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RICE THROWING At
RAILWAY STATIONS

Not long since one or two railroad
companies suppressed the throwing
of rice at bridal couples anywhere
within the precincts of railroad sta
tons. 1t was cold, unsympathetic
action, for it requires some hardness
of the heart to speak sharply even to
the giddy in the midst of their frolic.
There is much kindness of heart
everywhere. The street car conduc
tor will hesitate before he will still
the half-grown man with pair of
unwashed paws up to his face, operat-
ing mouth organ under the weak
minded impression that he is enter
tanning the passengers; and young
men whose eyes show a tendency to
nestle in the corners of their large,
shapeless noses, and whose hair has
never been cut short enough, will sit
on the back seat of a railroad coach
and "sing" for hours, actuated by a
simple desire to be agreeable. 1t is
seldom that the passengers audibly
protest, angry as they may become.
In this free country most people are
permitted to indulge their flow of
blooming fatuous it may appear to
the sedate. Culture, CT course, brings
self-repression; in fact, it marks the
advance of civilization; the self
restrained races are the conQuering
ones, as the self-restrained men usu-
ally get all the prizes. People whose
impulses flop around and in whose
faces every passing emotion is per-
mitted to tell its tale as the shadows
and sunlight sweep over a meadow
generally pay for their loose rein in
being exploited by the others. In the
capacity of teacher and monitor IL
may be that the railroads have stepped
in to prevent public exhibitions of
too much foolishness. For, though
the showering of rice and old shoes
upon the happy couple as they leave
the family threshold carries with II
perhaps an old fashioned grace and
charm, when it goes on as far as the
railroad station it becomes something
of public disturbance. Accompan.
led by the usual yawps and squeals
it produces rather long-eared i'm.
preston among innocent and unin.
terested bystanders. For this reason
the railroads may have stayed the
hands of the "rollicking" wedding
party at the gates of the station; OF
they may have decided to draw the
line when one of the playful wedding
guests recently broke the nose of the
bride by a badly aimed shoe as she
sat at the window Of the car.-St
Louis Globe-Democrat.
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play an exhibition game with the team
which was composed Of attendants and
the better class of inmates-those that
were insane only ON one subject. 1t
was charity game as we got only our
expenses and the receipts went to the
entertainment fund.
We'll, We felt pretty creepy playing
against those people, and they had an
insane pitcher. who had us stopped.
Bill Thornton was pitching for us, and
although he tried his best. the score
was to in their favor when the
ninth came. Although 1t didn't make
any difference we didn't want the
story to get around that we had been
whipped by team of crazy men, so
We worked as hard as If 1t were a
championship game.
That team had third basenan
that had Collins or Nash beaten. He
got everything that came near him. In
the ninth inning. with men on second
and third. came to bat and two were
out. We needed a nit to win. They
put up Il fast one inside the plate, and
just as he started to pitch a great big
Plymouth Rock rooster flew up on to
the fence and crowed.
II walloped the ball straight at the
third baseman. and the game seemed
over. SO threw down my bat in dis
gust and started to jog to first.
heard the crowd yelling and looking
over to third saw the ball going out to
left field and the third baseman rum
ming across the field as hard as he
could rum
Two runs scored and we won the
game. We found out afterwards that
the third baseman had hallucination.
He belived that he was grain OF
corn, and when that rooster flew uL
on to the fence he thought sure he was
going to be eaten up. so he ran away.
Cantillon Will Make EN- Work.
g Joe Cantillon ought to make the
Washington team a grand manager"
says Addie Jones.
He will mingle with the players
freely, will stand by them to the limit
if they are treated unjustly by the
club owners or the people, but in re-
turn he will exact from every man his
very best services.
He was, you know, our manager
when lot of us made winter trip to
the coast few years ago. At Las
Vegas few of us looked over the
town one night with the idea of buy
ing it If we liked it. 1t was my turn
to pitch next day, but begged Joe to
let me off.
"Wherefore?" he asked.
Headache replied.
Joe looked me all over. I've
billed you to pitch today, and gol darn
you you'll pitch the whole nine inn
ings, see?' he said, and did.
II beat Jack Chesbro / to 0, but ev-
cry time l let go Of the ball my head
felt as though it had been hit with a
mallet. We looked over no more
towns until we reached San Francis
co."
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With the average value per acre OF
wheat in South Dakota of 1929 and Of
$7.37 in North Dakota. it can readily
be seen that with land at from $25 to
$50 per acre the days of profitable
wheat growing have passed, and the
farmer must turn his attention to
other lines if he wishes to succeed and
in the future add wealth as in the past.
Mixed farming, including the rails
ng of hogs, cattle. sheep. poultry and
horses, must be resorted to. This will
keep up the fertility of the soil so that
the future generations will have a
chance for fair returns for their labor.
If such a method is pursued, corn will
rank as foremost in crop rotation
and give the best results for the labor
involved. Such rotation will have
a tendency to avoid crop failures. (By
crop failure we mean a crop
that fails to pay all expenses includ-
ing interest and taxes on the value of
the land.
The history of the cattle trade OF
the states of North and South Dakota
WOuIu Su0I SOA SOuAu OC plO-
fitably grown and fed to cattle. Corn
growing will also have a tendency
toward the ungrading of cattle so that
the animals will give greater returns
for the feed consumed than they do at
the present time
We do not wish to be understood as
sanctioning the growing of corn as a
means of increasing the yield of wheat
for such farming only tends to hasten
the day when our soil will become
impoverished so that it will yield nei-
Their corn or small grain. Wheat and
corn growing alternated is very ex-
cellent way to tho. oughly skin the
land most properly. Grow clover i'll
the rotation. In a future article we
will tell why
Seed Selection
Save seed from your own crop, Sc
lecting the ears that ripen the earliest
grow we'll up from the ground and
more nearly approach the type in
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INTERESTING STORIES Of THE DIAMOND

The clubs of the big leagues travel
approximately 300,ctO miles a yea,
during the training and playing sea.
sons, and the wonder is that one sci.
dom hears of a baseball club even in
the minor league being mixed up in a
railroad wreck. Yet they have ad-
ventures and narrow escapes every
year.
A really serious accident befell the
Chicago club under Arson during the
worlds fair year in Chicago. The
team was coming home to play and
was jumping from Cleveland into Chi
cago
special sleeper had been reserved
for the players, but on account of the
crush of travel the railway men had
sold some of the berths, and when An
son and his men got ready to retire
they discovered that three of their
tickets had been sold to outsiders.
There was squabble, and, to settle it
the conductor requested Arson to
send three of his men to berths in a
forward car.
Jimmy Ryan, Malichi kittridge and
newspaper man, volunteered to 60
The train was rushing along at fifty
miles an hour, while Ryan, Kit and the
reporter We're sitting comfortably in
one of the berths, when, without
warning, the car was crushed into
kindling wood. the floor went to
pieces and in a second everything was
i'll darkness. Smoke and steam hid
the awful sight, More than 25 lives
had been sacrificed.
The hunt for the players was excit-
ing. The other men came running
forward from their uninjured coach
and started the search. Kit was the
first found. \ negro porter had
picked him up and was dragging him
away. AS the players came upon them
the negro dropped Kit and fell dead,
splinter having passed through his
body. Ryan was found on top of
coal car on siding. His scalp had
been torn off and dragged over his
face, his body and legs were filled with
splinters until he looked as if he had
been shot full of arrows. The news
paper man was sitting against a car
wheel with an unbroken bottle of beer
in one hand. He was unconscious.
Ryan was identified by his rings.
To this day Ryan wears rubber ban
dages all over himself, but the other
two members of the party recovered
almost Immediately.
D. Green, Champion Sleeper.
One of the funniest things that ever
happened came off near Grafton, w.
Va. in 1898. D. Green had an upper
berth that night and he always had
the champion sleeper of the league
tied. The train was whirling along at
top speed when suddenly it was side
swiped by projecting freight car.
There was a wild panic, people
fought their way out of the cars and
saw the sides of two sleepers ripped
wide open. No one was killed and af-
ter time the train proceeded.
The next morning Green appeared
at breakfast rubbing his head.
What's the matte. with the head,
Dan?' asked somebody.
Had a dream last night" remark
ed Dan, "and sat up in my berth so
quick l bumped my head on the top"
Where were you during tn.
wreck" asked another.
What wreck?" asked Dan.
He had slept through it all. or at
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least only walked up enough to think
he had bumped his head.
Tho RrothnrlOn.1 lNOllnnsN

NC u0u DuIlpeu Ills ucdu.
The Brotherhood Collapse.
Nowadays the signing up" of a bal
team-the task of obtaining signature.
of the players to their contracts fol
the following season-is much les:
laborious and pretentious proceeding
than it was in the days following thu
famous Brotherhood revolt. The dis
solution of the Players League
while amounting to confession of the
inability of the players to manage
themselves-did not destroy the indis'
pensability that it had fOstered. AS 8
rule the men who wore the spangles
waited for the club owners to come tc
them and ignored all invitations tC
call at the office an dtalk things over
One winter in the early '90's the
Little Old Man. accompanied Manager
Pat Tebeau as the latter's guest on a
player-signing trip down east. Patsy
weighed 1S9 pounds when the trip be-
gan and about 10 when it was over
! Worry wasn't responsible for it ALL
Part of the loss in weight was due to
the shrinking of great roll of bills
that the little manager was handed
by President Robson when he started
away.
Jesse Burkett was found at Worces-
ter. The Grab had wound up the
past season in Il blaze of batting glory.
He knew that he couldn't be spared
So did Pat, and $50 bills took the place
of verbal arguments in inducing Jess
to quit fooling and be good.
Over at New Haven it was different.
John Clarkson. once king of pitchers,
knew that the crown was no longer
his own. The surprise with which he
gazed on the generous figures that had
been written in his contract was not
simulated, and in five minutes from
the time greetings had been ex-
changed Handsome Johns" name had
been written in dashing style at the
foot of the document
Cupid Childs was hard to find among
the myriad of winter resorts for ball
players in Baltimore, but at midnight
he was located. 1t was 4 a. m. and
the empty cob-webbed bottles were
heaped high on the floor when the Kid
was ready to talk about baseball.
Cap" he said, IF you give me 5000
right here in my hand, I'll sign that
contract"
"Why, Kid" remarked Patsy, there's
$3.50. If you'd said that four hours
ago you might have had the $50 that
went for wine."
Old Cy Young signed his contract
that winter in Frank de Hass Robi-
sons Office.
Write in your own salary" said
the Cleveland magnate.
Young took the pen and marked
down a figure.
Frank de Hass scratched it out and
made the amount $500 more.
Satisfied" asked Robson.
"I'll show you next year." said
Young.
And it was the next season that Cy
made worlds record of victories.
Third Baseman A @Bug."
"The luckiest game ever saw won,'
said Jimmy Ryan, was an exhibition
game we played with Arson several
years ago. There is an institution for
the insane near Baltimore and as we
had an open date in between Philadel-
phia and Baltimore. Arson agreed to
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aTHIs DATE IN HISTORIC

@ 9 @ O @ @ @ o o O O 9 o o o . o 9
1631-Sir Hugh MIDDLETON died.
1795-Timothy Pickering of Massa-
chusetts became secretary Of state.
1865-Leopold II. assembled the throne
of Belgium.
1869-National colored labor conven-
ton met in Washington.
1874-Destructive fire at Charleston,
w. Va.
1894-FInancial panic in Newfound-
land; government resigned.
1899-British lost heavily in unsuc-
cessful attempt to carry Boer posi-
lions at Spytfontein.
19O2-British and German fleets seized
custom house a La Guayra, Venex-
uela.
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What's in a Pet Name,

Wife of colonial officer Visiting
native village)-"WWhat dear little
child that is-what's your pet name,
dear"
The Observation-Disclosures
yajanga.
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Illegal.

Illegal.
Ethel-"That 16-year-old boy asked
me to marry him.
Edith-"And you threw him over?"
Ethel-"Yes, told him it was against
the law to catch Holsters so young"
Judge
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Get Your Share OF Prosperity

The whole
The trend of modern of
rapid multiplication of dollars employed
Forks real estate offers such
asind of profit money
much for not than could
OF besides will have work.
dtion and such as cause the insolvency of many.
Now don't you hundred or a coun]e of
thousand saved before down
$40 month will
and for few hundred down of
house that will for itself ACT
depend taking
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DR.. H|NEBAUGH ON CORN IN \, DAKOTA

DIR. T. D. Hinebaugh, Tower City,
n D., in the Dakota Farmer: The
past two seasons have witnessed the
passing of wheat growing as a prof.
table crop. Statistics show that the
average yield of wheat for the past ten
years has been below the amount re-
quired to make it's growing profitable.
The average yield, as compiled from
the reports of the department of agri-
culture, are as follows:
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-09-06
EARLY and Lnte Casters. ,

Easter Sunday cannot happen Garner
than March % or later than April %.
but between these two dates it has
range of thirty-tive days. At the time ~,
of the council of Nice, 325 a. D., 1t
was agreed by the representatives pres
ent that from that time forward Easter
should fall on the first Sunday after
the full moon occurring on or next
after March 81, or, in other words, ION
the first Sunday after the first full
moon after the sun crosses the line
Since the above arrangement was
adopted by the great ecclesiastical
council referred to Easter has fallen
on March % and OH every date be-
tween that and April %, but it is only
after long intervals of time that it oc-
ours Oh its extreme dates. In 1856
Easter fell on April %, its latest pos
sible date, an event which will not
again occur until the spring of 1913.
The last time Easter fell on its earliest
date was in 1918. This will not happen
again until after this century.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-09-06
The Thermometer Habit.

The clinical therm ometer habit has
taken such hold on many persons
that one physician has forbidden his
patients to have them on pain Of re-
fusing to treat them if they disobey.
The clinical thermometer fiend is per-
son who keeps one of these medical
registers in the house and the instant
that he, more often she, has head
ache, real or imaginary, thrusts the
tube under her tongue and takes her
temperature. Finding it varying one
millionth part Of a degree from normal,
she thinks she is about to have some
deadly illness, packs off to bed and
sends for the doctor.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-09-06
Summons.

state Of so ~ hgsa T. Circuit
Summons: Albertina v. Brink, plaintiff, vs..
Charles A. Guernsey. and all persons un-
known who have or claim to have any estate
or interest in or lien or incumbraDce upon
the premises described in the complaint.
defendants.
The State of South Dakota to the above
named defendants: 81
You are hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint of the plaintiff which
was filed in the office of the clerk OF this court
at the city of Pierre, in Hughes county. state
Of South Soy Dakota on the 26th day Of June, A.
d 1903, which prays for a Judgment qujeting
the title to aud the determination OF an ad-
verse claims against the premises described
IN the complaint, situated In the county of
Hughes. state OF South Dakota, to wit: Lot
seventeen III. In block eleven (i1), OF Steig-
MEYERS addition TO the city OF Pierre, accord
ing to the recorded plat thereof now Of re.
cord. and TO serve y copy OF your answer to
flee in the Hilger block in the city Of Pierre,
South Dakota. within thirty days after the
completed service of this summons upon you,
exclusive OF the day of such service aud II
you fai Ito answer said complaint within that
time. the plaintiff will apply TO the court Tor
the relief demanded in the complaint
Dat Pierre, south Dakota,l this 10Th day OF
June, 1906. ZfILIss GUTHRIE
s1:l2-8:2S PlAintif 's Attorney.
"
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Order To Show Cause on Filing Peti-
ton to Sell Land.

ton to Sell Land.
state Of South Dakota, lii County Court
Conntyof Hughes. August Term, 1906
III: the matter, Of the estate OF Lorinda q,
Order to show cause on filing petition TO sell
g land. $500 g. q, III Il az
On reading and filing the petition OF Edgar
a. Cummings, executor, setting forth the
his hands, and the disposition thereof; the
amount 81 debts outstanding against said de-
ceased. and descript ion Of all the real estate
o. which sasd deceased died seized, and the
thereof; and praying that license be to hitn5
granted to sell lots nine, ten, fifteen and six
teen of the northeast quarter Of section two,
fifth principal meridian And 1T appearing
by Aid petition that there is not 30 fficient
personal estate in the hands Of said executor
pay said debts and that it is necessary for!
the best interests OF said estate and Ia order
to- pay the same TO sell III of said real estHte
~ Is therefor re sor1eTed that all persons ms
terested In said estate appeor before the Judge
September, "a. D. 1864 at 10 o'clock IA. M, az
the court house in the city OF Pierre In said
county, then aHd-shere to show cause 4 fsaEy
there BED why license should riot be granted
to said executor to SEA said real estate ac-s
|cordihg to the prayer OF said petition.
a And 1t Is further ordered, that d copy OF this
order shall be pub lished for four successive
Pierre Weekly Free Press a week XIV newspaper
printed and published ut Pierre iii said county
and personaily seryedon al persons Interested
days ss ana ad
\, an other persons Interested ccoraing
Dated 81 !, Pierre, So OAK the 18th day ii
BY tie Court: BREEDENs
Judge OF the County COURT.
Attestk H II. TarbeIl,S Clerk. ss - Z. IS
I. q stephens Attorness sfor Petitioner
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=
State of South Dakota, %
County of Hughes. III
In Justice court in and for said Hughes coun-
tN. before s. q. Yarnell, Police Justice, ex-
OffciO Justice of the Peace.
Eli Il. Lindsay. Plaintiff, VS.. Pungs Finch Gas
EngineCo.. Defendant.
The state of South Dakota sends greetings to
Pungs Finch Gas Engine Co, Defendant: +
You are hereby summoned to appear before
me, at my Office In, the CITY of Pierre. in said
county on the -28th day of August. A. d., 1905,
at 10 O'Clock a m..s to answer to the complaint
of the above named plaintiff, Eli q. Lindsay.
who elaims to recover of you the sum of
Twenty-Five and OO-100 dollars, being for mon
ey paid Us artspayment of one engine clutch
which was not as represented when it arrived,
and that the defendant now refuses to refund
the said money to the plaintiff, and you are
hereby notified that if you fail to, appear and
answer said complaint as above required said
plant will take Judgment against you by
default for the said amount OF Twenty-Five
and 90 100 dollars, and interest at per cent
from August IA, 1906, together with costs and
attorneys fees.
Given under my hand this 18th day of Aug
ust, A. %. 1906 SC. YtARNELL,
Police Justice; EXC fficio Justice of the Peace
The above entitled canse is continued until
October Is, 1906: at 10 O'Clock u. NJ. for the
purpose Of publlea tion of summons.
( Dated Augusta 1906. ~
s. q. YARNElsL. & 5
Police Justice; exc fficio Justice of the Peace.
johnson & Philip,
Attorneys for Plaiutiff. 9-6-1o-8l
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COUNTY PRIMAKIE.
AND CONVIlN ZION.

A. republican county primary election in
and for Hughes county y. d., lis hereby called
.otings precin cts in. the county on Tuesday,
September III, 1906, fol. the purpose Of elecring
celebrates to a. republican county convention
in and for said county, to be held, and which
convention is hereby called to be held 1t the
opera house in Blunt, s. D. on Tuesday; the
18th day of September, 1905, at the hour Of Ii
forth. and at which primary election there
will also be elected two members III the re-
pnblican county central CON ttee from each
and every precinct in ting county, to copsti-
tute such committee for said comfy for e.. 3
ensuing two years. The pcllsa said prfma..
sries will open at three l8) o'clock 3 M. and
e Eep1 oRsn ana and shall close
pisces at said PRIMARIES shall b aud have
been fixed BY the county central committee
at the fo lowing named places, respectively,
and the following named persons have been
appointed by the county central committee
as precinct chairman and secretary, respect-
!!vely,in and for tbs various voting precincts
intile county to a.ct and otiiciate at said pri-
inaries and to perform such ether duties as
sitlli Y tlsvolve upon hem. viz: @
FDrS Peoria precinc Oh at Fielder schoolhouse;
schumacher. ssS 5s lslss go
.elil or at Mentor schoolhouse; chair
ma ~ Car Peterson secretary A. p Gslystt.
sehooahop e; chairman, W liam Kreils secres
tary, Y e. Liant S5 ss 5s
tor5 Logan at Logan schoolhouse chair
vim Ss n ~ -
For Blunt, ~ Workman's hall; chairman,
2; ~ =. granger, secretary IS. 3. Isrask
s For SBrettun, at Garret to schoolhouse; chair
$rett ssss . q. y ~,
FIT Harold al Harold sc.sooihouse chair
treiGlI. BEE 4 ! isg}5s.eS -
F9f WI bsters at Ksaus Erp sctoo lhonse;
Is iappers; .ss,sa "a - 5 s ~
For But tie, Ut Steiner scnool house !; chair.
wood S.-esas ~
~ For. Pleasant Valley and Raber, at Tutin
school nuse; chat rman, c. n u. Eakins spcre-
tary. William Gong don, 81; IS
. For Canning and va Hey, at Canning sschooi.
house No chairman, Willard y. Nye, secretary
10. s1fetxger. ~ So I Z
A For Rousssau. III KosseauI sciioolhoase;
4 eiialrmAlls andrew Anderson. secretAry,
Cla1fsts Richardson. ,~g { I
e &, Deer ~ Hans store chairmau,
y y. n. HatsmaD, set'ret "A. N. Chandler s
~ ttJr buckeye, ut Buckeye school house;
man. M Z 80 -
1 koz DRY k1A. y ct,olneE - olhoasc chair-
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Summons.

. MALLERY, Secretary.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-09-06
Failure.

every frequently says New York
lawyer, "there is an element of uncon;;
scious humor in the findings of jury.
To my mind, the best | ever heard in
this connection was the verdict brought
in by a coroner's jury In Michigan,
who were called upon to pass upon the
case of the sudden death of a merchant
in Lansing
1.-THE finding was as follows: We,
the jury, find from the physicians
statement that the deceased came to
his death from heart failure, superin-
duced by business failure, which was
caused by speculation failure, which
was the result Of failure to see far
enough ahead -Harper's Weekly.