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the French republic, a brief re
view of which runs us follows:
La the summer of 1894 Alfred
|Dreyfus, n young jew officer.
captain Of artillery in the French
army, was suddenly accused, b
his stperlois, Of treason against
his country by selling certain mill
|tary secrets to an officer of the
German army. Protesting his IN
fnocence he WAS confronted with
written evidence of such striking
fac smile of his own hand that he
was held, and after Il trial by
court martial was adjudged guilty.
|degrsdcd publicly by having the
buttons, stripes and insignia cut
and torn from his uniform, his
sword sliced and broken into frag-
Iments in his presence and him
|self thrice driven like u dog
around the parade followed by
the roll of the disgracing drum
and made the target for The jeers
of the multitude. He was ban
|ished to D,vil's island--a small
island off the coast of French
Guinea inhabited by poisonous
insects and venimous reptiles
land there confined in n steel cage,
starved and maltreatcd by brutal
officers.
After five years of mental an
gnish and torment Captain Drey
fus, with the aid of his noble wife,
Interested justice to the extent
that he was granted Il new trial.
He was returned to France, tried
and again convicted but no punish
ment was prescribed. He was
allowed his freedom in France,
but the campaign for justice was
not ended. II did not end until
last Thursday when, after twelve
years of suffering, the highest
court of France annulled the con
ylctlon Of Dreyfus and declared
that the documentary evidence
upon which he was convicted was
all forged Today he stands be-.
fore the world free of the stain
of treason, his position in the
French army restored, and was
on the next day after his triumph
promoted to the rank of major.
Colonel Piequart, Dreyfus' friend
and the man who stood by him,
has also been restored to his posi-.
ton and promoted to the rank of
brigadier general.
While the fact that his wrongs
have at last been righted is a great
victory for Dreyfusit is, primarily
and ia j far greater degree, a vim
.dieation Of the French nations
ability to overcome the vice of
race prejudice. The conspiracy
against: Dreyfns had It's origin IN
the detestation which some of his
fellow officers and superiors felt,
for u jew The army's hatred
for his race was sufficient to pre-
5chlde anything like Justice in Inc
military courts and the anti Sem
lite sentiment among civilian ele-I
!nents was strong enough to pre-
vent his getting fair treatment
skster. That he should now re-
Bceive |. indications is far less i'm
partanf than that France has been
able to cast aside every other
scoilside ration and demonstrate its
go ps,cit!y for dealing ont essential
Justice, The defeat le,f antisssS emit
ism The forinal confession 81 i
past injustice and the Fighting Of
that injustice constitute i moral
victory 81 The highest in portanee
10 the nation.
The net result of tile Dreyfus
ease, n spite of the our geons
|wryngs it caused 10 the principal,
Iis d sIglsal demonstration 81 The
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-19
The Name Fooled Him.

Are you fond Of smells? p
! Never tasted It.
Eth! Smells are fishes.
Fishes! I thought they were some
kind Of cheese. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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i = !. Il 4 /.
WANTED, by Chicago wholesale and
MAJ order i house, assistant manager
IMAM or Woinan) for this county and.
adjoining territory. Salary $50 and Ok !.
penses paid week ly;;ex pense money adj
Ya s Work pleasant, position per.#
lnanent No iavestnent or experience
required. Write at once for full par
tieulars and enclose self addressed en-
yelope. COOPER 81 co,
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Wanted "a lawyero or notary public
to act as nlg agent Tor the securing or
charters under South Dakota laws.
Y 8 dress aE aollce with references and
terms. ] N. Frere, Cooperation AZ.
1torney, Is Bread St, New Z ork @
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Free Homes;

=
Are practically things Of the past. but
good homesteads may be had BY buy.
ing some hoinesteader's rights and I'M
provem ats. Homes can be secured IN
this way within ten Or twenty miles Of
railroad at prices ranging from 500 ID
$500.
Decided lands are from q to sl5 per
acre Farm lands i . to $$25 per acre.
For further information call on, or
write to the gssssa;
HAPPY III ONT ri sAI Il ESTAsrE
lAta ENGY. Pierre, s. D.
See that a tomato CARPET displasef
Ut the New Furniture Store. Any size
room shown carpsteti from many
samples on hand Carpets made 70 lit
- 81 small extra coat. q G. I'D.
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4pifBIsISHED AT 81 n u I'm "a &
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s 81. DEW ELL

Entered insthe postotiice az Pierre, : !
as second elass matter.
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BRITISH BRIEFS.

England's first representative parlia.
ment assembled in 1868.
Caesar conquered Britain in the year
tinued nearly 800 years, or until 40
A. d.
In 1919 was passed the habeas COR
pus act, which, along with the right of
trial by jury. is the great bulwark of
Anglo-iS;lxon liberty.
The great plague was introduced into
London in 1904 by bales of cotton im-
ported from Holland; 100000 persons
succumbed to the disease in one year
Cromwells long parliament assem-
bled in 1910: Charles /. was beheaded
jan 80. 1916. and Cromwell became
lord protector in 1853 In 1860 the
Stuarts We're restored to the throne.
Westminster abbey, where the kings
and queens OF Great Britain are
crowned. was originally a Kenedctine
monastery. 1t WAS founded by Sc,
bert, king of the East Saxons, about
616.
f}T7zFE DOuDlc Flowers.
Nearly all the double flowers of gar
dens We're first found Wild Double
buttercups, double primroses. double
daisies. double roses and many other
things We're first discovered among
their wild fellows and introduced into
the gardens The florist, however, can
produce double flowers. He watches
this tendency in nature. II flower
us1Iiiiy has five petals. and he dis
covers that some of the stamens have
somewhat Of Il petal like character. the
pollen is taken from these flowers and
others in a normal condition fortified
with this pollen. The tendency. once
started. is. then given to the progeny.
Almost any species Of plant will in this
way be capable of producing double
flowers. 1t is surprising that, with this
knowledge, more attempts at this line
of Improvement in ordinary garden
flowers are not made.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-04-06

essence Of vital stimulus. Tan an
shapely. radiant, not yet twentyf1res
years of age, and mistress OF earthS
best blessing, perfect health-hou
could Mary Ellen be sad?
"Chick chick chick chickee!" she
called, bending over the fence OF the
chicken yard. Chick, chick, chicks"
I'm be thah t'reckly VIII tier feed
Miss May Ellen" called out Aunt
Lucy from the kitchen. And pres
emily she emerged and Joined her
mistress at the corral. ~
Aunt Lucy" said Mary Ellen. do
you suppose we could ever raise
garden? I was thinking, IL we h4d
few peas, or beans, or things like That,
you know"
"Uh-huh!"
And do you suppose rose bush
would grow-a real rose bush. over
by the side of the house?"
Law. no, chile, whut you talkin'
bout? Nothin' haint goin' to grow
yer. 'lessn hits little broom cohn.
er some O. that alfalafew, er that soht
er things. Few beans might, eff we
wortered 'em. My lan!' with a sud-
den interest, as she grasped the
thought, "whut' could git fer right
fraish beans, real string beans. does
wondeh! Sakes, eff | cd hev string
beans an apple pies, l shoh1y cd
! make er foh'tune, right quick. String
beans-why, law, chile!"
Wen have to think about this gar
den question some day." said Mary
Ellen. She leaned against the corral
post, looking out over the wide ex-
panse of the prairie round about. "Are
those our antelope out there, Lucy?"
she asked, pointing out with care the
few tiny objects, thin and knifelike.
crowned with short black forking tips.
which showed up against the sky line
| ON distant ridge. 81 think they must
be. haven't noticed them for quite
| a WHILE"
"Yass'm," said Aunt Lucy, after q
| judicial look. Them blame I'll goats.
Thass UNI. l wish't they all wuzn't 30
mighty peart an KNOWN all Their
time, so'st Majah Buford he cd git
one o. them now an then fer to eat.
member mighty well how Cap'n
Franklin sent us down er quarter o.
anlope. Mighty fine meat, hit wuz."
"Er-Miss May Ellen" began Aunt
Lucy presently, and apparently with a
certain reservation.
"Yes?"
| ITO he continued)
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WHERE HE GOT THEM.
Little Boys Explanation Embarrassed
Generous Teacher.
ITO be continued.)


At recess one morning little Nathan
Garowski withdrew to a corner and
wept, and the heart of his pretty
teacher was moved with compassion.
whats the matter. Nathan?" she
inquired gently. why don't you play
with the others?"
Nathan looked up with dimmed
eyes. Dust and tears mingled ON his
brown cheeks. He pointed mutely to
his skirt and then broke into a roar:
TT was the dress of Rebecca. Me
mudder no money has for buy me any
ting. l nefer have the trouser, and
the children-the children--they stick
out the finger on me, and make a
laughs. They call mccall me-a
gi-girl."
Don't mind them, DEAR" said Alice
Harmon with sympathy. "They shall
not laugh at you long. l will get you
a coat and trousers, too"
Several days later Nathan appeared
in the glory of new suit and strutted
about basking in the admiring glances
of those who had despised him. His
cup of pride was filed to overlooking
when the superintendent came in with
the principal for visit Of inspection.
Nathan, we'll in the foreground.
glanced at his garments and looked
at the strangers for appreciation.
"why, little boy, what fine pair of
trousers!" said the superintendent NJ
fably. where did you get themr
Nathan drew himself up to his full
height, and outstretched his hand in
the direction of his beloved teacher.
81 got them off her," he announced.
81 got them on Miss Harmon"
Then Alice Harmon, with the blush
of confusion on her fair face, ex.
planned: "The-the children-on the
East Side always say of when they
mean from "-Lippincott.s.
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Two Kinds of LIQUOR Bills.

Representative Nehemiah Day
Sperey of Connecticut was leaning
mournfully over the back rail in the
House of Representatives the other
day. Mr.. Sperey is the chairman OF
the committee on alcoholic liquor traf-
fic.
Mark Smith, the cheerful delegate
from Arizona, approached the detected
looking Sperey and said, What seems
to be worrying you, old chap; cheer
up."
st was thinking Of a little liquor bill
I have over in the Senate" returned
Sperey, without looking up.
well, why don't you pay it and get
it off your mind" demanded the Ari-
IONA man, who evidently thought that
the Prohibitionist from the Nutmeg
state was referring to the bartender's
accumulated charges for sundry
drinks.
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Copyright. isos. by Daily Story Pub Co.,

In the province of San Diego, near
the river La Plaza, grew at one time
the prettiest flower nature had ever
fashioned into womanhood. Brown
eyes, from out whose depths flashed
fire, served only to enhance the
beauty Of face bewitching, form
supple as the willow, disclosed it.
self beneath dainty gown. rus
tic picture was she, indeed, divine,
Mercedes.
Don Palo, dark, handsome. stood
beneath festooned palmetto and
gazed enraptured at this picture. His
black mustache curled upward and
his eyebrows hung thick over keen,
restless eyes, that at this moment
were TRANSPORTED with loves passion.
He wore the gaudy creole dress of a
San Diego dandy and, on his head,
he wore a wide sombrero, decorated
with silver spangles and a band of
woven horsehair.
silvery peal of convent bell and,
when the wind quieted. the faint echo
of the Misereri floated on the air.
Pai1 approached and touched the
listening girl upon the arm. She
sprang away like a startled doe and
then returned with glad light in her
eyes, extending both her hands.
oh. Palo! Is it your" she cried.
He took her hands in his and print
ed fervent kiss upon her lips. Eyes,
Mercedes" he answered, Il have come
back to see you once again.
Bot. but" she began.
mo, Chiquita, there is little dan
ger. No one knows that | am here.
And besides" he continued, furrowing
his brow with an, ugly wrinkle, what
should fear?"
The girl threw her arms around lis
neck and kissed him passionately,
BIT. Il they should put my Palo in
prisnnf" she cried. mo. they can
not. | love him too much. God will
preyeAt it."
Out Of the convent window Sister
Soric6 looked listlessly. Her hymn
book sank neglected to her side. She
was watching the two in the distance
and her lips moved, mechanically, re
citing the service.
As she looked the two parted, and
Mercedes was left standing alone. She
was the daughter of a miller. he the
son Of the governor of the province
of San Diego. Sister Sorice shool
her head sadly.
naoh day Sister Sorice saw then
meet and each day he w6oed her more
ardenaay. antil one day he declared
himeek and Mercedes was the hap
piest eixa In all San Diego. Sister
Su4e4 was happy also.
Ala. who thinks of fathers wheI
thH lovef
Whea Palo went to his father ant
confessed his love for Mercedes. h
flew iato an awful rage. What? He
Pase. Of the best blood of San Diego
to marry Greasers daughter? VIII
was he that he should choose? Wa
mot the Senorita Isabella chosen TO
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Lesson in Architecture.

One of the young architects who
delivers lecture on modern archi-
lecture in the series of free public
school lectures had just shown his au-
dience the beauties of the Cologne ca
thedral the other night, when he
thought of an experience he once had
on a similar occasion. 1T was at the
conclusion of my lecture" he told his
audience, "that a woman came to me,
explained that she too was student
of architecture and thanked me for
enlightening her on one point that she
had never been able to understand
before. I've always wondered she
said to me, where the Colonial style
of architecture came from. Now, of
course, I see that 1t comes from Co
logne.'
"'What did you tell herr asked
some one in the audience.
"I told her." replied the speaker,
that If my lecture had made that
clear to her l felt very much graft
fied."-New York Sun.
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cor THERE At LAST.

Presidents Messenger Long Delayed
by Senatorial Courtesy"
One of the prerogatives of a United
States senator is that when he steps
aboard an elevator in the senate wing
of the capitol he Is carried immedi-
ately to his destination, no matter in
which direction the elevator may be
bound or who may be aboard. Three
rings of the bell indicate that q sena-
tor wants to ride. and the conductor
loses no time In responding to the
call.
One day last week Mr.. Barnes, the
assistant secretary to the president,
stepped aboard senate elevator
from the ground floor. In portfolio
under his arm he carried a message
from the president of the United
States to the Congress.
Senate floor" said Mr.. Barnes, a.
the conductor shut the door.
Just then there were three rings Of
the bell and the Indicator showed that
senator wanted to be lifted out OF
the terrace The elevator went down
instead of up, and Mr.. Barnes went
along. The senator in the terrace
only wanted to go to the ground floor.
AS he stepped off, however. there was
another senatorial ring from the ter
race. The senator wanted to go to
the gallary floor. and the elevator
went there without stopping. As the
car started down there were three
rings from the ground floor. ard again
tho car failec. to stop at the destina-
ton Of the presidents secretary. For
/, tunately for Mr.. Barnes, this senator
wanted to get an at the senate fiooE.
and the congress, after long delay. re-
eeivsi the message from the prensr
/ daps - Washington Post
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She could hear his voice. but
IS was only the mumbling of the bell
nd the "Misereri" of the sisters. as
taey sang:
''Misereri mel DoMini."
my child" said Sister Sorice. gent
II putting her arm about Mercedes,
Il will tell you story. Twenty years
ago maiden bid her lover good.b bye
by that little bridge down there. Wait
for me- he said. I will return soon!'
But he did not, and soon the maid
her shame. A little girl was born and
a good man took pity ON 1t and adopt
ed it as his own. That maid, Mercedes,
was myself. For twenty years l have
looked down that road. watching for
the return of my lover"
She paused and looked at Mercedes
with infinite yearning. And you," she
continued at last, Has the miller
never told you
Mercedes looked at the sister in
surprise. Told me what?"
"You-you are-my-child."
An instant's pause and they were
in each others arms, weeping.
Many years have passed since then
One weary watcher has been laid to
rest. but there is sister still, with
snowy white hair and kind. wistfu
face, who stands by the high little
window and looks out upon the road.
Perhaps she fancies there is a fig
ure coming in the distance.
Perhaps she fancies she hears 9
voice. 1t is only the humming of the
old bell and the echo of the quaverins
voices as they sing:
| "Misereri mel Domini."
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CHAPTER XVI.
The Halfway House.


miss May Ellen" cried Aunt Lucy.
thrusting her head in at the door.
'oh, Miss May Ellen, wish,t you'd
come out yer right quick. They's two
o. them prai dogs out yer a-chasin'
ouan hens agin-nasty, dirty things"
Very well, Lucy" called out a
voice in answer. Mary Ellen arose
from her seat near the window,
whence she had been gazing out over
the wide, fiat prairie lands and at the
blue, G.winking sky. Gathering each
a bit of stick, she and Aunt Lucy
drove away the two grinning daylight
thieves, as they had done dozens of
times before their kin, all eager for a
taste of this new feathered game that
had come in upon the range With
plenteous words of admonition, the
two corralled the excited but terror
stricken specified hen, which had been
the occasion of the trouble, driving
her back within the gates of the in
closure they had found necessity for
the preservation of the fowls of their
'hen ranch"
Its that same Domineck, isn't it..
Lucy?" said Mary Ellen, leaning over
the fence and gazing at the fowls.
"Yess'm, that same ole hen, blame
her fool soul! She's mo- bothern
she's wuf. We kin git two dollahs
fer her cooked, an seems like longs
she's erlive she bound fer ter keep
me chasin' 'roun' after her. clare,
she jest keep the whole lot o. ouah
chickens wore down to FRAGILE, she
traipsin 'roun' all the time, an them
a-follerin' her. An. of co'se," she
added argumentatively, I'VE all got to
keep up the reputation O. ouah cook
in. I KANT ask these yer men a
dollah meal-not fer no lean ole her
wifi no meat ontoe her bones-no
ma'am."
Aunt Lucy spoke with professional
pride and with certain right to au
thority. The reputation of the Half
way House ran from the Double Forks
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WEASEL KEEN ON THE TRAIL
Little Animal a Determined but Grace
full Hunter.


full Hunter.
The 1.-the grace of the weasel may
be observed whenever it is on the
trail. At an even speed, with nose to
the ground, its reddish-brown back
seems literally to glide along through
the rank heritage by the bank.
1t may be the scent of rat and
the trail may take 1t in and out of the
bank good many times before 1t
comes up with it's victim. 1t may
even have to swim stream before
it's persistence is rewarded. 1t is
wonderful how small hole that long,
arched body can glide into and
emerge from without the slightest
difficulty
When it has caught and killed it's
prey it's movements are equally grace
full as it carries the spoil home to its
hole
Crossing a Kentish field this week
! saw weasel coming along under
the hedgerow red toothed from the
chase. There was the same sinuous
| motion of the back; but the little
beasts head was held as high as pos
sible, and from it's mouth hung the
limp carcass of young rat, freshly
killed. The weasel held it by the
neck, and so high, for all the short
ness of it's legs, that only the end Of
the rats tail dragged through the
grass.
A family of weasels will often hunt
in company, and this is naturally a
most interesting sight to witness,
The ability of the weasel to enter ex'
ceedingly SMALL holes is owing en-
tirely to the structure of its body
its fat head, long neck, and short
limbs and tail. In corn rick it can
pursue mice with ease along their
burrows.-London Daily Mail
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timber, and as yet unsupplied with
brick or boards. In addition to the
main dugout there was rude barn
the squat buildings rose Lne frame of
the first windmill on the cattle trail,
landmark for many miles. Seeing
these things growing up about him,
at the suggestion and partly through
the aid of his widely scattered but
kind-hearted neighbors, L.ajor Buford
began to take on heart Of grace. He
foresaw for his people an independ-
ence. rude and far below their former
plane of life, it was true, yet infinitely
better than proud despair.
1t was perhaps the women who suf-
fered most in the transition from
older lands to this new, wild region.
The barren and monotonous prospect,
the high-keyed air and the perpetual
winds, thinned and wore out the
| fragile form of Mrs. Buford. This
| impetuous, nerve-wearing air was
| much different from the soft, warm
winds of the fiower-laden South. At
night as she lay down to sleep she
did not hear the tinkle of music nor
the voice of night-singing birds, which
in the scenes of her girlhood had
been familiar sounds. The moan of
the wind in the short, hard grass was
different from its whisper in the
peach trees, and the shrilling of the
coyotes made but rude substitute for
the trill of the love-bursting mocking
bird that sang it's myriad song far
back in old Virginia.
One day Aunt Lucy, missing Quar-.
terly Meeting, and exc bethinking her
self of some of those aches and pains
Of body and forebodings Of mind with
which the negro is never unprovided
became mournful in her melody, and
went to bed signing and disconsolate
Mary Ellen heard her voice uplifteG
long and urgently, and suspecting the
cause, at length went to her door.
What is it. Aunt Lucy?" she asked
kindly.
"Nothin', mann; jess rasslin' Wi
J Their throne o. Grace er I'll bit. We