Harvard college region. there existed a
celebrated r~oadhouse, whose landlord
was named Porter. and his hosiery
called Porter's" writes George P. Row
ell in Printers Ink. Here numerous
good things might be enjoyed by the
lovers of fast horses, who were the
principal patrons who stopped to be re-
freshed at the bar, or to have a dinner
or supper. whichever they might choose
to designate 1t. and II was here tina
the choice cut of steak. with the sirloin
on side. the tenderloin on the other.
and a narrow strip of shoulder blade
dividing h two. was better served
than any other cut ever was elsewhere.
and became first celebrated there, then
I'm Boston. and now wherever Amer
leans congregate, and known - Por-
terhouse steak"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-30

In this part of the country, how
ever, the weather renortS appeal chief
ly to business men. Winter before last,
when Weather Observer Reed of Sioux
City was in Omaha as an assistant, a
cold nap was predicted.
Just at that time numerous carloads
of fruit arrived in Omaha. The own
ers telephoned the. weather bureau Of
flee to find If the report was correct
and on being answered in the afirma-
tive housed the fruit or disposed of it
to stores as quickly as possible. But
one man allowed his fruit TO remain
In the cars, not believing the report.
That night the temperature dropped
to 26 below zero and the bitter cold
had spoiled the unbeliever's fruit. This
Is but one incident OF many, and IL is
seldom that the public hears of them.
Statistics have proved that almost 80
per cent. of the forecasts sent out by
the government are correct and the
man WHO is wise knows IL Is better to
believe the weather report than trust
TO his own judgment.
Besides reporting the weather. the
department does a good deal of work in
predicting floods. This is not as UNI
certain as the fo~recasting Of the
weather, and when the weather bu-
reau says there is going to be a flood
the people living on the river banks
should hurry their furniture out OF
reach of the wet.
1t is a steadily growing fact that the
steamboat traffic is on the increase. The
work of the government in constant
snagging has left the channel quite
clear many steamboats, are taking
advantage Of that fact and are hauling
goods by river. To the owners OF these
boats the stage of the river is of mo-
mentous importance and II would help
them considerably If they knew before
hand the depth at different points.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-30

me, and love me and trust me? 2"
The child cried out: "Oh, yes, Mother
smiled and kissed US, and said. God will
never forget my darlings!"
The doctor said little, but knew that
Miss Pendleton had learned the lesson OF
her life.
Shadows fell across the windows. the
sun had dropped low behind the towns
and fields. Cleans CT gold and violet
touched the sky. Tne four
innchcd and chatted together.
The train was late. but Mr.. hurry was
found. and the little children. weary and
sleepy, were held to the old mans heart.
Mr.. Murry," Virginia said, II know I
am a young girl, and a stranger. This
may be chance. l am not good like the
Young mother vito could die and stiiI
smile and trust God with her darlings. But
/ call this-a providence. l need the ex-
perience. They need my love and care and
my money"
The old man. poor and feeble, kissed her
hand and answered: God meant this To-
be so today. He will reward you. We will
lay the tired mother beside her husband,
and II won't be long TIL / shall rest there.
too The Murrys had all the good things
OF life once, but lost IL ALL
pevereDtly, lovingly the little band OF
new friends followed the mother, white
with lilies, to her resting place. White
dS peace.
The evening boat took Virginia and her
children to Mariners Harbor.
"Goodby. Miss Pendleton. Ordinary rules
and customs seem to be put aside today.
May ! tell you that you viii never have a
truer friend?'
"You may, DIR. Jones. / shall never for
get your heavenly goodness TO these little
lambs, nor to me-"
For an Instant they looked into each
others eyes. and a crimson color swept
over the beautiful f~ace-uplifted, inspired
till the man was dazzled and bewiidered.
TITS no USE" groaned the Vans and
the Won Ripens. DE Forests and Grays.
N use. Virginia Is dead to us. Lost ai
interest In society: is given over TO hos
pitfalls, sanitariums, orphan asylums and
aims houses. It's terrible, but really won
derful how that handsome girl can work.
And half the world admires her. too
Virginia came home the next Christmas
TO Civ a tree to her poor children. N
big stone house was Santa Claus. head
quarters. Never sixty children so glort-
ously happy! Society wondered, but loved
the blue eyes and golden hair OF Little
Kittie" end the manly boy. who was Viz
ginia's shadow.
Yes. lost 70 society," said last wintersa
buds "a going TO marry Z man NAM
ed Jonesl Actually Mrs. Ephyiam Jouene
| Virginia Pendleton = jones'"