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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-13
A NATURAL DIXIE.
The Volcanic Formation Alsng the
COupae OF Fail River

81
Nature IS full OF strange freaks, and
her agents--rains, storms, winds and
even tius,--produce results that might
often be mistaken for the works of
human hands. though frequently on q
colossal scale.
Velcanic activities are mighty fac.
tors, and through them some wonder
ful phenomena are wrought. One at
these may be seen along the course OF
Fall river, i'll northern California. This
stream Is OF considerable size. and the
work OF natures gigantic forces may
be seen between the upper aud lower
cascades Of the river
1t IL what might properly be called
a volcanic dixie This dixie extends
for some distance. along Fall river,
near its banks and nearly parallel to
the course. 1t bears close resemblance
to q roughly constructed wall The
top of this dixie is very ragged aud
the height Of varying attitudes. In
some places II is twenty feet high and
several feet in thickness, and again
may be easily clarnbered over. The rock
Of which this wall Of nature is com
pOsed is Of a very porous character,
bearing some resemblance to pumlce
stone, though much more solid and Of
greater specific gravity.
That entire region Is OF volcanic ori-
gin and evidently WAS once the scene
of great eruptiye activity. Scoria and
lava abound, though the face OF the
country is now tfafckly clad with timber
and brush. The dixie besins and ends
abruptly.
The wall Of the dixie IS evidently the
result ef volcanic forces, and has NO
doubt stood for many centuries. 1t
stands clear from clinging rocks, has
q narrow foundation, with vertical
walls. and IN very straight. The mys-
tery is what forces of nature could
have piled Up or ieft standing this
rock formation 80 uniform. This dixie
has puzzled not few geoiogists who
have visited and examined it-Amerf-
can Inventor.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-13
A FIERCE MERMAN.
DraaA sf Marine Msast4r virHlAas
SpOrted In 1879.

DraaA sf Marine Monster virH1Aa~
Sported In 1oTG.
B. II. Blackwell OF Oxford has pub.
lished aycareful reprint OF An Account
of Virginia: Itz Situation. Iempsra-
turs. Productions, nhabItants and
Their Manner OF Planting and Order
Ing Tobacco" 1t Ii, in brief, pam
phlet communicated to the Royal SO
esety In 1876 by one Thomas Glover,
"an ingenious Chirurgion," who had
lived tar some years In the province
Mr.. Glover would seem to have reckon
Cd the sea serpent among the inhabit
ants Of the colony to Judge from the
minute accuracy Of the following de-
scription:
"a most prodiglous Creature, much
resembling man, only somewhat lar
ger, standing right up In the water
with his bead, neck, shoulders, breast
and vast, to the cubits Of his arms,
above water; his skin was tawny, mucf,
like that " an Indian; the figure Of
bis head was pyramldal, and slick,
without hair, bis eyes large and black,
s%AA ~ " CT e i31 CHLVnSy AH kQuuu
very wide, with broad, black streak
on the upper lip. which turned upward
at each end like mousta choes; his eoun-
tennace was grim aad terrible; his
usek, shoulders, arms, breast and vast
were Hike unto tho neck, arms, shoul-
ders, breast and vast Of man; his
haalS, IL he bad any, were under wa
ter He seemed to stand with his eyes
fixed On me for some time, and after
ward aiyed down. and little after ris-
eth ut somewhat a farther distance and
turnad his head toward me again. aad
then Immediately fal,eth little under
water and swimmets, sway so near the
top Of the water thauaI could discern
him throw out his arms and gather
them in as a man dotl, when he swim
meth. At last he shoots with his head
downward. BY which means he cast
tayl above the water. which exactly re.
sembled the tayl Of fish. with broad
fame at the end Of It,"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-13
ROYAL EPiCUREs.
deaarch. who Were Fansns Fer
Their Culinary Learafnx.

Their Culinary Learning.
Royalty in times past has had many
an accomplished epicure as learned in
culinary lore as In the practice of the
cuisine 1t was Henry de Falas who
brought into fashion aromatic sauces
and various spice dainties lnheritng
Ills taste for cooking from Catherine de
Medtci, who introduced Into France not
! 1nlr ices. but much OF the culinary art
from Italy.
l.euls XIV. was devoted to gastron.
smy, and for his use liquors were in.
vented In his old age when, 1t il said,
he could scarcely endure existence
without Z succession OF artificial slim
ulants. But the pertinacity with
which Charles v. OF Spain gratifed his
appetite under all circumstances rival
Cd even that OF Frederick the Great
Before rising In the morning potted
capons were usually served to him.
prepared with sugar, milk and spices.
Iced beer being one Of his favorite
drinks Fish. too, Of every kind was to
hts taste, eels, frogs and oysters occu-
pying prominent place in the royal
blu Of fare. Frederick the Great was
fond OF highly seasoned meats and had
= strong predilection for italian or
Fr6nch made dishes. 1t was his habit
during dinner to make pencil marks
against the different items Of the bill
Of fare, to which he referred when
conYersinx afterward with the maltre
d'hotel
When the Due d'Escars and his royal
master, Louis XVIII, were closeted to-
Sether to talk over dish the ministers
were kept waiting In the antechamber,
and the next day this notice regularly
appeared in the official journals: M. lie
Due d Oscars a travaille dams le cab
met" 1t may he added that Louis
XVIII. had invented the ':trutiles a Ia
puree d'ortolans'' and, reluctant to
disclose the secret, he invariably pre-
pared the dish with his own hands,
assisted by the duke. Another epicu-
TeAn OF the first order was the Polish
King Stanislaus Lesztnskl, who invent.
"a many a new dish and vastly inn
proved the style OF cooking, astonish-
Ing the Lorrainers, among other things,
By having served up at his table dishes
Of meat with fruits both Of which had
been cooked together. Geese which
had heen plucked when alive then
whipped to death. and marinees were
set down Ia his blu of fare as foreign
birds. and after somewhat similar
fashion turkeys were transformed into
"coqs de bruNeres aud We're served at
the table buried under the strong
smelling herbs CT Lorraine. One year
WAS remarkable for the entire failure
Of the fruit crop, but Stanisinus would
not be deprived Of his dessert. for
turning his attention to confectionery.
he substituted compositions Of sugared
vegetables. especially Of turnips = Lon
don Standard
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-13
No Bo.bt OF HI. Hone.tY.

Deputy Sheriff and Chief OF Police
All Church OF Woousocket wa. known
in his day az a man who was straight
forward and blunt In all his dealings.
One day a grocer went 10 All for In
formation about certain Joe White
who had api,iisd for credit and a bpoS
at his store, and the following dia
loeue enSued:
Good morning. Mr.. Church.
''Aornin'.'
-Dc you know Joe whtteY'
Yes"
What kind Of . te'ler /. h.r'
Putty fair"
'ls he honest r
"Honest7 should say 20. Been ar
rested twice for stealin' and acquitted
both times
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-13

There's hill at Bowie, Texas, that's
twice as big as last year. This wonder
is W L. Hill, who from weight Of 9t
pounds has grown to over ls0. He says
81 suffered with terrible cough, ant
doctors gave me up to die of consump
tion. Twas reduced to 80 pounds, whel
l began taking DR.. Kings New Dis
coyery for consumption, coughs and
colds. Now, after taking IL bottles,
have more than doubled in weight and
am completely cured Only sure cough
anc cold cure. Guaranteed by M. j
schubert, druggist. soc and Si.W Tria
bottle free
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-13
nest Net Away. Be.t.

1t is a mistake to have the best. The
reasons are two-one is that directly
you havs the best OF anything you
have closed an avenue to enjoyment,
the enjoyment Of waiting for 4 wish
to be realized: the other Il that one
becomes sorry for those persons whom
one sses stumbling along with ths in
fsrior afticie.-E. Y. Lncas.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-13
long Tennessee Fight.

For twenty years w. L. Kawis, of
Bells, Tenn, fought nasal catarrh. He
writes: The swelling and soreness In
side fnysnose was fearful, till began
applying Buckien's Arnica Salve 30 the
sore surface; this caused the sorneness
and swelling TO disappear, never tore
turn. Best saive in existence, 25c ct
II !. kAahsstA, dszGsist. AZ
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-13
Wanted the Money.

"Your money or your iifeH' growietl
the footpad.
Take me life," responded the Irish
! man. I'm sayln' me money fer me
! old ."-Cleyeland Leader.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-13

8 For Sale au yearlings and two
year old steers, 100 head Of heifers, 10
he&d Of dry cows TO be delivered
vdEit ! g 7 Douna " fklnak. lainn
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-13
Free Homes

Are practically things Of the past, but
good homesteads may be had by buy
ing some homesteadef's rights and i'm.
proyements. Homes can be secured in
this way within ten or twenty miles of
railroad at prices ranging from 500 to
$780,
Decided lands are from 81 to S15 per
acre. Farm lands Sl5 to S25 per acre.
For further information call on, OF
write to the
HAPPY HOME REAL ESTATE
AGENCY, Pierre, S. ID.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-13

T WANTED, by Chicago Wholesale and
mail.order house, assistant manager
imam or woman) for this county and
adjoining territory. Salary 800 and ex
penses.. paid weekly; expense money ad-
vanced. Work pleasant, position per-
manent No investment or experience
required. Write at once for full par
ticulars and enclose self lad ddressed en-
velope. COOPER s. Co,
1872 Lake street, Chicago, Iii,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-13
A Texas wonder

Manufacturing sorrow ID one Of the
worst Of sins.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-01
when Cod became Blind.

Several large cod are kept in one Of
the tanks Of the Amsterdam aquarium,
necessarily near. the surface and there
fore exposed to a strong light from
above. Now, the cod, though not
deep sea fish, Is not surface swim
mer and lives at depths where the sun
light must be very much modified by
passage through the water. It lives in
what to us would be semidarkness Ev-
cry one Of these cod exposed to the
strong light is suffering from an ex-
traordinary hypertrophy Of the eye.
The whole organ has become over
grown, as If in the effort to adjust IT.
self to the use Of more light rays 1t had
become oyerequipped and then useless.
The cod, in fact, are blind. The most
interesting feature in this change is the
extraordinary rapidity with which in
creased supply Of light rays has over
developed the organ for It's use. It has
taken place not by slow degrees from
Individual to Individual, but In course
Of time to be measured by months and
in every individual in the tank. II
this example is measure of the rapid
ity with which such changes take place
among fishes, the adaptation Of those
creatures which have migrated from
the shallow waters of the deep seas,
shown by the total loss or enormous
development of their eyes and the
growth of Illuminating organs to light
the abyss, may have been as rapid as
it is marvelous.-London Spectator
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-01
EARTHQUAKES.

Among the many strange relation
ships which earthquakes hold to yari-
GUS natural phenomena there is possl-
bly, one between the times of their oc-
currence and OF Irregularities In the
revolution of the world. For many
years 1t has been observed that there
are slight but irregular changes in lati-
tude, or, in other words, the axis of our
earth does not always point in the
same direction The pole wanders
about in mean position, sometimes
In path that Is nearly circular, while
at others it appears to be exceedingly
irregular and even retrograde The
world top is not spinning truly, but it
slightly wabbles. When the change In
direction of it's axis Is sharp large
earthquakes have been frequent. If q
swiftly moving body Is, SO to speak,
compelled to turn corner, that It
should be subjected to strains which
might result In yielding Is easily con-
ceivable. Regarded from this point of
view, the times at which strata in
seismic strain give way are to some
extent governed by cratic movements
In the rotation of our sphere. The
earthquake and the wabble may, how
ever, be due to common cause, and
the question therefore Is one which re-
quires closer standardization Milne
ia National Review. ~
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-01
Moon heat.

Many people suppose that moonlight
possesses great potency and has a won-
derful influence on or over animate
and inanimate things on our planet
Such persons should remember that
moonlight is only reflected sunlight
and that the quality and quantity Of
the light thus reflected are not what is
generally imagined. In fact, it is a
truth which has often been demonstrat
ed by the speculative astronomers that
it would take G1S,O0O full moons to
afford an amount Of light equal to that
emitted by the sun, and furthermore,
there is only sky space for $4,000 such
disks. Some heat comes from moon
light However, it is in quantities so
small that it cannot be measured by
ordinary instruments. Flammarion
says that the amount Of heat emitted
by full moon while ut it's zenith can
not be more than one eighty-thou-
sandth Of the amount that the sun sup
plies when standing on the meridian
on favorable day in July. Such be-
ing the case, it is really surprising
that intelligent people should consider
that the moon has such a wonderful
influence" over terrestrial affairs.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-01
A Forest OF Giants.

1t is almost impossible for one who
has seen only the eastern or Rocky
mountain forests to imagine the woods
OF the Pacific coast. Pictures of the
big trees are as common as postage
stamps, but the most wonderful thing
about the big trees is that they are
scarcely bigger than the rest of the for-
est. The Pacific coast bears only a
tenth of our woodland, but nearly half
OF our timber. An average acre in the
Rocky mountain forest yields one to
two thousand board feet of lumber; In
the southern forest, three to four thou.
sand; in the northern forest, four to
six thousand. An average acre on the
Pacific coast yields fifteen to twenty
thousand. Telescope the southern and
Rocky mountain forests, toss the north.
ern on top of them and stuff the cen.
tral into the chinls, and, acre for acre
the Pacific forest will outweigh them
all.-American Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-01
A ssTurncr,, s.c--

81
Very few London dealers indeed are
competent to Judge Turner's works
that is, without certified history. A
lady acquaintance Of mine had large
picture in her house which she had al
ways regarded as Turner, and, desir-
Ing to sell 1t, she offered it to five or
six of the leading dealers, but not one
of them would buy 1t at any price, as
serting that Turner never saw it and
that 1t was nothing like his work, and
SO on. A few months afterward a doc
ument turned up among her family pa
pers showing that the picture had been
specially painted by Turner for her
husbands father, and in week she
had sold the work for E2,2aO. The ay-
erage dealer is almost frightened to
touch Turner, and you seldom or nev.
er see one exposed for sale in the gal
leries.-Chambers' Journal
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-01
A Hotbed of Violence.

The island Of Sardinia is hotbed of
violence. The "Granary of Rome re-
sists the softening influences Of civili-
1ation and remains with many of the
peculiarities which distinguished it in
the middle Of the last century. "In the
country" writes a traveller of that
time, "the men are clothed in goatskins,
one before and another behind, with
out breeches, shoes or stockings, and
woolen or skin cap on the head. The
women have no other habiliments than
a long woolen gown and woolen cap.
The peasants always go armed to de-
fend themselves from one another, for
they are all robbers and assassins, so
that travelling in the interior is extreme
ly unsafe without an escort, and it is
even dangerous for ships to send their
people on shore for water unless they
are we'll armed. In short, the Sardes
are the Malays Of the Mediterranean"
London Chronicle.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-01
The Ball In Lawn Tennis.

1t is a curious fact that every book
written on lawn tennis cautions the
player to keep his eyes on the ball at
the moment of striking it, yet there are
very few expert players who do so.
A rifle shot looks at his target, a bowler
looks at the pins, and a billiard player
generally looks at the object ball, not
the cue ball. 1 have found it next to
impossible to carry in my mind, while
moving rapidly to play flying ball, the
exact height Of the net, the direction Of
the lines Of my opponents court and
his position, so that it has become
second nature with me and with most
other players to look up in the direction
that the ball Is to go before it actually
leaves the racket. 1t Is principally be-
cause the reverse Of this is necessary
In golf that lawn tennis players have
so much trouble in mastering the old
Scotch game. From tennis habit they
take their eyes Off the ball too soon for
golf success. Parmly Paret in Coun-
try Life In America.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-01
An Example Of a Judicial Mind.

An Example Of Judicial Mind.
At dinner attended by a score of
we'll known lawyers recently the phrase
judicial mind" was defined by illus
tration as follows: 81 have searched
far and wide for a satisfactory def1ni-
ton of the inevitable query raised when
judicial nominations are in sight," said
one Of the lawyers. "On Mississippi
river steamboat some time ago l OBJ
. tanned my only approximate answer.
A southern colonel who employed the
phrase yielded to my request for a
definition and explained that on cer-
tain occasion legal light Of Missis-
sippi was travelling in a river steamer
when the boiler exploded. AS the boat
was passing the penitentiary at the
time the force Of the explosion deposit
ed the lawyer inside the wallis Of the
establishment from which he had saved
so many criminals. Being uninjured,
as a clever lawyer would be under the
circumstances, he applied to the ward
en- for a release. The warden listened
to the circumstances as he narrated
them, but declined to release him, in.
sisting that with the coming of prison
ers he had no concern, but for their
departure he was responsible. He
therefore compelled the lawyer to wait
for pardon from the governor. That
Is my notion Of judicial mind" New
York Post.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-01
A Leonard Collar.

"A leopard collar" he said, taking up
a dog collar studded with sharp spikes
three inches long. Fitting the collar on
his dog, he resumed: 'This piece of
armor-for that is what it is-illus-
trates an oddity of the Himalayas-
namely, the sondness Of the Hima-
layan leopard for dog flesh. In the
Himalayas last year I found that all
dogs wore these murderous looking
spiked collars. The explanation was
that the Himalayan leopards conducted
an unceasing dog hunt, and that in at
lacking dog they always fell upon his
neck. This collar with its sharp spikes
is a great protection. 1t has saved
many dog from hungry leopard.
Often in the Himalayas a dog comes
trotting home safe and sound, though
with smears of blood and yellow hairs
upon his collar spikes"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-01
Lighting n Pine.

A smoker who started to light his
pipe on the street turned to his com
panion and said: "a man told me the
other day how to light an ordinary
match in high wind. Let me show
you.'
There was stiff breeze blowing
The demonstration took from his pocket
an envelope struck a parlor match on
a rail and shielded it inside of the en-.
velope, facing the wind as he did So
The match burned with hardly a flick
er, and the man who held it puffed on
his pipe with great satisfaction.
'That's a trick worth knowing" he
remarked. "Heres another. Some.
times you get spark on top Of your
pipe which the most vigorous putting
fails to spread over the surface of the
tobacco. In that case take piece of
paper of almost any kind and hold 1t
down in the spark. This will spread
the fire and give you the sort of light
pipe smoker wants" - Providence
Journal
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-01

few in the center Of the state,
but most of them in the northern
half, giving him assurances of
support in their respective
strong holds. Each letter pre-
diets that the county will send a
Pendergast delegation to Mime
apolis.
The press in various parts of
the state, especially in the coun-
ties where the judge has former
ly lived, has taken up the cry of
Pendergast, a northern Mime
sofa man, for second place, and
the sentiment is growing.
Naturally, Judge Pendergast is
greatly pleased and encouraged
by all these expressions. He is
not over confident, however. The
twin cities, he thinks, will have
the deciding voice, and the sue
cessful candidate must win their
favor.
The following from the Staples
| World and from the Wadena
Pioneer Journal are fair samples
of the writeups being given the
local man by the outside press.
Says the World:
There is some talk of running
L. G.. Pendergast of Bemidji for
lieutenant governor on the
democratic ticket. It is hoped
to strengthen the ticket by get
ting a candidate from the north
ern part of the state, in the vicin.
ity of the republican nominees
home. Todd county might be
swung into the Democratic COL
umn good and strong if Pender-
CAST was nominated, as he form.
erly resided here, and most of
the older settlers have a speak.
ing AGO uaintance with him. Any
one who wants to wager that we
are a prophet ought to have no
difficulty in finding plenty of
takers.
The Pioneer-J journal Says
We notice old friend, Judge l.. G..
Pendergast of Bemidji, is being
groomed for lieutenant governor
on the democratic ticket. Judge
PeDdergast formerly lived at
Eagle Bend and he used to be
mixed up to quite an extent in
district politics down this way.
He is an old soldier, a good
speaker and a bright, though
somewhat radical gentleman.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-01
Noted Educator Here.

Professor Charles Bundy Will
son and family of Iowa City,
Iowa, arrived in the city last
evening and will visit in this
vicinity for several weeks. The
professor intends to stop at the
Jester resort, on Lake Plantagnet,
where he has rented a COM
modious cottage. He is professor
of German at the University of
Iowa, and is also secretary of the
central division of the Modern
Language Association of Amer
ica, and has come up into the
pine country to recuperate be-
fore resuming his labors at the
Iowa institution this fall.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-01
Names and the Law,

Speaking generally, the law of Eng
land allows a person to assume and
use any name, provided its use is not
calculated to deceive or infiict pecun1
ary loss. So the court of appeals laid
down the law in Dockrell against Dou-
gall, and this attitude Of the law, the
Law Journal remarks, is characteristic
Of our British love of liberty. French
law is much more strict It forbids any
citizen to bear any name other than
that which is expressed in the registry
Of his birth or to add any surname to
his proper name. German law is ths
same, only it goes little further in
imposing penalty on any one giving
false name to an oficial-Dundee
Advertiser.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1906-08-01
Webb. BLOOD.

William Blood and Miss
Josephine Webb we're united in
the holy bonds of matrimony,
last evening at $50, Judge L. G..
Pendergast performing the cere-
mony, at the residence of Nor.
man Morrow. Mrs. Morrow
acted as bridesmaid and D. E.
Smith stood up as best man
Judge Pendergast had his Gus.
tomary dignity with him and
kissed the bride with a resound.
ing smack when he pronounced
the couple man and wife.